The return trip, on the official transport plane.

The hunters of the three squads sat in their seats, eating military snacks while pricking up their ears and silently listening to the captains chatting.

"There are really a lot of offside beasts now..."Captain Tempest sighed lightly and said softly:

"It used to be a long time ago, and now there have been dozens of cases in the past few months."

"Our last mission was also an offside beast..."Thunder rubbed his chin and muttered:

"It feels... The teams of the three major legions are now taking on hunting missions. ”

"That's not because the legion has the most B-rank hunters!" Captain Burst Flame waved his hand and pouted:

"Weaker B-level hunters, the officials don't dare to let them take over at all, maybe they will put themselves in."

"But if we continue like this, it will be contrary to our duty...", Captain Tempest smiled bitterly.

"Originally, the real task of our captains was to train the new blood of the legion and try our best to ensure their safety in the deserted area."

"After all, we're not a cadre squad..."Captain Tempest shook his head and said:

"Hunting B-class alien beasts, most of the team members can't help, not only will they not play a big role in exercising, but they will also let them go deep into danger for no reason."

For the man's words, Captain Thunder and Captain Burst Flame both agreed.

This kind of offside crusade is good to do once in a while, and it can be regarded as giving the players more knowledge.

But if it's too much, it's really undeserved.

To hunt B-level alien beasts, the legion has a professional cadre squad, and almost all of them are B-level hunters.

Even if he is a newcomer to the cadre team, he is a quasi-B-level hunter who is similar to the double sword Le Suxin, who has been exposed to alienation, but is not yet proficient.

Under normal circumstances, these cadres are active in medium-risk desolate areas, and occasionally crusade against offside beasts in low-risk desolate areas.

And now, I don't know which medium-dangerous barren area has rioted, and the cadres and squads of the three major legions are all searching with all their might.

They couldn't get busy, and the crusade against offside beasts could only be arranged for these senior captains.

"Alas...," Captain Thunder frowned, and said in a low voice, "I can only hope that they will catch the source of chaos sooner." ”

"Then again! Why did this deep riot last so long? Captain Burst Flame crossed his hands around his chest, his expression very dissatisfied.

"Did those people do a good job? This high-risk monster has been looking for months! ”

Captain Breeze smiled gently, and said in the circle, "Maybe that monster is smart, or maybe it's very good at hiding itself......"

Honk... Honk...

Almost at the same time, their phones vibrate.

When they took it out, the three captains' eyes widened.

[From: Luzhou Hunters Association]

[Title: To all the Hunter Captains - Major Notice]

【Contents:】

[This time, the riot monsters in the medium-dangerous desolate area have been successfully defeated]

[Source of Chaos: Medium Danger Desolate Area - Forest of Madness]

[Riot Warcraft: A Mutated Ghost Mulberry Tree (tentative name-Scarlet Ghost Mulberry)]

[Strength Level: Grade B High Risk]

[Search/Crusade: Official Hunter of the Association, Scarlet Wolves, Thorn Roses, and All Cadres of the Rage Legion]

[From now on, the low-risk desolate area will gradually return to the right track, and the subsequent offside crusade task will be entrusted to the B-level team, thank you for your hard work during this time]

……

It's a dark and eerie forest.

The lush foliage obscured the sunlight, the light was dim, and the roars of strange beasts were heard from time to time in the woods.

Those roars have a strange sense of oozing people.

Not intimidation, not anger, not communication... There was nothing but chaos and madness in those voices.

These strange beasts of different forms roam aimlessly in the forest, and their behavior is even more strange.

grinning, writhing and jumping, digging in a daze, tearing and laughing, biting and fighting...... There is even self-harm.

Seemingly, they are all crazy.

The beasts abandoned their minds and let their brains empty and indulge in this frenzied pleasure.

And the cause of all this is the plant beast that spreads throughout the forest, the ghost mulberry tree.

They are less than two meters short and tens of meters high, with thick, dark black trunks covered with slippery vines.

The leaves of the ghost mulberry tree are large, more than 30 centimeters wide, dark green in color, and have a strange appearance, somewhat similar to the palm of a human hand.

Even when there is no wind, its branches and buds will shake for no reason, as if thousands of people are beckoning.

Coupled with the vines that writhing like the body of a snake, it looks very infiltrating.

But this chilling plant beast also has a "beautiful" fruit.

Among the lush branches and buds, there are dense red mulberry fruits, which are of different sizes, fruity, full of particles, smooth and translucent, like crystal gems as attractive.

But the most incredible thing is the power flowing in the crystal mulberry fruit, they are so tempting and delicious, it seems that every drop of juice is condensed by energy.

These mulberry fruits are the food that fascinates all the exotic beasts in the forest.

Also, the true source of madness.

