Chapter 152 Black Rose

"Living space!"

Originally, insects were relatively small and could survive well as long as there were gardens and grass in the city.

Now, as the insects mutate, they will become larger and larger.

Ordinary gardens can no longer accommodate them.

Therefore, they have to compete with humans for living space.

If humans are killed, it will be easier for them to invade human homes, lay eggs and reproduce in human homes.

Then, in order to reproduce the next generation, these mutated insects will not hesitate to practice the law of survival of the fittest in the animal world.

In terms of living space, there is already an irreconcilable conflict between humans and mutated insects.

In fact, humans are constantly encroaching on the living space of other animals in nature.

It’s just that as human beings, for the sake of our own reproduction and development, we don’t feel there is anything wrong with these acts of occupation.

Because humans have advanced technology, they can easily expand their living space, that is, human territory.

Conversely, if insects have size and number advantages that are enough to defeat humans, they will ruthlessly kill and expel humans to make room for their own survival and reproduction.

Now, humans are competing with the mutated insects in the game for living space in the city.

After figuring this out, Zhen Jinli couldn't help but ask.

"Jiuyi, when you and Brother Su went to the suburbs that day, did you find anything suspicious?"

Chen Ji lowered his eyes slightly and recalled, "At that time, there were many white wild roses growing in the suburbs, as well as many weeds, and the insects were also very common."

"Maybe because it was only the first day of the game, we didn't notice anything unusual."

He turned to look out the window and said, "Now let's go check in the suburbs. We might find something else different."

Zhen Jinli also agreed with this, but it was already quite late today.

Besides, everyone’s physical strength has almost reached its limit, so let’s wait until tomorrow to go to the suburbs to see what’s going on.

Along the way, Zhen Jinli drove the protective barrier to protect the two cars brought by Su Yan and other players.

Therefore, even though they were attacked by mutant insects, they were not greatly affected and finally arrived at the hotel safely.

In order to prevent people from being infected by insect eggs, the hotel staff poured Coke into the bottles of insecticide and disinfected the entire hotel with carbonated drinks.

As soon as Zhen Jinli returned to the hotel, she smelled a strong smell of cola in the lounge and the room.

"." Fortunately, she didn't write "floral water" or "wind oil" or something like that, which has a more stimulating smell.

***

On the morning of the tenth day of the game, Zhen Jinli was washing up and saw a morning news as soon as she turned on the TV.

"Early this morning, we discovered that the large rose bushes in the central garden that were destroyed yesterday have grown back, and a group of flower spirits in human form are guarding the roses."

Watching the TV report, Zhen Jinli's heart skipped a beat.

If the destroyed roses alone had grown back overnight, she wouldn't have been so surprised.

But now, the color of the rose has turned into black, which represents the curse of hypocrisy and cruelty, which gives people a bad feeling.

Zhen Jinli could even reasonably suspect that Lan Ze had discovered that someone was secretly adding to and modifying the rules.

Or maybe he discovered a bug in the game. If the roses were destroyed, the mutated insects would lose their food source.

So he fixed the bug in the background and set new rules so that roses can grow back infinitely?

It is much more difficult to destroy these roses now, after all, they are guarded by some human-shaped flower elves.

If she guessed correctly, these flower elves should be NPCs sent by Lan Ze to guard these roses that have turned black, right?

After all, it takes one night for the roses to revive, and the mutated insects need a lot of rose nectar and pollen as food, so they can't go hungry for too long.

The morning news that Zhen Jinli saw was filmed and broadcast by the news broadcasting department using a drone.

Because the mutated insects outside are now about the same size as seven or eight-year-old children.

Not long after, the voice of the hotel staff came from the announcement speaker.

"Dear guests of the hotel, there has been a recent outbreak of mutant insects outside. Please do not go out. Those with special abilities, please also refrain from going out as much as possible."

"Because this morning, a person with special abilities was attacked by mutant insects and was assimilated by the mutated insects. He is now attacking humans on the streets."

Zhen Jinli: “.”

Wow, even the assimilation skill is used?

After washing up, Zhen Jinli faced the green GM backstage panel and fell into deep thought for a long time.

Now, she has to think of a new way to deal with those mutated insects and the black roses that have become spirits.

In a flash, a bold idea flashed through Zhen Jinli's mind.

She typed a sentence on the panel, and looking at the sentence, she sighed silently.

I hope this method can solve the problem once and for all.

***

After watching the morning news, Su Yan and Shen Ji also realized how dangerous the world is now.

The roses have turned black, and flower elves have appeared to protect the roses.

This means that they can no longer stop the mutation process of those insects.

At least destroying the mutant insects' food - roses - is no longer feasible at the moment.

Soon those insects will attack the hotel. If they can't hold on any longer, they will probably have no choice but to leave the game early, and all their previous efforts will be wasted.

Just as Su Yan and Shen Ji were lost in thought while watching the TV news, there was a knock on the door.

"Brother Su, Jiuyi, are you there?"

Is it Xiaoli?

Su Yan opened the door and saw Zhen Jinli standing outside. He asked him embarrassedly.

"Brother Su, I have an idea, but I need Jiuyi's help."

Chen Ji poked his head out from behind Su Yan and asked, "Xiao Li, have you thought of a way to deal with this?"

His premonitions were always accurate. When he saw Zhen Jinli like this, he knew that she must have come up with a new idea.

Although Su Yan and Shen Ji could clearly feel that Zhen Jinli knew something and had concealed some information about the survival game from them.

But they instinctively chose to believe that Zhen Jinli must have his own difficulties, for no other reason.

Just because of her willingness to sacrifice her life to save others and her extremely positive and upright outlook on life, they were willing to trust her unconditionally.

Zhen Jinli nodded and said, "Well, this method is a bit dangerous. I have to do an experiment first."

(End of this chapter)