Chapter 502: Last Stand
To be reasonable, plants shouldn't be able to move, at least not as fast as animals.
As for the reasons for this phenomenon, there are many opinions, the most common one is that because plants do not have a nervous system and no muscles, they cannot control their bodies like animals, and it is also related to the special structure of plant cells, because plant cells have an extra layer of cell wall than animal cells.
The existence of the cell wall provides a plant with higher stability than animal cells, but it also greatly limits the possibility of its rapid movement, but there is no absolute, there is no rule that says that only with the nervous system and muscles can move quickly, and there is no rule that says that plants must be limited by the cell wall.
For example, the clumps of plants that trapped the people of the "advance team" must have their own special reasons for their existence, but at this moment, the "advance team" did not have the heart to figure out why they moved, and now they want to repel these plants and live.
Due to a brief loss of consciousness, the leader of the "advance team" had already lost his right arm, but fortunately he immediately cut off his arm, otherwise he would have to lose his own life, and at the same time, fortunately, the other two members of the "advance team" next to him covered him and retreated into the crowd, so he escaped by luck.
At this time, any daily intrigue is meaningless, it is the most correct thing to let as many companions live as possible, one more person is more strength, and the reason why human beings can stand at the apex of all living things is not only their own intellectual superiority, but also the merit of social inhabitation.
It's not about being selfish or not, it's just that you have to do it if you want to survive in the face of a great threat, and anyone who doesn't do it won't live long.
Let's say that the leader of the "advance team" had barely stopped the bleeding from the broken right arm after being treated urgently by his companions, but due to excessive blood loss, his face was as white as a dead man, and his lips were a little bloody, and the whole person was extremely weak.
"Help me up."
Even so, the team leader struggled with his companions to help him up, and seeing that the captain insisted on doing so, the only medical soldier among the dozen or so had to help him up.
It's horrible.
Who would have thought that one day he would die in the hands of a group of plants and become fertilizer for them to absorb, and if he was eaten by some wild beast, it would be better than this, at least he would not feel so guilty.
Thinking of this, the team leader couldn't help but want to pull the corners of his mouth and smile bitterly, but unfortunately he couldn't even cry now that he couldn't even cry.
More than a dozen members of the "advance team" were still resisting desperately, but they still couldn't stop the trend of the plants gradually surrounding, and the team leader raised his left hand and fired several pistol bullets one after another, and suddenly turned the muzzle of the gun and pointed it at his temple.
Rather than being strangled alive by these plants, it is better to do it yourself.
Everyone in the "advance team" has been forced to red-eyed, how can anyone notice the squad leader standing in the crowd looking for death, although everyone realizes that they are powerless, but their thinking has long been stagnant, they only know how to shoot, change bullets, shoot again, change bullets, and change bullets, and so on, almost everyone's heads are blank.
"Huh!"
While a member of the "advance team" was changing bullets, a vine that was already high enough to move forward took the opportunity to wrap around his neck and lift the "advance team" member from the ground like a chicken.
His nails were shattered, his ten fingers were dripping with blood, and the member of the "advance team" had done his best, but it was useless, and he was soon strangled by the vines, and his eyes rolled white, only to see the vines that strangled his neck and threw them up again, and the unconscious members of the "advance team" were thrown into the air, and they were immediately covered by a "big bag".
A cylindrical object with a thin layer of fruit wax on the fleshy surface, which is probably the "stomach pouch" of these plants.
The reason why it is said to be a stomach pouch is because all the prey caught by these plants will eventually be thrown into it, and it is estimated that the transparent liquid in these cylinders has the ability to decompose animal carcasses, just like pitcher plants.
There may even be some relationship between this plant and Nepenthes, whose cylindrical organs resemble those of Nepenthes in appearance.
Seeing that his companion was swallowed into the "stomach" by these strange plants, a member of the "advance team" immediately aimed at the cylindrical organ and swept it with a shuttle of bullets, only to hear a muffled sound of "poof", and the bullet really pierced through the fleshy wall of the cylinder, and a lot of liquid flowed out of it.
As soon as the cylinder was broken, all the vines around it seemed to have suffered greatly, and they no longer continued to attack, but writhed like an earthworm sprinkled with salt.
However, this member of the "advance team" was caught by other vines and thrown into another cylindrical organ.
"Hit these big cylinders!"
The leader of the "advance team" who was about to shoot himself saw this scene, and his eyes reappeared with brilliance, after all, people don't want to die, and if they have the opportunity to live, a fool is willing to commit suicide.
"Hit these big cylinders!" The team leader repeated what he had just said, "These plants can feel pain!" Fast! Say hello to these big cylinders! ”
In just a few seconds, three or four more members of the "advance team" were caught in the vines, and the rest of the people heard the shouts of the squad leader, and their spirits were lifted at the same time, and they opened fire on the surrounding cylinders in a fierce strafing round, which was outstanding.
Although the vines of these plants are tough, the cylindrical "stomach pouch" is not so invulnerable, and the bullet can easily penetrate the fleshy walls of the cylinder, which is not thick, and these plants can really feel pain, and each bullet on the cylinder, the vines connected to it will twitch in pain.
There is nothing in the world that does not have weaknesses, and many times I feel that something has no weaknesses, not because it does not have it, but because I have not found the right place.
Since they found the weakness of these plants, the "advance team" quickly defeated the plants, and two members of the "advance team" who were swallowed into the cylinder were also rescued, but unfortunately the others could not be saved.