After only twenty minutes of walking, Fisher led the four of them to the first mission location of his team.
They slowly parted the dense thicket in front of them. Suddenly, an iron tower about five meters high like a high-voltage electric tower came into view.
"We're here!"
Fisher took a deep breath, gestured behind him, and walked directly to the bottom of the iron tower.
Looking up from the bottom of the signal tower, they saw that this tower-shaped building made of steel was taller than the surrounding trees. There was a white light at the top of the iron tower, which looked like a round pearl in the primitive jungle.
Once the signal tower was lit up, they could see it clearly from the top of the mountain.
"This is the first goal of our trip."
Fisher spread out the map made of clothes in his hand and looked at it. He nodded and said, "We have to light up a total of three signal towers, and this is the closest one."
As he said this, he looked at the blonde woman who had been silent on the side.
"I'll do it!"
Jennifer nodded. She took a deep breath and stood directly at the bottom of the signal tower while Fisher quickly waved his hand and had everyone move to the side.
Jennifer was ready to light up the signal tower.
"The black sphere Gantz said that once the signal tower is lit, we'll be cursed. What does this curse refer to? Virus, poisonous gas? Or something else... "
Fisher murmured in a low voice. His expression was extremely solemn. He was ready to immediately escape back to the safe zone if he noticed something was wrong.
At the bottom of the tower, Jennifer raised the communication device in her hand, selected the option to light up the signal tower, and pressed it hard!
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
A few seconds passed, but Jennifer seemed to be still. She stood in place, maintaining the action of pressing the button.
"Jennifer?"
Fisher could not help calling out in a low voice. At this time, Jennifer slowly came back to her senses. She looked away from the screen of the communication device with a blank expression and looked at Fisher. "Did something happen just now?"
"No, nothing happened."
Fisher looked up at the top of the signal tower, only to find that the basketball-sized light had been turned on silently. However, neither the signal tower nor Jennifer herself seemed to have changed.
Jennifer also looked up and then walked toward Fisher. "I didn't feel any curse approaching..."
However, before she finished speaking, she stopped in her tracks.
This was because Jennifer saw that when she walked toward them, everyone, including Fisher, subconsciously took a step back.
"Jennifer, are, are you feeling okay?"
Fisher immediately reacted. He forced a smile and said, "It's great to see that you're okay. We thought that the so-called curse would be a biochemical weapon like rabies!"
"No, I didn't feel anything."
Jennifer's expression darkened. She shook her head and smiled bitterly. "I only saw a strange picture appear on the communication device. When I clicked confirm, the picture disappeared again."
"What kind of picture?" Fisher asked quickly.
Only then did Jennifer pull herself together and put on a thoughtful look. "It's hard to describe. That picture gives me a disgusting feeling. It's like... It's like a pile of corpses or a pattern formed by some stinking filthy things piled up together. It gives off a dirty and disgusting feeling."
"Is that so?"
Fisher frowned. "Is this the curse that the black sphere Gantz mentioned? It shouldn't be... "
"Now's not the time to discuss this. Let's go light up the second signal tower first."
Jennifer shook her head and looked at the group that was far away from her. She simply took the lead and walked forward.
"Be careful of those monsters that are wandering around. Let's keep up!"
Seeing this, Fisher also felt a little embarrassed. He quickly called out to the group behind him and took the lead to chase after them.
In this primitive jungle that no one had come to for who knew how many years, there did not seem to be much danger except for the five huge Tyrant monsters. They did not even encounter poisonous snakes or ferocious beasts. In less than three hours or so, the remaining two signal towers were also lit up.
Next, as long as they sent Jennifer back to the safe zone, their team's mission would be considered complete.
In the first wave of the mission to light up the signal towers, they only needed to light up a hundred of the signal towers closest to the safe zone. At the same time, this mission was also a test to avoid the rules. If they succeeded, it would be easy to light up the remaining hundred signal towers.
As for why they did not light up all the signal towers at once, one reason was that there were Tyrants in the jungle eyeing them. The deeper they went, the more dangerous it would be. Secondly, in case the other party did not admit to their method of circumventing the rules, their team could also cut their losses in time.
Along the way, Jennifer, who was responsible for lighting up the signal towers, did not show any abnormalities.
"Maybe the so-called curse doesn't exist at all? Maybe they're just trying to scare us? "
"Like I said, how can black witchcraft exist in this world? Can it turn people into ashes in a day? It's impossible! "
In the team, people kept whispering, their words full of joy.
On the side, Fisher's heart gradually relaxed. He smiled at Jennifer. "Thank you, Jennifer. You're a hero."
"I hope so."
However, Jennifer only forced a smile and looked disinterested.
Just as Fisher was about to say something to save his image, his pupils suddenly shrank.
This was because he suddenly noticed that a large patch of black substance had spread out from Jennifer's stained back.
This substance spread out from Jennifer's back and had spread to the back of her neck. Moreover, these things did not seem to be stains left behind by walking through the jungle but directly growing from her skin...
It seemed to be a piece of black ash, stuck to the back of Jennifer's neck. As her clothes rubbed against it, the black ash was still falling.
However, after it fell, what was revealed was not Jennifer's original skin, but a large sunken sore...
The sore was pale and at the same time, there was a hint of pink muscle and it seemed to be slowly expanding. It looked inexplicably ghastly.
Even so, Jennifer did not seem to notice such a huge sore.
"Is this the curse mentioned by the black sphere?"
There was a flash of fear in Fisher's eyes. At this time, the glimmer of hope in his heart had completely disappeared. It was obvious that the curse really existed and had begun to come true on Jennifer...
Just as Fisher felt a chill run down his spine, Jennifer seemed to notice something and turned her head. She looked over curiously. "What are you looking at?"
"No, nothing!"
Fisher quickly shook his head and at the same time, quickened his pace again and took the lead to walk to the front. "It's better for us to return to the safe zone as soon as possible. Be careful not to make too much noise, those monsters may appear near us at any time!"
With that, the group hurried on in complete silence.
Just like that, after another two hours of travel, when everyone was a little exhausted, the group finally returned to the range of the safe zone. Suddenly, one by one, they collapsed to the ground and laughed loudly.
However, at this moment, Jennifer suddenly let out a scream. Everyone quickly looked over, only to find that Jennifer was grabbing her long hair in panic.
With a jerk, the hair on the back of her head was directly torn off by her. There were even pieces of black rotten flesh on it...
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