The rating of the ghost mulberry tree varies, the young ghost mulberry tree is less than D grade, and the most powerful ghost mulberry tree can even reach B grade.

But no matter how weak the ghost mulberry tree is, it has the innate ability of the race...... Frenzy.

They use the energy in their bodies to condense the enticing mulberry fruit, and mix it with crazy properties.

Alien beasts can become stronger when they eat it, but their intellect will also be infected by madness.

If it can't be eliminated in time, the madness will slowly accumulate, and these strange beasts will gradually lose their minds and become more and more crazy.

After they turn into wild beasts and fight each other, or even kill themselves, these ghost mulberry trees will stretch out vines and bury the flesh and blood of the alien beasts in the rhizomes, becoming delicious nutrients for their growth.

This is the ecosystem of the Forest of Madness, where the ghost mulberry tree breeds strange beasts, and after the strange beasts die, they nourish the ghost mulberry tree.

The beasts know this, too, but they are not hostile to the Oni Mulberry Tree.

Because the ghost mulberry trees have no ability to attack actively at all, they will only provide mulberry fruits for all foreign beasts to taste.

Many stupid alien beasts that indulge in the thrill of power-boosting and die in madness.

But some intelligent beasts, they will control the amount of mulberry fruit they ingest, and warn themselves not to eat the fruit of those hundred-year-old ghost mulberry trees.

As long as the elimination and accumulation of the madness in their bodies are controlled within a certain range, they can maintain their sanity and quickly become powerful.

It is also for this reason that there is always a constant stream of creatures in the Wild Forest.

After all—

All the beasts want to become stronger, and they also believe that they can control the temptation and will not go crazy.

It's like a gambler and a junkie.

In this regard, the Hunters Association also has no opinion.

After all, most of the strange beasts that stepped into the Forest of Madness died later......

Even if some alien beasts resist the temptation and grow into C-level or even B-level alien beasts, it doesn't matter much.

Under normal circumstances, they will settle in this "heavenly" forest and will not affect other wastelands.

But now, things have changed......

……

Forest of Madness, Central.

The earth rose up, and the trees shattered, as if they had experienced a catastrophe.

Here, dozens of hunters are scattered.

Their power fluctuations are very strong, the weakest is close to the Twin Swords Le Suxin, and the stronger ones have surpassed the captains such as Thunder and Burst Flame.

And these powerful B-rank hunters were all silent at this time, quietly staring at the towering giant tree that had been uprooted in the center of the battlefield.

It was a ghost mulberry tree nearly 100 meters high, and its appearance was no different from a normal ghost mulberry tree.

But...

Its chopped torso, its shoots, its vines, and its roots buried beneath the earth were all red.

The sap of the trees flowed out of the fracture like bright red blood......

"Is it this guy's mutation that caused the beasts of the Wild Forest to escape..."

At the front of the battlefield, a deep voice was heard.

It was a large, bald "giant" who was over 2.4 meters tall, with swollen muscles and a sculptural angular face.

At this time, the giant stared at the huge pit in the earth with his dark yellow eyes hanging slightly.

It is hundreds of meters wide and nearly 70 meters deep, and inside the giant crater, there are many "corpses" of B-class alien beasts.

Some of them have been reduced to bones, while others have become "animal trunks......

That kind of beast trunk is fur and bones, and there is no flesh and blood and internal organs in the body, as if it has been sucked dry.

Of course, if this were the case, the hunters would not have bothered the ghost mulberry tree.

What really makes people sure that it is the culprit of the riot is the "half-beast" in the huge pit.

These B-class alien beasts, they are buried in the ground, and the red rhizomes pierce their bodies, absorbing the nutrients from their bodies all the time.

Their eyes were closed, motionless, and more than half of their flesh was gone, making them look like corpses.

However, their hearts are still beating.

They're all alive......

"It has evolved to autonomous predation, and its attack power has surpassed that of many B-level high-risk beasts."

The giant touched his aching right arm, his eyes very solemn.

An hour earlier, he had eaten the vine whip of this ghost mulberry tree, and the force was so powerful that an ordinary B-rank hunter would probably be seriously injured and fall to the ground.

The giant turned his head to look at the huntress caressing the broken trunk.

"Witch, have you confirmed it?"

"Its body... Indeed, there is still some activity. ”

The Huntress is very slender, only 1.6 meters tall, with short black neck-length hair, and a delicate face, but lacks expression, like a doll.

Cursed Witch, the top B-rank hunter of the Thorn Rose, and at the same time, the leader of the Rose Cadre Squad.

"Earthrock Fury...", the witch looked at the giant and asked in a calm tone, "Are you sure the rhizomes have been removed?" ”

"All pulled out," the bald giant nodded.

As the captain of the Cadre Squad of the Rage Corps, of course he would not make such a low-level mistake, even the smallest rhizome was squeezed out of the surface by his alienation.

