Yuntun answered the instant Yun Luohe spoke.While its shield’s five seconds held, the blood-red pattern on its abdomen surged, and a crown-shaped pheromone wave spread.The moment [Queen’s Dominion] went off, every golden-faced monkey within a ten-meter radius snapped rigid.Terror flashed in their eyes. They weren’t arachnids, but some deep-blood dread of a queen’s pressure locked their bodies straight; they couldn’t move at all. The forced state held for a full five seconds.With that five-second window, Yun Luohe and Yu Chenjin didn’t sit idle.Yu Chenjin sprang, staff whipping, and knocked every frozen monkey around them to the ground.Yun Luohe loosed a string of arrows and killed the ones at range, then lifted the trident and drove the Thunder Vortex Trident through the chests of the nearest leaders.After that, she directed Yuntun to spit a [Thorn-Spike Web]; the barbed net wove a lightless mesh in the air and pinned the rest fast.The web’s reversed barbs kept weeping a paralytic venom.In short order, the entire troop was subdued.Yuntun chittered, thrilled. “Hssss, hsss.”It shrank into a ball and bounced onto Yun Luohe, rubbing nonstop.Yun Luohe stroked it. “Good work, Yuntun. You’re the best.”“Hsss!” Yuntun waggled its limbs in delight.Judging the time right, Yun Luohe tucked it back into the pet satchel before the radiation could gnaw at it.With the troop handled, they moved on.They went on again, and the light in the forest grew darker still; the crowns of the sky-topping elders had nearly sheeted the sky.Suddenly, a swath of phosphorescent marsh opened ahead. On a hummock in its center loomed the outline of a colossal tree. Far as it was, the trunk was so vast—thick and mighty—that it claimed the entire view, and they could still see it.“That’s the Emerald Ancient Tree.” Yun Luohe’s eyes lit.Yu Chenjin: “We’re close. Getting across is the trouble.”Yun Luohe fixed on the marsh underfoot.Black water bubbled; now and then something churned beneath and threw out rings.Yu Chenjin picked up a stone and tossed it. The moment it touched, whatever was below took offense; water heaved, and a black form slid by.“Something’s in there,” Yu Chenjin said, voice dropping. “More than one.”Yun Luohe swept the marsh and found them—dozens of sleek, black eels.Eels were vicious and strong—classic carnivores.This many, in water—most people would be in real trouble.But Yun Luohe had the Thunder Vortex Trident. For her, this was the easy way out.She gripped the trident, drove it into the water, and flared lightning; the blast cracked open and sparks skittered through the pool—like dynamite fishing—blowing dozens of eels clean out.Smiling, she scooped them all and stowed them.She had an auto-loot ring, but kept it off by default; otherwise on landfall the pack would choke with junk, and she’d have to pick through and toss by hand—more hassle than help.So lately, she checked first and then one-key looted.——Fast and decisive, she cleared the marsh of eels in no time.She’d keep this mutant eel meat and process it back home.They changed into special waders, laid planks across the bog, and after a lot of work finally got across safely.Obstacle followed obstacle, but they scraped through each without disaster.Until dusk.At last they stood before the giant—less than fifty meters away.The sight stunned the breath: dozens of trees, each hundreds of meters tall, forming a titanic ring, and the one at the core even more magnificent—the true thousand-year Emerald colossus.The air was saturated with a lush, rain-washed forest scent.@Unlimited Good Reads, all at Jinjiang Literature CityEmerald light flowed along the bark, painting the dim rainforest in strange hues.Dappled shadows fell on soft earth—the soil here perfect humus, springy and rich; it would be ideal to bring back for soil improvement.With every step Yun Luohe and Yu Chenjin took, their feet sank deeper.Dead silence pressed in.Not even insect song.The instant they crossed into the giant’s range,the forest seemed to wake.A multitude of thick vines whipped in from every side to strangle.Yun Luohe made the call and released Yuntun.“Yuntun, suppress those vines.”She hadn’t known where these mutant vines had hidden; now they untwined from the giant and lashed in a frenzy.Yuntun burst out and moved fast. At her order, it spat threads.She flared her perception trait to the limit. It was late—no way they could let night catch them here.Twilight already smudged the canopy; once the sun dropped fully, the whole forest would turn deadlier.Threads jetted from Yuntun’s mouthparts—scores of them—and bound several of the thickest vines at once.The silk was strong by nature, and Yuntun hauled with all its power; with that leverage, Yun Luohe—The vines thrashed wild, snapping in the air——but Yun Luohe wasn’t alone; Yu Chenjin stood at her flank and would not let danger reach her.All of Yun Luohe’s attention locked on the vines; sweat beaded her brow, but her vision had dropped into slow-time—her speed had ramped.The vines that had been arrowing in now crawled.