Chapter 217 All Things Grow
Outside the shopping mall, the rain stopped at some point.
Ten minutes after Yan Ya and his group went upstairs, You Xi, who was leaning against the wall, suddenly turned around and looked at Shen Qiu: "Are you going now?"
She was asking if the other party would take a shortcut to get supplies. Shen Qiu nodded immediately at her and then turned around to look at the others.
Mu Kelian hugged the backpack on her back and took a step back, telling the other party with her actions that she was very cautious and would not go.
Zhuo Yun, who was sitting on the side, frowned and thought for a while, then stood up and asked the other companions to wait, saying that he would go in first. One of the boys seemed to be close to her, holding her hand and saying a few words, but was pushed away impatiently by Zhuo Yun.
She held up the long iron stick that was lying aside: "Let's go."
Shen Qiu looked at Mu Kelian again: "Kelian, I can't explain it to you for now, but you have to believe me and go with me! Didn't you say you wanted to get a lot of delicious food?"
Mu Kelian shook her head: "Aya doesn't believe her, and I don't believe her either. Also, if you still consider me a friend, don't go."
Shen Qiu understood and understood that being vigilant in the end times is a good thing. But from the beginning, it was Yan Ya's own idea to think that the other party was fully equipped, judged that she was going out alone to find supplies, wanted to follow her to borrow strength, and even took the initiative to propose cooperation. In the end
, it was Yan Ya who was wary and distrustful and refused to show the way.
If there was really such distrust, why did you mention cooperation in the first place? Others are not obliged to help solve even the trust problem.
In Shen Qiu's opinion, if you are more vigilant, you should plan slowly with your partner at the beginning, act on your own, and not rely on others. Yan Ya is very smart, but sometimes he is too confident and only believes in his own judgment, but Mu Kelian blindly trusts such Yan Ya.
Mu Kelian comes from a wealthy family and is too well protected. She is used to being self-centered. Even if the end of the world comes, because she has Yan Ya and her protection, she has never suffered much. She always likes to use Yan Ya's judgment as her own standard, and even avoids reality and is unwilling to think, just purely dependent.
If you change your position on today's matter, if Mu Kelian is extremely determined to let her believe in herself, she will definitely choose to believe.
Shen Qiu felt a little disappointed. She and Mu Kelian had known each other for so long. They studied, ate, and slept together, sharing the joys and sorrows of life. They were as close as sisters, but she couldn't compete with her and Yan Ya's romance of a few months...
She stopped trying to persuade him, picked up her weapon, and followed Zhuo Yun.
Behind her, there was Mu Kelian's angry voice, saying that the two of them were no longer friends from now on...
Shen Qiu didn't say anything, nor did she look back. She stepped forward and plunged into the dense vine area.
It was impossible to say that Shen Qiu was not afraid at all. There were so many plants around her. She was actually very nervous in her heart, and she didn't even dare to breathe heavily. But the vines around her that would wrap around people in the past were really motionless!
Zhuo Yun looked calm on the surface, but she was also shocked inside. When the three of them arrived at the entrance of the checkout area smoothly, she generously extended her hand to You Xi. "Hello! I'm Zhuo Yun!"
You Xi shook hands with the other party and smiled and said, "Hello, I'm... the fairy godmother."
"..." Zhuo Yun pulled off her mask and showed a distorted expression, "What?"
Shen Qiu whispered beside her, "Sister said she is the fairy godmother..."
Zhuo Yun: ...
**
This shopping mall has a large area, so there is no need to build the supermarket underground. There are parking spaces all underground and on the roof. You can drive directly from the driveways on both sides of the building.
The supermarket occupies a corner of the first and second floors of the shopping mall. The entrance is on the second floor. Most of the packaged cooked food, convenience foods, snacks, home appliances, and furniture are on the second floor.
The first floor is filled with fresh and refrigerated foods such as fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, eggs, and milk, as well as some imported snacks. However, most of the shelves for these supplies were cleared out at the beginning of the apocalypse, and the remaining ones have all gone bad after such a long time.
