Maizi stopped when she saw that my face was wrong and she stopped.

She turned around slowly and suddenly saw the four people standing not far away. She stood there blankly, not moving for a long time.

I slowly walked forward, stood in front of her, and said, "Don't worry! If they want to touch you, they will step over my body!"

"No!" Maizi cried at some point, and she thrust, "If you die, I will commit suicide immediately!"

I felt warm in my heart. I looked at the four tree spirits in front of me in a battle posture. Something was wrong with these four guys. The most obvious change was that they were all very energetic, and they were all showing their arms, and each of them was holding a wooden stick. Are they not monsters? I thought in panic and couldn't understand for a moment.

There seemed to be a leader over there and said, "Hey, don't be afraid! We are not monsters, we are all trapped in this place like you." After that, the man walked towards us. I looked at them with caution and protected the lightsaber in front of my chest.

The leading man smiled, threw down the wooden stick in his hand and said, "Now, you should believe me, right?" After that, he poked a hand forward.

I looked at him and there was nothing wrong with it, so I reached out and shook him. What came from the other side of my hand was the temperature of a normal person. I put away my lightsaber, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "What a blessing! I really didn't expect that there would be someone else here!"

The man picked up the wooden stick and turned to me and said, "Come with me! We live not far away from the front. When we get there, I will tell you the situation here in detail." I responded, pulled Maizi's hand and followed them.

On the way, I saw that the people in front of me didn't say anything, so I turned around and said to Maizi: "You said just now that I was dead, and you will also commit suicide?"

Maizi glared at me and said, "What are you talking nonsense? I'm afraid that I will be eaten by them if you die! If that happens, I might as well commit suicide."

"Uh--" I instantly petrified.

Seeing that my face was wrong, Maizi smiled and said, "Okay, okay! I know you are good to me, but I love you very much too! Don't you?"

"Hmph!" I sternly ignored her.

After walking for about half an hour, we came to a semicircular grove, with only one exit here and the surroundings were closed. There were several places similar to observation decks around, which could be used for defense.

The leading man walked to the center and shouted loudly: "Everyone comes here! Two more friends are here!"

With the man's roar, people around him slowly gathered over. There were about 20 people in total, and they were all young and middle-aged, without elderly or children.

After the man introduced us to everyone, he walked into a simple wooden house with me, and then he introduced himself. He was the person in charge of the business here, named Lian Delu.

After reporting each other's names, I sat down and couldn't help but ask, "Why are there no elderly or children here?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "We originally had elderly people and children here, but they couldn't resist it. The 'soul harvester' you have seen today was assimilated."

"What is 'Soul Reaper'? What is assimilation?" Maizi instantly turned into a curious baby.

"The one who attacked you today was the 'Soul Hunter', which is my name. At the end of this wood, there is a tree, which we call it 'Tree of Life'. Maybe you don't know that it is surrounded by its roots under every corner of this wood."

"But what does this have to do with the 'soul hunter'?" Maizi asked.

The man paused and continued, "All the 'soul hunters' were hatched from the 'Tree of Life'. As for where the mother's body came from, no one knows. We only know that once the 'soul hunter' catches the roots of the invader's 'Tree of Life', it will jump out of the ground. It will suck the invader's brain marrow and pour into his brain. Then the invader was assimilated into a new 'soul hunter' and turned to harm more people."

"So there are no elderly or children here?" Maizi said.

The man nodded and asked, "Where did you come from?"

After listening to me telling us in detail, the man nodded and said, "That's it! It seems that the maker of the 'Tree of Life' is Wang Qiang. But you must get out quickly, otherwise you will never get out again!"

"Why?" I asked.

"So far, are you not feeling hungry?" The man did not answer me, but asked me back.

I thought about it, and I nodded.

"This is because it is not our entity here, but our souls. If we stay here for too long, the corpse will rot, and in this way, you will never go back!" the man said.

The man spoke very calmly, but when I heard it, it felt like a thunder sounded. I was stunned for a few seconds and asked back, "Then how can we get out?"

The man sighed and said, "Only by destroying the 'Tree of Life', we saw a door of light there before. But it was not easy! In order to eliminate this tree, I don't know how many comrades have lost. Immediately after they were assimilated, they attacked us in turn. Do you know how painful it would be to kill these former brothers with your own hands!"

After the man finished speaking, he cried with his head in pain. I looked back at Maizi, and she immediately made a quiet move.

After a while, the man raised his head and said, "Now, I will tell you where to find a way out. Although this forest is not big, the road is still very circling."

After the man finished speaking, he stood up. He pointed in a direction and was about to speak when he suddenly remembered a sharp whistle outside, and then there were loud noises around him.

The man's face changed, and he turned to us and said, "If you can help, come over, those annoying 'reapers' are here again!"

Before we could answer, the man picked up the wooden stick beside him and hurried out. Maizi and I looked at each other, and Maizi said, "I'll go with you!" I nodded, hurriedly got up with her, and ran outside.

It was dark now, and many torches were lit around. Everyone gathered in the central square. They were holding different wooden weapons and were nervously confronting the five tree spirits that suddenly appeared at the door.

The air around was extremely tense. Lian Delu stood in front. He calmly looked at the four somewhat dull tree spirits in front of him, and suddenly roared, rushing up with a wooden hammer.

The people behind us also shouted and followed behind us, but this time the tree spirit became extremely flexible. Except for Lian Delu, few people could hit them.

A tree spirit rushed to his side while he was stunned. Its hand suddenly hit the person's head, and took advantage of the person's instant fainting to hug him tightly.

Seeing this, I rushed towards the tree spirit. But before I could get close to it, the ground in front of me suddenly shaking. Then, an arm-sized root object jumped out of the ground and instantly inserted into the person's head.

The man was twitching all over, and green juice began to emerge from his head. Gradually, he stopped twitching. He stood there, constantly saying some weird words in his mouth. Only then did I realize that he was assimilated!

I pulled out the pine knife and rushed towards the assimilator. Perhaps because of the assimilation just now, he did not realize my existence. I easily inserted the knife into his back. The man purred in pain and fell to the ground. After he struggled weakly, he stopped moving.

Seeing this, the tree spirits around him looked at each other and rushed out of the village in an instant, disappearing without a trace, leaving only a strange corpse and a group of helpless people.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night...
Chapter completed!