Xie Ran's escape pod was sucked into a cosmic wormhole and eventually landed on the Red Pearl Star. He climbed out of the escape pod and saw a large patch of red fog in front of him, a strange "buzzing" sound around him, and flowers, plants and trees he had never seen before... Xie Ran was sure that he had come to a strange planet.
His parents were no longer here, and the realization made his heart ache.
However, thinking of his father's last words, "Live well", Xie Ran quickly calmed down - maybe there is still hope? For example, a starship happened to pass by and saved his parents? Or, they also survived in the escape pod
Although the hope is slim, he cannot give up.
Xie Ran took a deep breath and looked around carefully. There were several fist-sized spiders on the ground. As if inspired by something, they moved collectively and quickly crawled into the depths of the fog. There were also some small spiders flying around him. Xie Ran was startled. He had never liked spiders since he was a child. When he saw those spiders walking into the depths of the red fog, his face changed and he instinctively stepped back.
—That was the worst decision he had made in years.
Xie Ran moved away from the red fog, turned on the compass on the communicator on his wrist, and walked south.
This seemed to be a forest maze, with red silk threads everywhere. Since there were a lot of spiders around, Xie Ran guessed that these threads were probably spider webs. He carefully avoided the silk threads and headed south.
It soon got dark and Xie Ran's stomach was empty. He didn't have lunch today and hadn't eaten for 8 hours. His lips were dry and his stomach was growling. However, the surroundings were not safe and he didn't know if the fruits and plants here were poisonous. He didn't dare to eat them rashly. He could only suppress his hunger and lean against a tree to rest for a while.
Not long after, some small flying insects similar to fireflies floated in the air, and the light in the forest became brighter. With the faint light, Xie Ran saw some strange vines next to the big tree.
The vines have many sharp thorns, but because they are black in color, they almost blend into the ground.
Xie Ran instinctively sensed the danger, he immediately stood up, trying to stay away from the vines, however, the light around him was too dim, and he couldn't see the vines buried in the ground at all. He had only taken two steps when his ankle was accidentally stabbed. The sharp pain made Xie Ran frown. He leaned over to treat the wound, but at this moment, the vines that tasted the blood seemed to suddenly "come alive".
There were rustling sounds all around, like a group of snakes crawling.
Xie Ran sensed something was wrong and immediately turned around and walked in the opposite direction. There were more and more small glowing flies around him, and the light became brighter. He could see clearly that he had accidentally entered the territory of a strange vine. The dense vines were like tentacles waving in the air. They intertwined with each other, forming a net-like hunting circle, surrounding Xie Ran, and then... fiercely attacking Xie Ran!
Xie Ran endured the pain in his ankle and ran away quickly.
The fighting skills he learned in the church came into play at this moment. He moved swiftly, dodging left and right, avoiding the attacks of the vines while summoning the red fox. The flaming thought tentacles attacked the vines like a tide, but... Xie Ran soon discovered in despair that the thought tentacles could not sense any emotions or consciousness at all.
Could it be that this is a plant that has no intelligence and only has the hunting instinct
The guide was most afraid of these brainless plants. When he encountered animals, he could try to communicate and control their minds, but when he encountered aggressive plants without brains, Xie Ran's fighting power was not enough to deal with them.
Xie Ran said to himself in his heart: "Run quickly, don't let them catch you."
Fortunately, his grandfather had taught him some survival skills. He ran swiftly in the forest and returned along the same route. The vines chased him frantically... But he was not a strong sentinel after all. After running for half an hour, he was exhausted.
Xie Ran gritted his teeth and kept moving forward, but at this moment, it suddenly started raining.
That was the most terrifying rainstorm Xie Ran had ever seen since he was a child. His whole body was instantly soaked by the rain. The muddy ground made his escape slower. There was a big tree root in front of him blocking his way. He tried hard to flip over, but his feet suddenly slipped and he fell to the ground!
And right in front of him, there was a sharp thorn of a vine that was catching up with him and attacking him.
