How did the lantern get into the Drill Pod?!
Qin Siyang's eyes widened, and his entire body instantly tensed.
He only remembered reading in the records that everyone attacked by the Nightmare Lantern Tree eventually became like the walking dead, losing their minds as their bodily functions gradually broke down.
Within half a month at most, they would die of heart and lung failure.
Throughout the process, their eyes and mouths would remain wide open, as though they had seen an evil spirit.
Because the cause of death was unknown and the victims died in such a horrific state, people believed they had experienced a nightmare. That was how the Nightmare Lantern Tree got its name.
But no one knew exactly how the Nightmare Lantern Tree attacked people.
Most of those who knew were dead, and the survivors had never made that information public.
Recalling the terrifying effects of the Nightmare Lantern Tree's attacks, Qin Siyang realized that this lantern fruit must be responsible. Instinctively, he tried to push away the lantern bearing his own face.
To his shock, however, his arm passed straight through the lantern without any resistance.
"What the hell?!"
Qin Siyang tried to get away from the lantern, immediately pulling back to flee.
But before he could act, the intangible lantern fruit enveloped him.
Dark golden light filled his vision...
As the dark golden light gradually faded, his vision cleared again.
Only now, he was somewhere unfamiliar.
The bright ceiling light made it difficult for him to open his eyes.
The utterly ordinary square panels of the suspended ceiling gave him a sense of familiarity.
His mind felt like mush, and there were so many things he could not remember. He could not remember what had happened, his own name, or why he was