The remaining people quickly found branches nearby, lit them, and threw them in. The fire inside grew bigger and bigger, gradually enveloping the "heart" in a ring of fire, and the vines finally began to catch fire slowly.
The burning vines began to thrash wildly, trying to extinguish the flames.
"Whatever you do, don't let the vines come out."
Gu Jin shouted to everyone, "Although Jiang Li has already cleared the area, the vines can extend very long, so there's no way to guarantee that they won't spread out completely. We can only try our best to prevent the vines from spreading out, and even if a fire does start, we must put it out immediately."
Upon hearing Gu Jin's words, everyone instinctively began to stop the vines. If any vines came out, they would use torches to burn them. The vines were afraid of the fire and had no choice but to extend them back.
The "heart" in the middle slowly turned from red to black.
After waiting for a long time, the vines finally stopped moving.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Luckily there were no trees around here, otherwise the whole mountain would probably be on fire."
One of Captain Wang's men looked at the surrounding trees and suddenly realized that they were in a forest.
Apart from Jiang Li and his group, everyone else realized what was happening and were thankful that there were no trees nearby, otherwise they really wouldn't know what to do.
The fire burned for several hours before it finally began to slowly die down.
Jiang Li and the others went inside to confirm whether the vine was truly dead.
The fire had just been extinguished, and the temperature inside was still higher than outside. Fortunately, it was extremely cold now, but time was passing quickly.
The air was thick with the smell of burning charcoal, and the closer you got to the "heart," the darker the surrounding land became.
I didn't get a good look from a distance, but now that I'm closer, I realize that the surface of this "heart" is densely covered with tiny red hairs that envelop the "heart," which is why it appears red from a distance.
Actually, beneath the red down is a green outer layer, which can be seen from the joints where the vines are connected, and green sap is also flowing out from inside.
Perhaps because there was fluid inside the "heart," the entire "heart" was not burned by the fire; only the surface fuzz was burned black.
Jiang Li originally thought that the liquid inside the "heart" would also be red. After all, the scene of eating people just now, and the vines connecting the leaves, looked too much like they were pumping blood into the "heart," and the "heart" itself looked red.
However, Jiang Li had never seen this plant before in his previous life. In his previous life, plant mutations were based on the original plant, so it was still possible to tell what kind of plant it was. Unlike this one, which he had never seen before.
Moreover, in Jiang Li's memory, plant mutations occurred much later.
Although there were changes in the disaster before, they were all brought forward by a month, and the order was the same as Jiang Li knew in his previous life.
But now that plants have mutated, what about animals? Have they also started to mutate? Or did plants start mutating around this time in a past life, but no one knew about it back then?
Jiang Li had no way of knowing any of this.
"Luckily I came over to check, maybe he's still alive."
Upon seeing this "heart," Fang Qingxun couldn't help but comment on its tenacious vitality.
"And it looks so disgusting."
Fu Xiaxia looked at the green sap that had spilled all over the ground.
"Its roots in the soil are definitely still alive, and if left unattended, it will surely revive later."
Moreover, Jiang Li felt that this "heart" had not fully grown yet, and if given more food, Jiang Li believed it could grow even bigger.
“It seems we have to go down the mountain immediately. I need to report to the base and get someone to remove it. It’s impossible for just the few of us to dig it out without the tools.”
Captain Wang agreed with this and then turned to Jiang Li and the others.
"I plan to go down the mountain tonight and find someone to deal with it as soon as possible. Are you coming down the mountain with me?"
It's almost evening now. They haven't eaten since they had something to eat this morning. Captain Wang plans to replenish his energy and then lead the rest of the team back to the base overnight.
Jiang Li didn't care when she went back, since she already knew what was in the mountains. She turned to ask Gu Jin and the others for their opinions.
"I don't care, I'll listen to you."
Gu Jin had come with Jiang Li, and the others said they didn't mind.
"Then let's go back too."
Anyway, there are still plenty of wild boars in my own space, so there's no need to stay here forever.
So, after replenishing their strength, both sides descended the mountain overnight.
When they came, there was a large group of people going into the mountains, but now there are only a few scattered people.
Besides Jiang Li and his group of six, Captain Wang's team was reduced to just Captain Wang and two others.
Everyone's clothes were more or less torn, but luckily it was winter and everyone was wearing thick clothes, otherwise it wouldn't just be the clothes that were torn.
Everyone was on their way all night, and the descent was much faster than the ascent, but they still didn't reach the foot of the mountain until almost noon the next day.
Captain Wang and his team's car remained parked at the foot of the mountain. They drove off in two cars, lending two to Jiang Li and his team. After saying goodbye, they hurriedly left, leaving the remaining cars to be picked up by someone else later.
After saying goodbye to Captain Wang, Jiang Li and the others drove back.
Fang Qingxun and the others took one car, and Gu Jin drove Jiang Li back to the small building before driving back to rest herself.
Jiang Li returned to her room. Although she was exhausted from traveling all night, she decided to take a shower first. If possible, she couldn't stand the mess on her body and hid under the covers.
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