Not only did her superpowers break through and upgrade, but many of the memories that had been slowly awakening since she entered the underworld also awakened, allowing her to master many efficient ways to use her superpowers.
One evening, when a person with supernatural abilities wanted Chu Nian's help to break through to a higher level, he found that Chu Nian was not at the camp. He searched the vicinity but couldn't find him, so he asked others for help.
No one else noticed Chu Nian's whereabouts; she had simply disappeared without a trace, causing everyone to become anxious and worried. Seeing this, Zhang Lan suggested that she and Qin Hao each lead a small team to search for her in different directions.
However, not only did neither team find their missing members, but they also encountered a strange illusionary ability, getting lost and wandering around in a misty forest for half a day. Fortunately, the misty forest dissipated at dawn, and they found their way back to their previous campsite, only to discover that Chu Nian had already returned.
Seeing everyone, Chu Nian breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a bit of helplessness, "Sigh, where did you all go? I thought I had gone to the wrong place again, and I almost went to look for you somewhere else."
Xiao Li chuckled helplessly, "You have the nerve to say that? We found out you were missing and split up to look for you, but we all got stuck in a strange, foggy forest and couldn't get out..."
Hearing this, Chu Nian interrupted him, saying, "What, you also encountered that strange forest? I just wanted to relieve myself, but I somehow got lost and found myself in a forest full of mist. However, the mist dissipated just before dawn, and that's how I found my way out."
Everyone immediately understood; it turned out that they and Chu Nian had gotten lost in that forest and wandered around all night.
Although everyone was exhausted from searching for a way all night, the strange forest made them wary. They suspected it was some kind of zombie or strange beast with special abilities, so they dared not linger. Now that everyone had reunited and none were missing, they quickly packed their things and set off again.
No one suspected anything, including Zhang Lan and her siblings.
That misty forest was actually created by Chu Nian secretly, just to give herself a night to act alone.
The group set off again, taking a two-hour break in a relatively safe location before continuing their journey.
By evening, the group had arrived at Huaijia Village. The village was eerily quiet; not a single zombie was in sight, which puzzled Zhang Lan.
According to her memories from before her rebirth, there was a demonic tree here that the Zombie King had long coveted, so he sent many mid-level zombies to guard the area. There should be many zombies wandering around this village, so why isn't there a single one?
Little did she know that Chu Nian, who had disappeared the previous night, had arrived here ahead of time and thoroughly cleaned the place.
As for that old locust tree that she thought could be of use to her... hehe!
Although Zhang Lan was puzzled, she did not expect that someone had learned of her and Zhang Gang's conspiracy in advance and had come here ahead of time. She just guessed that the old locust tree might not have really grown up yet at this time.
But that shouldn't be the case!
Before her rebirth, she encountered this old locust tree more than half a year later. At that time, the old locust tree was already at the peak of level nine. Based on this calculation, the old locust tree now must be at least level eight or higher. It's impossible that it would disappear without a trace for fear of their superpowered team.
While she and Qin Hao might not be able to withstand it, escaping would be no problem. With her help, she believed her elder brother Zhang Gang would also escape safely. Meanwhile, the old locust tree coveted Li Nian's extraordinary physique.
She originally thought that when they first entered the village, the demon tree would sense Li Nian's body and then send out a horde of zombies to attack, thus throwing them into chaos.
The demonic tree was extremely obsessed with Li Nian's body. Before her rebirth, the demonic tree attacked them more than once in an attempt to obtain Li Nian. In the end, Li Xiang used his powerful lightning and fire abilities to burn most of it, which allowed the team to escape successfully.
But later, the demonic tree summoned the zombie king, and the two, one zombie and one demon, joined forces to track the team and launched a second attack.
This shows just how strong the attraction of Li Nian's body was to the demonic tree.
But this time, after half a day in the village, they didn't see a single zombie, not even that demonic tree...
In order to carry out her plan, Zhang Lan deliberately led her team close to the location of the demon tree, but they only saw a bunch of ordinary grasses that had not mutated.
The spot where the demonic tree should have taken root is now a huge hole, like a deep well.
"Team Leader Zhang, Deputy Team Leader Qin, this cave is strange!" Xiao Li, along with several other ability users, stood at the edge of the hole and examined it from below, and couldn't help but speak up.
Zhang Lan was filled with doubts. She wondered where the demon tree had gone. Could it have been moved by the zombie king?
Chu Nian nodded in agreement with Xiao Li: "Yes, it's big enough! It's deep enough!"
Qin Hao used his special ability to sense things for a long time and said, "I have a feeling there's something in here."
Zhang Lan hurriedly asked, "What is it?" How come she didn't sense anything? Otherwise, she wouldn't have guessed that the Zombie King had moved with the Demon Tree.
Qin Hao pondered and said, "It seems to be... something with life, not a zombie."
Zhang Lan feigned guessing and asked, "Is it... a mutated demonic plant?"
Qin Hao said, "It's possible, but it could also be a mutated monster."
Chu Nian said, "Sigh, whether it's a strange plant or a monster, we'll know once we set it on fire." Then he turned his head and shouted, "Little Li, throw a few fireballs into this cave."
Xiao Li immediately responded, "Okay!"
"Wait a minute!" Zhang Lan gave the order, but it was a little too late. Xiao Li had already thrown three fireballs into the deep hole.
Aww!
Suddenly, a strange, earth-shattering roar soared into the sky.
Xiao Li shouted, "There really is a monster! Quick, protect Sister Nian!"
The group of superpowered individuals immediately pulled Chu Nian back quickly and erected a protective wall around her.
Although they retreated quickly, it was clear that what was hidden in the deep cave was even faster, as two thick tree branches shot out with a whoosh. However, these two branches were strange; although they were burned by the fireball that Xiao Li had set off, they did not attack Xiao Li. Instead, as if they had eyes, they attacked Zhang Lan and Zhang Gang respectively.
Just as Zhang Lan guessed, this old locust tree had indeed reached level eight. Therefore, Qin Hao, who had entered the late stage of level seven, could only sense its oppressive aura and feel extremely dangerous, but he couldn't tell whether it was a tree or a beast.
Zhang Lan, who was at the mid-stage of level seven, couldn't even sense the pressure anymore—the difference was quite large. When the demon tree wasn't suppressing her in any particular way, she couldn't feel anything.
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