Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1351 - 682: Hair-Raising ”Bustle” (2)

A mechanical jellyfish happened to fly by at a relatively close distance from the ground, its trailing tentacle only a few centimeters away from Xu Xin’s face.

Xu Xin held his breath instantly.

So close again!

Moreover, this time, it was fortunate that the mechanical jellyfish was flying over at a relatively fast speed.

Since it was fast, the lower mechanical limbs were swept backwards.

If they hadn’t been swept back like that, but instead hung vertically, those mechanical limbs might have touched his nose!

Beside him, Li Wenxi, who was lying next to him watching him from the side, widened her eyes and covered her mouth.

Xu Xin gently turned his head and gave her a reassuring look, then continued to look upwards.

He began to carefully observe these mechanical jellyfish.

He noticed that these mechanical jellyfish seemed to be somewhat similar to those small unmanned drones they had seen in the outer factories, which were those ball-shaped drones that self-destructed and destroyed the factory back then.

The bodies of these jellyfish were flat ellipsoids, but the material looked completely the same, and they were all round and plump.

... Won’t these jellyfish also self-destruct?

What are so many mechanical jellyfish rushing towards?

Xu Xin held his breath, waiting quietly for these mechanical jellyfish to fly over him one by one.

Fortunately, their numbers were not very high. In less than a minute, over twenty mechanical jellyfish had flown over them and into the corridor they had previously walked through.

Xu Xin sat up from the ground, frowning as he looked behind.

Li Wenxi also propped herself up and climbed up from the ground, whispering, ”It’s fine now, at least there are no fast-moving metal creations ahead.”

Lou Fei’Er and Jin Yue also stood up.

Xu Xin took a deep look at what was behind.

”We must be even more careful now. The alien invaders inside the world tree are probably on high alert.”

The reason being that someone has used mutant vines to enter the world tree, even sending four lives into the world tree with four mutant vine actions, yet they haven’t discovered who entered the world tree.

For them, who have been closely monitoring the world tree’s inflow and outflow, this is probably a once-in-a-millennium situation.

And especially during the current tense atmosphere.

Now, the army here has fully mobilized, and there’s no longer a stationary army protecting the area.

The alien invaders inside the world tree were likely on high alert even before Xu Xin and his group arrived.

For, under these tense circumstances, opposition forces might seize the opportunity to invade this place.

”If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better for them to simply close off unrestricted access to the world tree?” Lou Fei’Er murmured in confusion.

”Perhaps it can’t be closed. The world tree’s access might only be controlled by the world tree’s owner, which is their leader.” Xu Xin whispered, ”Or maybe they’re trying to use this method as bait to lure individuals who oppose them.”

Upon entering, Xu Xin and his group are unsure of how to exit, the only path being this corridor.

With this corridor here, the existence of entering the world tree is practically impossible to escape their surveillance.

Except for Xu Xin and his group.

Xu Xin and his group haven’t escaped their surveillance, they’ve merely been perceived as insignificant and negligible existences by the aliens.

Cameras would certainly capture them, but the opposition, even if they saw them, would act as if they hadn’t, directly ignoring them — that’s the extraordinary effect of the [Cloak of the Concealer].

”We should move.” Xu Xin quietly said, ”Once outside, try not to speak.”

Lou Fei’Er nodded, led Keke to the front.

The door was only a dozen meters away from Xu Xin and others, just a few steps.

It wasn’t closed, half-open, just like when the mechanical jellyfish entered.

Perfect for letting Xu Xin and the others squeeze through.

But Lou Fei’Er didn’t immediately squeeze out; she peered through the gap first.

Then, the three behind saw Lou Fei’Er tremble.

She slowly turned her head, her expression mournful.

Apparently, there’s something terrifying outside.

But regardless of what’s outside, they must squeeze through, they can’t stay here forever.

Xu Xin signaled himself, indicated that maybe he should go first?

Lou Fei’Er shook her head.

The doorway wasn’t a place for discussion, Xu Xin could only point to the Cloak of the Concealer on himself again, indicating there was nothing to fear with it.

Lou Fei’Er gently nodded, then turned to look outside, biting her lip, squeezed through the open gap.

Two seconds later, her hand appeared at the doorway, gesturing ’OK’.

Xu Xin nodded to Li Wenxi, then squeezed through the doorway.

Li Wenxi followed closely.

Jin Yue kept an eye on the situation behind, seeing Xu Xin and others squeeze through, took a final glance at the eerily quiet corridor, and squeezed through too.

Outside the door, it wasn’t a corridor anymore.

The view outside was surprisingly expansive, so expansive that Xu Xin and the others couldn’t have imagined.

Expansive enough for them to see the entire interior of the world tree.

What shocked Xu Xin and the others was, the interior of this world tree was devoid of any rooms, it was simply...