Huang Yilan untied the ropes around us, and I said: "We must gather all the corpses here and burn them, otherwise the virus will spread outside and cause terrible consequences!"

Ouyang Zhenfei and Ling Fengpiao immediately looked cowered and frightened. There were a large number of pus blisters and ulcers on the surface of the villagers' corpses, which was disgusting and terrifying. Not everyone had the courage to touch it. Ouyang Zhenfei said weakly:

"Can I not participate?"

I said seriously: "Don't you want to experience it and experience strong winds and waves? This is a severe test. You can decide for yourself whether you want to participate."

Ling Fengpiao's face turned pale: "Elder brother, will we be infected?"

In fact, I have been worried about this problem for a long time. I was vaccinated against smallpox when I was a child, but the virus here is a species from hundreds of years ago. The vaccine I received is a new species in the past twenty years. I don’t know whether I have immunity. Besides,

I have been vaccinated for a long time, and it is still unknown whether it will be effective. I have been in close contact with so many seriously ill patients... I am not a professional, and I really don’t know what the result will be.

I glanced at the four of them and asked, "Did you get vaccinated when you were young?"

"Growing beans?" All three of them were confused.

"Just getting vaccinated on the arm or thigh will leave a scar as big as a little finger. Before the 1980s, most people were vaccinated once or twice. After the 1980s, smallpox has been extinct in the world.

, many places have stopped vaccination."

"I do!" Ouyang Zhenfei said excitedly.

Yuangui, Ling Fengpiao and Huang Yilan all shook their heads. In fact, they knew it as soon as they thought about it. Yuangui had lived in an ancient temple in the mountains since he was a child, Ling Fengpiao followed his first irresponsible master and wandered around the world, and Huang Yilan lived in this special place.

None of the three had the opportunity to be vaccinated.

Compass and Huang Yilan were both calm, but Ling Fengpiao was very nervous: "Senior Brother, I... I won't be infected, right? I'll be out right away!"

I sighed: "You were surrounded by so many people, your body was injured and bleeding, and your body was in direct contact. If you were infected, you would have been infected already. Now it's useless for you to run wherever you go. Not only the three of you, but also Xiaofei and I."

You're infected, don't be nervous now, and we'll figure out a solution after we deal with things here."

Ling Fengpiao was so frightened that her feet were weak, and she leaned against the pillar and gasped: "Then, let's go to the hospital immediately. Now that technology is so advanced, we must be able to treat it, right?"

I really couldn't bear to say it, but I had to say it: "We have to walk for several days to find a decent hospital, and we are afraid that we will get sick and unable to walk if we don't wait that long... and most children today have not been vaccinated against smallpox.

If we go out and infect others, and others infect others, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Ling Fengpiao's face was ashen, and he sat down on the ground. Even Yuangui and Huang Yilan, who were very calm, changed their expressions. Yuangui recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, life and death are destiny, I will not leave the mountain."

Huang Yilan said: "I won't leave the mountain either."

I said: "There is another way, that is to find that thing of unknown origin. It can keep people in the entire village alive, and the virus has not spread for so many years, which proves that it can temporarily suppress the virus and prevent it from attacking, as long as there is time

, we can think of a solution.”

Ling Fengpiao immediately became energetic: "Then let's go find it quickly!"

"Well, what if we can't find it? Or what if we find it but can't suppress it? Then we will waste more time, and our chance of survival will be even slimmer. Your life and death cannot be decided by me. You

Decide for yourself.”

Everyone is silent. This is not only related to their own life and death, but also related to the health and lives of countless people. Human nature is selfish, but human nature is also kind. Should we abandon kindness for selfishness or abandon kindness?

Selfish?

Yuangui and Huang Yilan had expressed their opinions and did not speak anymore. Their life trajectories were completely different, but they both had taken a dim view of life and death. Ouyang Zhenfei didn't know what she was thinking, and she looked very calm. Only Ling Fengpiao's expression changed and she was restless.

After a moment of silence, Ouyang Zhenfei said: "Senior Brother, I listen to you, and I will do whatever you say."

Ling Fengpiao immediately stared at me: "Yes, yes, senior brother, I listen to you!"

Oh my god, why did you throw this hot potato into my hand? Companion and Huang Yilan looked at me, obviously listening to my decision.

I was in a dilemma, but I couldn't ignore it, because I was now the "Senior Brother in Charge" and had to be responsible for my junior brothers and sisters. Companion and Huang Yilan trusted me, respected me, and put their lives in my hands. How could I ignore them?

I thought for a while and said firmly: "If it were my master, Master Zeshan, or Mr. Ouyang here, they would sacrifice themselves for the overall situation. We are their children, and we should follow their example. I

Our decision is to eliminate the hidden dangers here first, and then look for that unknown thing. No matter what the outcome is, we must not have any contact with outsiders until we are sure that we are safe!"

"Yes, that's how it should be!" Ouyang Zhenfei and Ling Fengpiao agreed, "Eldest Brother is indeed our Eldest Brother!"

Huang Yilan said: "You go find that... something, and I will deal with the remains of the villagers."

