At the edge of the Eternal Forest, Merchant Anthony emerged due to a summons.
"They have eyes, can they discern the location?"
Merchant Anthony shook his head.
Lu Li looked towards the depths of the forest from where a slender river flowed, did they encounter an accident...
Instructing the merchant to bring Andrea, Lu Li returned upstream alone.
A few dozen minutes later, he arrived at the upstream branch, the marks still there: the agreed-upon twenty-one Fluorescent Fruits stacked into The Spire, clear and conspicuous.
Lu Li approached the mark, noticing traces of movement around The Spire mark—a line resembling the serpentine tracks left by many snakes extending, revealing the source as Lu Li followed: a Fluorescent Plant rooted in black mud, devoid of its fruit.
A scene emerged in his mind: the Fluorescent Plant extricating its roots, moving along leaving wriggling traces, approaching the riverside, leaving its fruits stacked into The Spire.
