The endless loop of shouting gave the pair a headache. If He Zizhong could just cut the plant with a knife normally it would be fine – anyway, after mutant plants discover someone sucking its own crytal core, most will dig deep into the ground to avoid danger. Tuanzi will give up once it can’t see or follow the mutant plant. But now that the plant is in front of everyone, if they really cut it, Tuanzi’s actions might attract the attention of others.
Plus, the attacked plants may also attack their convoy in advance. Don’t assume that it might not reach the convoy. Once it attacks, the distance may be nothing at all once it stretches out.
The two could only bear the headache and ignore Tuanzi’s unreasonable request. Even if they tried their best to comfort it in their minds, saying that they would come back to help after the convoy detoured, they could not comfort the old man’s greedy heart at all.
The round ball that hadn’t eaten for a long time was full of resentment. Papa and mama’s words of delay directly caused the old man to rush straight towards the large group of mutated plants with fangs and claws outstretched!
With a poof, Tuanzi hit the trunk of the plant, causing the mutant plant that was showing its stalwart appearance and swaying in the wind, to pause.
Several vines bent and groped the area that was bent.
The impact was very light and barely noticeable, but the touch just now… felt a little familiar? It was a painful past that it didn’t want to think about. Those two unfortunate and tragic events were long ago, but they forced it to maintain a habit of caution.
It hadn’t seen for a long time recently. It had been silently hiding in the ground, waiting for opportunities to poach. The strategy of changing locations was a great success; now without relying on it’s strength (size), its chances of blocking the road and robbing have greatly increased!
One, two, three… the tentacle-like vines bent back and “touched” the soft, still bumping, watery, elastic thing in its arms. Even though Tuanzi was far away, He Zizhong and Fang Hao, who were observing the situation, discovered something was wrong quickly—
“Huh? That plant seems to be shaking?” A soldier who was in charge of observing the plant suddenly said loudly.
Yan Xin, who was studying the map, suddenly raised his head. “Every unit be careful, pay attention to the situation over there at any time.”
Could it be that the plant found someone?!
Everyone raised their hearts and grasped the flamethrowers in their hands – this thing is the only known nemesis of plants among all weapons.
Poke, poke, poke!
It poked the thing a few times, but the thing did not receive any damage at all, instead it bounced between its branches because of its own actions!
This reaction, this touch, this size, this thing! It’s that thing!!
The memory buried in the depths was awakened again. That first experience, the pain of being entangled into a ball and unable to be untied for a long time, and hurting so many branches that had grown nuclei came back.
As a result, everyone who was alerted to the plant’s movement, was stunned when the huge castle-like mutated plant trembled, and then suddenly pulled its roots from the ground!
Visually, the plant can reach about 300 to 400 meters, but the roots in the ground are even more plentiful and deeper. This reckless pulling completely shook the ground!
The surrounding buildings rumbled and collapsed one after another, and it was also difficult for the convoy for maintain their positioning at the sudden earthquake.
After the roots were completely pulled up from the ground, the plant actually twisted… wiggling its roots and scrambling away to the west!!
With the help of Tuanzi’s sight, He Zizhong and Fang Hao saw some of the plant’s roots and branches were knotted while escaping. Because it had too many roots, branches, and vines, it was hard to properly manipulate it’s “legs” to walk on the surface. Not to mention rolling and crawling along the way, there are still many branches and roots knotted! In the process of rolling and crawling, several entangled “limbs” were left as it fled…
How could Tuanzi bother about the fleeing plant after seeing those broken off “limbs”? Eat first! Even if there was only these snacks, it’s enough to squeeze, suck on, and digest for a long time!
The movement of the mutant plant pulling up from the ground was great, but the vibration of it’s escape was even greater! The sound of footsteps rumbled, causing the ground to shake. Like turbulent waves on the sea, the huge fluctuations each time it hit the ground caused the earth to violently shake!
Seeing the scene of a mutant plant wildly escaping, everyone’s mouths gaped open, their chins falling to the ground, unable to return to their senses for a long time. It wasn’t until the big lump ran so far away that it was no longer visible and the shaking of the ground could not be felt, that they closed their mouths and looked at each other a few times. Who can tell them what happened?!
