Chapter 16: Footsteps

Five days in the safe zone had made them accustomed to when the ground would squirm and the strange appearance of plants that would change their posture depending on the moisture. So after leaving Yanjiang City, the four of them were familiar with the road.

If you say, most of the places close to the city are tents, or some ordinary buildings.

The farther away it was, the more dilapidated it became, and the buildings were covered with a thick layer of green moss.

At the same time, there are many dirty boxes that appear to be made of glass and plastic piled up on the ground.

The atmosphere in the team also became depressed little by little.

As he approached the edge of green, Luo Rong took a deep breath, took out the firearm in his pocket, and began to arrange the next team.

"Zeng Xing, I'll pass on some of the perceived information to your mind later." Luo Rong's voice sounded in everyone's minds, "If you encounter some relatively large beasts, or plants. You go to attract, and then we quickly retreat to the safe zone and use machine guns to deal with it. ”

"Understood." Zeng Xing rubbed his palms and nodded.

"Sun Shifang, you stand in the middle and come across some small, potentially harmless plants, you try to lift them up, and then put them in these boxes, and when the time comes, we will take them back and check them."

"As for Bing Shijue, you are temporarily on the medical mission of our team." Luo Rong stretched out his hand and pointed to the box on the side, "There are some drugs in it to stop bleeding or detoxification." Then as soon as you feel the feeling that you have the ability to awaken, you immediately tell me, and we quickly retreat. ”

"Understood." Bing Shijue opened the box on the side according to the order, and in the fall of the squirting green dust, he found a medical bag, checked it according to the instructions, and carried it on his back.

"Let's go."

The moment the four of them stepped on the red zone with their gentle steps, the long-haired man in the distance also opened his eyes.

"Although it is a red area, the distribution of plants is actually relatively similar." With two days of information and the information provided by his glasses, Bing Shijue was still able to identify the small plants on the ground here.

"But it's out of range of the firearms, so no one knows what's going on." Luo Rong said, "At present...... Wait, what kind of plant is that? ”

After a few words, a picture suddenly appeared in everyone's minds: about a few hundred meters away, there was a rooted plant, about half a person tall. In terms of shape, it resembles an ordinary flower. But the stamens are living tentacles, exploring around like the tentacles of a lying cow.

Where these tentacles touch, they emit a rich fragrance. It makes people feel good.

Moments later, a green, furry creature with five eyes and four legs sprang out of the grass.

The organs under the two eyes closed one by one, and then a long tentacle stretched out from its furry body, touching the fragrance on the ground.

The explosion of whipping sounded in everyone's ears, and thirty-four tentacles quickly wrapped around the hairy creature, secreting a pungent liquid that quickly corroded the hair, flesh, and bones.

The melted flesh flowed slowly down the tentacles, absorbed little by little by the wriggling skin.

Then, the tentacled flower continued to emit its deadly fragrance.

Zeng Xing subconsciously swallowed his saliva, he thought that after he gained the ability, he would be able to kill all sides in the picnic area. That confidence was built on the days he was resting, able to tear open a tree stump like a newspaper.

But now it seems that if he was to face this creature, it was estimated that the moment he touched it, he would be corroded to the bone.

"This ...... I can't lift it. As soon as Sun Shifang saw the size of the creature, he quickly shook his head.

"I'm not going to send you to death." Luo Rong was glad that the uniform could absorb sweat and radiate it in a gentle way, "Let's take a detour...... This creature is not something we can touch now. ”

"If given the opportunity, the acid of this creature should be a good subject for study." Bing Shijue calmed his rapid breathing from fear.

"Let's talk about staying alive...... Or let's see if we can find a smaller plant to take home. Luo Rong explored the road with some difficulty, "Go to the northwest, there are no such creatures there, it's safer." ”

"What is our goal, Captain Law?" Sun Shifang felt that he had changed back to the child who was afraid of wild wolves or wild dogs, and the abilities he had gained in the past few days were not even of any use.

"A quick look at the distribution of organisms here, we know two kinds of things at the moment." Luo Rong could feel the panic in the hearts of the three people, "Also, don't be anxious." The deeper you go into the picnic area, the longer you absorb this air, the more powerful it becomes. ”

"So...... That safe zone behind us, explored for eight years? Bing Shijue asked.

