Chapter 94
The group followed the route and stopped in front of a sea of flowers.
Looking at the endless sea of flowers in front of them, several people couldn't help but stop and admire it for a while.
"There are so many flowers here," Lu Shiyu said, his eyes sweeping over the blossoms swaying in the wind. "Without human intervention, flowers in the wild can grow so beautifully."
It’s no wonder that Lu Shiyu made such a fuss. The flowers were growing so well and densely that there weren’t even many weeds, just flowers.
Moreover, these flowers do not have a single appearance. Just grab a handful and you will have a bouquet that can be sold in a flower shop. It is really surprising to say that they grow naturally.
Chen Yunliang fiddled with the flower at hand and picked it off. It looked like an ordinary flower, with no vines or tentacles suddenly emerging and no tendency to bite people.
Shaoxing Yang looked left and right, picked a few flowers that he thought were pretty, and handed them to Yan Hong with one hand. He raised the corner of his mouth, shook his hair, grabbed his hair back with one hand, and whistled at the same time.
"Here, this is for you. Don't be too touched."
Yan Hong rolled her eyes and laughed disdainfully.
"It's as ugly as the big flowered jacket my grandma wears. You should keep it for yourself."
When Lu Shiyu heard this, he looked back and couldn't help laughing out loud.
It is hard to imagine how Shaoxing Yang managed to accurately put together the ugliest bouquet from so many flowers. It can be said that there is no aesthetic appeal at all, it is just an eyesore.
"How can they be ugly? These are all carefully selected by me. They are the most colorful ones. Don't underestimate them."
Shaoxing Yang looked at his flowers and was very satisfied with them, but Yan Hong had no intention of responding to his question.
"Ah, yes, yes, it's beautiful, beautiful, it's beautiful. You should keep looking at it for a while, it's better to eat it as a meal later."
Shaoxing Yang squatted on the side, pulling the petals in frustration, and was picked up again by Tang Zeyu.
"Just a short rest is enough. We still have to keep going. Don't stay too long."
Several people lined up and walked through the sea of flowers. Tang Zeyu walked in front and stepped on the flowers that blocked the way. The people who were at the back walked more smoothly.
It is very pleasant to be accompanied by the fragrance of flowers and the singing of birds, as well as the flowers that can be seen along the way at any time.
Suddenly, Tang Zeyu stopped, and the distracted people behind him bumped into the person in front one after another. It was a complete car accident scene.
"What's wrong? Why did you stop suddenly?"
Tang Zeyu lowered his head, not knowing what he was looking at, and began to back away, forcing the others to retreat as well. Only then did they realize that their shoes had gotten wet at some point, and the culprit was the accumulated water on the ground.
The roots of the flowers are not completely buried in the soil, many are still exposed, and there is a thin layer of water on the ground, just like a rice field.
When they came here just now, several people were so focused on looking at the flowers that they didn't even notice that their shoes were wet by the water on the ground.
"Hey! Walk slower, you've already guessed my shoes!"
After a chaotic retreat, several people still could not get out of the flooded area. It seemed that there was a layer of water everywhere in this sea of flowers, and they could not escape it no matter where they went. Tang Zeyu then stopped.
When a few people were still discussing whether to continue forward along the path they had just retreated, or to try another route to see if they could reach a place without water, a slight sound came from the flowers not far away, as if something was hiding in it.
They all stopped talking tacitly, even the sound of breathing stopped, and they looked quietly at the flowers over there.
The next moment, a breeze blew, and a frog suddenly jumped out from the flowers.
But what is creepy is that the frog's body is actually white, and on its back are coiled soft white roots, and above it are several complete flowers.
This frog has several flowers growing on its body. Not only is the frog still alive, it can even stroll around with the flowers.
This scene is really weird.
The frog croaked twice, then jumped into the flowers again and disappeared.
Yan Hong chased after it and parted the flowers, but the frog with flowers on its body ran into the flowers like a grain of sand falling into the dust, and it was impossible to find it.
"Gone."
Chen Yunliang observed the flowers around him and successfully found the same flower as the one on the frog and picked it up.
"The flower on the frog just now was this kind of flower," Chen Yunliang said, twisting the flower between his fingers and gently turning it. "But how did it grow on the frog like this?"
Chen Yunliang tried to dig out the rhizome of a flower, but it was obviously impossible. The roots of all the flowers were tightly intertwined together, like a sweater knitted with wool. How could he possibly take out one of the threads intact?
Just as they were concentrating on observing the flowers for any abnormalities, a snake as thick as a wrist, hiding in the dense roots, swam towards them in the water.
Because it was in the water, the white snake's movement made no sound at all, and apart from the occasional ripples, it did not cause any impact at all.
Just when it locked onto its target and was about to swim to Lu Shiyu's feet, it was suddenly grabbed by a big hand and was pulled out of the water without warning. In panic, it swung its tail wildly, trying to whip the enemy to let go. Unfortunately, its strength was just a tickle for Tang Zeyu. After the back half of its body was grabbed, the white snake completely lost the ability to cause trouble.
"Hey? Where did the snake come from?"
