This tree is not big, seven or eight meters high and no more than half a meter thick. It is completely bare and somewhat stunted. What Luo Yuan noticed was that the bark was smooth and red, like human skin, giving people an extremely weird feeling.
Although he didn't feel that there was any danger, he still remained cautious. He pressed the handle of the knife, and his aura was looming.
But until Luo Yuan got closer, this strange big tree showed no sign of moving.
"It seems to be just an ordinary big tree!"
Luo Yuan's expression also relaxed. He picked a branch and jumped lightly on the spot. When he jumped into the air, a flash of sword suddenly appeared and the branch fell down.
At this time, Luo Yuan felt the big tree, and his body seemed to tremble, and then calmed down again.
Luo Yuan jumped down and looked at it carefully for a while.
This big tree was motionless, just like a normal plant. If it hadn't been for the fallen branch that was still twisting and twisting like a snake, it would really have been deceived by it.
"I didn't expect that plants can also pretend to be dead!" Luo Yuan thought to himself. This is actually normal. The nature of living things is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Although Luo Yuan did not show his strength, the aura he exuded was comparable to that of a deep blue-level creature. Don't give in too much. A tree whose strength is no more than light blue level will not provoke such a humanoid mutant beast unless it is seeking death. If it had stronger perception, I am afraid it would also notice that there is a genuine one nearby. The deep blue monitor lizard is already the overlord among most mutant creatures.
This is also the reason why Luo Yuan was extremely quiet all the way here, otherwise no matter how rare the creatures in the radiation land are, he would not have spent the whole journey without any danger.
He looked at it for a while and didn't want to cause trouble, so he let it go.
As soon as he picked up the branch, it was stimulated and wanted to wrap around the back of his hand. Luo Yuan snorted and shook hard, and the branch suddenly spasmed like a cervical vertebrae. Luo Yuan used an identification technique, and the information in his mind made his eyes light up.
"The branches of the radiating tree;"
"Rarity: light blue;"
"Weight: 3kg."
"Additional ability: absorb radiation;"
"Evaluation: Radiation trees generally live in areas exposed to nuclear radiation. High concentrations of radiation have caused trees to undergo adaptive evolution. They feed on radiation and occasionally mutant organisms. They are extremely aggressive, but their sap It is the best raw material for anti-radiation drugs, mostly used in medical treatment.”
Now that everyone was exposed to radiation, Luo Yuan did not dare to stay longer and returned quickly.
"Isn't this branch poisonous?" Master Wang looked at the twitching branch and said with disgust.
"Don't worry, it's not poisonous. We'll squeeze it into juice and everyone will be fine after drinking it." Luo Yuan said.
"It's so scary. Even plants can move without thinking." Cao Lin said with some fear.
"Hey, women should like this the most." Huo Dong couldn't control his mouth and made a dirty joke.
Several men laughed knowingly, and even Luo Yuan laughed.
Not only Huang Jiahui and Cao Lin, who had experienced such a battle, blushed, but even girls like Wang Shishi blushed. Huang Jiahui glared at him fiercely: "Don't make such jokes in the future!"
Other women also didn't give him a good look.
Huo Dong shut his mouth. He couldn't afford to offend these women, so he had to apologize again and again.
Next, Luo Yuan took the branch and asked Huang Jiahui to take out a few wooden bowls. He twisted the branches as hard as squeezing sheets with both hands, and soon squeezed out a large bowl of red blood-like juice, and then squeezed out a large bowl of blood-red juice every time. Everyone drank a small bowl. Even Luo Yuan was worried that his body could not withstand nuclear radiation, so he also drank a bowl.
The sap is not as unpleasant to drink as imagined. It is bitter with a hint of sweetness, and has a refreshing fragrance of vegetation. After drinking it, you can't help but feel refreshed.
The effect was immediate. Wang Xiaguang's spirit improved quickly, and people with milder symptoms recovered immediately.
In order to prevent the nuclear radiation from being completely eliminated from the body, Luo Yuan cut down a few more branches, put them in the package, then climbed onto the giant lizard and left the place quickly.
Because of the existence of the nuclear radiation area, a few people walked dozens of kilometers in vain. However, the monitor lizard is huge and can take four or five steps with each step. Its agility is as high as fifteen points, even in dense woods. Walking in the jungle, the speed can reach 20 to 30 meters per second. This is why Luo Yuan is worried that it will cause everyone to fall if it is too fast and slows down.
So despite taking a long detour, we were back on the highway at two o'clock in the afternoon.
This place is dozens of kilometers away from the Tianzhu tree area, and the road has not been damaged.
Everyone walked onto the highway and looked behind them. A volcano several hundred meters high was already standing in the distance. Thick smoke was still emitting from the crater. There were no buildings nearby for more than ten kilometers. All the The area is covered by solidified volcanic rock.
It even includes a small half of Hedong City.
The changes in the sea, the extinction of living things, and the power of nature are all pale and feeble to describe in any language.
Everyone was shocked and couldn't recover for a long time.
