I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

After a moment's hesitation, Lu Yuan made his decision.

"I'm going to get something, I'll be right back."

Lu Yuan offered no explanation and turned to run away.

"As soon as possible!" old Morgan said in a deep voice.

The clinic is not far from the base.

As Lu Yuan crossed two streets, the red vein became increasingly clear in his field of vision.

Push open that familiar door.

The clinic is still relatively intact for now; the flesh tree hasn't spread here yet.

The room was dark, and rainwater seeped in through the window cracks, forming small puddles on the floor.

Lu Yuan cautiously approached the drawer.

The end of the red vein connects to the inside of the drawer.

He opened the drawer.

The sheepskin scroll lay quietly inside, pressed down by several medical books.

It looks exactly the same as when I first saw it.

Blood vessels hang from the sky, their ends disappearing into the surface of the reel, like some kind of eerie umbilical cord.

Lu Yuan stared at the scroll, his brows furrowed.

He remembered the first time he touched her.

My rationality plummeted, and the frenzied whispers around me nearly made me lose control.

That feeling of being on the verge of madness is still vivid in my memory.

But his intuition told him that this thing was important.

Very important.

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and prepared himself mentally.

It should be fine if you don't look at it.

It's just taking it.

He gritted his teeth, reached out, and his fingertips touched the sheepskin.

Nothing happened.

There was no pollution, no irrational shock, and no mutation.

It's like an ordinary roll of sheepskin.

At the same time, the red blood vessel began to disappear.

Starting from the end, it seemed to be pulled away by some force, rapidly retreating towards the sky.

In the blink of an eye, they vanished without a trace.

Lu Yuan was taken aback when he saw this.

Is this the scroll waiting for him to pick it up?

There was no time to investigate further.

Lu Yuan put the scroll into his pocket, then rummaged through the drawer and found the envelope and gold shield that Lawson had sent him before, grabbing a handful at random and stuffing them into his pocket.

He turned and ran out of the clinic.

When they returned to the base entrance, Hans was coming from the inner city.

Blood seeped from the bandage on his left arm, and several night watchmen followed behind him.

"The people in the inner city have been evacuated," Hans reported quickly, his tone heavy. "Sivadin and the Holy Armored Army are heading to the back gate to assemble."

He paused, then added:

"The situation is bad; the inner city is spreading towards the outer city."

Old Morgan nodded, glancing at Lu Yuan as he returned, without asking any further questions.

"Set off."

The group began to head towards the back gate of the inner city.

Allen walked at the very front.

The golden longsword seemed alive in his hands, each strike carrying a scorching light.

The fleshy branches couldn't even last a single round against him.

Cut off.

Burn.

open circuit.

Lu Yuan followed in the middle of the group, witnessing firsthand the combat power of this peak fourth-tier expert.

He single-handedly carved a bloody path through the thicket of flesh trees.

The branches lunged at him frantically, trying to entangle and devour him.

But wherever the golden sword light passed, everything turned to ashes.

The streets of the outer city have been completely changed.

The branches, made of flesh and blood, were intertwined and twisted together.

Cover the sky.

The originally gray sky was now shrouded in a layer of red.

Those branches are still growing.

It's still spreading.

Lu Yuan could even hear a deep, rhythmic sound.

It's like a heartbeat.

Along the roadside, the unburned corpses were slowly enveloped by the roots of flesh and blood.

The skin cracked, the muscles melted, and the bones were absorbed.

The flesh tree is devouring them.

Then, something strange happened.

Those who should have died have been "resurrected" in a distorted way.

Their heads were hanging from the branches of the fleshy tree, their eyes open and their mouths agape.

These bodies included not only ordinary residents.

There were also members of the Deep Sea Church who died in the previous battle.

Their corpses were devoured and fused by the lush flesh tree, and in this way they were "reborn".

"Hahaha! It worked!"

A hanging head emitted a hoarse laugh, its face contorted with fanaticism.

"We did it! Mother! My dearest mother! I will see you soon!"

The sound echoed in the rain, carrying a frenzied devotion.

The other "resurrected" heads also began to respond, with sounds rising and falling.

"Mother..."

"Mother..."

"Dedicated to my mother..."

Their voices created an eerie resonance that spread outwards.

Even more terrifying, the heads of ordinary residents who were devoured by the flesh tree were also hanging from the branches and began to be affected.

The expression that was originally one of fear and pain gradually turned into one of confusion.

Then came... fanaticism.

"Mother..."

The head of a woman who had been crying out for help began to open and close its mouth mechanically, murmuring along with the believers of the Deep Sea Church.

The flesh tree's expansion rate visibly increased.

Those "resurrected" members of the Deep Sea Church are accelerating this process in some way.

"Speed ​​up!"

Allen's voice came from ahead, filled with suppressed anger.

"Don't linger!"

The group quickened their pace.

Some civilians couldn't keep up and were left behind.

A scream rang out.

No one looked back.

The group finally arrived at the back gate of the inner city.

From afar, Lu Yuan could see the crowd gathered there.

Much more than I imagined.

Sivadin and Coleman, the captain of the Night's Watch in the inner city, stood at the forefront, followed by the remaining Night's Watch warriors, covered in blood.

Next to him were members of the Ascension Society.

The Great Ascended One stood there, his expression solemn. Beside him, two machines resembling Judges were relentlessly attacking the void ahead, their intricate gears spinning at high speed, and the weapons on their metal arms unleashing a furious barrage of attacks.

There was also a squad of Holy Armored Army soldiers—the one sent by the Ascension Society—their golden armor stained with blood, yet they still maintained a disciplined formation.

The Viscount was also there.

He stood at the edge of the crowd, his face ashen, his eyes vacant as he stared ahead.

Everyone is attacking the same place.

Doorway.

That place was blocked by a transparent barrier.

It's invisible.

But I could feel it.

The Ascension Society's machinery roared as energy weapons bombarded the area relentlessly.

The holy light of the Holy Armor Army condensed into a pillar of light and struck down fiercely.

The Ascended One personally took action, deploying his mechanical arm and releasing a high-temperature ray.

None of it worked.

The barrier remained completely still.

Lu Yuan approached and subconsciously looked at the barrier.

At the edge of my field of vision, gray and white text began to flicker:

[Environmental Perception: Detection of a spatial blockade formed by an unknown force]

[Analysis in progress...]

[Error: Information is largely obscured and cannot be identified]

Lu Yuan frowned deeply. The translation error message had failed again. Damn it! Could that being already be able to envelop Grimport before it even got close?

"Get out of the way."

Allen's voice came from behind.

The crowd automatically parted to make way.

Allen stepped forward, raising his golden sword high.

The aura of a peak fourth-tier sword was fully unleashed at this moment, with scorching light enveloping the entire sword and the air itself beginning to distort.

He slashed down with his sword.

boom!

The sword struck the barrier, and golden light exploded, illuminating half the sky.

Then...

Nothing happened.

The barrier remained unmoved.