When Cheng Shuang and her two companions returned to the rest stop, their waiting companions were immediately taken aback.
That's terrible!
They were dressed in rags and looked exhausted. If it weren't for the numerous whip marks on their bodies, but no bloodstains, the three men would have stuffed their mouths full of pills.
The little girl, in particular, had messy, frizzy hair with burn marks, and her face was covered in ash and dirt, making her look like a little beggar.
"What happened?" Liao Yuewei quickly helped Cheng Shuang up, and in April, she unscrewed the bottle and poured her a bottle of Lehaha.
"Don't even mention it!" Sihai wiped his face, not minding at all that his sister had ignored him. He simply sat down on the ground with the help of Gong Zhu's outstretched arm, took the Lehaha drink that Sun Han had opened, and took a big gulp of it with trembling hands.
Du Jun was in almost the same miserable state, and the Du brothers were busy taking care of him. Du Lanshan took some time to get four blankets and wrapped them around their bodies one by one.
When he found an extra blanket in his hand, a look of sadness flashed in Du Lanshan's eyes. He had realized something. His gaze fixed on the employee shift schedule next to the wine rack. Liu Juan's photo had turned black and white and was lifeless.
Du Lanshan still remembers that woman named Wu Qian was kicked out of the convenience store for violating the rules, and her photo was burned to ashes.
Is there any difference?
He suppressed his doubts, exchanged glances with his companions who remained behind, and a glimmer of hope lingered in his heart.
"The symbiotic wanderers are tree-like, usually forming a towering tree, but when attacked, they transform into countless small tree-people." Sihai touched the whip wounds on his arm that had healed, recounting his experience fighting the culprit. "The branches of those small tree-people are whips, almost as hard as iron. They are not afraid of fire or heat weapons, and when they hit people, tsk!"
All the maintainers who participated in the attack on the tree-shaped wanderers were beaten to a pulp. Although the external injuries seemed minor, the pain was so intense that it penetrated their flesh and reached their very soul. Even Cheng Shuang almost couldn't bear it and had to swallow the green pill.
As for the tamed ghosts, they were all subdued by the hospital gowns that suddenly possessed magical powers and immense strength.
Only then did they realize that the so-called Onmyoji were actually the messengers of the spirits chosen by the Tree People. They usually supplied the Tree People with life force and regularly went to the human world to collect various bursts of emotions... until they were on the verge of death. That's why the hospital gowns they saw at the foot of the wall were unusually old. Their abilities were probably obtained by burning their own life force.
Fortunately, the little girl was quick-witted and collected a large number of lightning talismans, unleashing a massive attack.
Unexpectedly, the Tree Wanderers were very resistant to lightning, and the little Tree People shrank back more than halfway to protect the position of their roots.
Seeing this, the other maintainers also showed off their skills. One group took two generators from the space grid and somehow managed to create artificial lightning. However, due to their lack of experience, they almost got themselves into trouble.
The maintainers managed to stall until the Gate of Reincarnation opened, and then fled back in a sorry state.
Of course, many of the little tree people were also electrocuted by them, turning into lifeless pieces of dead wood.
This can be described as a classic example of killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own.
The little girl touched her charred hair, her hand coming out covered in soot. She lay weakly on the ground, murmuring, "If I had known, I would have shaved my head bald!"
It took the three of them a long time to fully recover.
Du Jun took a freezer from his spatial storage, and Cheng Shuang placed Liu Juan's body directly into it. As for the wolf cub that was kept in the safe, for some reason, it hadn't been included in Luo An's food supply; it was still alive, but on the verge of death.
After pulling it out, the little girl, who had been filled with hatred, looked at Liu Juan's peaceful face and finally didn't go all out.
She silently tied the palm-sized wolf demon's limbs with the red rope (a special item) that Ono had given her as an extra gift, before feeding it half a white pill.
After all, it was a fetus that Sister Juan had protected; she probably didn't want it to die in vain!
While Cheng Shuang and Du Jun were busy with these matters, Si Hai told the other companions what had happened. When they learned that Liu Juan was really dead, the convenience store fell into complete silence.
“But the photos!” Sun Han pointed to the employee photos on the attendance machine. Liu Juan’s black and white photo still showed her smiling brightly.
Cheng Shuang pursed her lips, without a trace of a smile. She hugged the teddy bear helplessly and said, "The reason we challenged the Tree-Shaped Wanderer was because we hoped for a high reward..."
Sun Han analyzed the situation as calmly as possible, suppressing his sadness and pushing up his glasses with trembling hands. "The world of the Challenge is probably all related to human society. The indigenous people are in a much better situation than those in other death zones, but this also means that the wanderers are stronger, so strong that they don't need to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Therefore, the Gate of Reincarnation did not include a rule in the competition rules that required killing the wanderers."
“There are at least three such tree-shaped wanderers in the symbiotic world: R country, China, and Europe. Perhaps there’s more than one in Europe.” Du Lushui’s gaze dodged Liu Juan from the freezer, a hint of anticipation in his eyes. “Our rest stop didn’t give any downgrade notifications. Does that mean the challenge was successful? Will the rewards…?”
Cheng Shuang straightened his back abruptly, interrupting Du Lushui, and hurriedly shouted to the sky, "Settle the results! Please tell me the results!"
'Ding! The Station Master Challenge results are divided into four levels: Poor, Pass, Good, and Excellent. Station Master Cheng Shuang of Rest Station DZ-BLD12 will have points deducted for attacking other maintainers during the challenge, which is not considered a passive defensive state. Note: Passive defensive state does not include proactive actions such as provocation, attack, or causing the death of a maintainer.'
'City administrator Cheng Shuang's kill count: 5 (3 of whom were active attackers, so they are not counted), deducting 20 points accordingly.'
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