Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Strange Fruit of the Giant Tree
It wasn't until the metal rod was sucked into Vivien's box like a missile that Wu Yun realized that the material and texture of the two were identical. Only then did he realize that the weapon was originally a metal box. No wonder you can't usually see it. If you say you can use it, you can take it out instantly.
The sand at the entrance of the cave was a few centimeters high, and the height of the newly made car was very low, so it didn't seem to have much impact. The previous concerns of the two were obviously a bit redundant.
Entering the dim cave around him again, Wu Yun couldn't help but feel a little worried, and the feeling of suffocation before enveloped him again.
He couldn't make out Wendy's face in the back seat, but he could hear her humming cheerful music in front of her, and it was clear that she was taking the dangerous move as entertainment.
Wu Yun pushed away the flap on his head with his hand, he didn't want to just keep seeing the seat in front of him.
He got up from the seat of the car, but fortunately the height of the cave was not short, and he stood up a few centimeters away from the entrance of the cave.
Although the cave was still dark, the light problem was significantly improved with Vivien's box in the back of the car.
Wendy was clearly confident, and she didn't feel a hint of jerkiness in her drive, and the two-seater car moved like a glowing red firefly in the irregular, dimly lit hole. It didn't take long for the two to come to the fork in the road where the two had met before.
"Where do you say to go?" Wendy asked aloud, "Go to the giant ant or go..." There was a hint of hesitation in her words.
"Let's go to the giant ant carcass first." Wu Yun saw her uneasiness and immediately chose a plan that was more acceptable to her.
Since the chosen hole did not change much in size, the car easily turned around. The light inside was much worse than the main tunnel, and as soon as Wendy swung the steering wheel, the car immediately turned a hundred and eighty degrees, and Vivien's metal box became a wayfinding headlight. The car drove forward in a reversing position.
After running for a few minutes, the two found that it was basically a one-way street, and there was nothing to see on the road except for a team of milky white ants, and there was not even a hole in the surrounding cave walls. Seeing the dazzling light of the metal box, the white ants sped up and spread out in all directions, passing through the sides and underneath of the cart and quickly forming a line as if nothing had happened, and in the process they had no intention of attacking. Looks like they're not in charge of fighting, right? Wu Yun watched them disappear into the distance.
Because the light of the metal box in front of him was very strong, so that Wendy rushed out of the tunnel without any warning, in the exclamation of the two, the warm sunlight suddenly filled their surroundings, and Wu Yun, who leaned out half of his body, couldn't help but feel a warm current, although the cave was not cold at all, but there always gave people a feeling of Mao Sen's bones. And this lush woods outside are completely different worlds.
After a brief moment of euphoria, Wendy drove the cart and began to patrol the area, the cave they came out of was under a brown rock, the entrance of the cave was well hidden in a pile of rubble, and on this side of the mountain, judging by the shadows on the ground, they were now in the shade of a rocky mountain, surrounded by lush mountains. It looks like it's a bit of a rock bottom.
In front of the hole out of the cart was a low-lying hollow, full of black dirt, and beside this not-so-deep pit were patches of low bushes, and behind them was a lonely, large tree, which stood out as there were no other trees around.
Wendy also noticed the strange giant tree, and she was naturally curious and would not let this big guy go. She drove in the direction of the tree. Wu Yun knew her intentions, although he felt that something was wrong, but under the direction of curiosity, he still acquiesced to Xiao Lori's behavior.
"Kala~" A strange voice came from under the car. As if the wheel had crushed something, Wendy and Wu Yunyou didn't dare to be careless, the two quickly jumped out of the car and came to the wheel, only to see half of the black belly crushed into two pieces by the wheel.
Wu Yun climbed down and saw that under the car was a giant ant corpse half-hidden in the dirt! However, the corpse was strangely shaped, and it didn't look like a natural death until he found the shriveled abdomen. Wu Yun was sure that this was the giant ant that fell from the sand pit. Why was it dropped here? Could this be the burial ground of giant ants?
Thinking of this, he looked around, and sure enough, the dirt marks were very new, and many broken arthropods could be seen inside.
"I hate it!!" Wendy also notices the remnants of the pit. She screamed and stomped her feet backwards, and under the subconscious action, little Lori had a big pit in the ground every time she stepped down, so more wreckage flew out of it. Seeing her self-contained behavior, Wu Yun had to shake his head.
Although the engine of the car was always on, the movement of the hole still did not escape the ears of the two. A group of milky white ants came out of the slowly hole, since they were not threatening, Wu Yun was naturally not too nervous, and Xiao Lori was still fighting with the stumps on the ground by herself.
Like a swarm of slender men, a swarm of small white ants dragged out of the hole a strangely slender, elongated ant with a yellowish body and a slightly smaller size than the average giant ant. The proportions of the head, thorax and abdomen are also noticeably more elongated, and the ants are curled up together. Its tentacles can be seen as if they are still shaking as the colony moves. Could it be that it is not dead yet, Wu Yun couldn't help but be shocked in his heart!
The marching ant colony was like a group of well-trained workers, pulling their cargo straight for the big tree, and Wendy's cart was in their way.
"Hurry up and move the car out of the way!" Wu Yun hurriedly pushed Wendy into the car, and little Lori got out of the endless battle. She pouted and got into the driver's seat, and the car stepped back a few meters, and Wu Yun made this judgment almost instinctively, because he had a strange but firm thought—their actions must be meaningful.
The small ant colony was unmoved by the small car that was close at the end of the road, but still crawled towards the big tree unswervingly, Wu Yun stood in the car and stared at the bright yellow slender ants, those little ants seemed to be afraid of it. It's just pulling its slender legs from a distance, and it's not at all like the previous way of carrying it. What does this mean exactly? The secondary cannon he was holding couldn't help but aim at the weird guy.
