Zheng Sheng frowned slightly after hearing this.

He even had the illusion that he was standing on a pile of dead snails, with countless snails stretching their heads out of their necks, their antennae flowing, their mouths open, as if they were looking at him in pain and howling.

Looking around at the snail farm painted white, his heart suddenly tightened.

This place doesn't look dangerous, but something's definitely not right!

As Bai Jing walked, he adjusted his glasses and continued speaking.

"A great many snails did die here, so when Shaluo County came to this world, this snail farm also experienced an anomaly on the very first day."

"In the first three days after its arrival, the city had not yet fully integrated into this terrifying world, but people began to die in Tianluo Factory."

"Some snail farm employees were found sleeping in the dredging pond the next day, their bodies covered with countless snails, having been eaten down to their bones."

"After that, the death toll rose rapidly, and giant snails began to appear in the snail pond. Some snails even grew human faces and made sounds like humans..."

Bai Jing told the most terrifying story in the most calm tone, without any emotional fluctuation on his face, as if he were just talking about some research data samples.

"Three days later, these strange snails were already as tall as a person, numbering over ten thousand, and began hunting humans in the surrounding area..."

"According to my estimate, they have hunted at least 100,000 people, and they have all died."

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, Zheng Sheng paused in his steps, while Luo Hao, Uncle Niu, and the others behind him trembled in fright.

"What the hell? You mean 100,000 people died at this snail factory too?!"

They just escaped from the Dark Peach Forest, how could they just wander into that place? It's another death trap with a death rate of 100,000!

No wonder they felt an inexplicable eeriness about this place from the moment they entered, and even felt a chill under their feet when walking on the ground.

"So many people, where are the bodies?" Zheng Sheng suddenly asked.

After he entered the factory, he didn't find any bodies around. If 100,000 people really died, how could there not be a single body?

Bai Jing pointed deep into the factory, towards the dredging pool.

"In the dredging pond, which is usually where snails spit out sand, those snails sent all their dead bodies into the dredging pond."

"Do you want to go take a look?"

As Bai Jing spoke, he looked at Zheng Sheng, who also looked at him, and finally shook his head.

"Not interested."

"I have no interest in how many people died here or what's here."

"You guessed right, I do want that lightning-struck wood. I came here just to ask about the situation."

"Leave after asking your questions."

Hearing Zheng Sheng's straightforward words, Bai Jing appreciated him even more.

He's not one to waste time talking nonsense.

"Captain Zheng, if you really want that lightning-struck wood, you'd better find out more about the situation here."

As Bai Jing spoke, he led Zheng Sheng and the others into the dormitory building and climbed all the way to the roof.

A group of people stood on the rooftop, looking out at the dark peach grove in the distance.

Standing at a high vantage point, Zheng Sheng realized that the peach orchard and the snail farm were actually separated by a green belt in the middle, one side black and the other white.

Black and white are clearly distinguished!

Bai Jing walked to Zheng Sheng's side, looked at the dark peach forest in the distance, and continued to speak slowly.

"Actually, a few days ago, the peach grove wasn't like this. There were over 100,000 survivors hiding there. This peach grove was like a guardian, keeping all the strange things out and protecting all the survivors."

"Especially the lightning-struck wood in the middle, after it came to this world, it seems to have been born with extraordinary power, and even the eerie creatures are very afraid of it."

"I came to the vicinity of the peach grove because I discovered its miraculous properties."

"It's a pity the sacred tree has a spirit, but people's hearts are too filthy!"

Bai Jing described the changes in the peach orchard in the most straightforward language.

After the strange world descended upon Shaluo County, the world was relatively peaceful for the first three days. Although people died, the density was not high.

But three days later, the city completely merged with this world, and strange things began to happen.

Everyone in the city began to flee for their lives, and soon, the surrounding residents discovered that the peach grove was emitting a faint light in the darkness, just like a fairyland that could isolate them from the dangers of the outside world.

then.

Survivors began to enter the peach grove in large numbers, relying on the peach grove's protective barrier to evade the eerie pursuit.

At first, things were relatively normal. The survivors hid in the peach grove at night and went out to collect supplies during the day.

However, after two days, the difficulty of collecting supplies increased, and the death rate among those collecting supplies reached 70%. In addition, as more survivors entered the peach orchard, supplies became even more scarce.

Fighting broke out in the peach grove.

The strong prey on the weak, men bully women, rape, betrayal, deception, revenge, murder...

Under extreme external terror and severe internal scarcity, humanity's evil began to be displayed in its most vivid form!

Then came the emergence of the extraordinary sequences. All the awakened ones began to band together, using their immense power to control ordinary people, hoping to prevent the survivors from causing further unrest...

This has pushed the conflict to an even more extreme level!

"One day, rumors started circulating among the survivors."

"They say these peach trees are divine trees from heaven, and those awakened ones awakened their sequence abilities by eating the heartwood of these peach trees."

"So some people started secretly cutting down peach trees at night..."

"You've all seen how it ended."

"They're all dead!"

Bai Jing spoke calmly, like an observer recording the events, without any anger in his tone.

Although the other party didn't say what happened in the end, Zheng Sheng already knew without guessing.

Once a rumor spreads, everyone will cut down peach trees and dig out the peach hearts in order to survive!

Even if someone tried to stop it from the beginning, it wouldn't have mattered.

The more you try to stop them, the more they'll believe the rumors are true!

"This peach grove was originally a blessed land."

"But as the peach trees were cut down, strange things began to happen. More and more people died, the land was stained red with human blood, and the peach grove was slowly polluted."

"Those dead peach trees actually started eating people. A total of 100,000 people were trapped in the peach orchard and were eaten alive."

"Not a single one escaped!"

As Bai Jing spoke, he turned to look at the snail factory again and continued.

"After the strange events in the peach grove, I accidentally discovered that this snail farm had also undergone some kind of change."

"The giant snails inside, after eating a large number of people, actually turned from black to white, as if they had completed some kind of evolution and transformed into another kind of life form."

"Their aggression has diminished significantly, and they've even begun to engage in group movements, mimicking humans, communicating like humans, and speaking!"

"They seem different from the strange creatures outside; they no longer crave humans as much, as if they have evolved into some kind of low-level intelligent species."

"These changes occurred along with the peach grove. I've been studying it for a long time recently and discovered that there seems to be some kind of mysterious magnetic field exchange between the two sides."

"Therefore, if you want to enter the peach grove to obtain the lightning-struck wood, I need to be here with you!"

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