The supermarket has been occupied by plants for a long time, and the circuits have long been disconnected. It is pitch black inside, and there are dead leaves of plants everywhere, forming a thick layer. When people step on them, they make a crisp cracking sound.
Even with masks to isolate them, they can still smell the smell of rotting food. Fortunately, the low temperature has just passed, and it is still only about three or four degrees outside. The smell of rot is not yet unbearable.
Zhuo Yun's flashlight has long run out of batteries, so she took out a lighter for lighting. Shen Qiu doesn't even have a lighter, so he looks everywhere for dead branches that can be used for fire.
Seeing this, Youxi threw a flashlight to each of them, and held a small camping light. Then, as the two of them thanked her, she signaled them to hurry up, get what they needed, and then leave here and return to the building where they took refuge before.
Shen Qiu sensed a different atmosphere: "Sister, is there something wrong?"
In the dim light of the camping light, Youxi's eyes were solemn: "We'd better get back to the building before the next heavy rain comes."
"What will happen in the next heavy rain?" Zhuo Yun also felt the tense atmosphere.
"Trust me and do it, as fast as possible."
Zhuo Yun paused for two seconds, turned around and looked at Shen Qiu, who nodded vigorously at her.
"Okay, thank you! We'll do it as soon as possible!" Zhuo Yun said, and immediately pulled Shen Qiu to trot to the upper floor of the supermarket.
The plants in the upper floor of the supermarket are denser than those downstairs. The ceiling and walls are covered with dense vines, some of which hang down from above and entangle the shelves.
This scene made Zhuo Yun and Shen Qiu subconsciously slow down their movements, but after taking a tentative step, they found that these vines did not react to their entry.
This place is a long distance away from the escalator that Yan Ya and his group took, and they have to go around several bends. The passage leading to the entrance over there is completely blocked by plants. From a distance, it looks green, and the types of plants seem to be different from those here.
For some reason, all the plants on the second floor seemed to have gathered here, crowded together.
There were indeed some supplies left on the shelves. They even saw instant noodles and canned meat scattered on the ground. They also found batteries of different models in the home appliance area. The two of them moved their backpacks in front of them, opened the zippers, picked out useful things and stuffed them in.
Canned meat, vacuum food, knives, batteries, spare flashlights, small medical kits, spare underwear, sanitary napkins, scattered tissues... all small but very necessary supplies, they did not miss any.
Things here are too messy, with garbage piled up and things scattered here and there, but even a crushed bar of chocolate is a huge reward for them.
They also found a few student backpacks on a shelf, and each took one and continued to fill them with supplies.
Zhuo Yun took into consideration her partners who were still waiting outside, so she said hello to Shen Qiu, and finally quickened her pace to stuff some supplies into her backpack, and then went downstairs at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.
Several people were relieved to see her come out safely, and the boy who had pulled her hand and was pushed away before was not angry, and stepped forward to help her get things.
"I'll give you ten minutes, run in, go upstairs and fill your backpack! Now!" Her partners were the ones she had originally formed a team with, and they knew her very well. Seeing her give such a serious order, they immediately stopped talking and turned around and rushed into the vine area.
Seeing this, Mu Kelian couldn't help but feel anxious. She was worried that Yan Ya didn't dare to go upstairs. She wanted to get the supplies but couldn't bring herself to follow him in. She just stood there, groaning and stamping her feet anxiously.
At this moment, footsteps and voices were heard from outside. It was the survivors from other nearby buildings.
The state of this group of people was even more embarrassing than the student team. They didn't even have protective clothing. They were all covered in dust and had sallow complexions. It was obvious from their appearance that they had been hungry for a long time.
As soon as they entered the shopping center, they saw Mu Kelian and Zhuo Yun standing there with weapons. They stopped and looked at them vigilantly.
When the two sides were confronting each other, Youxi's voice rang out: "Are you here to look for supplies? Turn left and pass through the vine area, and you can go directly into the supermarket checkout area."
