Chapter 84: The Hierarchy of the Last Days (3)

There are not as many levels of mutated animals and plants as humans and zombies.

There are five levels of mutant animals (collectively referred to as mutant beasts in the last days), the first level is the lowest level, and the fifth level is the highest, but even if it is a mutant beast of the same level, it will be uneven in strength due to different species.

Unlike humans, who are a large species, there are many species of mutant beasts, each with its own strengths and weaknesses, and most of them are natural enemies or food for other species.

And there is natural suppression between mutant beasts, even if some mutant beasts already have the top strength of the fifth level, but if they encounter a mutant beast that was once a natural enemy, even if the other party is not more than one level, with its strength, it can actually crush the other party into slag casually, but the nature of being afraid of natural enemies will still make it fear from the heart, and its whole body trembles and cannot move.

Therefore, those species that were at the top of the food chain before the mutation, after the mutation, even if they were only first-level low-level mutant beasts, they could easily kill those high-level mutant beasts that were their food before the mutation.

Not only that, but some species of mutants are born with ability bonuses, some species of mutants will awaken abilities during the upgrade process, and some mutants will not have abilities for the rest of their lives.

Because of these uncertain factors of mutant beasts, in the early stage of the apocalypse, when humans did not know much about mutant beasts, at that time, no matter how many levels of abilities they had, they did not dare to act easily after encountering mutant beasts.

Since the middle of the apocalypse, the food produced by humans before the end of the world has been exhausted, and humans have to find edible post-apocalyptic animals and plants to keep themselves alive.

The advanced Adepts who first discovered this began to capture mutant beasts and tame them as their own helpers to help them get more food.

Although these powerful mutant beasts have made humans suffer heavy losses and fear in the early apocalypse, their excellent hunting ability has also made people want to tame them for their own use, but even the species that have been tamed by humans seem to have regained their wildness when they were not tamed in ancient times, and humans have paid a terrible price for taming them in order to tame them, but the results are quite gratifying, once they are tamed, they will be loyal.

If a tamed mutant beast gives birth to a cub and has been in contact with humans since childhood, and the mutant cub raised by humans, they will regard the closest human as their master, and swear to follow the guard to the death, and be loyal.

Unlike mutant beasts that can be domesticated, mutant plants have been a lingering nightmare for humans since they appeared.

Although there are only three levels of mutant plants, because of the different species, the distribution of strength is full of uncertainty like that of mutant beasts, but it is generally recognized that vine mutant plants are the most terrifying and difficult.

However, mutant plants are still a little different from mutant beasts, low-level mutant beasts are still very easy to solve in front of high-level abilities, but even the lowest-level mutant plants are extremely difficult opponents to headaches, because although they only have three levels, mutant plants have always been a group tactic.

Because the mutated plants still retain the ability to continue to use photosynthesis to provide nutrients for themselves before the end of the world, unless the appearance of the mutation changes particularly greatly, even if those plants are mutated, as long as it is in a state of sufficient nutrition and does not need to hunt, then it looks almost no different from normal plants without mutation.

Because many mutant plants don't look much different from the unmutated plants around them, this makes them difficult to be found by passing zombies, humans and mutant beasts, these zombies, humans and mutant beasts who look away are not aware of the danger approaching the mutant plants, and when they/they get close enough, the mutant plants will trap them/them without them noticing, once trapped, whether it is zombies, humans or mutant beasts, they are either dead or disabled, and it is extremely difficult to escape.

And because of the fact that plants can't move on their own, there are also a lot of normal and unmutated plants around many mutant plants, but even if they don't mutate, it's only temporary, because the root system of mutated plants seems to secrete some kind of special fluid, which can prompt the surrounding unmutated plants of the same kind to start moving in the direction of mutation, until all of them become mutated plants like it.

Therefore, once zombies, humans, and mutant beasts find that the plants around them that look ordinary have actually mutated, they have almost fallen into the center of the mutated plants at this time, because the first mutated plant must be the highest-level plant, and it must be different from other plants around it. The basis for humans and mutant beasts to distinguish between mutant plants and not, but when they are generally discovered, it is already a luxury to retreat with their whole body, and then they fall into the camouflage trap of mutated plants, and they can no longer escape, and finally die sideways, becoming another nourishment for mutant plants.

So even if it's just a first-level mutant plant, what if there is a large area of mutant plants around that can't be seen? Many high-level zombies, mutant beasts, and supernatural people are planted on the mutant plant, and the mutant plant with full camouflage skills has become a nightmare for all active creatures in the last days.

However, it is not impossible to escape completely, as long as you detect it before entering the attack range of the mutant plant, and if you take a detour, or find the weakness of the mutant plant, you can still pick up a life.

However, the weaknesses of mutant plants vary, some are in the roots, some are in the branches, but this is also the focus of their defense, once any prey enters the attack range of mutant plants, it is difficult to even protect themselves, let alone have to be distracted to find their weaknesses, and it is a blessing to be able to save their lives and escape.

There is also a way to completely defeat the mutant plants, which is to start from the edge of the mutated plants and eradicate them little by little, and the mutant plants that cannot move cannot even escape for their lives. However, mutant plants are difficult to entangle, and they are more difficult to remove, and the root system buried deep underground is larger and more difficult to deal with than the branches and leaves exposed on the surface, so no one is willing to be determined and spend a lot of time, energy, manpower and material resources to eradicate mutated plants.

Therefore, when it is found that plants have signs of mutation, most humans avoid them.

Therefore, wood-based abilities that can sense the mutation of plants are more sought-after than even the most powerful lightning abilities in the mid-to-late post-apocalypse.

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