Chapter 252: The Grias Islands

Tong came back faster than expected.

According to him, the third monster is a low-level monster that only moves in a fixed area, making a baby's crying sound to attract ignorant people and then devour them.

In the end, the low-level weird creature naturally ended up being swallowed by Tong.

The problem was solved so easily that Tong didn't even call out for the wolf.

The last remaining weird thing on the islands is the weird bird.

During the operation one day later, Mang Tao's only request to Tong was to keep an eye on the people of the Black Soil Tribe. Although the old man said that they were not fanatics of the strange bird, it was hard to say about the people in the tribe. It was possible that ignorant people would do anything irrational. Mang Tao wanted to resolve the incident here as soon as possible and then go home. He did not intend to waste any more time.

At dawn the next day, according to the Black Soil Tribe's usual time of action, Mang Tao left the tribe with the strange bird and walked around to a flat place. This was the place he specially chose to fight with the strange bird, waiting for the strange bird to be hooked as prey.

The ponytailed boy stepped on the ground with his feet. His two calves turned into wood and became tree roots that penetrated into the soil. The boy raised his hands above his head. Branches grew out from his arms and spread out to the surroundings, growing lush green leaves.

The young boy turned into a tree, with strange feathers hanging among its branches, emitting a strange aura.

The sun in the sky quickly set in the west. The night was dotted with stars. A light sea breeze blew onto the island, bringing a slightly salty and humid air.

The tree is still rooted here, motionless except for the occasional rustling sound caused by the wind blowing through the leaves, just like an ordinary tree.

The strange bird flew in under the cover of night, circling high in the sky, not daring to land.

The dark night slowly faded away and the sky turned blue-purple, a sign that dawn was about to break.

The strange bird descended a little hesitantly, but remained alert, even though it could not sense any other strong strange aura except the aura of its own feathers.

It circled in the air for more than half an hour, until it saw a hint of white on the horizon. The bird finally let down its guard and swooped down like a falling arrow.

Past experience tells it that there is a lot of food where the scent of its feathers is. It only needs to circle around the area around the feathers to find a lot of prey.

However, this time was different. The strange bird rushed to the ground and supported its body with two strange claws. It stretched its long neck to look around, but could not find any trace of human. It could not see and its hearing was poor, but it was not completely deaf. There were no usual human shouts after it swooped down. There was silence all around, with only the low hum of the wind.

The strange bird tilted its head, and for the first time, it felt confused.

The next second, the sound of the wind changed, and the tree behind the bird moved. The lush branches and leaves quickly wrapped around the bird, and a cute face poked out from the trunk. The boy smiled and said, "It's really easy to catch."

"Ga——" The strange bird made a weird sound and fluttered around continuously.

The bird opened its mouth, and the savage octopus tentacles stretched out from its mouth, wrapping around the branches in an attempt to save itself. However, the branches were as strong as steel bars, not only could they not be shaken, but they even wrapped around them tighter and tighter.

"Hehe..." The young boy laughed and narrowed his eyes in happiness.

The tip of the branch pierced into the body of the Monster Bird and turned into a root that could absorb nutrients. The Monster Bird's power was constantly being stripped away, and it realized that it was beginning to become weak.

"Ra...Gah!" The strange bird uttered these words with difficulty.

Of course, the little boy who controlled the branches could not obey, he was immersed in the pleasure of 'eating'.

The strange power that was continuously extracted from the strange bird turned into nutrients to nourish itself. The part of the tree trunk that pierced into the flesh and blood of the strange bird began to become warm, and a blush appeared on the white face of the young boy.

The leaves on the branches became darker green and more lush, constantly squeezing the bird. In just a few seconds, the bird was squeezed to pieces.

The flesh and blood exploded, as if a bloody rain was falling.

After falling onto the tree, the pieces of flesh and blood were immediately absorbed by the branches and leaves. The wind blew away the remaining bloody smell in the air.

The place was clean and the leaves were spotless. There was no sign that a strange bird had just been wiped out and swallowed in such a cruel way.

The hunting methods of plants are always more terrifying than those of wild animals.

The blush on the boy's cheeks faded, and his slightly blurry eyes regained their spirit.

"……oops?"

"Host, are you awake?"

Mang Tao: "What happened just now was..."

"Host, you have been affected by the vest." The salvation system comforted, "Don't worry, host, it's not a big problem."

Mang Tao's eyes widened: "It's not... a big problem?"

Just now, his state was obviously very wrong. When he used the branch to catch the strange bird, his state was still controllable, but when he was thinking about "using this vest to solve the strangeness", the branch moved on its own. This subconscious instinct is as natural as when a person automatically picks up a cup when thinking about drinking water. When holding a cup to drink water, people will not use their brains to think about how to reach out, how to hold the cup, and how to bring it to their lips. In that way, the muscles will automatically make appropriate reactions, and the cup will not slip and the water will not be sent to the nose.

