Chapter 62: The Fourth Life
The eight of them hid in this narrow cave, gasping for breath and their hearts beating like drums.
Soon the gaps between the rocks at the entrance of the cave were covered with mud.
In the end, only a gap was left for air circulation.
Xiao Han looked out from this gap and could see that the luminous body had completely enveloped this area.
As he had guessed, this luminous body could devour towering trees, devour beasts, and once the plants were wrapped in it, they would immediately decay and wither.
But it can't invade the dirt and rocks.
Dirt and rocks are lifeless, they don't wither or decay.
Even after thousands of years, the soil and rocks are still the same.
The dirt and rocks have no vital energy to draw.
Although the luminous body enveloped the area, it could not break through the outer layer of rock and enter the cavern.
Xiao Han watched from the side, and just when he wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he suddenly realized that this luminous body seemed to have found a gap left behind.
In the crevices, it began to glow.
Luminaries are invading the crevices.
Xiao Han grabbed the dirt and was forced to plug this last gap.
As for whether after the blockage, whether it will be done after all the oxygen in the cave is consumed because there is no air circulation, that is already a matter of consideration later.
Xiao Han was about to plug this last gap when he suddenly found that the luminous body was rapidly dimming.
"Huh?" Xiao Han was stunned for a moment, busy opening his eyes wide.
However, I saw that the original violent storm had begun to decrease rapidly, and it was about to stop.
Strange to say, as the rainstorm became smaller, the massive luminous object became dim.
The irregular transparent form was shaking endlessly, as if it was about to burst at any moment.
"What's going on?" Xiao Han was surprised.
Soon, the rainstorm stopped completely.
At the moment when the rainstorm completely stopped, the huge luminous luminous body completely dimmed.
With the stopped rain, it burst in an instant and disappeared into the air.
Everything just now was as unreal as a dream, like a dream.
Wang Tianyu on the side also opened his eyes wide, with an incredible expression on his face.
"I see...... I see......"
Wang Tianyu was muttering to himself, as if he had seen something.
The luminous body came suddenly, and disappeared even more suddenly.
After being stunned, Xiao Han pushed away the blocked rock in front of him and walked out of the cave.
The rainstorm outside had completely stopped, and the air was filled with the fresh smell of earth.
The terrifying luminous body disappeared without a trace, and only the withered vegetation and vegetation indicated that the scene just now was not a hallucination, but a real existence.
No one could have imagined that this danger would suddenly be lifted in this way, and the others would come out one after another.
Thinking about the dangerous encounter just now, everyone was a little apprehensive.
"Do you see something?" Xiao Han glanced at Wang Tianyu beside him.
Wang Tianyu nodded and said, "This luminous body should be a special mutated hydromorphic insect. ”
"Hydromorphs?" Xiao Han was stunned.
Wang Tianyu said: "There are also water-shaped insects on the earth, but they are not as terrible as what we encountered. This kind of water insect is actually a slime fungus, and the large slime fungus compound Xiu is what we commonly call 'Tai Sui', and you should have heard of 'Tai Sui'. ”
Xiao Han nodded and said: "I know this, Tai Sui is also known as Meat Lingzhi, which was rumored to be very divine in ancient times, but according to modern scientific research, this Tai Sui is actually a complex composed of slime molds, bacteria and fungi. ”
Wang Tianyu said: "Yes, this hydromorph is actually a water-soluble 'Tai Sui', which is called 'blind branch' by biological experts, at a fork in the evolution of life, it will develop to the left to the plant kingdom, and to the right will develop to the animal kingdom, and it will become a fungus like mushroom Ganoderma lucidum if it does not move in place, it is the fourth life form of non-plant, non-animal and non-fungal in nature, and it can be said that it is the oldest living specimen of paleontology found so far, and it is the ancestor of human beings and all animals and plants. ”
Hearing what Wang Tianyu said, Shi Lei couldn't help but snort: "Just that glowing monster just now, or is it the ancestor of all our humans, animals and plants?" ”
Wang Tianyu said: "From the perspective of life evolution, it is true, this kind of water-shaped insect can be said to be the fourth life form of non-plants, non-animals and non-fungi. ”
Xiao Han said: "So, is it because of this rainstorm that they came back to life?" ”
Wang Tianyu snorted and said: "Yes, they live because of the rain, and they can reproduce in the rain and move in the rain, to put it bluntly, the huge irregular luminous body we see is actually the gathering of countless hydromorphic insects, as soon as they encounter other animals and plants, they can enter their bodies and devour their essence blood and life energy, but they can only exist in the rain, once the rainstorm stops, they will also disappear from dehydration." ”
"However, although the hydromorphic insects on the earth have similar characteristics, they are not as rapid as the luminous body life that we have just encountered evolves and reproduces so quickly, and the scene just now is like accelerating the evolution process of the hydromorphic insects on the earth thousands of times, so it has become so terrifying and terrifying."
Listening to Wang Tianyu's explanation, the others took a deep breath.
Yang Ru died, although Xu Jing, Li Quanlong, and Zhang Zhigang were all her friends.
But in this extremely terrifying and dangerous world, you can also encounter accidents at any time.
Coupled with the danger they had just experienced, they were no longer in the mood to grieve because of Yang Ru's death.
All they feel now is fear.
As for Xiao Han and Shi Lei, they have seen too many deaths these days, and now they are almost numb.
I don't have much affection for Yang Ru, so naturally I won't have any special feelings because of Yang Ru's death.
Everyone rested on the spot for a while, and gradually calmed down, and then they felt a burst of cold.
As the night gets darker, the temperature gets cooler.
Now he was soaking wet again, and the soaked clothes were clinging to his body, and there was a biting cold.
Not to mention Li Quanlong and Lin Chang'e, even if they were physically stronger than Xiao Han and Shi Lei, they all felt the cold.
In addition to the cold, everyone fled because of the long run, and now they are tired and hungry, and their condition is extremely poor.
"We can't stop here, otherwise we'll all get sick for fear of the cold, and if we get sick in this kind of place, the consequences will be unimaginable, and we will run."
Wang Tianyu's proposal was approved by everyone, and although they were tired now, everyone still ran.
First, you can use the heat of exercise to dispel the cold, and secondly, you hope to touch your prey.
Now that the rainstorm had just stopped, and the trees were wet, there was no dry wood in the area where a fire could be raised, so everyone had to leave.