Then the ice and frost on the person who fell disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, his body was rapidly rotting, emitting a foul odor.

If that were all, they wouldn't be surprised. But the next second, the rotting body began to recover rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few seconds, he returned to his normal appearance. He even bowed respectfully to the ice tree and then walked towards Qin Bai and the others.

Seeing this person's condition, Qin Bai finally understood how the thing he had killed before had come out.

It turns out he fell from the ice tree and that's how he ended up looking like this.

Just as they were on high alert, the man walked up to them with a smile on his face.

This time, Qin Bai still saw the desire in the men's eyes to devour them, but he did nothing. He simply said, "My mother sent me here to welcome you all."

"Mother?"

“That’s right, Mother, the one right in front of you.”

The man pointed to the ice tree, clearly referring to it as his mother.

"Then do you know who you are?"

Qin Bai's question was somewhat pointed, but the man didn't seem to care.

"Of course I know who I am, but without my mother, I cannot be reborn. I was mediocre and knew too little before, but now I am not the same person I used to be."

The man's face was full of confidence.

“State your purpose.”

“My mother sent me to tell you that if you are willing to be reborn, you are welcome to do so anytime. But if you are not willing, you will encounter something more terrible than death.”

"To clarify, Mother's intention was not a threat, but rather for your own good."

How can someone who is no longer human say that he is doing it for their own good?

Qin Bai thought the joke wasn't funny at all.

He was just curious about what exactly the ice tree was and whether the icy and snowy landscape outside was related to it.

But after Qin Bai asked the question, the man did not answer. He only said, "My mother said that you have one more day to consider. After one day, it will come back. If it makes a move then, you will lose even your last chance."

After saying that, the man returned to the ice tree.

"Brother Qin, what do we do now?"

Zeng Qiangguo didn't know what to do now either; he knew too little.

Qin Bai was also pondering, and he increasingly felt that there were big problems with this apocalypse.

"Let's get out of here first."

Qin Bai led them back to the main hall where they had started. Qin Bai said to Hu Jie and the others, "Keep an eye on what's happening over there. If anyone appears, notify me immediately."

"Don't worry, boss, we will definitely keep an eye on this place."

Several people nodded repeatedly; they had no choice but to cling to someone powerful now.

Afterwards, Qin Bai and Zeng Qiangguo returned to their room.

Wu Ming was somewhat surprised to see them return, because they came back so quickly.

"So, what did you find?"

Qin Bai briefly explained their discovery, and they all exclaimed in surprise.

"A giant ice tree, covered with frozen corpses? And some of these corpses actually left the ice tree, transformed back into their original human forms, and even conveyed the ice tree's message?"

Wu Ming was dumbfounded; he found the world becoming increasingly unfamiliar to him.

"That's right. The ice tree can allow us to exist on it forever, just like those corpses, but once we accept the ice tree, we might become a different person."

Zeng Qiangguo said.

"This is terrifying! It's like a monster."

Qi Zhenlong's body trembled.

"What I'm more concerned about is his last sentence: 'It will come back in a day.' What is this 'it'? Could it be the thing that Hu Jie mentioned before, the thing that makes people disappear?"

Qin Bai shared his thoughts.

However, it must be said that Qin Bai's guess is quite reasonable; they have not yet discovered the situation that Hu Jie mentioned earlier.

But the meaning conveyed by the ice tree seems to refer to the thing that made people disappear, which will return after a day.

"I feel like this is a dead end. If I go out, I'll have to face so many ice corpses. If I stay here, I'll either have to face the ice tree or that thing that will come back in a day. What should I do?"

Qi Zhenlong sighed.

No one spoke, because at that moment no one could think of any good solutions.

Qin Bai couldn't think of any good solutions either; it seemed like a dead end.

"Right now, we only have a few options. If we rush out the main gate, there might be a glimmer of hope, but I think that glimmer of hope is only for me."

Qin Bai's words were true, because he had superpowers, so his chances of survival were the highest.

Even if others manage to break through, their chances of survival are very low.

"The second thing is to figure out how to deal with that unknown monster tomorrow, but I have no idea how to deal with it, because Hu Jie has never seen what the monster looks like."

"The third one is the Ice Tree. It seems that there is still a possibility of communication with the Ice Tree. If we can get some help from it, we might increase our chances of winning."

Of these three methods, only the third one seems somewhat reliable.

"But Brother Qin, the Ice Tree ignored us just now. Is it okay to go over there now? What if we anger it?"

Zeng Qiangguo was somewhat worried.

Ice Tree doesn't look like a good thing. If it were, would it have turned everyone in the shelter into that kind of thing?

The unknown monsters only caused some people to disappear, but the Ice Tree completely wiped out the entire shelter.

"I'll go try it later. You guys go and see if there's any important information here. I have a feeling the military might know something."

Qin Bai said.

They then split into two groups. Qin Bai led Hu Jie and a few others to the ice tree.

The others began searching for information about the shelter.

Hu Jie didn't want to go at first, but Qin Bai was very direct: if he wanted to curry favor with someone powerful, he had to go.

When they returned to the ice tree, there was already someone waiting there.

"Your mother said you would definitely come back. Please state your choice."

The other party said with a smile.

Qin Bai did not state his choice, but instead said, "I wonder if I could speak with your mother?"

At that moment, a branch from an ice tree fell from the sky and pierced directly into the man's head.

The man rolled his eyes and then said expressionlessly, "I'm your mother. What do you want to talk to me about?"

"I'd like to know, where did you come from?"

Qin Bai's question surprised Hu Jie and the others. What kind of question was that?