The black shadow that rushed out of the cave was the root system of a plant as thick as an arm.

If you are right, the movements and earthquakes just now were created by this root system.

"ah!"

Karen fell to the ground, holding his right hand in pain.

"My hand, my hand!"

Just less than a breath, her four fingers disappeared, and there were four bloody holes in her original palm.

And the culprit of all this is the plant root system that is separated by the two of us.

Is this thing still interested in humans?

This guess was quickly dispelled by me because the sudden increase in the job renewal target was not us, but those scorpion meats.

Karen lost four fingers, and the reason was that she was holding a bag of scorpion meat just now.

The roots of the plant were like a snake, slowly crawling to the next side of the bag of scorpion meat that fell on the ground. A sharp needle-shaped mouthpart appeared at the tip and pierced into the bag.

Next to it, Karen's four broken fingers fell.

Soon, the bag of scorpion meat was sucked away. Instead, the thing turned around and extended toward my backpack, piercing the needle-shaped mouthpart into it in the same way.

After eating it, the root system of the plant begins to slowly shrink into the hole.

Fortunately, it's okay... I signaled Karen to let her calm down first, and we will start to deal with her injuries after all the things are retracted.

"Bastard! Bastard!!"

But Karen was not rational at this time and didn't care about my advice at all. He rushed towards the retracting plant root system.

I silly girl! I cursed in my heart, then rushed forward and hugged her waist tightly, preventing her from fighting against this tree root.

"I'm going to tear you a bitch!"

The angrily cursed stopped as the trunk completely retracted into the cave, and Karen trembled slightly from anger and pain.

I glanced at her right hand, and the place where the four fingers broke was no longer bleeding, which should be attributed to her ability.

However, we do not have effective tools to save her broken fingers. I guess these broken fingers should not be able to connect them... Karen's eyes also fell on the broken fingers on the ground.

Somehow, she suddenly calmed down, then she pulled away my hand with a calm face, sneered and mocked, "It's all caused by you! Are you satisfied?"

Yes, all the faults are attributed to me.

I didn't know what to say, so I could only talk and walked to my backpack and discarded all the empty bags inside.

Our losses were not just Karen's injuries.

The most important thing is that all the scorpion meat that we have as food is gone.

You must retreat as soon as possible.

Karen was still chattering and sarcastic at me, but I didn't respond to her, just packed up my things, greeted her, and embarked on the way back to report her life.

Although the journey back was also full of hardships, with the experience of coming, we felt much more relaxed.

When I passed through the Rift this time, I put all the few things on my body, then used my backpack to cushion my hands, carried the reluctant Karen, climbed the plant roots and came to the other side of the Rift.

There is no difference between the way back and when you come, you can still see giant scorpions everywhere.

But I keenly noticed that some of the empty shells had signs of being gnawed.

You know, under this sinkhole, there is only that tree except the giant scorpion.

And that tree was not interested in the shell of the giant scorpion.

Could it be that there are creatures here that feed on the shell of giant scorpions?

While I was thinking, I crossed many ground cracks with Karen on my back. Finally, as we approached the path above the sinkhole, I suddenly remembered a person. To be precise, it should be a monster that retains a trace of human rationality.

Wu.

Many days ago, when we came here, Wu showed his desire for these giant scorpions shells, but because of my existence, he could only suppress the desire in his heart.

When we fell to the rift, Wu disappeared.

And what I have found now is probably the traces of eating.

Wu is still alive! I know very well that this is not good news.

Wu is different from other monsters that have completely transformed into monsters. I am very afraid of other monsters, so other monsters only dare to gather in that small area.

Wu still had a little bit of reason, so he didn't have any fear of the sinkhole.

In other words, Wu can move freely on this small island.

"It's over..." I murmured to myself.

Those monsters who are exposed to radiation cannibalism will become stronger the more they eat. The third hand that Wu had grown before has perfectly interpreted this.

If he is still alive now, I don’t know how much he has eaten and what he has become.

Even the only trace of human nature he had left might have disappeared.

Perhaps because of hearing my murmur, Karen asked in confusion, “What did you say?”

"nothing."

I shook my head.

It would be useless to think too much, maybe we won’t see Wu on the way back.

I stepped on the path leading to the above sinkhole, and I put Karen down. The two of us accelerated our pace and rushed forward. It took us a long time to finally arrive above the sinkhole.

The fog here is as rich as usual.

After a little rest, Karen and I continued to set off.

This time, before departure, I reminded Karen, "It's time for the medicine you have left to work."

"No need to say it."

Karen sneered disdainfully.

I opened my mouth, but still swallowed the words I wanted to say and squatted behind her silently.

After walking a little longer, we will reach the area where big monsters gather.

Just by myself, I can never fight out of it.

Therefore, I can only place my hope on Karen. Although she was injured a little, I would be much more relaxed when she showed her ability to break through.

Our return speed was much faster than when we came.

So without much time, we once again came to the area where monsters gathered.

"Maybe I can't use it."

Looking at the area where the monsters gathered in front of him, Karen's tone became much more relaxed.

Because, at first glance, the number of monsters gathered here has decreased significantly, at least, more than half the number we had come to this for the first time.
Chapter completed!