After learning about this, the two became even more determined to leave. This grand drama was a conspiracy orchestrated by the Ying family of the ancient clan. They used a lot of money to lure people into knowing about the existence of this place, and then selected a portion of them to come to this place.

This is the real location of the ancient clan's conspiracy. When everyone senses something unusual on the mountain, they will choose to go up to investigate. Moreover, after hearing the saying that most of those who go up the mountain never return, even more people will come here one after another.

Because everyone believes in their hearts that this place must have secrets, that it must be different from other places, otherwise why would it be so special?

Why do those who know these things remain silent? Bai Sha must know what's on this mountain. When she told herself that if she found anything unusual, she should run away as soon as possible, which means she knows the situation on the mountain. Why can't she just say it? Could it be that she has some unspeakable secret?

Xu Yuehuai couldn't understand it, or perhaps the people who came to this mountain were all carrying some kind of seal, or perhaps they had been drugged. In any case, no one spoke of what really happened.

Xu Yuehuai and Fu Ziyi were locked in a stalemate. There were many people here, and they knew of their arrival. Now, the people who should have been in the forest had suddenly disappeared. Anyone would know that they would sneak in.

"Hey, those two humans are gone." A person who looked dull and not very smart said this.

Several people nearby crowded around, saying, "How could this be? I was waiting to eat them after the experiment was over. How could they just disappear? I really liked that little girl. Her blood smelled so good. Just looking at her made me feel unbearable. Now you're telling me they're gone? How am I supposed to live now?!"

The man was throwing a tantrum on the ground, acting like a complete scoundrel. The man next to him couldn't help but facepalm. "Can you please be quiet? They're just gone, not gone. They're probably just as scared as those three before, so they went down the mountain. We can just eat them up when they come back up. What's there to be sad about? Stop wailing like that, it's awful!"

A man scolded him, and the man immediately fell silent, standing there with a look of grievance and resentment in his eyes, but he dared not speak.

This surprised Xu Yuehuai. She guessed that the forest was probably made of some kind of substance, which was why they could be seen, but once they left the forest, they could no longer sense their presence.

There was no such substance in this place. After figuring this out, Xu Yuehuai winked at Fu Ziyi, and the two left the place and headed to a deeper place.

The two left one after the other, their footsteps light, without disturbing anyone.

After they left, all those people who remained vanished into nothingness and became one person—the one who had said he would capture them for experiments. That person looked in the direction they left, his eyes filled with an inscrutable expression.

Xu Yuehuai and Fu Ziyi were unaware that they had fallen into a trap.

Bai Sha told them to run, but didn't tell them to listen. You can't believe a single word of these people's nonsense.

Bai Ze witnessed this scene from within the space, and there was something in his heart that he didn't know whether to say or not. After Xu Yuehuai and the others had walked quite a distance, Bai Ze finally said, "Master, I only sensed the presence of one person just now. There weren't that many people at all. Is there something wrong with me?"

Bai Ze said worriedly that at this moment, she would rather it was her fault than believe that Xu Yuehuai had been tricked.

Animals are highly sensitive to scents, so if Bai Ze said it was a person, it's probably true. However, why she saw so many people is unknown. She told Fu Ziyi about her discovery.

Upon learning of this, Fu Ziyi also wore a puzzled expression. He glanced at Xu Yuehuai and said, "Could it be that we are still in an illusion, and everything just now was an illusion, and there is only one person controlling these illusions?"

If it were Fu Ziyi's guess, there wouldn't be any problem.

An eerie silence fell over the surroundings. The two were filled with anxiety, wondering whether to continue forward or abandon everything now, return, and inform them of the situation before making a decision.

In reality, neither of them was willing to give up this hard-won opportunity. They had come so far to get here, and it was obviously impossible for them to give it up now.

The two continued walking forward. The place resembled a scene from a childhood story, exquisite and surrounded by large tree roots, their intertwined branches dazzling the eye.

Fu Ziyi and Xu Yuehuai walked through it, avoiding everything on the ground that could be cut, including leaves, and continued walking inwards.

There were many tree hollows here, all formed from the roots of that large tree. There were also some children in the house and animals around. Only now did Xu Yuehuai sense a trace of humanity in this place.

The children laughed and played happily with their friends in this place, their faces beaming with smiles. However, this did not last long. Xu Yuehuai walked further in, and the further in she went, the more real the things she saw became.

She glanced around the room; it was full of huge trees, and their roots were so numerous that they were all exposed. Standing among them, they looked like tiny ants.

It's no exaggeration.

Suddenly, Xu Yuehuai thought of that line, "There are man-eating trees in here."

What Bai Sha said seems to make some sense...

There really is a big tree here...

More and more questions swirled in my mind.

While they were climbing the mountain, the people at the foot of the mountain were not delayed. Baili Xiuwen led them back to the place they had visited before. There was still a smooth wall there, without any stains, which was obviously abnormal.

When they came last time, Ying Ziping interrupted them, and no one paid close attention to the scene. But today, everyone came with the intention of taking back some information.

"With your help, I'll open this thing." Shangguan Xi felt around for a moment and realized that it was a mechanism door that required a specific thing to open. Forcing it open would require a lot of spiritual power, but for them in their current situation, forcing it open and breaking in was the best way.