Half an hour later, outside the castle.

Sun ruthlessly looked at the wound that had stopped bleeding, stepped into the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked towards the forest.

Just near the lake where he had last seen Chuanwu, he found Li Jiancheng.

It's the depths of winter, but it's sunny, and the sun shines through the dry branches on the snow, reflecting the crystalline light.

Li Jiancheng, dressed in an ordinary army-green overalls, is sitting on a mecha, pruning the seedlings that were planted just last year. It is surrounded by a variety of towering trees, and it will take more effort to nurture new seedlings.

But it shouldn't be done by him personally, these things, it will be easier for "friends" to do them.

It's just that it's his hobby.

"What did Wang Qingye do?" Li Jiancheng lowered his head, holding a cigarette in his mouth, his face that was often exposed to the wind and sun was like a piece of bark, and his eyes looked very deep.

"What can I do? I can't beat it again. "Sun ruthless's clothes are full of small cuts, and the wounds have scabbed, and there is no big problem.

"You've been lucky." Li Jiancheng took a deep breath of cigarette, and his eyes smiled into two slits: "When he was young, he never showed mercy." ”

After saying that, he jumped off the mecha, Sun Wuru didn't dare to slack off, this seemingly ordinary gardener in front of him not only had special gifts, but more importantly, his physical fitness was also as high as level seven. Even if it was hand-to-hand combat, Sun Ruthless couldn't beat him.

Twenty years of rice are not eaten for nothing.

"You have come to me because you have not seen my gifts. But then again, you've seen so many gifts, and you haven't awakened your own power. How do you say that, huh? It's a little special. Li Jiancheng snuffed out the cigarette butt with his fingers and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Please also ask the teacher to teach me."

"Come with me." He picked up the toolbox on the ground, walked in front of the snow and tree roots, and chatted with Sun Wuruthless as he walked: "The appearance of the gift is an unsolved mystery that even 'friends' are studying. Originally, it thought that the human brain could be easily studied thoroughly, but it did not expect such a result. Take Wang Qingye's telekinesis as an example, manipulating something is not to exert an external force on it, but to take advantage of the mutual expulsion between electron pairs. If you look at the microscopic level, you will find that it is not exactly the interaction of the manipulated object with the surrounding air, but a small space around it. The more subtle the telekinesis, the more subtle things can be manipulated. At the beginning, Wang Qingye could only shoot one person away, but he couldn't control an egg, which is the reason. ”

"Can every gift be explained scientifically?" Sun Wuru has not done any research in this area, and he has heard it in a fog.

"Not quite, like my gifts." Li Jiancheng took him to the lake. Even in the cold winter, the water in the lake is not frozen. A few grasses grew weakly on the edge of the lake, like eyelashes in the lake.

Li Jiancheng squatted down, and his calloused right hand rested on the grass.

The next moment, Sun Wushu felt a force, and the air was filled with the scent of grass.

It's like the breath of spring.

Right now, the original grass that was only the length of the index finger was already twice as tall as it was, and it was still growing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it soon spread to Li Jiancheng's forearm.

It's only in summer that a weed that grows like this. In this cold winter, the verdant greenery is out of place with the surroundings.

"This taste is the taste of cell metabolism, in essence, the taste of cell fluid." Li Jiancheng tore off the grass with his hands, threw it into the dirt, stood up and continued: "Just now, they received an order to split. Using previously stored sugar and energy, everything is designed to split. So that's the limit of what it can grow, and if left unchecked, it's going to die quickly. As for how the instructions just came through me, and how they understood them, so far, there is no conclusion. ”

After speaking, he moved his waist and squinted his eyes to look around, every towering tree here had traces of his careful care. Even if there was no monitor for "friends" installed on it, Sun Wuru still felt a feeling of being watched.

"Have you ever imagined that the forest is a life?" Li Jiancheng looked at Sun Wuru, looked at his eyebrows and eyes similar to Zhang Yitong, and felt a little nostalgic.

"How do you define that?"

Li Jiancheng smiled, turned away from the lake, and a thick branch reached out to him, carrying him to the tree. Sun stood ruthlessly in place, listening to his voice coming from overhead.

"Now, you can try to get out of this forest."

Sun ruthlessly frowned.

It's about a kilometre from the castle. If you run at full strength, it will only take about two minutes.

But the strange thing is that as soon as Li Jiancheng got up the tree, Sun Wuru could no longer see his shadow, and he could no longer hear a trace of superfluous sound.

The wind, stopped.

After waiting for a while, Sun relentlessly tried to move forward. The forest in front of him looked no different from usual, but thinking of what Li Jiancheng had just said, Sun Wuru began to beat a drum in his heart.