However, when the other party says this, it also means ......

"This ghost mulberry tree... Do you also possess strong immortality? ”

"Yes," the black-haired witch bowed slightly, and said calmly, "It may have received a drop of forbidden blood." ”

Jiyan Fury took a deep breath and looked at the man with a flirtatious look on the other side.

"Cunning Dragon, has Forbidden Doom been out for a stroll lately?"

"Huh? Of course there is no such thing~" The man squinted his slender eyes and smiled like a fox.

"Moreover, you shouldn't ask me about the forbidden beast, the blood-colored wolf pack is much clearer than our official one."

The cunning dragon glanced at a certain hunter captain who had been reticent, and said with a slick smile:

"Captain Instantaneous? Do you know what's going on here? ”

The eyes of everyone were a male hunter with a good face, his hair was long, his pigtails were tied up, and his expression was a little cold.

"In the past few years, the forbidden doom has not left the core of the wasteland...", the captain of the instant sword hugged the one-handed sword and said lightly:

"And according to the records of the wolves, it has never been to the Forest of Madness."

"Huh? That's so strange..."The cunning dragon scratched his cheek and said in a pompous tone, "Why does this ghost mulberry tree have immortal abilities? ”

The frivolous man raised his eyes slightly, revealing a pair of water-colored vertical pupils, revealing majesty in their clarity.

"The initiator, could it be... Captain of the Blood Wolf, right? ”

"I don't know."

In the face of this slightly malicious speculation, the face of the Captain of the Instant Sword did not change.

"Would you just ask her yourself? Don't say that there is no official contact information. ”

"Ahaha! Spare me..."The frivolous man waved his hand and smiled bitterly: "That's a super A-level hunter!" It's terrible~ It's terrible! ”

"I'll report it first," said the cunning dragon, taking the tablet handed over by a hunter.

"In the Wild Forest, a mutated ghost mulberry tree has appeared."

"The strength is B-level high-risk, and it will lure B-level alien beasts through blood-colored mulberry fruits, and its vines can expand and contract for at least 10 kilometers, and it has a strong ability to invade and prey."

"Many B-class alien beasts that have witnessed the predation scene, or escaped by luck, have chosen to leave the Wild Forest."

"Among them... A small number of people fled to low-risk areas, which caused the riots. ”

"And, according to the appraisal," the cunning dragon looked at the captain of the instant sword and said a little harshly:

"This ghost mulberry tree has a certain immortality, and its alienation is also related to blood."

"I suggest that the Luzhou Hunters Association invite the Scarlet Wolf King to have an important conversation about this incident."

Putting away the tablet, the cunning dragon said in a cold tone:

"It's okay for me to report it like this... Captain Instant Sword? ”

"Please."

“……”

After staring at the Instant Sword silently for a few seconds, and after confirming that his eyes did not change, a flirtatious smile appeared on the Cunning Dragon's face again.

"Oops~ That's good! Let the wolf king have afternoon tea with Boss Jiang, and we little pawns can be harmonious. ”

The giant of the legion glanced at the cunning dragon and said, "You are really annoying like this. ”

"What's the solution, someone has to be the bad guy, right?" The cunning dragon squinted his slender eyes and smiled:

"Moreover, we have to focus on the matter of the wolf king."

"The Hunters' Association, I'm still worried that she's doing something irrational......"

"So be it!" The cunning dragon looked at the giant transport plane hovering in the air, clapped his hands and laughed:

"Everyone, help lift the tree up, Miss Witch, please clean up the debris!"

Carrying the broken torso of the giant tree, the hunters flew into the sky.

The Cursed Witch stood in the sky, almost transparent energy flowing out of her body and spilling onto the ground below.

The broken buds, broken branches, and leaves of this mutant ghost mulberry tree, and even those broken mulberry fruits, were all covered by this transparent energy.

After confirming that nothing was missed, the witch spoke calmly:

"Deathblaze."

Huang ——!

The gray-black flames ignited, and this power against life and soul enveloped the shattered body of the ghost mulberry tree.

The branches and leaves are scorched and rotten, and the mulberry fruits are depleted and blackened.

After the flames of death dissipated, the witch spat out the next words:

"Burn out."

Boom ——!

This time, it was a blue flame, and the extreme high temperature instantly carbonized all the "parts" of the ghost mulberry tree.

Even the earth below was affected, and certain crystalline substances appeared.

After doing this, the witch turned and flew into the sky, leaving on the official fighter plane.

The Forest of Madness has returned to its former normal.

……

Night.

The strange beasts lay on different ghost mulberry trees, frantically eating mulberry fruits.

This happens every day all over the forest.

Their steel claws often cut through the bark, and fresh sap flows out slowly.

But this time, it's not as transparent as it used to be.

In the faint moonlight, it glowed a little red, like blood......