With an inexplicable sense of concern, Duncan and Alice walked quickly to the huge "vine" that was quietly dormant in the shadows of the building.

It was bigger than Duncan had imagined.

Even at the end of its spread, the diameter of this "vine" is beyond the height of a person, and its coarser "source" extends down a slope deep in the street, as if it has melted directly into the darkness of the night, and only a huge structure with shadows can be seen bulging and entwined between the shadows of the building, as if there is some larger, more complete "ontology" there.

However, the "body" of the astonishing scale is shrouded in a hazy feeling, no matter how you look at it, you can't see it really, even the "sunlight" that spills through the gaps in the canopy of the trees in the sky canopy, it seems that it can't penetrate the hazy texture.

Alice was stunned by what she had never seen before, and holding the puppet maid's head, her eyes wide open and trying to see the "source" of the vines that spread through the streets, and it took a long time for her to speak, "Captain...... Is this also a 'plant'? ”

Duncan didn't answer her, he was still observing the giant vine that had almost blocked the street ahead, and it was a long time before he stepped to the end of the giant vine, leaned down at its "tail", and cautiously stretched out his fingers to touch its rough, hard surface.

Lucrecia's voice came from the puppet's head in Alice's arms, "Daddy, have you found anything?" Have you found the 'dreamer'? ”

"We didn't find the dreamer, but we did find a ...... of amazing size The vine," Duncan said without looking up, "it looked like the rest of the plants in the street, very large, but it seemed to be just one part of a much larger 'plant.' For some reason, I always felt like the vine was ...... Alive, or rather, active. ”

He looked up, his gaze sweeping over the shadows of the towering trees around the street.

Lush vegetation filled the neighborhood, but the plants gave him the feeling of lifelessness, like a mere phantom, except for the huge vines in the middle of the street, which gave him a hint of life.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Duncan took a light breath and decided to try to establish a connection with this unusual "vine".

A faint green flame swirled around his fingertips like flowing water, and then crept into the vine, the light of the fire flickering in the dimness.

Skillfully controlling the spread of this wisp of flame in the "foreign object", and at the same time telling Alice to pay attention to the surrounding movements, Duncan then closed his eyes slightly, began to perceive the message transmitted by the flame to himself, and tried to communicate and understand this "vine" that seemed to spread out of a huge dream......

In the darkness, it was as if something was rising and falling, condensing and dissipating.

Duncan "opened" his eyes in the darkness, and in this faint and vague connection, he tried as much as he could to see the outlines that condensed and dissipated in the darkness—

A fog rose from the darkness, and in the depths of the fog, something was emerging.

There's something here!

Duncan's heart moved, and he immediately moved closer to the vaguely outlined thing, and he felt himself turn into a swift wind or shadow, speeding through this dark mist, and as he approached, the hazy shadow quickly expanded in his field of vision, and gradually began to show more detail.

Duncan couldn't help but speed up the "walk", and those vague details quickly became clear in his eyes, and gradually, he began to distinguish something-

The towering bow, the dark hull, the gun door covers arranged under the side of the ship, the intricate masts and cables, and the translucent sails at the heights......

Duncan paused in astonishment.

He looked up in the darkness and stared dumbfounded at the familiar sight that appeared at the end of this mist, looking at his ...... Lost Country.

……

Nina, who was cautiously navigating the rugged forest path, suddenly stopped, frowning and listening to the movement from deep in the forest.

After a moment, she turned her head: "Mr. Morris, did you hear anything?" ”

"It's the wind, and suddenly the wind is blowing, and it's going in a chaotic direction...... It's not a normal movement," Morris's face grew serious, and he glanced at Nina who was following him, "You 'go up' and take a look at the situation in the distance, don't stay in the sky for too long, and stay safe." ”

"Good!"

Nina immediately agreed, and then suddenly turned into a jumping arc of flame, and rushed straight into the sky—a bright arc of flame quickly hovered over the forest, and almost at the same time, the forest condensed by the dream condensed reacted, and the trees illuminated by the flame arc began to grow wildly, making a creaking sound and extending towards the sky, and the clouds in the sky began to converge in Nina's direction, gradually forming an enveloping ring......

But Nina only hovered in the sky for a few seconds, and before the forest's reaction became more intense and dangerous, she quickly fell back to Maurice's side.

