Zhang Ling said: "For example, Tai Sui, it looks like meat, but to be precise, it should be a large colony that can grow for a long time, with a life span of tens of thousands of years, but it is difficult to tell whether it is a living body or countless lives. Aggregates. Some special Tai Sui, when people gently scratch with their hands, contract like muscles, as if people are scratched, and even laughter is rumored to be. That thing can be said to be a compound fungus. It can be called a combination of animals and plants."
After Zhang Ling said these words, we all turned our attention from the plant to the ground around the plant, because the fungus multiplied fastest in the place where there were many corpses.
Those dead animals have obvious bulges under the skin, as if tree roots are buried under the skin. What's more, there are countless seedlings growing from the eyes, ears, nose and mouth. A giant grasshopper less than 100 meters away from us. , A seedling broke through the hard head shell, as if a thorn grows on the head of a large grasshopper, and the whole body of the thorn is covered with mushroom-shaped semi-circular spores.
Zhang Ling said: "It seems that we have to take a detour. It is a parasitic plant."
I didn't see it and said, "Parasitic plants?"
Zhang Ling explained: “This kind of thing is first sprayed into the air by the mother body and moved with the wind. Once it is inhaled by the animal, it will start to grow when it encounters a suitable temperature and environment, take root in the animal’s body, absorb nutrients, and finally break down. The shell comes out and grows into another tall female plant. The principle is very similar to that of a parasite. If we don't want to die, we must walk around!"
Big Eye said: "This is simply an alien plant! You can only see it in science fiction movies!"
I said lightly: "Let's go! Let's go around."
Looking at the corpses everywhere in the dense fog, we dared not use ropes to cross the air. We could only cover our mouth and nose to prevent inhaling the suspended matter, and walk slowly on the dangerous slippery mud.
Just two steps away, only hearing the rustling noise on the left, a five-meter multi-legged centipede rushed out, wearing thick armor, like an extended heavy truck. At this moment, it was escaping in a hurry. When we saw us blocking in front On the road, the upper body was immediately tilted, his head was raised high for two meters, and his two tentacles flicked randomly.
However, these days we are used to seeing the creatures here. We didn’t get entangled with it and immediately hid.
Under the tree to make way for it, the thing didn't aim at us, and slid out of the fog.
Going forward, large pits appeared on the ground, and the mouths of the pits were covered with white silk. Big Eye picked up the white silk that looked like spinning, and said strangely: "What is this?"
Suddenly, a pair of stinging jaws emerged from one pit, and a fleshy eight-legged creature crawled out, not just one, two, three, and other pits also crawled out of the size of a washbasin... It seems to be the United States. The big spider in the movie "Tenchu Dimie"!
Zhang Ling said: "It's a spider, hurry up!"
The three of them fled all the way, finally escaping the spider's nest, climbing a slope, with big eyes and unsteady heels, sliding down the slope, hitting a piece of dead wood, yelled "Ouch," and then shouted: " Come and see, what is this?"
We hurriedly walked down the slope and came to Dayan. We saw the piece of wood he hit. The piece of wood was actually cut out. There was a rectangular groove one meter long and half a meter wide. The neat cut marks are man-made, no wonder Big Eye is so surprised.
Zhang Ling and I touched the edge of the groove, which was neat and smooth. It was definitely not formed naturally. Zhang Ling asserted: "Yes, it was made by hand! There should be someone nearby!"
Big Eye said: "What are these stakes used for? To build a house?"
Zhang Ling said: "No! Looking at this style, it should be a wooden drum, it should be the most primitive kind of drum. The ancients hollowed out the stakes and knocked them to make a sound." Then, she picked up a stone and knocked on the wood. On the edge of the pile, the drum sound of "bang Bang Bang" was played.
"Is it a primitive?" Big Eye asked.
Zhang Ling did not answer his question, but solemnly said: "Since artificial artifacts have been found, they are likely to be around here. Everyone pays attention to suspicious movements and beware of traps. If you encounter someone, stay calm, restrain yourself, and try not to interact with them. There is a conflict. Do you all understand?"
After about five to six hundred meters, Zhang Ling suddenly asked us to stop and said, "Listen."
I listened carefully and said, "It seems to be the sound of water, there should be water in front of it."
Big Eyes raised his head and looked forward, and said puzzledly: "But there is no waterfall here, why is there a sound of water?"
I said, "Did you forget? In addition to waterfalls, there are mountain streams, streams, and rivers!
Let's go! Let's go and see. "
The presence of water means that people may live, and it is common sense for all living things to live close to the water source.
The sound of water changes from small to loud. The front is not just as simple as a stream, but within a few minutes, we came to the source of the water.
I saw gurgling streams cut through the woods and passed through countless ferns. The surface of the river nearly 100 meters wide was still covered with tall trees, and the roots of the branches fell to the surface of the water, creating a forest in the water and a forest in the water. .
The three people went upstream along the river, and along the way, we also found some tree marks that had been cut down by hand, and some stones with traces of sanding.
After walking along the river for more than two hours, typical man-made buildings appeared in the jungle and appeared before our eyes.
It was a tall stone wall. The wall was full of iron spears, one by one standing up to the sky, under the stone wall there were countless small stone piers with iron spears inserted, and sharp spearheads were blocking the road. Looking at this arrangement, I immediately realized that those people here use to prevent large beasts.
Big Eyes said in amazement: "Sure enough, there are people, they must be primitives!"
Zhang Ling said: "Let's go over and take a look, everyone be careful."
Three people sneaked up under the stone wall and looked at the stone wall full of thorns and iron spears. There is no doubt that there is a human settlement behind the stone wall, but how many people are there? What are your habits? How to get along? It will be a very troublesome question, after all, we all know nothing about them.
Moreover, if they are inhospitable and treat us as alien invaders, aren't we here to die
Faced with all the worries, I said, "Well, I'll climb up the wall to investigate."
Zhang Ling said: "It's too dangerous. They are smarter than those giant creatures. Look at the iron spears on the wall. There is so much humidity in this place, but there is no rust on it, which means that something is painted on it."
Big Eye said: "Let's go in like this. If the situation is not good, let's run right away!"
"Do you know how many people are there? You can run if you say you can run?"
"Then what to do?"
I said, "Let me go in first to explore the reality. Although it is dangerous, it is better than rushing in."
Zhang Ling nodded, and said helplessly: "Well then, you must be careful."
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