"This is 'noctilucent moss', it is an underground with abundant aura, and it often appears mutated moss, we often use it to test the concentration of aura - the richer the aura, the stronger the light released by the luminous moss, it is not aggressive, but be careful, where there is noctilucent moss, there are often other mutated animals and plants."

A small vocalization device is tied to the tail of the black feather's golden thread, and as the tail shakes regularly, the tentacles in the device are activated, and through encoding and translation, it emits synthetic electronic sounds.

Similar technology has appeared two hundred years ago, once a famous scientist, because the whole body is paralyzed, only the muscles in the corners of the eyes can be controlled, through such equipment, letter by letter "tap" to say what he wants to say.

After two hundred years of development, this kind of muscle-fed synthetic electronic sound equipment has been reduced to the extent that snakes, insects, rats and ants can be used, which greatly facilitates the communication of the soul beast team.

As the guide in the team, Chu Ge had the responsibility to crawl towards the "luminous moss".

Under the faint fluorescent light, the dead silence of the tomb-like ruins seems to have become a beautiful other world.

In addition to mosses, there are also a large number of mushrooms and spores that do not need sunlight, silently growing and blooming here, spraying colorful mist, making this underground space like a mysterious and magical jungle.

"Didi, Didi, ......"

The aura detection device on Chu Ge's back kept emitting more and more rapid buzzes, which meant that the concentration of aura in the direction of progress was getting higher and higher.

Sure enough, the further you went, the more the glow-in-the-dark moss gathered and shone as they clinged to the ruins and formed a variety of wonderful shapes that reflected the streets, cars, shops and signboards that had been crushed by the earthquake and had been dusty for decades.

Suddenly, Chu Ge stopped.

Sniff, sniff.

On the left, there is a crack, which grows wider and wider as you go in, like a chasm hidden in the ground, where large patches of luminous moss gather, and countless thin and tall fungal creatures that look like hybrids of mushrooms and jellyfish, stand tall among the luminous moss.

Chu Ge raised his tail high and stretched it into a straight line.

The soul beast controlled by Black Feather and Director Mu received the alarm and was immediately on alert.

The dirt and rocks in front of me were tumbling, and the soil was gushing upwards like a spring, and suddenly, a long worm with the thickness of an adult's finger and a crystal clear body, unable to distinguish its head and tail, burrowed out of the dirt and pounced on the luminous moss.

The long worm is covered in slime, and when it crawls over the luminous moss, it leaves an ugly trail, but it sticks a large amount of luminous moss to its body.

Soon, it inhales the faint fluorescent light into its body, and it becomes more and more crystal clear and transparent, while the luminous moss turns into a gray residue.

It appears that this is an insect that feeds on glow-in-the-dark moss.

Just as it swaggered and feasted in the glow-in-the-dark moss, a mutation suddenly occurred.

A few strains of fungus that grew in the luminous moss, windless, as if they were very delicate, like jellyfish, suddenly stretched out their colorful tentacles, and shot at this crystal clear insect as fast as lightning, like a fishing line, "fishing" the worm.

The insect struggled desperately and curled up into a ball, but the tentacles of the fungus were stronger than the fishing line, and they were constantly pulled and deeply embedded in the insect's body.

Chu Ge stared at the rat's eyes, and he could clearly see that the slightly glowing fluorescence in the insect's body was sucked away bit by bit by the jellyfish-like fungus through its tentacles, and its body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing that the worm was about to be sucked alive, it struggled one last time, jumping up and down like a live shrimp in a frying pan.

It's a pity that its physical strength can't match the tentacles of the jellyfish fungus after all, and it was cut off by the other party.

An astonishing scene was staged at this moment, only half of the worm remained, leaving the lower half of its body entwined by tentacles, swimming away as if nothing had happened, and burrowing back into the soil.

Insects feed on luminous moss, but jellyfish fungi use luminous moss as bait, although insects fall into the trap, but they still have the ability to escape with their tails, and the strange and cruel world of mutated animals and plants, its mystery, its treacherous, can be seen.

