Plant Invasion [End Times]

Picking out a safe path while walking, Shen Kuo and the two quickly walked through this short section of ginkgo forest that was somewhat evil.

Seeing that there were no more moss-like plants on the ground in front of him, Shen Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, threw the small wooden stick behind him, and said softly: "It seems that the so-called first-level rational plants are not so safe. Jin Shao, Your news is wrong."

Jin Shao continued to use the wooden stick in his hand to scout the way and lead him away, and took the time to answer him: "I really can't believe it all, the information was more than two months ago, and I didn't come across this thing when I came here before. I was too careless. Now that I think about it, these plants have been growing and mutating, and I’m afraid there are new changes every day. We are lucky that we didn’t encounter any danger before, and we have to be more careful next.”

"I know." Shen Kuo replied, naturally trusting Jin Shao in his heart, he didn't say much, and followed him as he walked.

Jin Shao scolded himself secretly in his heart, his emotions were not revealed on his face, but his spirit was more concentrated, and he was alert to unknown dangers that might appear at any time.

The way they went to the base city was the way Jin Shao had taken when he came here.Because after walking through it once, Jin Shao has a clear idea of ​​any dangers, so he is extremely confident that he can lead Shen Kuo to sneak past any particularly dangerous places carefully, holding his breath and concentrating.

When he came here, he only had the ability to deal with plants that was very weak like the air bomb, and he was able to get through it safely. Although he was often wounded all over his body in the end, it passed anyway.Now that he has the ability to stealth, which is almost a magical skill of stealth, and he is acting around a plant that is extremely friendly to humans like ginkgo, he relaxes his vigilance for a while, and only cares about pulling Shen Kuo on the road, forgetting to be vigilant against danger.

If Shen Kuo hadn't reacted in time just now, I'm afraid they would have to suffer a little injury to break free.And in front of plants like ginkgo trees, which are already regarded as plant overlords, if you don't provoke them and pass by quietly, then it is indeed very safe.But if there is any movement in its territory, if there is some blood again, the smell of blood will waft out, stimulating the ginkgo and causing them to go berserk, then there is really no way out.

Jin Shao could guess even if he didn't want to, that group of moss-like plants would be satisfied after eating a little of their flesh and blood, and immediately retreated after stealing the meat. Large plants like Ginkgo biloba react very slowly, so they must not be aware of their existence.But Shen Kuo and Jin Shao will be miserable. When they struggle out from the thieves on the ground, they will face the frenzied strangulation of the ginkgo tree.A ginkgo tree is more than 100 meters high at every turn, and its branches are seven to eighty meters long. This is still a forest, and they can't escape.

Walking through the territory of first-level rational plants is extremely safe, but it also means that they can't cause trouble at all.With the fear just now, Jin Shao went all out to be vigilant, not letting go of any trouble, and finally walked to the end of the ginkgo forest without any danger.

It stands to reason that ginkgo is the street tree of this road. The No. 15 temporary base they are going to used to be a city. This national road leads directly to that city. As long as they walk along the national road, they should be able to stay under the protection of ginkgo trees all the time. within range.But this ginkgo road, which symbolized great safety and great danger, came to an abrupt end [-] meters ahead.

Not only is it as simple as breaking there, but there is a rare narrow open space in front of Shen Kuo and the others. In this open space, there is no grass, not even moss and lichen, which is similar to the open space outside Shen Kuo's village.

However, the plants in the open space outside Shen Kuo's village were destroyed artificially, but the plants in this open space did not dare to grow here.

The open space is only about five meters wide. On one side is a ginkgo forest that towers into the sky and stands sparsely, like a group of ancient giant beasts resting at will. bamboo forest.The two plant races seemed to be two peerless masters who met unexpectedly in this five-meter-wide blank area, each vigilant and silently threatening.The swords are tense but they do not interfere with each other.

This five-meter-wide blank area is not so much that there are no plants growing, it is better to say that no plants dare to grow.

This is a little buffer zone left by the two big guys for each other.

As a first-class rational plant, the ginkgo tree is extremely large in size, and no plants are allowed to grow within three to five meters of the growing area. Those moss-like plants were uprooted after being discovered by Jin Shao. Death, Ginkgo Tree's dominance as a boss can be seen.

Bamboo, as a grass plant, may be a little weaker in the level of innate races, but their terrifying germination ability makes this defect seem insignificant.In this era of crazy plant growth around the world, their advantages have been magnified ten times and a hundred times. Under this mutation, a small bamboo forest can quickly expand thousands of times. They are as strong as a virus, and their roots stretch out. Wherever they go, there is their new territory.

When two powerful races meet, ginkgo has the superiority of ginkgo, and bamboo has the madness of bamboo. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, so they do not invade each other and draw the boundary.

With the deterrence of two major races, no plant dares to grow in this blank area.

Therefore, this has resulted in a rare, well-preserved road between the bamboo forest and the ginkgo forest.

But Shen Kuo didn't think that the five-meter intact road would allow his car to come out and drive.