At this time, he finally saw clearly, the ant was just constantly trembling, as if there was something in its body. Wendy also paid curious attention to the transport team. The cart kept pace with the ant colony, carefully trailing behind them.
By this time they had reached the bottom of the tree, and the little white ants had dropped their dying cargo as if they had been granted amnesty. Like a white tide, it ran to the entrance of the cave. And Wu Yun and Wendy just glanced at them and didn't care about them, their attention was on the ant under the tree, because it had already climbed the trunk of the big tree as soon as the two of them turned around, although its movement was slow, but it was obviously acting with a clear purpose.
Wendy got out of the car without saying a word, Wu Yun had to jump out of the car, and the two came to the bottom of the big tree one after the other, the lush crown and straight trunk of the big tree looked like a giant green umbrella from a distance, Wu Yun had very little knowledge of trees, and naturally he couldn't see its species. He stepped forward and stretched out his arms to roughly estimate that the tree would take at least seven or eight people to barely hold on.
Wendy kept an eye on the ant, but the branches of the big tree were leafy, and the yellow body was not very conspicuous inside, and it only took a few rounds to lose the trace of the other party. Little Lori had no intention of giving up at all, and she began to search carefully around the tree.
Wu Yun was attracted by a few branches close to the ground, on which was a long and narrow object of red and green, which looked like a huge bean. It protrudes from the center of the pod with a thin red rhizome. There was also a ball the size of a soccer ball, and its outer skin was full of bright red scaly protrusions, which looked like a hormone lychee. But Wu Yun didn't have a little appetite when he saw it, under the warning of his subconscious. He made a decision that he regretted.
"Wendy, come and see." Wu Yun felt that his knowledge of this world was too lacking, and when he was with the three of Kasan, he always asked the three of them first when he encountered something unfamiliar, and judging from the experience of getting along these days, Wendy should be more knowledgeable, after all, he is also a person who can make his own chariot.
Wendy looked around a few times but didn't see what she was looking for, and was obviously a little impatient. Hearing Wu Yun call her, she rushed over at once, and was immediately attracted by the conspicuous red sphere.
"See you here... Wait a minute! Wu Yun was about to ask her, when suddenly a silver light flashed behind the car, and the metal rod instantly appeared in Xiao Lori's hand. Wu Yun wanted to block it, but he couldn't keep up with the opponent's actions at all.
The huge red sphere burst like a paper bag filled with chili powder, and countless fine red dust drifted upwards, Wu Yun hurriedly retreated, but it was still a step too late, and his mechanic suit turned pale red all of a sudden.
Wu Yun held his breath when the powder exploded, he didn't know if it was useful, at least he didn't smell anything strange in his nose. It's better to be cautious about the unknown.
The speed at which the dust drifted away was so fast that it could be said that in an instant, the area around the big tree was shrouded in patches of red mist. Wu Yun opened his eyes and saw that he couldn't see anything around him, he seemed to be in a red world, and he couldn't even see Wendy and the car. He didn't dare to shout, for fear that these things would get into his mouth. Wu Yun had to complain in his heart that he had made such a low-level mistake, and that little girl didn't play her cards according to common sense at all.
Wendy took a big leap back after breaking the orb, but even that didn't escape the red dust's area of effect. She was also aware of the danger, and the two of them stood quietly inside and waited.
After about a minute, the red haze dissipated, and the two could finally see each other. Wu Yun hurriedly ran towards the car, he got into the back seat and took a deep breath. Since the sunroof above is still open, the air in the car is not clean, but holding it for so long is already his limit.
"Come and see~" Wendy was still standing in place, the pod-like thing had fallen from the branch due to her blow. She turned her head and shouted to Wu Yun.
"There shouldn't be any danger in this, Vivian didn't call the police~" Seeing Wu Yun's appearance as if he were facing a great enemy. Wendy fluttered and was amused.
Oh? That's a multi-purpose thing. Although Wu Yun didn't quite believe her statement, he couldn't take care of the situation so much now, anyway, he had been in the red mist for a long time. Now I can only hope that what she said is true.
"You're too fast... Wu Yun opened the car door and complained to her. And little Lori is poking the pod on the ground with a stick, deaf to his words.
"Yikes!" A miserable scream echoed through the valley, and Wu Yun was caught off guard by a shock in his ears, and sat down on the back seat again. He stabilized his mind and followed the sound, and the little Lori jumped up from the ground, and even threw the stick on the ground in a panic. She looked terrified and ran towards the car and went straight into the cab.
"Hurry up and fire!" Wendy's little head turned, and she shouted at Wu Yun excitedly.
Fire? To that pod? Although Wu Yun will be skeptical, it should not be simple to scare little Lori. Thinking of this, he stood up and grabbed the handle of the secondary gun.
"Da Da Da Da~" The heavy machine gun on the car spewed fire, and countless bullets flew towards the pod. This was the first time he fired live ammunition from a secondary gun, after dozens of bullets hit the sky. He could finally make sure that the bullet point was on the ground. Fortunately, the secondary gun itself does not require high accuracy, and there are still a lot of bullets near the target.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and countless red explosions appeared in the huge green canopy. The giant green umbrella suddenly turned into a sea of red waves, and the blue sky in the background was suddenly soaked in red. Wu Yun suddenly realized something. He quickly let go of the machine gun, shrunk back into the car, and closed the roof firmly. Apparently there were countless pods and large lychees on it. And the bullets of the secondary cannon became the best tool to detonate them.
This time the precautions worked, and in a matter of seconds, the sky was already stained red, and countless dust fell from the sky like snow. It didn't take long for the car to be submerged in the red haze.