The alien invader walked in front, and everyone followed behind it.
It’s not actually accurate to say that it walked, because this alien invader moved by wriggling its body like a slime.
"Can we communicate with it now?" Li Wenxi asked Wen Guixin in a low voice.
"No." Wen Guixin shook her head. "Even I can't communicate with it. I can only give it orders. A creature that is completely infected by mental toxins will become a puppet and will no longer have independent thoughts."
"Alas... If we give it the antidote now, there is no way it can recover?" Lou Feier said, looking at the back of the alien invader.
"Of course not." Wen Guixin spread her hands. "The antidote will only work before it is completely eroded. Now its nervous system has been irreversibly destroyed by my toxins. The antidote is naturally useless... Wait."
Wen Guixin looked at the alien invader leading the way ahead, frowning slightly: "But it is an alien invader, its nervous system and body structure are different from those of Earth creatures, which is why it took me so long to completely infect it. I heard that they have a much stronger recovery ability than Earth life?"
As she spoke, she took a few quick steps with some concern, walked over to the alien invader, and touched its squirming body with her hand again.
"this… "
There was a flash of surprise in her eyes.
"How is it? Are you really recovered?" Xu Xin asked in a low voice.
Wen Guixin nodded with a slightly heavy face: "Yes, the alien invader's nervous system that was just completely eroded by me has now recovered nearly 10%."
Wang Lei opened his mouth wide and said, "It has recovered 10%? How long has it been?"
They just came out of that metal room.
It's only been less than two minutes, right
If 10% was recovered in two minutes, then wouldn’t it only take 20 minutes to fully recover
"In fact, as long as its nervous system recovers more than 50%, it will be conscious again." Wen Guixin still kept his hand on the alien invader, and the alien invader's body began to wriggle violently again.
More than 50% can regain consciousness...
That is to say, if the alien invader is left alone for about ten minutes, it will be able to regain control of its own body.
This is a terrifying recovery speed!
Everyone was silent.
How should I put it? As expected of alien invaders...
There are probably more alien invaders inside the World Tree.
The alien invaders have no brains, but their entire bodies have relatively independent nervous systems, and they also have such powerful recovery abilities.
If you think about it this way, they don't have any weaknesses at all.
Thinking about the weapons Xu Xin and his men have now...
Difficult.
It seems that we must not have a head-on conflict with the alien invaders, and it would be best if this mission was not discovered once from beginning to end.
Otherwise, they might not be able to completely repel even a few alien invaders, and could only use Xu Ying's ability to escape.
"Not all alien invaders have such strong body recovery ability, right?" Zeng Tao whispered, "This alien invader is the 'gatekeeper' of the World Tree. There are only three World Trees in this headquarters. As the one who controls the entry and exit of the World Tree, isn't it normal for it to be stronger? I feel that other alien invaders may not be so strong."
"Uh..." Xu Xin looked at her in surprise.
"What?" Zeng Tao was a little confused. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Uh... I didn't expect that you could be smart sometimes." Xu Xin couldn't help but tease.
"You... Humph, I won't make trouble with you at the critical moment!" Zeng Tao turned her head away angrily.
However, what Zeng Tao said does make sense.
"Let's go. There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain." Xu Xin said, "But, Sister Gui Xin, you need to be more careful."
She now has to re-infect the alien invaders every ten minutes.
"It's a bit troublesome..." Wen Guixin's brows were full of distress.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin frowned and asked, "Will it be difficult to be infected multiple times?"
Generally speaking, after recovering from an infection with a virus, toxin, etc., the body may produce antibodies or drug resistance.
Could it be that Wen Guixin is also...
"No, no, it's not difficult." Wen Guixin waved her hands. "Although this alien invader can recover on his own, my toxins are not vegetarian. If he is repeatedly infected like this, it's easy to kill him by accident..."
Forehead…
Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as it's not too hard to control.
“I just have to pay more attention.”
The purpose of this alien invader is not just to bring them into the World Tree.
They also need it to enter the underground space of the World Tree, the "source of life" for the alien invaders, and the scarlet crystal is there.
"Just hold on until you get us into the underground space of the World Tree." Xu Ying said, "It's okay if you die. I'm here to bring you out."
That's true.
The premise is that there is no problem with her teleportation ability.
Wen Guixin interrupted the conversation of several people: "Okay, you guys, we should be here."
