Doomsday Yuan

How does a tree eat?And it wants to eat instant noodles?

Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng with a constipated expression, then looked at the strange tree exuding anticipation, thought for a while, poured a little soup from the bowl, and poured it into a somewhat sunken soil.

Before he could open his mouth, he saw the little tree thrusting its roots into the soil with great excitement, and the soup immediately sank at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then, the water level stopped.

With a "swish", the little tree pulled out its roots again, and with two "puffs", two small streams of liquid were sprayed out from the roots again, flicking, flicking, and brushing desperately.

The two were stunned at first, then couldn't help laughing.

"That's right! People can't stand eating too much of this stuff, let alone you are a plant? Do you really think that everything people eat is good?" Xu Song laughed until tears came out. He didn't expect this tree to be as good as a small tree. like a child.

The little tree shook off the last few drops of noodle soup, then rubbed over to the other side in aggrieved manner, silently inserted its roots into the soil, silently absorbed normal nutrients, and continued to bask in its sunbathing.

You can't bring too many things on the road, but some necessities are indispensable.Especially guns, weapons, etc.Food can also be searched for supplies along the way, and even hunted, but water is not dared not to take.And some clothes...

"Oh, I would have put the bicycle in the car if I knew it earlier." Xu Song sighed. The bicycle does not use oil and is small in size. Although it takes up space in the car, it can be of great use at this time.

Yue Zheng didn't say a word, and he was also regretting it. When he was collecting items in Y City, he passed by the car dealership several times. The two of them don't need to take a big car, and the foldable small mountain is also good.

What made the two of them even more cheating was that this was not the main road, and there were no shadows of abandoned vehicles on the road.

Move all the things to the open space. The two schoolbags have been tidied up a long time ago. It is best not to throw away the remaining weapons that can be carried with you. The last thing is food and medicine. As for the tent sleeping bag and the big bucket of mineral water...the water delivery man can't help it Fight against them when there is no transportation, right?

"Don't bring these?" Seeing the two thick quilts and thick down jackets, Xu Song couldn't bear it.In the past few days, I don’t know if it’s the reason for the abnormal change. The night is extremely cold. Sometimes I sleep in a sleeping bag and wake up in the middle of the night.

"I can't help it, try to bring some thick clothes." Yue Zheng sighed inwardly, city Y doesn't have that kind of clothes that are extremely light, breathable, and very warm—like those used by professional expedition teams and mountaineering teams.Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent so much effort moving these quilts and down jackets.

"Fortunately, there are thermal underwear." Xu Song shrugged happily, but if he brought these clothes, other things would have to be streamlined.

"It's best to bring all the medicines." Food and other things can only be temporarily discarded, but as long as weapons can be carried, it is best not to throw them away. I can't even touch the door.

Facing so many resources, the two of them were frowning and worried. The little tree next to them turned their waists to bask in the sun to look at them, and then tilted their heads to look at the pile of things on the ground. Although it didn't understand what these things were useful for, and didn't What the two are going to do, but this does not affect its curiosity.

A tree root protruded and crept up to a moldy bag of bread.It is not a matter of a day or two that it is interested in human food. Although the taste of instant noodles just "poisoned" it, it still cannot dispel its curiosity. For humans, moldy things will cause adverse reactions after eating. Consequences, but for plants - this is nourishment!

Two thin tree roots sneaked over, sneaked in from the pocket of the bag, and absorbed the nutrients inside bit by bit-it just said it!Obviously delicious!This is much more delicious than the strange soup just now! !

Quietly "stealing" the good food, Xiaoshu glanced at the empty bag, and then at the two people who continued to worry. In order to eliminate the criminal evidence, the tree root rolled, lifted, and swished the empty bag. Hiding in his own tree hole, he was going to find an opportunity to destroy the corpse on the way.

It's not that the two didn't see the little movement of the tree just now, it's just that no one paid attention to it. The bread was full of mold, which probably slipped through the net when collecting and destroying many expired breads, so they ignored it. But when they found that the tree had bravely hidden the bread bag in the tree hole, the two could no longer calm down.

The two of them shared a tree, and stared again. After a long while, the branches bent down from left to right, covering their faces, and the tree exuded a kind of "you can't see me!"Can't see me! - the breath comes.

"Pfft..." Xu Song burst out laughing first, this tree is really...

Yue Zheng frowned, holding his chin with one hand, suddenly walked towards the tree, and stood in front of it.

The little tree realized that he was being targeted, and the whole tree shrank even smaller—it really shrank in size!

"You want to follow us?"

Hearing Yue Zheng's sudden opening, Xu Song and Xiao Shu both looked at him.

"Swipe and pull" the leaves and small yellow flowers swayed all over the head, Xu Song suddenly felt that the small yellow flowers on the top of the small tree had faded a little, and it seemed that there were light blue and small fruits growing.