She got a billboard from somewhere, and turned the back side without a picture toward the entrance of the shopping center. Then she took out a brush and a small can of red paint from her backpack and began to paint on the white cardboard.
The group of people looked at each other, unable to react for a while.
Youxi drew an arrow pointing to the left on the cardboard, and then looked back at them: "There is food in it. Remember, don't attack any plants actively, and don't let bloodshed occur because of fighting for supplies, and you can get in and out safely."
After Youxi finished speaking, she gestured to Zhuoyun's backpack.
Although the pedestrians were confused, they heard the word "food" clearly, and with the two bulging backpacks on Zhuo Yun, they finally reacted.
"Are you going, Brother Kun?" someone asked cautiously.
"Let's go! Your parents and my daughter are almost starving to death, what are you still worried about!" The man held the rusty kitchen knife in his hand tightly. This was the only sharp weapon in the whole team, but he thought about it, took off the scarf around his neck and wrapped it up, and then went to a nearby damaged building to find a steel pipe and held it in his hand. Then he led a team of people and rushed into the vine area.
Zhuo Yun watched the backs of the group and smiled, "Very smart." The other party must have listened to You Xi's advice, knowing that kitchen knives are sharp weapons after all, and can easily hurt plants and other people, but they didn't want to go in without any precautions, so they picked up the steel pipe.
You Xi wrote very quickly, trying to make it eye-catching and clear, and wrote clearly what he had told the team before on the sign, and then placed the sign at the entrance.
Not long after the group went in, Shen Qiu came out. She also ran out, carrying two heavy backpacks, with a piece of clothing tied to the backpack straps. As soon as she stopped, she pulled down her mask and gasped.
After a while, the few people who followed Zhuo Yun came out, and almost everyone returned with a full load.
In today's world, supplies are the foundation. They never thought that they could easily get food and daily necessities on this trip. Everyone was happy.
Youxi saw that everyone who had gone in to Zhuoyun had come out, so he urged them to go back first: "The road should be safe now. Go back before it rains."
Before Zhuoyun could speak, Mu Kelian shouted: "You can't go back! Aya and the others haven't come out yet!"
Youxi listened to the situation above again. Those people had not even approached the entrance of the supermarket and were trapped in the green plant maze outside.
However, their luck was pretty good. At least they didn't meet the "big guys" from the upper level. Of course, it might also be related to the fact that those "big guys" were vegetarians and didn't eat meat.
Otherwise, with the strength of their noses that she had seen before, Yan Ya and the others would be swept out and eaten clean like mutant plant fruits in a matter of minutes.
Zhuo Yun was a little conflicted. Her important partners were all by her side and she had the supplies, but it seemed a bit unreasonable to leave Yan Ya and go back alone.
Yan Ya was smart and courageous, but he often didn't listen to other people's opinions and liked to make his own judgment.
Just like just now, he didn't even think about discussing it with her and directly assigned the tasks.
Seeing Zhuo Yun didn't speak, Mu Kelian couldn't help but get anxious: "Speak up, you can't be like this. We all came here together. You took the supplies and wanted to leave, but Aya and the others are still upstairs... Qiuqiu, you also say something..."
"The situation has changed. Those of you who have taken the supplies should go back first. Don't wait, hurry up before it rains. Otherwise, even I may not be sure to protect you." You Xi spoke again to remind, although the tone was light, but it revealed a sense of solemnity.
A moment ago, You Xi received some information from the seeds all over the city.
Outside the shopping mall, under the concrete ruins, the dense seeds she had felt before have revived. They are eager to grow, they are eager for rain. This desire makes them restless.
It was April, the spring when the grass and trees were revived. What would happen to the plants that could cover the entire city overnight in autumn and winter in their true season? There were
too many plant seeds. Once they exploded, she would have no way of controlling them.
Shen Qiu had seen the other party's magical ability to disappear in an instant. That time, she was wearing thin clothes and was able to smile all the time in the low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero. But now, when it seemed safe outside, she showed such a vigilant expression.
