The plants along the way had become much quieter, and they were finally approaching the place where there were no plants that Xiaoduo had mentioned.
Sure enough, a desert came into their sight, a vast desert, or it could be called a mountain of desert.
A large area of green surrounds a small town, with rolling green plants everywhere, but the originally lush green hills have now turned into a mountain of sand and rocks.
"I've heard of land desertification, but I've never seen a mountain turned into a desert." Xu Xuening looked at the patches of desert and fell silent.
"Well, this place used to be a rock, and there were basically no plants. But after the accident, no plants can grow anymore."
After Duomu led everyone here, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The plants that were chasing them finally stopped.
However, they were also trapped in this place and couldn't get out.
Han Xiaoxiao sat down on the sand, almost collapsing from exhaustion. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Why is it so hot in here? No wonder no plants grow!"
"Someone died here before, and later the villagers called it a cursed place." Duomu watched a bare mountain turn into stone, and the stones on the mountain rolled down from the sand pile.
"What are we doing here?" Xu Xuening looked at the tall captain. Many people were injured, but they didn't know what to do when they came here.
"The plant growth here has mutated. While plants pose a considerable risk to humans in some ways, these fast-growing plants and their defensive capabilities can also provide rapid improvements to the Earth's environment in the future."
Behind the tall man, a middle-aged man came over. There were only a few sparse hairs left on his shiny head. He was wearing a high-necked sweater, which made him look a little bloated among the crowd.
Spring has arrived quietly. This spring came especially early, breaking the severe winter early and allowing more people to breathe and survive.
Most of the people who followed the team on the mission changed into windbreakers, only Lao Chang and the middle-aged man wore more clothes.
The middle-aged man took out bottles and jars from his backpack. He squatted down and started to pick up a lot of plants from the ground with tweezers.
"Check it out and be careful." The tall captain ordered everyone to disperse and check the surrounding environment.
Soon, more than a dozen tents were set up in this place. The military green tents were almost out of tune with the desert mountains.
"This place is really strange." Han Xiaoxiao's strength recovered a little, and curiosity immediately took over him.
He followed the three people who were collecting specimens, squatted down and learned from them how to collect these plants.
"Of course. This mountain isn't a single mountain. The mountains around it are all more lush than the others, but this place seems isolated. It's a unique phenomenon, not found anywhere else. And not only that, have you seen the plants around here?"
Perhaps because they were talking about professional issues, the people squatting next to Han Xiaoxiao immediately became excited and started talking to Han Xiaoxiao incessantly.
"Look, what's that?" A black object appeared on the hilltop. Someone immediately warned everyone.
The people who had just escaped from a group of plants in a battle royale all popped their heads out nervously when they heard other noises.
"team leader?"
Xiao Duo took the binoculars the captain gave him and after looking through them, he still shook his head, "I've never seen that thing. I don't know what it is."
"I have."
A member of the team who claimed to have evolved vision looked at the black object and his face darkened. "That thing isn't a black panther. It's oily all over, like petroleum. One of my good friends was eaten by it. Stay away, especially Old Chang."
Speaking of Old Chang, Xu Xuening looked at Han Xiaoxiao worriedly.
Han Xiaoxiao still looked at Xu Xuening with a silly look on her face, "What's wrong, sister?"
"..." Xu Xuening shook her head, "It's okay, that thing can't be attacked with fire, don't join in the fun."
Knowing that many things were still unknown, Han Xiaoxiao nodded. He had already seen earthworms larger than humans and super-sized scorpions, so his curiosity about the unidentified black object that appeared on the hilltop had decreased a lot. "Don't worry, I won't go near it."
"Look, that black object has disappeared." Just as Han Xiaoxiao and Xu Xuening were talking, someone saw the black object on the top of the mountain slowly retreating behind them.
"It's going to run away?" someone guessed, and the tension in his heart eased a little, but the next sentence made him even more nervous.
"It didn't escape, it has already merged into the ground." The man with good eyesight showed a worried look, and what he saw made him even more afraid.
As he finished speaking, many people saw the yellow sand hilltop not far away begin to turn black. At first, it was a small black dot, like a small black leopard standing alone on the top of the mountain. Then, like a pool of water, its body melted into the mountaintop. The black body began to spread like dispersing smoke. A dark area suddenly appeared on the nearby mountain.
Han Xiaoxiao watched as the black area gradually expanded, getting bigger and bigger, while the concentration did not seem to decrease. The entire mountaintop originally looked like it was wearing a small hat, but now, it had grown a head of short black hair. This short hair did not seem to have any intention of stopping and was still growing continuously.
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