"Death..."
Xiaobai listened to Yang Yu's words, muttering to himself, and slowly lowered his head in thought. Looking at Beibei sobbing softly in his arms, he stroked her head with some heartache.
She didn't want to experience that scene again, even if it was an illusion...
"But...what's going on with that white mist?"
Xiaobai looked at the vast expanse of white surroundings. Where did this white mist come from? Why did it cause hallucinations?
In this regard, Yang Yu and Xiao Ming also looked at the sloppy man in confusion. After they met the man, they learned that the other party had a way to rescue people from the maze city, so they brought the man to help Xiaobai first.
There is no time to investigate the details about the white fog.
"Come with me..."
Looking at Xiaobai and the other three, the sloppy man sighed slowly, his voice very hoarse, as if he had not spoken for a long time.
Several people immediately set out, following the slovenly man, wanting to see who the culprit behind all this was...
Xiaobai followed behind. Beibei had calmed down a lot at this time. She wiped her tear-stained face, sat behind the girl, and hugged her slender waist.
"Xiaobai...you are so powerful, how could you die..."
Beibei's tone was weak and somewhat puzzled. Yang Yu and the other person in front of them also pricked up their ears and listened to the conversation between Beibei and Xiaobai.
When they learned that they could only wake up from the illusion by dying, the three of them thought that with Xiaobai's strength, the existence that could kill her might not have been born yet in the entire illusion.
For a moment, the three of them felt that hope was fading, but fortunately they did not intend to give up. They pestered the sloppy man to keep ringing the bell beside Xiaobai.
Fortunately, Xiaobai finally woke up, but they were very interested in how she woke up. What killed her?
"Hmm... nothing much..."
Xiaobai pondered for a moment, recalling the scene after Beibei's death, and felt that everything was meaningless...
"We were just besieged by a few big lizards..."
Xiaobai's nonchalant tone caused Yang Yu and Xiao Ming to exchange silent glances. A giant lizard? Was it that Mosasaur monster? There were several more...
Judging from Xiaobai's first encounter with the Mosasaur monster, even with the advantage in numbers, they didn't think the other side could kill Xiaobai. After all, if they couldn't beat Xiaobai, they could still run away...
I think Xiaobai did not run away, but fought with the opponent.
A battle that could kill someone like Xiaobai... that heroic scene was enough for Yang Yu and Xiao Ming to imagine...
"Okay..."
Beibei muttered something, and Xiaobai didn't seem to want to say how he died.
Fortunately, otherwise, she really didn't know when Xiaobai would wake up, and he might really be lost in this land forever...
Following the sloppy man's lead, they groped their way forward in the white fog. The few of them entered a small forest and walked along the muddy path. The air was filled with a damp and stuffy smell, which made people feel very uncomfortable.
Finally, they arrived at the edge of a stream. The slovenly man stood still, pointed across the stream, and said slowly, "The source of the white mist is that thing..."
Xiaobai and the others looked in the direction the slovenly man pointed. Behind the white mist, they could vaguely see streaks of purple...
They were palm-sized mushrooms, with grayish-white roots that gradually turned dark purple as they moved upwards. Wisps of white mist slowly emanated from them...
On the hillside across the river, beneath trees and in open spaces, these dark purple mushrooms grew everywhere. Amidst the mist, they gave off a mysterious and dangerous vibe...
"this……"
Yang Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at You Zi on the opposite bank in shock. He never thought that the dangerous illusion was caused by these strange purple mushrooms.
"According to my guess..."
The sloppy man saw the expressions of Yang Yu and the others and slowly began to explain.
These white mists are most likely the defense means of these purple mushrooms. In order to protect themselves from natural enemies, many plants will evolve toxins to avoid being eaten.
These purple mushrooms are even worse. They directly evolve into white mist, pulling all the creatures around them into the illusion to protect themselves.
If creatures that stray into the illusion fail to realize this, it will be difficult for them to wake up from it, and they will eventually be trapped in the illusion forever...
In this regard, Yang Yu and Xiao Ming thought about it seriously. These purple mushrooms are too harmful and must be eradicated.
"etc."
The slovenly man suddenly spoke up, stopping Yang Yu and Xiao Ming from moving forward. As if he had read their minds, he slowly said, "Although we have escaped the illusion for the first time, we will not fall into it again. But if you want to go over and harm these purple mushrooms..."
The slovenly man paused, his face filled with a horrible memory, and he said in a trembling voice, "Then it will drag you into an even more terrifying illusion..."
The sloppy man had once tried to destroy these purple mushrooms in order to save his wife and daughter after accidentally waking up from a fantasy.
However, he experienced a terrifying hallucination because of it, a feeling even scarier than death...
"Believe me...you don't want to experience that feeling..."
Seeing that Yang Yu and Xiao Ming were still hesitating, the sloppy man warned them in a heavy tone.
Looking at the serious expression on the sloppy man's face, it seems that destroying the purple mushroom is not such an easy task.
In response to this, Yang Yu and Xiao Ming could only sigh and give up this plan for the time being...
So, the few of them had no choice but to leave this place, leaving behind only the mushrooms emitting a faint purple in the white mist. Peace returned to this place once again, and no one knew the danger hidden beneath this peaceful surface...
Several people crossed the wet jungle path and returned to the asphalt road...
On the way, the slovenly man explained that although he couldn't destroy the purple mushrooms, he had accidentally discovered that the sound of the gong in his hand seemed to be able to reach the illusion and bring back those who were lost...
In response to this, Xiaobai and his friends thought of the huge bell sound echoing in the maze city. It turned out that it came from the gong in the hand of the sloppy man!
After hearing Yang Yu describe to him the changes in the city after the sound of gongs and drums in the maze, the sloppy man couldn't help but sigh.
So what he meant by awakening was to summon monsters in the illusion and then kill others...
"Why don't you leave?"
Xiao Ming, who was standing by, looked at the sloppy man and asked about the doubts in his mind.
Although this was a good thing, they were still very confused as to why the other party was willing to wander in this world shrouded in white mist to help those who were lost...
In response to Xiao Ming's question, the sloppy man remained silent for a moment and his expression began to become sad.
"I have nowhere to go..."
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