Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Truth of Horror

The surroundings fell into a thick red mist again, but Wu Yun didn't care so much, he patted Wendy's shoulder in front of him, the little girl was obviously frightened, and her body was still trembling.

"What the hell is going on?" He wanted to know what the other party was looking at.

"There's ants in there!!" Wendy covered her eyes, as if she didn't want to remember it.

Wu Yun has a black line, wasn't it you who went on a killing spree in the giant ant colony before? The scene of broken tendons and body fluids splashing was unacceptable to him, but the little Lori in front of him was as happy as playing a game of watermelon. Now I'm scared when I see an ant?

Seeing that the other party didn't want to say more, Wu Yun had no choice but to stop asking, the red mist outside was the same as before, it didn't last long in the air, and soon the towering tree appeared in front of him, and the blue sky gradually appeared. Soon the calm appearance of the previous one was restored. The only difference is that there are countless green pods falling on the ground around the tree. It appears that as soon as the fruit on it explodes, these entities will automatically fall from it.

Wu Yun wanted Wendy to drive over, but judging by her appearance, he would definitely not drive over, so he had to jump out of the car and walk over there. He had a vague idea in his mind, but there was obviously no actual evidence yet.

He picked up Wendy's discarded metal rod from the ground and carefully walked over to the bullet-riddled trunk.

Wu Yun picked a relatively close pod, and he gently touched it with the head of the stick, the skin of the thing was not as soft or elastic as he thought.

"Poof" Wu Yun used a little force in his hand, and the position of contact broke in response, and the head of the stick was directly stabbed in. Wu Yun was taken aback. He slowly moved the stick back and forth, feeling the contents shatter at the touch of a button. It feels exactly the same as a dry shell on the outside. Again, he was sure of one thing—whatever was inside, it wouldn't be a living thing.

Wu Yun reluctantly withdrew the stick. That's when the tender green rhizome on the pod caught his attention. Although the red lychee ball on it is no longer there, it still looks vibrant. What the hell is this?

Filled with doubts, he stretched the stick towards the junction between the rhizome and the pod, and sure enough, it felt completely different.

Wu Yun carefully peeled off the green skin above, and a strange thing was revealed! Thanks to Wendy's prompting, he found out that it was actually the head of a giant ant!

And that green rhizome grew from the deformed head of the giant ant! The green and strong branches stretched out from the position of the giant ant, and at a glance it seemed to be fused into one, this strange combination of giant ants and plants surprised Wu Yun very much, he slowly continued to peel off, and the chest of the giant ant was gradually revealed.

"Click~" Wu Yun listened carefully, and a kind of tearing sound came from the branch, and he carefully observed the giant ant. I saw it tearing everything under it frantically with its giant jaw, as if it wanted to smash everything, but unfortunately its attack power was still too insufficient for the arm-thick branches.

The giant ant ignored it completely, and continued to attack like a madman, its six legs kicking aimlessly, and then its back bulged violently, and in an instant a pair of thin wings burst out of it, and the small transparent wings withered in the moment they broke away.

This scene startled Wu Yun. Could it be that this ant can fly? As he pondered, the ant had gradually ceased to move, its giant jaws embedded in the bark. Even if its body falls down, it has no intention of letting go. The ant was fixed to the branch in an upside-down position.

That's when he discovered a terrifying fact - this was not a pod wrapped in giant ants at all, they were actually dead giant ant corpses.

Wu Yun suddenly realized, since the red sphere exploded, he felt a little familiar here, it turned out that it was because he actually knew something about this thing. Because of an action-adventure survival game with a very good story, he had seen the source material for the creation of the game in the video, a fungus that lived on Earth for 48 million years and infected various types of ants in the form of spores. Chemicals are used to control ants to make them their own puppets until the ants eventually die. It takes root and sprouts in the ant's body, produces sporangia, and then uses it to disperse the spores and start a new cycle.

Because the introductory video was too weird, he remembered it very clearly, but he didn't expect such a terrible thing to happen in front of him.

There was a sound of a thin rope overhead, and he hurriedly looked up, because there were many fewer obstacles above, and now his field of vision was much larger, at this time, a yellow object appeared on a branch a few meters above his head. That familiar body shape is really the slender ant that the two of them lost just now.

The giant ant ignored it completely, and continued to attack like a madman, its six legs kicking aimlessly, and then its back bulged violently, and in an instant a pair of thin wings burst out of it, and the small transparent wings withered in the moment they broke away.

This scene startled Wu Yun. Could it be that this ant can fly? As he pondered, the ant had gradually ceased to move, its giant jaws embedded in the bark. Even if its body falls down, it has no intention of letting go. The ant was fixed to the branch in an upside-down position.

That's when he discovered a terrifying fact - this was not a pod wrapped in giant ants at all, they were actually dead giant ant corpses.

The reason why Wendy is so scared is explained, the scene of this creature being controlled by plant parasitism is indeed very terrifying, and Wu Yun, who was baptized by various horror scenes, was shocked. Not to mention a teenage girl.

But sometimes that's the way it is, and when you're not ignorant of it, the fear doesn't feel so strong. That's the case with Wendy.

"Here you go, there's nothing to be afraid of." Wu Yun returned the weapon to Xiao Lori, while explaining the situation here in as plain language as possible.

"What's that red dust?" Wendy's eyes widened and she asked, "Why can't you see anything now?" ”

As she said, the red particles completely melted away after sinking, as evidenced by the green trees below the blue sky.

"I guess it's a fungus spores..." Wu Yun replied expressionlessly, "The red balls that you knocked off are the sporangia that store them... ”

"Who made it look so ugly... Little Lori looked aggrieved, "There are pimples on it... ”

Is this the reason you hit it... Wu Yun once again confirmed that the other party's intelligence level was really not worthy of compliment.

"That's right! Is this spore dangerous? Wendy suddenly asked this question, and Wu Yun was also surprised.

"There should be no harm to humans." Although he didn't know the answer to this question, at least in his own world, and now he could only explain it like this, after all, the two of them were still in danger now, and it was absolutely stupid to let Wendy, who was the only combat power, fall into unnecessary panic.

Wendy let out a long breath, apparently relieved. She held the steering wheel with both hands, intending to leave this strange place.

Wu Yun remembered an important thing, if the back road had been secured now, could he go back and explore the location of the human corpse transportation?

The purpose of himself and the fox coming in was to rescue Claire. The current situation may be that there is no chance, but at least her life and death must be determined, if she walks away now, I am afraid that there will never be an answer. Even for Kassan's sake, he had to.

"How much fuel is left in the car?" Wu Yun asked, he said what he thought, but he deliberately mentioned the possibility of finding the center's informant.

Perhaps it was Wu Yun who explained the ants in the pod, but Wendy did not refuse Wu Yun's suggestion, after all, she had no fear of the monsters inside. Plus now there is a clear escape route. Her simmering curiosity flares up again.