54: A wall separates heaven and hell

After Gu Qinghan finished speaking, he quietly waited for Chen Yuting's reply.

To be honest, Gu Qinghan didn't necessarily need Chen Yuting to agree to his request.

This job sounded easy, but it meant putting her life entirely in Gu Qinghan's hands.

If Gu Qinghan was even slightly negligent or made a misjudgment, she might get injured.

Even death was not impossible.

At this moment, Chen Yuting's face still held lingering fear; she looked at Gu Qinghan, then at the tree wall, and recoiled a step.

Gu Qinghan said nothing, but sighed softly in his heart.

Chen Yuting's voice trembled slightly as she asked weakly,

"Can I refuse? If I refuse, will you still take me with you?"

"Yes, and I will still take you out."

Gu Qinghan directly gave the answer, but in his heart, he was already thinking of other ways to lure those tree roots out.

He thought of the Mutated Cat's corpse; perhaps it could also serve as bait.

However, the Mutated Cat's corpse was too large a target, and Gu Qinghan didn't know if it would attract more tree roots.

After all, the speed at which the Treant Guardian's health dropped earlier could definitely not have been caused by just one tree root.

But what he didn't expect was Chen Yuting's voice interrupting his thoughts:

"Alright then, I'll try."

Gu Qinghan raised his head in surprise, looking at Chen Yuting, whose face was somewhat pale.

To be honest, even if she didn't agree, Gu Qinghan would treat her the same as before.

He could try taking risks and dared to gamble, but he would not force others to be like him.

Chen Yuting's profession had already shown its initial helpfulness to him, and he wouldn't abandon such a partner.

However, if the other party was not the same kind of person as him, then their relationship would be limited to just partners.

"Aren't you scared?"

Gu Qinghan glanced at her, especially when he saw her trembling hands, he almost laughed.

Not in mockery, but Chen Yuting at this moment was somewhat cute.

"I am scared," Chen Yuting's voice still trembled slightly, "but I want to try, otherwise my only use to you would be as an equipment manufacturing machine."

Gu Qinghan was stunned, then said with a chuckle,

"Don't force yourself, just try first."

Chen Yuting hummed in agreement, then slowly moved towards the tree wall under Gu Qinghan's amused expression.

Fifteen meters, thirteen meters, eleven meters... Just as Chen Yuting was about ten meters from the tree wall, a noticeably thinner tree root slowly emerged from a gap at the bottom of the tree wall.

It was the Mutated Ancient Tree's root from before!

Chen Yuting subconsciously wanted to retreat but clenched her fists and stopped.

She took a deep breath and took another half-step forward.

The Mutated Tree root was like a silent python, slowly extending from within, then quietly advancing towards Chen Yuting.

The Mutated Tree root suddenly accelerated, but just as it was about to coil around Chen Yuting, it was severed by one of Gu Qinghan's Skeletons leaping forward.

"Wait, let me rest, give me half a minute."

Chen Yuting was only dragged less than half a meter this time, but she ran back to Gu Qinghan's side, squatting on the ground and gasping for air.

Gu Qinghan didn't rush her; in fact, he was starting to admire Chen Yuting.

The reason he dared to take risks was actually out of necessity.

When he first learned he had to live alone, he felt his entire life had lost meaning.

He had thought about ending his young life but was unwilling to give up.

Then, he gradually started forcing himself to do many things he hadn't dared to do before.

The saying 'everything is difficult at the beginning' was something Gu Qinghan truly agreed with.

Once that most difficult first step was taken, the subsequent matters would actually be much simpler than imagined.

However, such a step required immense courage.

Chen Yuting rested for over a minute before standing up from the ground.

She turned and gave Gu Qinghan a look, then walked towards the tree wall again.

This time, Gu Qinghan clearly saw that her steps were much faster and more determined.

The second root, the third root... the tenth root!

It took nearly half an hour before no more Mutated Tree roots emerged from this area.

