The tree trunk was bare; no branches had sprouted from near the ground; the spots that should have been occupied by branches seemed violently torn, with no new buds emerging but rather morphed into a pattern resembling "eyes".
For a moment, Lin Yi could not discern if he saw the tree in such a state because that had been its natural form, or because it had initially appeared full of large eyeballs.
Or was it the scenario where his brain, to swiftly stabilize his san value, forcibly generated the "appearance of an ordinary tree", much like what had happened before with the Conceptual level sculpture in Tian Bufan's dreams.
At that moment, the "camera" shook swiftly again, bringing the human sculptures struggling up the steep slope back into Lin Yi's view.
[Damn... damn... huff, huff, huff...]
The "Cameraman" scrambled up frantically, mustering the strength to run toward that illuminated spot.