In fact, although this step was somewhat beyond Mang Tao's expectations, it was still controllable. However, later, when the strange power of the strange bird entered her body, Mang Tao's mind began to feel dizzy, and the only thought in her mind was: Continue, I want more.

Until the strange bird was completely devoured, not even a feather was left.

The feather that was originally hung on the branch as bait was absorbed.

"System, this is a bit scary." The tree on Mang Tao's arm quickly faded and disappeared, and the roots also emerged from the ground and turned into two small feet.

"Am I so easily influenced by a vest?"

This kind of thing never happened to me when I was wearing other vests.

Savior System: "Higher-level vests are of course more likely to affect themselves. The personality of the Invisible Son is nothing, so there is no visible impact. However, the host's vest of Mangtao is not suitable."

It's SSS-level after all, so it's good enough that it's only affected when hunting and eating.

"Okay, I guess I have to be more careful next time."

Being affected by a group of enemy monsters is nothing, but if there is a monster with his vest among the friendly ones, he is really worried that he will get too excited and eat all the monsters present.

"System, this vest is not interested in people, right?"

Savior System: "Don't worry, host. As long as there are weird people around, they will look down on humans."

With all the delicacies from land and sea, who would care about simple meals?

Mango: ...

Mang Tao and Tong left the Grias Islands and warned the Black Soil Tribe before leaving that if such things happened again, they would really wipe out the people of the Black Soil Tribe along with the weirdos next time.

As for whether the old man of the Black Soil Tribe listens or not, that is his business.

The Savior System kept regretting that he didn't do a live broadcast on this trip.

"Based on the host's previous performance in destroying the strange bird, if you start a strange live broadcast, you will definitely get a lot of attention and unlock new skills!"

Mang Tao: "Let's not talk about it."

His external image has always been that of a cute little sweet cookie. Even if he wants to break everyone's perception, he shouldn't do it so quickly.

At least keep it up for a few more days.

Especially this time, the primitive tribe was ignorant and believed in weird things. Mang Tao was not sure how the outside world would comment on this matter after it was exposed. He was worried that it would have a bad impact on Denghuo.

After all, they are both weird and are believed in equally.

Even if one day I am regarded as an enemy by humans and have to take back my vest, it can't be now.

Bai Yixin still needs to spread the secret books and strange objects to the outside world. Human beings are not yet strong enough to do without the help of lights. Qingtong does not want trouble to arise during this period.

"Host, this kind of thing may happen again in the future." The salvation system said, "There will definitely be people who use weirdness to exclude dissidents."

"Let's take it one step at a time." Mang Tao whispered, "By then, perhaps humans will be able to gain a foothold in this strange world without lights."

By then, the reputation of the lights and their relationship with humans will no longer be important.

But he always remembers why he drew the vest, which is to save the world, not to rule the world.

Although it seems to be taking the latter path now.

At the headquarters in Jiuxia Mountain, Mang Tao used the excuse of wanting to rest, returned to his room, removed his vest, and was back home in Heng City in a second.

The cell phone placed on the bed kept sending out message alerts. Qingtong picked up the phone and took a look. It was a notice of the start of school sent by the instructor.

Actually, although he went to Beijing to attend base training as an awakened person, he did not drop out of university. Not only that, he was assigned to the weird response major and had a new instructor.

The instructor not only sent a notice of the start of school, but also attached a form for applying for a class deferral.

This is for awakened people like Qingtong who go to the training base for training.

I took a look at the group that the new instructor had added, and it showed the name 'Hengshi Business College - Weird Dealing Professional Group'. I took another look at the number of people, and there were more than two hundred.

"It's impossible that they are all awakened." Qingtong whispered.

The salvation system said, "Of course not. This is the number of people who have successfully applied to transfer to the Department of Strange Response at the host's university. From freshman to senior year, all students who have successfully transferred to majors are here. There are only six awakened people, including the host."

Qingtong remembered that before going to the capital, he was the only awakened person in the university.

The only awakener from Heng City who awakened at about the same time as him and then went to the capital for training was Huang Tianzhen.

"The five people who awakened later went to various training bases for unified training, just like the host."

As for the other non-awakened ones, they will of course stay in school to train their physical fitness and learn the secret of using the opponent's force to their advantage.

China has many talented people. They have already figured out the training method of this secret book and compiled a new text tutorial. They no longer rely on Bai Yixin's secret book to learn.

Qingtong glanced at the assembly time sent by the instructor and realized that the base training would continue. After filling in his name on the form for applying for a postponement of classes, he replied to the greeting messages from his relatives and classmates one by one.

"Okay, system." Qingtong put the phone on the table, "Let's talk about it."

Anticipating that this would be a very long story, Qingtong even prepared a plate of melon seeds and brewed a pot of hot tea for herself.

Salvation System: ...