Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse

Chapter 1373 - 689: Confronting the Giant Crimson Crystal! (Part 3)

"Heh heh..." Xu Ying chuckled softly, "They never would have imagined that what this time’s invaders want to do is much more troublesome than they thought."

They intend to destroy the entire scarlet crystal and drive these alien invaders off Earth.

They couldn’t have imagined things would be this severe, otherwise, they wouldn’t have only sent seven or eight alien invaders to patrol here.

"Now there are only three of them, I’ll take you guys up directly."

As Xu Ying spoke, she brought Xu Xin and Zhao Xiaochuan to a place temporarily unnoticed by those seven alien invaders, then lightly stomped her foot.

The three of them fell into a violet-black vortex and disappeared from the spot.

Then, they reappeared directly at the core of the World Tree, beside that hole.

Although the hole on the core of the World Tree was a pathway to an underground space, there were no alien invaders guarding here.

Moreover, Xu Xin noticed that those fully armed alien invaders patrolling here seemed to maintain a small distance from the core of the World Tree, none of them getting too close.

"...Are the alien invaders afraid of the World Tree’s core?" Xu Xin speculated in a low voice.

"I have the same feeling." Xu Ying glanced around, nodding slightly, "Humans on Earth can’t withstand the illumination of the scarlet crystal. It’s not unreasonable that the alien invaders dislike this shimmering white crystal."

Xu Xin nodded gently, "That’s just as well."

He rotated his bracelet and released everyone inside of it.

"Everyone, take one protective membrane for radiation shield. Get it ready. We’re going down." Xu Xin said softly.

Before coming, he had already distributed three sheets of membrane to everyone.

He had obtained at least fifty sheets from there, three per person were more than enough.

Everyone looked around and quickly draped the membranes over themselves.

"Xu Xin, Yingying." Li Wenxi, draped in a transparent membrane, walked up to the two of them and said softly, "Earlier when we went inside, the monster said that if you need it, you can release it at any time now."

Xu Xin nodded lightly.

He had the same plan.

Since there are alien invaders here, it’s impossible that they haven’t set up defenses around the scarlet crystal.

But they need to conduct various operations on the scarlet crystal, so they need a safe environment.

Perhaps the monster can provide them one.

"Let’s go."

Xu Ying was the first to jump in, spinning as she slid down.

Xu Xin nodded to everyone and jumped in as well.

The core of this World Tree is huge, with a diameter of seventy to eighty meters.

Xu Xin felt as though he was on a very long spiral slide, continuously sliding downwards.

"Brother, we’re almost there, slow down, don’t crash directly into me." Xu Ying’s voice floated up from below.

While slowing down, Xu Xin reminded the people above.

Soon, he saw the endpoint below.

And...

A gigantic scarlet crystal!

An incomparably brilliant light!

In an instant, the radiance was so intense that he almost couldn’t keep his eyes open.

Simultaneously, he felt the transparent membrane draped from his head down to his feet slightly warming up.

Fortunately, he didn’t feel uncomfortable.

At the same time, the light wasn’t entirely blinding, it was presumably absorbed by the membrane to a large extent.

The membrane sure was effective.

And Xu Ying hung at the lowest position, not going any further down.

"Brother, indeed there is trouble ahead." Xu Xin said in a low voice.

Xu Xin slid behind Xu Ying, rubbed his eyes, and looked down again.

"This..." His pupils suddenly contracted.

At a glance, he saw the rows of black cannon muzzles by the scarlet crystal.

The muzzles were precisely aimed at the exit position where they were now!

...So this is the preparation made by the alien invaders!