The situation wasn't looking good. Many people who had been close to the purple vines hadn't died, but, just like Xu Huo had experienced earlier, even potions could barely wake them. He tried twice, then gave up. For now, all he could do was pull them out of the wisteria's embrace and take it from there.
A few players recovered quickly and were able to help Xu Huo after getting out.
There were more than twenty players from Hai City near him, and twenty of them had survived. As for the others, some of the people at Wormhole Point E25 had survived too. All the survivors were people Xu Huo had rescued earlier, and they had been farther from the wisteria's main stem.
The players could contact the outside world now, but once they woke up, they had no idea how to clear the instance. After waking from the wisteria's embrace, they weren't wearing Hunter Masks.
After rescuing the people nearby, Jin Xiang, a player from Hai City, approached Xu Huo. "Bro, we probably have to clear this instance in our sleep. Do you have a way out?"
Since they could contact the outside world, the best option was to escape using a container item. Ordinary people had no choice but to agree, but the players were hesitant. It wasn't that they distrusted Xu Huo; they had already learned through government channels that he had come in specifically to rescue people.
But once the immediate danger was dealt with, they began worrying about the other risks of entering a container item.
There was a rumor in the game that using container items and Nutrient Agents could cause players to develop symptoms of degeneration earlier. So, players usually tried to avoid using Nutrient Agents in instances, let alone entering container items.