A sound of rustling leaves and branches rang out.
He Xie's entire figure disappeared inside.
Many people at the scene were shocked.
Those strange wooden puppets come from within these branches and leaves.
Who knows how many puppets are hidden inside.
They dare to go in like that?
Are you out of your mind?
......
Inside the dense foliage.
He Xie looked around and found that it was pitch black all around.
Rather than being inside a tree, it was more like being in a small, dark room.
No light.
silent.
I reached out and touched nothing.
It was very oppressive to be inside.
He Xie had a sudden thought: swastika.
The next moment, the Soul-Slaying Blade in his hand entered Soul-Devouring Mode, emitting a dazzling blue light.
It instantly illuminated the surroundings.
However, while it is said to illuminate the surroundings, it actually only reduces visibility from zero to three meters.
Beyond three meters, it was still pitch black.
I can't see anything.
Soon, the light on the Soul-Slaying Blade gradually faded.
Only a few specks of blue light remained on the blade.
They managed to improve visibility to about one meter.
"Tap! Tap! Tap..."
Suddenly, a series of crisp footsteps came from ahead.
He Xie deactivated the Soul-Devouring mode of the Soul-Slaying Blade, concealing the light emanating from the blade.
Then, he released his qi and blood to protect his entire body, and silently approached the direction from which the footsteps came.
As the distance closed, He Xie's night vision gradually improved.
Soon, he saw a figure about two meters away.
It's not a puppet, but the back view of a girl.
"How could anyone be in such a godforsaken place?"
He Xie frowned, then kicked the girl in front of him, knocking her to the ground with a thud.
The girl fell face-first into the mud, letting out a muffled groan.
He Xie recognized the voice, but didn't pay much attention and mounted the girl, pinning her down and controlling her.
Then, the next second, when he saw the face of the girl beneath him, he was completely stunned.
Huh? An Ruoli?!
He suspected it was a puppet in disguise, so he immediately used a Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy card to spy on the bio-information panel.
Upon closer inspection, it really was An Ruoli!
What are you doing here?
Both of them were somewhat surprised and blurted out the same question at the same time.
He Xie: "I jumped in here myself."
An Ruoli: "I was tied up by vines."
"......"
The air suddenly became quiet.
Then, An Ruoli said, "Can you get off me now?"
"Okay."
After saying that, He Xie left her.
An Ruoli stood up and brushed the dust off her clothes.
He looked aloof and indifferent, seemingly unconcerned about being kicked to the ground and pinned down by He Xie.
Seeing that she didn't seem to care, He Xie didn't bother to ask her if she was alright.
They even began to have some doubts about her.
A demonic plant disguised as a human suddenly appeared among the branches and leaves of a towering tree, which seemed very strange.
"Let me see you out."
Considering the possibility of being betrayed, He Xie decided to send An Ruoli out first, and then stay here alone to do some research.
An Ruoli was puzzled and asked, "There's no exit in sight, how are you going to get me out?"
"I don't know either, let's give it a try first."
After saying that, he stepped forward and picked An Ruoli up in his arms, then carried her on his back and held her legs.
An Ruoli was stunned for a moment, then immediately frowned and said, "What are you doing? Put me down quickly."
"I'll see you out, what else can I do?"
After saying that, He Xie immediately added, "Hurry up, put your hands behind your head and shrink your body."
An Ruoli: "What exactly do you want to do?"
He Xie: "Just do as I say."
An Ruoli frowned again, but in the end she did as He Xie asked, covering her head with her hands and shrinking her body.
Seeing that she had taken a defensive stance, He Xie immediately grabbed her calves with both hands and suddenly spun her around, throwing her into the air.
"Ahhh~"
An Ruoli was stunned. Her usual aloof demeanor vanished as she screamed in terror, revealing her ugly side.
She never imagined that her ex-boyfriend would suddenly pick her up in order to grab her calves and swing her around wildly in the air.
Is this even a human being?
[Contrast value increased from An Ruoli.]
"Buzz... Ah~"
"Buzz... Ah~"
"Buzz... Ah~"
After swinging An Ruoli's legs around seven or eight times, He Xie, seeing that the speed was about right, released his hands and flung her out.
Soon, a whooshing sound rang out.
An Ruoli flew through layers of branches and leaves, out of the interior of the towering tree, and was able to see the sunlight again.
