The severed red tree roots were twisting and bending on the ground, like a lingering poisonous snake. Wherever it went, even the roots of other trees were corroded.

Grandma Wu covered her chest and tried to pretend as if nothing had happened, but sweat broke out on her forehead.

Others also ran over with anxious faces: "Are you okay? What was that thing just now?" "It's just a

flesh wound, nothing serious." Grandma Wu tried her best to pretend as if nothing had happened. Don't want everyone to worry.

"But..." Wu Duo looked at the wound on grandma's chest. The clothes near the wound had turned yellow and black. How could the wound be fine?

Lin An stood aside and looked at the injury on Grandma Wu's chest, and then at Shen Xiuze's hand behind her back. The worry on her face was clearly visible.

"I brought medicine, and there are a lot of medicines in the space." Wu Duo took out all the medicines in his space. Various bottles and jars were scattered everywhere, and some even fell from the gaps between the roots of the trees. Arrived below.

"Which one should I use? What kind of medicine should I use for this kind of injury?" Wu Duo read the instructions on the medicine bottles one by one, his hands shaking all the time. Although he was the youngest in the entire team, he always behaved very mature and steady. , this is the first time she has been so flustered.

Shen Xiuze stood nearby. Although his hands had become bloody, his expression did not change at all. He pointed out a small brown bottle from countless bottles and jars: "Use this to wash the wound, and then bandage it." Duo

immediately picked up the brown bottle and went to wash grandma's wound.

Lin An took another identical brown medicine bottle and walked up to Shen Xiuze.

"Wash the wound."

He looked up at Shen Xiuze, and then gently pulled his hand out from behind.

Shen Xiuze did not resist and stretched out his hand obediently.

The bloody palms felt painful just looking at them. Lin An's face wrinkled, looking even more painful than the injured person himself.

I opened the brown medicine bottle and looked for the cotton swab on the ground, so I could only pour it directly onto the wound.

When the brown potion came into contact with the red flesh, it immediately made a stinging sound. The palm of the hand was cut open bit by bit like a dull knife, and the pain was so painful that I almost lost consciousness.

The same goes for Grandma Wu. Almost as soon as Wu Duo poured the potion, Grandma Wu's waist suddenly straightened, sweat dripped from her forehead, and her eyesight turned black.

As explorers in the wilderness all year round, the two of them had suffered countless injuries, but none of them hurt like this. It was obviously just a skin injury, but the pain was extremely strong.

Fortunately, the medicine is indeed effective. After cleaning the wound and wrapping it with gauze, it should be fine.

The two people surrounding him breathed a sigh of relief, it was okay.

But soon they fell into a hard fight again, because the red roots appeared again.

It is obviously just a tree, but this zombie tree is like an extremely experienced hunter, slowly teasing the prey in the cage, causing the prey to exhaust its strength little by little, and can no longer resist.

They are like this now. They can attack the zombie tree with many moves, but they give everyone some time to breathe. Then they continue to attack and increase their intensity, giving them hope before falling into despair.

If they hadn't been so powerful and united, they might have collapsed long ago.

The red tree roots are very fast, and when they attack, only afterimages can be seen. Xu Fang and Ouyang Dong volunteered to protect everyone, but their reaction speed is not as fast as the crimson tree roots.

Soon, Ouyang Dong's arm was rubbed.

"Ouch!" Ouyang Dong screamed in pain. Apparently he just rubbed it, but his arm was completely rotten.

Lin An immediately rushed forward with the potion.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" Ouyang Dong's voice almost screamed "splits".

Shen Xiuze and Grandma Wu's endurance was extraordinary, but Ouyang Dong was just an ordinary person before, and the most serious injury he suffered was only after being injured after the apocalypse.

But now when he was washing the wound, he felt that his soul had drifted out of his body, and he had already seen his parents coming to pick him up.

The whole person was almost paralyzed.

Xu Fang took a breath. He didn't have such strong feelings when he saw Grandma Wu and Boss before. Now when he saw Ouyang Dong's expression that he was about to die, he realized that the power of the red tree roots was so terrifying.

