Chapter 100 She can soothe him

"What's this?"

"Danger! Warning!"

The soldiers' voices rang out continuously.

More powerful flashlights lit up, and Ning Shuyin was so blinded that she had to shield her eyes with her hand.

The light from the fungal clusters and wildflowers was mostly extinguished. Yet, more and more wetland creatures continued to appear.

Red-tailed thorns, toads, and even young crocodiles.

"Idiot!" A voice filled with suppressed anger came from the back of the group.

It's Loran.

"This is a photosensitive organism that lives in symbiosis with velvet fungi! Don't take pictures if you don't want to die."

His voice wasn't its usual coldness. This anger, on the surface, was a rebuke of foolish behavior. But at its root was the frustration he felt he had nowhere to vent.

No one questions Lorraine's authority in the field of biology.

The soldier trembled at the shout. The men in the group hurriedly turned off their flashlights.

Ning Shuyin subconsciously reached out and gently tugged at the corner of Loran's combat uniform.

This tugging felt like a silent comfort.

Loran paused slightly.

He turned to look at her.

The girl's eyes held worry, and her face reflected the same disappointment as his.

But with just that one glance, the violent aura emanating from him did indeed soften somewhat.

Darkness descended once more, and a strange scene unfolded.

The points of light on the vegetation along the corridor lit up one by one, like colored lights that had been re-energized.

The startled little animals spun around in place, seemingly trying to burrow back into the fungal carpet.

However, at this moment—

"Whoosh!"

A flash of cold light appeared.

It's You Lingyu.

His eyes were ferocious as he drew his short sword and cleaved the little lizard on Lisa's shoulder in two.

The lizard's carcass fell to the ground with a thud.

A very faint smell of blood wafted out.

It was too late for Loran to stop him; a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and his face was so cold it seemed to frost over.

He could guess that You Lingyu was definitely doing it on purpose.

"grumble!"

A sharp screech rang out.

It does not belong to any animal known on any atlas.

The red-tailed thorns, toads, and baby crocodiles were originally burrowing into the fungal carpet.

But now they all turned their heads around.

Su Zhe's voice rang out: "Oh no, the mechanism here has been activated. These small animals will no longer be able to return to their dormant state."

The analyzer in his hand was working at high speed.

"We can't use energy weapons; we have to switch to physical weapons."

Without energy weapons, the combatants' strength is greatly reduced.

Those seemingly inconspicuous wetland animals have skin as tough as iron.

For a time, the team was entangled by these "little things" and could not move an inch.

Ning Shuyin's sensory threads spread out like mercury spilling onto the ground.

She immediately realized that these creatures were not fighting alone.

All their actions seemed to be uniformly coordinated by the green velvet fungal veins beneath their feet.

“Loran,” she said quickly in a low voice, “their weakness is not in themselves, but in the fungal veins beneath their feet. The fungal veins are controlling them!”

Thinking back to that big tree from earlier.

“This ruin… seems to be alive,” she murmured.

Upon hearing this, Loran reached out and plucked a small sample of the mushroom cap from the vine.

The vine recoiled as if in pain.

Loran squinted and observed for a few seconds.

He looked up and said, “This is not a single organism, but a complex ecosystem of plants and animals. The fungal colony and the glow of these wildflowers are the command.”

"Can you capture that frequency?" he asked Ning Shuyin.

Ning Shuyin closed her eyes.

Its senses no longer focused on the small animals, but instead delved entirely into the ocean of plants beneath its feet.

Countless chaotic signals were filtered through her mind. She quickly searched for that all-encompassing rhythm.

At this moment, Su Zhe had already stood beside her.

"Found it!" She opened her eyes, her gaze clear and bright.

“Tell Su Zhe the frequency, and let him use this frequency to control the fungal carpet,” Loran said.

The next second, Su-cheol pulled out a tool that looked like a green piccolo from his combat kit.

When he played the first note at the frequency given by Ning Shuyin, the small animals all hesitated noticeably.

"It works!" Ning Shuyin exclaimed in delight.

Su Zhe closed his eyes and began to play. The specks of light on the vines seemed to accompany him. Guided by the flute music, the small animals gradually returned to their nests.

At this critical moment, one of You Lingyu's subordinates revealed a fierce expression.

"Go to hell!"

He brandished his laser sword and slashed at the last retreating Red-tailed Thorn.