"Judging from the current observations, a set of low-level ecosystems with devouring aura as the core has been formed here, and the crystal clear insect just now should be a mutant of some kind of earthworm - the gene chain of earthworms is relatively simple and unstable, and every time the aura leaks, the first mutation is often the earthworm."

Director Mu expressed his professional opinion through the electronic synthesis sound equipment, "Everyone be careful, the data shows that the concentration of aura here is far from the highest, and with such a complete food chain, I doubt that if we continue to move forward, we will encounter more powerful predators."

"Lin Yilu, check the consciousness wireless transmission equipment again to ensure that the evacuation channel of the divine soul is unimpeded, Lin Yiyan, check the weapons and equipment.

"Also, Chu Ge should have told you that this was once an earthquake fault zone, although it has been filled and reinforced with reinforced concrete, it is still not stable, if we make a big move underground, it is easy to detonate the underground methane, and even cause the crazy outbreak of the underground spiritual veins, when the time comes, not only will we suffer from the catastrophe, but the downtown area with tens of thousands of people living on it may collapse to the ground, and then it will be a catastrophe.

"So, as a last resort, don't use thermal weapons and explosives, we must rely on our killing instincts - fortunately, we are now with sharp enough minions."

They were all professionals, so they naturally knew how to deal with it, and the soul beast team carefully bypassed the glow-in-the-dark moss and the swaying jellyfish fungal community that seemed harmless to humans and animals, and continued to march towards the area with a stronger aura.

Soon, Chu Ge sniffed the smell and led them to a warehouse that had been squeezed and deformed.

From a human perspective, the ruins are completely crumbling into such a way that even yogis can't get into them.

From the perspective of snakes, insects, rats and ants, there is still enough space in the warehouse, and the aura is strong enough to be used as a nest.

"In the old Lingshan era, there used to be a very large warehouse-style supermarket in the business district, and if I guessed correctly, it should be here."

Chu Ge looked at the rows of twisted containers and various commodities that were squeezed and deformed, and covered with dust, "Didn't you say that the beast's IQ after becoming a sperm is extremely high, and even sealed cans can be opened?" I speculate that if there is really a big demon dormant here, it will never let go of such a 'treasure house', so just look at the packaged food here to see if there are any traces of being torn and devoured, and you will know if there are any monsters. ”

"Makes sense, looks like we've got a good guide."

Director Mu said, "Please keep an eye on the action team around, and the search and rescue team will go in to check if there are any traces of monsters." ”

At this time, the importance of soul shifters is revealed.

If only ordinary awakened people want to find clues in the flattened ruins and ruins 100 meters below the ground, it is almost an impossible task.

However, the soul beasts controlled by the soul shifter all have a highly developed sense of smell, and as long as they smell the smell, they can directly lock on to the target.

Chu Ge quickly found the canning area.

Because of the century-long natural and man-made disasters of the "Age of Calamity", the canned food area is always one of the largest areas in supermarkets in the 22nd century.

It didn't collapse completely, and even if the cans were pressed underneath by reinforced concrete, they often lasted for decades or even hundreds of years with their sturdy shells.

At this moment, Chu Ge stared at a pile of empty canned food boxes, slightly stunned.

These cans all have huge paw prints left on them, as if they were torn apart like matchboxes by some extremely ferocious creature.

Among them, there are several military cans, which are dedicated to earthquake relief, and are claimed to have strong anti-drop and anti-pressure capabilities, and must be opened by pulling the upper pull ring.

But it was also easily torn to pieces.

What kind of creature can do this—tear it open one can after another?

Chu Ge was groaning, when a sharp pain like a pinprick suddenly came from his brain, the hair on his body stood up, and his vertebrae involuntarily arched.

A strong smell of blood came from behind him.

When he looked back, with the help of the faint fluorescence of the luminous moss, he saw a monster with blurred flesh and blood, a hideous, almost skeleton, standing silently between the ruins, with two flames in its dark eyes, staring at him intently.