"Will it erupt again?" Huang Jiahui asked suddenly, looking at the thick smoke like a column of smoke.
"It is an active volcano, but after venting this time, it may take a long time to erupt again, but it may not be surprising. It may erupt the next moment." Luo Yuan said.
"If the volcano erupts again, wouldn't Hedong City be in danger? In addition to survivors, there are hundreds of thousands of people living in the underground base." Huang Jiahui said, her face turning pale.
"Sister Huang, life or death depends on our fate. We can't even protect ourselves. Why do we care so much?" Cao Lin said. She felt a little conflicted when she mentioned the underground base. She was planning to go to the underground base, but she was surrounded by people before she even saw the gate. After the crowd broke up, she didn't have a good impression of the people in the underground base at all.
Not only Cao Lin, but others also looked disapproving.
"My daughter may be inside!" Huang Jiahui was silent for a while, then said with a sad face: "I thought she would be safe, but I didn't expect that even the underground base is not safe."
Her ex-husband is the captain of an armed police squadron, and he is prioritized both as a guard and in his duties. She originally asked her daughter to stay with her ex-husband because it was safer for her.
Everyone looked silent.
A trace of sadness flashed across Huo Dong's face. His eight-year-old son was also squeezed away in the crowd. He had already given up hope. In the chaotic scene at that time, such a young child had no chance of surviving. There is hope that he will survive, but sometimes he hopes that he can survive.
"In the apocalypse, no one knows when they will die. It may be today or tomorrow, and the same is true for us, so don't think too much, at least now they are much safer than following us!" Luo Yuan hugged Huang Jiahui and said in a deep voice : "Your daughter will be fine too, let's go!"
Huang Jiahui nodded, but still looked behind him from time to time, with a blank look on his face.
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After getting on the highway, the giant lizard's walking speed suddenly increased, taking full advantage of its high agility attribute and reaching a speed of hundreds of yards.
The surrounding scenery quickly retreated towards the back, and the roaring wind blew in the face.
Everyone tightly grasped the blankets under them, with nervous expressions on their faces. Master Wang grabbed Luo Yuan's arm tightly, for fear of being thrown out.
Before dark, we finally arrived at the cross-sea bridge.
Luo Yuan stopped the giant lizard, frowned and looked into the distance with an ugly face: "Damn it, it seems we have to take a detour again."
The sea-crossing bridge that used to be as long as a giant dragon is now broken in many places and has become twisted. Thick steel cables hung messily on the elevated bridge, several huge cement slabs hung in mid-air, and even the huge stone piers that served as the pillars of the viaduct were knocked down in the tidal flats by the terrifying force.
Now is the time of low tide. Except for a few low-lying areas where there is still sea water, the rest of the land has almost turned into an alluvial plain. Looking down from the cross-sea bridge, the bottom is already covered with sparse plants. , if it takes a little longer, I'm afraid there will be another forest sea here.
What made Luo Yuan's heart even more heavy was that there were huge footprints on the beach, which were obviously left by marine creatures. However, these creatures should have left when the tide receded. At least he did not see any of these huge creatures at a glance.
"If we take a detour, we can only take the provincial road, which will probably take hundreds of kilometers more and pass through a forest, and we don't know if there is a road there." Huang Jiahui looked ugly: "Can we come from below? walk over."
"The tidal flat is too soft. I'm worried that I will hit the swamp. If I sink, it will be dangerous." Luo Yuan hesitated. He was not afraid of other things, but he was afraid of hitting the swamp. Once he accidentally fell into it, even if he had no strength, There is no point in being strong.
"Don't think about it now. It's almost dark. Let's wait until tomorrow." Luo Yuan looked at the sky and continued.
Because the cross-sea bridge crosses the sea and is more dangerous than land, the defense force here is much stricter than the highway in front. Just on both sides of the entrance to the cross-sea bridge, two symmetrical defense towers covering an area of thousands of square meters are arranged. fortifications.
Three rusty armored vehicles were parked at the door. After entering the door, there were two multiple rocket launchers inside. The honeycomb-like rocket launchers more than three meters long are densely packed together, giving people a huge deterrent effect.
In addition, the gun holes of more than a dozen machine guns on the fortifications were extremely powerful. Luo Yuan guessed that even if they encountered a tide of beasts, they would be enough to withstand it.
Luo Yuan let the giant lizard stop at the door and walked into the fortification. The first floor was the control center. It looked very messy. The ground was covered with documents and cigarette butts. It seemed that the retreat was in a hurry. He noticed a On the desk, not even personal items such as photo frames were taken away.
Luo Yuan turned the corner and pushed open an office, facing a rotten stench.
As if being disturbed by Luo Yuan, countless black beetles rushed to leave here.
In front of the office, a skeletal figure wearing a major's military uniform was lying on his back on the seat. His skull had fallen off on the ground, and there was a round hole in his temple. A pistol fell from where the hand bones were hanging down. He apparently committed suicide.
What seems to have happened here