"You'll know soon enough," Tian Bufan said with an air of mystery. "Oh, by the way, from now on, until I call for you, don't say a word... Of course, you might not even get the chance to speak."

Before finishing his sentence, Tian Bufan began to control the "Puppet" and move.

Although it was a pile of ash level puppet, I must say the driving sensation was good, without the feeling of operating an old tank.

And since Tian Bufan told him not to talk, Lin Yi shut his mouth and began observing his surroundings.

The Puppet kept advancing through the Corpse Bone Forest, but it wasn't long before it turned onto a creepy and dark path.

The trees on this path were sturdy and lush, their branches towering upward, the canopies interlinked, nearly blocking out the entire sky, leaving the already dim sky without a ray of light.

"Is this...?" As soon as Lin Yi saw Tian Bufan veer off from the Corpse Bone Forest, he became entirely alert. Could this be the depths of that dense forest?

The Puppet, emotionless like a robot, strode over withered leaves and somewhat soft soil, producing a "rustle...rustle..." sound in the quiet forest as it moved.

This place, somewhere in the depths of the Green Forest Belt, was cloaked in an eerie atmosphere like thick slurry wrapping around everything tightly. The mist lingered like a living being between the trees, swirling slowly, occasionally forming bizarre shapes, and then dispersing into thin strands...

The ancient trees around became increasingly tall and twisted, their branches entwined and crisscrossed like tentacles stretching menacingly from the darkness toward all directions.

Lin Yi could confirm that such trees no longer belonged to the human world, at least, not in a university campus like S City University.

He quickly noticed that the bark of these ancient trees deep in the forest was rough and cracked, with some areas faintly showing marks resembling Secret Marks, as if they had been branded with a mysterious breath after endless years of corrosion and the torture of mysterious forces.

Within the dense forest, there were absolutely no animals, and as he trailed over the fallen leaves and the accumulated soil, Lin Yi's perception failed to capture even the slightest trace of biological existence.

The entire forest was only occasionally swept by unexplained winds, sending chills down Lin Yi's spine.

Suddenly, Lin Yi understood why he had felt so uncanny since they set foot here!

Because not only were there no traces of life, but there were also no signs of the Nocturnal Species or Pseudo-Human Sculptures!

Here's a joke—a region within S City University where there are no Nocturnal Species or Pseudo-Human Sculptures.

"Wait!"

At this realization, Lin Yi was suddenly hit by a powerful sense of contrast, as if struck by lightning.

"A region devoid of Nocturnal Species and Pseudo-Human Sculptures, what does it imply?!"

Typically, such phenomena may not be completely absent; however, if applying the "Shrouded in mist and chasing light" effect, it could be inferred that this place... surely harbors a terrifying high-positioned existence!

No ants dare to tread on a lion's territory!

At this moment, he saw an abandoned lamppost emerging from the bushes not far away.

The lampshade was shattered, and the bulb inside was missing, while on the lamppost's body, there were conspicuous marks of scarlet paint!

"...Black... Outpost-095..."

The abandoned lamppost with a red paint number!

Still, it was numbered from the Black Moon Outpost, the former site of the Art Building!

"Could Young Master Tian be heading to the Art Building?!" The thought popped into Lin Yi's mind, but wasn't the path to the Art Building the one Old Mo took?

Could there be another route?

But Tian Bufan said this puppet is pile of ash level!

"What exactly is going on here?"

While confusion clouded his heart, a faint tremor suddenly came through the soft sand beneath the Puppet's feet...

Lin Yi sensed this tremor, and as a fellow puppet "driver," Tian Bufan naturally felt it too.

So, Tian Bufan halted the Puppet and stood silently in place.

Lin Yi was still puzzled, but soon, the mist deep in the forest started to swirl with the flowing wind.

The elusive "clang clang clang..." sound accompanied by the gusts occasionally blew over, striking the Puppet's body.

Gradually, that "clang clang clang..." sound became clearer, and Lin Yi finally understood that the sound resembled sharp blades scraping against metal sheets, as if some massive creature entirely covered in blades and swords was moving in the depths of the forest!

The gusts were the air being compressed as it moved!

The wind grew stronger, seeming to hide endless blades, like a cyclone rushing toward them.

"I'm here to negotiate!" Tian Bufan shouted loudly towards the direction of the approaching windstorm.

No response.

Except for the wind.

And that wind scattered the Puppet.

"Whoosh—"

The strong wind struck, and before Lin Yi could react, he felt like he was plummeting into clouds, although he wasn't seeing with his eyes, he saw vast "clouds and mist" enough to obscure his vision!

He felt his mind was fuzzy, like he had lost his sense of direction, and everything around him turned blurry...

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