This cannot continue, they are too passive, and more and more people will be injured.

Shen Xiuze looked at the giant ax that was motionless in mid-air, and then looked at the already very deep scar. He found that the scar was constantly recovering, and the innermost tree that was chopped down was constantly pouring out of it. The lump-like thing is gradually repairing the scar.

There was no point in continuing to chop. Shen Xiuze controlled the giant axe, letting it slowly land on the ground, and then changed its shape and turned into a rectangular metal house.

Because all the metal in Udo Space is used, the metal house is very thick.

Several people immediately hid in the metal house, and Shen Xiuze sealed the entrance. No matter what, at least it was safe here and everyone could take a rest.

They have indeed suffered heavy losses now. Grandma Wu is old and can no longer fight after being injured.

Ouyang Dong was already lying flat on the metal floor. Even though his arm was bandaged now, he was still crying out in pain.

Shen Xiuze held the red tree root with his bare hands. In fact, his hand was the most seriously injured, but it didn't show up. In addition, he had been using his powers, which consumed a lot of money.

Xu Fang had both beard and tail, but he had been carrying the unconscious Xiaofu on his back. While guarding against being attacked, he also had to take care not to attack behind him, which also consumed a lot of physical strength.

But Wu Duo panicked after her grandma was injured and stayed close to her side, unable to fight.

So among the entire team, only Lin An was left with the strength to fight. After entering here, his superpowers were not used up very much, and all the tree roots that attacked him at the beginning were burned away by Shen Xiuze.

He has to protect everyone.

Lin An stood in the metal room, constantly picking his fingers, and his eyes swept over the embarrassed people. He thought so in his heart, but didn't know what to do.

Everyone is stronger than him, but there is nothing they can do against the zombie tree. Even now they can only hide in the metal house. What can he do even if he gets out?

Moreover, the big tree is not afraid of water at all. Even if you use the newly learned trick of strangling the roots of the tree with a waterspout, it will only be a drop in the bucket and can only damage the fur of the zombie tree.

There is no way to defeat the zombie tree.

This tree is too big, and no matter what they do, it will be in vain. Even if Shen Xiuze can cut the entire tree in half, the tree will not necessarily die. The zombie plants they encountered before will only survive. Leave a little bit of roots, stems, branches and leaves behind, and you can come back to life.

This zombie tree might be the same.

Can we just wait to die now?

Lin An's eyes were full of despair. He didn't want to die, and he didn't want everyone to die either.

Their companions are all good people and are very kind to them, but now, because they insist on going to Maus City, they are in a deadlock.

If he hadn't mentioned going to Mouse City, everyone would have been on another road by now and wouldn't have encountered the zombie tree at all.

So it's all their fault. If it weren't for their willfulness, it wouldn't be like this.

It's all his fault.

Lin An fell into deep self-disgust. Although he was enlightened by Shen Xiuze and encouraged by his companions on the way, he was still the coward who was afraid of everything because of psychological trauma.

Will everyone blame them now? It is obvious that they could not go to Mouse City. It is obvious that they could take another route and they would not encounter such danger.

It's normal for everyone to blame them, because it's all their fault.

Shen Xiuze sat on the ground and calmed his breathing. Most of his superpowers were consumed and he had to recover as soon as possible. His eyes swept over the others one by one, and his brain was working rapidly to think of the next countermeasures.

His eyes suddenly stopped on Lin An. He lowered his head and stood there blankly. The whole zombie seemed to exude an aura of suppressed sadness.

Shen Xiuze frowned slightly, and just when he was about to call Lin An over, the entire metal house began to shake violently.

"What's wrong?" Xu Fang fixed Xiaofu behind him with one hand and looked around in panic.

Although he couldn't see the situation outside, he could guess from the shaking of the metal house that the zombie tree was doing something outside, trying to get them out.

However, this metal house is very thick. Even if you want to corrode it with dark red tree roots, it will take a long time?

