"Humph, you might have something to do with their deaths!" someone retorted.
Mo Fan ignored them. He went up to one of the corpses and said, "It's all because of you.
"Your illness is caused by this Mountain Frost Lotus. It emits some kind of pollen that permeates the air. This kind of invisible pollen can cause some people to fall into an allergic state similar to altitude sickness."
"Many plants bear fruit. When these fruits are ripe, they are picked and eaten by some animals. Not long after, the seeds of the fruits are excreted by the animals' feces and fall in other places in the forest … This process is equivalent to the plant spreading its seeds."
"The Mountain Frost Lotus is the same. It puts the living creature in a state of emergency, forcing them to rely on its detoxification ability to treat illnesses. The Mountain Frost Lotus is able to cure a lot of poisons, but that doesn't apply to the patients it sows.
"Consuming the Mountain Frost Lotus is the same as eating its fruits. Everyone has a seed in their stomach. The seeds won't be excreted by excretion. They will steal from the patient's body and kill them instantly. The corpses of those who are killed will be nourished by the seeds. A new Mountain Frost Lotus will grow from the corpses after a few years. "
Mo Fan cut open one of the corpses and took out its heart while he was talking.
He crushed the heart again, and suddenly, a large amount of green juice burst out. Just as everyone was feeling disgusted, a sprout demon with legs jumped out like a flea and tried to burrow into the soil in a panic.
Mo Fan grabbed the sprout monster in the dead man's heart and placed it in front of Kuma.
The sprout monster was only the size of a little finger, but it was extremely strong and aggressive. It quickly grew tentacles and lunged at Mo Fan's nose, trying to block Mo Fan's airway.
Mo Fan's eyes glittered. The sprout monster's green tentacles were shattered into pieces.
The others were dumbfounded when they saw it.
It turned out that the sprout monster was the reason so many people had died!
Most importantly, the Mountain Frost Lotus that many people, including the locals, thought was useful for curing poisons had a cruel way of reproducing. It had even taken the lives of a few dozen people in the Mailong Private Military Group when no one was prepared for it!
"Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Gavin snapped.
"I saw a group of dead Hunters at the bottom of a cliff when I was searching for them. Their symptoms were similar to the corpses we saw in the desert. The bottom of the cliff was covered in Mountain Frost Lotuses, and the ground was full of skeletons … there was a Mountain Frost Demon as big as a pine tree. I killed it along the way," Mofan said calmly.
Mofan went forward to search for a path. Among the mercenaries who followed him, a few of the sick had died.
Mofan immediately realized what Apas had said. He followed the scent to the cliff.
Ling Ling had given Mofan the samples of the corpses that had died in the desert before she fell seriously ill. It was not difficult to figure out what was going on after combining the samples!
It was not Mofan's first time seeing a plant that was like a demon in nature, pretending to be a gift from Mother Nature.
"Then … then the people who drank the water …" Tommy felt uneasy, especially when he saw the sprout of a demon sprout being pulled out of a person's heart with his own eyes.
"Only the bodies of those who are sick are suitable for the Mountain Frost Lotus to sprout. Those who aren't sick will be fine after drinking the Mountain Frost Lotus. At most, they will become overly excited and their emotions will be amplified. They might even kill their teammates like dogs for money," Mo Fan said.
Li Yu shuddered when he heard Mofan's words.
"I didn't!" Li Yu immediately defended himself.
"I wasn't talking about you," Mofan said.
A mercenary on patrol dropped to his knees in front of Kuma.
"I didn't want to kill Simon, I really didn't want to kill him. The demon lotus must have controlled my mind. I … I didn't …" the old mercenary almost burst into tears.
"You were the one who signed Simon's Death Claim, right? To think that he trusted you so much. "Tommy let out a long sigh as he looked at the old mercenary.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The old mercenary's head was already bleeding from knocking against the rock.
"What about you? Do you have anything to say?" Mofan finally shifted his gaze to Li Yu and said, "The guy called Walden in my team hasn't returned yet. He went on patrol with you, right?"
"Li Yu, did you really kill Walden for the bet? …" Xu Luoqing looked at Li Yu like he was looking at a monster.
Li Yu's expression darkened.
Kuma stared at Li Yu like a leopard. Li Yu finally broke under the pressure and said, "He seemed to have noticed my intention. I couldn't kill him, so he ran away with serious injuries. He must have been dragged into the cave by some demon creatures. "
"Li Yu! Are you crazy!? "the captain of the tenth team, Xu Luoqing, snapped.
"I … I don't know what's wrong with me, I'm just … like he said, I'm very excited," Li Yu said.
The mercenaries fell silent.
Kuma realized how terrifying the Mountain Frost Lotus was. She immediately started calculating the number of people on the team.
She did not know the exact number. Thirty-three people had been sacrificed to the Mountain Frost Lotus, but five had gone missing, including Simon, who was already dead, and Walden, whose fate was unknown.
The atmosphere in the mercenaries was even stranger. The Mountain Frost Lotus had excited those who were not sick. They had no idea if the other three were killed by demon creatures or the mercenaries.
"You've done well. You've found the root of the problem. Tianshan Mountain … that terrifying Tianshan Mountain … I'm already thinking of turning back!" Kuma said to Mo Fan. It was her first time acknowledging the members of the ninth team.
"Vice Leader, I don't care if your men are innocent, but there's something I'm not going to let go of so easily," Mofan's tone changed.
He was just describing the situation calmly. At most, he was sighing at the unpredictability of the mercenaries. However, when it came to the topic, Mofan's voice was icy cold!
"I heard about Gavin's incident. Gavin suffered a lot, too, "Kuma said." That's not the case.
"Do you really think I'm a three-year-old kid? Do you think I'm going to let it go just because nothing happened? I'll be honest with you, these self-proclaimed elites of your mercenary group are no different from a bunch of useless dogs in my eyes. If I want you dead, none of you will leave this place alive, including you, the Vice Leader! "Mo Fan's aura skyrocketed. His body was shrouded in a layer of black shadow.
The pitch-black canyon was suddenly shrouded in darkness. The Shadow Servants and Executioners were standing behind the mercenaries, who thought they had regained their peace!
The eerie shadows behind the mercenaries were clearly visible. When the mercenaries saw each other's shadows, it was as terrifying as when the executioners saw the executioners behind the executioners!
"What … what do you mean by this!?" Kuma's expression shifted.
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