It took the whole morning just to cut out these small pictures. Although this job does not require much technical skills, it does require carefulness and patience. By the end of the cutting, the three of them had sore necks.
When the haircut was finally finished, Zong Quan breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, I can't do it anymore. I need to lie down for a while."
As a result, when he exhaled, all the small pieces of paper on the table were blown away.
He picked it up quickly.
Next comes the arduous task of completing the puzzle.
But before that, Xue Huan and Pei Ji prepared a sumptuous lunch together. The three of them ate their fill to store energy for the work later.
It took me an entire afternoon to finish the puzzle, and by the evening, I still hadn't finished it. I had only completed one-third of it.
The night time belongs to the zombies. The three of them put away the puzzle for the time being and concentrate on dealing with the zombies.
Another batch of ashes and a pile of spirit stones were harvested.
If I was happy when I first got the spirit stones, I feel a little melancholy and sad now, because each spirit stone represents a human life.
No one knows why they turned into monsters like zombies after death, and spiritual stones appeared in their brains.
Maybe once the puzzle is completed, we'll get the answer.
Thinking of this, Zong Quan worked even harder when doing the puzzle the next day, and his eyes were almost glued to the puzzle.
Finally, before night falls, the puzzle is completed!
There are 1086 puzzle pieces, not one more, not one less, and all of them are used, and the result is a neat circle.
Could this be a coincidence?
The three of them didn't quite believe it.
There must be some truth hidden behind this coincidence.
Xue Huan sealed the puzzle between two pieces of transparent glass, making it look like a photo frame.
"We have six days left. Should we go explore the lake?"
Pei Ji pondered for a moment, "Alright, but which pool of water to enter depends on the zombies."
Zong Quan was confused, "Why do we need to watch the zombies?"
"Have you ever thought about where those zombies came from? We toured the entire secret realm during the day and didn't see any other places to hide except those pools of water. I think the zombies must have come out of one of the pools. If we follow the zombies, we'll probably find out."
Xue Huan nodded when he said this. "Okay, then we won't kill zombies tonight. Let's have a good rest. When the fog is about to recede, we'll follow them and explore."
The three of them took turns meditating and resting. The night passed quickly. Finally, Pei Ji, who was on guard, woke up Xue Huan and Zong Quan. The three of them rested for a while, put on the breath-suppressing talisman that Xue Huan took out, quietly left the formation, and followed behind a group of zombies.
The fog could only block vision but not spiritual awareness, so the few of them followed the zombies smoothly and came to a pool of water the size of a well.
The zombies jumped into the pool one after another like dumplings, but the strange thing was that the water in the pool seemed fake, there was no sound at all, only slight ripples.
Pei Ji held Xue Huan's hand, turned around to look at her, and they jumped down together.
Pei Ji had a vine wrapped around his hand, and the other end of the vine was tied around Zong Quan's waist to prevent him from falling behind.
Xue Huan originally intended to tie herself to him, but how could Pei Ji let her be tied to another man? Even if his purpose was pure.
So Zongquan was tied to him.
After the two jumped down, Zong Quan followed suit.
The moment the three figures sank into the pool, the fog dissipated overnight and the entire secret realm became bright and clear again.
Pools of water lay silently on the ground like mirrors.
Suddenly, a huge green flesh ball appeared on each "mirror", with pairs of scarlet eyes distributed on the flesh ball, exactly the same as those zombies.
In addition, there are soft and thick tentacles growing on the ball of flesh, twisted and intertwined with each other, like vines and snakes, disgusting and terrifying.
The tentacles intertwined on the ground and in the air, forming large nets, with people entangled in the nets.
They closed their eyes, as if they were trapped in a deep nightmare, with distorted and hideous expressions on their faces.
These people were the members of the five major families that had entered the secret realm this time. Except for Xue Huan, Pei Ji, and Zong Quan, all three were here.
If anyone saw this weird and terrifying scene, their scalp would definitely tingle.
When Xue Huan and the other two jumped into the pool, the green fleshy ball sensed it instantly and stretched out its tentacles towards them as fast as lightning.
The moment she entered the pool, Xue Huan felt that she was not falling into water, but passing through a thin film of water, just like the feeling when she passed through the secret realm barrier before.
Before she could see the surroundings clearly, a green shadow approached rapidly.
The snowflake knife appeared in her hand in an instant.
But Pei Ji had already made his move. The sword flashed like thunder, and with a few whooshes, a tentacle was cut off. It fell to the ground and twisted for a while like a living thing before it stopped moving.
Xue Huan discovered that those tentacles were very similar to octopus tentacles, with densely packed suction cups, which looked disgusting and scary.
If you get entangled, it will be difficult to escape.
What surprised her even more was that the severed parts of the tentacles actually grew back and continued to attack them in an overwhelming manner.
The three of them quickly formed a triangle position in tacit understanding, with Pei Ji at the front, and none of the tentacles could break through the defense.
Xue Huan held the Snowflake Knife in her hand and also withstood the dense attack of the tentacles.
Only Zongquan, who was not good at fighting, was flustered and confused when faced with the tentacles that penetrated everywhere. He was almost hit and dragged away by the tentacles several times.
Fortunately, the vines tied around his waist had not been untied. Every time he was about to be dragged away, Pei Ji would pull him back like a kite.
After a few times, Zong Quan felt like his hands and feet were about to become disconnected.
"Take it! Input spiritual power and throw it out!" When Zong Quan was almost dragged away again, Xue Huan seized the opportunity to stuff a stack of talismans into his hand.
Zong Quan took it quickly. It was his first time using the talisman, and he had no idea how to use it. He put too much spiritual power into it all at once, and the talisman almost exploded in his hand.
Hurry up and smash at those tentacles.
Just like playing with firecrackers when I was a kid.
The blasting talismans that Xue Huan gave him were thousands of times more powerful than firecrackers when they exploded. One talisman directly blew away a group of tentacles.
There was nothing in front of him.
Zong Quan was stunned, then he reacted with ecstasy, "Hahaha, I told you guys to bully me again, I'll blow you up!"
This talisman is so powerful!
Unfortunately, although the talisman was powerful, he himself was a drag because he used his spiritual power improperly, and there was not much reserve in his dantian. As a result, the talisman was still there, but he could not squeeze out any spiritual power.
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