Lu Shiyu, who was completely unaware of the situation, turned around and saw that Tang Zeyu had caught a white snake at some point. To her surprise, the snake also had flowers on its body, and they looked different from the flowers on the frog.
The pure white snake's body has a hint of pink, and the neatly arranged smooth scales reflect colorful luster, but the most eye-catching thing about it is actually a small flower growing on its eyeball.
Unlike the frog, the white snake's flower does not grow on its body, but on its head. The flower stem protrudes from one of its eye sockets, and a purple flower with black patterns blooms. The flower is not as long as the frog's, but it is larger than the frog's flower, just enough to cover half of the white snake's head. I don't know if it will affect its vision.
With a new object of observation, those uninteresting flowers were immediately abandoned, and several people gathered together to watch the white snake that suddenly appeared.
"How come it really looks like a rice field, with frogs and snakes?" Shaoxing Yang scratched his head and said, "Could these flowers have been rice before they were deformed?"
Yan Hong: "Can rice still bloom?"
Lu Shiyu thought for a moment and said, "Yes, it does, but it's nothing to see. It feels like... a few of them lying on top."
“What a disgusting description.”
Chen Yunliang used his □□ to gently push aside the flowers that occupied half of the snake's head, revealing the stem underneath. Unexpectedly, he saw a completely unexpected scene.
The snake's head covered by the flowers has become dry, just like a wind-dried specimen. Even though the appearance is well preserved, it is obvious at a glance that there is something wrong.
The flower stem grows from the eye socket, pushing the eye aside. Since snakes have no expression, it is impossible to observe the snake's emotional response.
Judging from this situation, the small flower growing on the snake's head seems to be growing by absorbing the life of the snake, until it sucks the last drop of blood from the snake's body and turns it into its own nutrients.
"Captain, hold on tighter."
Chen Yunliang took out a pair of tweezers and tried to pick the flower out of the white snake's eye socket.
The originally quiet white snake suddenly began to struggle hard when Chen Yunliang pinched the receptacle with tweezers and began to pull it. If Tang Zeyu had not increased the force in advance, it might have escaped.
Chen Yunliang originally wanted to use a gentler method to remove the flower from the snake's eye socket, but since it was like this at the beginning, he could only use some less painful methods.
Chen Yunliang acted decisively. He grabbed the flower with tweezers and pulled it sideways, and the flower and its stem were removed from the snake's head.
After the flower was pulled out of its head, the white snake began to twist even more violently. After a while, its movements gradually weakened, and it spit out its pink tongue, as if it had completely forgotten its previous struggle and resistance, and became obedient.
Chen Yunliang looked at the flower held by the tweezers and couldn't help frowning.
There was nothing wrong with the flower from its petal to its stem, but the root of the flower, the part buried in the snake's eye socket, was not pure white like a normal flower. Instead, it looked like a tendon just pulled out of the human body. The part near the center was white, but the end was reddish-pink, as if stained with blood.
If you look closely, you can see that many of the roots are broken, which means that the tips of some roots are broken off in the snake's head.
Chen Yunliang guessed that these roots had taken root completely in the white snake's head, so it had such a big reaction when he wanted to pull out the flower. It was possible that the roots of the flower were entangled with some tissues in the white snake's brain, and it stung the white snake when it was pulled. If the white snake had not been lucky, it might have died on the spot due to such a rough operation when it was pulled out.
Because the flower absorbed the nutrients of the white snake without limit, half of the white snake's head looked like a mummy. However, the white snake did not seem to care. It just spit out its tongue foolishly, which was completely different from its original appearance.
Seeing that the white snake had no desire to attack and was of no value in research, Tang Zeyu found a direction and threw the white snake out, releasing it on the spot.
"It seems these flowers can parasitize animals," Chen Yunliang said, pushing up his glasses. "But we don't yet understand how they parasitize animals, so staying away from them isn't practical."
Several people checked on the spot to make sure that nothing strange had grown on their bodies, and then covered the exposed skin on their bodies with clothes to prevent being attacked when they were not paying attention.
In order to get away from this strange sea of flowers as quickly as possible, the few of them began to quicken their pace, no longer strolling leisurely as they did at the beginning, and just wanted to get out quickly.
Yu had a hard time walking. On the one hand, there was more and more water under her feet, and her shoes and socks were completely soaked in water, making it very uncomfortable to walk. She felt uncomfortable all over. On the other hand, there was no shade above the sea of flowers like in the woods, and she was completely exposed to the sun. In order to prevent being parasitized, she had to wear gloves and sleeves, and even added a layer of clothes, which made her feel stuffy and hot.
As he walked, Yu Guang was busy walking forward, thinking only of getting out as soon as possible, changing into a pair of dry socks and shoes, and then taking off all his clothes. He didn't notice the changes that occurred above the sea of flowers under the midday sun.
After walking for a long time, he still didn't reach the edge of the sea of flowers. Lu Shiyu couldn't help wondering, is the sea of flowers so big?
When she realized something was wrong and wanted to ask Tang Zeyu how long it would take, she looked up and found that her teammates who had been walking with her had disappeared.
Looking around, she was alone in the endless sea of flowers.
Tang Zeyu and the others are missing.
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