Without any warning, Luo Zhiqing jumped in front of Miao Pu and stood still, then stroked off her mask casually, revealing her delicate and beautiful face, staring at Miao Pu fixedly: "I mean, if, if I like you, will you accept me?" ”

Miao Puzheng and Luo Zhiqing were chatting for a while, and suddenly saw Luo Zhiqing falling from the sky to block his way, and then threw down such a sentence without a head, and he was stunned at that time.

Sincerely, it is the first time that Miao Pu has been confessed when he has grown so big, and there is no warning, and the psychological activities are very rich for a while, this thing is still quite lethal for the first brother in the relationship, which made Miao Pu a little stunned at the moment. Xin said: "Damn, is this the legendary confession?" Hey, don't get too close...... Girl, you're gone......"

Maybe Miao Pu has experienced too many things, and maybe it is because caution has become a habit, except that he immediately entered a state of delusion of being killed after the panic at the beginning: "This is a beauty trick?" It must be a beauty trick, what is this trying to do with my brother? Calm down, calm down......"

Luo Zhiqing, who had waited for a long time and didn't wait for a reply, gradually had a disappointed look in her eyes, and sighed lightly: "Are you doubting me? Afraid I'll take advantage of your emotions? ”

After a while, Miao Pucai said embarrassedly: "Uh...... It's really not fun for you to play a prank, we don't have to play like this if we have no enemies in the long days and no grievances in the near future. ”

"I know you're the kind of person who likes to take things step by step emotionally, but I don't have time......" Luo Zhiqing muttered as if to tell and as if to mumble.

"Coming back? Are you kidding or are you real, don't scare me, okay? Miao Pu's feelings for the first brother were completely exposed, he was at a loss for a while, this situation was beyond his imagination, and he really didn't know what to do.

Luo Zhiqing didn't continue this embarrassing topic, but pointed ahead with her hand and said, "Okay, our destination is almost here." ”

The next trip was a little embarrassing, but fortunately, Luo Zhiqing didn't continue the topic just now, and Miao Pu didn't think of what kind of plane to do for this thing after thinking about it for a long time, so he didn't bother to think about it, but tried his best to recover himself to a better psychological state. After all, wandering minds are a terrible situation in such a place.

At this time, the two were already in a river.

In Miao Pu's impression, the Dihe River should be the kind of pipe similar to a crazy mouse, not only the water flow is turbulent, but also the drop is large, and some places should be extremely narrow, and many times there is no extra space at all......

To be honest, there is not much wrong with Miao Pu's imagination, many rivers are like this. But the one the two are traveling on now is an exception.

There are beachheads, riverbeds, wide river channels, and quietly flowing rivers, so quiet that it seems that it is just an endless silk horse gently gliding.

It's not dark either, with many unknown luminous plants and tans dotting the water's edge and even in the water, plus the ubiquitous darkness, the secret atmosphere is full.

"If there were no monsters or anything, I believe that exploring this kind of place would be a good memory in my life, and it would be nothing more than a secret to find a secret one." Miao Pu sighed in the face of this situation.

"Hiking and trekking, most young people don't find it a pleasure, your preferences don't look like a young person."

"Hehe, maybe it was influenced by my grandfather, he always told me how many places he had traveled, and I wanted to try to feel the feelings he said when I was a child. I eventually developed a hobby, which has benefited me a lot, and even I feel that my current success has a lot to do with this hobby. ”

"Oh, it's a long way."

"Yes, travel thousands of miles. I have cultivated some good habits, broadened my horizons, and learned to look at problems outside the original environment. ”

Luo Zhiqing nodded, smiled and said, "So, please use this mode of thinking to analyze what is going on in this underground world?" ”

"Well, I think there may be three forces in existence."

"Oh? Which three parties? ”

"Those who save people and those who try to get more out of this ruin are one side. Monsters derived from sourceization are considered to be one side. Another party that turns this place into a bizarre and sinister giant trap. ”

"I can understand the first two, this third party, you mean the source civilization?"

