Chapter 181: Choice

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Li Jiashan knelt down, his hands were flying, and in the blink of an eye, a small pit was dug out, and a large puff of roots as fine as corn whiskers was gradually revealed.

Then, his five fingers touched something tender.

With a shrunk pupil, Li Tuoshan picked up a pillar that was as round as a lotus root, and his body suddenly stiffened.

Suppressing his trembling, he began to carefully dig from the edges, finally making a small ...... Infant!

The baby was buried deep in the soil, covered in mud, but his chest was still slightly undulating, and his wrinkled little face was as peaceful as a lake, as if it was not buried alive, but just hibernating.

The tender yellow fine roots and whiskers firmly wrapped the baby like swaddling, and even the mouth, nose and ears were stuffed with roots, and Li Carrying Mountain was still squirming slightly when he ripped it open roughly, as if he felt Li Carrying Mountain's breath and did not resist.

But this baby is not ordinary either.

Li Jiashan turned over the baby's body, revealing two pairs of colorful tentacles growing out of the shoulder blades, which collapsed softly at the moment, like a dying snake, and even a thin slit opened in the abdomen, revealing a little immature sharp teeth.

The baby turned out to be an infected person who was hated by others.

Li Jiashan tried to pull the roots and whiskers stuffed in his mouth and nose, which was not only extremely tough, but also made the baby struggle in pain.

Li Jiashan gritted his teeth and put down the baby, and continued to run to five other places to pick it up.

This time, it was not a baby, but a man and a woman, young and old. Naked, they are parasitized by roots, their whole body is covered with thick roots, and in some places their skin has completely taken on a vegetative fibrous texture.

The only thing they have in common is that they are all infected.

The black fruit tree stood quietly, and the wind was blowing outside the door, but Li Tuoshan felt that there was a nameless fire crackling and burning in his heart.

He looked at the fruit tree, which was still quiet, and even exuded a sense of intimacy, for the ignorant plant was desperately eager to get close to its fellow mutated creatures.

Then devour.

However, this is probably just a very normal physiological activity in its conception, and it has nothing to do with good or evil or cruelty, and it may feel that it is also a good thing for the other party to be entangled in its roots and sleep, and finally completely absorbed.

Li Jiashan clenched his fists, and his whole body trembled slightly.

The truth is already on the horizon.

This mutant plant does have the ability to produce high-energy fruits steadily, but its growth requires the flesh and blood of the infected to be watered. And the people of Heishui Village don't know how they found this plant, and find out its habits, and bury the born infected person as a sacrifice in its roots, providing it with mutation factors for a long time, so as to achieve the effect of self-sufficiency.

This primitive and brutal method ...... What's the difference with those red-robed monsters!?

Li Beishan punched the fruit tree, and the fruit tree seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, and the vines moved close to Li Beishan, as if they wanted to concoct him in the same way as the previous sacrifice.

But it was too slow, and compared to the bloodthirsty shrubs in the wilderness, this bloated big fruit tree was like a big fat man who had been living for twenty years, and it had no combat ability at all.

Even if it is given the possibility of evolution, but evolution is the process of adaptation of organisms to the environment, and it has been raised by humans without the slightest pressure to survive, how can it evolve any powerful combat ability?

Li Tuoshan easily trampled the vines under his feet, but his mood became heavier and heavier.

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Li Tuoshan opened the door openly and walked out.

"Is that your choice? Li Carrying Mountain. Kang Liang suddenly appeared from the darkness and spoke casually in the wind.

Li Jiashan's eyes flickered, and he said, "You already knew that I would come over?" ”

Kang Liang asked rhetorically, "Heh, do you think that we won't be guarding the veiners here for the permanent period?" ”

Li Beishan pursed his lips and couldn't help asking, "What did you let me break into here?" What exactly do you want me to do? ”

Li Shan felt that although Kang Liang's eyes were still looking at him, they focused on some imperceptible place: "Do you know how many people are still alive in this world? ”

"I don't know, it's probably very little."

Kang Liang said: "The latest statistics are 7.8 million, of course, there are many tribes that have not been contacted, and the actual number may be higher." In the post-cataclysmic world, humanity is a complete failure. ”

"And the infected, or dooms, are actually more than a million, with an average of one out of every 10 babies born," Kang Liang said. They are stronger, stronger, and more suited to this wild world. Further south, subhuman tribes have also been observed, and some social creatures have begun to produce primitive civilizations after mutation. For example, rat people, such as fish people. ”

Li Carrying Mountain said gloomily: "Human beings are no longer the masters of this world......

"So we have been thinking about whether anything can be done for the reproduction and rejuvenation of mankind. And after doing so, will it be the human beings who will be revived, or will it be some new creature in human skin? Kang Liang's figure in the wind looked a little thin.

"For example, this black fruit tree, compared to other aggressive species, has mutated the ability to attract creatures through its fruit to actively seek nutrients for it. Its growth must be watered by mutant flesh, so what will happen once we develop plant cloning technology and popularize it? ”

Li Beishan's face was a little gloomy, and he remembered the irresistible attraction of the fruit: "People will do their best to find mutated creatures to use as fertilizer......"

Kang Liang let out a long sigh: "But most of the mutated creatures are extremely fierce, even the pulse people dare not say that they are sure of victory." ”

Li Aoshan gritted his teeth and said, "So more people will choose mutated flesh and blood that is more convenient and safe to obtain...... Those infected who were born as monsters. ”

Kang Liang said: "Yes, on the one hand, there is a hunt of death, and on the other hand, there are the infected who are ostracized, and presumably the latter will become a livestock to be raised." Let's not talk about the human rights of the infected, but what will happen if even the infected people are gone. There must be people who force normal people to devour the flesh and blood of infected people to artificially create infected people. Such a temptation, no matter how much our people try to make it, no one will be able to easily resist it. In fact, many people think that the pulse has great power, and they are not afraid of the worries of survival at all, but they think that we do not understand the suffering of the world. ”

Li Jiashan showed such an expression: "I know...... You've got a disagreement. Whether to die out as a human being or to abandon others to live is indeed a very difficult choice. ”

Kang Liang chuckled: "The power of the pulse comes from our inner world. If the mind is well-thought, then the strength can naturally be a thousand miles a day. But if we are confused and regret in the face of some inner torture, then the violent mental image will turn into a physical object and eat ourselves. If it is light, its strength will be greatly retreated, and if it is heavy, the eight veins will be broken, and his life will not be guaranteed. You might even go crazy. ”

Li Tuoshan gasped a little: "So you postponed the time you chose and sealed this place." And you choose to achieve your goals indirectly through me? Do you think your heart is something that can be deceived so easily? What the hell do you think? ”