This made Shen Qiu feel deeply uneasy.
Zhuo Yun could also feel the unusual tense atmosphere. She frowned and said to a companion beside her: "Go up to the staircase and take a look. Be careful and don't get too close."
The man put down his backpack, rushed up the escalator with his weapon in a few steps, and rushed down again after a moment: "Senior, there are indeed no plants near the staircase, but other places - especially near the supermarket aisle are full of vines. Those vines can move, and there are many brightly colored flowers. Some of them are hard to tell what kind they are, and some are - carnivorous flowers..."
"Where's Aya? Where are Aya and the others?" Mu Kelian rushed forward.
"We haven't seen them."
Zhuo Yun clenched her weapon: "Then let's--"
Her words were interrupted by crying, and Mu Kelian seemed to collapse: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! You are too selfish. You stayed in a safe place and let Aya and the others go up to take risks! You used Aya and let him be your meat shield to explore the way for you! You scumbag, you just rely on your good looks to hook up with men everywhere to work for you, shameless--"
A crisp slap interrupted Mu Kelian's crying. The slap came hard and fast, knocking her unconscious: "You, you, you...you hit me?"
She was answered by another slap, this time with more force, which made her fall to the ground unsteadily, with her entire right face swollen.
"Yes, I hit you. I have tolerated you for a long time." Zhuo Yun loosened her numb fingers and sneered at her: "Is there shit in your brain? I let them go up? I used him? I hooked up with men? Mu Kelian! Is there nothing else in your mind except men! And you dare to call me a bitch? Is there anyone in this team who is more bitchy than you? You
always open your mouth and say, " Is there anything else in your mind? I am a bitch!" You're crying and wailing. If Yan Ya looks at any girl for a second, you'll run to someone else and act weird! You f*cking think Yan Ya is your dog! Why don't you put a rope around his neck? It's
like this outside now. From the time you left school until now, have you made any contribution to this team? Have you ever found any supplies? Have you ever killed a bug? You f*cking gave birth to a child. The fire almost burned down the room! How can you, who can only eat but not work, and whose head is full of men's garbage, have the qualifications to yell at me? ! "
Zhuo Yun had already spoken, and she didn't think about ending it: "Let me tell you, I originally planned to take my companions to rescue Yan Ya and the others. After all, we are a team. Since we came out together, we must go back together! But now, I really have to thank you, idiot, for successfully making me give up the idea of saving people! If he comes down alive this time, tell him for me that the team cooperation ends to the end, and we will break up!"
After she finished cursing, she turned around and asked her companions to leave. Looking back, she saw Shen Qiu standing on the side, and said in a bad tone: "What do you say, stay with your good friend, or come with us?"
"Wait for me." Shen Qiu said, walked to Mu Kelian, took off the schoolbag on his chest, and put it in front of her, "Two bags of supplies, one for you, I know you said we are no longer friends from now on, but it was just an angry remark to achieve your goal, just like many times before - many times you are unintentional..."
She paused, but still held back some other words: "Take the supplies, I can only help you here."
She walked to Zhuo Yun's side, turned around and glanced at You Xi: "Sister, be careful!"
"Let's go!" At Zhuo Yun's call, a group of people took their backpacks and weapons and left the shopping center quickly.
Mu Kelian looked at the backs of the other party leaving, and couldn't believe that they actually left her behind. She stared at the backpack in front of her, and cried a few times "Come back", but this time, her friend did not turn back.
She thought of the woman in black, but when she turned around to look for her, she found that she was gone too.
She was so angry that she grabbed her backpack and wanted to throw it out, but they had run out of food in the past few days and she had never eaten enough. This bag of supplies was very important to her, so she finally held on to the backpack tightly...
**
Youxi probably knew what the flowers on the second floor were. This was the only species among the several vines here that had lethality. Part of the second floor had no ceiling. For the sake of landscape effect, it was connected to the third and fourth floors, and the top was a glass roof.