He Zizhong and Fang Hao, who knew some things, couldn’t understand it either. After the round Tuanzi rushed up, the plant just ran away… Doesn’t Tuanzi not have much lethality? Having encountered so many mutant plants along the way, they have never seen one that runs away upon meeting Tuanzi. Besides, even when escaping, they would go deep underground. They had never seen a plant running on the ground before…
It was really too long since they encountered that plant, and they went through too many battles after that. Fang Hao could still make an association when they saw the plant that second time, because the number of mutant plants they saw back then was too few. On the way to SH city and back, they don’t know how many times they helped Tuanzi hunt for snacks. How can they still remember it now?
After a long time, Yan Xin’s slightly trembling voice, which was not as calm as before, sounded: “Rest in place for a while, and then move on when the situation is verified.” After speaking, he pulled Jiang Feng and He Zizhong over to consult if there was any danger after the mutant plant left.
The convoy will have to pass by eventually. If there is something there that can scare and drive the mutated plant away, they would most likely die if the passed through.
He Zizhong knew very well that there was nothing there now. Not even zombies – they were all killed by the mutated plant that escaped.
But how he can say anything. He can’t tell Yan Xin and the others: Don’t be afraid, that plant was scared away by a soft dumpling, right?
Silently ordering Tuanzi to “eat” the crystal nuclei nearest to the mutant plant’s location first and then move on to other locations, they two of them only heard a few snorts in their minds. He could only helplessly glance at Fang Hao, and let out his wind ability to explore the way.
Facts proved that the mutant plants escaped very neatly. There was almost nothing left, and no suspicious creatures were found in the place the plant was entrenched before.
Fortunately for everyone, the temperament of plants in the post-apocalyptic period has changed greatly, from a group growth pattern before the apocalypse to being lone rangers today. Generally speaking, if one mutant plant is entrenched in a certain place, there won’t be a second one.
After all, a plant’s needs are different from those before the end of the world. They no longer need the sun, but they still need water, nutrients from the soil, and additional nourishment.
This additional nourishment comes from human bodies and zombie corpses. The crystal nuclei in a zombie’s head is even more nutritious. Naturally, this makes it difficult for these incarnated, ‘carnivorous’ creators to coexist peacefully and with the same kind, making all of them loners.
As for whether the mutant plants will attack each other? He Zizhong had never seen it, and Yan Xin and the others were even more unclear.
Being careful keeps ships afloat. Jiang Feng’s detection revealed no traces of zombies within a few hundred meters ahead. Even if there are some in the distance, the number and scale are not large.
And He Zizhong brought back another message: “The ground is not stable.”
It’s not stable? The plant that ran away was rooted deep in the ground before, and being suddenly uprooted now, how can the rest of the land be stable!
The cracks in the ground are easily seen as soon as He Zizhong’s wind passes.
Yan Xin felt that the blue veins near his temple jumped: “Is it serious?”
He Zizhong closed his eyes and probed again. Then he opened his eyes to reluctantly look at him. “The center is like a sieve. The periphery is fine, it’s just that there are some pits in the ground.” Pits, big and small, are all over the place. Before the end of the world, if this mutant plant could be manipulated to loosen the soil, even earthworms could be saved when farming.
The center became a huge pit, the surrounding soil was loose, and the originally dilapidated buildings all collapsed… The team finally had to detour. The only advantage is that this detour is better than before. They have more room to detour, and can get by just skirting the edges.
After overcoming sharp thorns, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, and experienced thousands of difficulties, everyone finally saw the walls of the base in City A again.1The sharp thorns, crossing mountains/rivers, etc. are descriptors to saying the journey was long and hard
When some teams coming and going from the base saw this huge team, they all had slightly frightened eyes. Some were more vigilant, but no one approached and asked about the situation.
Although Yan Xin had the intention to find someone to inquire about the news before entering, he temporarily gave up the idea after realizing that everyone who saw his team was vigilant. Something must have happened to the base. Rather than panicking, and finding someone who might have false news, it’s better to speed up and go back to talk about it.
The team picked up speed – full speed ahead.
Lol. That plant.
Full speed ahead~ ?
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