There are at least twenty human bodies... hanging from it!
Some can still be vaguely recognized as having been young people, perhaps students of Canghai Pavilion.
Some are still dressed in laboratory clothing, indicating that they were either workers or researchers.
Had they... been dead here for a while?
"Retreat! Nie Zhuo has completed his transformation!"
"I don't know what he has transformed into, but judging by this massively mutated Contracted Spirit Fond Spirit... it's likely some career with sinister, contaminating traits. Even with all of us combined, we wouldn't be a match for him!"
Ji Yan shouted out. A large grey-black tree in a rage, violently threw up something like mud.
The Sky Flying Fish quickly darted away. Its previously composed demeanor was nowhere to be seen.
"Beep—beep—"
The instructors located in all directions of the research institute, whether middle-aged or elderly, activated their Personal Badges while retreating as fast as they could.