The locust tree is located in the very center of the living area, and there is a pavilion and cloister next to it. This place was before the end of the world, but it was a good place for the students of B University to chat and fall in love in a summer.

And now, the place is covered with dust, and no one has been here for a long time.

Only the locust tree in the middle is still standing in place, even more luxuriant, and it seems that it has not been affected by the harsh environment of the last days.

Ruan Ning rested in place for half an hour before, which relieved the symptoms of weakness left by the treatment, and now his spirit has recovered a lot, and his face is not so pale, as if the wind blows and collapses.

But Gu Yicheng, who was beside him, couldn't help frowning several times when he saw her frail body. In heart, was thinking about how to get the corresponding crystal core for her, so as to improve her power level, so as to enhance her physical strength.

Under Ruan Ning's treatment, Jiang Jingyang's legs have improved, and he can walk without the need for others to support him. Without serious injuries, there are no worries, and the team's combat effectiveness has greatly increased.

"I've never seen a locust tree this big before." Ruan Ning has lived in big cities since childhood, not to mention the towering tree with a trunk thicker than several of hers. It is rare to see it, and I am afraid that it is only seen in the old forest in the deep mountains now.

I don't know whether this locust tree was originally so tall and majestic, or whether it mutated into it after the end of the world.

However, the latter is more likely. Ruan Ning thought.

As a college student, Xi Chen has a say in this, he explained, "This locust tree was transplanted from the Provincial Botanical Garden by our school, and even the pavilion where we are now is named after it. But this locust tree was originally less than ten years old, and its size is not even half of what we see now. It suddenly grew into this shape overnight a week after the end of the world broke out. "

Jiang Jingyang on the side also echoed a few words. These survivors in the living area have long been frightened by the plants all over the living area. They usually hide when they see the plants, so no one dares to come to the place where the locust tree is located. site.

This is also the first time Jiang Jingyang has come to this pavilion after the end of the world.

Even in the operation three days ago, it took everyone about half a month to clear a safe route from the side detour.

Thinking of the group of perfidious people, Jiang Jingyang's mood suddenly became bad. After saying some information about this locust tree, he did not continue the topic.

The third-order wood-type zombie wandering in the living area of ​​the B-large has been killed by Gu Yicheng, but the plants growing around are still active and difficult to deal with, which further makes Gu Yicheng verify the conjecture in his heart.

Although the danger of the third-order wooden zombie is great, the real reason why this place has become a purgatory on earth is probably still in the locust tree in front of you.

They suffered a lot of attacks when they came, but since Ruan Ning and his party came to this pavilion, the vines and zombies who were chasing them all flinched one by one, as if there was something affecting them, let them Don't dare go near this place.

The closer you get to the locust tree, the better the plant will grow. It seems that the nutrients of the entire living area are absorbed here to supply the growth of plants.

In order to ensure the safety of others, Gu Yicheng asked them to wait at the pavilion, and continued walking towards the corridor alone. Although the surroundings were very quiet, there was no danger at all, and he walked in a hurry, but in fact Gu Yicheng never let down his guard, the lightning power in his hand was ready to go, as long as there was a little trouble, he would immediately shot.

However, until he walked in front of the locust tree, nothing jumped out to attack him.

Everything went smoothly as if in a dream.

The lush branches and leaves of the locust tree blocked almost all the sunlight, making it extremely dark under the shade. However, Gu Yicheng has excellent night vision and can clearly see what is hidden under the tree.

are two corpses.

To be precise, it should be a man and a woman, two corpses that have been dead for a long time. The corpses are highly decomposed. Their torsos are connected together, and they are face to face, so the faces of the two are completely unclear. The white roots at the bottom of the locust tree were entwined around the two of them. believe it would not take long before the two corpses merged with the trunk of the tree.

Suddenly, saw a scene that was comparable to a horror movie. If replaced it with someone with a weaker psychological capacity, might have been frightened and legs were weak on the spot.

Gu Yicheng's brows and eyes were cold, but he frowned. There was not much fluctuation in his eyes. He took out a long stick from the space and turned it over the corpses of the two of them expressionlessly.

He tried to attack the trunk of the locust tree just now. With his third-order lightning ability, he could not cause damage to it, nor could it shake it. Although this locust tree has no attack power, its defensive ability is the strongest existence he has ever seen.