It is definitely not an easy task to deal with so many corpses, but it looks like he doesn't want us to interfere. Maybe he wants to do his last bit for the villagers, so as to alleviate the pain and some sense of guilt in his heart, right? And for

For us, every second counts, so we can buy a lot of time.

Companion said that he saw with his discerning eyes that the entity of the thing was a big tree and a woman, so I asked Yilan: "Are there any special big trees around here?"

"Big trees?" Huang Yilan thought for a moment, "There are almost no big trees around here, but if you go upstream along the river and reach another grand canyon, there are some big trees there."

We said goodbye to Huang Yilan, climbed down from the cliff, reached the river, and walked upstream along the river.

The canyon is winding and winding, with dangerous rocks towering on both sides and thousands of layers of rocks. It is very spectacular but also very difficult to walk. In addition, there is insufficient light at night, so everyone except me stumbled. After three hours of walking, it was only a dozen miles.

Fortunately, I finally saw another canyon Huang Yilan mentioned.

This canyon is relatively open, with a width of fifty or sixty meters. There are indeed some big trees at the bottom of the canyon. But these big trees are less than the size of a person's arms. They look very ordinary and have no aura. It is impossible for them to become spirits or be possessed by spirits.

.

We continued to walk forward. Compass and I were relatively calm, but Ling Fengpiao and Ouyang Zhenfei were suspicious. At one moment they said they had a fever, and at another they said their skin was itching and red envelopes appeared... I was really frightened by them several times, but in the end

They can only smile bitterly. It is normal to be bitten by mosquitoes and the like when walking in the wilderness at night. It is even more of their illusion to have a fever. The two little guys have not experienced a big ordeal and their mental endurance is not good!

We didn't dare to stop, so we searched along the Grand Canyon until dawn with no results. Compass, Ling Fengpiao, and Ouyang Zhenfei all looked very tired. We were frightened and beaten all night long, and we still had to wait a long time for the long journey.

Worrying about the outbreak of the virus would make me feel exhausted and exhausted.

I was very worried that the possibility of finding something like this without any clues was very small. It was possible that our direction was completely wrong. When the three of us sat down to take a nap, I walked forward for a while. If there was no harvest ahead, I

You have to consider looking back in another direction.

"Hey, I seem to smell the fragrance of osmanthus?" Xiaoxue said suddenly.

I said "Hmm", suspecting that she was delusional, because almost all the osmanthus flowers had faded by this time, and besides, I didn't see any osmanthus trees along the way.

Going a little further, Xiaoxue became more certain, and I also smelled the faint aroma. Going further, the canyon became narrower and deeper, and the scent of osmanthus became stronger. I turned around a rock, and in front of me

A huge laurel tree suddenly appeared, with a diameter of more than one meter. Its branches and leaves are as lush as a giant umbrella, almost covering the entire valley. The tree is more than ten meters high, but the crown is not much higher than the cliff above.

Not easy to find.

The big osmanthus tree is full of golden osmanthus flowers, and a large number of tiny vines hang down between the branches and leaves, swaying slightly in the morning breeze. The rich fragrance and pure spiritual energy blow towards your face, making you feel like you are in a fairyland.

"Wow……"

Xiaoxue and I both exclaimed in surprise, and then we were both sure that what we were looking for was this big osmanthus tree!

We increased our vigilance and slowly approached. Only then did we see that the big osmanthus tree was growing in the middle of the intersection between two canyons. It had just absorbed the spiritual energy and water and soil nutrients in the two canyons. No wonder it grew so lushly. The bark of the tree was rough.

The knots are layer upon layer and covered with moss. At first glance, the tree body is almost the same as the stone wall next to it.

I only sensed the strong spiritual energy, but not the consciousness or emotional fluctuations. I asked Xiaoxue doubtfully: "Is the old tree turning into a monster again?"

"No, I don't think so. There is no demonic aura at all. Instead, it has the aura of a fairy."

I was shocked and asked a very childish question: "Is that an old tree becoming an immortal?"

Xiaoxue burst into laughter: "Isn't it the same thing to become an immortal and to become a demon? I didn't sense that it had spiritual consciousness. It may be that it has cultivated into a real fruit and left the tree, or it may be that other things are attached to the tree for cultivation.

, but I’m not here at this time... But that’s not right either. I dare say that the essence of this laurel tree that has lasted for tens of thousands of years is still inside the tree. This is truly unheard of and unseen.”

It's strange, but one thing we can both be sure of is that this tree has no evil aura. It should be an existence between immortals and demons, harmless to humans. I slowly stretched out my hand and pressed it on the tree, and I could sense it.

When you see more obvious fluctuations in vitality and spiritual power, it feels like watching the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers flowing. It is alive, has vitality and energy, but has no consciousness. Of course, it is also possible that this is a more advanced existence.

, I can't communicate with it so I can't sense its thoughts.

Xiaoxue and I were admiring each other when the voice of Compass came from behind: "That's it, that's what I see. Sometimes it's a tree, sometimes it's the moon, and there seems to be a beautiful woman."
Chapter completed!