The bright light emitted by the flashlight in my hand was like a scorching sun breaking through the night, and in a blink of an eye, everything in front of us dispersed like a thick fog—

The field of vision is empty-

There are no ancestral houses, ancestral halls at all, and even the village of Heijiaping may not exist at all!

The place where Lao Dao and I stood was just a ruin overgrown with weeds, ruined walls everywhere, and the smell of decay was extremely strong. org

In front of us, a huge locust tree as tall as a five-story building, towering like a huge lighthouse, is waving its teeth and claws towards us!

That's right, it's a dance of teeth and claws!

This locust tree has actually grown into a human form!

Not only that, but a human face has grown on the trunk of the locust tree!

The folds of the bark outline the human face, the middle of the protruding half-branch formed the nose, the three black holes of the tree, the eyes and the mouth, and its branches, all like dry palms, waved in the air......

Although there were no eyeballs in those empty "eyes", Lao Dao and I still felt that this terrible strange tree was "staring" at the two of us!

"Hiss——!"

The strange tree's "mouth" opened wide and let out a familiar scream—exactly the same scream as the headless men before they died!

With this strange scream, the strange tree shook its branches, and suddenly it was like countless dry strange claws opened, covering the top of our heads, and then, slashing down towards me and the old knife!

I immediately raised the flashlight in my hand and aimed it at the branch that was slashing at us—

The strange tree hissed again, and suddenly withdrew its claw-like branches, not daring to come any closer to us.

I saw that the branches that had been illuminated by the bright light had become charred and withered as if they had been burned by fire...... And I noticed that there were several other branches on the strange tree, which had become completely charred, and even broken from them.

This is, the old knife reminded me loudly: "Aji, look at it!" ”

I looked up and was stunned—

I saw that the dense canopy of the locust tree was turned on because of the lamppost that dodged the flashlight, revealing four humanoid objects hanging on the branches, and carefully distinguished, it was Cheng Cheng Li Yi and the four of them!

The knotted branches formed something like a silkworm cocoon, and Cheng Cheng and the others were tightly wrapped in this cocoon, revealing only one head, like a huge fruit, hanging on the branches.

The four of them were not missing, but were captured by this strange tree and made into a "human cocoon"!

Only then did I know for sure that I and the old knife were indeed in an illusion just now—this illusion had existed since I woke up, and the black qi that I had finally eliminated that wrapped around the old knife and my hands was actually the branches of this strange tree, and even the entire illusion, was created by this strange tree.

Cheng Cheng and the four of them may also be trapped by the illusion, but they can't finally break the illusion in front of them like me and Lao Dao, and they are finally captured by this strange tree and turned into a cocoon hanging on the branches.

I kept pushing back the branches of the locust wood that wanted to sneak up from the dark places that the light source couldn't shine on, but after a while, I found that although the strong light of the flashlight could force back and hurt the strange tree in front of me, it was not enough to cause fatal damage, let alone completely destroy it, in this case, how could I save the four people of Cheng Cheng who were hanging upside down on the branches?

What to do?

I looked around blankly, as if I wanted to find some weapons around me that I could use against the strange tree, but there was nothing to use around us except for gravel, grass, and broken walls.

I was anxious for a while, although I didn't know the current state of Cheng Cheng and the others, but every second that dragged on, their situation would definitely be more dangerous.

The old knife looked at my head and turned around, and asked, "What are you looking for?" ”

"What is the nemesis of the tree? That's right! A tree is wood, and fire is wood! Fire, old knife, I need fire! I yelled.

"Fire?" The old knife was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly he suddenly said, "You want to burn this strange tree?" Good idea! We have spare gasoline in our car, burn it with gasoline! ”

"Just use gasoline! Old knife, you go get gasoline, the power of this flashlight should be able to support it for a while, I'll hold it here. ”

"Okay."

