When Is found Osha, he had already descended three levels in a row, and his heart was filled with anger.

Knowing the danger but still running around alone, did you want him to be unable to keep his promise?! Even if it was just a promise he made casually to cooperate with Nia, it still counts!

He watched the little guy holding a flickering light in his mouth, as if it might be extinguished at any time, climbing onto an unknown machine on his hands and knees, and trying to pry open the vent and hide in.

Behind him, a lizard dragged its slender tail and dashed forward. With an agility that was totally inconsistent with its bulky body, it jumped up, crossed the mess on the ground, and rushed straight towards the little sandman.

On the ground, their close relatives are the food of the sand people, but here, the sand people are their rare delicacies. The faint light does not seem to be enough to make fear overcome its hunger.

Yis slowed down until the lizard's open mouth almost swallowed the little sandman's head completely, and the courageous little guy closed his eyes and desperately moved forward with the short knife in his hand.

After stabbing him, he struck with his sword and split the monster that was still leaping in the air into two halves.

He stabbed the hole with a short knife, and the monster's sharp teeth scratched from the tip of the nose, and warm and smelly blood splashed all over his face. The little Sandman, thinking that he was certain to die, didn't open his eyes for a while - he didn't want to let himself see

Standing up with a dead look on your face will make the living people feel particularly uncomfortable.

"...get out of here!"

Is said.

The sound of him piercing like an ice knife made Oxia wake up instantly, and he opened his eyes blankly. The mood wandering between ecstasy and anxiety made his ears move uncontrollably. He maintained a half-crouched posture, so that

After a while, he raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face and slowly climbed down.

"Wait." Iss suddenly stopped him. He flipped his wrist and slapped his face flatly with the ice blade that could freeze off a person's nose. He immediately turned into a statue.

A small and strange sound seemed to come from deep underground, and seemed to come from all directions, but then disappeared in a moment.

At this moment, Nia and the others had all run down, looking at the situation in front of them, a little baffled.

"There is a sound." Yis explained casually.

"A big rat?" Nia asked.

The sand man subconsciously pricked up his ears and assumed a vigilant posture, but his expression was also somewhat confused.

Their hearing is very good, but they can only hear the whistling sound of wind passing through the gaps.

"No." Yis shook his head.

It doesn't look like animals walking or running underground, but more like...

"Like the sound of a white crow playing with her rose vines." He searched for the closest sound in his memory.

"...the sound of plants growing rapidly." Arcee helped him translate it into a description that others could understand.

The sand man breathed a sigh of relief. Osha pulled out the hair that was stuck to the ice from Yis's knife, ignoring the pain on his face, and his eyes flashed brightly: "Can you hear that? That's

Deep, deep, deep!"

Yis retracted the knife, lifted him down, and stared directly at the overly lively cub with his glacier-like blue eyes.

"If you continue to seek death on your own," he said, "I will freeze you here so solid that you can't go anywhere!"

This was a very strange threat, but Oxia felt that he actually understood it. He raised his hands obediently and nodded desperately. At the same time, he couldn't help but explain to himself: "I didn't mean it! At this time, the lizards should all go there.

Drill down, I didn’t know there was still something here..."

"When is 'this time'?" Nia asked enthusiastically, "Is it the breeding season?"

Arcee looked at him with a slightly condemning look, but Nia didn't care - why can't children listen to this? Aren't children themselves bred? This is a word I have carefully considered.

ok?

Real children don't understand the various self-righteous concerns of adults. They just can't wait to explain: "No, this is the weak stage of the blood tree. It will let its roots drill here and there, looking for something it can absorb."

In fact, it can also capture lizards and rats, but those guys will come up to them on their own at this time, as if they are crazy..."

The Blood Tree is the giant tree at the center of the world in the barrier. Looking from a distance, you can only see that its crown is deep dark green, and its trunk also looks very normal reddish brown, but it extends under the entire earth.

