Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 1086 The Real Monster (Two in One, Please Subscribe!!!)

"It sounds like all the nutrients of the island are taken up by this one tree," Caesar whispered.

"Every one of us who saw the tree was shocked. The tree was so lush that it completely blocked out the sun. If there was sun in the sky, I'm afraid it would be difficult for the sun to penetrate the shade of the tree and reach the ground." Chu Tianjiao said, "The leaves were shaking slightly, making rustling sounds. Since entering the Nibelungen... no, since entering the Arctic Circle, this is the first time we have heard the sound of plants. It is very beautiful and healing, as if everyone's soul has been cleansed."

When Chu Tianjiao said these words, some people in the room breathed a sigh of relief, but some people felt a sense of disharmony. Lu Mingfei and Nuo Nuo looked at each other, and they always felt that there was something wrong with this content, but they couldn’t tell exactly where it was... On such a dangerous island, is there only a big tree in the center that can make people relax?

Wait a minute, Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered that Chu Tianjiao said that those giant snakes were bleeding when they fled back from the center of the island to their nests... Where is the thing that made those giant snakes flee in panic with wounds and bleeding?

"There should be no wind in this Nibelungen, right?" Chu Zihang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked Chu Tianjiao this question.

Nuo Nuo suddenly raised her head, and then Lu Mingfei also widened his eyes. They thought that because of Chu Zihang's words, they finally realized where the strong sense of disobedience they had felt came from.

When Chu Tianjiao first entered Nibelungen, he once mentioned that the water here was as calm as a smooth mirror. When he described the other islands here, they also gave people a gray and pale feeling.

So is there wind here?

If there is no wind, why do the leaves of the tree sway and even make sounds?
"No, there is no wind in this Nibelungen. The feeling I had when I first entered here was silence, as quiet as a dead place." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said softly, "There is no wind or clouds here, let alone the sun or stars, but the sky here is always bright, and time seems to stand still and not flow. Because of tension and fear, everyone who enters here ignores this point. We only know that this place feels very weird, but apart from what we can see with the naked eye, none of us can tell where the weirdness is."

"In an open space, it is impossible for the air to not circulate." Chu Zihang said, "The human skin is actually very sensitive to airflow. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, if the space in this world is fixed, then its time is also correspondingly static."

“But no one realized this at the time, or maybe there were too many weird things in that world, so we didn’t even think about it.” Chu Tianjiao said, “I was the first one to discover that the leaves moved without wind. When I looked at that tree, it was like looking at a huge monster.”

"Do you know about the anglerfish?" Chu Tianjiao suddenly said, "This fish lives in the deep sea. It has a glowing dot on its head. When it senses prey, it uses a little bit of bright and warm light to attract the prey and let the prey down. Because the dark seabed is too cold and dark, when those small fish approach for that little bit of warm light, they don't know that hidden in the darkness is a huge bloody mouth that has already grown."

"Is that tree a trap?" Caesar asked.

"It's not about getting stuck, it's the danger itself!" Chu Tianjiao whispered, "When I realized this, I wanted to pull Sasha and retreat quietly. The other crew members were too close to the tree. I couldn't save everyone, and I had no obligation to put myself in danger for them. Just as I grabbed Sasha and moved away from that area, a huge noise came from all directions."

"Are those snakes back again?" asked Shude Aki.

"No, it's trees." Chu Tianjiao's expression was a little complicated. "Behind us, there are thousands of trees, and the dense gray-white leaves on their branches are all shaking, as if a hurricane suddenly blew up out of nowhere, but there was no wind at all. All the trees are swaying, swaying without wind. Although this statement is strange, it feels like a dead mummy suddenly comes alive!"

"Those trees are alive!" After blurting out this sentence, Aki Shude suddenly realized that there was something wrong with what he said, and quickly changed his words, "Those trees, they can move!"

"Yes, actually I should have discovered it earlier. Remember, I said before that when I first entered these islands, I always felt something strange on my body, like there were bugs crawling on me." Chu Tianjiao said, "At that moment I suddenly realized what it was, and I reached into my pocket and grabbed a few vines from the bushes."

"I remember you said you picked them up when the crew were clearing the way ahead." Chu Zihang nodded and said, "You said the colors of the plants here are very unique, and they are species you have never seen before, so you just brought some specimens with you."

"Yes, those broken vines that should have died long ago actually twisted wildly in my palms when I took them out of my pocket!" Chu Tianjiao said, "Can you imagine holding a few twisting branches and gray-white vines in your hands? It's like a nest of crazy white silkworms!"

The girls in the room all showed disgusted expressions at the same time. "I threw those things - I don't know if I can still call them plants - on the ground, and they really burrowed into the soil like silkworms. I looked at Sasha, and he looked at the dancing plants in the sky, with an expression on his face that said, 'Is this world crazy, or am I crazy?'" Chu Tianjiao said, "I pulled Sasha to leave the center of the island, but the trees around us were too dense. They were like a group of well-trained soldiers, surrounding me from all directions. The huge tree in the center of the island was the leader who ruled them all, the king of this island. Its branches and leaves covered the sky. If it really attacked, no one could leave here alive."

"What does this tree want to do?" Caesar asked Chu Tianjiao, "To turn you into nutrients for this island?"

"That's what I thought at first, so I released Time Zero. I don't know what the tree's ability is, and I don't know how to kill such a huge thing. Does it have a head? Does it have a heart? I don't even know what its weakness is!" Chu Tianjiao said, "The tree's weaknesses may be insects and fire, but there are absolutely no insects in the world that can bore through this tree, and there is no fire that can burn it to ashes. Even those giant snakes are extremely afraid of this king of the forest. If the guy who can hurt those giant snakes really gets serious, maybe I can only take care of one person to escape, and I can't even save Sasha."

