Bai Qingqing didn't expect that the people from Zhoucun would come to the old ancestral hall so quickly. It was really strange how they found them.

These were all ordinary humans, so Fu Chen did not take action for the time being. Knowing that Fu Chen was a person with superpowers, the villagers did not dare to approach him easily, but instead threatened him with weapons.

"Come with us to the sacred tree, or you will die."

Bai Qingqing wondered where the Zhoucun people got the confidence from. Hu Zi appeared as the leader and said in a rough voice: "You are all poisoned. Only the clan leader has the antidote. If you don't want to die, follow us to the sacred tree."

"Okay, you lead the way." Fu Chen agreed.

Bai Qingqing took a look at his face and thought, I saw that the members of the Thunder Team had very bad and weird faces a few days ago. Could it be that they were drugged as soon as they entered the village?

Except Fu Chen, the other men in the team were indeed drugged.

People with special abilities don't have bodies made of iron, but their physique is many times stronger than that of ordinary people, and they can be successfully drugged.

Fu Chen originally wanted to find the source of the mutation, and these people from Zhoucun came to him on their own initiative, so he could just go and kill the mutated plant.

Several young men who had just been released from the prison were also detained and taken together to the sacred tree that the villagers had mentioned.

Everyone gathered under a big tree. Bai Qingqing squeezed in the crowd and saw the legendary sacred tree through the heads of the people. It was a mutated plant.

The lush tree was about four or five meters tall. It was a beautiful wisteria tree. Its branches were full of buds, and even though there was no wind, it was swaying with excitement.

The clan leader stood under the tree, and next to him was the female leader Sister Hong, who had big red lipstick on and looked miserable and terrifying.

"You guys." The clan leader glared at them and shouted in dissatisfaction, "We in Zhoucun kindly let you live here, but you don't know what's good for you! So don't blame us for being cruel!"

The man who was complaining pushed the young men, who were all seriously ill, to the wisteria tree, where the branches suddenly entangled them and went into their throats.

The people of Zhoucun actually worship a mutated plant as a sacred tree and openly use humans to provide it with nutrition. This behavior is simply insane and terrible.

Fu Chen quietly hid Bai Qingqing behind him and whispered, "Do you have a gas mask?"

"Yes." Bai Qingqing remembered that there were gas masks among the supplies she searched for in Jiangcheng a few days ago.

Fu Chen pulled her to his teammates. He exchanged glances with Cheng Rui, then turned to look at the patriarch who represented Zhoucun's authority.

"Chief, what are you going to do with the children hidden in the cellar?"

After hearing what Fu Chen said, the faces of the people in Zhoucun suddenly turned ugly. Who doesn't love their own children? They would definitely not do such inhumane things unless it is absolutely necessary.

They hid all the children for their own safety, and they were also doing this according to their conscience.

The chieftain had a cold face, perhaps because he thought the sacred tree was under his control. He snorted and said, "You are a foreigner, what right do you have to interfere in the affairs of our village?"

He controlled the children of every household. The men were willing to sell their lives in the village in order to survive and become stronger, while the women were brainwashed to go out looking for prey.

Whether the woman could come back alive or not depended entirely on fate. If she could bring more people back to the village, he would reward her with the juice of the sacred tree.

"Bring up Amei and Awang!" the patriarch shouted.

Bai Qingqing's expression tensed as she watched A-mei and A-wang being pushed to the central area and forced to kneel on the ground.

The chief hit Awang on the back with a stick and angrily scolded him: "You are a thief who eats outsiders' food! The village gave birth to you and raised you for so many years, but you don't know how to be grateful. What's the use of you!"

The stick was not like what an ordinary old man would swing. It hit Awang Bei's back so hard that blood was drawn instantly. The wound was hideous and horrific.

Ah Mei cried and struggled: "Grandpa, please stop hitting him. Please stop hitting him."

The clan leader beat Awang in public to shock the villagers and establish his authority. Anyone who dared to resist would suffer the same fate.

The people of Zhoucun looked at this scene indifferently, as if they were already used to it, with numb expressions.

Bai Tiantian rushed out regardless of Shen Mingxuan's attempts to stop her, saying, "Chief, don't hit him. You'll kill him."

When the clan leader saw Bai Tiantian, he stopped beating her with the stick and said impatiently, "Awang betrayed the village and violated clan rules. This is the punishment he deserves."

Bai Tiantian showed a sympathetic look and said, "No matter how big the mistake is, you shouldn't beat him to death."

The clan leader was not troubled and winked at Sister Hong.

Sister Hong pulled Bai Tiantian and said, "Saint, come here."

Bai Qingqing thought that this scene should be the same as in the book, where Bai Tiantian was asked by the tribe leader to marry the mountain god. Could the so-called mountain god be this tree?

If this is really a mutated plant, it is too abnormal. No wonder Bai Tiantian is unhappy.

The patriarch is so energetic at his age. Did he get something from the mutant plants? Otherwise, why would he go crazy over a plant?

"Saint, as long as you are willing to marry the sacred tree and stay in Zhoucun to protect the village, your friends can leave safely."

When Bai Tiantian heard what the clan leader said, she looked over in disbelief, "I'm marrying the sacred tree?"

The clan leader nodded seriously and said, "You and the sacred tree are destined to be a couple. Both of you are the patron saints of Zhou Village. It would be a great blessing for you to be together."

Bai Tiantian's three views were shattered, and she looked at the Thunder Squad with aggrieved eyes, conveying the message "rescue me quickly".