The old knife agreed, and immediately pulled out his legs and left, but after running a few steps, he stopped again, frowned, and said: "No, Aji, this is not the Heijiaping Village we saw when we came in, and it's too dark this day, where is our car?" ”

I've thought about this question a long time ago, but just now, in a hurry, I forgot to tell Lao Dao, and pointed out a direction to Lao Dao at the moment: "You go this way!" Do you hear the sound of water in the distance? Do you remember when we came here, there was the Luochuan River on the left side of the village entrance? There's going to be an open space the size of a threshing floor, and my car is parked right there! Go ahead and be careful! ”

The old knife listened to it, and sure enough, he heard the sound of water, and said happily: "With such a counter, there is no problem." ”

As if knowing what weapon the old knife was going to take, the strange tree roared again, but I forced it with the light of the flashlight, and its claw-like branches would be burned by the light if they got too close to me, and it would only take a few seconds for them to turn into char and break to the ground.

One of the things I'm most glad about, and the biggest reason why Lao Dao and I have survived so far, is that this strange tree can't move!

Its trunk has grown a human face, and its branches have become strange claws, but its roots are still firmly rooted in the earth, so its range of movement is limited, although it is large.

This would explain why we were taken to this place by the Black Eight and fell into the illusion - because the strange tree could not move, it could only create illusions and use them to lure us into the net.

After breaking the illusion, I actually only need to stay away from the attack range of this strange tree, and I will naturally be safe, but Cheng Cheng and the four of them are still hanging upside down from the canopy of the strange tree, if there is no interference from the flashlight in my hand, maybe this strange tree will open its black hole-like mouth and eat Cheng Cheng and the four of them directly......

I tried my best to maneuver around the strange tree, not only to prevent the strange tree from having a chance to sneak up on me, but also to prevent it from having a chance to take care of the four cocoons that wrapped Cheng Cheng and the others.

"Aji, I'm back!"

A familiar shout was the arrival of the old knife.

I turned my head to see the old knife already behind me, carrying an army-green iron oil drum in his hand, running briskly towards me.

"A barrel full of oil, here you go!" The old knife's face was full of excitement, and he stood still beside me, making a gesture to give me the square oil drum in his hand, "Aji, go on, I'll help you shine the flashlight - you still have experience in dealing with these ghosts!" ”

"yes, okay."

It's not wrong to think about it, the old knife's ability is specially practiced to deal with enemies on the battlefield and criminals in society, in case this strange tree has other tricks, maybe the old knife will really not be able to deal with it, so he doesn't doubt him, and simply agreed.

But when I took the oil drum with one hand and was about to hand the flashlight to the old knife with the other, the old knife turned to the side and dodged the lamppost of the flashlight.

"What are you doing with me? Don't be careless with that strange tree! ”

The old knife said this, but his eyes were still fixed on the flashlight in my hand.

I was suddenly suspicious, but I pretended not to notice anything on my face: "Old knife, my lighter is also on you, you give me the lighter first." ”

"Oh, is it? Then I'll give it to you...... Where am I going, this lighter ......?"

The old knife chattered while groping in his pockets.

He pretended to dig into his pockets a few times, and wondered, "Did it fall to the ground?" Strange, I used it just now! Aji, you lend me a flashlight first, the lighter should have fallen around here. ”

I took advantage of the fact that he looked away slightly, and suddenly pointed the flashlight at the old knife's face!

"What are you doing—"

The old knife immediately covered his face with his hand, but the strong light shone at such a close distance, and the clothes on his arm immediately turned black, and then, the muscles and bones of his arm were exposed, and they also melted like ice and snow!

Really! This old knife is a fake!

Just now, if it weren't for his small action of avoiding the light that I noticed that something was wrong, the flashlight in my hand would have been deceived by this "old knife"!

This "old knife" in front of me must also be a monster!

I couldn't bear any more mercy, the light had already dissolved his hands, and I shot a flashlight directly into his face!

He grunted "uh-uh" in his throat and ended up "hissing——! With a roar, the whole body turned into ashes!

At this moment, a sparse sound sounded behind me, and I turned around abruptly and shone the flashlight behind me—

I saw dozens of dark brown branches, like snakes, suddenly jumping up from the grass around me and suddenly biting at me!

