Chapter 219: The Tree of Wisdom
With today's scorching hot weather, the human body is almost all the time? In the loss of water, the amount of drinking water consumed per day is staggering, almost five or six times that of ordinary weather, coupled with the large number of people, the amount of water consumed per day,.
Although I planned to use the leaves to collect dew, the total amount was limited, and it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and at most it could only solve the basic physiological survival water, and as for domestic water, there was no way.
In such a high temperature, I feel uncomfortable if I don't take a bath for a day, and if I don't wash it for a few days, the whole person stinks.
With the current medical conditions, once you get sick, you can only die, and life and death are lifed. Moreover, such a collection method is too risky and extremely unstable, and once it encounters strong winds at night, or is destroyed by mutant beasts, it is simply a disaster.
A stable source of water has become the biggest problem facing the current team.
At this time, even Luo Yuan, who has always been calm, couldn't hold it back, he kept sniffing at the air while walking around, carefully distinguishing the proportion of humidity in the air, the humid air often carries a trace of sweet water vapor, and the dry air has a rough earthy smell, with his strong physique, this is not a difficult thing at all, he quickly distinguishes the most intense water vapor, flowing from a distance with the air current.
Then he closed his eyes again and listened to the place where the humidity was most intense.
Everyone looked at Luo Yuan's strange movements, their faces were strange, but no one dared to disturb, this was the first time that Luo Yuan showed his keen five senses in front of everyone.
Luo Yuan's face was focused, and during the period, a system prompt appeared, and he didn't realize it.
"The water source should be there, I think I can already hear the water." Luo Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of joy flashed on his face, and he said loudly.
Then he strode towards the rock wall in front of him, and the group hurriedly followed.
After walking along the rock wall for about a hundred meters, everyone faintly heard the sound of rushing water, and if there was none, if they didn't pay attention to it, they might not be able to detect it at all, and then they felt how far away they were from Luo Yuan. If ordinary people are a hundred meters apart, even if they shout, they are vague, faint, and indistinguishable, not to mention the faint sound of water.
After walking for dozens of meters, the sound of the water was getting louder and louder, and some sharp-eyed people had already seen the waterhole reflecting the moonlight in the night.
A touch of clear spring water, from the half-meter-high rock crevice, bubbling out, falling into the pool below, the pool is not big, only three or four squares, but the most rare thing is that this pool is living water, clear bottom, clean and translucent.
"It's spring water, that's great!" Cao Lin said loudly in surprise, she seemed to be unable to restrain her emotions, and her whole body trembled slightly.
"It's so clean, I think the water must be sweet." Zhao Yali was also excited.
In the past few days, as the water source near the camp has dried up, everyone has drunk sewage enough.
When mixed with the soup, it can barely be eaten when mixed with the umami of the food. Once drunk straight, the smell of corpses and the dryness of the sand was devastating.
I didn't think it was compared before, but now when I see the crystal clear spring water, everyone is emotionally surging and it is difficult for them to help themselves.
Even Mu Wenwen, who had no expression all the time and was immersed in her own world, couldn't help but smile, and the emotional expression at that moment seemed to destroy some of her mysterious power that people unconsciously ignored, so that several people subconsciously glanced at her, and a trace of surprise and stunned flashed on their faces.
It seems that everyone has noticed that this woman who has been living with everyone is still a beautiful woman.
Mu Wenwen was slightly stunned, as if she was a little unaccustomed to it, and a little flustered, she quickly restrained her smile and became expressionless again.
A few people looked at it for a while, as if they had forgotten something, and soon they were distracted by something else, and everything seemed to come naturally.
This mysterious power even Luo Yuan was affected, he looked away, and at this time, a shadow seemed to sweep through the corner of his eye, and he suddenly looked slightly, and when he looked closely, his face was a little surprised.
He saw a tree!
He couldn't help but be surprised, the giant had cut down almost all the trees near the lair, and there was nothing but weeds, and the lone tree seventy or eighty meters away was too dazzling.
The roots of the tree are thick, most of them are exposed, thick knots, coiled and entangled, forming a huge spherical shape, as if it is a mass of giant pythons that are countless entangled, through the gaps in the roots, it actually originally grew on a boulder more than ten meters high, but as the root system became more and more prosperous, the boulder inside was already full of fine cracks, and the reason why it could still maintain its basic shape without fragmentation was obviously the reason for the binding of these roots.
Compared with the huge roots of the tree, the body of the tree is relatively short, only about eight or nine meters high, and the leaves are sparse, and on the branches of the branches, a few scattered fruits are hanging on it, and the plants seem to have mutated after the end of the world, and they rarely bear fruit, and this tree actually has fruits, which makes Luo Yuan inevitably have a trace of curiosity.
"You stay here first, I'll go over there and have a look!" Luo Yuan said.
The tree was obviously not an ordinary mutant tree, and around its roots, he saw a snow-white skeleton, which looked eerie and creepy in the night.
