After saying that, I asked Fatty for his saber, and holding one in each hand, I gave them a demonstration.

Using a clever technique, I carved a hole about half a meter in diameter and ten centimeters deep in the tree trunk in less than three seconds, at a rate of two strikes per second.

Two minutes later, the hole slowly disappeared, and the tree trunk gradually returned to its original state.

After this demonstration, Fatty and the others recognized the feasibility of my method.

"Alright," I said, sheathing my sabers. "Next, we wait. When the sound disappears, we move."

This waiting period was quite long.

About an hour passed before the sharp, piercing sound slowly faded away, while the "dragon fruit" continued to converge on the red tree.

However, the number of "dragon fruit" was less than before. Only a few scattered "dragon fruit" emerged from the darkness, moving like startled rabbits, rushing towards the red tree like red shooting stars.

At this time, Fatty felt that the time was almost right, and he said to me, "Young Master, let's start acting according to your plan now!"

I shook my head and said to Fatty, "Not in a hurry, let's wait a little longer to see if there are any other changes in the red tree."

We continued to wait for about half an hour.

Half an hour later, no more "dragon fruit" appeared around the red tree, and the diameter of the red tree trunk had exceeded two meters. I thought the time was ripe, so I informed everyone to pack their equipment and prepare to leave.

We gathered the knives we had on hand, a total of six. Fatty had two, I had two, Dodge had two. I assisted Fatty in opening the way, Dodge was responsible for the rear, and Rui and Jennifer were in the middle of the team.

"Let's go!"

With a wave of my hand, the five of us began to climb the red tree one after another.

Don't let Fatty's bulky figure fool you; he was really good at climbing trees. Digging holes, applying force, climbing upwards, hand-foot coordination, and extremely strong core strength made him climb very fast.

I looked up at Fatty's butt getting further and further away from my head and cursed, "Fatty, I know you were a reconnaissance soldier and have a lot of skills, but there's no need to climb so fast now! We can't keep up with your speed! If this goes on, you'll be able to get up there yourself, but the rest of us will be sealed inside the trunk of the red tree."

Hearing my scolding, Fatty realized that he was only focused on climbing and was out of sync with the main force, so he slowed down and kept his speed consistent with ours.

We gradually climbed to the place where the upper part of the tree trunk connected with the rocks at the top. Fatty, following my method, raised his right hand high, and with a swift stroke, he chopped off a large red piece of the red tree trunk. Then he switched his right hand to his left hand and swung the knife again, and another large red piece was chopped off.

"Fatty, spiral tunneling, dig a winding upward passage."

I shouted at Fatty.

"Alright, you just watch."

Fatty was quick-witted and skillful with his hands. He didn't disappoint me. Fatty completely followed my idea and dug a narrow, spiraling ladder. I, Rui, Jennifer, and Dodge followed Fatty's speed and continued to climb up the narrow ladder.

Fatty's tunneling speed was much faster than the red tree's recovery speed. We no longer needed Dodge to promptly remove the red pieces on the tree trunk behind us, and Dodge wasn't exerting any effort.

However, the climbing process, which should have been smooth, suddenly made me feel a little uncomfortable.

During the climb, I suddenly felt a tightness in my chest and paused for a moment.

Rui continued to climb at her original speed, not noticing my abnormality, and accidentally bumped into me.

Rui quickly asked, "Young Master, why did you stop climbing? Is there a problem?"

I clutched my chest and didn't answer Rui's question, just as I thought that intense feeling of unease was about to strike again.

The next second, the discomfort in my chest suddenly disappeared, and even that feeling of unease was gone.

The unease actually disappeared? Huh, what's going on?

Just as I was thinking about the reason for the disappearance of the unease in my chest, Dodge urged from below me, "Why aren't you moving up there? The tree trunk tissue under my feet is about to recover."

Reminded by Dodge, I quickly stopped thinking wildly and resumed climbing at a faster pace.

Hiss, it's really strange, why did the unease suddenly disappear?

Just as I was racking my brains, I suddenly thought of one person—Han Yu. Only two things usually made me feel uneasy: one was encountering a life-threatening danger, and the other was Han Yu's in-depth progress on the Kunlun Mountains meteorite exceeding my progress.

Ever since I entered the Kunlun Mountains, I had been feeling faintly uneasy in my chest because Han Yu's progress in Kunlun was ahead of mine, and this uneasy feeling had accompanied me into the Immortal Mountain.

I knew that the faint feeling of unease that had been lingering in my chest came from Han Yu, and now that the unease had disappeared, I felt that it was closely related to Han Yu.

If she had already found the meteorite, this uneasy feeling would not suddenly disappear, but would directly take my life.

The sudden disappearance of the feeling of unease perhaps only had one possibility, and that was that Han Yu might already be—dead.