The shaking soon stopped.

"Have you given up? After all, this safe house is made of pure metal. There is no way to penetrate the metal with just a few pieces of wood." Xu Fang felt that the boss used special powers to make this metal house. The defense is perfect, not even zombie trees can break in.

"No!" Shen Xiuze suddenly stood up, his expression more serious than ever before, "The surroundings are shaking." The metal

house did shake, but everyone thought it was normal. After all, there were tree roots under the metal house. The tree roots were shaking, and the metal was shaking. There will definitely be some small shaking in the house.

But Shen Xiuze's appearance as if facing a formidable enemy made everyone feel a sense of crisis. They all held their breath and listened quietly to what was going on outside.

Along with the regular weak vibrations, everyone heard strange sounds.

It couldn't be heard clearly through the metal house, but it sounded a bit like a rumbling sound.

What's going on outside?

Ouyang Dong, who was leaning against the wall of the metal house, was the first to feel something unusual, because a piece of the metal wall behind him actually protruded.

Immediately afterwards, the wall of the metal house seemed to have been hit hard, with pieces protruding inward, like marks made by someone's fist, and they were very dense, one punch after another.

These naturally cannot be punched by human fists. After all, each protruding mark is very large, some are round, some are oval, and the shapes are irregular.

Shen Xiuze immediately thought of the tumors he saw outside to repair scars before. Could it be that the tree tumors outside had grown over the entire space?

The metal house gradually made a banging sound, the originally flat walls became uneven, and the space in the entire house became smaller and smaller.

Shen Xiuze made a prompt decision and opened the skylight of the metal house to let in the air, then created steps inside the house and was the first to walk out.

When they saw the situation outside, they couldn't help but feel shocked.

The entire tree hole has completely changed its appearance. It was still a wide cylindrical space before, but now it is covered with tree burrs, and is even gradually squeezing the space where the metal house is located.

There is only a gap above, but there are more and more tree burrs around it.

When the metal house is compressed to the extreme, they will also be crushed into minced flesh.

Shen Xiuze squatted half-crouched on the metal roof, touching the metal with both hands, trying to stretch the metal to stop the squeezing of the tree tumors.

Other people also came up the steps. Seeing the small space outside and the tree burls everywhere, they suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

Fusion zombies seem to be like this too.

The lump-like body will use a certain place as its nest and trap food.

Is this tree also a special type of zombie plant?

Zombie plants are also divided into ordinary and special types?

Their guess could no longer be verified. Even with Shen Xiuze's full support, it only slowed down the compression of the metal a little.

The size difference between them is too big. Even if Shen Xiuze is the strongest among all the people he encounters, he is like a fly shaking a tree and cannot compete with this huge zombie tree.

The metal house continued to be compressed, and Shen Xiuze was still working hard to output his powers. His injured hand had been wrapped in gauze, but now blood was oozing out again.

Blood stained the gauze and flowed to the top of the metal roof.

Lin An's mind was like a ball of mush. He was constantly despising himself and felt that all this was caused by him. His brain, which had not fully recovered, was filled with all kinds of negative emotions. Even Xu put it on the roof. Even the voice calling him was not heard.

It wasn't until the familiar smell of flesh and blood filled his nose again that he suddenly came back to his senses.

He stared blankly at the steps and windows above.

Xu Fang's bald head stuck out of the window: "Brother An, come up quickly, it's almost squeezed down below."

Lin An looked around. The entire metal house had become small and twisted, looking like a haunted house. .

Stumbling up the steps, when he stepped on the last few steps, Xu Fang naturally stretched out his hand to pull him up.

He obviously disliked contact with other people and hated all kinds of dirt, but looking at that hand full of sweat and dirt, Lin An's eyes suddenly turned red and he held the hand tremblingly. , choked with sobs and whispered: "I'm sorry."

The surrounding tree tumors grew too fast, and the sound of the metal house below being squeezed was also creaking. Xu Fang did not hear Lin An's apology, and saw him? Finally came out , smiled at him.