He drew his saber from his waist, but compared it to the trunk beside him and put it away again.

It was winter, and there were barely any leaves overhead, but the spire of the castle could be faintly seen in the distance, and if you were standing in the headmaster's office, you should be able to see him.

Keep going and you'll be back to your destination.

Provided, of course, that he can keep going.

Thick trees blocked his way, dense branches blocked his view, and when he came to a place with a good view again, he looked up and realized that he was not any closer to the castle.

Sun turned his head ruthlessly, the road behind him twisted and turned, and it seemed to barely form a straight line, which was why he thought that his direction had not deviated.

Now, things are starting to get a little weird.

When did it start? Is the route off, or do you feel wrong?

He cautiously stood there and thought, but when he lifted his foot, he realized that something was wrong.

How can there be a puddle of water at your feet?

He looked at the snow not far away, it was all exposed to the sun, but the snow was still soft. And Sun ruthlessly stepped out of a puddle under his feet.

All around, it's noticeably hotter than just now.

He was wearing a heavy tweed coat, and when he calmed down, he noticed that a drop of sweat oozed from his forehead.

He looked up, and the sunlight was a little harsh.

It wasn't just the light that hit him, but the reflection of the ice cubes on the branches.

The branches of the surrounding trees have adjusted an angle at some point.

Very secretive, but also unbiased.

Just right.

Every inch of sunlight, through the reflection of the ice cube, all gathered around Sun Wuru. The air was filled with water vapor that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the castle in the distance looked a little blurry.

Sun ruthlessly made a decision, squatted deeply, and jumped up. The saber in his hand pierced the trunk of the tree and quickly climbed up.

Soon, he reached the top of the tree.

The castle, but behind him.

What he saw was a mirage.

It was supposed to be a large-scale reflection at the atmospheric level, but here it was done with just a few large trees. Could it be that they did the calculations?

Sun ruthlessly looked at the towering tree under his feet, stepping on the constantly shaking branches, and his back felt cold.

As far as the eye can see, this vast forest seems to exude a faint hostility.

It feels like the forest is alive.

Not daring to hesitate, Sun ruthlessly jumped off the tree, remembered the position just now, picked up a stone, and threw it into the air.

He noticed that the branches were moving, and now there was no wind.

They began to block Sun's relentless gaze.

Sun Wuru didn't dare to slack off, and the moment he threw the stone, he ran wildly in this direction. As long as he encountered a big tree blocking the way, he would jump over the tree directly, no matter how high he had to climb, he did not dare to make a detour.

Ten minutes had passed.

Probably close to the edge, he climbed to the top of a tree once more to confirm his bearings.

But the next moment, he fell into a deep pit.

The snow he fell, without any trace of a trap.

But underground, a two-person high pit was dug. The shallow layer of soil on top is still there, giving the impression that the pit was dug from within.

Behind Sun Wuru, a thick tree root moved slowly like a python.

Only then did he realize that he had underestimated the forest.

It was still winter, and if it was overgrown with weeds and leaves all over his head, he couldn't imagine how many other means could be used to hinder his departure.

It's not the same as a machine, it's different from a human, but it's the same.

Li Jiancheng's instructions to this forest were not complicated, but he didn't want Sun to leave ruthlessly.

As for the means to use, it is up to the forest to figure it out on its own. The elements hidden in every inch of the corner, the sun, the soil, the dead branches, the wind, are all their weapons.

This is a forest area that belongs alone.

"How?" Just as he was thinking, a hand came down from the top of his head.

"Learned." Sun ruthlessly climbed out of the trap and found that the edge of the forest was not far from him. Obviously, just now, the branches in the distance overlapped each other, blocking the castle.

"If you stay a little longer, you might end up in a deeper pit. The ice on the branches of the tree will shake off, and if it is an ordinary person, it is easy to get injured. Li Jiancheng talked about this forest, his face was full of pride.

"How do they know where I am?" Sun was ruthlessly puzzled, he just chose a tree at random and jumped down at will.

"Because they've dug enough holes." Li Jiancheng walked to a big tree beside him, stretched out his hand to the ground, and his whole arm fell in: "Ruthless, it's just a matter of probability that you fall in." ”

Sun smiled ruthlessly and followed Li Jiancheng out of the forest.

"Do you feel anything?" He asked about gifts.

Sun shook his head ruthlessly.

"It's okay, let Kiyono arrange the next one for you." He patted Sun Ruthless on the shoulder, but the next moment, Sun Ruthless saw his bracelet begin to vibrate.

In the sky not far away, several flying machines were driving into the academy from outside.

Li Jiancheng called up the message sent to him, and frowned.

"The team that went to the south is back. Qi Huan was seriously injured. ”