End of Century

Several people present looked at each other in blank dismay. Except for Li Dong who had a little research on these things because of his grandfather and uncle's professional relationship, no one else had any experience with such things.

There was no other way, so Li Xuanyuan and the others scanned these things to the Yellow River Base and the Pearl River Base. Fortunately, there are still some treasure-level historical and archaeological experts who survived, and one of them happened to study the period of the Warring States Qin Dynasty History——The other party is an ordinary person who is already old. If his student hadn't awakened the fire ability and took care of him, he might not have survived the first wave of zombies.This time, it was the student who discovered this mission in the team guild mission system for the first time, and recommended his teacher to the base. I am afraid that these historical materials will also become historical puzzles.

A day later, Professor Liu, who was over the age of ears, successfully extracted cocoons from the mixed pile of materials, and got the information Hou Ying and the others wanted.

Professor Liu was wearing reading glasses, and for the first time after the apocalypse, his eyes were shining brightly.When he found out that he was more excited than Hou Ying who was trapped outside by the ghost mouth flower, Team Li Hou, He Daqing and others, he compared the historical data and talked eloquently: "This is a flower with a legendary color. There is a sentence that appears many times, saying that it is a flower that grows in hell, feeds on human flesh and blood, and uses human souls as nutrients. There are different sayings, but most of the written materials define this flower as a ghost. Flower. Its growth conditions are very harsh, excluding some records such as soul resentment, I have summed up three points."

"First, there must be tens of thousands of living beings that shed fresh blood while they were alive. They died almost at the same time, and the blood stagnated in a closed space. Second, it cannot see light during its growth. Third , it constantly needs fresh blood to support it from the beginning of germination."

Professor Liu said: "These materials do not specify its seed and source. It is praised or tacitly acquiesced that this flower grows itself in the blood. Moreover, after the plant germinates, it will emit a substance that turns the blood into It is black and corrodes the corpse, but it is strange that this substance does not eat the heart, and after melting all the flesh and blood into a black slurry, the heart can still be kept intact."

Hou Ying: "Professor Liu, have you seen the field materials we sent back? These records are still based on facts."

"Hmm." Professor Liu fell into thinking, this is his habit, he will not open his mouth easily without a definite conclusion.It was Qiao Daye who couldn't bear his temper and asked, "Professor, is there any wonder in those books that there is such a ghost flower? Can you deduce why these people planted this thing in this place before?"

Only then did Professor Liu come back to his senses, he said a little slow, and then replied: "This is exactly what I want to focus on when I read the information. However, most of the records about ghost flowers come from wars in the Warring States period. In the anecdote, it is regarded as unofficial history, and there is no formal record. It said that this kind of ghost flower came from Chu State at that time-you can take a look at the geographical location of Chu State, covering the Huaihe River Basin, and the east is the current Yangtze River The west side of the base overlaps with the current location of the Chuanyuan base. The location you are now is also a relatively central area of ​​Chu State."

"It has been mentioned many times in the War Records that the state of Chu used this ghost flower to fight against several countries in the north and won many times. This flower from the underworld can swallow a person's blood. As long as he smells it, that person There will be no bones."

"At that time, it almost became the secret treasure of victory. It was not until a certain general of the Qin State attracted Heaven's Punishment that he sent this ghost flower back to hell. Heaven's Punishment should be the power of thunder and lightning that Captain Hou had noted." Professor Liu said He excerpted a part of the text translated into vernacular and showed it to others, saying: "The records in the ancient Chu literature mostly talk about the destructive power this ghost flower can bring, but in an ancient Qin literature, There is a piece of information that deserves our attention, you can read it."

He zoomed in on a thumbnail of the strokes that were apparently transcribed from somewhere, "It is said that this mural was obtained from the tomb of a general who is suspected of the Qin State. The content of the mural is very rich. Three scenes. The first one is that the owner of the tomb, that is, the general, encountered Chu’s ghost flower corps on the battlefield and fought fiercely with this kind of flower. In the second scene, it can be seen that all his soldiers died. Including himself, it has become a heart. But in the third scene, a complete reversal occurred. The general with only a heart was resurrected from the dead, and became extremely brave, and wiped out all the enemy troops .”

"What happened in the second scene to the third scene is not recorded. But what is certain is that the general's tomb and this painting should have been discovered in the Qing Dynasty. It is recorded in Manchu script. They are committed to researching what the general got from the ghost flower, why he came back from the dead, and why he suddenly gained such a powerful ability. These studies have not been interrupted, and it can be seen that this Manchu The nobles tried to repeat history and grow this kind of flower."

