Although several people had already jumped to another tree, they still couldn't escape from here immediately.
Because the army of skeletons rushing towards the giant tree seems to be endless, like moths, they have passed through the brown land, and they have no place to set foot. Those guys have very strong arms, and they are crowded together. If they go down rashly, they will only end up being dismembered.
Because of this, several people are firmly holding on to the trunk of the tree to prevent instability and accidents.
Lu Chu looked at the direction where the skeleton army was surging. Although the giant tree was tall and almost towered into the sky, the speed of the skeletons was not slow—they occasionally fought but climbed steadily. The centipede-shaped skeleton at the front was getting closer tree tops.
The skeletons under their feet are still rushing towards the giant tree.
Finally, the seemingly endless army of skeletons began to dwindle, and they crawled towards the giant tree alone and sporadically. Lu Chu could already take advantage of the moonlight to see the gradually exposed ground. He took advantage of the opportunity to look at 7 beside him, and found that he was also looking at himself.
When the two eyes met, they understood the intention in each other's eyes.
Lu Chudao: "A while is a good time to escape."
7 nodded, and then informed the others.
According to the current trend that the skeleton army gradually gathers to the giant tree and gradually decreases, after a while, there will be only one or two lonely skeletons below. This is an excellent timing. Because no one can predict what the remaining skeletons that have not climbed on the giant tree will do and whether they will turn back after the giant tree is full of skeletons.
Lu Chu held his breath and stared at the skeleton below, and after finding the right time, he said to everyone: "It's almost there. I'll count 'one, two, three' in a while, and everyone jumped off the tree and ran to the southwest."
Everyone else nodded solemnly, looking to the southwest, looking for an escape route.
As the centipede-shaped skeleton got closer and closer to the top of the giant tree, there were fewer and fewer skeletons under everyone's feet.
Seeing that the timing was almost right, Lu Chu squatted down and rubbed his legs to relieve the pain in his legs.
In the night, there were no other noises except for the collision sounds of thousands of dead bones when they crowded each other.
In this situation, Lu Chu's voice was not loud, but it was clearly audible, and he said word by word: "One, two, three—run!"
The moment the word "run" was finished, Luo Qi had already dragged Yuan Kejie down, and Lu Chu and the others followed closely behind and slid down the tree trunk.
The moment their feet hit the ground, everyone ran towards the southwest with all their strength, and there were still lone and terrifying skeletons around them, which did not pose any threat to them.
Each of the six people carried a backpack on their backs, containing some supplies, which they quickly picked up and carried on their backs before they first fled to the giant log. At this moment, several people were holding on to the straps of the backpack tightly, running wildly like the wind. After a while, Yuan Kejie couldn't take it anymore and began to sweat continuously. Seeing this, Qian Zhen took the backpack from her back and threw it at him. on the shoulders.
Yuan Kejie finally caught her breath, and nodded her thanks to Qian Zhen who was running along.
Because Lu Chu was attacked by the skeleton at that time, he didn't have time to carry the big backpack, so he just picked up a smaller backpack and carried it on his back. In the case of his leg injury, carrying such a backpack relieved some of the burden.
At this time, the night was dark and the moonlight was bright and clear. The few people took advantage of the moonlight to shuttle between the woods. They had to maintain their speed and be alert to the night and pay attention to their feet, so as not to fall down because they couldn't see the road clearly and delay the time.
I don't know how long they ran, but the people on the way didn't encounter any danger, and there were no traces of the two monsters they had seen before.
During the running, Lu Chu turned his head to look in the direction of the giant tree from time to time.
As they moved away, as far as their sight could see, the lower half of the giant tree had long been submerged by the forest and could no longer be seen. Only the upper half, which was much higher than other trees, could still be seen in outline under the moonlight. .
Miraculously, the position of the off-white moon is just above the top of the giant tree, making the outline of the branches and leaves of the giant tree emit a strange shimmer under the light bath, the dark blue sky, the white moonlight, Standing giant trees together constitute a magnificent picture. If you distinguish carefully, you can occasionally see white objects crawling on the main trunk through the luxuriant side branches-it is a skeleton with various shapes.
