The towering tree in the middle of the basin suddenly came back to life without any warning.
The tree trunk, which had been bare, suddenly sprouted a large number of thick branches.
Then, vibrant green leaves grew on the branches.
The dead tree has been given a new lease on life.
And it happens in an instant.
This is so illogical.
Everyone in the basin stared in astonishment at the towering tree with its dense foliage, finding it utterly unbelievable.
He Xie felt the same way and immediately used a "Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy" card on the towering tree.
[Friendly reminder: This tree is inanimate and cannot be used with the "Know Your Enemy" card.]
No signs of life?
He Xie frowned, feeling somewhat confused.
How can such a towering tree with such lush foliage be described as having no life characteristics?
What's going on?
Soon, the people in the basin started talking about it.
"What happened to this tree? How did it suddenly come back to life?"
"Could it be a demonic plant?"
"Those two men over there seem to be leaders from the Education Department. Let's see what they have to say later."
However, at this moment, the two education department leaders in their eyes were also staring blankly at the towering tree in front of them.
The two of them are both over a hundred years old combined.
But I've never seen anything like this before.
Zhang Tao was filled with doubt and couldn't help but look at the leader beside him and ask, "Mr. Wu, you are very knowledgeable, do you know what's going on?"
Old Wu shook his head, not pretending to know what he didn't, and answered honestly, "I don't know either, this is the first time I've encountered this."
......
On the other side.
Lin Chuchu looked up at the towering tree she had just sat on, patted He Xie, and asked:
"Thank you, what happened? How did this dead tree come back to life?"
"I don't know either."
He Xie shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
Just when everyone was full of doubts.
Suddenly, someone pointed at the tree and shouted:
Holy crap!
"Face!"
"A human face is hidden among the branches and leaves of the tree!"
"No, there's more than one!"
"One, two, three, four... so many faces!"
"......"
He Xie glanced at the examinee who had suddenly shouted out, and then followed his gaze.
Then, I actually saw a face!
And it wasn't just one face, but countless faces hidden densely among the branches and leaves!
"Whoosh!"
"Swish! Swish! Swoosh!"
"Swish! Swish!"
Suddenly, a sound of rustling leaves and branches rang out.
All the faces hidden among the branches and leaves slid out at once, revealing their true forms.
It's a puppet!
Dozens or even hundreds of puppets fell from the tree at the same time.
Everyone was terrified by what they saw.
I felt very terrified.
They all stepped back.
We moved away from that eerie, towering tree.
"Bang!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Bang! Bang!"
The puppets that slipped from the branches quickly crashed heavily to the ground, making dull thuds and kicking up clouds of dust.
After a short while, the dust settled.
These puppets were all exposed to the public eye.
Some were lying face down, some were lying flat, some were lying on their sides, and some were even upside down, stuck in the ground...
The puppets fell to the ground in various poses.
But without exception, none of them were damaged.
His body was unusually sturdy.
Seeing this scene, many people started discussing it.
What's with these puppets?
"It looks really strange."
"Let's go up and take a look."
"......"
As the discussion arose, many bolder candidates soon went forward to check the situation.
Seeing this, He Xie put Lin Chuchu down from behind and followed after her with a curious expression to check the situation.
Seeing this, Zhang Kaizi followed.
Seeing this, Lin Chuchu followed them over.
soon.
He Xie stopped in front of a wooden puppet lying flat on the ground and looked down at it warily.
Aside from being a puppet, everything else, such as its height, size, facial features, etc., looks exactly like a human, like a life-size work of art carved by a carpenter according to a customer's requirements.
Um?
Suddenly, He Xie frowned slightly.
He saw a puppet in front of him that looked exactly like Lin Chuchu.
What's going on?
Just as he was wondering, he suddenly saw two more puppets in the same condition.
One of them is the An Ruoli version.
One is the Zhang Kaizi version.
Both his physique and facial features look exactly like the two of them.
It's like it was copied.
He Xie found this very strange, so he silently took out the Soul-Slaying Blade from his system inventory and entered a state where he could start slaying monsters at any time.
At the same time.
Many people at the scene also noticed this.
They all saw puppets that looked exactly like themselves or other candidates they knew.
"These puppets are disgusting."
"He looks like a human, but his facial expression is very stiff, making him look like a ghost."
"Strange, why do these puppets look just like us?"
"......"
Many people started discussing it, and most expressed disgust at these puppets.