The lamppost of the flashlight shone through, and the branches suddenly twitched wildly in the bright light, and quickly turned into charcoal, but there were still a few branches that swept through the shadows beyond the circle of light—

"Smack!"

I was hit hard in the right arm, and the flashlight came out!

Several other branches suddenly wrapped around my body—I only felt a few tremendous forces binding me violently, and my chest was instantly squeezed and painful, and I even heard the bones in my body groan "gurgle", almost broken!

Immediately after, another branch went around my neck and tightened violently!

My neck was stuck, I was suffocated, and my brain was "buzzing", and I almost fainted on the spot!

In a daze, I felt my whole body leaving the ground......

"Aggie!"

A shout.

I tried my best to open my eyes, and barely saw a vague figure with a torch approaching.

"Fuck, hold on, Aggie!" It was the old knife, who threw a fiery thing in my direction, "Here, try your grandfather's Molotov cocktail!" ”

"Boom!"

A fire burned above me, and the branches of the strange trees that bound me were ignited, and I felt a shining flame rise from my body!

Flames and light were the tree's worst enemies, and in just a few seconds, I felt like I was loosening, and then my whole body fell to the ground.

As soon as the sling-like branch around my neck was released, I was able to breathe again, my brain was replenished with blood, and although I was still dizzy, I realized what was happening to me immediately......

- I'm on fire!

"Fuck, fire! Fire! ”

I yelled as I rolled desperately on the ground.

"Cover!"

A big black thing landed on my head - a blanket soaked in water!

I immediately wrapped myself in a blanket and rolled on the ground a few more times, until the fire on my body was finally extinguished, and the old knife helped me extinguish the fire on my legs.

As soon as the fire was extinguished, I couldn't care about the hot pain all over my body, so I tore off the wet blanket on my head and scolded directly: "Yang Fengqi!" You fucking threw a Molotov cocktail at me?! Is this going to kill me? ”

Yang Fengqi is the name of the old knife, usually we don't call him by his real name, and I am also angry now, so I blurted out - after all, this guy actually threw a Molotov cocktail directly at me just now!

I don't know if he should say that he is a master of art and bold, or simply a big heart!

If the Molotov cocktail had been thrown directly at me, it wouldn't have been a small wet blanket that would have saved my life.

"Eliminate gas, eliminate gas, it's easy to constipate if the liver fire is too strong!" The old knife picked up the flashlight that fell on the ground and handed it to me, "Let's find a way to save Cheng Cheng and them first, and then you want to beat or scold again, I'll do whatever you want, okay?" ”

When the old knife said this, I was a little surprised, shook my head and said: "Forget it, the situation was urgent just now, and it's not a big deal anyway - don't talk about this, do you still have Molotov cocktails?" ”

The "Molotov cocktail" that the old knife muttered before was actually a Molotov cocktail. It's been around since the advent of high-strength spirits and glass bottles, but it's an interesting name given to homemade incendiary bombs by the Finns during World War II.

Hearing me ask about the Molotov cocktail, the old knife spread his hands: "No, that's it." I was going to throw it directly at the root of that strange tree, but I didn't expect to use it now. ”

I took the flashlight and shone it back - just now the old knife threw the gasoline barrel in his hand on the ground in order to save me, and came up directly with a Molotov cocktail.

I spotted the location of the gasoline drum and returned the flashlight to the old knife: "I figured out how to deal with that strange tree." ”

I ran to fetch the gasoline canister, poured some gasoline onto the wet blanket, then lifted the two corners of the blanket, tied a slipknot around my neck, and draped the wet gasoline blanket over my body.

Before I could finish all this, the old knife had already understood my thoughts, and he was worried: "Is this too dangerous, why don't I go?" Another point, when I came here with gasoline, I was thinking - we burned the tree, Cheng Cheng and they were hanging on the top of the tree, what should we do if they burn it? ”

"Don't worry, you don't have to burn that tree to save them. But you have to watch for a while, don't rush up too early, don't worry, they'll be fine. ”