Everyone was shocked when they saw the blood-red fruit.
A look of longing appeared in Steve's eyes as he murmured, "...This fruit looks delicious."
Su Qi nodded silently.
The same goes for Ella, who has always been relatively unknown.
Only Jerry didn't share their desires. His expression was somewhat solemn as he said, "The power emanating from this thing is somewhat similar to mental power, and it's quite strong."
Yaen glanced at them, then said, "Osiris, go pick one, Anlan, you can take a look at it."
Osiris nodded slightly, took to the air, and flew toward the nearest giant tree.
Soon, he arrived in front of the blood-red fruit and reached out to pick it.
Just then, a whooshing sound came from behind Osiris.
It was a trunk of a giant tree, with a hideous maw split open on it, its sharp teeth white and gleaming coldly, shooting toward Osiris's neck.
Osiris frowned, then dodged the attack with ease.
However, the next moment, numerous tree trunks shot out from the giant tree in front of him like serpents, heading towards Osiris from all directions.
Osiris raised an eyebrow, snapped his fingers slightly, and golden flames instantly ignited on the tree trunk.
The giant tree seemed to have an instinctive fear of fire; after the flames started burning, the trunk that was originally intended to shoot at Osiris immediately retracted.
However, the golden flames did not spare the tree trunks, and a large number of them were charred instantly.
As the tree trunk waved its arms in an attempt to extinguish the flames, Osiris had already plucked a fruit.
As Osiris obtained the fruit, he couldn't help but swallow hard.
Even he, a saint, felt an extraordinary temptation emanating from the fruit.
However, as a saint, Osiris possessed extremely strong mental power, and he could easily resist this temptation.
Osiris returned to the group, handed the fruit to Anlan, and warned, "Be careful, something's not right with this fruit."
An Lan nodded slightly: "I understand."
The moment he took the fruit, his body stiffened, and his eyes filled with intense longing.
Upon seeing this, Jerry quickly came to An Lan's side, placed his hand on An Lan's armor, and a silver light appeared in his eyes.
With the infusion of Jerry's spiritual power, Anlan quickly recovered.
He looked at the fruit in his hand, his eyes filled with trepidation: "It's terrifying. I was already on guard, but I still fell for it. For a moment, all I could think about was eating this fruit."
Upon hearing this, Steve, Su Qi, and Ella all tensed up, their expressions becoming very serious.
Their mental strength is not much stronger than An Lan's, and they are not good at the mental and spiritual realms, so they probably don't have much resistance to the temptation of this fruit.
Jerry laughed and said, "Old An, it's alright. I'll help you resist. You can continue your research."
An Lan nodded and took out a knife to cut a small piece of fruit.
The next moment, everyone heard what seemed to be the faint cry of a baby coming from the fruit, a hysterical and shrill voice.
This startled everyone, and some even felt a chill run down their spines.
Everyone looked at the fruit in An Lan's hand. The fruit appeared to be motionless, but the juice at the cut was as red as blood, and it seemed to have a faint, eerie glow.
Everyone's expressions were extremely solemn.
Su Qi said, "I have a feeling this thing isn't anything good."
The others nodded in agreement.
An Lan remained noncommittal, examining the fruit slices she had cut together.
He quickly frowned.
Seeing An Lan's somewhat serious expression, Ya En immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
An Lan shook her head and said, "The test results show that this fruit contains a lot of nutrients and rich life energy. Although it has a certain degree of mental pollution, it is not very effective for high-level awakened individuals. Normally, this thing should be beneficial to high-level awakened individuals, but I always feel that something is not right."
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lu Ning suddenly spoke up: "Give me that piece of fruit."
An Lan was taken aback, then understood what was going on. Her eyes lit up and she handed the fruit to Lu Ning.
The others also realized what was happening and looked at Lu Ning.
"Lu Ning, are you planning to try it yourself?"
Lu Ning nodded slightly: "Mm."
He took the fruit slices that An Lan handed him and put them in his mouth.
The fruit slices were surprisingly sweet and juicy when put in the mouth.
After eating, Lu Ning felt calm.
The others also looked at Lu Ning with curiosity.
Just a few breaths later, everyone realized that something was wrong.
Because Lu Ning's belly suddenly swelled up strangely, and it grew bigger and bigger, just like a pregnant woman who was ten months pregnant.
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