Everyone followed this alien invader that looked like a slime and arrived in front of the extremely thick trunk of the World Tree.
Its body stuck to the trunk of the World Tree, and then spread out on the surface of the trunk like a fluid. Under the surprised gaze of everyone, it turned into a thin piece and stuck to the trunk of the World Tree.
Then, its entire body began to penetrate into the World Tree.
That's right, its entire body seemed to have a strong corrosive property and began to dissolve the surface of the World Tree's trunk inwards.
It "dissolves" the tree trunk very quickly, "dissolving" forward thirty to forty centimeters every second.
Soon, the area where it was pasted gradually turned into a big hole!
"What...what is it doing?" Zhao Xiaochuan opened his mouth wide. "Is it...going to corrode a path through the tree trunk with its body?"
"Let's follow."
Wen Guixin took the lead and stepped into the cave that had just dissolved in the World Tree. She turned around and said, "This is the road we are going to take to the inside of the World Tree. Just follow us."
Everyone was surprised and stepped in.
Only Xu Xin did not move for the time being.
Because when he was about to enter the cave, Coco grabbed his cloak with her little claws and pulled it, then pointed to a world tree on the other side.
"Hmm..."
This time, there was even a hint of pleading in the little guy's cry.
Obviously, even though the passage to this world tree was right in front of them, Coco still wanted Xu Xin to go to another world tree first.
Xu Xin did not refuse immediately. He was silent for a moment and asked, "Keke, is the thing in that world tree related to our purpose this time?"
"Oh oh!" Coco nodded her head vigorously when she heard that.
Is it really related
Xu Xin took a deep breath.
He felt that he could not ignore Coco's request.
Coco played a big part in the fact that they were able to capture the alien invader so easily.
Without it, they probably wouldn't have gotten close to the alien invader at all.
Even if she got closer, it would be difficult for Wen Guixin to keep touching the alien invader for ten minutes without being noticed.
This little guy has been helping them all the time, there is no way it doesn't know what the situation is now.
It has been asking Xu Xin to go to another world tree, probably because there is something in that world tree that can help with the current situation.
Can…
Xu Xin looked at the hole that was several meters deep.
It has come to this point. The alien invaders have been infected, and the infected state cannot last long. They cannot turn back.
"What's wrong?"
Li Wenxi had already walked into the cave, but when he saw Xu Xin hadn't moved, he stuck his head out again and said, "Come on."
Wen Guixin, Xu Ying, Wang Lei, Zhao Xiaochuan, Qin Fu and Zeng Tao had already entered the cave.
Lou Feier and Jin Yue stood beside Xu Xin, waiting for him to leave.
“嘤…” Coco tugged at Xu Xin’s arm again.
“… Coco, that’s a world tree, it’s not that easy to enter.” Xu Xin said softly.
"Oh, oh, oh!" Coco waved her little paws.
Xu Xin's eyes moved: "You mean, you can take us into that world tree?"
"Hmm!" Coco nodded her little head.
Lou Fei'er and Jin Yue looked at each other, and then looked at another world tree beside them.
"What's wrong? Keke..." Li Wenxi walked back to Xu Xin.
"Xu Xin, what are you guys doing?" Wen Guixin's voice came from the dissolved tree hole, "Come in quickly, otherwise..."
Otherwise the cave will heal.
Xu Xin had already seen that the edge of the dissolved tree hole had begun to grow.
It is well known that the World Tree has a very strong self-healing ability.
Now, the alien invader brings people into the World Tree by dissolving, and the hole created by the dissolution will naturally heal gradually after a period of time.
The alien invaders dissolved in the front, and the world tree healed in the back, and the part that had not yet healed was their passage to enter the world tree.
Unexpectedly, the method to enter this world tree is so magical.
Actually, their World Tree is accessed through an elevator-like lift.
The world tree on the sea surface normally uses its roots to carry people up.
As for this world tree, one goes directly into the trunk.
It seems that the way to enter each world tree is different.
That is to say…
"Coco, do you know how to enter the world tree over there?" Xu Xin touched Coco in his arms.
"Bing!"
Xu Xin narrowed his eyes.
After receiving a positive answer, he felt that he could make a decision.
It seems that we can only...
"You guys go in first. I'm going to go take a look at the other world tree first." Xu Xin said to the tree hole that was beginning to slowly close.
