Chapter 18: The Strange Mushroom Forest
In this town, Ming Ying rescued one hundred and sixty-four people, all of whom were transferred to the mysterious space.
Originally, this group of people was already desperate, who knew that they suddenly came to a place like heaven.
There was no threat of mutant beasts, walking corpses, and endless food, and everyone was ecstatic.
In the distance, Rong Sirou looked at this group of people, but there was a faint melancholy in her eyes.
Rong Sirou used to be a corporate executive, and she knows the greed of human nature best. It's just that she doesn't have a good way to change these things, so she can only look at Mingying.
At this time, the pickup truck of Ming Ying and others had already traveled thirty or forty kilometers on the provincial highway, and there was only one hundred kilometers left from Huashan.
Gradually, Ming Ying and the others found that the surrounding environment became more and more weird, and at the beginning, they could still see some houses and sparse street trees along the roadside.
Later, Ming Ying obviously found that there were fewer houses around, and there were more plants around, and the rhizomes of some big trees even spread directly to the road.
I only heard the sound of "Peng", and the pickup truck was almost about to jump, Ming Ying hurriedly stepped on the brakes and said with a wry smile: "It seems that the car can't be driven." ”
Everyone quickly got out of the car, only to see that the street trees around the provincial road had grown to twenty or thirty meters high, and the roots of the dragon-like trees broke out of the soil, destroying the originally flat asphalt road into a mess.
Ming Ying pushed the car door and jumped onto the road, Jiang Yun, Zuo Fang, Nie Shu, and Liu Jun also got out of the car one after another, and several people looked at the dense giant trees in front of them, and they were all full of emotion.
"Well, this is the primeval forest." Nie Shu couldn't help but mutter.
"It's only 50 or 60 kilometers away from Huashan, and it used to be a nature reserve, so there wasn't much human activity, but now it's even less." Jiang Yun explained.
Ming Ying's brows became tighter and tighter, and he faintly felt that this trip to Huashan was only afraid that it would not be too peaceful.
"Everyone be careful, the insurance is all open, and you are on alert." Ming Ying said in a low voice, put the pickup into the mysterious space, and then took the lead in the distance.
Zuo Fang took out a short knife from his calf and grabbed it in his hand, Jiang Yun, Nie Shu and Liu Jun all quickly opened the safety of the firearm, and the group cautiously moved towards the distance.
Just as Ming Ying and the others were advancing, on one side of the pitch-black asphalt road, there was a street tree about twenty meters high.
The street tree is extremely strong, and it should have been in a state of luxuriation and life. But strangely, a small part of the leaves of the tree turned grayish, revealing an air of decay.
Suddenly, behind the giant tree, a small tree trembled slightly, and then slowly shrank into the dirt.
This little tree is completely different from the street tree, but a willow tree!
At the same time, at the foot of Huashan, a huge willow tree that could be called a sky and sun suddenly trembled violently.
This willow tree is nearly 100 meters high, and the willow branches originally hung down quietly, but at this time they danced like poisonous snakes.
Among the dense willow branches, there are also corpses, both human and mutant, hanging like fruits on the willow trees, which look strange and terrifying from a distance.
The willows danced wildly for half an hour before slowly calming down, as if waiting for something.
At this time, Ming Ying and the others also encountered great trouble - they got lost.
Yes, Ming Ying, Jiang Yun, Zuo Fang, Nie Shu, Liu Jun, the five of them were all lost, and they advanced on the straight provincial road for more than half an hour, and suddenly found that they were back in place.
"I've walked this road a lot before, so it's impossible to get lost." Nie Shu muttered.
Next to him, Ming Ying also had a solemn face, he also walked the road of Huashan, it was not difficult to walk, and it was not forgiving, it stands to reason that even if it was a foggy day, he would not get lost.
Jiang Yun, Zuo Fang, and Liu Jun also had solemn faces, and several people quickly gathered, back to back, and their eyes quickly scanned the surroundings.
