Xiao Qiong opened his eyes and found himself lying in a forest. His hands and feet had shrunk into water, turning him into a child.

He pinched himself with some confusion, and it was a little painful. It was not a dream.

He vaguely remembered that he was going to celebrate Eric's birthday, but on the way to the Sunset Restaurant, he fell asleep because he was a little sleepy. When he opened his eyes again, he appeared in the forest, and his teammates were gone.

He tried to use auxiliary cards, but found that his pockets were drier than his face, and there was nothing.

Xiao Qiong picked up a stick from the roadside and waved it. He found that although his body had shrunk, his fighting power was still there.

He held the stick and looked around vigilantly.

He was on a forest road. On both sides were extremely dense forests, even blocking his head. The forest was dark and there was no light.

He looked at both ends of the forest road, but found that both ends extended very far and he could not see the end at all.

Xiao Qiong first tried to leave the forest, but just walked around inside, and finally returned to the forest road.

It seemed that he had to walk around.

He was not in a hurry, and just chose a direction and walked forward.

He didn't know how far he walked, the scenery on both sides of the road did not change at all, and the forest road could not see the end.

Just when Xiao Qiong was about to get impatient, he found that there were faint flashes of fire in front of the road.

At this moment, a voice suddenly appeared in Xiao Qiong's mind: "Go! Go quickly! Go forward!" It

was extremely sad and urgent, as if it came from the depths of his soul.

No matter what Xiao Qiong did, he could not get rid of this voice.

Since he could not get rid of it, Xiao Qiong also wanted to know what was in front of him, so he followed the voice and walked towards the fire.

But the fire seemed not far away, but he could not reach his destination.

Xiao Qiong's steps became faster and faster, and he even ran in the end.

The voice in his head kept urging him, as if there was something very important there.

As the voice kept repeating, it seemed that something in his head was trying to get out, but it was suppressed fiercely.

The collision of these two forces caused Xiao Qiong to have a splitting headache.

What is it?

What on earth is it? !

Xiao Qiong has always been very tolerant of pain, no matter how badly he is injured, he will act as if nothing has happened, but this kind of pain is simply unbearable for him.

Xiao Qiong held his head, he felt like he seemed to have forgotten something very important.

He looked up at the small fire, what was in front of it? Why did it make him so painful?

At this moment, many fragmented fragments seemed to appear in his mind.

It was in a quiet and peaceful village, some children were playing together, they were holding knives and swords in their hands, fighting in a serious manner, some women in the village were mending, some were hammering herbs, and the men were hammering weapons, or going out hunting.

But suddenly the scene changed, the village turned into a sea of ​​blood and corpses, the fire was blazing, and the air was full of the smell of blood and burnt flesh.

Just as he was terrified and wanted to rush into the sea of ​​fire to save people, the scene changed again, and a man whose face could not be seen said to him in a loud voice: "Run!"

Then it was a woman whose face could not be seen: "Run... Don't look back..."

He was hidden in the bushes, and the voices of several children came one after another: "Hide well, don't come out...", "Don't be afraid...", "Don't cry, don't make a sound..."

The appearance of these fragments made his head hurt even more.

Then he smelled blood and the smell of burning.

He found that a raging fire was burning next to him, and he could still hear the "smacking" sound of burning in his ears.

Countless screams came through the flames.

I want to save them...

Xiao Qiong suddenly thought of this sentence, and then it became stronger and stronger, and more and more determined.

However, just when he was about to rush into the sea of ​​fire, the scenery in front of him changed, and he was actually back to the original forest road.

He looked up and looked forward, and there were still dots of fire.

He looked at his hands blankly. He remembered that he wanted to celebrate Eric's birthday. He fell asleep on the way to the restaurant, and found himself here when he woke up. His teammates and Gu Xingmian were gone, and his body had shrunk.

Xiao Qiong wanted to take out the auxiliary card, but found that he had nothing on him. He picked up the branches on the side of the road again, gestured, and found that his strength was still there.

