"I have always felt that I am a cautious enough person. Very few people in this field can live to my age." The man spoke slowly.
His name is Wang Xiang, and he is indeed older. He looks close to fifty years old.
Most fifty-year-old office workers are already carrying a lot of extra fat. They clock in and out every day and spend the last part of their lives in boredom.
But he's a fifty-year-old mercenary.
The muscles all over his body are still strong, he pays attention to his daily routine, his eyes are sharp, and his mental state is far superior to that of many young people in their twenties and thirties.
"But I was careless this time."
He looked down at the vines on his body.
The vines clearly didn't move much, but they had already reached his chest.
There seemed to be countless sharp knives on the edge of the vine, which cut his clothes open, revealing the innermost bulletproof vest.
"These vines are very smart. They will release some kind of anesthetic, making you unable to notice it. They may even make you feel tired, and then they will wrap around you little by little."
Wang Xiang initially felt that his fatigue was due to his old age and continuous escape.
When he discovered the vines on his body, it was already too late.
"If I guess correctly, the wounds cut by these vines will not heal easily and will keep bleeding, just like being bitten by a leech."
Wang Xiang knew that he would definitely die today, so it would be nice to have someone to chat with before he died.
"If you walked all the way in, you should be able to notice the weirdness of these plants." Lu Wen said.
"But who would have thought that there are actually plants that can kill people." Wang Xiang shook his head. He came in on a motorcycle and didn't pay much attention along the way.
After all, for him at that time, the danger came from behind.
Xia Chuluo's team is in hot pursuit.
"Since this city is on your escape route, you should do some research in advance."
"There was no time. The news of Luo Ruyan's death was too sudden. That man was quite cunning and unscrupulous. I really didn't expect that he would die before me."
As he spoke, the plant vines further tightened around his body.
It was like poisonous snakes spitting out poisonous seeds, swimming on his body, and the sharp vines cut the skin on the surface.
The skin of his arms was cut into strips.
Blood slowly dripped down the wounds and flowed on the vines.
These vines slowly absorb the blood.
"It looks scary, but I feel no pain. The anesthetic used in this plant is pretty good."
Wang Xiang's psychological quality is quite strong.
He looked at his arms and legs being cut open bit by bit, with an expression of indifference, as if this body was not his.
An ordinary person who is not mentally strong enough might have started shouting at this time.
"You are lucky. There are actually some floating plant seeds in the air. If my guess is correct, those plant seeds will parasitize flesh and blood. If you are flesh and blood, you will not be spared even if you do not touch those vines. "
He looked at Lu Wen calmly.
"Those plants will take root in your skin, and the roots will slowly invade your flesh and blood, pierce into your organs, spread to your limbs, and even your brain, and finally control your actions, and your body surface will bloom with beautiful flowers. blood red flowers.”
"Vegetative?"
Lu Wen smiled.
After the afternoon chase, a certain amount of time was wasted on the way into the city.
It's dusk now.
The dusk in no man's land looks beautiful and has a sense of vicissitudes of life.
"Dang-dang-"
The bell tower not far away rang.
It's six o'clock in the evening.
It's summer, and six o'clock is pretty bright.
But the city began to change.
There were certain fluctuations in the lake water, as if there was some huge monster moving below the lake surface, disturbing all living creatures nearby.
"The animals are coming."
Lu Wen looked into the distance.
There were no animals in sight, but he heard them.
Densely packed.
The animals that had been hiding underground, under the ruins, and living in the gaps between cement bricks during the day, now left their hiding places and ran towards the lake in the center.
Not long after, the animals came into view.
Most of them are creatures of the order Squamata, which are not recorded in the blue database. We can only find some that look very similar in appearance.
They seemed to have heard some kind of call.
They all ran to the edge of the lake and began to drink the precious water resources.
Sometimes huge vines rise from the bottom and drag some animals into the lake.
The animals struggled for a moment, then stopped moving, and a little scarlet appeared on the water.
"Interesting, the plants in this city dominate the water resources, and therefore the animals." Wang Xiang looked at the lake in the center calmly.
His face was already very pale, which was due to excessive blood loss.
"Please give me a happy one. I don't want to be sucked dry alive and then thrown into the bottom of the lake to become one of the countless bones." Wang Xiang requested seriously.
"Can."
Lu Wen slowly approached.
While paying attention to the vines around him, he took off the tactical short knife from his waist.
The vines didn't seem to notice his arrival.
Maybe because he is not a flesh and blood life.
Lu Wen stabbed Wang Xiang's neck with a knife and opened up the trachea, esophagus, blood vessels and other tissues inside.
Blood gushed out like a fountain and sprayed on Wang Xiang's body.
"Your heart is partially blocked by the bulletproof vest. There are ceramic plates inside. It's more convenient to choose your neck." Lu Wen said.