But there was a thick fog all around, and there were huge street trees, and nothing else.
"It's not going to be a ghost hitting the wall, is it?" Zuo Fang said in a low voice. She is a family of traditional martial arts, and she has heard of these things, and she can't help but feel a little worried at this time.
"Ghost hitting the wall?" Ming Ying shook his head and said, "This situation should be a hallucinogenic plant that is interfering with us. ”
"Plants?" Everyone was shocked.
Ming Ying nodded, only to see him close his eyes, the force in his body was running violently, and his face became redder and redder, only to see his eyes open suddenly, open his mouth and spit out a mouthful of blood, and a clear color flashed in his eyes.
"Well water!" Ming Ying took out a bottle of well water from the mysterious space and swallowed it quickly, and then the whole person came to his senses.
"What is this?"
After waking up, Ming Ying stared at it and found that the five of them had come to a strange area, surrounded by thick and tall giant mushrooms, like huge umbrella covers of various colors, surrounding everyone.
This is a mushroom forest, and the air is filled with colorful mist, which disperses the original dense fog, revealing a strange aura.
"How did we get here?" Ming Ying was horrified in his heart, he found that these giant mushrooms were surrounded by some corpses, some were still fresh, and some had decayed, turning into nutrients to nourish the mushrooms.
And Jiang Yun, Zuo Fang, Liu Jun, and Nie Shu all closed their eyes slightly at this time, silently moving.
"The previous time we walked forward, including our conversation just now, it was all my own hallucination?" Ming Ying was shocked, and faintly understood the horror of this place.
These mushrooms are able to release a hallucinogenic toxin, and when released, as long as they come into contact with people or mutant beasts, they will be attracted to it, and then fall into endless hallucinations, until they starve to death, die of thirst, and finally turn into nourishment.
"It's good that I have well water, otherwise I would have died this time." Ming Ying secretly said that he was lucky, and hurriedly took out the well water and gave it to Jiang Yun, Zuo Fang, Nie Shu, and Liu Jun.
After the four of them woke up, they all woke up like a dream.
"Here? Haven't we already arrived at Huashan? Jiang Yun exclaimed.
"Huh? Aren't we surrounded by walking corpses? Liu Jun said with palpitations.
Zuo Fang and Nie Shu were also scorching, and they obviously fell into different illusions.
"Now that everyone is sober, we have to find a way to get out." Ming Ying said in a deep voice, and at the same time began to quickly look around.
But there are huge mushrooms all around, and where can you find an exit.
"Then sabotage." Ming Ying took out the alloy spear from the mysterious space, stabbed straight through a huge mushroom on his side, and then the body of the spear shook, breaking the entire mushroom waist.
The dark green liquid trickled down the broken branches of the mushrooms, quickly drenching the ground and emitting a charming fragrance.
"Be careful, take a sip of potion in your mouth." Ming Ying handed everyone a bottle of well water, and then took the lead.
But at this moment, a sharp hiss was heard.
Everyone turned their heads to look at it, and their scalps suddenly went numb.
Through the giant mushrooms lined up, everyone saw a white figure quickly passing through the mushroom forest and rushing towards everyone.
"What, rabbit!" Everyone saw the appearance of the white figure and was stunned for a moment.
I saw that these white figures turned out to be huge rabbits, but the appearance was really scary.
These rabbits, each one is one person tall, all have white hair, a pair of scarlet eyes, and the most terrifying thing is that these rabbits have fangs in their mouths!
"Prepare for battle. Today's dinner is the spicy rabbit! Ming Ying shouted, and rushed over directly with the alloy spear.
The other people were originally a little nervous, but when they heard Ming Ying say this, they all laughed.
"Click!" Nie Shu raised the crane gun and laughed, "Rabbit cubs, grandpa is here." ”
Jiang Yun and Zuo Fang both smiled bitterly, while Liu Jun was the fastest and had already followed Ming Ying to rush up.