“Behind,” Yun Luohe warned low.With her call, Yu Chenjin didn’t bother to look; he flicked a knife backhand and the vine behind him snapped clean.They moved as one—no wasted words—reading each other’s intent. Side by side, their fighting power was maxed; there was nothing to fear from these vines.One. Two…Yun Luohe swung and cut straight through more than a dozen.Even fallen, the segments twitched on the ground before they finally stilled. From the severed ends, green vapor bled and drifted toward them.But their anti-radiation masks were sealed; nothing would get in.Their bodies were covered tight as well—no real risk.With Yuntun and Yu Chenjin screening, Yun Luohe pushed through to the central giant.She drew a deep breath.Finally there.Her Stamina was nearly gone—only a stubborn scrap left. Once she had the sap, they needed to pull out immediately.A pity about the other resources here; anything on this tree would probably grade high if she could lay hands on it.Her eyes roved the trunk, hunting a spot to draw sap.“Hehe, careful!” Yuntun cried; it sensed something in the bark’s depths.She felt it too.It wasn’t a creature—it was the living rush of resin within.“Got it. Rest in the satchel.”Yuntun couldn’t stay out long.It wasn’t needed now; she sent it back to recover.All she needed was the thinnest point of the heartwood—cut the bark and the sap would come. @Unlimited Good Reads, all at Jinjiang Literature CityThis was her forte.But there was a problem.She’d just checked her Stamina.Only 20 left, and that was after rationing it the whole way.If she climbed and tapped the sap, the Stamina left might not be enough to get her out of the forest.And Yuntun couldn’t remain outside; without armor, the radiation fog would harm it.She glanced to Yu Chenjin. “I’m low on Stamina. I might need to lean on you.”“Don’t worry.”“I’ll owe you one. Back home—name what you want.”“Save it. Sap first,” Yu Chenjin said, eyeing new vines snaking in. “I’ll boost you up.”He crouched and offered his back. The giant’s trunk had no holds at the base—hard to climb. Once she got higher, it would ease.It also saved her Stamina and bought time.Yun Luohe took the help without fuss—stepped on, and Yu Chenjin rose, braced her leg, palmed her foot, and drove her up. She landed on the trunk two to three meters higher.She went up fast on climbing gear, [Scanning Eye] sweeping every patch of bark.But the bark felt like metal, uniform everywhere—nothing stood out.Where…Even under urgent time, she forced herself still inside.Don’t rush.Search.You’ll find it.She breathed, shut her eyes. If sight failed, use something else.Her sense beat eyes any day.@Unlimited Good Reads, all at Jinjiang Literature CityWhat [Scanning Eye] couldn’t mark, she’d feel—the flow of resin under the bark.Time ticked. The sun had slid halfway down, the sky gone ashen—threatening rain.At last, Yun Luohe’s eyes snapped open.“Got it—there!”One spot’s flow sounded off—like a pool where many streams met.She climbed hard, hands and feet both driving.There—the place. Up close, the bark’s color was slightly darker.She pulled a dagger and drove it in!The iron-tough bark, under her full-force thrust, finally yielded a slit an inch or two long.A rich scent of life rose with the thick resin; the liquid gleamed emerald, like jade turned to flow.Right hand pried the cut wider with the dagger; left hand lifted the ruby bottle she’d prepared and pressed it underneath to catch!She didn’t dare pause. The instant the bottle filled, she capped it tight.The moment she stopped cutting, the wound drew closed at a speed you could see.And the resin sluiced away.A few seconds more and the bark there ran dry.The heart had shifted.Which meant that next time she’d have to find the new spot all over again.Yun Luohe’s expression shifted. She didn’t linger; she slid down fast and dropped to the ground before the sun fully set.“Move!” she called to Yu Chenjin.He’d been carving down the last of the vines. Seeing her secure the bottle, he broke off and caught her as she came down.Her Stamina was spent; her face had gone white, her body light in his arms.Anyone else would’ve folded long ago. Her constitution was higher than most—so were her Strength stats—so after an afternoon of slogging and fights she could still finish the job.But she couldn’t match Yu Chenjin in raw physique. And the masks meant no eating—no way to refuel on the run.Fortunately, Yu Chenjin had barely touched his Stamina and didn’t need a bite.Seeing her state, he didn’t set her down—just scooped her and ran.They’d stop in a safe pocket and let her get her feet under her—save her the drain in the meantime.At first she felt awkward; then she glanced at her Stamina—barely 10 left—and said nothing.If she insisted on running, she might black out and become a liability.Night was coming fast. Passing out here would be lethal.Yu Chenjin had the engine for it; he carried her and sprinted without flagging—no heavy breaths, no breaks. It had taken three to four hours to get in; he got them out in one.Just as they were about to set the tent and rest,the system announcement rolled in.[Autumn Disaster is about to °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° upgrade……]

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