"Big brother, what's your name?"

When he set off the next day, Xiao Xu ran over to help Chen Xing pack up his tent and seriously asked Chen Xing's name.

Chen Xing's information is hidden and cannot be found out through the black table.

"Chen Erliu, Erdong Chen's Chen, One, Two, Three, One, Two, Seven, Five, Six, Seven." Chen Xing reported his name. Although it was just a random pseudonym he gave back then, it is now the name on the black watch. Not only is he the only label on the clearnet system, but also the owner of all assets.

So when he introduced himself, he could only use this name, otherwise he would have to go through the trouble of explaining. And he recently used the signature of "26chen" very easily, with a few strokes, and the writing was like a big star signature.

But the only thing that is a little unhappy is that now Yeyang Bailiu doesn't like to call him Chen Xing, and he doesn't know who to learn from, so he calls him 2626 all day long, which is very disrespectful to his husband.

"I'm Xu Zicai, it's good if my eldest brother calls me Xu Zi." Xiao Xu also reported his name. Probably after experiencing yesterday's events, I want to remember Chen Xing's name, and maybe we can meet in the future.

Chen Xing had a good impression of this young man and was willing to make this friend. It's just that their identities are too far apart, and it's difficult to have any intersection. The best result is to be under Chen Xing, but he still has to work when he should work.

Some people always feel that friends should not distinguish between each other, regardless of money and status, regardless of value and ability, as long as they treat each other sincerely.

To be honest, love can be indistinguishable from these, but friends can't.

The foundation of friends is based on a relationship of mutual need, either like-minded and able to have fun together, or equally capable and able to help each other, or understanding each other, able to confide in each other, or tacit cooperation and being able to fight side by side.

Although the word "friend" is not entirely motivated by interests, it is inseparable from interests.

Mutual need is the most basic principle.

If the status of the two is very different, and one party's life is just a word from the other, then even if friendship exists, it is a little bit of affection left back then.

The reality is that there may be love between the dragon and the ant, because love is the only existence that can cross classes, Cinderella and the prince, the poor scholar and the princess, but the friendship is not long-lasting.

Because friends are reciprocal, I need you, you need me. If this relationship is not established, it is nothing more than taking advantage of others to define it with moral standards that exceed reality.

Smart people can often find their own position in a relationship, whether it is more friends, more subordination, or more partnerships.

As long as the positioning is accurate, it is not easy for embarrassing things to happen, and then good results are obtained.

In the blink of an eye, on the third day, the Runaway Sisters and Chen Xing and the others were separated. Their hunting area is in the other direction. After a brief goodbye, they parted ways.

One more day later, arriving at Lao Xu's hunting area, Chen Xing should also be on the road alone.

However, at the kind invitation of his uncle and nephew, Chen Xing still stayed in the camp for a day.

But after staying for such a day, a strange thing happened.

The next morning, just after breakfast, two men arrived at the camp.

The two are Lao Xu's companions. Before Lao Xu returned to Qingguo, they stayed in the hunting area. This is the custom of the patrol area, and someone needs to stay behind, otherwise it will be considered to have abandoned the territory.

No one will notice it in the short term, but it will certainly not work in the long term.

When they returned to camp yesterday, they were not there, and judging by the traces of life at the camp, they had been gone for at least a week.

Lao Xu thought that the two had deserted and went to Cold Spring Harbor to find the warbler.

But when the two came back, they said that they had stayed in the hunting area and had never left. The reason is that half a month ago, a strange tree suddenly appeared in the hunting area.

The tree was unusually tall, with a trunk hugged by more than a dozen people, and the canopy covered more than half a football field.

What's even more strange is that when the two appeared, Chen Xing felt a dull pain in his scalp. The two quasi-elite-level low-level mercenaries actually inspired him, a quasi-lord, to perceive danger.

Past experience has taught him that the perception of danger does not lie, and there must be some factors in the other party that can pose a threat to him. But on the surface, he couldn't see anything, so he decided not to startle the snake and wait and see.

"You'll find out when you go and see it."

Before they could say a few words, the two offered to take the others to see the strange tree.

Lao Xu agreed without thinking about it, this is their patrol area, and he is an old man for many years, so there is nothing to doubt.

Chen Xing wanted to find out the reason, so he followed. He really couldn't understand how the two older mercenaries, who didn't have the elite level, threatened him, a quasi-lord.

The hunting area was not large, only a few square kilometers, and everyone soon came to the "strange" tree under the leadership of the two of them.

In Chen Xing's opinion, this tree is not strange.

The trunk of the tree is made up of dense vines, with small leaves and thick rhizomes that expose the ground, intertwined with knotted roots, and spread for tens of meters.

This is a typical strangler plant, their seeds fall on other trees, germinate and parasitize, and the roots grow downward, gradually enveloping the host, strangle, and finally replacing the host as the new master.

Judging from the shape of the leaves and the drooping roots, it is easy to tell that it is a ficus. It's just that compared to the ordinary ficus, its bark is pale like a corpse, and there are some blue-green on it, like corpse spots.

But it's not surprising that this is a common mutant ficus tree. Under the influence of radiation, the bark takes on a sickly paleness.

Although the trunk of the tree is very thick, it requires more than ten people to hug it, and the diameter of the canopy is more than fifty meters, but this is nothing among the mutant plants, Chen Xing has seen a lot in the Black Death Jungle, and it is even more common in the Green Continent, and it is not uncommon to be ten times larger than this.

