The flames shooting up into the sky made the midnight in the woods incredibly bright.

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

The silver-gray armor rolled irregularly on the ground like a heated tin can.

At this time, the two hands of the armor were waving in disorder until they touched a special switch.

The helmet that Fran transformed into bounced out with a "swish", hit the damaged life-support capsule head-on and rolled into the surrounding woods.

The chest of the armor opened forward, revealing Fresnel with a look of relief.

His ability was interrupted when he was hit.

He was not someone who could endure severe pain. After being hit, although the armor blocked most of the energy for him, Fresnel still felt severe dizziness and nausea due to the resonance generated by the cavity inside the armor.

He temporarily lost his hearing and could not see clearly what was around him. It seemed as if his internal organs had moved, making it impossible for his body to function normally.

After finally freeing himself from the shackles of the armor, he could only crawl out like a wild beast, half-crouching on the ground vomiting a mixture of stomach acid and blood.

The situation of others was not much better. Puppet master Su Xiaogu had not woken up at all, and the brand new life support capsule was as unresponsive as a coffin.

Beacon was awakened by the explosion and the "bang" sound. He pushed open the lid of the life-support module and began to check whether his body was missing any parts, like a corpse being opened from a coffin.

She didn't know what hit her life-support capsule, but from the sound she felt that this piece of scrap metal saved her life.

As for Shi Jin, he was lying on the ground with Wang Xiao on his back, and both of them fell into a coma.

At this moment, Fresnel's team suffered the heaviest damage in history. If the timing was right, a first-level green cocoon beast would be able to wipe them out.

Beacon quickly sorted out her own condition, and looking at her unconscious, half-dead, and incomplete teammates, she automatically took on the role of temporary captain.

The beacon quickly confirmed the current locations of the people.

After an hour-long run, they completed the journey of more than a day and arrived at the edge of the forest.

At this time they could already see the withered yellow grass leaves in the distance.

The flames generated by the explosion ignited dozens of surrounding trees.

These alienated plants seem to have not yet learned how to use water to put out fires. They can only tremble and dance in the flames, like a mysterious and strange ritual or a torture at the stake.

Everyone was exhausted at this point. Without Wang Xiao's help, it was extremely difficult to carry a life-support capsule, and there was no need to continue escaping.

Thinking of this, Xin Beacon felt relieved. She first pulled Shi Jin out from under Wang Xiao to prevent the unconscious person from suffocating due to external pressure.

A needle of medicine was injected into Shi Jin's arm, and he quickly woke up. On the other side, Fresnel wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth after vomiting, and walked over slowly. The three of them looked at each other and planned to discuss their next actions.

At this moment, a sharp and low voice came from the ground not far away:

"Everyone, what's going on?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Wang Xiao slowly opening his only remaining eye.

His regenerative ability was still taking effect. The charred skin began to crack little by little, revealing the new pink flesh underneath.

Wang Xiao seemed to have adjusted the emphasis of his abilities, and prioritized restoring one eye to observe the surroundings.

The three of them quickly trotted over and surrounded Wang Xiao:

"We're all fine, how are you?"

"I, I don't feel well."

"What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

"My butt hurts."

The three of them looked towards Wang Xiao's abdomen and fell into silence. Then they began to look around and finally found the target on a tree branch that was burning in flames.

"It's okay, my butt is in the tree."

“…”

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Puppeteer Su Xiaogu felt as if there was an invisible veil covering his face.

She fell into a strange space, wandering in the boundless void, but could not find any place to land.

She wanted to control, wanted to break away, wanted to see everything clearly, but she could do nothing.

She used her hands to feel around in front of her, trying to remove the invisible veil and see the real world.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally succeeded.

The moment her vision gradually became clear, her feet landed on solid ground.

In front of her was a forest.

Su Xiaogu had developed some fear of the forest, but there were trees everywhere around her and there was nothing she could do.

Fortunately, the trees here were much more beautiful than those she had just experienced. The dark brown bark and green leaves overlapped with each other, making the girl, who had never seen a real forest, feel a little relaxed.

This was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

The ability of puppeteer Su Xiaogu is to let his consciousness forcibly occupy the opponent's body. No matter whether the opponent is a strange beast or something else, as long as the individual's energy level is lower than his own and has no targeted ability, there is no way to resist this attack.

In previous possessions, puppeteers always felt that their souls had simply moved into a different cage, like the same water being put into containers of different shapes.

She would use her soul to fill the container, master every internal structure, and then manipulate the body.

But that’s not the case now.

It seemed that her soul and consciousness stretched to their limits but still could not touch the boundaries of the container. Her consciousness regrouped and then appeared directly in the plant's consciousness world.

"It's really bizarre..."

The puppeteer continued to walk forward. She could not control this body, nor could she escape from it on her own initiative. She could only explore this place for the time being and pray that her teammates outside could escape successfully.

Just as she was observing her surroundings and wondering whether she was unable to exit the possession state because her body was already dead, she suddenly "heard" a faint call.

Following that vague feeling, the puppeteer continued to move forward in the forest, turning one corner after another, and finally came to a tree.

However, when she looked up and took a closer look at the tree, her whole body suddenly froze.

A person, a human being was embedded in this tree.

His hands were stretched out and slightly drooping, his eyes were closed, and half of his body had been absorbed by the trees. Only the front surface could be seen clearly, but some branches of the trees had begun to wrap around his wrists and ankles.

The face belonged to someone the puppeteer knew, the superpower captain "Nian" whose life or death was unknown on the night he received the medal.

“You’re here.”