Gu Yicheng had no way to hold it for the time being, so he turned his attention to these two unusual corpses.

After some searching, he made a major discovery.

There was nothing special about the male corpse, but the female corpse in particular. There is a crystal nucleus in her head, the color is very strange, brown and green are intertwined, like the soil type and the wood type, Gu Yicheng can't tell what kind of crystal core this is.

But the level of this crystal nucleus is actually approaching the fourth level.

This is also the highest grade crystal nucleus that Gu Yicheng has seen since he was born for more than a month.

fourth-order nuclei

Gu Yicheng remembered that the first time he saw a fourth-order crystal nucleus in his last life was almost half a year after the end of the world.

At that time, he had just upgraded to Tier 4. He led the team to a villa area on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital to search for supplies, and then encountered a Tier 4 speed mutant zombie there. The person who was in the same university as him, who was a classmate for four years, and who had calculated him in his previous life, showed his ability in this action, and because of this, he noticed the existence of this person, and then felt that he had the ability and ambition, He was a good seed, so he was hired from another team, and he was promoted from an ordinary player to a vice-captain. What Gu Yicheng didn't expect was that this man's ambition was to oust him from the position of captain, and then take away the power of the Gu family after his death, and even drug him for this.

And in this life, don't know if it's because of the butterfly effect, the speed of zombie evolution seems to be ahead of schedule.

Even if there is only a crystal nucleus that is close to the fourth order, and it has not reached the real fourth order, the impact on Gu Yicheng is not small.

Gu Yicheng pondered for a moment, then put away this crystal nucleus.

After the crystal nucleus was taken away, the two corpses under the tree quickly decomposed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few minutes, a foul smell began to emanate from the corpses, and the smell was extremely unpleasant.

Gu Yicheng didn't plan to stay here for a long time, and getting another crystal core was also a surprise to him. I found Jiang Jingyang and got three third-order crystal nuclei. This trip to B is not a big deal.

Gu Yicheng raised his head and glanced at the towering tree. A trace of indifference and coldness flashed in his eyes. He took a bucket of gasoline from the space, poured it on the trunk, and placed a lot of ignition around it.

After all this was done, he walked a little further, lit the lighter, and threw it under the tree.

The fire was stained with igniter and gasoline, and it burned quickly.

"Brother, what's the matter, how did it suddenly catch fire?" Ruan Ning looked at the direction of the locust tree with a puzzled expression, and saw a fire that was bigger than when Gu Yicheng went to kill the zombies just now.

At the moment when the fire suddenly appeared, Ruan Ning Linyang and his party who were waiting in the pavilion for Gu Yicheng's return were startled. He thought that if something happened to him inside, he would ignore his orders and forcibly rushed inside to save people.

Gu Yicheng's eyes narrowed slightly and explained, "This locust tree is in a special situation. We can't let it stay in this living area and continue to grow. It's better to burn it. The flames will soon burn to the pavilion, so let's hurry up and leave. here."

"it is good."

The surrounding fire is indeed getting bigger and bigger. Seeing this, everyone didn't waste any more time. They trotted quickly and left the pavilion, away from the living area.

In the center of the living area, that is, at the locust tree where the fire started, after the flames burning in the sky for a while, there was a trend of getting smaller and smaller, which was in stark contrast to the situation outside.

All the flowers and plants around the locust tree were burned, and then the fire began to slowly go out. The burnt and charred branches of the locust tree, under the many emerald green halos rising from the roots, grow new green branches and leaves again.

After Ruan Ning and the others left the living area, they didn't plan to go back the same way, and turned out of the school from the wall near the west gate.

The closest door to the east side of the living area is the south door of B. Gu Yicheng planned to go faster from here.

After all, it was getting dark, so had to leave the school as soon as possible. Can shorten some distance is some.

"Oh my God, you actually came out of it safely. How did you do it?"

When Ruan Ning and the others passed by the downstairs of a teaching building, they encountered a team of about ten people.

The team clearly knew them. However, Ruan Ning didn't recognize who this group of people was at first, but after a careful recall, he realized that they looked a little familiar.

Isn't this a group of people who were terrified and shook their heads like a rattle after they heard that they were going to the living area to save people on their way to the living area?

This is not gone, waiting for them

They must have been in for two or three hours, so they've been waiting here for so long.