Found a human, what should I do?

The female voice continued: "Actually, apart from Hello people, the plants in this cave that you saw earlier also originated from the Milky Way."

"These plants too?!" This made Lu Yunze a little unexpected, but after thinking about it, it could explain why the plants in the cave have a different painting style from the plants elsewhere on this planet.Then he remembered that he didn't seem to know the other person's name until now, "By the way, what should I call you?"

"Vera, my name is Vera." When asked about her name, the other party hesitated for a few seconds, and then she said her name that hadn't been mentioned for a long time——Vera , but the emotional inadequacy was quickly suppressed, Vera returned to normal, and the conversation turned back to the main topic, "There is nothing surprising, and they are also one of the alien intelligent creatures that human scientists have been looking for back then. member."

"Wait! You said these plants are aliens? This... No matter how you look at it, you don't want to be such a high-end species!"

"It's incredible, isn't it? That's what I thought when I first came into contact with it." Vera said, "I don't know much about them, we call them 'Noah', a certain On the other hand, it also has the meaning of carrying the last hope of mankind! According to the knowledge of the communication, they were originally grown on Neptune, but there was an accident in the process of spreading a certain seed, and in the end, due to various chances and coincidences, , it crossed the galaxy and came to this planet to take root."

"Then humans and plants reached some kind of agreement back then, and then the two sides formed an alliance?"

"Almost." Vera smiled, "Because they left their home environment, it is not easy for them to live. Although this planet also has the substances they need to grow, there are still too few compared to Neptune where they originally lived. In order to be able to To survive here, cooperation is inevitable.”

Vera didn't tell him that the reality is far from being as simple as it says. Although these plants are not suitable for the local environment, they are obviously more adaptable and survivable than humans.For them, after coming here, at most, it is not so easy to absorb nutrition, but human beings do not even have the ability to survive.The so-called cooperation is nothing more than allowing the other party to make conditions. Even if they know that these conditions are not fair at all, they have to accept them all.

"It seems to be similar to what I guessed. The relationship between hello people and these plants is like that of clownfish and sea anemones."

This metaphor caused the other party to chuckle again: "I remember you suffered a lot when you came in."

"I didn't expect these plants to be poisonous at all, but I'm too reckless. If I pay more attention, I won't make it like this." Looking back now, it's not only the black vines underground that are poisonous, but also the plants on the surface. The surface of the body may also be toxic.

Because after someone summoned to bring Lu Yunze to this place, the priest ordered someone to untie him.His strength did recover when he was inside the house, but once outside the house, the density of the plants was very high, and he would inevitably step on or touch the surface of the plants while walking. Encountered a previously paralyzed state.It can be seen that the plants here should all be poisonous, and the toxicity is very strong, because the physique of the Komodo people is considered to be against the sky in the galaxy, and they are immune to many toxins, so they can be poisonous to the Komodo people. If it is a poison that produces an effect, then its actual effect is actually very powerful.

"Um... are your eyes okay?" Vera asked a little worried.

"Don't worry about this. Now that the level of technology is so high, as long as you go back and transplant artificial eyeballs, your vision will be restored." Regarding the matter of blinding his eyes, Lu Yunze did not blame them. He is not an unreasonable person, he knows himself At that time, I didn't know these hello people at all, and I couldn't blame others for being accidentally injured. After all, they were only for defensive purposes.When he was inquiring about the Hello people in the poor kiln, he already knew that the Hello people are a very xenophobic race. This kind of xenophobia is probably due to their own lack of fighting power, so they are more cautious. "Speaking of which, since Hello people are immune to the poison of 'Noah', are they also immune to the poison of other plants?"

"That's right." Vera told Lu Yunze frankly without trying to hide it, "This is the benefit of combining with 'Noah'."

"Combination with plants?" Lu Yunze noticed the word in the other party's sentence, and suddenly felt that things were not as simple as Vera said.

Realizing that she had slipped her tongue, Vera fell into a long silence. Lu Yunze also felt that he seemed to have asked some questions that should not be asked. Then pretend I didn't ask!"

"..." Vera's continuous silence made Lu Yunze start to feel uneasy. Just when he thought he had touched other people's taboos, Vera suddenly said, "No, it's actually not something that can't be said."

"what?"

"In fact, the so-called cooperation at the beginning was that humans and 'Noah' combined to breed high-quality offspring for each other. The Hello people you see now are actually half plants and half humans. Surviving in the mountains and forests full of fierce beasts is also due to their physique. Because in the eyes of wild beasts, they are just plants that can move, but for plants, hello people are their companions."

It turned out to be like this, so his previous doubts finally made sense.He just said it!In this valley, there are toothed dragon beasts that even Komodo people are afraid of. If it is really based on human combat power, it does not seem to be able to survive here. Now it seems that it is because of such a special physique. That's why Hello people can live like ducks in water in the valley.Thinking of some rumors about the hello people in the poor kilns, it is no wonder that those people can't find any traces of the hello people. If they want to, they can jump into the highly poisonous plants, and those who want to track them will be scared. The action is not terminated.

However, he still has some doubts. Combining with 'Noah' always feels that it is not as simple as he imagined, but when he just asked, Vera didn't seem to want to talk about this topic, so he was a little uncomfortable asking again go down.

To Lu Yunze's surprise, Vera actually brought up this topic on her own initiative.

"You must be curious about what the so-called combination is?"

"Ah! Uh, uh... this..." Lu Yunze, who was poked at the small point in the center, was a little embarrassed, but he just twitched a bit, and said frankly, "That's right, I'm really interested in this thing." Very interested!"