"Scary...... I'm really not welcome in this place......" She patted her chest a little scared.

"Perhaps the brilliance of the Alien is too strong for this 'Alien Land', and most of the Alien Realm instinctively repels the 'invading forces' that pose a threat to them," Morris said, "Is there anything in the distance?" ”

"There was an area deep in the forest that I don't know what was going on, it looked dark, the trees and the ground seemed to be rotting, but far away from us, we could see tall, continuous shadows in the other direction, which looked translucent, like a light curtain, and nothing else was found......"

Nina quickly talked about what she had seen in the few seconds she had been hovering in the air, and raised her hand to chart the general direction of what she had seen, but just as she was halfway through her words, another whistling wind suddenly sounded from the depths of the forest, and the chaotic wind that pierced through the forest and the sudden creaking of the trees around her interrupted her movements.

The whistling chaotic wind seemed to be mixed with countless vague roaring noises, and a strange sense of tension and repulsion instantly surged over Nina and Maurice's bodies and minds.

It was as if the dream-shaped forest was suffering some kind of huge external shock, as if everything here had suddenly begun to crumble.

The two subconsciously glanced at each other, and immediately after, they saw that the towering giant trees in the distance began to shake and collapse like phantoms, and the sky was quickly covered with fine cracks, and the light and shadow of the real world seemed to be shining through the cracks, and a feeling of waking up from the dream came to their hearts.

At the same time, in another corner of the forest, Shirley also heard the whistling noise that was rapidly approaching from a distance, and then the Annihilation Cultist who was walking in front suddenly stopped.

Shirley suddenly panicked, but she quickly controlled the expression on her face: "Huh? What happened? ”

"The stability of the dream has decreased, the operation is over, and everyone is out of the dream of the Nameless," Richard said, turning his head and saying, his face finally showing doubt, "You didn't receive the message?" ”

Shirley was stunned for a moment, and quickly adjusted her expression, with an innocent and dazed look on her face: "I don't know—maybe it was careless omission......"

"Careless?" The self-proclaimed Richard Annihilation Cultist suddenly stared at Shirley's eyes, and he seemed to finally sense the sense of disobedience brought to him by this "young compatriot" on the other side of the road, and a trace of vigilance and doubt appeared in his eyes, "Compatite, I seem to have forgotten to ask...... Which real-world city-state are you operating in? ”

Shirley immediately noticed the subtle changes in the other party's eyes - she was extremely sensitive to the slightest malice revealed by strangers, but she still maintained a harmless expression on her face: "I'm in the Moko city-state, how many elves are here......"

"'Compatriot'," Richard interrupted Shirley suddenly, his voice changed, as if there were some other obscure syllables suddenly mixed in his voice, he stared at Shirley's eyes, and there seemed to be some kind of demagogic power spreading in the opening and closing of his mouth, "We are forbidden to reveal our true position in the real world during our actions, even if we meet 'our own people', it's a pity......"

The vicious magic had quietly gathered in his mouth, and the power of the Death Bird was transmitted to the cultist along the symbiotic chain, and he sensed that the spell had locked on the mental entity of the girl in front of him, and the other party seemed to have not reacted at all until now, still standing on the opposite side in a daze.

Seeing this scene, he was finally more sure of his judgment-

Ignorant of the power of the spell, this could not be the true people of the Netherworld Lord.

Although I don't know where she came from, how she came up with this fake disguise, and I don't know what happened to the seemingly flawless "ghostly hound", there is no doubt that this "compatriot" is a fake - fortunately, he found it in time, and the other party seems to have no combat experience.

The time has come to say goodbye, and no one can be under the curse of the Dead Bird......

Everything was in a split second—the momentary judgment and emotion in Richard's heart, and the happy bright smile that Shirley suddenly revealed.

Richard was stunned to see the girl across from him suddenly smile brightly at him, and he only had time to be stunned for a moment - before he could react, and before he could see what was happening, he saw the girl who called herself "Sarah" suddenly raise her arm towards him, followed by a hideous black shadow smashing towards him!

Shirley got up and down the dog, and when the chains whistled, a dog smashed on the head of the cultist opposite—

"See you again!"

(End of chapter)