“Humph… finally here.”

As Feng Bujue spoke, a sparrow flew down from the darkness above him and slowly came before him.

“My mother killed me.
My father ate me.
My brothers and sisters climbed down from the table,
And gathered up my bones…
And buried them… in the cold stone tomb.”

A child's voice, devoid of any emotion, rang from the sparrow's mouth and into Feng Bujue's ears.

“Ah… I already know all this, you don't need to repeat it.” Feng Bujue stopped and looked up at the sparrow. “Can you tell me something new, like… where is that 'stone tomb'? And… after we find your bones, what do you want us to do with them?”

“You'll never find my bones,” the sparrow replied. “Because… you're all going to die here…”

Before the words faded, a sudden change occurred.

Chichi chichi…

At that moment, cracking sounds suddenly rang out, one after another.

Countless cracks appeared on the stone walls on both sides of Jue-ge. From within the cracks emerged dots of black buds.

Flowers bloomed into roses, richly fragrant. Petals fell and turned to powder, scattering and withering.

Black roses instantly covered the stone walls, the scattered petals and pollen like mist and haze, tragically beautiful and serene.

However, in Feng Bujue's eyes, this "beauty" was dangerous, deadly…

“Pollen that lowers survival value upon entering the respiratory system, huh…” Feng Bujue's eyes flashed with black light as he muttered, “This kind of gas attack is indeed quite troublesome…” As he spoke, he had already taken out the [Oxygen Pipe] from his bag and put it in his mouth. “I need to hurry and see how the others are doing.”

“Want to leave?” the sparrow said coldly. “Not so easy!” Its voice was childish, but its tone revealed a fierce killing intent. “Father, stop him!”

After the sparrow finished speaking, it flew back into the shadows above.

In the next second, the surface of the river a few meters in front of Jue-ge suddenly burst open, a column of water soaring into the sky.

White stone walls, black roses, colorless river water, reflecting golden light.

Against the backdrop of this bizarre scene, a burly figure rose ferociously from the mud at the bottom of the river, bursting through the gold and silver jewels covering the riverbed, and emerged onto the surface of the water.

It was a male ghost, wearing a white shirt and suspender pants, barefoot, floating in mid-air.

His whole body seemed to be swollen, his bulging muscles almost bursting through his clothes. And the most severely swollen part was undoubtedly his head. His head was ridiculously large, his entire face distorted by the swelling; his mouth could no longer close, because a piece of bloody flesh was stuffed inside…

“Oh? 'Father' has become a ghost too?” Feng Bujue said, grinning (because he had a pipe in his mouth, he was only using one corner of his mouth to speak) after seeing the monster. “If I remember correctly, in the fairy tale 'The Juniper Tree', which is associated with 'my_mother_has_killed_me', 'father' and 'sister' didn't die…”

“Gaah—err—aah—” Just as Jue-ge was pondering, the monster staggered forward, as if "walking," treading through the air and approaching. As he walked, he made strange noises, as if trying to say something.

“Hmm…” Feng Bujue looked at the monster, thought for a few seconds, and said, “I don't know if you're being controlled, or if you've become a monster in the true sense… but, I'm sorry, I don't have time to entangle with you…”

Before the words were finished, he moved.

In an instant, a strong wind rose, and spiritual energy ascended.

Feng Bujue stepped on [Moon Steps], his body like a swimming dragon, his eyes without the slightest hesitation, directly rushing towards the monster in front of him.

At the moment he tilted his body, black energy covered his hands, this was the prelude to the activation of [Evil King Flame Kill Purgatory Scorch]…

Chi—

In just an instant, blood spurted out.

But see… on the river surface filled with black floral mist, a surge of fiery spiritual energy tore open a path, a purple figure like thunder and lightning, tearing the enemy in front into charred pieces of meat.

“Sparrow, oh sparrow, a monster of this level can't stop me…” After Feng Bujue finished this charge, he continued to move forward without stopping, running madly across the water.

He didn't look back to see if the monster was completely dead, because in this race against time, there was no extra time for him to finish the job.

“As expected… not only near me… both banks of the entire river are now covered with black roses.” As Feng Bujue ran wildly, he was also observing the environment and thinking calmly, “The average human can hold their breath for thirty seconds to two minutes… and as players who are far stronger than ordinary people, who are already at level forty-something, they should all be able to reach about five minutes.”

Bang bang bang—

Continuous explosions sounded from behind, but Feng Bujue still didn't look back.

“So 'father' still isn't dead…” he thought, “But… judging from the sound, he can't catch up for the time being… even if I don't go all out, he can't close the distance.”

His judgment was correct, the monster was indeed not dead, and quickly regrouped and chased after him… However, this monster's movement speed was a fatal flaw, wanting to chase after Jue-ge in a serious state… it was probably a case of the spirit being willing but the flesh being weak.

“Assuming… none of the five of them have encountered monsters, I only have about five minutes left to solve their breathing problem…” Feng Bujue's mind didn't stop, and his feet moved even faster. “If they trigger some kind of battle, then the situation will be even more dangerous… the time they can hold their breath will be greatly shortened, or even interrupted.”

Thinking of this, Jue-ge happened to see Ou Bu's figure. The latter had already come into the water, floating by treading water with his feet, but he didn't need to worry about breathing, because…

“Oh? This guy…” When Feng Bujue came behind Ou Bu, his expression immediately relaxed, “…he actually has an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus with him!”

As a very professional medical specialist player, it was not surprising that Ou Bu would have these things, of course, Ou Bu himself didn't expect that these things would come in handy in this situation.

“Huh?” A few seconds later, Ou Bu heard the sound of splashing water. He immediately turned around and saw Jue-ge rushing towards him. “Oh! Teacher Jue! This pollen…”

“I know, I'm fine, come with me.” Feng Bujue directly interrupted Ou Bu and quickly said these nine words.

When he said the first three words, he was still behind Ou Bu; when he said the middle three words, he had already grabbed Ou Bu's arm; and when he said the last three words, he had already dragged Ou Bu away…