บท 1007: Life or Death Moment

"If we keep going like this, we are sure to meet our demise. We might as well turn back," one surpasser said, pleading for them to leave. Another surpasser threw up, and others broke down in tears or screams, afraid of the killing trees that surrounded them.

"Turn back? Turn back and go where?" Lin He asked.

"Back to Wind God Shelter," the man answered.

Lin Weiwei angrily retorted, "Have you forgotten what occurred there? It was conquered by a spirit—it would be suicide to return!"

"If we sign a contract, perhaps they won't kill us!" the man said desperately.

Everyone looked to Lin He, thinking the same way.

Whichever way they were headed, their survival was not guaranteed. But amidst the deadly trees that surrounded them, making a groveling return to the shelter to put themselves at the whims of a spirit suddenly seemed like a more attractive option than it had before.