, even the roots outside the barrier are dark red.

That root is extremely tough, and even the teeth of the lizard and rat can only bite a little bit of the skin, and blood-like juice will ooze out from under the skin. It is something that can drive the lizard and rat crazy - and only in the weak stage of the blood tree, they can

Can bite.

Nia was amazed when she heard this.

"So," he said, "even if you try to destroy the roots of that tree while you are weak, you will still be attacked by lizards, and maybe you will become the nourishment of that tree... What a smart tree!"

So smart that he seems to have his own consciousness.

"How do you know we want to..." a Sandman soldier murmured.

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Nia spread her hands, "If it were me, struggling to survive in the desert, looking at the vitality that does not belong to me in the barrier, I would also try my best to destroy it and get it. If it was true,

If you can't do it, you would rather destroy it completely... because the hope that is out of reach is the greatest despair."

The Sandman was silent, but Arcee frowned slightly. She knew that in addition to collecting all technology-related things, their mission was to find out where the power of the tree came from.

If it was indeed related to Leos, they would naturally find ways to solve it. But inciting the Sand people like this when they were still not sure, even if it was to bring them closer to each other, was a bit difficult for her to accept.

But in Niya's view, the sand people's hatred and hostility towards Thorny and the giant tree that cut off their vitality did not need him to incite at all - he just told the facts. And the understanding he showed

The recognition did make the two sand warriors slightly change their attitude towards him, and they no longer kept their distance so silently.

Osha's reaction was different.

Even though his face was covered with fur, the little cub couldn't hide his emotions very well. He was unhappy, and occasionally looked at Nia with eyes that seemed more wary and even a little disgusting.

Arcee felt that if they wanted to find the answer, instead of destroying the tree without explanation to avoid future troubles, this little sandman might be a better breakthrough... But the little cub might like her gentleness, but admire the strength more.

The power of.

He clung to Yisi and followed him step by step, not caring about his indifference, like a puppy that would persevere around its master's feet even if it was kicked away.

Arcee could almost see the flames named "So Annoying" rising steadily above Is's head, but she just returned to her task silently, occasionally glancing at him with a slight smile on her lips.

——Isco couldn’t laugh at all.

He seriously considered freezing the annoying little guy in a corner and then getting him out when they left. This would not only ensure the safety of the little guy, but also keep his ears clean. It could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The little guy tugged on his robe and asked him in a low voice: "Do you also think that tree should be destroyed?"

Iss wanted to nod. He could feel what kind of answer the little guy wanted, but if he could make him stop and stop pestering him...

He looked down at those wet puppy eyes and said expressionlessly: "That's just a tree."

Even if it was really something created by Leus, it was Leus who deserved to be killed.

The little guy's puppy eyes are brighter.

"That's just a tree." Someone once told him.

Feed it with blood, feed it with hatred, but let it bear all hopes and all resentments... That is unfair.

He grabbed Iss's hand hard.

"I," he said, "I'm going to take you to see something very special. It's my favorite thing here, and you're going to love it too!"

No! I won't!

Is thought angrily...but he was still dragged away.

"'Something special'?" Nia, who was eavesdropping on the conversation with the two sandlanders, repeated in a low voice with a look of pure curiosity.

"It's a statue." A sand man showed a funny look, "It's a heavy and useless stone statue. You can't even tell what it is carved on. That guy just likes it for some reason. He said that the texture of the stone on it is

It’s a painting.”

"Ah... art." Nia nodded and sighed, "It takes a little talent to understand those things, but unfortunately I don't have any."

They continued to talk about what they could understand, and were not worried about those two guys - the lizard on the ground that was neatly cut in two was enough to prove Is's fighting ability.

But not long after, they heard a low roar, which sounded continuously, from strong to weak, and seemed to gradually fade away.

The ground - and even the entire building hidden underground seemed to be shaking slightly. The two Sandlanders jumped up instantly and quickly exchanged glances.
Chapter completed!