Cthulhu

There is no day or night on the planet, but everyone still relies on watches to tell time.

Everyone in the team had missions, and of course Agent Mei also had one. She led two teams and carefully came to the other side of the hillside.

The team was behind. Agent Mei carefully lay down on the grass alone and climbed behind a big tree little by little. There was a willow-like plant not far in front of her.

It takes five people to hug the brown branches. The old willow tree hangs down its branches, and the leaves on the branches shine with a strange purple light.

The breeze blows, and the old willow branches flutter, revealing a strange face on the tree.

The face on the willow tree seemed to be sleeping. Under the purple light, it looked eerie and peaceful.

Surrounding it are transparent creatures like will-o'-the-wisps that are constantly flying around the willow tree.

But these are definitely not elves raised in trees. These will-o'-the-wisp elves are burying pieces of flesh and blood in an orderly manner under the soil next to the old willow tree.

In some locations further away from the trees, bones lay on the ground, and it was unknown how many creatures had died here.

The huge skeleton shows the power of the owner here

This is why agent Mei Mingming chose to evacuate with people after discovering important resources like four-leaf flowers.

The old willow tree in front of me is the absolute overlord in this neighborhood.

Agent Mei carefully buried a camera on the ground and pointed it in the direction of the old willow tree.

She herself sneaked back carefully.

With this camera, as long as one person is arranged to monitor from a distance, the movements of the old willow tree can be discovered in advance, while oneself and others also need to look for four-leaf flowers nearby.

As long as you keep an eye on the old willow tree, half of the dangers in this area will be eliminated.

But when Mei was about to crawl back quietly.

A huge Cyclops appeared in front of the old willow tree, and Mei immediately stopped to go back.

She knew this monster. It was recorded in SHIELD's directory of shadow creatures. It was a shadow creature called a Gug Giant.

"How did this shadow creature get here?"

With such doubts, Mei did not rush back, but quietly hid aside.

Maybe because Mei had been lurking here early, neither the old willow tree nor the weird giant who had just woken up noticed Mei.

As the giant approached, all the will-o'-wisps ran into the trunk of the old willow tree.

The ground in front of the old willow tree arched, and the roots like tentacles stretched out continuously, waving in the air.

The tree roots whipped at the ancient leather giant like a steel whip. The giant looked a little unconscious, so he refused to hide in the face of the dense tree roots and started fighting with a big wooden stick.

The giant's movements were unorganized, and he was soon strangled to death by the roots of the old willow tree.

As soon as the giant fell to the ground, the will-o'-the-wisp elves rushed up like a swarm of bees and began to dismember the giant.

Very skillfully, he separated the giant's flesh and blood into pieces and buried them in the soil.

The old willow tree then continued to fall into a deep sleep.

Mei swallowed in the corner. If they were allowed to fight the Guge giant just now, even though they could kill the monster, their team would definitely be reduced in number.

But the old willow tree didn't even use 2 minutes to kill the giant just now.

Mei carefully fixed the camera again.

back.

Just after retreating to another mountain col, two team members quickly stepped forward.

Before the team members could speak, Mei immediately made a silent gesture.

After returning to the temporary camp, Agent Mei told the team members what had just happened.

"Luke, take two people and watch the surveillance for me in two shifts. If there is any objection to this old willow tree, notify me immediately. This tree is very dangerous."

"I understand." Luke nodded solemnly.

Despite the solemn atmosphere, the team did need more four-leaf flowers, and the team could only maintain close surveillance of the old willow tree.

Soon, Team 1, Brown, Flynn and others all returned.

Team 1 brought back the attached map for exploration, marked some places where monsters existed, and found a suitable place for everyone to camp.

Brown found more than a dozen four-leaf flowers, which made up for the situation that everyone was in urgent need of four-leaf flowers.

Flynn brought back a strange-looking wild boar.

There seems to be no difference between day and night in the Bloody Land. The sky is always the same, and everyone relies on their watches to record the time.

At dinner time, Mei gathered everyone together. Since everyone still relies on this place to collect more four-leaf flowers, they must know where there is danger and where not to go.

After a simple meal, Mei told everyone what was discovered near the old willow tree, and listed that mountain col as a forbidden area, and no one could approach it.

But when Mei talked about the Gug Giants, Jim, the captain of Team 1, had a strange look on his face, "Boss, it's a coincidence that you are sure they are Gug Giants. When I was investigating, I also found a group of Gug Giants nearby."

Flynn sneered, "What's weird about that? It's probably because the giant took the wrong path and walked into the willow tree's territory."

This group of cowards, in Flynn's view, since killing these monsters can make him stronger, then they should go ahead and do it.Instead of hiding like this.

