No one has been mowed for a long time, and the lawn grows up to the ankles.

The yard of the country school is not only a little sports facility, but also a wheat field for experiments.

The shadow that Lu Ming saw just now should be a scarecrow in the wheat field. The forest had invaded the town, and the graphite-colored gray-black trees had become deformed by the rapid growth, and the large clumps of gray-black nodules swallowed up most of the wheat fields like cooled magmatic rocks.

Only a small patch of wheat remained, and it seemed only a matter of time before the farmland was completely swallowed up by the forest.

With the pathfinder sticks in front, the two of them approached the wheat field area with the turf, the shadow of the tree canopy covered the courtyard, and the dappled sunlight fell on the grass and the wheat field area, and the scarecrow moving slightly in the wind was indeed easy to missee.

There is a group of strangely shaped scarecrows in the wheat field, and there are many gaps between the trees that have been forcibly chopped, and there are some traces of life camping. If you look closely, these people used to split trees and then burn the wounds of the trees into charcoal.

The cut of the tree is not a round stake, and there are no obvious growth rings, but rather a group of irregular colonies that grow abnormally wildly, showing an uncomfortable state of dense pimples.

"The forest has grown into a strange conjoined tree, it seems that it is very dangerous to spend the night in the forest, even if there are no monsters attacking, be careful that when the trees grow into one at night, they just trap the living inside."

Lu Ming planned to go to the camp to find resources, and Fang Liang avoided these disgusting trees to observe the situation of the scarecrow.

The scarecrow's outfit is strange, a bit like the retro detective outfit that was once popular centuries ago.

The scarecrow was wearing a loose taupe coat, a yellowish fur hat with a brim about a palm, and even his face was covered with a thick cloth.

"It's a bunch of scarecrows of unknown meaning, but it doesn't look like it's just a prank......

Fang Liang cautiously stretched out his hand and tentatively touched the costume, but the panel actually suggested that it was a set of equipment.

[Investigator Outfit]: Provides a little, better than nothing defense, and provides an additional 2 backpack slots.

[Note: The pockets of this dress are very large, and there are straps inside, so even if you carry two fire axes in your arms, you will be fine.] 】

No one would dislike the backpack being too big, Fang Liang was only slightly surprised, and then he removed the clothes and put them on himself, and then inserted the scarecrow back into its place - in case it had any hidden meaning, it was better not to destroy the original form.

"It fits quite well, and it seems that the investigators are about the same size as me, so it's no wonder that the doctor will mistake them for one of them." Fang Liang felt in his pocket, there was nothing in his pocket, obviously everything had already been taken away.

Looking at the wheat field, there are 4 strange investigator scarecrows like this, and the other one is not wearing an investigator's costume, but a lead-gray chemical protective suit wrapped in broken fabric, and the helmet is in the style of a transparent isolation cover, which looks a bit like an astronaut's clothes, but the design and workmanship accuracy are obviously inferior to the high-tech modern products in the real world.

Fang Liang approached the suit of clothes and tried to disassemble the straw man, but found that the suit was very heavy, and there was no prop attribute hint, so he gave up.

"No matter how bad the equipment is, it's still equipment, so it's good to get them some equipment."

Fang Liang saw that Lu Ming was still investigating near the tree hole, and the distance between the two was not very far, so he concentrated on packing up his equipment.

In the wheat field, Fang Liang bent over to work.

However, Fang Liang found blood stains under the second scarecrow's wooden pole, and at the same time, he also found burials under the straw man.

The blood had dried up for a long time, and with a gentle scraping of a branch, the bloody scab was crumbled into ashes.

Curious, Fang Liang dug it out and inserted the scarecrow back into its place, which turned out to be a journal with a black cover.

"If you want to kill a tree, you have to burn the roots, otherwise the surviving roots will absorb nutrients and soon grow big trees. For some reason, everyone tacitly didn't mention climbing the tree and leaving, the villagers didn't try to climb the tree, and even the army didn't support the helicopters, I tried to get something out of the villagers' mouths, but I saw only pain and fear in their eyes. ”

Fang Liang translated this sentence and flipped it back casually, only to find that the connected logs had been torn up.

"Take this journal back, it's more or less a piece of evidence, maybe the doctor knows something."

Fang Liang was concentrating on thinking when he suddenly felt that something had touched his back, and his legs suddenly tensed and his hair stood on end.

Subconsciously, Fang Liang clenched the stick and waved it backhand, but was suddenly pinched in his hand by Lu Ming.

