Si Ye’s voice was cold and emotionless when he heard the scene described by Qi Jin: “It seems that in order to harvest the mutated fruits from the forest behind, we must deal with the treant.

If it’s not Star Dust and the others who have already taken care of the treant, then we will need to act.”

Of course, ideally, it would be best if they could sit back and reap the benefits, but clearly, the current situation did not allow for that.

Nan Muran, who was close to Si Ye, subconsciously tugged at his finger upon hearing his words. It felt strange—today, Si Ye’s aura had grown even calmer, but it was also colder than usual.

Si Ye noticed her movement and turned his head with a smile in his eyes, reaching out to gently pat her head to comfort her.

Such a simple gesture made Nan Muran feel as though she had fallen into an ice cave. This Si Ye felt more familiar, yet this wasn’t the Si Ye she should be encountering right now.

But in front of everyone, she could not voice her concerns.

“How exactly are treants formed? Are they trees or humans?” the Eagle asked in confusion.

There were too many strange phenomena in this apocalyptic world, continuously pushing everyone’s understanding to the limit.

“Treants are formed when ordinary humans or plant-based ability users are overtaken by mutated trees,” Nan Muran explained, using her mental powers to watch the fierce battle between Star Dust and the treant in the room across.

“When a human’s body is overtaken, there are typically two outcomes. If their abilities are strong enough, they may become a contract plant, with the mutated plant attaching to them. Otherwise, if their strength is weak, the mutated plant completely consumes them, causing them to lose all rationality and turn into a body for the mutated plant.”

Nan Muran furrowed her brow as she sensed a growing sense of danger in the battle. If a mental ability user senses danger, something bad is almost certain to happen.

After a moment’s thought, Nan Muran turned to Qi Jin: “Qi Jin, can you see how they all died?”

Upon hearing her, Qi Jin glanced at Nan Muran and the others, then suddenly felt cold all over. His body involuntarily trembled from the sheer fear of what he had seen.

“Don’t be afraid, Qi Jin. What’s wrong?” the Eagle asked, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder in a gentle tone.

Even the usually cold Jia Wu moved closer, a clear gesture of protection and comfort.

“Sister, I just saw that all of us died, and it was because of this hotel. This hotel is strange,” Qi Jin’s voice was shaking.

“What? What’s going on?” The Eagle cursed aloud.

They had come here to watch a show, not to risk their lives.

“We all died because of this Eternal Night Hotel?” Si Ye focused on the most important detail in Qi Jin’s words.

Qi Jin nodded and then shook his head uncertainly: “This hotel shares a life force with the landlady, Liu Mei. Once Liu Mei dies today, this hotel cannot exist on its own. It…”

“Will it bring us all down with it?” Han Yingtian furrowed his brows in disbelief.

Damn it, they were misled into this, and dying this way was too pathetic.

“If that’s the case, shouldn’t we leave the hotel as soon as possible?” Han Yingtian and the others began to discuss ways to escape.

Nan Muran didn’t think leaving the hotel would solve the problem, but she still decided to try. After a moment’s thought, she stood up and looked at Si Ye: “Si Ye, let’s go check on their situation outside. The rest of you should leave the hotel through the windows and wait for us to signal.”

Hearing her words, Han Yingtian shook his head: “How can we leave the two of you to take risks alone? We should all stay together.”

“Stop arguing, let’s first check if the windows are a viable exit.” Nan Muran frowned in dissatisfaction at Han Yingtian’s insistence, and Si Ye’s voice turned cold as he spoke to him.

Han Yingtian and the others were clearly taken aback.

Though Si Ye usually had a cold aura, he rarely spoke so harshly. Today, he seemed different.

Si Ye, Jia Wu, and the Eagle exchanged a glance, and they silently reached a consensus.

“I think we can’t leave anymore,” Jia Wu said as he opened the window.

Outside the window, threads of red fibers, dense like capillaries, tightly surrounded the entire hotel.

These threads, resembling veins, were still writhing, glowing with a dim red light in the gloomy, oppressive old city.

Qi Jin suddenly warned the others as they stood near the window: “Danger! Don’t touch those things!”

When he predicted this earlier, he had seen these threads attacking everyone in the hotel.

Whether they were ability users or ordinary people, anyone who came into contact with these threads would quickly have their skin rot until they were completely consumed, leaving no trace behind.

Jia Wu hesitated, pulling his hand back, and after checking several times, he sighed in relief.

“It seems we only have one way out,” Nan Muran said coldly, her gaze turning toward the direction of the room’s door.

“Leaving is fine, but once we’re out, we can’t just watch. We need to get involved. Who are we helping?” The Eagle asked, looking curiously at Nan Muran and Si Ye.

Nan Muran’s lips curled into a cold smile, her eyes filled with a steely resolve: “You’ll know once we’re out. We shouldn’t have to choose.”

Qi Jin’s prediction was clear—everyone would die because of this Eternal Night Hotel.

Now that they couldn’t leave the hotel, it meant that, no matter what, they couldn’t let the hotel attack them.

And since this hotel shared life with Liu Mei, the real key lay with her.

Last night, Little Liu and Little Bai had mentioned that the relationship between Liu Mei and the treant was complicated.

It was somewhat forced, but it also seemed like a love-hate relationship. Helping Liu Mei wouldn’t be a mistake.

They would not choose the treant, nor would they choose Star Dust and his group from the underground lab. The first thing they needed to do was to protect Liu Mei, save their lives, and, as much as possible, hold off the treant.

Meanwhile, outside, a man and a woman with abilities, after being bound by the red threads that suddenly appeared on the walls, floor, and corners of the hotel, chose to use their powers.

One of them was a fire ability user.

The ability user concentrated their power, quickly forming a fireball that hurled toward the red threads binding them. The threads contracted when the fire hit.

The male ability user saw hope as countless fireballs spread wildly down the hotel’s sixth-floor corridor.

The intense flames consumed the corridor, and the smell of burning flesh filled the air.

“Eternal Night, are you okay?” Liu Mei asked worriedly as she observed the red threads wriggling in every corner of the hotel.

At the same time, a wind ability user joined forces with the fire ability user, turning the entire sixth floor of the hotel into a sea of flames.

With their cooperation, the fire was starting to spread downward.

The flesh of Eternal Night, which was connected to the building of the hotel, began to burn with the spread of the flames, and the pain became unbearable. In fact, it was already screaming in agony.

The eerie, oppressive screams that came from every corner of the hotel woke all the occupants of the Eternal Night Hotel. Except for the sixth floor, all the other residents noticed something strange.

The entire hotel was now plunged into unprecedented panic.

Liu Mei was extremely anxious—her ability came from the power of Eternal Night, and if it was unable to fight back, she would be left waiting for death.

Meanwhile, Nan Muran, who had opened the door, saw the endless sea of fire in the corridor and couldn’t help but frown.

No wonder these people ended up dying—look at these reckless attacks and fighting styles. They were essentially throwing their lives away.