"Yes, an area that is 1 kilometer wide, but surrounds the entire riverside city." Luo Rong nodded, "We forcibly drove away the creatures that were too strong with machine guns and missiles, and only that kind of plant was left alive. Let this form an artificial area. ”

"Then why don't we just harvest that kind of grass and trees?" Zeng Xing asked in a low voice.

"I forgot to tell you, this creature matures every six months." Luo Rong covered his palms over his face and used the special effect of his uniform to absorb the sweat flowing on his face, "April and October are ripe. ”

"What's your name?" Sun Shifang asked.

"Granules." Instead, it was Bing Shijue who answered this question, "After maturity, this plant will completely lose its animality, and it may have turned all its energy into seeds and erupted, similar to a plant that spreads elastically." ”

"That's understandable." Zeng Xing and Sun Shifang, who are rural children, nodded in unison.

"But this plant can go, so why do you need to rely on elasticity to spread?" After thinking for a moment, Sun Shifang asked.

"It should be that this kind of movement can only allow him to find water, and the picnic area has only been around for more than 20 years, maybe in another hundred years, he will be able to choose where to sow the seeds."

"That's the end of our biology class...... I noticed signs that something wasn't quite right. Luo Rong said, pointing to the blades of grass in front of him that were obviously destroyed by external forces, "There is still some acid on the ground, but the plant is gone." ”

"Did you meet a stronger predator?" Bing Shijue stretched his hand to his waist bag.

"I don't know...... Xiao Fang, can you control the stone and try to hit it? Luo Rong asked.

"I can try it......" Sun Shifang closed her eyes, relying on the image transmitted by Luo Rong to her brain, controlling the small pebbles on the ground to slowly levitate and fly silently.

"Don't force it." Luo Rong noticed that Sun Shifang was beginning to clench his teeth, and the small pebbles flying in the air were also a little unstable.

Fortunately, after flying tremblingly for more than a hundred meters, the pebble landed silently on the ground where there were few blades of grass.

Then, deathly silence.

"Probably gone." Zeng Xing spoke first, and the sound of his heartbeat made Sun Shifang in the rear hear it clearly.

"I guess, I don't feel like there's any other creature." Luo Rong closed his eyes and searched for a long time before he opened his eyes, carefully took out a pot of water from his waist, and drank it all.

"Are we going to keep going?" Zeng Xing glanced at the time, it was only half an hour before they left the safe area, but he felt that it had been at least half a day.

"Get over there, make sure it's safe and come back, and then we'll take some time to improve your abilities, and then we'll train you on weapons." Luo Rong thought for a moment and then gave the order.

It wasn't a long way to go, but everyone was walking very slowly. Every ten or so steps, Luo Rong would ask everyone to stop, and he carefully probed the surroundings for other creatures. And send the picture to the minds of everyone.

Although there are only black and white, as well as a rough outline, it is enough.

It took more than an hour for the four of them to get to that area.

"Maybe you fought other creatures and went to safety, right?" Upon arriving, Zeng Xing checked the dried acid on the ground and made sure that no other corpses remained.

"Quite possibly." Sun Shifang also carefully followed the order, threw out a little pebble, and landed precisely on the path they walked, "Captain, there is no such plant in the rear. ”

"That's great...... Luo Rong also breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and looked around. To the northeast of the rear, you can also see the towers and ramparts, but they are a little distant under the shade of lush trees.

"Bing Shijue, don't you feel anything yet?" Luo Rong looked Bing Shijue up and down, "For example, I feel dizzy, or other discomfort." ”

"No, I think it's natural." Bing Shijue felt it carefully, maybe it was the relationship of innate immunity, but he felt that staying in the picnic area was refreshing.

"Maybe you belong to the class that can't awaken the ability." Luo Rong nodded, "Okay, let's clean up and prepare for ......"

Before the words fell, the sound of human footsteps came from the depths of the forest, making Luo Rong quickly turn around, raise his pistol and aim at the place where the sound came from, and his attention was so focused that he no longer shared what he saw.

Zeng Xing also realized the danger and put on a temporary posture, facing the forest, and Sun Shifang's hand began to have stones circling.

As for Bing Shijue, he came to the back of the team and observed everything in front of him.