Fang Liang was shocked, and his face couldn't help but be a little helpless: "You have a problem, sneaky, why don't you say a word and deliberately scare me?" ”

Lu Ming also made a false alarm: "The strange person is obviously you, okay, you changed the scarecrow's equipment without saying a word, what do you want to do?" I watched a stranger pouting his ass and tearing a scarecrow in a wheat field, and if this person wasn't you, then didn't I get cold? ”

Fang Liang squinted his eyes and looked around, took out a set of investigator clothes and stuffed it to Lu Ming: "Okay, no matter what, from now on, we'd better not act separately, this equipment has 2 more backpacks, it's better to wear one than nothing." ”

Fang Liang watched Lu Ming put on his suit, put on his hat and tie his mask, suddenly his body was cold, and he said unconsciously like a conditioned reflex:

"It's getting dark, and I'd better get back to the clinic hideout before nightfall."

Immediately after, Fang Liang was sweating profusely, his eyes couldn't stop covering his mouth, and Lu Ming also squatted down strangely to stare at him.

"My curse just now seems to be taking advantage of the moment when my consciousness is relaxed, using my body to say a word."

At this moment, Fang Liang and Lu Ming both thought of Duan Jianmin's strange situation, the curse itself couldn't speak, but he was able to use Duan Jianmin's body to perform a single double reed, making Duan Jianmin look like a schizophrenic.

"Does this mean that some kind of power inadvertently triggered the curse's instinct?"

Fang Liang pressed the doubt to the bottom of his heart, since the curse had instinctively issued a warning, they had to leave here after hurrying away.

The country elementary school is not very far from the clinic, and with Lu Ming's help in removing the third scarecrow, the investigation is more than twice as fast.

Fang Liang unfolded the paper ball, only to see that it was written: "We can't stay any longer, the final evacuation order has been issued, we must leave before the exit of the forest is completely sealed." But Number 0714 was lost, and I felt that the forest did not want us to leave, and that some kind of gentle voice was calling to me from the depths of the forest, and it was clear that all who heard and believed it were missing. ”

The cold aura was gradually intensifying, and the speed of the sunset was much faster than expected.

Lu Ming did the same for the fourth scarecrow, and found another paper ball.

Fang Liang unfolded the paper ball: "Strange, we are lost again, all the road signs and passages have changed, that tunnel has been blocked, and something extremely terrifying has grown in it." Number 9533 who was in charge of leading the way was getting weirder and weirder, and I noticed that the map had been altered in a mess, but he still claimed that he knew how to leave, and I had no choice but to pray that he would remember the way he left. ”

Approaching the fifth scarecrow, Fang Liang and Lu Ming already felt the wind surging around them.

Out of a cautious attitude, Fang Liang deliberately used a flashlight to shine on the face of the last scarecrow, and used a branch to open its clothes to check, there was no difference between the other scarecrows, but the smell of blood on its body was a little too strong, this situation was really a bit abnormal.

"Wait, I'll do it first."

"Your curse hasn't been activated, and if something is triggered, we'll be overwhelmed."

Fang Liang cautiously reached forward, cautiously probing the scarecrow's pocket, and successfully found a bloodstained paper ball.

"Run!" Fang Liang unfolded the paper ball, and there was only one word on the entire paper, but the lead-gray smoke quickly appeared in the twilight.

Turning his head, the scarecrow in the field had somehow turned into a shriveled corpse, the corpse's movements twisted and strange, all strung on wooden poles, as if someone had just torn their shirts and hats off them, causing the stiff joints to be deformed.

A pair of fuchsia wrinkled hands quickly stretched out from the scarecrow's clothes, and then a pair of frayed jeans suddenly appeared on the scarecrow's waist, followed by black leather boots peeking out of thin air, and a pair of dark red eyes gradually crawling out of the hat mask.

In the blink of an eye, the shriveled scarecrow's body quickly became plump and full!

Fang Liang squatted down to avoid the scarecrow's grasp and embrace, but saw that after this guy hit the air, the index fingers of both hands pointed to the sides like an eagle's hook and claw, and the entire scarecrow shelf hung upside down like a cross, flying into the air in a strange posture with his head down and arms outstretched.

At this moment, even Fang Liang, who had always been relatively calm, fell into a state of extreme helplessness and tension.

Your uncle, it's really a trap, no matter how careful you are, it's a trap, it's a trap when you check it, and it's a trap that is hard on your face!

No wonder no one climbed a tree to escape, it's definitely because this unlucky thing can fly, and it dies faster when attacked halfway through a tree!

Do those investigators also know some of the problems of the forest, so they wear these clothes to investigate the curse in depth?

Lu Ming's scalp exploded, kicked over the fence, and grabbed Fang Liang and ran wildly.