Speaking of this, Professor Liu paused, and then said: "These materials are faulty, and it is impossible to know whether the Manchu nobles were successful. But after that, this part of the materials fell into the hands of a Han man named Dong. These materials They were also obtained from him. After the war, he went abroad. Until the end, there were a few lines of handwritten notes on earthworms in the manuscript. Obviously, this information finally fell into the hands of foreigners, or, This descendant surnamed Dong cooperated with foreigners and began to continue this experiment."

Everyone was silent.

Qiao Daye scolded angrily: "Grandson, if you want to study, don't run to harm foreigners, what is the skill of running back to the country and using your own compatriots to do experiments for foreigners! Damn, he'd better be survived or turned into a zombie, Let Lao Tzu meet me, chop him up and feed him to the dogs!"

Hou Ying said: "Professor Liu, what do you mean, they made ghost flowers in order to get back from the dead or this kind of power?"

The ghost flowers in the basement of the green belt of the community are obviously still being cultivated when the end of the world comes, and it stands to reason that more detailed information will definitely be left behind.But it is a pity that there is no textual and image information about the experiment and the ghost flower itself in modern literature, only a cult diary.And during this day and night, they have already searched the computers collected from the community, and Li Xuanyuan and the others searched one by one in the houses of the community, but they did not find any relevant electronic materials.

That is to say, the person who led the experiment encountered some kind of accident before the end of the world and gave up the research and destroyed all relevant materials, but it was too late to deal with the formed ghost flowers.

And after that, the end of the world came, and the ghost flower also mutated.

Professor Liu nodded, "Actually, looking at history, it is not difficult to find that things that exist in legends that can be passed down and that people don't hesitate to take so many lives to imitate, often either rely on rumors of immortality or come back to life from the dead. Otherwise, no matter how crazy a person is, they will not cheat so many people's lives to copy something that will only bring bad luck, especially in modern society."

If you really want to report to the office, it is more direct and effective to directly steal guns or simply make bombs than to use so many people's flesh and blood to take revenge on someone.

What's more, in a society governed by the rule of law, killing one person would cost one's life, not to mention the lives of tens of thousands of people!

Qiao Daye excitedly said: "Hou Ying, why don't we make a zombie heart and throw it down to see if it can be brought back to life? Maybe this flower really has a miraculous effect."

Before Hou Ying said anything, Professor Liu stopped him and said, "Before the matter is confirmed, don't do any experiments lightly. Taking a step back, if ghost flowers can really revive zombies and gain powerful power, How will it end then? Besides, the most urgent task right now is to find a way to heal the ghost mouth wounds on these friends... By the way, there is also what you said, Captain Hou, that ghost flowers can be revived in the shadows. You have read the information several times for your statement, but these materials are too little, except for some mentions that this kind of ghost flower grows in extremely shaded places, behind the sun, etc., and did not specifically point out the shadow of people or other things .”

"I'm sorry to teach you. Maybe this is a mutation that occurred in the last days. This thing is also an upgraded version of the legendary ghost flower. Even Thunder and Lightning can't deal with it. Speaking of which, Professor Liu, I also have I want to share an idea with you."

"Captain Hou, please tell me."

Professor Liu leaned his body and listened very intently to the sound coming from the earphones.

Hou Ying thought about it: "You also mentioned that this thing has the effect of bringing the dead back to life in the records of the murals. So, is it possible that this mutated ghost flower also has a strong self-healing ability or the possibility of resurrection? Thunderbolt is not Ineffective, but when it was killed, it was revived in a short time?"

Professor Liu said: "Captain Hou, my thoughts are similar to yours. I propose to use strong light to minimize the shadow, and then use lightning to kill ghost flowers continuously. Although this method is rude, it may be effective."

Hou Ying agreed, and Liu Zhan agreed, saying that he and He Daqing would go immediately to prepare the equipment for emitting strong light.

Hou Ying continued to communicate with Professor Liu, and when she learned that Professor Liu hadn't slept all day and night, she asked him to go back to rest, but she would notify him as soon as possible if there was any progress.Professor Liu is still very excited, tired but reluctant to go back to rest."I've had enough rest," he said.

Hou Ying understood what he meant. Surviving the last two years in the apocalypse must have been very difficult for a cultural worker like him who did not have awakened abilities.

Professor Liu has no complaints about his current life, but when he thinks of the future, he can't help but burst into tears: "This chaos, too many things have been destroyed, who would have known how to survive this, Mr. What is left of the treasures left by our ancestors?"