When Lin Tantan saw this rhizome-like thing, he was completely stunned. He had heard about how terrifying the mutated plants in the apocalypse were, but this was his first time seeing one. The mutated grass from last time didn't count. That root was still within his acceptable range, and Ye Xiao cut off all the grass roots immediately.
But the one in front of me really looks like a snake!
The thing in front was still twisting and looked soft, but when the car hit it, it felt like hitting a pillar.
The car body shook violently again, and just as it landed, it felt something pushing up from the ground. Lin Tantan also reacted and looked out the window. This was the way to the center of the base. The so-called center of the base was not in the center, but at the back of the base, next to the mountain. The administrative district, military camp, and the academy of science that sounded mysterious but actually hadn't produced anything useful so far were also there.
Because it is backed by a mountain and because of its importance, there are relatively few houses here. Lin Tantan only saw a telephone pole not far away. She quickly released a wooden strap, cleared the pole, opened the car door, grabbed Bai Cheng, and pulled him and herself out. The next moment, a similar root pierced the chassis, seat, and roof of the car on the back seat where they had been sitting, and pierced the car through and through.
Lin Tantan and Bai Cheng were clinging to the electric poles and they both gasped when they saw this scene.
Seeing that the driver Huang Jianquan was still in the driver's seat, Lin Tan Tan sent out another belt with two golden lights. The belt tied Huang Jianquan up. At the same time, the golden light cut off the car door, and she pulled the man out.
The next moment, the root in front of the car and the root that pierced the car wrapped the entire car tightly like a rice dumpling. The sound of metal being squeezed came creaking, which made people feel creepy.
It was not enough for them to roll the car into a ball, they also had to lift it up. Lin Tan Tan squinted his eyes and saw two roots emerging from the ground. Thinking of giving it a try, he sent out two golden blades.
With a splash, golden light passed over the roots of the two rhizomes, cutting them off completely and splashing juice everywhere. It turned out that the hard outer layer of this thing was full of some kind of sticky branches and leaves.
The broken roots twisted and quickly drilled back into the soil, while the cut parts above the ground, including the car that fell to the ground with a bang, soon became stiff and lifeless.
The three of them looked at each other, jumped down from the telephone pole, and when they stepped on the solid ground, they felt frightened, as if something would push up from under their feet in the next moment.
"What, what is that?" Huang Jianquan's teeth chattered.
Bai Cheng did not answer. He looked at a troop coming over from a distance and said, "Let's go back."
The three of them came by car and walked back, unwilling to stay for a moment longer. On the way, Bai Cheng even said to Lin Tan: "Sorry, I didn't expect this to happen."
"No need to apologize, this is totally unexpected." Lin Tan Tan frowned and said, "It looks like the roots of the mutant plant. Where is the plant itself?"
After learning about the existence of mutant plants, all the plants that could be eradicated in the Ning City base were eradicated. Although there were few houses and large open spaces and dirt roads nearby, there was not even a tree nearby. So what exactly were the roots of
Bai Cheng looked back at the mountain in the distance. Lin Tantan said, "You mean on the mountain?"
“It’s hard to say, but it’s most likely.”
“The one closest to the mountain…” Lin Tantan looked at the core functional area formed by several important buildings and thought that he originally thought it was safe to lean against the mountain, but in the end he might have leaned against the most dangerous big guy.
Bai Cheng took out another intercom from the space and dialed Ye Xiao's number. Ye Xiao's anxious voice immediately came out: "Bai Cheng, are you all right?"
"We are fine. We just had a little accident." He repeated what happened. "We have left that place."
Ye Xiao: "You guys go back first, I'll be back soon."
After the call ended, Bai Cheng called Lv Jianping again, told him what happened just now, and told him that he would not go to the New Year's Eve dinner. Lv Jianping was not thinking about the New Year's Eve dinner at all. He had just learned that something happened on the way to him, and he didn't know what it was when Bai Cheng called. When he heard that it might be a mutant plant, he immediately felt disappointed. He asked carefully and then hung up the phone in a hurry.
Bai Cheng said to Lin Tantan: "Qinan's prediction came true. Not only can we not have our New Year's Eve dinner, but we can't have this New Year's Eve dinner either."
He also said that there are crises lurking everywhere in the base. Isn't it true that there are crises lurking everywhere, the dangers that suddenly emerge from underground
Huang Jianquan was asked to go back to his own residence, which was on the fourth floor of a residential area, far away from the ground, so he seemed very safe at this time. Lin Tantan and Bai Cheng returned to the villa. Xu Qin asked them in surprise why they came back so soon. When the two told them what happened, Xu Qin's face turned ugly. The three of them looked at the marble floor tiles that had been cleaned cleanly and were a little wary.
There is cement and foundation under the tiles. Compared with soil, these cold and hard things give people a greater sense of security. But think about the strength of that thing that can even pierce through a car in one breath. No one dares to say whether it can pierce through the cement.
They also went to the yard and walked around the entire villa, but fortunately they didn't find anything suspicious.
