The expression and actions of the middle-aged man made Xiao Tangqiu shudder, but when he thought about it, this guy was not even thirty years old yet, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. These people who were stranded on the island felt the time passing too quickly, and they knew clearly that they would not live past thirty and had no way to escape. No wonder they would gradually turn their expectations of life into a crazy worship of the sacred tree in such a desperate and hopeless situation.
However, he still had many doubts in his heart. He glanced at Xue Junli and said, "Shall we take this guy with us to find the sacred tree?"
Xue Junli nodded and said calmly, "He probably still hides a lot."
The middle-aged man immediately retorted tremblingly: "No more! No more! I've told you everything I know! I don't know anything else! Let me go!"
Duan Hongzhen didn't listen to the guy's excuses. He lifted his chin with the knife in his hand, raised his eyebrows and threatened: "Run, you can run away, but you can't run away from the tree. If you dare to run, I will chop it down. There are only a few roots left anyway, right?"
The middle-aged man immediately spread his arms to protect the strange tree behind him, his expression nervous and panicked: "Don't hurt my wife! Please! I'm going with you! I'm going with you!"
Xiao Tangqiu didn't know if it was just an illusion, but he felt that when the middle-aged man begged for mercy, the strange tree behind him seemed to tremble, as if it understood what they were saying... But could a tree understand their words? Did this tree have consciousness?
If this guy's wife's consciousness still remains in this tree, and she clearly realizes that she has gradually changed from a person into a tree, how sad and desperate must she be?
Xiao Tangqiu sighed: "As long as you lead us to find the sacred tree, we will not harm this tree...your wife."
The middle-aged man nodded quickly: "I'll take you there! I'll take you there!"
Under the gaze of Xiao Tangqiu and the others, the middle-aged man turned around and hugged the strange tree with his remaining hand, muttering, "Don't be afraid, I'll be back soon. I want to see our child born with my own eyes... I've already chosen a name..."
A gust of night wind blew by, and the sparse branches and leaves of the strange tree trembled, as if responding to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man's voice became gentler: "Don't worry, I'll be back soon..."
After saying goodbye and standing up, he changed from the image of a gentle husband and loving father back to that timid middle-aged man: "Come, go, I'll take you to find the sacred tree. Don't hurt me..."
"You lead the way." Xiao Tangqiu said lightly.
The middle-aged man looked at the strange tree several times with reluctance before turning around to lead Xiao Tangqiu and others. Xiao Tangqiu looked around and found that all the trees in this forest were the same as the strange tree just now. At first he suspected that these trees would also attack people, but after they walked for a while, those trees did not move, just like ordinary trees.
Duan Hongzhen played with the knife in his hand and couldn't help asking the middle-aged man, "Are you sure your wife turned into a tree?"
The middle-aged man trembled and said, "Of course! I love her so much, how could I not recognize her just because she looks different!"
Duan Hongzhen raised his eyebrows: "But it ate one of your arms without hesitation."
The middle-aged man shuddered: "She's just hungry... She's very hungry... Because she's pregnant... Pregnant women always get hungry very quickly..."
Xiao Tangqiu suddenly remembered something: "Where's that piece of meat? Where's the food you got from the sacred tree?"
The middle-aged man said with a guilty look on his face: "I wanted to leave it for my wife, but I was also very hungry... so I couldn't help but eat it."
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