After saying this, Jiang Fan ran towards the fruit without hesitation. Clearly, this fruit seemed to offer some clue for Jiang Fan to reference.
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd also rushed after Jiang Fan. Upon reaching the fruit, Jiang Fan immediately stopped and signaled for everyone to halt.
It wasn't because the fruit was some kind of monster, but rather because its actions were quite perplexing.
"Be sure to wear your masks and don't take them off. It seems to be releasing some kind of gas."
Upon hearing this, Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian hid behind Jiang Fan and Yao, appearing quite frightened.
"If we go forward so rashly, will this fruit suddenly explode? If it does, we're done for."
Jiang Fan was quite helpless. Clearly, the fruit had no intention of exploding, but the two of them were overthinking things and letting their imaginations run wild.
However, Dai Xiaomei's fear was understandable. After all, she had just experienced something similar. It was impossible for her to recover so quickly, so it was quite comprehensible.
"It's okay, we're here with you, and you'll be alright. As long as you stay with us, I guarantee no one will be able to threaten your safety."
Hearing this, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei slowly moved forward towards Jiang Fan. As they approached the fruit, they found it wasn't as scary as they had imagined.
"See, I told you, it's just a fruit, nothing major."
Just as Jiang Fan thought nothing would happen, the fruit suddenly emitted smoke, which emanated from within. This was clearly its way of breathing.
"What's going on? This smoke is so strange! Quickly cover your mouths and noses, don't inhale this smoke."
Hearing Jiang Fan's words, the others quickly covered their mouths and noses, not daring to approach the fruit. Jiang Fan then blew away the smoke and immediately moved closer.
Ants were gathered around the fruit. After encountering this situation, the ants began to run around randomly, as if they didn't know what they were doing. Clearly, they had been affected by some kind of illusion.
Of course, there was also the possibility of hallucinations. Otherwise, such a thing wouldn't have happened.
"I suspect Dai Xiaomei was affected by these things. We must not inhale them. If we do, we're finished."
If only Dai Xiaomei were affected, it would be manageable, and her teammates could wake her up. But if everyone were affected, it would be disastrous, especially Jiang Fan and the other two combat personnel. If they were to attack the others, it would be troublesome.
Their combat abilities were no joke. They could easily shred an ordinary person. Jiang Fan dared not be careless with such terrifying combat power.
At this very moment, the ants around the fruit suddenly rioted. They weren't minding their own business like Dai Xiaomei. Instead, they began to attack each other, frantically biting at each other's necks.
Seeing this, Jiang Fan was terrified. He could already imagine what horrific things the two main combat personnel of their team would do to him if they were controlled.
"Therefore, none of us three can be controlled by this thing. If we are controlled, it will be too dangerous for the rest of us, and we could very well lose our lives. Do you understand what I mean?"
Yao and Gun Gun unconsciously raised their masks a little higher, fearing they might inhale the surrounding aura and lose control.
As soon as one of them was controlled by this mysterious substance, they would immediately attack their two companions. If the two companions couldn't bear it, they would have to kill themselves.
However, this was the correct choice. Otherwise, the condition would only worsen, eventually leading to everyone else being injured.
Jiang Fan picked up his axe and swung it at the large fruit, cutting it open.
The aura emanating from the fruit exploded, filling the entire area with smoke.
"Do not inhale this smoke. It's just as I said."
Jiang Fan observed the ants again. These ants were like madmen, frantically devouring the surrounding plants until they choked to death.
Facing these ants, Jiang Fan and the others had to flee. Although most of the ants had choked to death, the surviving ants were extremely aggressive. If bitten by these ants, one might be infected with the toxins within their bodies.
Jiang Fan ran to a place with water, scooped up a bowl of water, and splashed it towards the ants. Only then did the ants stop their pursuit.
"Does this mean we've resolved the illusion problem? We no longer have to worry about illusions."
Jiang Fan thought the matter was settled. But after he finished speaking, Zhou Niannian patted his shoulder, signaling him to look behind them.
When Jiang Fan looked back, he realized that behind him were not just one or two illusion fruits, but a whole patch of them!
If they had to destroy all these fruits, it was estimated that all of them would die.
"This place is really not suitable for us to stay. It's too dangerous. If we stay here, I'm worried these fruits will affect us."
It was probably the influence of these fruits on Dai Xiaomei's body that caused the incident.
"Let's leave quickly. Since we know what's going on, we can all just avoid them. We must not let these fruits affect us."
After speaking, everyone quickly followed Jiang Fan, fearing that the fruits would control their minds.
As Jiang Fan was leaving, he cut off a small piece of an illusion fruit and put it into his backpack.
"Better to have it than not. It's better to keep it for self-defense. It might be useful later."