Chapter 356: Humans Incorporated into the Rhizome, Nourishment!
On the 50th floor, there are not only walkways outside the fire escape, but also countless places where rhizomes grow and spread, giving the impression that you have stepped into some nature-themed pavilion.
It's just that the atmosphere here is extremely gloomy-
When the extreme cold and snow disaster hit, it was the time to go to work, so most of the office space was locked with doors and windows closed, and rhizomes grew in many places, but in fact, the overall tone of this layer was gloomy.
It's noon, but there's not much sunlight in this layer.
Li Yuanxu and his entourage were all wearing gas masks, and they did not skimp on the power of the flashlight in their hands, adjusted the brightness to the highest, and then explored this layer.
"It feels like there's nothing, it's so strange," Wang Hu said in a muffled voice.
There are changes to this level, but not much!
They thought that there would be some special changes in this layer with the existence of huge rhizomes, but as a result, there was nothing but the rhizomes all over this layer!
"But I'm about to get into the truth," Li Yuanxu stood outside the elevator, his peeking inside.
The elevator door was squeezed open by a huge rhizome, half squeezed under the rhizome so that no trace could be seen, and half was squeezed and bent, revealing the inside of the elevator shaft.
Looking down, there was nothing in the elevator hall - which is why nothing unusual was found downstairs.
If you look up from the 50th floor, you can see that the rhizomes are all over the elevator shaft, and from the branches, you can see that from the 50th floor up, there are rhizomes on each floor.
It gives a strange feeling......
"It looks like it's using this edifice as 'soil' in which this plant mutant beast is taking root!" Li Yuanxu muttered.
After the search on this level was completed, the group followed a fire escape somewhere to enter the 51st floor.
During this process, when someone passes by the other three escape routes, they will go down to the 50th floor and let the personnel stationed there come up.
During this time, the woman stayed on the 50th floor alone to check if there was any trace of her friend.
"You take the flashlight," Wang Hu handed his flashlight to the woman, and when he saw that the woman didn't accept it, he said, "Don't worry, I can have night vision, it doesn't matter if there is a flashlight or not." ”
Speaking of which, the woman did not shirk and took the flashlight.
"After walking so many floors, you also know the location of the four passages, if you encounter any danger, run directly, there are people in the four passages, which can protect your safety," Liang Boshi added on the side.
The woman nodded.
……
On the 51st floor, there are also huge rhizomes, all over the corridors and office spaces.
Everyone is no longer surprised, after quickly reading this floor, it is according to the arrangement, entering the 52nd floor, until this floor, finally encountered a change!
At the corner of the passage aisle, everyone turned a corner and saw the existence of half of the body integrated into the rhizome!
"Wow, scare me!" The thug who hit the front line cursed.
Corner Kill!
A common technique in film and television horror movies, as soon as you turn a corner, you will meet the monster!
Fortunately, this fighter who took the lead had a lot of knowledge after the apocalypse, so he resisted the idea of punching, but his action of retreating and guarding still made the whole team 'panic' for a moment.
"What's the situation? Is there something? ”
"Nope! No! There are changes though! ”
The thugs who played in the front took two steps forward, and at this time, Li Yuanxu, who was walking in the center of the team, also walked over.
The two of them stood side by side, seriously looking at the man in front of them whose half body was fused into the rhizome.
"Alive!" Li Yuanxu said loudly.
He picked open the man's clothes with a machete, and he could see that the man's chest was still undulating!
"Big boss, what the hell is this?" The thug who took the lead used a machete to pick the place where the man's body and rhizome fused, his expression was uncomfortable, and his brows furrowed, "It's not stained." ”
Li Yuanxu's gaze fell, landing on the junction between the man and the rhizome.
The man's back is completely integrated into the rhizome, and where it touches, you can see that the rich wood color is getting lighter and lighter, and the closer you get to the position of the man's front body, the clearer the flesh color becomes.
It's not the distinct color of the rhizome and the color of human skin, but the 'gradation' of the general transition.
No wonder the thug who took the lead said that it wasn't glued, because it looked more like a piece!
Li Yuanxu looked horizontally and vertically, but he couldn't see the gaps that were connected together, and the fusion of man and rhizome seemed to be born like this!
"It turns out that the nourishment is human ......"
Li Yuanxu muttered.
From the location of the elevator shaft on the 50th floor, he saw that there were rhizomes coming down from the upper floor, and he felt that this building was like the 'soil' where the rhizomes took root, but what he was curious about was the source of nutrients?
Isn't the root of a plant growing and spreading to absorb water and nutrients?
So what is the source of nutrition for the plant mutant beast rooted in the reinforced concrete in the central building?
After seeing this still alive human who fused with the rhizome, Li Yuanxu suddenly had an answer.
Under the light of the flashlight, you can see the place where the man's body and the rhizome are fused, and there are many 'blood vessels', and these blood vessels linked to the man's body are constantly absorbing something from the man's body at the moment, and then the liquid is transported along the 'blood vessels' in the rhizome.
"Still alive? Do you want to save it? Wang Hu asked.
Li Yuanxu shook his head, he pointed to the man's chest, where the heart was, "It's hopeless, I'm afraid it's all rhizomes inside!" ”
At a glance, on the chest of the man who picked open his clothes, there were many fine black lines near the heart, and one end of these black lines was on the heart!
Under Li Yuanxu's four-dimensional perspective, you can clearly see that the roots wrap around the man's heart, and many of the roots go directly into the heart!
"There are also roots in the heart, even Huang Yasui can't cure it." Li Yuanxu sighed and said.
For zombies, the heart is dispensable, but for humans, the heart is a fatal injury, this man's heart is pierced by the roots, even if they forcibly split the man and the rhizome, these still alive roots will directly shatter the man's heart!
Huang Yasui didn't have time to treat this kind of injury that died instantly!
"And the man should have died a long time ago, it was this stem that stimulated the man and kept the man alive," Li Yuanxu said loudly, "In fact, there is no difference between now and dead!" ”
From his four-dimensional perspective, he can clearly see the roots that wrap around the heart, in fact, it is also assisting the beating of the man's heart, which is obviously the plant mutant beast is unwilling to let the man lose.
"Let's go, continue the search," Li Yuanxu looked into the depths of the aisle.
As the search of the group progressed, more and more people were encountered who were fused by the rhizomes!
Many of them are even more horrific!