"Captain, why don't we stay here a few more days? There are so many extraordinary ingredients here!"

Luo Hao looked excited, but Zheng Sheng shook his head decisively.

"Don't be greedy, this forest is definitely not simple!"

Zheng Sheng stared intently into the depths of the forest and continued, "The longer I stay, the more uneasy I feel. I have a feeling that something is watching me."

His initial plan included contacting the Ember Squad, wanting the ancient heritage of the Divine Tree Cult, and also the Flesh and Blood Fruit.

But for some reason, the longer he stayed in this forest, the more he felt an invisible gaze upon him.

It made him uneasy.

"We'll leave immediately after tonight!"

Seeing Zheng Sheng's insistence, Luo Hao said no more.

Not long after, Kukai and Kindouji found Zheng Sheng again.

"Captain Zheng, may I borrow two people from you?"

"The team has found too much food, and no one knows if it's even edible. Could Luo Hao and Wang Lu help them out?"

Zheng Sheng didn't refuse this small favor; he nodded and casually added another person to Kong Hai's list.

"Let's bring Wang Miansheng along too; his abilities should be suitable."

"By the way, have Wang Dali go over there too. If he collects any special plant seeds, give them to him."

Zheng Sheng quickly summoned Zhang Mu and asked him to manage the survivors and take this opportunity to have the management team collect the supplies from the fifth floor for unified management.

Kukai and Kindouji expressed their gratitude repeatedly and soon led the three of them to the survivors' group.

"Everyone, line up in three rows and bring out all the collected supplies."

"The Living Buddha has sent messengers who can help everyone identify whether something is poisonous. Line up and come one by one."

The food sorting continued until midnight.

Following Wang Lu's previous screening method, it turned out that most of those ugly, strange, and smelly foods were not poisonous, while some contained mild toxins, but eating them wouldn't kill anyone.

Especially those long-legged mushrooms, which are actually edible, and they don't taste like mushrooms at all, but rather like meat.

"Do you think this mushroom with chicken legs can reproduce into baby mushrooms? If so, wouldn't I be able to eat chicken-shaped mushrooms every day?"

Soon, some people in the crowd began to study whether mushrooms could reproduce. After all, there were so many mushrooms in this mushroom forest, so it was clear that these mushrooms could reproduce.

Zheng Sheng completely ignored what was happening among the survivors, instead remaining vigilant around the forest.

"It's dark now, and surprisingly, no other creatures dare to venture into this mushroom forest."

"What exactly is this black mushroom?"

Zheng Sheng frowned. This abnormality was clearly not a good thing, because it meant that the black mushroom was extremely dangerous!

At the same time, something else surprised him.

"Strange, the Divine Tree Cult and the Ember Squad have all arrived, so why hasn't that Goat Grandpa from Beast City shown up yet...?"

……

……

In the center of the dark forest.

A giant banyan tree, about four or five hundred meters tall, blocked out the sky, its dense, tangled roots resembling black snakes deeply embedded in the earth.

At the center of that enormous canopy, there was a small tree, about five or six meters tall, that looked like crystal. Its leaves were like bright rubies, and inside there were veins like blood vessels, running through the entire tree.

Golden Apple!

There's a golden apple growing on that crystal tree!

The golden apple radiated a dazzling light, enveloping the entire banyan tree.

From a distance, the banyan tree looks like a divine tree standing between heaven and earth!

Alone and barefoot, Xiyue climbed upwards along the tree roots.

She walked all the way to the top of the banyan tree's canopy, stood under the crystal tree, and was bathed in golden light.

It's like a fairy returning to the heavenly palace.

"Xiyue, have more survivors entered the forest?"

A voice suddenly came from under the crystal tree.

She was a woman dressed in red, with an exceptionally beautiful appearance.

She sat cross-legged beneath the golden apple, her hair disheveled.

A golden leaf pattern was etched between his brows, his pupils were golden, his skin was like white jade, and he exuded an indescribable majesty and divinity.

It was the Dream Maiden of the Divine Tree Cult!

"Dream Maiden, indeed a large number of survivors have arrived, numbering over 5000," tide Yue said, her face full of excitement.

"Although the leader is very powerful, most of them are just ordinary people. Don't worry, I will make them all believe in the Divine Tree within a month at most!"

tide Yue spoke with great confidence.

Clearly, this wasn't the first time she had encountered a group of survivors like Zheng Sheng.

But the dream girl's answer was beyond her expectations.

"No, don't worry about those ordinary people!"

"The divine tree told me that the 'great medicine' it was searching for has finally appeared!"

"Go, bring that person here, at all costs!"

A powerful medicine? tide Yue was taken aback, and Zheng Sheng's face instantly flashed into her mind.

The woman in the dream spoke in a cold voice.

"The golden apples are almost ripe. If we had this 'great medicine,' we could definitely make the finest fertilizer, and the golden apples would be of an even higher grade!"

"It might even allow me to successfully advance to the fourth level!"

"Go now! Use every means possible, at any cost! You must bring that person to the sacred tree!"

As the dream girl spoke, her body slowly floated into the air, and only then could Xiyue see her lower body clearly.

Her legs were fused with the entire banyan tree; she had no lower body at all, only roots like those of an old tree connecting her to the banyan tree, making her look eerie and terrifying.

Clearly, the woman in the dream is using some method to merge herself with the banyan tree.

"I understand, Lady Dream."

tide Yue quickly left the divine tree, and soon after, hundreds of dark figures suddenly left the entire divine tree together.

……

……

Ember Squad.

After meeting with Zheng Sheng, Zhou Xun and Li Tianqi quickly returned to the gathering place of the Yu Huo Squad.

The entire gathering place had more than 1000 people and more than a dozen large trucks, all loaded with supplies.

Upon seeing Zhou Xun return, all the Awakened in the group gathered around, their faces grim.

"Team Leader Zhou, you're finally back! More members of the team have gone missing, even more than last time—over 50 people have vanished, including two Tier 1 Sequencers!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xun and Li Tianqi's expressions turned extremely ugly.

"Didn't I say that starting today, no one should collect supplies?"

"Team Leader Zhou, none of us went out to collect supplies today. We all gathered together as you instructed, but just now when we were counting heads, 50 people mysteriously disappeared. We didn't even notice until we were counting them."

Hearing his subordinate's reply, Zhou Xun's expression grew increasingly grim.

What exactly is going on in this forest?!

Why do people disappear without a trace? And recently, it's happening more and more frequently, with more and more people disappearing all at once!

In just a short time, half of the people in the group had disappeared!

What exactly happened?!

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