Lu Chu turned his head, ignored the situation behind him, and listened carefully to the movement around him, looking for a suitable place to settle down, so that the team could pause and recuperate for a while.
7 has been steadily following Lu Chu's side, his breathing is not disturbed at all, and he seems to be able to do a job with ease.
"Lu Chu, Qi Li!"
Suddenly, Lu Chu heard Song Gui calling his name behind him, and Lu Chu turned to look at him in doubt.
Song Gui yelled again: "Luo Qi, Yuan Kejie, and Qian Zhen, wait a minute!"
The people in front stopped.
Both Luo Qi and Yuan Kejie were sweating profusely at this moment, Yuan Kejie asked with her arms crossed, panting heavily, "What's wrong?"
Song Gui looked solemn: "I need to confirm one thing."
Luo Qi raised her eyebrows: "What's the matter?"
"Look," Song Gui turned and pointed in the direction of the giant tree, "look at the position of the top of that tree."
Despite the bright moonlight, but because the few people had already run a long distance and the night was dark, they stared in the direction of the top of the tree, and could only see a rough outline, and couldn't see anything else for a while. different place.
While the others were looking in the direction of the giant tree with their naked eyes, Song Gui put his backpack on the ground and began to search for something. After a while, his face showed joy, and he took out a mini telescope from his bag.
Seeing his movements, Yuan Kejie surrounded him curiously: "Where did it come from? Why didn't I see it when I was sorting out the supplies yesterday?"
Song Gui shook his head helplessly: "I said it that day, but you probably didn't hear it."
Lu Chu looked at the telescope, nodded and said, "Well, it's the materials collected by Qian Zhen."
"That's right," Song Gui replied while picking up the binoculars and looking at the giant tree, muttering to himself, "Let me see..."
A minute later, Song Gui, who was looking at the giant tree with a telescope, froze in place.
Luo Qi leaned over and hammered his arm hard: "What's the matter with you, you said you want to make sure of something, and now you're standing here like a fool."
Song Gui was punched by Luo Qi, and he came back to his senses. He looked at the crowd, and his tone was no longer relaxed and laughing. Instead, he said with a serious expression and a dignified tone: "Maybe it's a little troublesome."
Lu Chu frowned: "What?"
Song Gui handed over the mini telescope in his hand, motioning him to take a look.
Lu Chu was puzzled, picked up the telescope and put it in front of his eyes, and looked northeast at the top of the giant tree.
Lu Chu stared intently, and after a while, he also froze in place.
In the distance, the top of the giant tree meets the bright moon, making the branches and leaves at the top of the tree inexplicably bright, and the outline seems to be coated with silver light. The trunk of the giant tree hidden in the layers of leaves is looming, and it is covered with white skeletons, and the centipede-shaped skeleton that crawled at the forefront of the skeleton army at the beginning has already occupied the top.
At this time, under the bath of the moonlight, Lu Chu clearly saw that the centipede-shaped skeleton could no longer be called a "skeleton".
It is slowly growing red flesh.
It stretched its neck, and the arms on both sides of its body tightly grasped the branches, fixed its body, and let the moonlight shine on its boney body. The bright red flesh began to cover its bones layer by layer, and then a light wheat-colored skin grew. This process was very slow, and Lu Chu seemed to be able to see the veins of flesh and blood wrapped around its bones, ferocious and bloody.
After realizing that Lu Chu had also fallen silent, Yuan Kejie became anxious and worried: "What's the matter, what did you see, it's serious?"
Lu Chu handed her the telescope.
Afterwards, Yuan Kejie and the others took turns watching what happened on the top of the giant tree with binoculars, and they all fell silent.
Lu Chu concluded with certainty: "These skeletons are bleeding."
Yuan Kejie nodded with difficulty: "Well... how should I put it, it's just that it's okay when it's a skeleton, but after it's flesh and blood, so many arms grow on the naked body... it's a bit disgusting."
Song Gui put the binoculars back into the backpack, tidied up the backpack and put it back on his back: "So, now, what should we do?"
7 looked at the strangely white moonlight in the distance, and said a word quietly: "Run."