Chapter 51 Ancient Trees, Protection Or Cage?
"Brother Li Qingshan, why are you injured like this?"
At the door of the cafeteria in Area C, Wang Yan looked at Gu Qinghan and frowned slightly.
Gu Qinghan waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.
When he heard that the other party was still calling him Li Qingshan, he smiled and said:
"Actually, I lied to you before. My name is Gu Qinghan."
He used to identify himself as Li Qingshan, which was out of bad taste, but the most important thing was to hide himself.
But now, he has solved Li Qingshan.
Wang Yan was definitely an honest and good boy, and Gu Qinghan felt there was no need to continue to lie to him.
Wang Yan sighed, and then said openly:
"It's a small matter. By the way, has the matter been resolved?"
"Well, it's not bad. It's solved. I've troubled you these days."
"It's just a piece of cake. By the way, what are your recent plans?"
Wang Yan looked at the skeleton behind Gu Qinghan with some fear in his eyes.
If his estimate was correct, three or four such skeletons could compete with him.
If five or six of them came together, I would probably have to explain myself.
Gu Qinghan scratched his head. His biggest goal now was to stay alive.
At first, he wanted to improve his strength in school, but as his strength improved, he needed more and more necromancy energy to upgrade.
If he only relied on killing these weak monsters, he would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to level up.
But after today's battle with Li Qingshan, he deeply realized that his strength was still not top-notch.
More importantly, after killing Li Qingshan, a black-red necromantic energy entered his body.
Although nothing harmed him, Gu Qinghan had a vague feeling of something bad.
To live, you need to continue to become stronger.
But if he wants to become stronger, this university campus can no longer satisfy him.
What's more, he needs to find someone outside, a very important person.
At this time, Chen Yuting walked over quickly and was shocked when she saw the blood stains on Gu Qinghan's body.
However, she soon saw that it was not Gu Qinghan's blood, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's go out of school and take a look. I don't know what the outside world is like.
If I continue to stay in school, I will always be in vain. I want to go out and try my best. "
Gu Qinghan's words had a stubborn flavor, which made Chen Yuting smile.
But before she could be happy, Wang Yan broke his dream and sighed softly and said:
"Don't blame me for being a spoiler, brother. Although you are very strong, I feel like you may not be able to go to school."
Gu Qinghan frowned and asked doubtfully:
"Why do you say that? Do you know anything?"
Wang Yan nodded and took a sip of water before continuing:
"When I went out to upgrade yesterday, I met a team coming back from the gate of Area C. They told me something."
He paused and then asked a seemingly unrelated question:
"You must know that our school has an ancient tree from the founding period, right?"
Gu Qinghan didn't know why he asked this, but he nodded anyway.
"I heard from those who came back that this ancient tree seems to have mutated!"
"That ancient tree is at least more than a hundred years old, isn't it? Isn't it said that it is almost dead?
Moreover, what does this have to do with our inability to leave the school gate? "
Wang Yan sighed with helplessness on his face:
"It's this mutated ancient tree that has surrounded the school! That team of people came all the way from Area A, and there's no place to get out."
Gu Qinghan was dumbfounded. His university occupied a huge area, how could it be surrounded by a tree.
However, Wang Yan's serious expression didn't look like he was faking at all.
Wang Yan also knew that what he said was too shocking, so he took out his mobile phone.
He wiped the fingerprint-covered screen and opened a photo. It looked like it was taken by taking a picture of someone else's phone screen.
Gu Qinghan was a little surprised that the other party still had the phone, and then looked at the content of the photo.
But when he saw the contents of the photo clearly, the expression on his face changed from indifferent to shock and disbelief.
In the photo, it is the gate of their school.
But at the gate, roots as thick as an adult broke out from the ground and extended upward for a long distance.
Judging from the photos, this tree wall composed of roots should be three to four meters long.
"This... this is like a primeval forest..."
Chen Yuting opened her mouth slightly, her eyes showing deep shock.
Gu Qinghan also frowned. Although the photo was a bit blurry, it made him feel a sense of depression.
It felt like he was trapped in a cage, waiting to be picked.
He looked at Wang Yan and asked:
"Didn't they try to get out? Would these roots attack people?"
“I tried, but it’s impossible to climb out because there’s a layer of very slippery mucus on top.
It is not possible to dig it out, because these tree roots have a strong regeneration ability and will quickly repair the damaged areas.
Some people say that this tree wants to trap us in the school, but others think that this tree is protecting us. "
Gu Qinghan's mouth twitched. He had indeed heard that this tree was the patron saint tree of their university.
But if you think that the mutated ancient trees will protect them based on this alone, that would be too naive and optimistic.
"No matter what, I'll take a look myself. Thank you for the news."
He said thank you to Wang Yan seriously and then left.
Wang Yan hesitated for a moment and suddenly called him:
"I know my strength is nothing to you, so I won't let you take me with you, but can I ask you something?"
Gu Qinghan thought for a moment and did not agree in a hurry:
"You tell me first. If it's not too much trouble, I can help you."
He admired Wang Yan's character very much, and he also helped him. At the same time, he also told him the news about the mutated ancient tree.
For such a person, Gu Qinghan is still willing to help as long as it doesn't cause him too much trouble.
When Wang Yan heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face:
"Don't worry, it won't be troublesome. There is a food processing factory north of our school.
My parents both work there and are probably there now. I want you to help me check on them and let them know that they are safe. "
Gu Qinghan knew that the food processing factory seemed to be invested and built by a well-known company in Kimchi Country.
However, the distance between the school and there is at least dozens of kilometers.
Before the game started, this distance was covered quickly by taxi.
But now, this distance may take a long time to complete, and there will be many unknown dangers.
"Sorry, I can't risk going that far at this time."
Gu Qinghan shook his head. He was not a bad person, and the other party's request exceeded his expectations.
He has his own set of values. Only when what he pays and what he gets in return are roughly equal will he be willing to do it.
If others have helped him, he will definitely try his best to help him back, as long as his own life is not threatened.
If he was strong enough at this time, or had enough reasons for him to take risks, he would agree to Wang Yan's request, but that is not the case now.
Wang Yan realized that he had not made it clear and quickly explained:
"I'm sorry, please listen to me first.
That food processing factory processes prepared dishes. You can stop by there and get a lot of food!
The only thing you can eat every day now is probably bread and instant noodles, right? You can’t keep eating these from now on, right? "
He spoke very quickly, as if he was afraid that Gu Qinghan would leave directly.
Gu Qinghan glanced at him with interest this time, and then asked again:
"But pre-made dishes should have storage conditions, right? The power is out now, so it won't be of any use if I go there, right?"
When Wang Yan heard this question, he knew that Gu Qinghan was definitely tempted, and immediately explained:
"Don't worry, that factory has a daily output of at least dozens of tons, and the power outage has long been considered.
My dad said that their cold storage has imported batteries, which can sustain the consumption of the cold storage for nearly half a month. "
Gu Qinghan was silent for a while, weighing the gains and losses in his mind.
“I promise you, but I can’t guarantee it can be done.
If there is a danger on the way that I cannot handle, I will give up without hesitation. "
Wang Yan nodded, it was good that the other party was willing to try.
"Thank you."