"You've deserved my generosity."
Smiling slightly, seeing the reactions of the red fox and the falcons, Yu Ziyu felt a sense of relief.
Such protective behavior proved that his recent efforts had not been in vain.
With this thought, Yu Ziyu's consciousness slowly sank back into his main body.
Faintly, a deeper transformation had already begun.
...
At this moment, at the valley entrance,
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Accompanied by footsteps, two figures slowly approached.
However, He Qing'er and her younger sister He Ling'er looked pale.
Following their gaze, the entire valley shimmered as if dotted with starlight.
"Sister, I'm not seeing things, right?"
The younger sister He Ling'er tightened her clothes and stared blankly at a golden giant eagle with a wingspan of more than five meters.
Blood continuously flowed down its golden wings, and one grim wound after another made one's pupils involuntarily shrink.
Even more terrifying were the nine black long spears piercing through the golden eagle.
No, those weren't spears.
Looking at the tangled, tightly entwined black roots that looked exactly like spears, He Ling'er fell silent.
After a long while, she turned and glanced at her sister He Qing'er, whose face was also full of disbelief.
He Ling'er asked hesitantly:
"A tree demon?"
Yes, a tree demon.
From ancient myths and legends, these are monsters formed by trees after cultivation.
"I... I don't know."
Shaking her head, usually decisive He Qing'er was now somewhat lost.
But the pale cheeks betrayed the fear in her heart.
She had only come with her sister to take a bath, never expecting to encounter such shocking events.
A golden eagle fighting a willow tree.
The willow tree suddenly surged and pierced the golden eagle through.
God, was this really the world she knew?
Or was it truly like the news reports on TV?
In the past one or two months, He Qing'er had seen many bizarre news reports.
For example, dark currents surged deep in the Pacific, followed by a black shadow swallowing a luxury cruise ship.
Or a passenger plane encountered a crow storm in the sky and disappeared without a trace before it could land.
For these, even He Qing'er, who came from deep mountains, found them hard to believe...
Though some of these stories were indeed strange in the past month or two, they hadn't gone this far.
At most, wild beasts rushing out from the forest to attack travelers.
Experts from various fields had volunteered to step up and investigate...
Of course, the most convincing explanation from these experts was that an unknown substance in the air was causing animals to mutate to some extent.
In the East, this unknown substance was called "spiritual energy."
In the West, it was called "magic power."
And this gave rise recently to the popular "Supernatural Rise Theory," or as some proclaimed, "The Supernatural Era Is Coming."
However, despite all the reports, He Qing'er did not believe a word...
What a joke.
Every day preaching "atheism," and now suddenly "a supernatural era?"
...
Yet now, gazing at the scene at the valley's end, He Qing'er couldn't help but waver.
Yes, waver.
This really seemed like a different era from the one she was familiar with.
A sentient willow tree, a bloodied golden eagle...
The survival of the fittest in the food chain, vividly displayed here...
"Sis, sis..."
Hearing her sister's uneasy voice, He Qing'er grabbed her sister's hand, swallowed hard, then comforted her:
"Don't worry. We'll head back now and report to the village official."
As she spoke, a gleam of insight flashed in He Qing'er's eyes. She exclaimed excitedly:
"The village official said anyone who reports anomalies first will receive a reward."
"Mm..."
He Ling'er nodded heavily but said nothing more.
It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but at this moment, her legs had gone weak, and an odd smell came from her crotch.
"Glug."
Unable to help swallowing, He Qing'er gave the willow tree in the valley a deep look, then grabbed her sister's hand and ran without looking back.
However, shortly after they turned to flee—
"Ah..."
"Help..."
A string of loud, terrifying screams pierced the clouds.
"What's going on?"
Startled awake by these high-decibel cries, Yu Ziyu slowly raised his branches and looked toward the horizon.
After a moment, he saw groups of black shadows surging in like tides from all directions.
There were wild boars as large as cattle, their eyes glowing crimson.
A several-meter-long blue snake slithered like a released arrow.
There were also packs of wolves flashing with eerie green light, and Yu Ziyu's most hated bees buzzing incessantly.
Of course, the most eye-catching were two girls running wildly several hundred meters ahead of the beast tide.
Their hair disheveled, they looked like madwomen...
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