"Then I saw a scene that almost made me despair. A crew member was so scared that he dropped his gun and ran away. At the same time, a leaf fell from the largest tree above his head." Chu Tianjiao paused, "No, it would be more accurate to say 'shoot' a leaf. I have never seen a leaf fall so fast. It was like a sniper bullet. The leaf went straight through the back of the crew member's head and shot out from between his eyebrows. It became bent and soft when it fell to the ground. Can you imagine that something so thin and soft can kill a person as easily as a flying knife?"

Everyone in the room's faces changed. If a single leaf could cause such a big threat, what about more leaves... They still remembered that when Chu Tianjiao described the huge tree, he specifically emphasized that its branches and leaves were extremely lush. If all these leaves could be used as weapons, wouldn't it be equivalent to the indiscriminate shooting of hundreds of machine guns?

No wonder those giant snakes fled so miserably. In front of such a terrifying monster, those snakes looked as cute as loaches rolling in the fields.

"All the crew members were afraid to move because they saw the tragic death of their comrades. They didn't even dare to think of revenge for their comrades. The enemy was such a terrifying monster. Fear overwhelmed everyone's emotions." Chu Tianjiao said, "I gritted my teeth and struggled in my heart whether to give up Sasha and leave alone. In fact, Sasha was not that important to me. Although this makes me look very cold-blooded, I am telling the truth."

"But what made it even more difficult for me to decide was that I wasn't sure if I could lift Time Zero out from under that huge tree even if I released it to the maximum extent, because its pressure was too strong, and there were monsters all over the island." Chu Tianjiao said, "All the plants on this island are alive. I'm not sure if they will eat people, but it's clear that they will kill people. What's more, I hadn't yet fully cultivated Time Zero at that time."

"All the trees in the forest were dancing wildly, as if they were enraged, but I didn't know what enraged them. All the crew members stood still and didn't dare to move. For a moment, I was in a dilemma." Chu Tianjiao said, "This state lasted for dozens of seconds, and suddenly I saw a person move. He ran past me towards the giant tree. I turned my head and saw that it was Sasha. Oh my God, this guy is crazy. I cursed him madly in my heart, but Sasha really ran towards the giant tree like a demon, and kept shouting."

"What did he say?" Chu Zihang asked.

"'Captain!', 'Vincent!', 'I saw the captain, he is over there, behind the tree!'... Sasha kept repeating these three sentences, pointing one hand in the direction behind the tree while running there. He insisted that he saw Vincent's shadow behind the tree." Chu Tianjiao said, "I told Sasha loudly that he must have seen it wrong. I yelled at him, but I couldn't wake him up at all. That guy seemed to be possessed, as if Vincent had taken his soul away. At this moment, I noticed that another leaf fell from the giant tree, right above Sasha's head."

Everyone in the room couldn't help but feel nervous.

"I watched the leaf falling faster and faster, until it landed like a whirlwind. When it was less than ten meters away from Sasha, I finally made up my mind. I cursed inwardly, thinking that I really owed this guy something. This time I would consider it as a favor to him, since he followed me into the Nibelungen." Chu Tianjiao said, "I pounced on Sasha and released Time Zero at the same time. Sasha fell to the ground. The leaf passed over my left shoulder and cut the skin on my shoulder. Damn, that thing was as sharp as a flying knife. I doubted it could cut through Jean's bones."

"I grabbed Sasha by the collar and asked him if he was crazy. Do you think a guy like Vincent can survive on an island like this? You are willing to sacrifice your life for that old guy. Do you want to go to hell with him?" Chu Tianjiao said, "But Sasha was still stubborn. He insisted that he really saw Vincent's shadow, just behind the giant tree, and it flashed by. Although it was only a glance, he would never make a mistake. He followed the captain for ten years and he was the person he trusted the most. He knew how much the old guy weighed even if he turned into ashes and put them in a box."

"I subconsciously looked in the direction of Sasha's finger, but I didn't see any figure at all. I think I must be crazy to believe that Sasha Vincent could really appear here alive. Not to mention the plants here, even the giant snakes and ants on the outermost edge of this island can easily kill him." Chu Tianjiao said, "When I looked away, I really caught a glimpse of a shadow behind the giant tree, but it was not Vincent, but the shape did look a bit like a person."

"What is it?" Nuonuo asked subconsciously.

"I don't know. It was a human-shaped shadow. It looked big, but it was tiny compared to the size of the giant tree. I realized that there was something behind the tree. Even if it wasn't Vincent, the secret of the island might be hidden there." Chu Tianjiao said, "To be honest, I can definitely leave the island by myself, but Sasha and the crew members will definitely die. Most importantly, if I leave like this, I may never be able to come back again in my life, and I will miss the secrets of this island and the Nibelung for the rest of my life."

“More importantly, even if I leave this island, I don’t know how to escape from Nibelung. Maybe there is a rope bridge on this island leading to the next island, but the monsters on this island are already so scary. Are other islands really safer?” Chu Tianjiao said, “I still remember the white human figure on the central island in the painting of ‘Isle of Death’. Although I don’t know what that thing is, I am sure that it is more terrifying than this tree. Even if I have the courage to face that thing, I may not be able to get to it.”

"I asked Sasha a question in a low voice. Do you think the crew members are more important, or the captain?" Chu Tianjiao said. "Sasha was stunned and didn't seem to understand what I meant. I looked at the frightened crew members and a cruel idea flashed through my mind."