Wang Xiang was naturally unable to answer.
Half of his neck was cut open.
So he could only look at Lu Wen, the luster in his eyes slowly disappearing.
The last look may be one of gratitude.
The vines wrapped around him noticed that the prey's vital signs were disappearing rapidly, and a large amount of blood was sprayed on the surface of the vines, faster than the plants could absorb.
The plants were angry.
Several vines with thick arms snaked towards Lu Wen, like deadly poisonous snakes.
But the speed of these vines is still too slow.
Lu Wen cut off several of them with force.
"This thing is pretty tough, no wonder Wang Xiang couldn't get away."
He used more strength than the average adult to manage to cut off these vines.
The blood flowing out of the fracture was also bright red.
"Would you like to take some back for inspection?"
Lu Wen had this strange idea in his mind, and finally shook his head.
Taking it back like this is likely to cause considerable harm to human society.
Of course, it is also possible that this thing can only grow in a specific environment, and if it leaves this environment, it will wither and die.
"Gulu gulu..."
Bubbles suddenly began to bubble up from the surface of the lake.
The animals drinking water by the lake began to become restless, sometimes looking at the lake, sometimes looking at the road behind them.
Eventually, the animals dispersed and fled.
The lake is getting rougher and rougher.
Lu Wen also felt something was wrong, so he rode the motorcycle left by Wang Xiang.
"Buzz!"
The mountain bike roared and then shot out like an arrow.
Lu Wen finally understood why so many people like riding motorcycles.
Exciting indeed.
The wheels rolled over the ruins and jumped between the collapsed floors. The strong wind blew in the face, and the whole person felt as if he was about to fly.
Today's sunset was reddish, stretching his departing figure very long.
…
at the same time.
outside the city.
Everyone also saw those weird plants through drone videos.
"I didn't expect that Wang Xiang was also a quite famous mercenary. He killed as many big shots as his hands. He was cautious by nature... and he was actually killed by a few canes in the end." The team member said with emotion.
Most of these team members are also mercenaries, so they naturally know how powerful Wang Xiang is.
"To be precise, he was killed by Lu Wen with a knife." Fatty Jiang added.
"By the way, what are those vines and why do they eat animals? Are they relatives of pitcher plants? Have any of you seen them before?"
"I've never seen it before. This is a polluted area. Who would come here if they don't care about their fate?"
While everyone was talking, Lu Wen had already driven through half of the city roads.
The city is not too big after all.
Fatty Jiang began to collect the drones flying over the city.
"Fuck, what the hell is this?"
He looked at the screen, and his voice attracted everyone.
Even Xia Chuluo moved his eyes to the screen.
In the middle of the lake, a blood-red tumor slowly rose up. It looked like flesh and blood, but the texture on its surface was that of plants. It was very big, as big as two or three cars put together.
"Plop... plop..."
The blood-red tumor was beating slowly.
Like an animal's heart.
There was no need for the drone to send back the sound. They could feel the pulse of the city even from such a distance.
"Has this thing become a spirit? Have you seen A Chinese Ghost Story? The grandma in it is a tree spirit..." Lu Yang said.
"Pah!" Fatty Jiang slapped Lu Yang on the forehead, "You are also a computer student after all, don't you know that science is supreme? Where do so many monsters come from in this world? It's just a plant mutated by radiation."
At the same time, Lu Wen had already driven out of the city limits.
His system was prompting him like crazy.
[Attack intent detected]
[Detection...]
[…]
The screen flashed in his mind.
Driven by the strong sense of crisis, he rode the motorcycle out of the city without even changing his car.
As for the off-road vehicle he drove in, he could only stay in it for the time being.
"Wait a minute, Lu Wen, don't come here yet, I'll test and monitor you." Fatty Jiang shouted hurriedly.
"bring it on."
Lu Wen stopped more than twenty meters away from everyone.
Fatty Jiang tied his detection equipment to the drone, controlled the drone, and flew towards Lu Wen.
The results came out quickly.
"How is it?" Lu Wen asked.
"There is some radiation, but it's not a big problem. You can come over." Fatty Jiang replied.
The team all returned to the car.
Fortunately, there was extra room in the car, so Lu Wen didn't have to ride a motorcycle to get around town.
Just as the whole team was about to set off, Fatty Jiang suddenly shouted again.
"Wait a moment!"
"what happened again?"
"Hurry down and check. Damn it, I've been hit."
After hearing this, everyone was a little confused and got out of the car one after another.
Fatty Jiang had a strange expression.
He stared at his fat arm.
A blood-red flower bloomed on that arm.
The petals are translucent, and you can see the small tubes inside. Some blood is circulating in the tubes, and the rhizomes have penetrated into the surface of the skin.
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