"That's enough! Stop yelling!"
"I'm going to die! I'm going to become a vegetable!"
"Someone, please cover Fatty Jiang's mouth. His voice is like killing a pig."
Fatty Jiang obviously does not have as good a mental quality as Wang Xiang.
As an excellent and experienced mercenary, Wang Xiang was quite indifferent even when he was entangled and cut by those weird vines and knew that he was about to die.
But that's not the case with Fatty Jiang. He's just an Internet nerd.
He couldn't help but wailed at the thought that he would be sucked out of blood bit by bit by these terrifying plants, controlled, and then become a walking vegetable.
"Fat man, do you feel any pain?" someone in the team asked.
"No." Fatty Jiang howled loudly.
"Then you are calling me shit!"
"Fat Grandpa, I'm still young and it's not time to die yet. Why did I scream twice to be brave?"
The flower that bloomed from his arm was indeed weird.
The petals are crystal clear, as glamorous as red crystals, and the flowing blood is clearly visible in those transparent tubes.
Fatty Jiang was held down.
His fat arm was grabbed by everyone and observed carefully.
"Have you seen "Death Video 3"?" Lu Yang suddenly asked: "The female protagonist in it was quite beautiful, but unfortunately she was bitten by a zombie. In the end, in order to prevent herself from mutating, she asked the male protagonist to cut off one of her legs. arm."
"Lu Jingyan, what do you mean?" Fatty Jiang yelled, "I still treat you as my own brother, but you actually want to cut off my hand?"
"Brother Jiang, don't be angry, what kind of creature...gecko, don't they often cut off their tails to escape?" Lu Yang chuckled.
"Gekkos can regrow their tails after cutting off their tails, can I?"
Fatty Jiang burst into tears.
When I think about my young age and unfulfilled ambitions, it’s time to do big things with passion.
Did he die before leaving the army
"I haven't seen the Floating City being knocked down yet, so I can't die yet!"
"Don't worry, the root system of this flower has only penetrated into the surface layer of your skin. It seems that it has not taken root deeper yet. It can be peeled off." Xia Chuluo comforted.
"Miss Xia, do you know anything about this?" Fatty Jiang said with a sad face.
"I understand a little bit." Xia Chuluo nodded.
"Then can you get this thing off now? I feel so panicked."
"It should be okay, Lu Wen, go to the trunk and take out the first aid kit."
"OK."
Each vehicle carries a first aid kit on the back.
There are some commonly used tools inside, such as physiological saline, sterile gauze, bandages, scissors and pliers, etc.
Lu Wen and the others carried quite complete first aid facilities, including antivenom, and were worried about encountering any more poisonous snakes in no-man's land.
Xia Chuluo opened the box and first gave Fatty Jiang an injection of anesthetic.
"It's better Miss Xia, I know I, Lao Jiang, am afraid of pain." Fatty Jiang said.
"I'm thinking... everyone in the team should know that you are afraid of pain." Someone said.
"Shut your mouth and don't disturb Miss Xia!" Fatty Jiang glared at that person.
The next step is pretty simple.
Xia Chuluo slowly cut open the rooted skin surface.
Those white roots suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
"Fortunately, it was just inserted and it has not stuck to the flesh and blood, otherwise the flesh would have to be cut off." Xia Chuluo said.
"It's okay, Miss Xia, you can cut it off as you like, my hands are full of fat, it doesn't matter!"
The removal process is simple.
Xia Chuluo picked up the roots one by one, and after confirming that there were no remaining ones, he uprooted the entire flower.
The flower swayed slowly in Xia Chuluo's hand.
Those tiny white roots seemed to have some kind of consciousness, and they actually moved slowly towards her fingers, as if they wanted to take root on her fingers.
Fortunately, Xia Chuluo is wearing gloves now.
"Is there any raw meat in the carriage?" she asked.
"Yes. When I went out, I thought I would have to chase for several days, so I brought some beef. At least I can try barbecue in the no-man's land at night. It's frozen now."
"Miss Xia, you don't want to keep this flower, do you?"
"It's okay to keep it and see what it becomes."
The horror of this flower is obvious to all.
It penetrates into the body silently. If it is at night when you are sleeping and there is no time to react, will you be in a vegetative state the next morning
"Fat man, when did this flower bloom on your arm?"
"How did I know? I never paid attention. When I was about to drive, I put my hands on the steering wheel and realized something was wrong."
"The plant releases something similar to an anesthetic that makes you feel nothing."
Lu Wen thought of the tragic situation of Wang Xiang being cut off.
"I was in that city before and saw a kind of plant seeds floating in the air near the center. Now it seems that I probably brought one of them out and settled on Fatty Jiang."
