Chapter 90: The Monster Of Niu Ma Village

A long moment passed in silence as Lian Tianci made his plan while Liu Yun observed from the shadows.

Not sensing any movement or detecting any sounds, the black vines slowly crawled toward the fallen black sack.

Seeing this, Lian Tianci’s expression turned cold.

Holding her breath, Liu Yun watched in horror as the black vines approached the fallen black sack.

With two pairs of eyes watching them, the black vines silently crawled toward the fallen black sack. When they reached it, the black vines slowly wrapped it up like a dumpling, then dragged it, along with whoever was inside, toward the giant tree.

After cutting the black sack down, Lian Tianci had no chance to check whether the person inside the black sack was still alive or not.

Watching the black vines drag the black sack closer and closer toward the giant tree, he clenched his jaw in anger, but he knew that it was not yet time to make his move.

Forcing himself to remain motionless, Lian Tianci watched as the black vines released the black sack, then retreated into the shadows.

As the black sack lay on the ground beneath the giant tree, something strange happened.

Staring intently at the giant tree’s trunk, Liu Yun thought, ’Did I see it wrong? Why does the giant tree’s trunk seem to be glowing brighter by the second?’

While she was filled with doubt, the giant tree’s trunk suddenly split open.

Crack!

Startled by this sudden change, Liu Yun’s eyes widened in shock. ’Heaven! Is this giant tree suddenly deciding to commit suicide?!’

Before Liu Yun could react, the cracks on the giant tree’s trunk grew larger and wider. Before long, something seemed to be growing between the cracks.

Liu Yun’s fingers turned white from how tightly she was gripping her wooden stick. With her eyes and attention fixed on the giant tree’s trunk, her heartbeat sped up, and a bad premonition grew in her heart.

’Grass... I suddenly have a bad feeling about this.’

Swallowing her fear, Liu Yun forced herself to stare into the cracks on the giant tree’s trunk.

After a few seconds that felt like an eternity, Liu Yun could finally see clearly what was growing on the giant tree’s trunk.

Her eyes widened as she felt the Apocalypse World’s horror once more.

’Grass! That—! There’s a face growing on the giant tree’s trunk!’

While Liu Yun was frozen in place in horror, Lian Tianci’s condition was no better. Staring at the child-like face on the giant tree’s trunk, his face turned pale.

At this moment, Lian Tianci knew that this was not an ordinary mutant plant. The giant tree might be the overlord controlling the entire village and its surroundings.

Staring at the face on the giant tree’s trunk, Lian Tianci clenched his jaw as he thought, ’No wonder we didn’t see any living beings or zombies when we arrived near the village. It’s all because of this giant tree.’

While Lian Tianci and Liu Yun were in shock, the face growing on the giant tree’s trunk suddenly opened its eyes.

Liu Yun almost screamed out loud at this sight.

’Mom! This thing is so scary!’ she screamed inwardly as she gripped her wooden stick tighter.

Although Lian Tianci had been fighting non-stop since the descent of the Blood Moon, this was the first time he had encountered this kind of mutant plant. Based on his experience so far, a mutant possessing human traits was the hardest one to fight.

Clenching his military dagger, Lian Tianci’s eyes flashed with determination as he made his decision.

’I can’t fight this monster alone. I need to escape and report this matter to the headquarters as soon as possible!’

The second he made up his mind, Lian Tianci kicked the ground and rushed into the vegetation.

As he moved, the black vines came to life and began to attack him.

Glancing at the black vines chasing him, Lian Tianci threw the pebbles he had picked up earlier in another direction.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

For two seconds, the black vines stopped moving, then chased after him again.

It was very brief, but it was enough for Lian Tianci to distance himself from the black vines. Using the pebbles to buy himself some time, Lian Tianci rushed back toward the village’s entrance.

Meanwhile, left alone hiding in the shadows, Liu Yun was stunned in shock.

Staring in the direction where Lian Tianci had disappeared, she thought in disbelief, ’No, Brother, where are you going?!’

Realizing that Lian Tianci had run away, Liu Yun took a deep breath to calm herself down. She looked at the child’s face on the giant tree, then at the transparent blue screen floating in front of her.

Two seconds later, her eyes lit up in realization.

’Wait a minute! The mission is telling me to uncover the secret of Niu Ma Village, not telling me to kill this giant tree. As long as I complete my mission, I can prevent the annihilation of the Black Tiger Rescue Team.’

Looking away from the transparent blue screen, she looked at the giant tree and thought, ’As for this giant tree, as long as Captain Lian informs the military, they can deal with it.’

Liu Yun knew how strong she was and understood that against this giant tree, she was like an ant.

Instead of courting death by trying to fight this giant tree alone, her best option at this moment was to complete her mission and leave this place as soon as possible.

Having made her decision, Liu Yun looked at the map and carefully studied it.

’There must be something hidden in this place that I can’t see....’

While Liu Yun was studying the map, the face on the giant tree suddenly opened its mouth. A second later, a black vine shot out from it and stabbed into the broken black sack on the ground.

Stab!

Hearing the sound, Liu Yun looked up from the map. When she saw what the face was doing, she almost vomited.

Covering her mouth in horror, Liu Yun watched as the human inside the black sack slowly deflated while the black vine sucked violently.

Glug...! Glug...! Glug...!

The sounds of the face swallowing echoed through the silent surroundings, while Liu Yun’s body grew colder as she watched the face completely devour the human inside the black sack in less than one minute.