"Yes, this profession makes me in awe of the calculations of the source civilization. So I think this underground ruins are very simple, and as there are more and more bizarre situations, I believe in this judgment more and more. In fact, this is why I promised you to surrender to the Mother Tree. I always felt like I was going to go straight to the core of the ruins and end up like some missing Precursor. ”

Saying that, Miao Pu asked Luo Zhiqing rhetorically: "What about you, you must know that according to normal inference, the earlier you arrive at the core area, the greater the possibility of obtaining the Source Pearl, but you are willing to seek the near and far and ask me to surrender the mother tree, is there any information that is inconvenient to disclose, or is it out of some kind of speculation or inference, because of the lack of strong evidence, I feel that it is not appropriate to say it?" ”

"Prefer the latter. Mainly because I spent some time observing the hawks' cousins, as well as the Aragami people's cousins, they seemed to have both longing and fearing for the core area of the ruins. The mutual pinching between them seems to be more like a struggle for the resources of this underground world, rather than the priority to enter the core area of the ruins. Moreover, although they are fighting, I feel that it is more about preparation, that kind of fierce soldiers. ”

Miao Pu listened to Luo Zhiqing's words, and compared with his experience since entering the underground world, he couldn't help but nod frequently. "I've also noticed this anomaly, taking the Aragami as an example, it seems that from the very beginning, they were trying to trap more people, and at the same time dragging us along and planning all kinds of things, but they never sent their core forces. Based on all the information I got later, if they had tried their best to fight me in the first place, I wouldn't have been able to handle it, and I wouldn't have even been able to run. ”

Miao Pu said again: "But my previous thoughts were different from yours. I didn't know that the Aragami were fighting on two fronts, or even multiple fronts. I don't know if they're preparing, I thought they were dragging us because the ruins had reached a critical moment, and important things were about to be acquired, and they didn't want us to spoil the good thing. ”

"And now?" Luo Zhiqing flashed her big eyes and looked at the big boy in front of her very seriously to analyze things, it was a bit of a teenager and an old man, but in her eyes, it was called cute.

"It's hard to say." Miao Pu analyzed: "The situation may be what you said, but it may also be the kind I said." The reason why the perimeter of the ruins is not defended is because the environment there is too special and it is too difficult to defend. Maybe they're setting up a terminal defense ring at the ruins. It is precisely because the hawks cannot break through, they can only accumulate strength, and as a result, the peripheral forces of the Aragami are naturally harassing and obstructing. ”

"I wish it was the kind you said."

“……”

While talking, Luo Zhiqing took Miao Pu onto a small road. Of course, in fact, it is not a road at all, but a gap between the rock masses, there is water meandering at the bottom, and the amount of water is the Cheng dù of the stream, which is slippery and difficult to walk.

Luo Zhiqing explained: "If you go further along the river beach, you will come to a monster's lair, but we can't go through there because the protection is very tight. ”

"What about underwater?"

"It's all roots, and touching those roots is like shaking an alarm bell."

The two of them trekked on a road that was not a road, Miao Pu swore to the sky that he had never walked such a difficult road in such a big life, and more than once in his opinion, the road ahead was over, but Luo Zhiqing could still find the way. Sometimes, in order to move forward, the two have to climb high and low, walk backwards from another gap, or detour a long way before they can continue to move forward, and even later Miao Pu has completely lost his way, if it is not for gravity, I am afraid that it is difficult to distinguish between up and down, but Luo Zhiqing always knows how to go, and never hesitates.

Luo Zhiqing told Miao Pu that in her mind, she could present an instant map composed of space, so she would always be forward-looking in this environment, unless it was all solid, and there were no gaps to use at all.

Luo Zhiqing also told Miao Pu that she can have such a path, thanks to Yuanhua. Because Yuanhua leads to changes in the earth's crust, and at the same time it transforms some transformable matter, the energy eruption causes the cracks to reach the surface, because of the numerous air ducts, and this is how the abundant air comes from.

After more than half an hour, after a big circle, the two finally arrived at a monster's lair.

This is a dome, the area is roughly estimated to be 1 square kilometer, the highest point at the top is about 30 meters from the ground, it can be said that it is a very huge space, but there are earth rivers, craggy stalagmites, stone pillars, and stone platforms of high and low staggered heights, which strictly restricts the practical area.

The two of them were on one side of the vault near the top of the sloping stone wall, which faced the largest clearing in the entire vault.