Not long after, there was a squeaking sound of tires rubbing against the ground in the yard. As soon as a car stopped, Ye Xiao got out. He was the only one there, and it was obvious that he had arrived back first.
He rushed in and confirmed with his own eyes that both of them were fine. He breathed a sigh of relief and asked again in detail, frowning and asking: "When that thing came out, did you notice anything? For example, the smell, or other abnormalities?"
Bai Cheng said no. Lin Tan Tan thought about it and shook her head. She was sensitive to superpowers and things related to superpowers, but she couldn't use herself as a radar. At that moment, she really didn't notice anything.
"That is to say, it lurks underground, and suddenly emerges to attack people, leaving no trace and making it impossible to defend against it?" Ye Xiao thought for a moment and said calmly, "But since it is a plant, even if its roots can drill into the soil, it can't crawl around like an earthworm. It must have a range. The place where the accident happened is far away from here, so it should be safe here. The most important thing now is to figure out what it is, where the core is, how many roots there are, what the coverage area is, its habits, destructive power, weaknesses..."
He was thinking, Lin Tantan was standing aside with a cup of hot water. When she saw him stop, she handed the water to him. Ye Xiao took it and said, "Thank you."
Lin Tan smiled and said, "It's okay." She sat down on the side. "Actually, if you think about it carefully, although that thing is fierce and powerful, it can be easily cut in pieces. After being chopped off, it will shrink back immediately. It should not be a big deal. The only thing to worry about is that it will hide and secretly become stronger, and then catch us off guard."
Ye Xiao laughed at her words: "Indeed, the sooner we get rid of it, the better. I'll go take a look and see if I can find any clues."
This means going to the scene of the incident to take a look, but he obviously doesn't plan to leave now. The others haven't come back yet, and he doesn't feel comfortable leaving now.
Bai Cheng asked him if everything went smoothly today.
"It went pretty smoothly. Not long after we arrived, Li Qun's men also arrived. We didn't have a conflict. They went after some vehicles left by Xing Guoliang." Ye Xiao said, "It took some time to clean up the zombies along the way. Some of the vehicles were rained on for more than half a month, so some of them couldn't be driven anymore. It took a lot of time to repair them."
"Is everything in the car okay?"
"Most of them were not wet. We did a good job of waterproofing at the time. Ye Xiao looked at the time and said, "It's time to enter the base now."
Bai Cheng said he wanted to go and take a look, and to enrich the space at the same time. A lot of things in the space had been used during this period, and although some more were replenished later, the things on the supply truck were more to his liking.
Ye Xiao thought about it and agreed, and asked Xu Qin to go with them. He didn't dare to leave anyone alone.
When they passed by, a number of supply trucks had just driven into the base gate. Each truck was full of mud and water, with some zombies standing on the trucks. There might even be a half-broken arm stuck in the tires. But who cared? With so many trucks driving by one after another, the people nearby were all furious.
The supply truck stopped in the parking lot. Bai Cheng took out the empty oil barrels that had been prepared earlier from the space and asked someone to put the oil in the tanker truck into the barrels, while collecting several trucks of rice and flour.
The water-draining measures of these cars were indeed good. When the tarpaulin was lifted, most of the water inside was dry. Bai Cheng climbed onto the car and then climbed down again in a few steps. The car was completely empty.
Lin Tan Tan sighed, it was worthy of being a space power, it was so convenient, she was quite envious of it and wanted to exchange one of her own powers for a space power, or even two.
According to Bai Cheng, his current space is about 40 to 50 square meters in area and 4 to 5 meters high, more than double the original size. If it is well planned, it can accommodate a lot of things.
But he did not do so. Apart from loading a few carts of food and some more important supplies, he stopped. However, he did load a lot of oil.
At this time, a convoy drove up. Ye Xiao pulled Lin Tan aside and whispered, "It's Li Qun's people."
Are these the guys who want to snatch the supply truck before them
There were only about 20 or 30 cars in total, and many of them were filled with people. After they got off, they looked at the scene of more than 100 cars with complicated expressions, and some gnashing their teeth, as if they had been robbed of their things.
Lin Tantan stood there and watched for a long time. She found the expressions of these people who failed to steal a chicken quite funny. Then she saw Zhou Li among them.
As expected, he joined the military and was eager to make achievements, so he even got involved in such things. She shook her head secretly, without any feelings. Her only hope for Zhou Li was that he would not be killed by his brother.
At this time, "Brother." A voice suddenly sounded, and a man ran towards Zhou Li. Lin Tan opened his eyes wide and looked at the young man who was running towards him. His first thought was that the photo was indeed processed, and the guy looked much uglier than the photo handed down from generation to generation.
Is this the future president? Lin Tantan felt like her hands were itching to touch him. The man in front of her was full of flaws. She could kill him with just a flick of her finger.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, suppressed the anger in her heart, turned her head away, and then a warm big hand fell on her head. When she raised her head, she saw Ye Xiao's worried and concerned eyes.
The author has something to say: My eyelids are stinging, and my blepharitis seems to be recurring. I pray that it doesn't recur, and I will be fine after a good night's sleep qaq