The tree trunk was bare, without a single branch growing near the ground. The places where branches should have grown looked as though they had been violently torn off. No new buds had sprouted from the wounds; instead, they had become patterns resembling "eyes."
For a moment, Lin Yi could not tell whether he was seeing this tree because this was what it actually looked like, rather than the version covered in enormous eyeballs he had seen at first.
Or whether his brain had forcibly generated this "ordinary-looking tree" to stabilize his SAN quickly, just as it had when he saw the Concept-Level Sculpture in Tian Bufan's dream.
Just then, the "camera" shook rapidly again, and the Humanoid Sculptures struggling to crawl up the rugged, steep slope entered Lin Yi's field of view once more.
[Holy shit... holy shit... huff, huff, huff...]
The "cameraman" scrambled back to his feet in utter panic and ran toward the light with all his strength.
The "camera" bounced wildly. Apart from the shaky, unstable footage, all that remained was the noise from the "cameraman" and his surroundings.
Lin Yi could sense the "camera" growing increasingly blurry, but it was also drawing closer and closer to the light.
Finally, after running for who knew how long, the "camera" burst out of the Wooded Belt. Then the "cameraman" lost his footing, missed a step, and rolled down a slope. By the time the "camera" steadied again, Lin Yi could already see the somewhat gloomy sky and clouds.
Besides the sky and clouds, he seemed to be able to see... a person covered in wounds, sprawled on the ground.
This was the "cameraman," and the "camera" providing Lin Yi's viewpoint was probably some sort of Micro Camera like those expedition teams strapped to their heads.
When the