Luo Zhiqing pointed to the mother tree rooted in the open space here, and said in a low voice: "I have coveted this guy for a long time, according to my observation and comparison, it is not the strongest among the mother trees, nor is it the one that has the most resources, but it has the most potential." Because I think it's smart, it doesn't get ordinary people or awakened people as a source of analysis, or modify embryos, it gets mutated creatures in this river, so it has such tokens. ”

With Luo Zhiqing's guidance, Miao Pu saw a huge lizard, or they were more like geckos, because their heads were flat, and the proportional structure of their shapes and limbs was more like geckos, but they were definitely not geckos, it was not a matter of size, but it was impossible for geckos to make a solid shell like a lobster, even if they were atavistic again.

It's also worth mentioning that there aren't so many mutant geckos or shrimp in the river that don't have the mother tree as modified embryos, which means that the hordes of monsters below are all plant-based, not mixed.

Genes from different species are parsed and recombined. There is no restriction on the number of modified embryos, and it can produce plant-based monsters that can act independently. These two points alone are enough to prove the strength of this mother tree, no wonder Luo Zhiqing is optimistic.

"What's next? A fierce battle, slaughtering the guards, and then beating this mother tree to a half-crippled? Or do you go straight to the mother tree, and I'll hold the guards back? Luo Zhiqing looked at Miao Pu and said.

"No, I'll just shoot an arrow."

"Huh?" Luo Zhiqing felt very surprised, she really didn't expect Miao Pu to solve it in such a simple way, can this work?

It was indeed an arrow, but it looked a little special, like an enlarged syringe, or like a puff rod with an arrow and an arrow's tail, and its shaft was really too thick, and at first glance it was the kind of thin skin and big stuffing, and there was material inside.

What Luo Zhiqing noticed was that before Miao Pu shot this arrow, he was drumming in the mysterious bulge that seemed to be a rucksack tied to his back and armor, and then, with the formation of this strange arrow, the bulge was significantly reduced in size.

"You've got something?" Luo Zhiqing asked curiously.

Miao Pu sighed at Luo Zhiqing's keen observation and replied: "I am Yuanshou, similar to the druids of the Yuanhua world, born close to animals and plants, raising some flying insects or something, it's normal, right?" ”

Of course Luo Zhiqing didn't believe that those things were flying insects, this was obviously to inject the mother tree, can the flying insects survive in the mother tree? In fact, this is also what she is most puzzled about, the mother tree is not a creature that only knows how to lay cubs, it is a powerful plant monster itself, it has an ability, a parasite or something, and it is easy to be killed by the ability circulating in its body.

Miao Pu had already chosen an attack position at this time, and he raised his hand seemingly casually and shot the arrow.

Burst!

Such as the sound of defeat, this arrow hit the mother tree, the sound is not loud, the strength is average, because of the good choice of position, it looks very inconspicuous.

And what surprised Luo Zhiqing the most was the reaction of the mother tree, it only shook slightly, and continued to poke there as if it was nothing, and there was no follow-up action at all. You must know that when she was tempted, a small pebble, smashed over, and it was very provoking the monsters, but now the mother tree has not even ordered the spin-off monsters to search the surrounding anomalies.

"It's ......"

Miao Pu smiled slightly: "This is life energy, for the mother tree, this needle is very refreshing and replenishing." ”

It is indeed refreshing and replenishing, and it is more enjoyable than drinking a bowl of iced sour plum soup on dog days, but Miao Pu is involved in the Green Devil in this supplement, which is an authentic drug.

For the Green Goblins, this is yet another spaceship raid. Occupying, turning it into a new home, that's what they're all about.

Unlike in the past, today's Green Goblins are more ferocious, reproduce faster, and live longer, originally they could only reproduce one generation in their lifetime, but now it is 5 generations, which means that after 5 splits, the original one will die.

"Okay, all that's left is to wait, I guess it will take about 4-5 hours."

"You, are you going to be dying or mad when you do this?"

"Hehe, how could it be, it won't die, and the things I made will coexist in harmony with the mother tree."

It's okay to coexist in harmony, and in Lancaster they get along well with the flowers and plants, which, unlike the Red Devils, don't turn hosts into an extension of their collective will. But it's not always true to say that the mother tree doesn't die.