Whether it was his imagination or not, He Xie heard An Ruoli's voice coming from outside.
It sounds like some kind of bastard.
However, he didn't dwell on it too much and quickly focused his attention on his surroundings.
"Crack... Crack!"
Suddenly, a scraping sound of hard objects rang out.
Upon hearing the sound, He Xie immediately drew his sword and rushed over.
Then, very soon, he witnessed an incredibly strange scene.
Strange pieces of wood lay across the ground, carved by many thick, stiff vines.
A sound of hard objects rubbing together rang out.
In less than ten seconds, all the pieces of wood were carved into human figures.
Then, very quickly, a crack several meters wide appeared in the ground, throwing all the pieces of wood that had been carved into puppets into it.
Having seen this, He Xie had learned a great deal.
So that's how those eerie puppets were made?
Here's the problem.
If the manufacturing method seems so simple, then why are those puppets so strange?
He Xie thought about it and realized that the problem lay with the pieces of wood.
That's definitely not ordinary wood!
Having figured this out, when the next batch of wood appeared before him, He Xie didn't hesitate and immediately put all of it into his system inventory, making it his own.
But his actions completely baffled the vines above.
Where's the wood?
Where is our wood?
Where did it go?
Soon, these vines, whose intelligence was negative, spotted He Xie and immediately launched an attack on him.
Upon seeing this, He Xie immediately dodged.
After hiding for a while and seeing that no new wood appeared on the ground, he decisively uncorked the bottle of herbicide in his hand and poured out the liquid.
"Sizzle!"
"Sizzle!"
"Sizzle!"
Once these liquids fell, they quickly began to corrode the surrounding area.
Several vines, while attacking He Xie, accidentally got a little bit of herbicide on them, and immediately dehydrated and shriveled into a pile of dry wood chips.
The corrosion continues.
In less than two seconds, several beams of light shone through the dense foliage, which had been so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.
As these rays of light increased, the towering, lush tree that appeared one moment instantly transformed into a bare, leafless, withered tree the next.
Its withering condition was more than ten times worse than when He Xie first saw it.
It feels like any gust of wind could blow the whole tree down at any moment.
He Xie stood on the bare tree trunk, looking down.
The puppets below have lost their ability to move, and everyone has been saved.
Then, he looked at the withered tree at his feet, which was corroded and about to collapse, and sighed that the "Withered Grass" system item was really exaggerated.
Such a huge, towering tree, and the kind that's impervious to swords and spears.
It was instantly corroded beyond recognition.
That's absolutely terrifying.
"winter--"
Soon, He Xie leaped down from the tree and landed heavily on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
He looked around and noticed that many of the rescued female students were crying.
The near-death experience inside the cicada pupa dealt a severe blow to their fragile minds, leaving them with significant psychological trauma.
He Xie was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
He originally thought that in this modern world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas where only the fittest survive, the students' mental fortitude would be much stronger than that of the students in his previous life.
It turns out that there wasn't much difference.
Perhaps the differences only become apparent after one goes to university.
After all, during the entire twelve years of compulsory education, these students are basically training their bodies and learning about evolutionary theory.
In terms of practical application, he's probably no different from a newborn baby.
A few minutes later, the Night Watchmen who had come to help finally appeared.
Zhang Tao and Mr. Wu were talking to them.
He Xie listened for a moment and learned that the night watchman leading the team was the head of the night watchman's branch in Shanhai City.
The group of night watchmen following behind were among the city's most elite.
It seems this accident is a major event.
This immediately alerted the head of the city's night watch.
He Xie was very curious about the strength of these night watchmen, so he secretly used the Know Your Enemy Card on them to spy on their biometric information panels.
The result of the spying was that the leading minister's biological level was as high as the rare eighth rank, which was three levels higher than that of Old Wu from the Provincial Department of Education.
As for the elite Night Watchers behind them, the strongest of them was a rare level one creature, and the weakest was a mutated level one creature.
He Xie estimated that a rare eighth-tier fighter should be the peak combat power in Shanhai City.
I wonder what level the province's top combat power can reach.
Rare ninth rank?
Or... within the Gundam epic category?
He Xie was very curious about this.
Just then, Lin Chuchu's voice came from behind him.
Lin Chuchu: "He Xie, are you alright?"
He Xie: "I'm fine."
Lin Chuchu: "I was so worried when I saw you suddenly disappear into the tree."
