Time goes back slightly, plateau area, inside the plateau research institute, east floor, material warehouse. The tattered corpse of the spider-man who was killed by Zeng Tianqi was as crisp as weathered cement, but the core part turned into a chrysalis. With a vibrating sound like a heartbeat, the sound became louder and louder. Suddenly, a crack broke into the pupal shell. A pitch-black claw sticks out from within. Immediately, the cracks in the pupal shell became larger and larger, and large areas began to peel off.

From the shattered cocoon, a child-like humanoid creature slowly rose. There were four short thorns on his back, like a miniature version of the spider-man just now, a little less disgusting, more hideous, the small arms became pitch black, and began to be full of cold luster, and black spikes grew on the arms and back, and the bulging belly like a ball had disappeared.

The dense compound eyes on the little spider-man's forehead looked around curiously, and he seemed to have no memory of the forehead before he was killed. The little spider-man crawled out, according to his instincts. In the dense forest outside the research institute, a "pitch-black panther" the size of a calf has just killed a "one-eyed horned pig" and is carrying its prey up a tree to enjoy a lunch.

The moment he saw the little spider man, he suddenly had black hair all over his body standing upside down, arched his back, and let out a nervous roar under the tree, as if he saw a natural enemy. The little spider-man looked at the "pitch-black panther" in the tree and licked his mouth. It seems that the instinct of the biological chain hidden in its genes tells it that the seemingly ferocious black panther in front of it is only food for his stomach.

The forest shook, and a moment later, the little spider-man feasted on the corpse of a pitch-black panther whose head had been pierced. The black panther's majestic body and muscles gradually dried up, and finally turned into a leopard skin. The little spider-man was full of food and drink, his jaw was split into three petals, with sharp mouthparts on it, and he roared in the sky, and the spider-man was reborn!

No one expected that the spider-man who was abandoned and killed by Zeng Tian but did not die turned out to be the terrifying mad corpse lord of the land of the future Eastern Kingdom, named: Man in the Web.

Tree Village, after February, Su Xiaoyu was testing in Ma Lin's cave at night, and Ma Lin and Fang Fu finally analyzed the composition of each part of the Bodhi tree. The small silver sapling that grew at the mouth of the cave withered, and sure enough, within the range of the "emperor", any unqualified competitor would eventually turn into fertilizer.

"This thing is the final product of your refinement??" Zeng Tianqi pinched the small test tube in his hand and shook the half tube of solution inside. There is a hint of golden-green lines like silk threads in the solution.

"What really works is the silk threads in there, which we call X transcriptase. We use the 40,000-rpm spiral centrifuge to separate the substance after repeated purification, and then add the solution I prepared to make it, don't look at it as a silk structure, in fact, it is liquid. Amazing, right? Marlin said feverishly as he stared at the tube. This is a genetic milestone discovery, and of all the transcriptases and reverse transcriptases, we have never seen a natural variety. We analyzed the withered silvery sapling, and also isolated a similar substance, but. It's not this transcriptase. Even many of the plants we collect outside the valley have also excreted trace amounts of elements. However, at present, only the enzyme extracted from this tree can change the RNA, so that the double bond structure appears on the single strands on the regular distribution of its branches, which is really ingenious. Marin pointed to the other test tubes on the table, the most conspicuous of those tubes was the one with silver-green threads inside, the difference was that in the transparent solution, the silver threads were faint and rare. Marin continued: "Except for the little silver tree, everything else is just imitation. Although eating leaves and shoots can also be absorbed, people with different physiques can absorb very differently, especially after heating the leaves at high temperatures, it is almost minimal. Unfortunately, the extraction of X transcriptase is really too difficult. Otherwise, this tree village is likely to become the cradle of human evolution. ”

Zeng Tianqi silently stopped Marin's description and looked at Marin's oblivious and fanatical face. He and Su Xiaoyu had lived in symbiosis with this tree, especially him, who was almost the life given back by this big Bodhi tree. He felt differently than the others, and he could barely think about the characteristics of the various parts of the tree. In his opinion, the X transcriptase purified by Marin was only one of the coarsest outer layers of the things he obtained when he was symbiotic with the Great Linden Tree. During his coma, he felt an area in the core of the tree, where golden-green threads were constantly converging.