He tried to walk through the forest, and finally returned to the original place, and then chose to walk in a direction of the forest road.

But when he was walking on the forest road, he felt that he seemed to have forgotten something. But just when he was thinking about it, a little fire appeared at the end of the forest road in front of him, and a sad and urgent voice suddenly emerged in his mind, telling him to move forward.

The fire in front was getting closer and closer, and the smell of blood and burning invaded his nose.

He raised his head.

Countless people whose faces could not be seen were struggling vigorously.

Their faces were distorted and their bodies were burned black.

They said: "Run quickly... Don't look back..."

They said: "Hide well, don't come out..."

Xiao Qiong tried hard to see those faces clearly, but everything seemed to be covered in fog.

These pictures stirred the things in the deepest part of Xiao Qiong's memory.

But apart from those fragmented images, he couldn't remember anything.

He knew it was something very important, but he forgot it.

Xiao Qiong felt his memory was a little confused. He tried hard to think, but the countless screams and the miserable voice in his head made him dizzy.

He had only one thought left, I want to save them.

But how can I save them?

This kind of powerless pain made Xiao Qiong almost breathless.

And at this moment, he saw a thin card in those fragmented memories. The young man on the card rolled his eyes and looked arrogant.

"Gu...Xingmian..."

The tidal wave of memories instantly covered the screams in his head.

His memory was like a huge puzzle made up of countless tiny pieces. After entering this world, his puzzle was messed up and pieced together again, but the most important part was hidden.

And now these hidden fragments of memory have been turned out. Although there are not many, they are more vivid than his lackluster memory puzzle.

Even if it just surged through his heart, the fear and anxiety brought to him by those horrible memories were washed away completely.

How could he forget his God Card?

How could he forget Gu Xingmian?

Xiao Qiong lowered his eyes, and his originally delicate palms slowly grew and turned into the slender and powerful hands of a young man.

Several auxiliary cards appeared between his fingers.

…

The scene in front of Xiao Qiong dissipated like mist, and this time he found himself sitting in a car.

He immediately looked for Gu Xingmian, but found that he was not there either in the car or in his spiritual body.

His heart tightened, and he wanted to stand up, only to find that his body was tied up with ropes.

Several emperor bees discovered him and quickly "buzzed" around him.

Xiao Qiong was not like Gu Xingmian, who could communicate with the God Cards at will, but he could also see their anxiety.

His body trembled slightly, and he broke the rope on his body. Only then did he notice that the pupils of all his teammates in the car were in the shape of pink flowers. Although they were all tied up, they were still struggling to escape.

The "buzzing" sound of several emperor bees became louder.

Xiao Qiong followed them to the back seat and found that the person lying there was Eric. His condition was the worst among all the people. His lips and face were pale, his body was shaking constantly, and countless sweat dripped from his forehead.

He was struggling madly. At this moment, the God Card of the flying rope was trying to tie him up, but his struggle was too strong, and blood marks had been left on his skin. But the flying rope could not be loosened, otherwise once it was loosened, he would struggle to break out.

But at this moment, Eric, who could not escape, was like a madman, desperately hitting the car window with his head.

Xiao Qiong had noticed that, except for Gu Xingmian, Gu Gu, Haman, Naya and Ella were not there either. They were all God Cards that Gu Xingmian was familiar with. The rest of the people in the car were not that powerful, or they were like flying ropes and spider Molly that could tie people up.

For example, the humanoid objects tightly wrapped in white spider silk behind the seats.

This should be done by Gu Xingmian. He didn't want them to leave here.

So, Xiao Qiong gave Eric a knife on the back of his neck without hesitation. Eric fainted and stopped struggling immediately.

At this time, a spider in the back seat also began to struggle violently. Just when Xiao Qiong was about to go over and do the same, Song Nanting's sweaty face appeared in the spider silk.

Seeing her pupils return to normal, Xiao Qiong silently withdrew his hand.

Song Nanting took a breath: "Molly, at least leave me a breathing hole. I'm not scared to death, but you almost suffocated me."

