"The Tree of Sin?" Akon cheered up, took the nutritional injection handed to him by the girl, and stuck it in the infusion hole in his arm.

It stands to reason that he shouldn't have received nutritional injections from unknown sources, but the most important thing at the moment is to recover his strength, a title that reminds him of the unknown tree-like creature he encountered in the sewers, and if it had existed here for a long time, then the matter would have been much more serious than he had imagined.

"That's the name I gave it, and it's right there in the sewers." The girl said,

"You're down from above, you should have heard about the disappearance of people in District 1, right?" For several years, the disappearance rate in Region 1 was among the highest in the coalition government, even higher than in most of the border cities where security is extremely poor.

However, because there are too many forces involved in the first district, and there are counterintelligence departments and MI7 organizations that like to invite people for tea if they disagree, not too many people take the initiative to pay attention to these issues, and they are generally considered to be the result of factional struggles, and for ordinary migrant workers, all they hear is that a colleague has been transferred to another city because of work.

"According to my research, more than 60 percent of the missing people in District 1 end up being nutrients for the tree."

"What did you say?"

"For several years, people have been secretly feeding it, sacrificing those who are missing, luring them to the sewers." The girl's expression doesn't seem to be fake,

"I, on the other hand, have been watching the tree's movements, disappearing every time it finishes feeding, until the next day the prey appears."

"Since you know so much, why don't you escalate this matter to the Council?" Yakong couldn't help but ask rhetorically, if a six-star rescuer intervened in the investigation, he should be able to tell the girl soon

The "tree of sin" was unearthed, and the tragedy like today's would not have happened. Hearing this, the girl just sneered.

She doesn't answer rhetorical questions,

"Think about it, why are you here today?"

"Of course, it's because there was an incident nearby, and the company asked me to investigate the situation......" Speaking of this, Yakong seemed to finally understand the reason why the girl asked, and he paused for a long time before asking,

"The company didn't send support?"

"No, and if I'm not mistaken, this person should be the one who contacted you before, right?" She handed over a note with only one name written on it.

“…… How do you know? ”

"He's dead, jumping from a 70-plus storey building." The girl glanced at the old radio in the corner of the room, and although she had lived beneath the surface for many years, this did not mean that she was ignorant of what was happening above,

"I also know that you are a five-star rescuer, and there should be a lot of people up there looking for your whereabouts now." In order to answer Yakong's question, after rummaging through a pile of miscellaneous items for a while, she took out a button-sized seal, and the lines on it made Yakong almost blurt out,

"You're MI7?"

"Strictly speaking, it's the former MI7, and in the department's records, I should have died in the line of duty." The girl's ruby eyes revealed a hint of resentment,

"I have reported the results of the investigation, and in exchange for the results now, you will not only face the 'Tree of Evil', but also the people who feed it in the back, those people ......" The girl's voice suddenly stopped abruptly.

As she distinctly felt some kind of viscous liquid dripping on her shoulder, she turned her head and saw something dark and translucent, resin-like.

She immediately slapped the black resin to the ground, her eyes showed a hint of panic, and she asked in a hurried tone,

"What did you do when you came across that tree before? Did you interrupt it from eating? ”

“…… Are you referring to saving people? ”

"I should have thought of it!" The girl stomped her foot in chagrin, and in three steps and two steps came to Akon's side, propping up his shoulders,

"Hurry up, it's not safe here!" At this time, even Akon saw the changes on the walls. Suddenly a slowly spreading biomass like blood vessels appeared on the originally smooth and flat wall, and the vines blocked the way to the outside world little by little, and rows of hypertrophic bone spurs blocked their way.

"It's hungry and angry right now." According to the law, after each meal,

The "Tree of Sin" will disappear for 7-15 days, but this time Akon interrupts its feeding.

"It must have found this place after your scent." The girl held Arkon with her left hand, and her right hand swayed in mid-air like a piano, the hot silk thread cutting through the bone spurs that stood in front of them.

Akon blurted out in surprise,

"You're also a psyker?"

"This is a monomolecular thread, I really don't know anything!"