"Am I brave?"

Chen Yuting grinned and raised an eyebrow at Gu Qinghan, showing no trace of her earlier fear.

Gu Qinghan gave a very serious thumbs-up, then ordered his Skeletons to frantically attack the tree wall.

This time, the originally tough tree wall was like foam, rapidly turning into fragments under the axes.

In less than ten minutes, Gu Qinghan saw the iron fence behind it.

However, the scene inside the tree wall also caused both Gu Qinghan and Chen Yuting's expressions to change dramatically.

Inside the thick tree wall, there were numerous corpses.

Some were human, and some were of unknown creatures.

But these corpses all shared one characteristic: they were extremely shriveled, as if all their flesh and blood had been sucked dry.

"How disgusting! This thing is completely raising us as nutrients!"

Chen Yuting's face was pale, but she followed closely behind Gu Qinghan.

The Skeletons quickly broke through the iron fence, opening a path for Gu Qinghan to the outside world.

The two rushed out, only to find the ground outside covered with dense dry corpses!

Just a single tree wall separated them, yet the worlds on either side were as distinct as heaven and hell!

Looking back, the hole Gu Qinghan had opened was still slowly closing.

Before he could even let out a sigh of relief, he suddenly felt many uncomfortable presences rapidly approaching him.

Without a word, he grabbed Chen Yuting and tried to leave.

But there were too many dry corpses outside, and Chen Yuting stumbled, unable to move quickly.

Gu Qinghan didn't hesitate; he directly picked up Chen Yuting by the waist and ran into the distance.

treant's touch effect: increased movement speed on any terrain!

After running over twenty meters with the Skeletons, he felt the presences behind them no longer pursuing.

Putting Chen Yuting down, Gu Qinghan looked back, and his pupils constricted violently.

The tree wall, which had just been calm, was now covered with countless tree roots.

Under the silver moonlight, those tree roots were like dancing, frenzied snakes.

They were angry, angrily expressing their displeasure at the cowards who had escaped their territory.

However, Gu Qinghan smiled, then walked into the distance with Chen Yuting.

He had escaped.

He didn't know, nor did he want to know, the fate of the others in the school.

At least, he had survived.

Just over ten minutes after Gu Qinghan left the school, in a plaza in Area A, the branches and leaves of a giant tree, which would require at least a dozen people to encircle, trembled.

Several Professionals who were picking and eating fruits under the tree were startled but then breathed a sigh of relief when they found there was no danger.

"You're such a coward, look how scared you are."

A Male Student patted his companion, then bit into a fruit he had picked up, laughing heartily.

Half an hour ago, they had arrived here and found many fruits fallen from this Ancient Tree.

They had all been hungry for a long time and had no choice but to come out looking for food.

These fruits showed no attributes; someone tried eating one and found it surprisingly delicious.

Most importantly, there were no zombies or Mutated Creatures around, and no other humans.

Compared to other places, this was simply paradise!

The Male Student who was mocked was a bit embarrassed, then also picked up a fruit and started eating.

At the same time, he looked at the towering tree beside him.

"They said this tree mutated; I didn't believe it at first, but it's true, and it doesn't even attack us."

Another Girl, whose stomach was already a bit bloated from eating, also looked over and said indistinctly,

"What if a tree mutates, can it eat people?"

"These fruits are really delicious though, they taste like meat."

The few of them nodded in agreement, picking up fruits from the ground and stuffing them into their mouths.

However, not long after, these people softly collapsed to the ground, and the fruits in their hands scattered everywhere.

Near the Ancient Tree, several thin tree roots emerged, then slowly dragged these unconscious people into the soil.

The ground returned to its previous state, leaving no trace of blood or battle, peaceful as a pure land.

However, some branches of the Ancient Tree once again moved without wind.

It seemed to have discovered that, in the distant place it couldn't see clearly, a little mouse had escaped.