The spider scratched its belly with one of its chelicerae, a little embarrassed.

Song Nanting struggled to get out of the spider web, and was bumped by the worried Amu. Then she saw Xiao Qiong and his teammates struggling desperately: "What's going on?"

"It's a long story. The pink flowers we saw on the road before might be problematic." Xiao Qiong said briefly, "I'll leave it to you. I'm going to find Xingmian."

Song Nanting was stunned: "Is Xingmian not here?"

She realized that all the God Cards in the car had been taken out, except for Xingmian and the others.

Before she could ask clearly, Xiao Qiong quickly explained a few words, covered his mouth and nose, and quickly opened the car door to get out.

Xiao Qiong's feet also landed on the pink grass. As soon as he landed, he felt something wrong with his feet. He squatted down and pulled up a piece of grass. Then he found that the soil underneath was a strange red color. He stretched out his fingers to touch it.

Although he covered his mouth and nose and couldn't smell anything, the sticky feel had already made him recognize what the soil was.

Xiao Qiong's face suddenly sank, and he immediately flew forward.

He also found that the color of the grass was gradually getting darker. After realizing what was in the soil, he knew that the deepest part of this color was the core of this thing.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a shrill scream from a distance.

Xiao Qiong sped up again and ran towards the place where the sound came from.

He was worried that something might happen to Gu Xingmian, so he did not spare his mental strength at all, and used all the auxiliary cards that could help him.

Soon, he saw the deep red swamp, and there were many panicked people in the swamp, trying desperately to climb to the shore.

But in Xiao Qiong's sight, there was only Gu Xingmian in the center of the swamp.

Gu Xingmian seemed to have fainted, and Ella and Naya were trying hard to drag him out of the center of the swamp with their claws.

Xiao Qiong took out a frost card and stepped onto the swamp, but he did not sink, because the swamp under his feet had turned into an ice surface.

He still felt that the speed was not fast enough, so he took out a few auxiliary cards, and rushed towards Gu Xingmian at almost the maximum speed with his mental power as if it was free.

There were also card masters trapped in the swamp, and they were stunned when they saw this scene.

"This is too strong, it's not a human!"

Xiao Qiong rushed to the center of the swamp, and then caught the unconscious Gu Xingmian from Ella and Naya's claws.

When Gu Xingmian's body fell into his arms, he confirmed his safety. Xiao Qiong's anxiety, panic and violence disappeared in an instant.

He held Gu Xingmian and left the swamp made of flesh and blood, and then hugged him tightly in his arms. It was not

until his emotions slowly calmed down that he realized there was something between them. He carefully let go of Gu Xingmian and saw that he was holding something tightly in his palm.

Xiao Qiong gently loosened his fingers, revealing the object.

It turned out to be a piece of deep red blood crystal.

Xiao Qiong was stunned.

At this time, Song Nanting and several teammates also rushed over, along with Alfonso and a dozen soldiers from the First Military Region.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw them, and then saw Gu Xingmian fainted in his arms, and their hearts lifted again: "Is Xingmian okay?"

Xiao Qiong shook his head and said hoarsely, "It's okay."

Alfonso saw the blood crystal in Gu Xingmian's palm and was shocked, "You actually eliminated this evil spirit?!"

Everyone was shocked.

Alfonso then explained that some time ago, when they were checking the Feilong defense line, they found a gap and sensed the breath of a powerful evil spirit. They have been looking for this evil spirit these days.

This evil spirit is codenamed Ruohua. He cannot move easily. He relies on fragrance to attract humans into his domain. After entering the domain, humans will continue to repeat their most feared memories, and then come to his side under his enticement.

His body is hermaphrodite. The slender and beautiful humanoid shape that Gu Xingmian and his friends saw is the pistil. As Ruohua continues to evolve, the pistil will look more and more like a human. For example, the pistil that Gu Xingmian and his friends saw, except for the face still covered with mouthparts, its body shape is no different from that of a human, proving that this Ruohua has evolved to a very high level.