Luo Yuan explained the matter to Huang Jiahui and the others, warned them not to come over no matter what happened, and walked towards the front with a horse chopping knife.
Seven or eight meters away from the strange tree, he stopped, and then there was a thick skeleton area in front of him, most of which were the bones of various mutant beasts, but there were also some that belonged to giants, not many, only about five or six, maybe the giants strayed into this place.
The tree is a bit mysterious, except for its spherical roots, its trunk is also quirky and twisted, and the whole branch seems to be a wrung out yellow and purple towel, showing a spiraling thread.
The area near the root of the tree is also covered with bumps the size of a baby's fist like a sarcoma, which looks dense, and if a person with a dense phobia sees it, I am afraid that the head will be bigger.
Although the tree, motionless, did not feel dangerous, Luo Yuan did not rush in.
The nature of the plant race makes each of these carnivorous mutant trees the most patient hunters, and in ordinary times, it is basically like an ordinary big tree, only at the moment of hunting, does it show a hideous face.
His heart moved, and suddenly exuded a powerful momentum, the air seemed to be frozen, and an indescribable depressing aura enveloped the entire space, and he exuded momentum while carefully observing the strange tree.
When the blade is advanced to the expert level, his momentum is already quite powerful, and even a light green-level creature will be caught off guard for a short time.
But the strange tree was motionless, as if it were an ordinary mutant tree.
Luo Yuan was a little puzzled, he hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked forward, the bones under his feet looked very crunchy, and his feet stepped on it, making a crisp and breaking sound of "pop" and "pop".
Perception is like a holographic radar, reflecting everything around it, even the roots of underground trees, and it does not fall in the slightest. He held the hilt of the knife tightly, the muscles of his whole body seemed to be loose and tight, and every step was in the best position to exert force, once the strange tree had any attack action, it would surely usher in a thunderous attack.
But gradually, his face became more and more puzzled, all the circumstances showed that this strange tree was harmless to humans and animals, even if he stood in front of the strange tree, touched its strange rough bark, he did not react in the slightest.
"No, if this tree is really an ordinary mutant tree, then where can there be so many bones, and ......" He picked up one of the bones, and with a slight break, with a crisp sound, he broke it: "This bone is too fragile, not to mention the mutant beast, I'm afraid that an ordinary wooden stick before the end of the world is tougher than him, and it is obvious that there is a large loss of organic matter in it." ”
Immediately, with a flash of his sword, a piece of bark the size of a palm was cut off by him, and a red blood-like liquid slowly seeped out of the trunk, and at the same time, a strange fragrance gradually spread.
He picked up the piece of bark and performed an identification technique, and suddenly, his body was shocked!
"Wisdom Bark"
"Rarity: Blue."
"Weight: 300g."
"Attribute: None."
"Additional Ability: None"
"Evaluation: This is the bark of a rare wisdom tree, behind every wild wisdom tree, a wisdom race will be born, its value cannot be assessed, as for this bark, it may be a good collection."
He was stunned for a while before he came to his senses and looked at the fruit of the tree again.
The fruit was quickly shot down by a stone, and he picked it up and performed another identification technique:
"Fruit of Wisdom"
"Rarity: Blue."
"Weight: 100g."
"Attribute: None."
"Additional Ability: Unlock Wisdom."
"Comment: This is the fruit of a rare wisdom tree that can slightly stimulate the redevelopment of the cerebral cortex and open up wisdom! Valid for intelligence eleven or less. ”
His face was a little solemn, and his heart was heavy as if he was pressing a boulder.
"How can there be such a mutant tree? How could there be such fruit? Is this a natural evolutionary coincidence, or is it deliberately arranged by some mysterious force? ”
In fact, he has always had a feeling that this mutation seems to be aimed at human beings, beasts can evolve naturally, insects can evolve naturally, and even plants can evolve, but only human beings have not changed for a long time, as if there is some mysterious force that is suppressing human beings and even trying to exterminate human beings.
In terms of biological nature, there is no essential difference between humans and other organisms, even if there is a huge difference in individual mice, between the two, there are 80% of the genes exactly the same, and share 99% of similar genes, as for primates, the genes are almost exactly the same as humans.
However, primates can mutate and evolve, but humans are almost no different from before the end of the world, and only a very few individuals can break through the blockade of this power by devouring the flesh and blood of other mutated creatures.
The reality is cold and hopeless, and human beings seem to have been forgotten by nature, without any change, and completely at the mercy of struggle and death.
"I'm afraid this kind of thing was also born by that mysterious force, the purpose of which is to support other races to replace humans." Luo Yuan had some doubts in his heart. He looked at the demon-like fruit in his hand, and when he pinched it hard, it was crushed by him, and the pink flesh splashed everywhere, filling the air with an attractive fragrance.
He looked at the tall tree of wisdom with a sharp look in his eyes, and the next moment he raised his sword violently!
The look is changing!
Time passed slowly, and he seemed to be petrified, and he didn't move for a long time.
Eventually, he slowly inserted the knife into its sheath and looked at the corpse in the distance.