bdsm-fiction Chapter 421 Speed is the only way to win
Chapter 421 Speed is the only way to win
Wasim sighed, "But we searched for a long time and didn't find anything special."
Martha pushed up her glasses: "Perhaps... it's hidden, and you need a special method to see it."
"Just like the invisible ink experiment we did in elementary school, some things do exist, we just haven't found the right way to observe them yet."
Martha's words reminded Lin Feng that perhaps he could ask a "local" who was familiar with this forest.
He slowly closed his eyes, and "Call of the Wild" was activated.
Soon, a crisp "chattering" sound came from the branches.
A magpie, entirely black with glossy feathers, fluttered its wings and landed steadily on a branch above Lin Feng's head.
Lin Feng looked at the magpie and asked telepathically:
"Magpie, where is the tree's Achilles' heel? We need to find it and stop the fruit's transformation."
The magpie tilted its head, paused for a moment, opened its beak, and let out a clear chirp.
To an outsider it was just ordinary birdsong, but to Lin Feng's ears it was a clear, cold word with a hint of eeriness—
"Blood!"
With a clear cry, the magpie flapped its wings, circled once, and then flew straight into the depths of the orchard, quickly disappearing among the dark blue branches and leaves.
"Blood?" Lin Feng frowned and repeated it in a low voice.
Wasim was taken aback: "What did you say?"
"Perhaps we can try smearing blood on the tree trunk."
Evelyn nodded slightly: "In the world of ghost stories, blood is a common key to triggering rules and drawing out clues. It might really be able to reveal the Achilles' heel."
Wasim simply said, "Why don't we try and see?"
As he spoke, he bit his fingertip, squeezed out a few drops of bright red blood, and slowly dragged them onto the rough bark.
Then, a bizarre scene unfolded—
The bloodstains on the tree trunk were gradually absorbed by the bark, and beneath the originally ordinary bark, a dark red vein was faintly visible, just like a blood vessel in the human body.
The four exchanged glances, unable to hide their surprise, and took turns smearing the blood on the tree trunk.
The veins extended all the way and soon "imprinted" near the tree roots.
At the end of the vein, a fist-sized, dark red crystal was hidden, pulsating slightly, like a living heart.
"So this is its Achilles' heel!" Evelyn couldn't hide her joy. "As long as we break this crystal, the fruit shouldn't change anymore."
Wasim stretched out his hand to Lin Feng: "Leave the chiseling work to me, I guarantee I'll finish it in one blow."
Lin Feng didn't hand over the chisel: "Wait, often when success is within reach, danger lurks in the shadows. Let me confirm it with my sixth sense."
After saying that, he closed his eyes and entered the deduction space again.
During the simulation, Lin Feng took a deep breath, held a chisel in his left hand and a hammer in his right, and smashed it down hard on the dark red crystal.
"Thump!"
A metallic clanging sound rang out.
However, the bark was too thick, and the hammer blow only broke through the bark without reaching the crystals.
Just as Lin Feng was preparing for his second attack, the dark blue branches and roots in the soil swept towards him like countless venomous snakes.
Lin Feng dared not delay and increased the speed of his hammer swings, each swing faster than the last.
Wasim and Evelyn fought desperately to stop them, using their bodies to block the sweeping branches and tangling roots, but they were quickly bound and unable to move.
Just as the two were about to be tightened, Lin Feng suddenly exerted force—
"Thump—!"
The chisel struck the tree trunk with a loud thud, shattering the crystals.
The ancient tree trembled violently, all its attacks froze instantly, and its frenzied branches and roots retreated like a tide.
Wasim and Evelyn collapsed to the ground, exhausted and panting heavily.
Lin Feng immediately stopped the deduction, opened his eyes abruptly, and exhaled a heavy breath.
"How is it? What's your premonition?" Vassim asked anxiously.
Lin Feng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his tone grave:
"The bark is too thick, and the crystals are hidden very deep. We must penetrate the trunk as quickly as possible. If we are even slightly slow, the ancient tree will turn the tables on us."
As he spoke, he took out the Silent One's Hand Glove from his personal space and put it on his right hand.
In addition to its silence effect, these gloves also enhance strength.
Silence may not work on this tree, but the boost of strength is crucial.
Wasim immediately stepped forward: "Give me the chisel, I'll hold it! Go ahead and apply more force, I'll keep it steady!"
Martha stepped forward: "Leave the chisel to me. You and Evelyn need to fight off the fruit tree's counterattack and buy Lin Feng some time."
Lin Feng nodded, agreeing with Martha's suggestion.
Martha took the chisel, squatted down, gripped it tightly with both hands, held it firmly at the crystal's location, and then nodded to Lin Feng:
"Let's begin."
Lin Feng took a deep breath, and with the support of the Silent One's Grip, he exerted a great deal of force and slammed the hammer down hard.
"Thump—!"
The force was so great that Martha's body trembled slightly.
The chisel pierced the tree trunk like a sharp blade, penetrating three inches into the wood.
The next second, the dark blue leaves swept across, and the roots underground surged out and entangled the four of them.
With a loud shout, Vassim blocked the sweeping branches with his body and gripped the tangling roots tightly with both arms.
Evelyn moved nimbly, dodging the attacks of the branches and leaves as she twisted and turned, while simultaneously reaching out to pull at the roots that were about to entangle Martha.
Without pausing, Lin Feng gathered all his strength again, swung his arm out, and the hammer, accompanied by a whistling sound, slammed down heavily once more.
"bite--!"
With a crisp metallic clang, the chisel pierced through the thick tree trunk, striking the dark red crystal precisely.
With a "crack," the crystal shattered instantly.
The fruit tree trembled violently a few times, and then the wildly flailing branches and roots slowly retreated.
Dark red sap seeped from under the bark and slowly flowed down the trunk.
"I did it!" Evelyn exclaimed excitedly, stretched her arms and legs, gripped the branches on the tree trunk, and climbed up lightly.
In a few moments, he darted to the middle of the fruit tree, gently parted the layers of branches and leaves, and presented the dense clusters of ripe fruit to the camera in the live broadcast room.
Meanwhile, inside the Dragon Kingdom Strange Tales Strategy Command Center, the giant screen was clearly displaying the image of the fruit.
Qin Weiguo's eyes blazed, and he abruptly raised his hand, issuing a command in a deep voice:
"Immediately activate the AI supercomputer to accurately compare each fruit and identify the largest one!"
"Yes!" the technicians responded in unison, their fingers flying across the keyboard, and the supercomputing power was once again fully utilized.
AI vision models can quickly perform pixel-level analysis and 3D volume fitting on each fruit.
Soon, the technicians reported loudly:
"Team leader, calculation complete! Locate the largest fruit—the one at the very top of the tree, closest to the sunlight, with the most intense golden light!"
Qin Weiguo's eyes narrowed, and he immediately turned to the communications specialist:
"Send the fruit's coordinates to the Fog City strategy team so they can relay them to Evelyn!"
A few seconds later, a line of red text appeared out of thin air in front of Evelyn on the tree, clearly marking the location of the largest fruit.
She immediately followed the clues and climbed to the top of the fruit tree, and soon found the Chengxin Fruit with the most intense golden light.
Evelyn carefully reached out her hand, gave it a gentle twist, and with a "snap," the fruit detached from the branch.
She gripped the fruit tightly, looked down, and called out to the tree below, "Lin Feng, catch!"