"You just said that the tree was angry...... Will it hunt us down? ”

"I don't know, no one has ever interrupted its feeding process before, and please say a few words to conserve your strength." The girl had to think about her next plan.

The sewers were no longer in place, and they would have to get back to the surface, even at the risk of being discovered by MI7 and counterintelligence.

But...... She glanced back at the place where she had lived for years. She's for

All of the research of the "Tree of Sin" was recorded there, and the reason why she stayed incognito here for so long was to expose the true colors of those who fed her.

"Pick up the pace, we're going out......" The sight outside the passage interrupted her thoughts again. At this moment, she really understood the anger

What would the "Tree of Sin" do—it was no longer the sewer floor that she had stepped on, but the soft roots that were constantly secreting black sap, and without them even noticing, the black roots had obscured all the space outside the passage.

The roads, the walls, the ceilings, and even the water were dyed black. And they feel like they're in the belly of this tree.

Her ankles were getting heavier and heavier. Every time she took a step forward, the roots tried to wrap around her ankles and drag her whole body down—she had seen the tree feed, and they always liked to wrap the vines around their bodies while the food was still conscious, letting them sink into the tangled branches.

It seems to like to let food appreciate the process by which its body is broken down and absorbed as nutrients.

"The nearest exit to here, we still have ...... 50 meters. A deep sense of powerlessness felt in the girl's heart, and the scorching single threads cut through the roots of the trees that kept swarming to them again and again, but they were nowhere near as fast as they healed and multiplied.

The tree didn't stop growing. The floor and ceiling were closing up and down at a visible rate, and the entire space was being squeezed and reduced by more and more tree roots, and they were the food that had fallen into the belly of the predators, and the distance of 50 meters was like a moat for them.

The girl clearly realized that with only her legs and feet, it was absolutely impossible to reach the other side that had already been swallowed.

She could only pin her last hope on the half-dead Yakon who was supported by her,

"You're a five-star rescuer, right?"

"Hmm."

"I ask you, can you fly?" This is an extremely abrupt question, but Akon smiled dumbly,

"Maybe ......," he said, measuring the distance between the two of them and the exit. Earlier, he had used this method to free himself from the pursuing roots and escape outside before the passage was completely closed, but it was because of this that he clearly realized that with his current physical condition, he would never be able to remain stable in mid-air, let alone the two of them

"Flying" case. And the price of a failed landing is to fall into those roots like a net, and let yourself take the initiative to become the nourishment of this tree of sin.

However, if he stands still and focuses all his energy on ensuring a smooth landing for the girls, it is possible to buy them a chance of survival.

"If you can't trust MI7 and the Council, after you leave here, go find a six-star rescuer named Jasmine." What a bad day.

Akon looked at the narrower passage ahead of him and let out a long breath. It seems that the soothsayer did have some skills.

"Wait a minute, are you thinking about ......" The girl heard the deep meaning of Yakong's words, and she wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the other party,

"Listen, I'm a six-star candidate, and if I don't even save anyone in one day, I'll be too much of a failure! The plan is this, I will use my power to ...... you Finish. The voice fell.

A gentle evening breeze blew on them, and also dispelled the rancid stench from the sewers. Akon seemed to hear the sound of wheels turning.

He followed the prestige, and a high-end sedan passed them and drove forward. The void of consciousness lasted for several seconds, and after the void disappeared, a sudden panic and uneasiness enveloped him.

What just happened? If he's not mistaken, he's explaining his plan to the girl, he'll use a barrier to catapult the other person out, and do everything in his power to keep her steady on the ground.

But why did he suddenly appear here, more than ten meters away from the sewer exit?

The girl next to him was also staring at him with incredible eyes.

"What are you capable of...... What's going on? Clearly, they are not the only ones whose consciousness has gone blank.

Yakong clearly saw the driver of the luxury sedan slap the steering wheel and drove straight into the sidewalk.

Not far from them, an office worker with an official bag sat down in front of a streetlight-style billboard, covering his face and wailing.

He also saw the drone smash through the company's glass and fly straight into the office, while the man operating the drone slipped and rolled down the stairs.