Those anomalies liked heavy snow but didn't like rain. At this moment, they all hid inside the fourth floor, which was closer to the plants on the second floor.
Several long noses hang down from the fence on the fourth floor, the shortest one or two meters, the longest four or five meters, and look like rough cement pipes - that is, ignoring their occasional stretches to the second floor to provoke plants.
They don't look hungry, their noses occasionally probe, hooking leaves and eating them, hooking fruits - oh, there are no fruits, because all the fruits outside have been eaten by them, and the remaining fruits are protected by dense branches and leaves, right in the passage leading to the entrance of the supermarket.
As for the petals with saw-like edges, the damage to the elephant's trunk is almost negligible.
In this case, how could Yan Ya and the others enter the supermarket smoothly from the second floor? Not being killed by the petals was already a favor to her.
The petals that were originally baring their fangs and claws immediately trembled when they saw Youxi coming up. They looked weak, pitiful and helpless. Even the carnivorous flowers that were as big as a basin and could swallow a human arm in one gulp trembled like delicate roses in the wind.
Youxi: ...
"I know, I know, reduce the smell a little, it's too stinky..." The smell of the carnivorous flowers was really not good. She came up to fulfill her promise and lead the mutants away.
Before, she was at a distance and could not see clearly. Only now did she realize that the reason why these mutants could force these plants to this point was because their noses had the function of extension and contraction, and when necessary, they could reach things six or seven meters away.
She took out a few scattered bananas from the warehouse of the Star House and threw them towards the third floor. Almost at the same moment, several noses swung together, sweeping away all the bananas in the air without missing a single one.
The next second, several huge furry faces poked out from the fence on the fourth floor. The originally lifeless mutants were seen to be in high spirits, smacking their lips and swinging their noses vigorously.
Youxi had already rushed to the escalator on the other side in a few steps, quickly rushed up the stairs, passed the third floor and came to the fourth floor, and then before the hungry mutants rushed over, she threw out two thick ice slabs, jumped up in one step, stepped on the first ice slab floating in the air, and then jumped up again with the force and stepped on the second ice slab.
The ice control ability exploded instantly, and the second ice plate lifted her body up, carrying her out of the broken glass ceiling of the shopping center, and then slid forward quickly along the wet ground, sending her to the edge of the building as fast as a skateboard.
Behind her, there were the sounds of galloping footsteps, and the group of mutant elephants swung their long noses and climbed onto the roof from another solid passage.
Youxi threw a few more bananas to the back, then jumped to the driveway beside the building, and used the fruit to lead the mutant elephants away along the elliptical driveway, and finally stopped at the stadium on the north side of the city as planned.
This place is close to the edge of the city. If even the mutants can't resist the changes that will happen, they can just leave the city and head north, to the north where they are more suitable for survival.
She walked very fast, and it only took her about an hour to lead the mutants away and return to the shopping center.
The news that the plants in a certain channel in the supermarket did not attack people had been spread by the people who had been looking for supplies. Many survivors who had survived the heavy snow and low temperatures in the nearby buildings came, and the remaining supplies in the supermarket were being divided up at a rapid speed.
At this time, Yan Ya and his group were finally "vomited" out of the plant maze. They were covered with various scratches and wounds, which were cut by the saw teeth on the petals. The wounds were not serious, but their protective clothing was torn and made them look extremely bad.
Yan Ya was asking Mu Kelian what happened. They didn't know that they had completely lost the opportunity to find supplies. Mu Kelian had been hugging him and crying since he appeared. She couldn't explain what happened after talking for a long time.
Maybe she didn't really say it clearly, but she was deliberately vague and confusing.
She was just coquettish, not really stupid.
She knew that she was cute and came from a well-off family. Before the end of the world, if she just pouted and acted coquettishly, most boys and girls would buy it. She
knew that Yan Ya had liked her for two years, but because of his background, she never took him seriously, but she also never showed that she disliked him. On the contrary, occasionally when she bought snacks that he didn't like, she would deliberately give them to him so that he would remember her kindness.
