Xia Miao did not hesitate. She raised her Plasma Large Sniper Rifle again and fired at the Ear-Mushroom Tree!
When the Energy Beam pierced through the tree's core, the ear-shaped mushrooms on the tree immediately released countless spores that spread in all directions.
A shrill scream spread outward, trying to fill the entire world, but it seemed to be restrained by something and could only travel through the Black Mist.
Only then did Xia Miao see her teammates.
Sure enough, the teammates she had just seen with mushrooms growing all over their faces had all been hallucinations.
They were standing beside her. Two guarded her from either side, while the other two stood back-to-back with her behind her, protecting her rear.
"The tree is dispersing!" Xia Hua nervously raised her gun.
She stood to Xia Miao's left and had always worked in coordination with her.
Right before their eyes, the towering mushroom tree that had reached into the clouds turned into specks of black spores.
Then, the Black Mist gradually dispersed like diluted ink.
Ripples stirred through the air again, and the patter of rain came from afar.
After that, the night returned to silence.
The Black Mist finally vanished, and the familiar great lawn reappeared.
They stood on the grass, and the eyepiece display screens in their helmets reflected the bright glow of the streetlamps.
"Confirm target has disappeared."
"Casualty report."
"None."
"...We're all alive." Xia Miao looked at the white streetlamps reflected on her eyepiece display screen and said in a low voice over the Communication Channel, "It won't be the last one, because we still haven't found the Projection Anchor."
On the west side of the lawn, a blurry fissure silently appeared, as if a demon had opened its eye.
It seemed that the dream had not