If there is anything special about it, it is that it gives people a dark and oppressive feeling, and the cracks between the vines are dark and deep, as if there is something terrible hidden in it, which is creepy.

But it can also be a psychological effect, because some people say it's strange, they have preconceived ideas, and they also feel strange.

Xiao Xu and Chen Xing walked at the end, and suddenly there was a sound of rustling under their feet, Xiao Xu looked down and saw that a red-headed centipede was coming out of the gap in the roots of the tree, squirming densely with knotted feet, and climbing up with his military boots.

"Wow!"

Xiao Xu screamed in fright and jumped half a foot high.

Chen Xing's two fingers flashed with lightning, and with a snap, the arc ejected, knocking the red-headed centipede away. The black flesh of the worm was broken into several pieces, bouncing and struggling on the ground with green smoke, and after a while, there was no movement.

"Hiss ......"

As if a switch was triggered, hundreds of centipedes came out of the cracks, and there were so many of them that they were like black cables wriggling all over the ground, making people's scalps tingle.

Xiao Xu didn't have time to be surprised why Chen Xing was suddenly able to use his skills, and hurriedly jumped back.

"Insecticides!"

Lao Xu shouted at his partner as he stepped back. The latter immediately rushed forward and aimed the ejector at the swarm of centipedes that had spread over.

The green mist erupted, and it was pungent and pungent. When the centipede touched the gas, it immediately retreated, burrowing into several crevices. Some of them were stained with mist, and immediately rolled their bodies in pain, their tails whipped and struggled, and finally curled up in a ball, completely losing their movement.

After spraying the insecticidal mist for a while, the centipedes fled from the swarm, and soon disappeared.

"Do you feel it?" A man suddenly asked. He was one of the two people left behind in the camp.

The question was a bit clueless, but everyone looked around vigilantly.

Chen Xing's brows furrowed slightly, he felt that the other party was playing tricks and creating a tense atmosphere.

But at this moment, a strange feeling spread through his heart, as if there were countless pairs of eyes watching him behind him, but when he looked back, there was nothing.

It was quiet and deep everywhere, and from time to time there were one or two bird calls.

Chen Xing's scalp ached faintly and felt very uncomfortable. It seems that there is something wrong with this tree.

Lao Xu looked around, found nothing abnormal, and then walked to the trunk of the vine, pulled out the battle dagger, and drew on the vine, as if trying to find out the cause of the abnormality.

The sharp blade sliced through the bark of the tree, and a red liquid flowed out like blood. Lao Xu dipped a little with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and sniffed, his brows furrowed.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Xu asked nervously.

"The smell of human blood." Lao Xu said.

"What, I'll take a look!" Another mercenary stepped forward to sniff, and his face changed suddenly.

"Have you ever seen a tree like this?" Chen Xing asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"This tree is a bit strange, so let's cut it down." Someone suggested.

"It's so big, how do you cut it?" "With an axe!" "The axe isn't that big." "Chop a little and blow it up with a grenade." Everyone discussed it and quickly decided on a plan. Lao Xu took out the mountain opening axe, held it with both hands, and slashed it fiercely.

"Tuk!" "Tuk!" "Tuk!"

A few axes went down in a row, and sawdust flew sideways. The thick vines break off, revealing a large cross-section of the bowl. Then it was as if there was an opening in the reservoir, and with a bang, a fountain of blood erupted.

Everyone changed color and subconsciously retreated.

If this is the blood of the trees, then this amount of blood is a bit terrifying, and there must be a pool of blood in it.

There was a thick smell of blood in the air, like walking into a slaughterhouse and seeing corpses and blood everywhere you looked. Xiao Xu had never been on the battlefield, so he was not used to this taste, and retched on the spot.

The blood fountain sprayed for more than ten minutes, but it still did not weaken. Blood pours into the crevices of the roots of the tree and then overflows from low-lying areas.

"Lao Xu, what should I do?" A mercenary asked, pale.

Lao Xu hesitated for a moment, and turned his heart sideways, anyway, he had already cut it open, and if he didn't do it, he would blow it up!

He reached for a blaster grenade, pulled the fuse, and smoke immediately came out.

"Be careful!" Lao Xu shouted as he shoved the grenade into the wound, and then threw himself on the ground.

Chen Xing's figure flickered, grabbed Xiao Xu's collar and retreated a few meters.

The fire flashed, and there was a loud bang, and the trunk of the tree was blasted open with a huge opening.

Suddenly, blood gushed out like a torrent, and the thick blood quickly covered the ground, and the smell of blood was so strong that it was disgusting.

Where had everyone seen such a scene, they were immediately stunned.

"Whoa, whoa!"

A living corpse crawled out of the gushing blood, struggling, howling in pain, desperately crawling out.

Lao Xu was the closest, hurriedly pulled out his pistol, and shot at the bloody man continuously.

The bullet hit the head of the living corpse, and it opened the scoop directly, and white slurry flowed out.

Old Xu Gang breathed a sigh of relief, and dozens of arms rushed out at the same time, scratching desperately, as if there were more living corpses to crawl out.

"Retreat first!"

Chen Xing sensed that something was wrong, and immediately beckoned everyone to retreat.

Even if it is a mutant plant, it is impossible to hide so much mess inside.

The blood gushing out seemed to be endless, like a river of blood connected to the underground, gushing out continuously. If this development continues, the neighborhood will soon become an ocean.

A sea of blood.