Later, when the animals and plants mutated, they avoided each other everywhere in the school. She agreed to let him be her boyfriend. She still remembers the excitement and touch in his eyes.
In her heart, she condescended to be Yan Ya's girlfriend, so he should put her first in everything, pamper her, and be good to her alone without any reason.
She and Shen Qiu had a close relationship because she subconsciously felt that Shen Qiu was inferior to her in every way. She hated Zhuo Yun because she was gorgeous and beautiful, and this kind of beauty was much more eye-catching than her cuteness.
She didn't know when things started to go off track. At first, it was because she didn't work to act coquettishly, and then it was useless to pretend to be pitiful.
Once, she made trouble and made Yan Ya angry. When she cried very sadly, Yan Ya was willing to compromise and seek peace.
Just like now, she knew that she had made trouble again, and it was a big trouble. She knew that if she explained the matter clearly, the other party would definitely not compromise this time.
So she just hugged him and cried. This kind of crying was different from her howling in front of Shen Qiu. She cried so hard and was extremely pitiful.
**
Outside the shopping mall, a thunder exploded, and soon, heavy rain poured down.
The survivors who were returning with supplies found that in the uneven cement cracks under their feet, there was a rustling sound, as if something was about to break out of the ground.
Some people had a strong sense of crisis and immediately called their companions to run and rush back to the building where they had hidden before.
Some people knew in their hearts that they had to run, but their feet were rooted, standing there motionless, looking at the ground, until a small piece of cement was pushed open and a tender green seedling broke out of the ground.
As if the growth process had been accelerated countless times, the seedling trembled and stretched a few times, and rubbed the man's feet curiously. Then, the next second, something like a khaki spider web emerged from under the seedling and pierced his calf at lightning speed.
The man screamed, and his calf was entangled by the khaki spider web meridians that kept emerging at an extremely fast speed, just like a spider wrapping its prey on the web with spider silk.
At this moment, humans are the prey of plants.
The sharp knife flashed, swung across the ground, and cut off all the khaki meridians that pierced the calf.
The man looked up and saw a woman in black standing in the heavy rain, but the rain did not wet him. She had a gray-black mask on her face and held a Tang sword in her hand. She saved his life.
"Run! Run to the ground where the plants have not sprouted to avoid difficulties. Don't stop!" She stretched out her hand and pulled him up. The man said thank you and ran hurriedly.
At the entrance of the shopping center a few steps away, the people who had come to look for supplies before were standing there with full backpacks. They all saw the terrifying scene just now. At this moment, they were watching the heavy rain outside and the green seedlings emerging from the cracks in the ruins on the ground, feeling anxious.
"Everyone hurry up! Before all the seeds sprout, hide in a sturdy or higher floor!" You Xi's sharp voice rang out, like a clear instruction in the chaotic situation.
Yes, those spider-web-like meridians can only reach the ankles close to the ground, and they must be static. As long as they run fast enough, they will be able to return safely.
With the first person rushing into the rain, there was soon a second and a third. In the end, Yan Ya, who was still entangled by Mu Kelian, also joined the running team with his companions.
Compared with others, they were the only ones who returned empty-handed, but in this situation, they dared not waste time going to the supermarket. They had to save their lives first!
Youxi entered the second floor of the shopping center while others rushed into the rain. Although the plants here were also stirring because of the heavy rain, they were plants that had survived a low temperature period after all, and the situation was relatively stable, with no signs of rioting.
Wherever she went, the vines that originally covered the area automatically made way for her. Most of the stores here were clothing stores, shoe and bag stores, and bedding stores.
Inside the store, the goods on the shelves were almost emptied. She found a small warehouse in the store and put away the remaining usable items.
As for the supermarket, she had learned through the vines that the things inside had been distributed by the survivors, so she didn't waste time going in.
She currently has enough supplies, and she came here to collect these because she didn't want to waste them. There are too many open spaces next to the shopping center, and the number of seedlings that have grown rapidly is huge. She can almost see what this place will become in the future.