Ouyang Dong covered his arms and said with a grin: "Hey~ I will catalyze all the plants later and see if I can send everyone to the top. The top must be weaker than the surrounding areas. By then, they will be old." If you chop it with metal, maybe you can get out, hiss~ it hurts."

Wu Duo supported her grandma and was thinking of a way: "I have a lot of things in my space, so why not take them all out, even if they are compressed by this tree? ?Extremely, at least there is enough space for the few of us to stand."

After Xu Fang pulled Lin An out, he asked for a large chainsaw from Wu Duo: "Although these lumps grow fast, I chop down trees. His movements are not slow either, don't worry, we won't die."

Shen Xiuze remained silent and was still trying to channel his powers to fight against the zombie tree.

Although the metal house has been squeezed smaller and smaller, they can only move as close to the center as possible.

But everyone has not given up yet and is working hard to find a solution to the current predicament.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

Lin An's apology was only heard by Grandma Wu who was sitting nearby. Her face was pale and her breathing was trembling, but she still smiled at Lin An, her smile was as kind and kind as usual: " What are we apologizing for? We are companions, companions? We just have to trouble each other, support each other, don't give up, we haven't lost yet." Tears

bloomed on the silver-white metal ground, and a small flower bloomed.

Lin An felt that he was really bad. He knew clearly what kind of people everyone was, but he still speculated behind his back that everyone was blaming him.

Even though everyone hasn't given up yet, he already feels that this is a dead end.

They are indeed a coward, always shrinking in their turtle shells, not daring to take a step forward. Even if someone pulls him and drags him forward, if there is any trouble, they will continue to shrink back.

But their companions are all good people, and they don't want everyone to die here.

He has to protect everyone.

Lin An looked at the small water mark on the ground, and a scene suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.

A small tender yellow flower swayed in the wind in the dark night, weak but tenacious. A hand passed over the flower. After a while, a few drops of water appeared on the top of the flower. After that, the whole flower became dry, weathered, and disappeared in the wind. , and those few small drops of water also fell to the ground.

For a moment, he couldn't remember when this happened, but Lin An knew that it was his hand.

Slowly stretched out his hands and placed them on the growing tree burrs.

This matter is not too difficult for him, because since becoming a zombie, he has been using his superpower to wash things every day, and he has to extract the water every time.

So it's the same now, as long as the water is extracted.

Lin An slowly closed his eyes, recalling his "touch" when the water was removed.

The noisy sounds around him suddenly became silent, and it seemed as if he was the only one in the world.

The moment you come into contact with the big tree, you feel the rich moisture contained in the big tree. Even if it has turned into a zombie tree, this tree still needs water.

Lin An activated his supernatural power, and every drop of water in the tree seemed to be jumping for joy, responding to his call.

In fact, Shen Xiuze was wrong about one thing. They did not create water sources out of thin air. They just gathered all the moisture contained in the air and used it as they wished.

It's the same now, whether the water is in the air, inside the zombie tree or somewhere else, as long as he thinks about it, he can make them all obey orders.

Lin An put all his powers into this zombie tree, but it was not enough. He had to extract all the water from the entire tree at once, and he could not leave any water to the tree. For any trace of vitality, he needs more energy.

Squeeze yourself to the extreme, like a crazy gambler, placing all your bets on it.

not enough.

He? Wants more energy.

His stomach became warm again, just like the feeling when he was full for the first time. Lin An squinted his eyes with satisfaction and found that his superpower had returned.

Once again, he poured all his supernatural powers into it, and the supernatural energy in his body was continuously generated, all of which were imported into the zombie tree by Lin An.

Starting from the palm of my hand, more and more moisture is felt. The roots, trunks, branches, and leaves of the tree spread from a small area to the entire tree.

The input of superpowers will be stopped until the body can no longer produce any superpowers.

That's enough.

It's now!

The little zombie, who was originally a mysophobia and social phobia, was now like a general commanding thousands of troops,