"Huh?!" Wen Guixin's voice came from inside.
"What? Why?" Zhao Xiaochuan was also a little dumbfounded, "Why did it suddenly..."
"Oh? What big thing does the boss want to do again?" Qin Fu felt very interesting. "Then I will come with him?"
"No need." Xu Xin shook his head. "You guys continue. Your mission is to find the location of the scarlet crystal."
"Brother, what do you want to do?" Xu Ying turned around and looked at Xu Xin outside the cave that had begun to close. She frowned but did not stop Xu Xin.
"I don't know what I'm going to do." Xu Xin touched Coco in his arms, "I just decided to trust this little guy."
Ever since he first met Coco, the little guy has been helping him and has never made a mistake.
Coco's appearance just now gave him some ideas.
If he didn't follow Coco's wish, if he didn't go to the other world tree, then this mission would probably fail.
He had previously speculated that little Coco was a little creature from the future.
It might really know something that Xu Xin and the others don't know.
"Coco..." Xu Ying was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, then leave this to us."
"Huh?" Wen Guixin looked incomprehensible. "What's going on? What are you two siblings talking about? Why are you... at this time..."
Xu Ying looked at the little guy in Xu Xin's arms.
She had lived in their world tree for several months, but the only thing she couldn't see through was this little guy who looked lazy and sleepy on weekdays.
She was even affected by this little guy and fell asleep several times.
Just now...
This little guy is very mysterious.
"Let's split up. You go find the location of the red crystal, and I'll take Coco to another world tree." Xu Xin said.
"No, so why do we suddenly have to split up? Okay, okay, I see you won't listen to my advice, so what should we do next?" Wen Guixin walked back and stood at the entrance of the cave, but did not come out.
"Once you find the red crystal, we'll gather here." Xu Xin pointed to the current location.
Let’s find the location of the red crystal first.
A scarlet crystal as big as a tree house cannot be destroyed easily.
Their plan was to first discover the location of the red crystal, then temporarily retreat to a safe area and devise a way to destroy the red crystal.
With Xu Ying around, as long as they find the location of the red crystal, they can go there at any time even if they leave.
Xu Xin looked at Li Wenxi and said softly, "You should go with them. It's dangerous too. It will be much safer with Yingying over there."
"No, I want to go with you." Li Wenxi shook his head and stood beside Xu Xin. "My ability can help you."
Xu Xin glanced again at Lou Feier and Jin Yue who were standing behind him.
There are four of them.
That's fine.
“Hmm…” Coco started looking at the World Tree again, her eyes wide open.
"You really won't come! Then I'll go with you... Hey hey!"
Zeng Tao's mind was in a mess because of the current situation. She was standing in the cave at a loss. Seeing that Xu Xin and the others really had no intention of coming in, she wanted to run out in a hurry.
But the hole seemed to not want to follow her wishes. The originally slow growth and healing speed suddenly accelerated and began to grow wildly in an instant!
The entrance to the cave was closed at this moment.
People inside and outside the cave were truly isolated.
"Ah!" Zeng Tao patted the closed wooden wall, "These guys! Ah!"
She took two steps back.
Because the wooden wall was still growing and healing, it was surrounding them in the direction where they were.
Zeng Tao's hand was almost wrapped up by the growing wood.
She looked behind her.
The alien invader was still corroding its way forward, and the speed of corrosion was almost the same as the growth rate of the tree trunk.
"Tsk, forget about them!" Wen Guixin was a little annoyed, "Let's complete our own mission!"
Xu Ying glanced at the hole that had closed but was still growing, and pursed her lips: "Well, let's find the location of the scarlet crystal first."
…
"Wow... It feels like Sister Gui Xin is very angry..." Li Wenxi muttered softly, then she turned to look at Xu Xin and said helplessly, "Isn't this a little too unplanned?"
"Didn't you come along too?" Xu Xin said with a smile.
"So, what should we do now?" Lou Feier looked towards the World Tree in the distance, then bent down and stared at Coco in Xu Xin's arms, "Little guy, please don't hurt us!"
"Bing!" Keke raised her little head and tugged at Xu Xin's clothes, "Bing!"
"Okay, let's go." Xu Xin rubbed the little guy's head.
Target conversion.
Go and see what is in that world tree that can make little Coco so obsessed.