And those thin white threads are stamens, the top of which can spray digestive fluids, melting people into flesh and blood, becoming Ruohua's food.

After Ruohua devours the flesh and blood, it will continue to reproduce new petals, which are the budding flowers behind the first flower wall, giving birth to those thumb-sized people who are responsible for protecting Ruohua.

If a card master were to accidentally enter the place, his spirit would be occupied by Ruohua, and his God Card would be squeezed out, and he would be attacked to death by the thumb man.

Ruohua is a relatively powerful evil spirit, and few people can escape from his domain. Moreover, if he does not devour flesh and blood but hides, his aura will become very, very weak, and it is very difficult to find him.

This time, they also explored most places and happened to find this place, so they could rush here so quickly, but they didn't expect that Ruohua was already dead when they got here.

Moreover, seeing the blood crystal in Gu Xingmian's palm, the color is so dark, you can see how strong Ruohua is.

For a moment, not only Alfonso, but also the dozen soldiers behind him had some changes in expression.

"Ella!"

Everyone was attracted by Fred's voice and saw Snow Owl carrying the flying squirrel and staggering towards them. When they got closer, everyone found several bloody wounds on Ella's body.

Ella fell to the ground, and everyone found that he was carrying a hammer on his back. It was Harman.

There were also some things on Harman's body that looked like rust. He was also injured.

After checking, Alfonso said that these were the digestive fluids sprayed by Ruohua's stamens, which caused such wounds.

In fact, Gu Xingmian attracted the most firepower from the stamens at that time, and let them leave in time, but it was inevitable that some splashes would be splashed on him. Fortunately, although it looked miserable, it was not particularly serious. He just needed to rest well in the spiritual body of the card master for a while.

Xiao Qiong seemed to be aware of something, and lowered his head. He found that although Gu Xingmian's face was pale, he did not have any wounds on his body like they did.

Xiao

Qiong remembered that when he saw Gu Xingmian, he was in the middle of the swamp, as if he would sink at any time, and Ruohua had disappeared, leaving only the blood crystal in his hand.

Obviously, Ruohua was killed by Gu Xingmian.

Ella and Haman, who were assisting, were both injured.

But as the main force in killing Ruohua, Gu Xingmian did not have a single wound on his body.

At this time, he saw the things in Gu Xingmian's pocket again. He took it out and found that it was a mass of things that had been corroded and the shape could no longer be seen. He remembered that this was the birthday gift prepared by Gu Xingmian for Eric.

Xiao Qiong's eyes darkened slightly, but he quickly hid the things while no one was paying attention.

And when Alfonso came to ask, he concealed it to protect Gu Xingmian.

Because Ruohua had been killed, there was no need for Alfonso and his men to stay here. He simply asked them some questions, and said that someone from the First Military Region might come to ask them about the specific situation later, and then let them leave.

After he left, everyone put their God Cards back into their spirit bodies.

Only Harman was alone.

Xiao Qiong then realized that Eric didn't come.

Seeing this, Song Nanting walked up to Harman and gently touched his body: "It's not that Eric doesn't want to pick you up, but his condition is not very good."

Xiao Qiong frowned. He was measured in his attack and it was not particularly serious. Eric should not be unconscious now.

But when he got in the car, he realized what Song Nanting meant by his condition was not good.

After Gu Xingmian killed Ruohua, his domain was broken. At that time, everyone was released from the cycle of painful experience. Except for him and Song Nanting, a few people woke up at this time.

However, except for a few rope marks on everyone's body, or like Song Nanting, who was almost suffocated by Molly's spider silk, most of them were just frightened, and their physical condition was still very good.

But Eric was different.

He first tried to get out by hammering the door with his fist, but because he used too much force, he fractured his hand bone. Then he was strangled by a flying rope and had blood marks. Later, he desperately hit the car window, which caused several bumps on his head. Not long after he was knocked unconscious by Xiao Qiong's knife, he woke up from the nightmare experience.

According to Alfonso, in Ruohua's domain, the more afraid you are, the more times you will experience the painful experience.

