Half an hour later, beneath a hollow giant tree.
To accommodate this very low-level hunter, they moved at an extremely slow pace.
Under the control of Psionic Shackles, [Bro Don't] and [Mind Storm] returned to the patch of forest where Lao Si had triggered the trap and Lao San had recklessly tested the poison, escorted under heavy guard by dozens of Star Spirit Warriors.
From a distance, through the dense bushes, the Star Spirit Officer halted and made a hand signal, ordering everyone to take cover.
Following his gaze.
Two strange-looking humanoid creatures were sitting beneath the roots of a hollow giant tree ahead.
They were [Wolf in Water] and [Light in the Night], who had finished counting down at the [Biological Beacon] and respawned at full health.
Having learned the news beforehand through the Party Channel, they obediently stayed put, behaving remarkably well.
Since [Wolf in Water]'s equipment had been stripped away by that hunter after his death, he was currently wearing only a beginner's outfit provided by the system. He squatted on the ground with [Light in the Night], listlessly playing with mud.
"That's them, sir," [Mind Storm] explained in a low voice.
However, he failed to notice that the Star Spirit Hunter the officer had brought along to lead the way was staring fixedly at the two people seated ahead, his whole body trembling violently as if he had the shakes.
The hunter's eyes widened further and further, terror-filled blood vessels spreading across his eyeballs!
He looked at the two lively people sitting ahead, then abruptly lowered his head to look at the ground not far away.
There, in an open patch less than ten meters from them...
Two horribly mutilated corpses were lying there!
And the faces of those two corpses were exactly identical to the