A black-and-white world, grandiose buildings, and a Giant Tree that blotted out the sky.
Everything beyond the Red Vortex faintly carried an air that could only be described as eerie.
—But all of that was insignificant compared to the fruit that had appeared before them all.
Unlike the world beyond the vortex, which contained only black and white, the fruit growing before them was a vivid, dripping red, its color so intense it seemed ready to bleed.
Before Bai Zhi and the others could make their next move, just a few seconds later, the fruit rapidly grew and swelled before their eyes. Human facial features swiftly took shape upon its surface.
Blood vessels, bones, muscles, teeth, eyeballs...
The changes happening to the fruit were incredibly rapid. In the blink of an eye, six Fruit People, completely translucent red and identical to them in appearance, appeared before them.
The reason there were only six was that the Fruit Person before Bai Zhi had gotten stuck midway through, as if a Progress Bar had frozen at 30%. It remained fixed to the branch in a half-formed state, looking somewhat like a malformed fetus with congenital defects.
"What the hell are these Eerie Things!?"
Although Bai Zhi had immediately led everyone away when the fruits began changing, the others were still startled by the horrifying sight unfolding before them.
"Who the hell knows what they are? Even Tang Yuan got copied by these things... Eh, wait, why is yours missing?"
Before Xiao Shanji could finish speaking, she noticed the undeveloped malformed product among the seven Fruit People, and her expression turned slightly stunned.
"What, is that strange?"
Noticing the probing looks everyone was casting his way, Bai Zhi withdrew his gaze from the Fruit People before him and spread his hands helplessly.
"My