He pointed to the bamboo forest where the bamboos grew densely. Under the cover of such dense branches and leaves, the bamboo forest looked extraordinarily dark, as if there was an invisible malicious staring at the passers-by outside.His voice was extremely low: "It grows so densely, it looks the same in any direction, we will get lost if we go in?"

"It's okay, as before, walk along the road." Jin Shao squeezed his palm to express his comfort.

"No, what I'm worried about is," Shen Kuo moved his hands uncomfortably, feeling the heat in his palms being pulled by him, "Will the road be destroyed if the bamboo grows so densely? If you go deep into the bamboo forest, you will not find it. It will be difficult if the road is gone. It will be night again, and I'm afraid..."

"Don't be afraid. I walked by once, and I know it." Jin Shao pulled both of his hands into the palms and patted them. "Their density has reached a limit. The old bamboos are too tall, and their branches and leaves are almost completely covered. Blocking the sunlight, young bamboos can only die young if they grow without light. They can only expand outwards, and the possibility of new bamboos growing inside is very small, even if they grow out, they will not survive.

They were at this density when I came, and the roads weren't completely destroyed then, nor are they now.The traces of the road must still be there, and we can roughly determine where the road is by following the broken cement. "

While speaking, Jin Shao took Shen Kuo's hand and strode towards the deep bamboo forest: "This is the last temporary base. We will spend the night with them tonight and leave for the base city tomorrow morning!"

Following the slight sound of "click" bamboo leaves being crushed, Shen Kuo plunged into the dark bamboo forest.

The bamboo in the bamboo forest is nearly ten times denser than the ginkgo trees. Shen Kuo and Jin Shao had to walk sideways from time to time when they walked through it.

Bamboo leaves were spread thickly on the ground, and when stepping on them, it felt unrealistic to step on cotton. Shen Kuo didn't dare to stay, and followed Jin Shao quickly and deeply.

There were too many bamboo leaves and too thick, so they couldn't clean up the bamboo leaves along the way, so they simply took advantage of the buffer of a thick layer of bamboo leaves to quickly walk over, so that no matter if there were just emerging bamboo shoots underneath or exposed bamboo roots, it would be easier for them to walk over. None of them felt great.

Bamboo grows together through rhizomes, and one long rhizome often represents many bamboos.Even if Jin Shao has an older brother who specializes in studying these plants in the research institute, they don't know how plants perceive the outside world and transmit information, but there is no doubt that before they are stimulated, the reactions of plants are still very fast. slow.

So as long as Shen Kuo and the others walked fast enough, avoiding some thick roots that were obviously exposed, relying on Jin Shao's invisibility, there was a high probability that they would pass by without being noticed at all.

Shen Kuo followed Jin Shao and walked with breathless concentration for an hour or so, his face flushed and he couldn't stop panting.His physical fitness was too poor, even if he was basically dragged along by Jin Shao, it was extremely difficult for him to walk.

In an hour or so, they walked more than ten kilometers. During this period, they had to maintain a high degree of tension. They could not make any unnecessary sounds, and they could not touch a single bamboo. It might be easy for Jin Shao who has been trained, but for just a person For Shen Kuo, an ordinary college student, it was terrible.

"How far is it?" Shen Kuo gasped, the bamboos were right in front of him, he was exhausted from walking, but he didn't even dare to stretch his body, he could only stand stiffly on the spot, Carefully wiped his sweat.

"Hurry up. We just passed the boundary marker. Qingcheng City is in front. If you persist for another 10 minutes, you will be able to get out." Jin Shao's breathing could not be heard at all, and he calmly took the hand from Shen Kuo I took a big gulp of water, and while my Adam's apple was wriggling, a bottle of mineral water was gone.

He handed the empty bottle to Shen Kuo, and Shen Kuo didn't say much, and took it back into the pod space.He also drank the water quickly, calmly, and didn't dare to relax a bit until he swallowed the last sip of water and put the cap on the bottle.Among other things, in such a narrow space, his movements should not be too big. If he accidentally choked while drinking water, it would be a disaster.So every time he drinks water, he has to be careful, thinking that drinking water is like demolishing land/mines.

Hearing Jin Shao's words, Shen Kuo also heaved a sigh of relief.His nerves have collapsed to the limit, if it takes another hour and a half, he may not be able to hold on anymore.

He wasn't worried that Jin Shao's judgment was wrong.As a special soldier who has been performing various dangerous missions all year round, he has an excellent sense of direction and a certain degree of accuracy in grasping the distance scale.He said it was only 10 10 minutes, so it must be [-] [-] minutes.

He is not worried that the bamboo forest will expand to the point of swallowing the city after a long time.These temporary bases not far from the base city are surrounded by fortifications, ditches have been dug, and a large amount of herbicides have been sprayed. Unlike their village, they have no other defenses.

Maybe it was because there was hope in his heart that the time passed so quickly, and Shen Kuo's face beamed with joy after he hadn't walked for long.

"I see the light."