"Ah, Lu Wen, you have done me a lot of harm."
“…”
"Everyone should hurry up and check if there is anything strange growing on any part of their body. This thing is hard to guard against."
Everyone still cherished their lives and checked it one after another.
Feeling that self-examination was not enough, they helped each other check to make sure there were no more strange plants.
Lu Wen took out a piece of beef from the freezer in the carriage.
Xia Chuluo slowly placed the flower in his hand on the beef.
Although the piece of meat is now frozen and quite hard, the root system of the flower still seems to have found its home and dug in.
"Ms. Xia, this thing must be kept in a sealed and transparent box, otherwise accidents are likely to occur."
Many team members also grew up under the influence of horror science fiction movies.
This behavior of discovering strange creatures and raising them.
In those movies, it can be described in two words.
seek death.
"But if it is kept sealed, will it have problems due to lack of oxygen?" Fatty Jiang asked.
"Fat man, why do you still care about this thing?"
"This is raised with my blood. To put it another way, this thing is my flesh and blood."
Fatty Jiang pointed to the bandage marks on his arm.
"Don't worry, plants will release oxygen through photosynthesis." A team member said.
"Is this thing really capable of photosynthesis?" Fatty Jiang was doubtful. "Photosynthesis requires chloroplasts. It's all red."
"Keep it in a closed environment first, then forget about it until it dies." Xia Chuluo said.
Must be sealed.
Otherwise, everyone will be worried.
I'm worried that this weird thing will release a batch of seeds and infect everyone in the team.
"Is there any glass glue in the car?" Xia Chuluo asked.
"Yes, there is also transparent glass." Fatty Jiang replied honestly.
"What are you bringing these for? Are you going to raise fish?"
"Of course not. I'm not worried. If the team gets lost in no-man's land and drinks up all the fresh water, we can make a glass tank to store some water resources during extreme weather storms."
“…”
I have to say that the thinking of Internet geniuses is indeed different from that of normal people.
There are many people in the team, and it is impossible for Xia Chuluo to know what everyone is carrying.
She used the glass glue and glass that Fatty Jiang brought to make a transparent container, then put the piece of meat in it and finally sealed it.
Completely sealed.
"Okay, let's go back."
…
Nine p.m.
Central City.
The lights in the hotel are still bright.
Human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. The innkeeper can be sure that he will have to spend these days in sorrow.
He was threatened again.
This time it is a local force, the temple.
This organization came to the door in the afternoon and said a lot of threats. Finally, they slapped the front desk and told the hotel owner that they must find the person who attacked members of their organization within three days, otherwise they would be killed. Blow up this place.
Many passengers were watching at that time, but no one dared to speak.
After those people left, these passengers packed their luggage and said they wanted to check out. Some of them didn't even say they wanted to check out, and just walked away with large and small boxes.
Those who dare to stay are very few, either they are very courageous, or they know the strength of Xia Chuluo's group.
"It's already nine o'clock, will they not come back?"
The shop owner looked worriedly at the night outside.
He remembered that in the afternoon, the group of people packed up their things and left in a hurry, as if they were chasing something.
He didn't think much about it at the time, and he knew that Xia Chuluo's team came to Central City just to kill people.
But now that I think about it...
Didn't that team just run away if they ran into trouble
"It doesn't make sense. If those guys were really that cowardly, they wouldn't have blown up the people's cars in the temple in the first place. They must have known the consequences of that."
Just as the boss was thinking about it, the hotel door was pushed open.
Howling cold wind poured into the lobby on the first floor.
It’s already July, and the weather in this world is still unpredictable.
"Miss Xia, you are finally back!"
The boss was filled with tears and took out a tissue to wipe the wet corners of his eyes.
"This acting is too much..." Lu Wen couldn't help but say.
"No, I really managed to get you back. If you don't come back, I will have to pack up my things and run away overnight." The boss said seriously.
"What happened?" Xia Chuluo looked at him.
"Ms. Xia, I was threatened again."
"again?"
"Last time, I was threatened by you... ahem... it was the temple organization. Their people came to find me today and told me to either surrender them or wait for the hotel to be bombed. Many tenants ran away without even saying hello."
The innkeeper gave a brief summary of what happened this afternoon.
There are several tenants in the lobby on the first floor, including the middle-aged gunman Zhong Xiong.
Xia Chuluo looked at him.
He nodded, indicating that the innkeeper was right.
The people from the temple did come to ask for someone.
"Three days... It seems that the people in the temple are also preparing for the invitations in a week, so all the troubles should be solved before then." Xia Chuluo nodded and thought for a moment.
Zhong Xiong stood up, walked to the front desk, and whispered: "Miss Xia, I know several small strongholds in the temple."
(End of chapter)