"Boss Zeng, there is one thing that I think is very strange." Marin swallowed, flipped through the genetic map they had made. "Big trees have your genes, and they are not the basic genes of the species... Your triple helix gene tree also has it. Marin looked at Zeng Tianqi with an incredulous look.

"And, there's one thing I have to correct." Marin swallowed, the tree 。。。。。 Marin pointed to the Emperor Bodhi outside the cave. He is a living fossil, at least 100 million years ago, and he also has a name: Emperor Fir, which is supposed to be a desolate plant that grew in the Middle Ages on the planet. This is a record of our paleontology. I don't know where you got its seeds, but in reality, in 100 million years, it should have been fossilized a long time ago and would not germinate again. It stands to reason that there is not even a 1 in 100 million chance that this seed fossil will germinate again. It's incredible, how it survived. ”

"Really? Actually, it's nothing. I thought I was dead ... I should be grateful for this 1 in 10,000 opportunity to bring me back to life. "Zeng Tianqi told Ma Ning about his rebirth... As for where exactly the seeds come from. Bazhuo's father is dead, and I'm afraid no one will know about it.

When Zeng Tianqi was talking about the section before he met Ma Lin, Zeng Tianqi raised his head sharply, walked out of the cave, and looked in the direction of the mouth of the valley.

Then he returned to the cave and raised his bow and crossbow and said to the people, "Put away all the results of the experiment." Xiao Bazhuo, you hurry back to the village and inform the village chief that someone is coming from outside, and Xiaoyu and I will go to check it out. ”

"Brother Abandoned?" Su Xiaoyu looked at Zeng Tianqi suspiciously.

"There are gunshots outside the valley... Zeng Tianqi said as he walked.

Sure enough, at this time, Su Xiaoyu also vaguely heard the gunshots outside the valley, and everyone was still at a loss.

Su Xiaoyu and Zeng Tianqi came to the vicinity of the mouth of the valley, and the gunfire became more and more intensive. Zeng Tianqi gestured to Su Xiaoyu to disperse and observe. The two of them quickly got into the groove.

Zeng Tianqi and Su Xiaoyu copied the bow and crossbow in their hands, and slowly approached the source of the gunshot. Zeng Tianqi's current eyesight has not been tested, but it has already far exceeded when he was in service. At this time, although the distance in front of him was more than four hundred meters, he could still distinguish various situations from those tiny sesame dots in the moonlight.

Ahead is a force that is fighting. The opponent is a horde of wild corpses. An unknown number of mad corpses are frantically chasing this force. Although this force was retreated by the impact of the wild corpses, it always maintained its formation. It's clear that you've been dealing with mad corpses for a long time. It's a pity that they no longer have heavy firepower, and only a few squad machine guns can only play a role there.

Zeng Tianqi saw the direction in which this army was retreating, and secretly said, Oops. The direction in which this unit retreated was the direction of Tree Village. There was no vigilance on the side of the tree village, he only went to Su Xiaoyu again, let Su Xiaoyu continue to keep an eye on him, and he returned to the tree village by himself.

After Qian Feng heard the news, his legs weakened in fright and sat on his rattan chair. Zeng Tianqi described the strength of close to a battalion, and was still chased by the mad corpses to retreat, so how many mad corpses should there be? A battalion of armed corpses that can't be cleaned up, what can these dozens of unarmed villagers do? When Ge Lianchen heard that it was the strength of a battalion, he immediately thought of the 426th Regiment. But how could it be that there was only one battalion, and the 426th Regiment was fully strengthened with more than 1,600 people. Could it be that there is only one battalion left? When he heard the news, he subconsciously wanted to pick up his gun and call Zhang Erdan to run out.

After just a few steps, Ge Lianchen suddenly stopped again. He turned to look at Qian Feng, who was at a loss, and Zeng Tianqi, who was looking at him coldly. Only then did he realize that he had disbanded the platoon. He is no longer a soldier, and he has long since been unable to return to the army. And he had already followed Zeng Tianqi, and now he was ready to leave when he heard the news of his suspected group, which was a big taboo, and the worst result was that Zeng Tianqi would not trust him, Zeng Tianqi saved him from the situation of death, and he did this to put himself in a very uncomfortable situation.