After collecting the second floor, she went up to the third floor, where there are several children's playgrounds, children's clothing stores, some restaurants and two outdoor camping equipment stores.
These stores were the first to close after the outbreak of animals and plants. Many store owners took the risk to move supplies here, but because of the hasty action, there were always omissions.
She collected a lot of pots and pans for camping, folding tables and chairs, cassette stoves and several boxes of replacement gas tanks from the camping equipment point.
After collecting these things, some of the first seedlings that sprouted in the open space outside the shopping center have grown to half a person's height.
Purple-leaved barberry, fine-leaved barberry, fragrant tea currants, small-leaved ash, multi-season roses, oaks... There are deciduous shrubs and deciduous trees, all kinds of plants, densely packed high and low, crowded together, full of green, but constantly announcing the same message: nutrients.
They need nutrients, and all living things are their nutrients.
Youxi frowned and disappeared on the spot in an instant.
**
In the terrace of the star house, Youxi and his parents looked down from above, quietly watching the changes in the city below.
The grass and trees are reviving, and all things are growing.
The words that were once used to describe the vigorous and beautiful side of spring now have a creepy feeling.
This was the first time that Youxi witnessed the crazy growth and spread of plants. Thick vines began to entangle from the roots of the buildings, using the buildings as poles to climb, climbing up layer by layer, penetrating the walls, and then poking out of the windows.
Someone in the building screamed, and then desperately ran upwards until he ran to a height of seven or eight floors, and then escaped the pursuit of the vines.
The concrete ruins on the ground were covered by increasingly dense green until they could no longer be seen.
The animals that had been hiding in the buildings to avoid the low temperature were awakened. Several deer jumped out of the window of a building. One of them was entangled by countless khaki meridians after landing. These meridians were many times thicker than those she had cut before.
It struggled desperately and moved its hooves, but its limbs were still entangled and it finally fell to the ground.
Those were plant roots. It was hard to tell which plant they belonged to. They were connected together, slowly forming a root network. Once a root in one place entangled "nutrients", all other roots connected to it could absorb nutrients through this place.
The entangled organisms had their blood sucked out at the fastest speed, and then were wrapped by the roots. Their blood and bones became a "nutrient source" that continuously provided the nutrients needed for plant growth.
The three members of the You family did not know at that time that this situation was not only happening in this small town, but also everywhere on the planet.
Fortunately, the tropical regions did not have a low temperature period with a large temperature difference, so most of the previous batch of plants were alive.
In the northern region bounded by 30 degrees north latitude, while people were still rejoicing over the plants that had withered due to the low temperature, the seeds of resurrection grew wildly, reoccupying every space in a nearly riotous manner.
This was a growth that even many mutant animals could not resist.
The plant communication and soothing abilities released by Youxi had almost no effect. This was the growth stage of the plants, and she temporarily lost control of them.
After a day and a night, the entire city was engulfed in a sea of plants. The weeds grew wildly to more than two meters high, engulfing buildings below three floors, and buildings below six floors were completely covered by vines. Some seeds somehow fell on the top of the building, and then grew in the opposite direction, hanging down from the top to cover it.
She heard the roar of animals coming from the mountains outside the city, mixed with the sound of explosions.
Occasionally, a few fighter planes flew by with roars in the sky, and it was unknown where they were going to perform some mission.
Fan Qi walked up to the terrace and saw his daughter by the glass wall. He walked up to her and touched the back of her head: "Why are you here again? Have you brushed your teeth and washed your face? Mom made shepherd's purse and fresh meat wontons for you today, using chicken soup. Come down and have breakfast."
You Xi nodded, turned around and hugged her own mother, resting her head on her shoulder.
That night, You Xi lay in bed, listening to the rustling sound of the plants growing outside the simulated apartment, and still couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
Near midnight, when she was about to fall asleep, she heard a slight crackling sound coming from outside the star house.
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