Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1345 - 680: Blood Patterned Vine Returns (Part 2)

"Ooh!"

Keke let out a cry again from Xu Xin’s arms, its little paw pointing in a direction.

Earlier, Keke had already guided them several times.

"Keke, we’re almost at the tree trunk. Do you really know where the entrance to the World Tree is?" Lou Fei’Er bent down and looked at Keke, "Please don’t lead us astray; our lives are in your hands."

"Ooh!" Keke lifted its small head, indicating there was no need to worry, trusting it couldn’t be wrong.

The four continued to walk in the direction Keke indicated.

All around remained silent, nothing happened.

This silence felt a bit scary, Li Wenxi instinctively moved closer to Xu Xin.

"Ooh!" Keke squirmed in Xu Xin’s arms, seemingly wanting to jump out again.

"Keke, I told you, you’re not allowed to jump out of my cloak!" Xu Xin pressed the little creature back in.

The little one might really not be noticed by others, but even if there was a slight chance, he wouldn’t let Keke act recklessly.

"Ooh... Ooh ooh!" Keke felt a little down initially, then raised its head again to guide the four.

They continued forward for a hundred meters.

"Ooh!" Keke cried, its small paw waving.

Xu Xin understood and said to the three women, "Stop here, this is the place."

The location was more than a hundred meters away from the World Tree’s trunk, surrounded by nothing but barren land.

"Ooh, Ooh ooh!"

Keke cried several times, its small paw pointing at the ground.

"The ground?" Xu Xin looked down.

The area was full of ordinary soil, indistinguishable from any other place.

"Ooh!" Keke squirmed again in Xu Xin’s arms.

"Wenxi, is there anything unusual underground in this plot?" Xu Xin turned and asked Li Wenxi.

Li Wenxi shook her head in confusion, "No. At least I didn’t find any metallic objects underground."

"Keke, are you suggesting we dig down?" Lou Fei’Er pointed downward.

"Ooh!" Keke shook its head vigorously.

Hmm...

Xu Xin activated his discernment ability.

"Eh..."

He suddenly discovered, just a few steps ahead, a circular piece of land about three meters in diameter was of purple-grade soil!

Most surrounding areas were of green-grade soil, not even much blue-grade soil, and this sudden circular purple-grade soil seemed so odd.

Seeing Lou Fei’Er about to walk forward, Xu Xin immediately tugged her, "Come back."

"Ah? What’s wrong?" Lou Fei’Er’s tone was somewhat serious, immediately making her tense, "Is it dangerous ahead?"

"That piece of land..." Xu Xin shared his discovery with the three women.

Then, he touched Keke’s ear in his arms, "Keke, are you suggesting we step onto that piece of land?"

"Ooh!" Keke nodded its head.

"I’ll go first; I’ll give it a try," Jin Yue said, stepping forward to enter the purple-grade soil.

"Hey!" Li Wenxi and Lou Fei’Er immediately pulled her back.

"Don’t rush." Xu Xin waved his hand, glancing at the little creature in his arms, "We have an all-knowing guide here."

Keke "Ooh ooh ooh-ed" to communicate with him.

Xu Xin stroked his chin.

Keke’s suggestion was to step into the area and stamp hard on the ground.

This simple action.

"Is this... the way to enter the World Tree?"

Xu Xin looked at the World Tree Xu Ying and Wen Guixin entered.

The method there was far more complicated.

But it’s understandable.

After all, that World Tree houses the "Source of Life" of extraterrestrial invaders, so both access and defense would be very rigorous.

Whereas the World Tree they were entering wasn’t as significant.

If there aren’t any crucial resources inside, naturally, entry and exit would be freer.

Yet, the method remains eerily unusual.

"Let me try it first," Jin Yue said.

"No, let’s do it together." Xu Xin petted Keke in his arms.

Keke wouldn’t harm them.

Might as well skip trying.

Repeated entries would surely trigger the World Tree’s response, potentially causing problems if discovered.

The four stepped onto the purple-grade soil together.

"Let me count to three, then we’ll all stamp the ground simultaneously. Right, Keke?" Xu Xin looked down.

"Ooh!"

The women indicated they were ready.

"One, two, three!"

The four lifted their feet simultaneously, stamping on the ground.

Then...

Nothing happened.

The four exchanged glances, feeling a bit awkward.

"Keke, you..." Lou Fei’Er began to speak but suddenly stopped.

The other three also sensed something amiss.

The ground began to tremble slightly.

Plus, the tremor started to intensify slowly!

"Um, we won’t just fall through, will we...?" Li Wenxi grabbed Xu Xin’s arm.

"Very... very likely!" Lou Fei’Er grabbed his other arm.

Xu Xin’s eye slightly twitched, "Keke, are you sure... there’s no danger?"

From his map ability, a red dot appeared right where they stood, glowing brighter!

"Ooh!" Keke nodded its head, nestled in his arms without moving, looking completely unthreatened.

Xu Xin took a deep breath.