This slash brought with it the stench of blood once more, instantly enraging a snake covered in barbs in the corner.

"Ah! My leg!"

The hydralis coiled around his calf.

"What happened? Didn't the little animals calm down?" Dean Sanger ran over, panting.

You Lingyu, however, looked at Ning Shuyin with a gloomy expression.

“Miss Ning!” he demanded sharply. “Your command went wrong. Instead of putting these creatures to hibernation, you angered them and injured my subordinates.”

At this point, he severed the snake from his subordinate's leg with a single stroke.

These distorted and misleading words left Ning Shuyin completely stunned.

It was clearly his subordinate who deliberately sabotaged things, so how did it become her fault?

"You're talking nonsense!"

Before Ning Shuyin could speak, Su Zhe couldn't help but retort.

“My resonator data clearly shows that Ning Shuyin’s instructions were correct. Don’t slander her.”

"Oh? Is that so?" You Lingyu sneered. "You're speaking up for her, but who knows if it's because you have some shady thoughts about her? I can see it clearly; from the moment you boarded the ship, you've been secretly watching her."

After he finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Lisa, who was standing to the side.

“Miss Lisa, you are also a navigator. Have you sensed it clearly? Is it that Miss Ning's instructions are malfunctioning?”

He specifically emphasized the word "navigator." His intentions were written all over his face. He was deliberately trying to provoke Lisa's competitive spirit.

Dean Sanger sighed.

He didn't want to lose Ning Shuyin as a healer. But You Lingyu was deliberately stirring things up, so he had no choice but to deal with it.

He could only look at Lisa and signal to her with his eyes.

At this moment, Lisa's mind was also in turmoil.

With her sharp eyes, she naturally realized that it was You Lingyu's subordinate who had struck first.

Ning Shuyin's special ability surpasses her own. It's difficult for her to give a proper description.

Although there may be envy, jealousy, and hatred, this is different from perjury.

She was also afraid of offending You Lingyu.

Therefore, there is only one solution at present.

She suddenly staggered and clutched her forehead.

"Today... I used up too much of my power. Now... I'm dizzy and my vision is blurry. I can't see anything clearly."

That "didn't see clearly" sounds too deliberate.

Anyone with eyes could see that Lisa was trying to smooth things over in order not to offend anyone.

That's enough.

A cold voice interrupted You Lingyu's words.

Loran's red eyes seemed to see right through you: "Stop with your boring tricks, You Lingyu."

Loran was about to continue.

Upon seeing this, Sanger quickly stepped forward.

The SSS-level powerhouses in the team mustn't start arguing.

He just wanted to end this farce as soon as possible and get the team moving on.

"Alright, the crisis is temporarily over. Let's complete the alliance mission first. We can discuss these details when we get back."

After Sanger finished speaking, he instructed his deputy to continue leading the team forward.

Then, pointing to the poisoned subordinate on the ground, he said to Ning Shuyin in a half-pleading tone:

“Miss Ning, he seems to be dying. Could you treat him first? We can discuss other matters after we leave the ruins.”

Upon seeing this, Ning Shuyin looked at Luo Lan.

Do you have serum?

If she had the medicine, she didn't intend to use her healing power on You Lingyu's people.

Loran gave her a rather appreciative look, took out a small vial of medicine from his supply bag, and handed it to Ning Shuyin.

But just as she squatted down—

A smug sneer appeared on You Lingyu's face.

He silently crushed a metal bubble in his palm.

A colorless and odorless aura spread out.

The next second, the green velvet veins beneath my feet began to move.

The creaking sound continued incessantly.

On the ground, walls, and ceiling, the once quiet vines have thickened, twisted, coiled, and tightened like awakened giant pythons.

"boom!"

The entire passageway began to shake violently.

The entwined vines dragged down the huge boulder at the top, causing it to crash down.

Lisa's piercing scream rang out.

"Oh no! The passage is about to collapse!" came a shout from ahead.

"Miss Ning, run!" Fang Yan shouted in horror.

Loran's face turned extremely ugly at this moment.

He had seen through You Lingyu's scheme.

Without any hesitation, he grabbed Ning Shuyin, who was dodging the boulder.

"Come with me!"

He grabbed her and suddenly lunged to the side, dodging a falling stone slab.

It was this very pounce.

They were separated from the main force that was fleeing frantically forward by a wall of vines.