Zeng Tianqi saw that he didn't rush out, and his eyes softened. Although he didn't care if Ge Lianchen still had to return to the army, but now that the mad corpse attack was in need of manpower, if he rushed out desperately to find his troops, then he would not share the results of Marin's research with Ge Lianchen again.

After all, Ge Lianchen was also a veteran of the battlefield, he immediately reacted and smiled awkwardly, and then pulled Zhang Erdan and quietly returned to the village chief's house to sit down. Zeng Tianqi said to Qian Feng at this time: "Is there an emergency broadcast alive alarm or something like that?" We have to bring everyone together. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I remember there was a big horn in the village chief's warehouse. It was used by him to give a migration mobilization speech before, and the power was super high. Brother Li hurriedly said on the side.

Qian Feng glanced at him, got up and added: "It's been a long time, I don't know if the battery is still charged." ”

At night in the quiet tree village, a piercing scream suddenly pierced the night sky: "Villagers, now all gather at the door of the village chief's house on the first floor!" The fire burns the eyebrows, and the 100,000 are urgent! Repeat, meet at the village chief's house! 100,000 urgent! "Brother Li probably didn't expect that he would have a devilish voice.

"What's the name of the ghost in the middle of the night??" Someone rubbed his sleepy eyes.

"Well, don't cry baby. It was my uncle practicing his voice. A middle-aged woman was coaxing her daughter, and then walked out of the house, scolding in a voice no less than the screaming of a loudspeaker: "What the hell did you see in the middle of the night?? You scared my girl!! ”

"Is Brother Li castrated?" Someone said to the person next to him suspiciously.

"Who knows, it's so bad." Some followed.

After a while, everyone scolded and concentrated on the big branch of the village chief's house. The branches of the large trees are made of rattan and wood to form platforms. It expands like a spider's web and becomes a small square.

The village chief took the horn from Brother Li, who had already shouted to the point of hypoxia, and cleared his throat. The first sentence shocked everyone:

"Those mutant monsters are coming, and they're out of the valley preparing to rush in."

Suddenly there was silence, and the children stopped crying because of the sudden silence. It didn't take long for these villagers to react, and in an instant, the whole tree house exploded in front of the pot, and these villagers shouted in a mess. Qian Feng hurriedly shouted, "Quiet, quiet." As a result, no one paid attention to him.

At this time, a villager came to Qian Feng, "Village chief, are we going to flee again?" I need to go back and pack my things. At this time, the villagers were quiet again, and they looked at the village chief, they had been on the run for too long, and finally had a place to stay, and they longed for a more hopeful answer from the village chief.

At this time, Qian Feng picked up the microphone. "We used to hide in Tibet, hiding from those damn corpses, how many people couldn't run away from those zombies when we were hiding, your relatives, lovers, children, and parents became food for the corpses, and now, we have found the tree village, a natural shelter... I believe that even if we are on the run, we may never encounter such a place again. If we continue to flee, we will face the fate of being gradually eaten by these corpses. Today, there is an army retreating towards us at the front. This is an opportunity to give us the power to keep this home ... ”

Zeng Tianqi looked at Qian Feng from the side, he suddenly felt that Qian Feng could be the head of this village, and he was not picked up casually, as a businessman at a critical moment, he was very good at seizing opportunities, and he was originally going to say a few words, but now it seems that there is no need for it.

Qian Feng's voice became lower and lower the more he spoke, as if he was carrying heavy pressure on his shoulders, and even his back began to stiffen: "I... I don't want to run away anymore ... I think that if we can't keep this tree village today, we will all be like a lost dog in the future. Have you forgotten? Everywhere we fled, there were monsters. We... Where else can we go ... Everyone looked at Qian Feng, who was more and more unconfident the more he talked. There was no one to laugh at his smashing speech. Because everyone can empathize, people who live in Tree Village share a common fear experience - the slaughter of corpses.