Chapter 1278: Taking Personal Action
Everyone, following Gu Fan’s suggestion, jogged to the lake and then walked along its edge until they successfully met up with the long-waiting Gu Fan—and not a single person went mad again.
Irina was confused, "What on earth is going on, Gu Fan?"
Many people were curious why so many had gone mad upon approaching the lake before, yet now there wasn’t a single mad person.
Gu Fan explained it this way, "Organization X only told us that drinking the lake water would turn us into stone statues but didn’t mention that getting close to the water could drive people mad. So, I infer that they haven’t experienced people suddenly going mad, which means..."
Su Hui helped him continue, "Which means, it’s not the proximity to the lake water that causes madness, but it’s the forest by the lake that’s truly dangerous."
After this reminder, Lu Yi recalled, "After we went through the forest to this lakeside, none of us were mad at first. But later, when we went back through the forest and stayed there for a while, people started going mad."
Gu Fan nodded, "I suspect that staying in that forest requires some time before one goes mad. If we maintain a normal pace, we can get through that dangerous forest before the madness hits."
"Did you notice that on the way here, there were some trees that looked different from the others we’ve seen? These trees have some strange spots on them," Lin Xi’s statement enlightened everyone.
Gu Fan immediately ran back to check and indeed found those spotted trees, thinking to himself that maybe these were the real culprits behind the madness...