"ah-"
Xie Ran's screams echoed throughout the forest.
His left eye was instantly pierced by the thorns of the vine, and blood flowed down his face with the rain, staining his clothes red in an instant.
Xie Ran was kneeling on the ground, his whole body trembling with pain. He covered his eyes tightly.
His left eye was blood red, and he was most likely blind. His right eye was blurred by the rain and he couldn't see the scene in front of him clearly. There were countless vines behind him chasing him madly. He wondered in despair, was he going to die here
At this moment, my father's words suddenly rang clearly in my ears: "Ranran, live well."
He can't die...
Now he is the only one who knows the secret of the sacrifice of hundreds of soldiers of the Star Legion. Once he dies, no one will have a chance to redress their injustice. The plan of the Dark Night Organization may be longer and more terrifying than they thought! How could he die at the hands of a monster on a strange planet
Those vines took advantage of the moment when Xie Ran fell and swept over madly. In a blink of an eye, they wrapped up Xie Ran's whole body and hung him in the air.
The sharp thorns pierced his skin, and the vines pulled wildly as if they had captured some delicious prey. Xie Ran's left arm was actually torn apart!
"ah-"
Xie Ran almost fainted from the pain.
The blood from the severed arm kept flowing down, and the plant was actually greedily sucking the blood from his body.
“Very sweet... very delicious...”
At the moment when Xie Ran was about to collapse mentally, one of his thought tentacles suddenly sensed a happy emotion, as if a child had eaten the delicious food of his dreams. The emotion came from a very distant place and was very vague.
Xie Ran was shaking with pain and his face turned pale.
He tried his best to ignore the severe pain from his eyes and broken arm, and concentrated on sensing that emotion. Sure enough, because of the blood he drank, the joyful emotion became more obvious.
It was impossible for plants to have such vivid emotions—he realized that this was not a plant, but an extremely huge monster!
It has a brain and is very cunning. However, its main body is far away, and these vines are its limbs, which can be extended infinitely. Xie Ran couldn't sense the emotional fluctuations just now because the range of the mental tentacles he released was not large enough to reach it!
How can we attack its brain
Unless your mental strength is strong enough, stronger than it is now!
Xie Ran endured the pain in his body, closed his eyes, and let himself be strangled by the vines. His neck was entangled by the vines, and he could hardly breathe. His cheek was also scratched by the thorns. But in his spiritual world, he concentrated all his strength and began to summon the thought tentacles.
One, ten, a hundred, a thousand!
The tentacles of thought were growing explosively, forming dense silk threads in the blink of an eye. Countless red silk threads suddenly stretched out from Xie Ran's palm. Those tentacles of thought were connected to each other, as if they had spirituality. They obeyed Xie Ran's instructions and spread rapidly in the direction where the emotions appeared!
As the tentacles continued to increase, the red fox tail beside Xie Ran grew larger and larger, and the red flames surrounding it became more and more dazzling.
At this moment, Xie Ran seemed to be burning his life out.
In his spiritual world, the forest ground was surging wildly, large tracts of trees collapsed, and flowers and plants withered at a speed as fast as a strong wind. His spiritual power was consumed at an unprecedented rate, and the tentacles in his palms continued to increase and extend...
The red fox's tail began to split gradually.
Three, five, seven...
Until nine tails appeared at the same time, and then they opened up in an instant with a loud bang!
At this moment, the red fox's full potential was stimulated and it transformed into a flaming nine-tailed fox.
His mental power achieved a qualitative breakthrough.
The boy opened his eyes and shouted, "Kill it for me!"
Dense red thought tentacles, like a tsunami, swept across and fiercely attacked a big tree deep in the forest!
The huge "tree" is more than ten meters in diameter, with lush branches and leaves, a trunk towering into the sky, and countless arm-shaped roots deeply rooted in the ground. It feeds itself by sucking the blood of animals in the forest. It has almost become the master of this forest, and its vines can extend freely in the forest.
But at this moment, the "tree" let out a howl of pain!
"Ahhh..."
