Chapter 27: Classmates Reunion (VI)
After solving the extortion, Lu Ren's confidence increased: "It's just a rabbit that tells lies." As a cooking expert, Lu Ren is an excellent cook with excellent skills in killing fish, let alone rabbits.
Lu Ren panted heavily, supporting his newly acquired weapon with one hand. After a moment of silence, he took the bloody branch and began to move forward, exploring the way while using the branch to help push aside the bushes to avoid being scratched by the branches and leaves.
After pushing aside a rose bush, Lu Ren saw Zongyi. He was unconscious under a tree with thick and lush branches and leaves. Although it was still raining, there was a large area under the tree that was dry, which showed how dense its branches and leaves were. Layers of vines tightly wrapped around Zongyi, as if they wanted to squeeze Zongyi into the tree and merge with him.
Zongyi was entangled and slowly sank, deeply trapped in the vines, and it looked like he was being slowly swallowed by the trees.
Lu Ren did not dare to hesitate and hurried forward to pull Zong Yi out. However, when he got closer, Lu Ren heard the sound of someone snoring coming from above him. Lu Ren raised his head in confusion and saw a scene that made his scalp tingle.
Human heads were hanging high on the branches, like plump fruits. They had their eyes closed and looked like they were sleeping. The snoring sounds came from the mouths of several heads, and one head that was close to them seemed to have dreamed of something delicious and was smacking its lips.
Lu Ren quickly covered his mouth and didn't dare to say anything. He didn't want to wake up these strange things, otherwise he would definitely suffer the consequences. He tiptoed to the tree trunk and pulled out Zong Yi who was already deeply trapped in the trunk.
It was not easy for Lu Ren to drag Zong Yi out. First of all, Zong Yi was a healthy adult male and was not light in weight. Moreover, his hands and feet were deeply entangled in the vines, so Lu Ren could not find a foothold to pull him out.
So Lu Ren grabbed Zong Yi's little yellow curly hair and started dragging him out.
The little yellow curls were not strong enough and were torn off.
Zongyi was awakened by the pain.
Zong Yi opened his sleepy eyes and looked at Lu Ren in front of him. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Ren covered his mouth.
Lu Ren covered Souichi's mouth and pointed to the top of his head. Souichi looked up in the direction of Lu Ren's finger and saw Yishu's head. He was so scared that his pupils dilated on the spot, and he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise with his mouth covered.
Lu Ren put his finger to his lips, made a gesture to Zong Yi to keep quiet, and said in a low voice: "Don't wake them up." He looked at Zong Yi and nodded, then he put down the hand that was covering his mouth.
Fortunately, the tree was sleeping and the vines seemed to have lost a lot of strength. Despite this, the two of them worked hard for a while before finally pulling Soichi out.
Soichi checked his body carefully. He had no missing arms or legs, but his scalp was painful. He quickly checked it again. There was no wound, but his already thin hair seemed to be worse. When he came out, his whole body was sticky, covered with the secretions of the tree. Soichi raised his hand and sniffed. It was not bad. It was the same rich fragrance he smelled before he fainted.
While Zong Yi was examining his body, Lu Ren looked up and observed the tree.
As a tree planted in a garden, it was a little too thick, and one could even see the strong roots protruding from the ground, and the roots were entangled by layers of vines. When the vines were pulled apart, a huge tree hole could be seen at the roots - this was where Soichi had just come out. This was like the mouth of the tree, it would devour all the creatures he saw and turn them into its nutrients.
Although it was dark and the lighting from the phone was not ideal, he could vaguely see that the head hanging on the tree looked familiar. Lu Ren narrowed his eyes and carefully identified it.
!!!
Don’t these heads look like the people who were in the villa tonight? Lu Ren even found several of his own heads among them. One of them was sleeping soundly, even drooling at the corner of his mouth.
…
Although it is quite scary to see your own head growing on a tree in the middle of the night, there is also good news that at least they are not real human heads.
Zong Yi asked Lu Ren in bewilderment: "What should we do now?"
Lu Ren pointed to the rose bush where he had walked when he just came, then used two fingers to make a walking gesture, and then tiptoed back with Zong Yi.
The rain has become much lighter, from heavy rain to light rain. The rain hits the leaves, making a rustling sound, like a lullaby. This hypnotic sound effect not only ensures the human-head fruits have a good sleep, but also covers up the noise caused by Lu Ren and Zong Yi's activities.
Lu Ren and Zong Yi slowly left the coverage of the tree canopy and gradually approached the rose bushes.
The mutation occurred at this time.
A fruit that looked like a ripe human head suddenly fell down. This head had Soichi's face. It landed with a "thump" sound, just like a ripe watermelon. The impact seemed to wake it up. It suddenly opened its eyes and mouth, and was about to scream.
Screaming would certainly wake up the other human heads, and no one wanted to experience that situation. Zong Yi was in a panic and hurriedly felt his pocket to see if there was any magic weapon that could deal with this fruit.
At this moment, he saw a sharp branch pierced straight into the mouth of the human head fruit. It was almost killed in one blow. The human head fruit with Soichi's face suddenly lost the ability to speak, rolled its eyes and died.
The blow from the tree branch was so accurate and steady that even Zong Yiben, who was watching from the side, felt a chill in his throat.
Lu Ren pulled out the branch neatly. The branch was covered with red sticky liquid. Lu Ren smelled it and it was not blood, but a sweet smell of fruit. He said to Zong Yi: "Fortunately it was your face, otherwise I might not dare to do it."
Soichi: "..." Thank you.
Zongyi felt that he didn't know if it was his illusion, he always felt that Lu Ren seemed to be more vigorous after the reunion than in high school. He didn't know that it was because Lu Ren had a group of vigorous colleagues, so he was influenced by them and even got used to them. Zongyi didn't dwell on this issue for too long, after all, escaping was the most important thing.
But just as the two were about to enter the rose bush, they heard three "dong", "dong", and "dong" sounds behind them. They looked back and saw three ripe human heads falling to the ground. They were too far away and they had no time to stop them. The three heads paused for a moment after they fell to the ground, then opened their eyes at the same time and burst into tears. The cry resounded throughout the world and was so loud that it hurt people's eardrums. What was even more terrifying was that the human head fruits still hanging on the tree were also startled by the cry. They woke up from their sleep and began to cry together.
...An air raid sirens sound just like that.
But the scary thing was not the cries, but the tree that was startled by the cries. The tree woke up from its sleep. The vines wrapped around the tree roots began to dance wildly. Then, the cries of all the human heads stopped abruptly. They slowly turned around, all their eyes staring at the only two humans present - Zong Yi and Lu Ren. The human heads whispered to each other, and then repeated the same sentence together:
“It’s food!”
“It’s food!”
“It’s food!”
Accompanied by bursts of shouts, the thick vines rushed towards the two of them.
Lu Ren and Zong Yi didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, as if they hesitated they would be left behind to be used as fertilizer. They rushed into the rose bushes without looking back.
Strangely, after passing through the flowers, Qi Fan's villa stood in front of them. They confirmed that they had been running in the garden for a long time after leaving Qi's villa, and it was impossible for them to turn around and still be at the door of the villa. But the villa in front of them did not seem fake, and the floor-to-ceiling sliding door leading to the garden was open at this moment, as if inviting the two to come in.
The inside of the villa was pitch black at the moment, like a giant beast with its mouth open, quietly waiting for its prey.