They didn't know how many times Eric had experienced it. Anyway, after he woke up, he still couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion. Looking at the scars on his body, he actually thought he was still in the nightmare memory and even planned to bite his tongue to commit suicide. Fortunately, Song Nanting discovered it in time and decisively removed his jaw.

After this, Eric did face the reality, but it was too miserable, so Song Nanting let him stay in the car to have a good rest.

Although Eric had not had time to treat the wound, his mood had gradually calmed down. Who knew that when he saw Harman in the crowd, tears immediately burst out: "Wuwuwuwuwuwu, Hammer Hammer! What happened to you!! How did you get hurt like this?!"

Harman was held tightly in his arms, crying with snot and tears, and all of them flowed on Harman.

Harman froze suddenly, the hammer handle shook, and he was about to hit Eric a few times out of habit.

However, after seeing Eric's miserable wounds, he put down the hammer handle again.

Forget it, considering how miserable he was, today's beating will be put aside for the time being.

Because of this accident, everyone was not in the mood to go to the Sunset Restaurant, so they drove back home.

This time, Eric didn't dare to open the window casually.

On the way back, Gu Xingmian also slowly woke up.

Xiao Qiong could feel his physical fatigue, but he insisted on coming out, so he had to let him out.

As soon as Gu Xingmian came out of his spiritual body, his legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Xiao Qiong supported him in time.

Everyone immediately surrounded him and cared about his body.

Gu Xingmian shook his head: "I'm fine, just a little tired and weak."

Song Nanting asked carefully: "Xingmian, what happened at that time?"

When they rushed over, they only saw him fainted in Xiao Qiong's arms, holding the blood crystal in his hand. They didn't know what happened. Now they saw him wake up, they were very curious.

Gu Xingmian had already learned about Ruohua from Xiao Qiong, so he said, "I remember seeing those stamens protecting the pistil in the center, so I guessed that the pistil should be its weakness. Then I asked Gugu and Naya to slow down the stamens, and Harman and I were led by Ella to fly to the pistil. We first hit it and then stabbed it with a dagger..."

Song Nanting also had the same doubts as Xiao Qiong at that time. They all knew Gu Xingmian's abilities. Although he had been much better recently, it was impossible for him to remain unscathed under such intensive attacks from the stamens.

But Gu Xingmian had no memory of this. It was only after Song Nanting reminded him that he remembered something: "Oh, I seem to have shared a brain with Xiao Qiong at that time!"

After Xiao Qiong's explanation, everyone suddenly realized that if it was Xiao Qiong, it should be no problem to avoid the digestive juices of those stamens. It makes sense!

Only Xiao Qiong's eyes flashed with deep thought.

After Gu Xingmian finished speaking, he touched his pocket and slapped his forehead: "Oh no, the gift is gone. It must have fallen during the battle just now..."

Eric asked in confusion: "What gift?"

As soon as the voice fell, Nina took out a packaged paper box and stuffed it into him: "Happy birthday! Eric!"

Eric was stunned.

Then, others also took out gifts for him.

"Why are you stunned, Eric!"

"I wanted to take you to Sunset Restaurant for your birthday party today, what a pity!"

"But this kind of experience is also very rare, hahaha!"

Eric held the gifts full of gifts and listened to everyone's blessings. He was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, his lips trembling, and finally he hugged Harman and cried loudly.

"Wuwuwuwuwuwu, hammer! I am not dreaming, am I? ! I should have woken up from Ruohua's realm! ! Or is it that Ruohua's realm not only has nightmares but also sweet dreams! Wuwuwuwuwu..."

Harman: "!!!"

If Harman was a human, veins on his forehead would definitely have popped out by now. He couldn't bear it anymore, raised the handle of the hammer, and "bang bang" gave Eric two hits.

Eric was beaten, but he smiled: "It's true, not a dream..."

"Hold me again! Hammer!"

Harman didn't give the birthday boy any face, chasing him and hitting him all over the car.

Along with Eric's "wow" screams of pain, the air was filled with the taste of happiness.