Countless flaming tentacles of thought instantly broke through its brain barrier. The raging fire burned mercilessly deep in its mind, burning its spiritual world to ashes. It completely lost consciousness in less than 3 seconds!
At this moment, all the vines belonging to it slowly drooped down as if they had lost their lives.
Xie Ran, who was tied in the air, fell to the ground.
The vines were full of thorns, and his body was covered with puncture wounds, with almost no intact skin. His arm was torn off by the vines and fell into the mud in the distance, and one of his eyes was blinded.
The boy knelt on the ground, looking at his half arm, and finally couldn't help crying out loud.
He had been pampered since childhood and was brought up by his parents, grandfather, grandfather-in-law and aunt. Let alone such a serious injury, even if he had a slight scratch on his finger, his family would be heartbroken.
But now... He was covered in bruises and bleeding all over.
He was blind and had a broken arm, but no one asked him... Ranran, does it hurt
He was in so much pain that he could hardly bear it. His mental strength was almost exhausted, and the forest in his mind was barren. He needed to rest and have a good sleep to recover his mental strength, but he didn't dare to rest!
I don’t know how many dangerous animals and plants there are in this strange place.
He was alone, without any companions he could trust. What if he fell asleep and was eaten by a wild beast
The loneliness and fear that shrouded his heart accompanied him at all times.
Xie Ran took a deep breath. His left arm was broken and still bleeding. He tore off a piece of his clothes and simply wrapped the wound around his broken arm, but he knew it was useless as his clothes were soon soaked with blood.
Xie Ran picked up a half branch from the side and used it as a crutch. He struggled and slowly climbed out of the mud.
He limped forward, not knowing where to go.
The red fog reappeared before his eyes. Strangely, from the depths of the red fog, there seemed to be a voice calling him. The guide's gift of sensing emotions allowed him to realize that the other party did not seem to have any ill intentions.
Was it some other monster? One that could deceive people and trick them into coming over to eat him
Xie Ran hesitated for a moment, but still endured the severe pain in his body and slowly walked into the red fog.
Anyway, his condition is already very bad, with wounds all over his body. If the wounds get infected or he loses too much blood, he will die. His mental strength can only barely support his consciousness for more than ten minutes... Why not take a gamble and maybe meet an animal that doesn't eat humans
Xie Ran limped forward.
The rainstorm gradually stopped, and Lu Zexuan looked at the scene in his memory and clenched his fists tightly. The wounds were clearly on Xie Ran's body, but Lu Zexuan felt that the sharp vines were constantly piercing his heart.
Burning...
He really wanted to rush over and hug Xie Ran at that time.
But memories are not dreams, they cannot be changed. Lu Zexuan could only watch the strong boy, step by step, walking into the fog with a cane.
He saw a huge monster in the depths of the fog.
The monster looked very scary, and it looked just like the spider that Xie Ran hated the most since he was a child. Xie Ran stared at it warily, trying to extend his thinking tentacles: "Are you calling me? Are you going to eat me?"
To his surprise, the voice in his head was gentle.
It seemed to be a mother's voice, saying slowly: "I won't hurt you because you saved me. I was laying eggs these days, and the devil vine took advantage of my weakest moment to attack my nest, trying to kill my newborn babies to absorb their nutrients."
"I didn't expect you to solve it."
"Thank you. I wonder where you are from? I have never seen your kind on this planet."
Xie Ran was stunned for a moment, and said with the little mental strength he had left: "I am a human, you can call me Ranran."
The spider said gently: "Ranran... What a strange name."
Xie Ran said: "This is the name of us humans."
The spider seemed to understand, nodded, and said: "You are injured, let me help you. Don't be afraid, although our species eats all kinds of animals, you are my benefactor, I will protect you."
When Xie Ran heard her words, he suddenly wanted to cry.
When he was most desperate and helpless, he actually felt the kindness from an alien monster.
What a rare kindness that is.
Like a soft light in the darkness, it rekindled his hope to live.
(End of this chapter)