Moving through the tree walls went smoothly. Apart from the baby's cries, there was no other interference.
As they went deeper, Yi Chen also became increasingly familiar with the process. He only needed to extend one hand in front of him, and the tree trunks ahead would move aside on their own.
Moreover, during this process, Yi Chen gradually discovered another difference in these wall-like trees.
The sap flowing through the trunks really did carry a strong smell of blood. This was certainly directly related to the nutrients absorbed by their roots... It was precisely these special nutrients that allowed them to form walls a hundred meters high, defying common sense.
As for Jin, she looked as if she were on vacation, following leisurely behind them with enough spare time to chat.
"I didn't expect you to have such good control over plants... Are you planning to open a clinic in the future?"
"I have no such plans for now."
"Hopefully you won't have any such plans in the future either. Clinics are tools organizations use to bind talented people.
"Like me, I try to minimize my contact with Zion. Once Zion has squeezed all the value out of me, I'll leave this place. Want to come with me then?"
"Focus on the task at hand, Jin."
"What a boring man."
After moving through the tree walls for more than three hundred meters, they finally peeled through the innermost layer of trunks.
What greeted them was no paradise beyond the world, nor did they feel any relief from emerging through the clouds... There was no sunlight at all. Instead, they had entered an even darker inner region, where not a trace of light could be seen.
At the top of the nearly hundred-meter-high walls, the tree branches grew just as