The simple erosion of the Green Goblin only resulted in one more mother tree occupied by the Green Goblin, rather than one more mother tree controlled by Miao Pu. In order to successfully achieve control, Miao Pu needs to let the will of Xuan Ling replace the will of the mother tree.

This is definitely a new attempt, to replace or devour, whether Xuan Ling can complete the task, in fact, Miao Pu is not sure. He only knew that he had this ability because he had the ability to communicate with the Xuan Ling, and not every Xuan Ling possessed it, but only the Xuan Ling who had been trained by him to manipulate vine plants or vine monsters could do it.

It is precisely because of this that the Xuan Ling was in the arrow in the early stage, and it will only enter when the Green Goblin occupies a certain proportion of the mother tree's body. The area where the Green Goblin controls zhì is the home of Xuanling, and with this advantage, it has a chance to defeat the mother tree.

There is no doubt that this is a long war of epic grandeur for the Green Goblins. But for Miao Pu, it's just waiting, what should be done, what can be done, everything has been done, and no matter how much you do, it may not make the chances of winning a few points more.

The fact is that the mother tree is actually a rough line, although it has a defense mechanism in its body, but it has little effect on the green goblin, just like the effect of lactic acid bacteria on people, the green goblin itself is indeed more beneficial than disadvantageous to it, because the real scourge is Xuan Ling, Xuan Ling controls the behavior of the green goblin, and it is an extension of Miao Pu's will.

Poor Mother Tree did not move much until it was deprived of its will. Its limbs have been completely taken over by the Green Goblin. At the behest of the Xuan Ling, the Green Goblin even terminated the normal operation of various energies in the mother tree's body, which made its will unable to obtain physical nourishment and continued to weaken, and was finally devoured by the Xuan Spirit.

This step is undoubtedly very important, without devouring, the Xuan Ling occupies the mother tree, and it is also similar to the result of a schoolboy entering the cockpit of an airplane, which cannot be operated at all. Maybe after groping, you can master some of it, but it takes a lot of time and you need to take a lot of risks, neither of which Miao Pu wants to see.

Therefore, the fusion of Xuan Ling is the best result.

After controlling the mother tree, Miao Pu realized that things were not so simple.

The mother tree is like the base car in the [Red Alert] game, just the core, the root, but not the whole story. Plant monsters are a system, not a plant. Most of the mother trees can be derived from this functional plant, but the most critical one cannot. It is precisely this that determines the difference between the group of plant monsters similar to the alien system dominated by the mother tree.

Luo Zhiqing stared at the key plant that seemed to be a giant turnip, and said very depressedly: "I'm sorry, I thought things were simple, we can't let the plant monster move casually, it's not a question of whether it hurts or not, but moving is equivalent to destroying the system." ”

Miao Pu and Luo Zhiqing's views are different, because whether it is a mother tree or a key plant, they are all things that can be transformed into his plant element factors. That is to say, as long as he wants to, even with his bare hands, he can reproduce a plant-based monster in other places, and it should be stronger, after all, Miao Pu's plant element factor can be fused and used.

But the idea is just a theory. Because he can't solve the energy problem. As a result, it is impossible to operate at all. Maybe after groping, you can master some of it, but it takes a lot of time and you need to take a lot of risks, neither of which Miao Pu wants to see.

Therefore, the fusion of Xuan Ling is the best result.

After controlling the mother tree, Miao Pu realized that things were not so simple.

The mother tree is like the base car in the [Red Alert] game, just the core, the root, but not the whole story. Plant monsters are a system, not a plant. Most of the mother trees can be derived from this functional plant, but the most critical one cannot. It is precisely this that determines the difference between the group of plant monsters similar to the alien system dominated by the mother tree.

Luo Zhiqing stared at the key plant that seemed to be a giant turnip, and said very depressedly: "I'm sorry, I thought things were simple, we can't let the plant monster move casually, it's not a question of whether it hurts or not, but moving is equivalent to destroying the system." ”

Miao Pu and Luo Zhiqing's views are different, because whether it is a mother tree or a key plant, they are all things that can be transformed into his plant element factors. That is to say, as long as he wants to, even with his bare hands, he can reproduce a plant-based monster in other places, and it should be stronger, after all, Miao Pu's plant element factor can be fused and used.

But the idea is just a theory. Because he can't solve the energy problem.