Seeing that she didn't agree, the clan leader's face darkened instantly and asked, "The Saint doesn't want to?"

"I..." Bai Tiantian bit her lip aggrievedly. Of course she was not willing to marry a tree and stay in this barren place.

At this moment, a fire suddenly broke out in the new ancestral hall in the village. The ancestral hall is the most important place in a village. All of a sudden, the villagers panicked and shouted to put out the fire.

Before the patriarch could say anything to stop it, another fireball flew towards the wisteria tree.

"Roar!" The wisteria tree suddenly let out a sharp roar, shocking everyone. Its branches twisted wildly in the air, knocking many ordinary villagers away.

"Qingqing." Fu Chen shouted.

Bai Qingqing immediately took out a gas mask and gave one to each person. Shen Mingxuan snatched the mask and rushed towards Bai Tiantian.

However, Bai Tiantian, who was closest to the wisteria tree, was entangled by the branches and flew up in the air. "Help, help me——"

The chieftain did not expect them to attack the wisteria tree, and shouted angrily, "Kill them for me!"

The sudden change happened in an instant. Something like fluff was floating in the air. The villagers held their throats, their faces turned red and they coughed violently, with veins bulging from their necks to their faces.

The unprecedented horror scene made people run around in fear, and then fell to the ground one after another.

Fortunately, Shen Mingxuan was quick enough to cut the wisteria, caught Bai Tiantian, put a safety mask on her, and blocked the flying tidbits in the air.

The tribe leader suddenly transformed into a monster. Vine-like tentacles burst out of his body. He looked like a twisted spider. He raised his sickle-like forelimbs and pierced through a man's body, splashing blood everywhere.

“Ahhhhhhhhhh——” the screams rose and fell.

A mutated person suddenly pounced on Sister Hong who was dodging, bit her neck and tore it apart. Sister Hong pushed and kicked him madly, but he was held down and bitten on the neck. She twitched for a while and then stopped moving.

"Awang!" Amei screamed in fear, "Be careful!"

Bai Qingqing looked over, took out a gun from the space, aimed it at the monster's head, and shot it dead with a bang.

This sharp and accurate shot attracted the attention of several people.

A monster rushed towards Bai Qingqing. Seeing that she had no time to react, Fu Chen put his strong arms around her waist, spun her around and took her away, while at the same time using a lightning power to kill the monster.

Bai Qingqing said to Awang and Amei, who had not had time to escape, "Hurry up and find a place to hide. Don't get scratched or bitten, or you'll get infected!"

After all, Awang and Amei were people who had fled outside before, so after the panic, they calmed down and fled quickly.

Only Cheng Rui's fire ability and Fu Chen's lightning ability can deal with a mutated plant like the wisteria tree. Even though Liang Zhiyu and Cheng Rui attacked together, they were unable to kill it.

Bai Qingqing naturally didn't want to be a drag, and the most important thing was to deal with the mutated Wisteria. She pushed Fu Chen away and said, "Brother, go help Cheng Rui. I can do it myself."

The monster transformed by the clan leader has killed many people. Shen Mingxuan and Bai Tiantian have been constantly avoiding the monster's pursuit, and the sacrificial scene has become a mess.

Bai Qingqing felt that she was just lucky to hit the headshot accurately with the previous shot. Cold weapons were more convenient for close combat. She took out the forged Tang sword again and killed several monsters like splitting a watermelon.

The mutated wisteria should be a third-level plant. It took the cooperation of Cheng Rui and Fu Chen to cut off the roots and take out the crystal core of the mutated plant.

The remaining infected people were easy to deal with. After all, they were a team of survivors. Except for some mutants that had already gone astray, all the surroundings had been dealt with. The grass was stained red with blood, and there were corpses everywhere.

After Shen Mingxuan killed the tribe leader who had transformed into a spider monster, he threw away his gas mask in disgust. Bai Tiantian's legs had already gone limp, and she only managed to avoid falling down thanks to Shen Mingxuan.

Fu Chen was holding the lavender plant crystal core. He suddenly remembered the vine plant he had killed in the forest before and wondered if it had a crystal core.

Bai Qingqing washed the Tang sword and put it back into the space, then walked in front of Fu Chen and stared at the purple vine crystal core with greedy eyes. If she was given this, she would be able to upgrade her supernatural power to the second level.

Fu Chen saw her staring at the plant crystal core and asked, "Do you want it?"

"No." Bai Qingqing said one thing and meant another.

This crystal core was obtained by Fu Chen, Cheng Ruiliang and others. It is impossible for her to get it just because she wants it.

Fu Chen looked at Cheng Rui and Liang Zhiyu and asked, "Can you give this plant core to her? I'll exchange it with you for other cores."

Cheng Rui said: "I don't need it, give it to her."

Liang Zhiyu had no objection and joked, "Captain, I didn't realize you dote on your sister."

Fu Chen curled his lips and said, "Sisters are of course used for pampering."

Bai Tiantian bit her lip as she watched the conversation and laughter over there. She felt a sense of loss in her heart. Those gazes once belonged to her.

"Thank you." Bai Qingqing happily took the crystal core.

After the incident with the sacred tree, the number of people in the village suddenly dropped by more than half, the chief died, and the children locked in the cellar all returned home.

As soon as one wave of trouble subsided, another one arose. The reason was that Awang fainted and had a high fever and was unconscious. No one knew whether he would turn into a zombie. Everyone in the village said to kill him or drive him out of Zhoucun.