Chapter 249: Upstream of the Stream
"Help me bring Xiao Jiu back, it's trapped by that slime!"
Looking at Liao Fan, who rushed to help, Meng Yao was greatly surprised, and immediately let out a low shout.
"Got it, you quickly stand back."
Liao Fan nodded, and his body swooped down, slamming towards the place where the Nine Spice Worm was trapped, his left arm stretched out sharply, and the probe claw grabbed the Nine Spice Worm.
At the same time, the noise in the water was even more intense, condensing into a whirlpool the size of a dustpan, and in the whirlpool, the tongue gushed out one after another, and the long tongue that burst out was like a dense spider web, enveloping Liao Fan's entire body.
"Strange ......"
Liao Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at the giant blue frogs that were frantically attacking him, his eyes flashed slightly, and at the same time, he turned the blade and slashed horizontally!
Swish!
The black sword light condensed, forcibly splitting a large number of rolled tongues, and at the same time, a red flame containing high temperature swam away with the blade, stretching out a wave of fire that broke through the air.
The flames scorched the tongue of the giant blue frog, causing the monsters to wail and quickly retract back to the surface.
Liao Fan slashed again, and the flames followed the blade, directly separating the water flow, extending a vacuum area with a length of more than five meters in the water.
The heat continued to spread, scorching the surface of the water to a boil, and a hazy water vapor swept over most of the water.
The giant blue frogs could not withstand the heat of such a manic flame, and they all burrowed into the water and stopped their attack.
As soon as Liao Fan grasped the Nine Spice Insect, his body flew upside down, and he fell to the ground again, and said to Meng Yao while retreating,
"Get out of here first!"
"Okay."
Meng Yao took over the Nine Spice Worm and found that the surface of the Nine Spice Worm's body was covered with a large amount of white mucus, which was like glue, making the Nine Spice Worm lose its ability to fly, so it was trapped on the leaf.
Needless to say, the thing that spews out this slime is the giant blue frog in the water.
Fortunately, Liao Fan rescued it in time, so that the nine-spice insect was not swallowed by the giant blue frog, Meng Yao immediately cleaned up the mucus on its body, and exclaimed as she retreated,
"These frogs are so crazy, how can they attack us en masse?"
"I can't tell, maybe I've been infected by some kind of toxin!"
Liao Fan retreated to the shore, but his gaze was still fixed on the stream, staring at the dark and dreary water, and his tone was low.
Although there are indeed many dangerous creatures in the outer universe, not every creature is so aggressive.
For example, the giant blue frog in front of them, they belong to a relatively gentle species, at least in the blue star world in the previous life, I have not heard of a giant blue frog actively attacking humans.
But at the moment, this group of blue frogs has a manic temperament, and their usual behavior is completely different.
Liao Fan guessed that they must have been infected by a virus in the stream to cause this.
The two of them retreated away from the creek to make sure the giant blue frogs hadn't followed, and they both stopped.
Sun Mu also quickly felt it, panting and coming to the two of them, looking at the stream that was still boiling, and said while panting, "What happened just now, why is Miss Meng Yao so embarrassed?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just an attack from an aquatic creature, and I've beaten it back."
Liao Fan shook his head, but he didn't react much.
Giant blue frogs can't leave the water source, and once ashore, their combat ability is greatly reduced, and the only weapon they can use to attack their prey is that white tongue, so it's not difficult.
It's just that Liao Fan doesn't understand why these giant blue frogs, who have always been timid and cautious, attack humans in groups?
In Liao Fan's memory of his previous life, there was no similar situation at all.
After listening to Liao Fan's words, Meng Yao was still a little resentful, and looked at the giant blue frogs hiding in the stream with hatred, "What's so strange about this, monsters are always monsters, and it's not uncommon for them to attack humans." ”
Liao Fan shook his head, "You're wrong, the main universe where we are located, there are many different dimensional spaces, different dimensional spaces, and creatures with different personalities will also be born, not every space creature is so violent, and there are even some races that are very friendly to humans." ”
Sun Mu touched his nose and said, "According to what you say, these giant blue frogs should be relatively gentle, but why did they ...... just now?"
"Maybe the answer lies upstream of this creek."
Liao Fan raised his gaze, his gaze extended along the stream, looked at the center of the black rainforest, and said in a deep voice,
"The stream here is very likely to be polluted, and the giant blue frog is the most typical aquatic creature, and living in such a polluted area for a long time can lead to a brutal temperament."
Sun Mu also felt that this analysis was very reasonable, and nodded secretly.
Meng Yao was puzzled, "But they didn't turn into zombies directly like those humans." ”
"It's not surprising that different organisms have different resistance to the same virus, take the plague as an example, as a carrier of the plague virus, rats will not get sick because of it, but humans will be infected and die."
Liao Fan explained, "In the same way, when a giant blue frog is infected with that virus, it will only become irritable, while humans may mutate into zombie......s once they are infected."
Meng Yao couldn't refute it, so she could only take a breath and ask, "Maybe you're right, then what should we do next?" ”
"There's nothing to do but keep walking up the creek."
Liao Fan didn't have any good ideas, so he could only point to the upper reaches of the creek, and then lead the two to continue up.
The three of them moved very slowly, slowing down noticeably as they entered the black rainforest.
At the same time, the Nine Spice Worm, which had just escaped from danger, was also lying on Meng Yao's shoulder, rolling his eyes very cautiously, looking at the surrounding woods, and his mood became more and more manic.
After walking for about half an hour, Meng Yao stopped his footsteps again and whispered to Liao Fan, "Xiao Jiu's mood is not quite right, since entering this rainforest, it has become more and more nervous, there must be some kind of unknowable danger ahead, otherwise this little thing would not have such a big reaction." ”
Liao Fan also felt that the environment of this rainforest was indeed very weird.
It stands to reason that such a large forest, even if there are no mid-to-high-end demon beasts to live, there should be some low-end lifeforms.
But inside the rainforest, it was still too quiet, and there was not the slightest sound of insects and birds, only a dark and dense forest, which covered the sky and blocked out the natural light overhead.
Looking at the entire dense forest, except for the dead silence and gloom, there was no movement at all.
Sun Mu's brows furrowed more and more, he jumped directly onto an unknown tree, stood on the treetop and looked into the distance for a while, as if he had found something, and hurriedly jumped down and said to the two,
"About a kilometer away from us, there is a relatively flat area where there are a lot of strangely shaped stones, and the corpse smell is extremely strong, which may be the source of these viruses."
"Let's go, it's all here, we have to go and see."
Liao Fan didn't say a word, and immediately walked in the direction that Sun Mu pointed to.
After a few more minutes, the three of them found a rocky valley in front of them, the valley was flat, and a large number of black unknown strange rocks were located, which were placed in all directions.
In the middle of this rocky valley, there is a huge platform built of cobblestone, and under the stone platform, there is a large corpse qi permeated, and within a radius of 500 meters, there is hardly a single tree growing.