"Have you heard about anglerfish?"

"I know." Lu Yunze recalled for a while, it seemed to be a very ugly fish in the deep sea, and its characteristic was that there was a glowing meat ball hanging from its head.

"You probably still can't treat these plants around you as a kind of alien with high intelligence? In fact, in some respects, Noah's civilization is not much inferior to that of human beings, and even surpasses human beings. .”

Hearing what the other party said, Lu Yunze felt a little sad, why now it seems that humans are at the bottom of the aliens!Even a plant is stronger than a human.

"But even so, creatures can't escape the instinct of reproduction. After the seed fell on this planet, it took root and sprouted. It has no ambitions, but just hopes to reproduce in this cave. Noah is hermaphrodite, So before we came, the first seed had multiplied the third generation of Noah. Although they can achieve the effect of changing the surrounding environment through their own filtration and release, this is not the most suitable place for them to grow after all. place. When we arrived, under the leadership of the first tree, the main tree, they had almost transformed the environment in the cave, but the main tree was still dissatisfied with the result. To be precise, it was because Awareness of urgency, there are too many creatures on this planet that can become their natural enemies, but here is different on Neptune, there is only one intelligent group of them. So in order to avoid being reduced to an existence at the mercy of others in the future, the main tree hopes to evolve. "

"Then..." Lu Yunze realized that he was going to get to the point, and became a little nervous.

"Then, at that time, the Komodo people had just landed on this planet with the humans they captured from the earth to replenish their supplies, and it so happened that some humans fled. Most of the fleeing humans died because they did not adapt to the environment. However, probably in response to the saying in the east, "the road to endless people", there were three human beings who broke into this cave by mistake in order to avoid the attack of some kind of fierce beast in the dangerous mountain forest. The intrusion of several humans made the main tree see an opportunity. Previously, the main tree had the idea of ​​combining with other creatures to change the genes of the offspring and make the offspring better. But the difference between the creatures in the Milky Way and this galaxy is too far , so it had to temporarily dispel this idea. However, after seeing humans, the main tree immediately revisited that idea. In fact, the existence of humans has long been known by Noah, and they also know that humans have been going to outer space. It was about sending a message, and after seeing humans at this time, the main tree probably thought: If they are creatures from the same Milky Way, then the genes should be relatively similar, and the success rate of the combination will be higher! Alright, you Remember the anglerfish I mentioned earlier?"

"Yes!"

"Anglefish live in the deep sea. In the vast ocean, it is difficult for slow-moving males to find females, so once a female is found, the male will break the opponent's body surface and then drill under the opponent's skin. The female is responsible Provide nutrition for the male fish, and the male fish is responsible for fertilizing the female fish. In the end, the male fish will only leave a ball of testicles. After a pause, Lu Yunze said a fact that Lu Yunze didn't want to hear, "Actually, human beings play the role of male anglerfish."

"What, what! How did this happen! Then you..." Lu Yunze suddenly stopped speaking in the middle of speaking, and he figured out the matter in an instant. Then, when he faced Vera again, his mood become very complicated.Thinking that the other party could hear other people's voices, Lu Yunze still held back and tried his best not to look at Vera with sympathy.However, the other party probably also noticed the change in him.

"Don't think too much!" Although he couldn't see the other party's appearance, Lu Yunze could still imagine the other party's forced smile, but at this moment, he didn't know what to say, and it didn't feel right to say sympathy. Actually comforting people, but deliberately making people sad.So, he just listened quietly to the other party saying, "We are just fused with the tree, and we still retain our own consciousness. It's not like a male anglerfish that dies and only leaves an egg. In fact, this is also very good." Isn't it? At least have the ability to occupy a place on this planet."

"You're right." Lu Yunze said with difficulty.

"By the way... don't hold your eyes for too long. Although the technology is very advanced now, it still makes people feel very disturbed to look at it like this!" Vera obviously changed the subject, "I'll ask someone to come and take you out of the forest Well, you've been here for two days, and I'm afraid your friends and family will be worried."

Lu Yunze didn't ask to stay anymore, but obediently accepted the other party's kindness.

"Thank you."

"It's nothing, we used to be considered the same family, didn't we?"

Although some words were not asked, everyone already knew them well.

Not long after, Lu Yunze heard footsteps, and someone came to him and said, "Please follow me."

Lu Yunze "looked" at the main tree in the center, said "goodbye" to Vera in his heart, and then turned his head to meet the guide and said, "Please, please." Under the guidance of the guide, he finally Leaving the hello's cave.

"Goodbye."

Vera said to Lu Yunze, and then immersed herself in her own thoughts. In fact, she was just hoping to leave traces that she once belonged to human beings.From the moment she decided to sacrifice herself and choose to combine with the main tree of "Noah", she had no chance of turning back, but she still hoped to leave some traces to prove her existence!Probably this kind of contradictory psychological process must be experienced in the fusion of the two parties. They clearly know that they have broken away from the category of human beings, but they still think that they are human beings in their hearts.Well... How can a real human being look like herself? To be honest, sometimes she would think that the companion who entered the cave with her back then had already passed away. Who would remember that she had been human, and who would remember her name was Vera?

But now is almost the same day in the future, except for her who can prove that she is Vera, everyone who knows her name is Vera is gone...

Vera looked at the direction in which Lu Yunze was leaving, but the other party had already left, and there was no one on the passage except for the dreamy plants that glowed with lavender fluorescence on both sides.

Even though there was no wind, the branches and leaves of the surrounding plants suddenly swayed from side to side.

"rustle--"

"Shusha——" seems to be comforting someone: "Don't be sad, don't be sad."