Mei clenched her fists and looked at Flynn with fierce eyes. Flynn did not dare to say anything more, so Mei motioned for Jim to continue.

"I'm not surprised that there are shadow creatures nearby. What I'm surprised about is why so many Gug giants can stay together.

They are not an intelligent species. Even we have been affected by murderous emotions before, but they are unharmed.

I thought it was a little strange, so I continued to explore a little more, and then I made a surprising discovery. "Jim paused suddenly when he said this, with a hint of fear in his eyes. He continued: "I found them collecting four-leaf flowers. "

"Collecting four-leaf flowers, I understand. The four-leaf flowers also allow them to maintain their basic sanity. At least there will be no fighting between the same kind, but there is nothing strange about this." Flynn did not find fault this time. He was really serious. I don’t understand.

"No, you don't understand" Jim suddenly shouted. His body was shaking a little. It was obvious that he was very scared, but everyone was a little confused. Is this necessary?

Even May thought he was making a bit of a fuss. Just after everyone wondered if Jim was caught in an illusion, Brown, who had been silent, stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "Let me tell you."

Brown stood up. When everyone's eyes were focused on him, everyone noticed that there was a trace of fear in Brown's eyes.

"Captain Mei, you came back relatively late. Before you came back, Jim and I talked to each other about our findings. Jim found the Gug Giant in a jungle, and I found this near the Four-leaf Flower. "

Brown said, taking out a weird little creature that shone with light. Luke looked at the monster corpse in Brown's hand and blurted out, "Wisp."

Before anyone could react, Brown continued: "The little creature I found near the four-leaf flower was planted by the four-leaf flower."

This sentence was like a depth charge, making several people a little confused.

Brown didn't finish what he said, "The Gug Giants live nearby. They need four-leaf flowers, and the source of the Four-leaf Flowers is the old willow tree. Captain, you said you found the old willow tree eating the Gug Giants in the afternoon.

What do you think this is like? "

"Raising." Mei, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke, her voice a little hoarse.

"Yes, the old willow tree is raising those gug giants, and the four-leaf flower is just the feed to keep them here."

"What about us?"

A nameless fear struck everyone. No one thought that one day they would be raised like livestock.

If they don't come here to look for the four-leaf flower, the emotion of killing will engulf them and turn them into a monster that can only kill.

When I came here to look for the four-leaf flower, I didn't expect that it was just a trap for another creature.

Boundless fear filled the air, and the fear of the bloody land was once again bloody and displayed in front of everyone.

Here, every breath of air you take is extremely precious, because you don’t know whether you can still breathe at the next moment.

Flynn's expression was no longer manic at this moment, and he said with some palpitations: "This is impossible, we are human beings, you said that your tree is feeding us, it is so possible. We have legs and can run away at any time, how can a tree be possible? "

Flynn's eyes were red, and it could be seen that he was also facing tremendous mental pressure at the moment.

Mei said softly: "We have legs, so we are back here."

Although Mei's voice was very soft, it was like a heavy hammer, directly breaking everyone's heart.

Everyone felt like falling from heaven to hell.

The four-leaf flower that was originally saving lives turned out to be a murderous monster. After everyone met the four-leaf flower by chance again, fate seemed to hook everyone, making them go around in a circle and come back here again.

Under tremendous mental pressure, some unsteady team members fell into illusions again, and everyone seemed to turn into monsters.

The twin desires of fear and bloodlust are intertwined.

"Hurry up and smell the four-leaf flower." Mei shouted loudly.

She herself felt like she had turned into a rock monster whose whole body was on fire. She quickly took out the four-leaf flower from her bag.

Suddenly, a huge white spider web appeared, instantly covering everyone, and everyone was stuck to the ground unable to move.

Peter led Al out of the darkness.

They arrived at the annex in the morning. The desperate roar of the monster that the team heard before was the masterpiece of the two. It was the scream of a three-headed giant snake when it died.

Mei didn't inhale the fragrance of the four-leaf flower, and her spirits were a little unstable at the moment. "Peter...why did you stop me?"

There was a hint of confusion in his tone.

In Mei's eyes, Peter, who was originally sunny and handsome, now had eight weird limbs like spider legs sticking out from behind him. He looked very scary.

Peter didn't speak, and Al took a step forward. "Have you ever thought about how the willow tree controlled you to come back here?"

Agent Mei's eyes were blurred and her consciousness was a little blurry at the moment. She looked at her team members.

Everyone became deformed at this moment, Flynn's tail, Brown's eyes on his cheeks, Luke's wolf-like head...

"It's a four-leaf flower..." Mei replied weakly.

Al took out the four-leaf flower from Mei's small bag, looked at it carefully, and said: "Look carefully at the world around you, you think it is an illusion.

No, this is reality.

You who are still normal are the real illusions. "