Seeing it nodding, Yue Zheng also nodded: "As long as you are obedient and not discovered by others, we will take you away."

The little tree continued to shake its canopy wildly with excitement.

"Can you grow bigger?" Yue Zheng suddenly pointed to a thick tree not far away, "As big as it is."

Suddenly, Xiaoshu's whole body trembled, and it became taller, bigger, thicker, and stronger.

It wasn't until the diameter of the tree became more than one meter thick that the little tree stopped shaking.Compared with the big tree that Yue Zheng pointed to, it was still a bit smaller.

"The limit?" Yue Zheng circled around it, as if thinking about something.

The little tree shook its leaves in a low voice, it can't grow so big, it feels so useless...

"Can you put those in your tree hole?" Yue Zheng suddenly pointed to the luggage on the ground, "Will things be crushed when it becomes smaller?"

"Shuashuashua" the little tree regained its airy appearance again, shook the crown vigorously, stretched out the roots, rolled up the luggage on the ground one by one, and stuffed them into the tree hole that became larger in proportion...

Xu Song has been silently watching the interaction between one person and one tree, and now he is even more stunned to watch Xiaoshu's movements.

Medicines, weapons, food...

According to Yue Zheng's instructions, Xiaoshu stuffed weapons and medicines first, and took part of the food. Finally, he forced a down jacket into it, and couldn't stuff anything else.Then, still human-like, he seemed to burp.

"It...can still be used like this?!" Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng with a face of shock. Yue Zheng's expression was both surprised and relieved. It is not easy to collect some weapons and medicines.

"Okay, let's divide the rest of the things. If you can't take it, give it up first. If you can find a transportation vehicle in a short time, you can come back and pick it up." If you can't find it, you can only give up.

Xu Song nodded, walked around the tree twice with bright eyes, and patted on the trunk: "Can you change back?"

As soon as the words fell, the little tree "crashed" and changed back to its original size, but the mouth of the bowl was thick and thin, and the height was only about two meters.Still twisting around proudly.

The two looked at each other, and the surprise in their eyes was even greater. This little thing was picked up for nothing. Although I don't know why it followed me, having it will undoubtedly increase the chances of survival for the two of them a lot!

There are not too many things left to carry, some necessary clothes, some food, some medicines, and carry-on weapons, etc. Most of the useful supplies are in the tree holes.

The two asked Xiao Shu to try again, and found that it could only take out the items in the maximum state, which was a bit regrettable, but it was better to throw away all the things.

With the voluntary coolie, seeing the little tree's proud appearance of twisting and walking on the roots, the two couldn't help laughing at each other, put their backpacks on their backs, and walked lightly.

"There is an intersection not far ahead. Let's go west from here, detour to this road, try to avoid the range near the zoo, and enter City S from the national highway."

Ever since the team left City Y, they could no longer hear the signal from the radio station.The two had no choice but to follow the direction of the refuge in City S that they had learned before leaving City Y, and hoped that they would never change places temporarily.

"We can't carry solar panels on the road. Although there are fully charged spare batteries, try to avoid using them in case of emergencies. We turn off our flashlights first. Fortunately, the mountaineering watch has the function of listening to the radio, and it is solar powered. , let’s try it at several time slots every day to see if we can hear the news.”

Xu Song nodded again and again. Now he regrets not looking for a power bank with solar function in the urban area. Fortunately, he listened to Yue Zheng’s advice earlier and changed his watch in advance. Otherwise, he might not even have the opportunity to search for radio stations now. .

The original walkie-talkie on the car could only be given up at the moment, and the two of them held a military dagger in one hand, and walked cautiously through the original road and the current dense forest path.Xiaoshu twisted and twisted behind the two of them. If a third person saw this scene, his jaw would drop in shock.

The two carefully explored in the dense forest. Now that the car is useless and the road is rough, the walking speed cannot be raised too high, and they must always be careful of the roadside conditions. Walking 4 or 5 kilometers in an hour is already the limit.

Not long after, a fork in the road appeared not far away. From here to the west, it was the road that the two had discussed before. Although it was a long detour, it was relatively safer.Going north, you will enter City S from the road that is relatively close to the zoo.

"Xiangxi?" Taking out the mineral water bottle, Xu Song moistened his throat and looked around.This place is already very close to the edge of City S, and some buildings can be faintly seen in the woods not far away.

"Well, this road is a small road, and there are no vehicles on the road. Let's go to the main road, maybe we can pick up a car instead."

Yue Zheng's words dispelled Xu Song's thought of going to those buildings to explore the situation. Now it's quiet here, and I don't know if anyone is still in the buildings. Instead of taking risks and exploring now, it's better to detour westward according to the established plan.

Suddenly, the small tree behind him shook violently.

The two quickly looked at it, but saw that the little tree was shaking into a ball, exuding a tense breath from the tree.

There is a situation!