The final gentleman

Yi Chen has been observing the so-called temporary person in charge - Wilmer,

Whether it is words or actions, as well as the eyes in various situations, there is a sense of powerlessness.

He had seen this feeling of powerlessness too many times in orphanages during his lifetime.

When many people of the same age have received special education and recognized the true side of the orphanage, their originally clear eyes will slowly be eroded by a dull substance that symbolizes "powerlessness".

Until it is completely occupied and evolves into [despair].

"The standards of these gentlemen are not bad, but they don't have any courage to explore... The situation in the forest is indeed worse than imagined.

I estimate that the two teams lost inside the forest are the main force of the Black Eyes stronghold.

They may still be alive, and if they can be found during the exploration, more information should be available, greatly shortening the investigation time. 』

Yi Chen quickly looked through all the information provided by the stronghold within one minute.

As the interim person in charge said, there is very little information. There is not even any explanation of the situation in the village of Shebolt, the degree of ashes, and the impact it has had, let alone the church.

There are only some investigation reports on high plant walls.

It is enough to show that none of the investigators who entered the tree wall came out and could not bring out any effective information.

However, there are a few things worth noting about the plant wall information.

[Infinite growth], [Baby crying], [Blood-like sap]

These keywords were written down by Yi Chen,

Then I read the rules about Shebolt Village.

These [rules] were written by high-ranking gentlemen with the ability to predict in Zion City, and are rules of life specifically set for a certain area.

As long as you follow these rules in your daily life, you can greatly reduce the chance of getting sick.

The content is as follows:

≮Residents of villages located in Jose Valley should follow the following rules in daily life to ensure your safety≯

1. When villagers hunt in forest areas, if the prey (mammals) they capture is pregnant, please release it immediately.

If the pregnant prey dies, burn it on the spot and bury the ashes under a nearby tree.

Remember, a maximum of one burial is allowed per tree.

2. The livestock raised in the village need to be strictly gendered, and the breeding time can only be chosen every winter.

If the animal becomes pregnant during an inappropriate season, or if the animal becomes pregnant without contact with the opposite sex, please adopt the same treatment method as Rule 1.

*Villagers also need to follow rule 2.

3. If animals with other biological characteristics (such as cows with rabbit ears, pigs with goat horns) are found in the forest or in your own breeding area, they must be killed, burned and buried immediately.

4. Each village has one and only one well, located in the center of the village. All drinking water sources in the village must come from this well. It is prohibited to drink water from unknown sources.

5. All fruits, mushrooms and other edible foods picked in the forest must be washed with well water before they can be eaten, and fungi need to be cooked.

It is strictly forbidden to pick fruits from trees where burned corpses are buried, nor to pick mushrooms growing nearby.

6. Make sure there is light in your home before midnight, such as torches, fireplaces, kerosene lamps, etc. You also need to bring lighting devices if you need to go out.

If you hear strange noises when passing by livestock pens in the early morning hours, please do not respond and walk away immediately.

If you find a creature without a light source greeting you, immediately hide in the room and lock the doors and windows.

7. Once you find that a villager does not follow the above rules and behaves obviously different from ordinary people, please expel him or her from the village as soon as possible. If necessary, follow Rule 3.

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Looking at these rather weird rules reminded Yi Chen of Easton Cemetery.

“As long as you can follow these rules in your daily life, you can still avoid disease infection to a large extent.

This is also the fundamental reason why many human towns and villages can still exist more than three hundred years after the world entered the "Era of Disease".

The short-term deterioration of the situation in Shebolt Village is definitely not due to accidental mistakes by the villagers.

There is a high probability that the intervention of the New Life Church made the villagers no longer live according to the rules, and even led them to actively violate the rules, which made the situation here completely out of control. "

When walking in the forest,

Even before reaching the high wall structure of trees,

Yi Chen could still feel something strange in the forest. He always felt like something was watching him in the gloomy forest.

Moreover, as a 'vegetarian', he has no interest in the vegetation in the forest. He can smell a physiological fishy smell from the lower part of the bark.

The closer to the middle of the forest, the stronger the smell became, forcing Yi Chen to put on the homemade plant mask again.

After trekking for several kilometers through the forest, we finally arrived at the [high wall] that enclosed the center of the forest.

The shock level brought by close observation is far greater than the previous view from the cliff, and it may even produce a biologically instinctive sense of awe.

Seemingly under a highly unified command, the thick and huge tree trunks were arranged in an orderly manner at a distance of less than ten centimeters, forming a "high wall" with unpredictable thickness and a height of nearly a hundred meters.

The wildly growing branches and leaves on the top blocked all the sunlight, which was not much in the first place, and made it pitch black.

Based on the available information,

These tree trunks cannot be burned. Once they feel the heat of the flames, the trunks will secrete a large amount of thick viscous sap to cover and extinguish them.

If a tree trunk is physically damaged, it will quickly regenerate with the help of surrounding tree trunks.

therefore,

The first problem before us is - "crossing the tree wall"

Because it has been two weeks since the incident, the tree wall has been growing outwards, and its actual thickness has already exceeded 100 meters... It is very likely that someone will be trapped in it while passing through the tree wall.

This is also the main reason why the gentlemen in the stronghold lost the courage to explore.

And there's a key point, as the message records.

The two people standing in front of the high wall of trees heard a very subtle 'baby's cry'.

When Yi Chen stretched out his hand and touched the surface of the tree wall, the sound was immediately amplified several times... It seemed that the baby's voice came from inside the tree trunk. Combined with the dark forest environment, it sent chills down one's spine.

Jin on the side also touched the surface of the tree trunk curiously.

"Oh? There are really children crying. Is it the effect of ashes? Let me directly blast a passage to the inside. What do you think?"

between words,

Streams of red energy in the shape of threads were transmitted into the trunk from Jin's fingers. A red lotus-like pattern was formed on the surface of the trunk, which could explode at any time.

Snapped!

However, Yi Chen gently stretched out his hand and placed it on the back of Jin's hand, stopping this behavior very gently.

"Jin, there is no need to waste energy on this kind of thing, and we don't know the specific thickness of the tree wall. Such an explosion will consume your energy for no reason... let me do it."

Yi Chen said it very euphemistically. In fact, what he cared about the most was to 'snatch the enemy'. A direct explosion like Jin's would probably lead to all the dangers inside.

Click~open the lock of the suitcase,

Take out a pair of white gloves with a green magic circle painted on them,

After putting it on, gently pull the corners of the glove with your index finger and thumb to make it fit perfectly on your wrist.

As the left and right palms gently pressed against the surface of the adjacent tree trunk, the array on the back of the gloves lit up with a bright green light.

The intelligence attribute reaches [5], and the casting gloves made with "Gentleman's Skin" can allow Yi Chen to directly intervene in such a tree wall structure.

"Plant Control"

The thick tree trunks began to expand, and the distance between them was gradually widened until it reached a gap size that allowed a person to pass through.

There are ten chapters in a row, five chapters tonight, and five chapters after I wake up tomorrow!