Zhang Kaizi: "Thank you, how come that towering tree suddenly withered?"
He Xie: "I don't know. Maybe it's like Ultraman Tiga, with a time limit for battle. It will wither away on its own when the time is up."
Zhang Kaizi: "Holy crap, I've learned something new!"
He Xie was speechless. I was just making things up on the spot, and you actually believed me?
As time went on, many test takers became bolder.
They left the edge of the basin and walked to the withered, towering tree, looking up at it with curiosity.
Then, many girls gathered around He Xie.
He said he was really good, and asked if we could get to know each other after the exam and exchange contact information.
He Xie had been fond of women since childhood, so of course he was extremely happy to oblige.
Unfortunately, before he could even respond, Lin Chuchu, like a mother hen protecting her chicks, flapped her wings and chased all the girls away.
He Xie was on the verge of tears, while Zhang Kaizi gloated.
Then, many candidates who recognized He Xie gathered around him.
My childhood friend Zhang Ze immediately said, "Holy crap, how are you so strong?"
Wen Xiuwen, who has an ex-girlfriend, completely ignored her best friend An Ruoli and came over to talk to He Xie.
Lin Qiye also came over, wanting to talk to He Xie but not daring to, so he could only go to his cousin Lin Chuchu and ask her questions quietly.
In addition, several top-scoring candidates in the college entrance examination in the basin also looked at He Xie from afar.
They all felt it was incredible, and a little bit doubtful about life.
This boy from Shanhai Middle School, who used to be a braggart jumping around like a clown at the foot of Wanshou Mountain, is actually incredibly strong.
Is something wrong here?
This is really not right!
Especially Sun Xiaochuan from No. 1 Middle School, who is aiming to become the top scorer in the city, and Chen Yiyu from No. 2 Middle School, will look at each other with a look of doubt, as if they are dreaming.
Otherwise, how could such an outrageous thing happen?
The strength He Xie displayed was nothing like that of a high school student.
He's more like a top student who graduated from one of the top three universities.
On the other side, Old Wu and Zhang Tao led the group of night watchmen toward the withered, towering tree.
When they passed by He Xie, neither of them glanced at him.
There's a reason for that.
The three major colonels and the Night's Watch are two parallel and competitive systems within the human realm.
After the college entrance examination, they will come to compete with the three major universities for students.
As staff members of the Education Department, Mr. Wu and Zhang Tao naturally did not want the Night Watchmen to notice He Xie.
So that they won't be poached when it comes time to fill out college applications.
As the Night's Watchman walked toward the withered, towering tree, everyone in the basin gradually gathered around to watch the spectacle.
"Minister Li, you are very knowledgeable. Do you know what this withered tree is?"
This time it was Old Wu's turn to become a sycophant, and he asked the head of the night watchman with a beaming smile.
The head of the night watch, a middle-aged man named Li Qingteng, shook his head when asked by Old Wu, indicating that he did not know.
Upon seeing this, He Xie couldn't help but wonder why no one knew what was going on with this dead tree.
This shouldn't be happening.
Suddenly, he thought of An Ruoli, a human disguised as a demonic plant.
He walked over decisively, poked her arm, and asked, "Hey, do you know what happened to that dead tree?"
An Ruoli glanced back at him, then walked away without looking back.
He Xie raised an eyebrow, wondering if he was angry.
Are you angry at yourself for being so inhuman, throwing her out of the tree like trash?
Just then, a jealous voice suddenly came from behind him.
Why are you looking for her?
Lin Chuchu came over, squinting as she walked to the side and said.
She looked exactly like a wife who had come to catch her husband cheating.
He Xie glanced at it, smiled, and said it was nothing.
Just then, a cracking sound came from behind.
"Kacha!"
'Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!'
"Kacha! Kacha!"
He Xie turned around upon hearing the sound and discovered that the withered and dead towering tree behind him had actually come back to life!
No new branches or leaves have grown.
Instead, his body size instantly doubled.
Then, the bare branches were covered with crackling lightning.
"Boom—"
A bolt of lightning shot out from the branch and struck an empty open space, instantly creating a large crater.
In an instant, the scene descended into chaos.
The test takers screamed and fled in panic.
The security personnel, night watchmen, and others instantly went into battle mode.
The dead tree came back to life.
It transformed from a withered tree into a large, old, sturdy tree.
......
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