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The area above, with its intertwined giant tree roots and vines, was far from the interior of the botanical garden, so the group had to descend to the ground and proceed cautiously.

There are almost no traces of biological movement in this area, no, there are no traces of movement of purely mutated organisms.

The closer you get to the botanical garden, the more lush and enormous the plants become, so distorted that they seem completely out of place on this planet.

The plants swarmed out of the ruined and dilapidated botanical garden, as if a raging flood had swallowed the entire area.

The twisted plants formed a tunnel, and countless fist-sized fruits hung from the intertwined vines, like lit pale blue light bulbs.

Each time people took a step, the vines under their feet would slither away to the sides like startled snakes.

Wang Yao turned to look at the plants around him and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The plants here don't seem as strange as the ones we saw before!"

Ah Zhao suddenly laughed, "Then you're being naive!"

As he spoke, A-Zhao pointed to the glowing fruits above his head and said:

"Those things are glowing, you might not be able to see them clearly, come closer and take a look at what they are?"

Hearing A-Zhao's words, Wang Yao frowned strangely and carefully squinted as he moved closer to a fruit next to him.

The circular halo surrounding the subject gradually faded under his focus, and the light concentrated on the subject, pulsating, translucent, and spreading like veins.

"This is... a heart? Holy crap!"

Wang Yao abruptly pulled his head back and fell silent.

As the group moved forward, the stench of blood gradually intensified, and a strange thumping sound came from ahead. As the group drew closer, the thumping sound became clearer and clearer.

After passing through the tunnel, the area opened up. Although the surroundings were completely covered by plants, the gaps underfoot revealed the texture of the ground.

They should have already entered the botanical garden.

The area is completely surrounded by tree roots, with countless dense, hair-like roots growing outside the roots.

At this moment, several figures lay near the wall wrapped in tree roots. Their bodies were completely pressed tightly against the wall, their flesh and blood pierced by the hair-like roots, binding them to the wall.

But contrary to what Ye Xiao and the others had imagined—that they would be sucked dry and turned into mummies—these people did not die; their chests even rose and fell slightly.

However, it seemed that tree roots had grown out of his body from his hands and feet, spreading out and merging with the tree roots that wrapped the wall behind him.

There were several such bodies around them. As the group continued to walk deeper into the corridor, they arrived at the cramped and dark space.

The same tree roots were also scattered here, with those hair-like roots stretching out their tendrils towards them, dancing in mid-air.

Along the way, you could see people everywhere, half-dead and fused with tree roots.

Ye Xiao and his group were on edge, remaining unusually silent the whole way. Ye Xing led the way, and the group lined up in a row, carefully avoiding the roots.

I'm afraid that once I come into contact with those roots, I'll become one of them.

Only after passing through the cramped corridor did everyone breathe a heavy sigh of relief.

"There are people from the Red Tide faction, and there are also thugs!"

Ye Xiao's words sent chills down Chen Ge and Zhou Hu's spines.

They don't think it's as simple as the Red Tide and thugs accidentally causing trouble.

Finally, the group arrived at the botanical garden, where the glass dome is located.

A sound came from afar. The area was covered with huge and colorful plants, as well as massive tree roots that rose from the ground.

Just then, Ye Xing pointed to one side.

It was a huge plant that was climbing upwards. What was special was that the plant's leaves were like a huge platform, three meters wide, and spiraled upwards as flat as steps.

Following the direction the leaf extended, the broken glass dome above stretched out from there.

Ye Xiao nodded to Ye Xing in tacit agreement, and the group followed Ye Xing's footsteps, carefully jumping up the huge leaf-shaped staircase.

The enormous leaves were large enough to support a person's weight, but the gravity from their fall inevitably caused a sway. The strange plants around them, resembling giant mouths, stretched out their necks and lunged at the people leaping up the steps.

It wasn't difficult for Ye Xing and his group to avoid the attacks of these plants, while Ye Xiao, Lao Gui, and Bai Hu had already prepared torches before entering the area.

As the torches were lit and the flames danced, the plants only dared to tentatively gnaw at them, but dared not approach.

The glass dome was covered with a thick layer of intertwined vines and leaves. The group carefully stepped on it and moved closer to the center.

"Hahaha, hahaha, delicious! So delicious!"

"Hey beautiful, beautiful lady, don't run away! Wait for me!"

"Mom, I'm home! Let's go home for dinner, Mom!"

……

Strange voices came from below.

Ye Xiao and his group frowned, exchanged puzzled glances, and then Ye Xiao, Bai Hu, and Zhou Hu carefully lay down and parted the dense leaves under their feet to reveal a small gap in the glass.

Through the glass dome, everyone could see that things below seemed to be in chaos.

Many of the adventurers who had been scouting ahead were now sitting blankly on the ground, grinning foolishly at the sky, as if they were drunk, babbling incoherently.

Others, laughing and joking, ran wildly towards the enormous, purplish-red flowers, as if they were rushing into the arms of a lover, laughing loudly as they went.

A hurried and fearful voice came from below:

"Yan, Brother Yan, they've gone mad!"

"Wait, does anyone smell that? It smells wonderful!"

"Quickly cover your mouth and nose, there's something wrong with this smell!"

A terrified scream rang out from the crowd behind, and the Free Fire members who had fallen behind quickly raised their hands to cover their mouths and noses.

Ye Xiao and the others then noticed that the air below seemed to be filled with a strange pinkish light, and they could even clearly see the traces of those lights moving in the air from above the ceiling.

They emanated from those enormous, pinkish-purple stamens, drifting freely in the air.

Zhou Hu stated his deduction: "Those pollen seem to cause hallucinations!"

Ye Xiao nodded. Just in case, he exchanged for several gas masks and distributed them to everyone.

"Old Yuan, Ah Huan!"

Shouts came from below again. Tyrannosaurus Rex and Dick covered their mouths and noses tightly with scarves, trying to pull away their confused teammates, but those guys were like they were on steroids.

Even though several of them pulled together, they couldn't withstand the sudden surge of strength from the other side. They could only watch helplessly as the other side laughed wildly and charged madly towards the strange plants, becoming nutrients for those mutated plants.

"Stop standing there, hurry up, keep going!"

A haughty shout rang out, and the heavily tattooed man raised his gun, pointing it at Dick and his group.

"Stop wasting time here, hurry up and scout ahead!"

Tyrannosaurus Rex clenched his fists tightly, one hand pressing against his scarf to cover his mouth and nose, but his exposed eyes were already bloodshot.

"You bunch of beasts, do you have any humanity at all? Colluding with Freefire and his gang, and you, Zhong Heng, aren't you from the base? Are you also planning to sell your souls to the devil?"

"what?"

The burly man suddenly smiled, his face full of disdain and indifference, and said:

“I’m telling you, do you know what it means to be pragmatic? Brother Yan invited you to join because he thinks highly of you; it’s your own fault for not wanting to join.”

Sun Hongxing cursed angrily: "You killed so many of our brothers, and you want us to be like you bunch of cowards? Bah!"

Rattlesnake shrugged: "Ha, those guys were all a bunch of fucking trash. If trash dies, so be it!"

As he spoke, ignoring the glares from the group that seemed to want to tear them to pieces, he flicked the muzzle of his gun.

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up, or I'll send you on your way!"