Because these puppets are just too bizarre.
It looks like a human, but its facial expression is lifeless.
It's psychologically disturbing and disgusting to look at.
"sand--"
Suddenly, a sound of sand churning arose.
The puppets on the ground, each in a different pose, all sat up in the same cross-legged position.
Everyone was startled and instinctively took several steps back.
Lin Chuchu's reaction was particularly strong.
With a sudden "Ah!", she jumped onto He Xie, burying her head in his arms and hugging him tightly.
He Xie was speechless, thinking to himself that this little delinquent was definitely faking it.
To be honest, it felt pretty good to be hugged so tightly by her.
You can really feel the softness of her upper body.
"Crack... Crack!"
At this moment, a wooden puppet in front of He Xie came to life and stiffly began to turn its neck.
Soon, the rotation stopped.
The puppet turned its lifeless face toward Zhang Kaizi beside He Xie, and then asked in a low and hoarse voice: "Is the falling of leaves the pursuit of the wind, or the tree's failure to hold on?"
"?"
Zhang Kaizi was a little dumbfounded after hearing this.
What's going on?
Why did they suddenly start giving me a Chinese lesson?
"10, 9, 8, 7, 6..."
Seeing that Zhang Kaizi did not answer for a long time, the puppet began to count down.
Zhang Kaizi panicked a little.
He was worried that something terrible would happen if he didn't answer after the countdown ended.
So he immediately replied:
"The falling of leaves is the pursuit of the wind. The wind has always loved the leaves and is always pursuing them. The leaves are fickle and eventually turn the trees green."
"Incorrect answer."
As soon as he finished speaking, the strange wooden puppet that had been sitting motionless on the ground suddenly sprang up with a ferocious expression and lunged at Zhang Kaizi in front of it.
Holy crap!
Zhang Kaizi was so scared he wet himself and immediately turned and ran away.
However, the puppet was launched too fast.
They caught up with him in no time.
Just as the puppet was about to pounce on Zhang Kaizi, He Xie, who had been observing for a long time, made a lightning-fast move and directly cut the puppet in mid-air in half with a single slash.
"Clatter!" x2.
The puppet, broken in two, crashed heavily to the ground.
Zhang Kaizi turned around and looked at the two pieces of wooden puppet on the ground, feeling a wave of fear wash over him.
He stopped beside He Xie, looking visibly shaken, and said, "You scared me to death, He Xie! What on earth was that thing? How could it be so terrifying?"
He Xie: "I don't know either."
Seeing that He Xie didn't know either, Zhang Kaizi, both frightened and curious, walked to the two pieces of the puppet's body and stopped.
I want to take a closer look and see what this thing is.
"Sizzle!" x2.
Just as Zhang Kaizi squatted down to observe, the puppet's two body parts suddenly disintegrated into two dense vines that pounced on him.
Then they quickly tightened the bindings, instantly binding him like a twisted vine.
Then, a vine shot out from above.
It shot into the towering tree in front of it with a thud.
Then, like a spider spinning a cocoon, it quickly turned Zhang Kaizi, who had been bound like a twisted vine, into a cicada pupa.
They quickly pulled him up into the tree.
This happened very quickly.
By the time He Xie realized what was happening, Zhang Kaizi, who had formed a pupa, had already been pulled into the air.
"Whoosh!"
He Xie leaped after him and cut the vine connecting the cicada pupa in two with a single stroke, saving Zhang Kaizi in time.
Then, with a few more swift strokes, he severed all the vines binding Zhang Kaizi.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Zhang Kaizi, now free, was panting heavily, his face flushed red.
Seeing this, Lin Chuchu quickly stepped forward to ask him if he was alright.
As for He Xie on the other side, he looked around.
Then I discovered that everything I looked around was a mess.
Many candidates at the scene had already been pulled up into the trees by those eerie wooden puppets that had been turned into cicada pupae.
Faced with these bizarre puppets, all the examinees were powerless to resist.
Only Zhang Tao and Wu Lao, both leaders from the Education Department, had some ability to resist.
Therefore, at this moment, they were all doing their best to rescue the candidates around them.
"winter--"
Suddenly, a wooden puppet crashed down.
It landed right in front of He Xie.
It sat up cross-legged and twisted its stiff neck several times to look at He Xie.
Then he asked:
"Is the falling of leaves a result of the wind's pursuit, the tree's failure to hold on, or... a thousand cries from the earth?"
......
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