The exoskeleton armor with extremely strong defense and sense of technology steps on the yellow grass leaves on the ground. The sound caused by the damping between the mechanical structures is enough to make every enthusiast in this area intoxicated.
The five members of the former 25th Superpower Team, now the 5th Team of the Second Phase of the Exploration Plan, walked in the wilderness outside the city. With the help of different equipment, the five people had different appearances. From a distance, they looked like a team of pilgrims from another world.
The members of the "Fresnel" team are as cautious as the members of the "Nian" team who set foot here not long ago. The unknown future is beckoning to them.
"Captain, do you think we will disappear like them after we return?"
It was lunch time at the moment. According to the previous training content, several people skillfully opened the nutritional paste and started a simple meal, while the "puppet master" seemed to have some concerns about the future.
"I think the premise for worrying about this issue is that we can return alive."
Fresnel's expression remained normal, as if he had prepared himself mentally for similar developments.
He looked at his teammates with grim expressions and continued:
"In terms of combat capability, even during the day we have almost no chance of winning against that team, so..."
"So why did you choose the north gate? It might be safer to go in another direction."
Fresnel swallowed the food calmly and said:
"Other directions are even more uncertain. As for the north, although they disappeared, it happened in the city, so the survival rate is relatively higher."
After hearing the captain's explanation, Beacon showed a look of surprise:
"Other teams wouldn't have thought of something like this, why are we the only ones who..."
Fresnel sighed and said:
"Because we are ranked low... no matter what, we are trying to brag, but the higher-ups are actually unwilling to accept too many casualties.
"The samples brought back by the Nian team have been analyzed by the research institute, and the conclusion reached is that the hyphae are imitating native plants.
"As for why it doesn't show the green color of most common plants, it may be due to the lack of relevant abilities. After all, according to the data, most fungi do not show those colors."
Everyone was silent for a while, but finally adjusted their mood, finished their meal, and prepared to continue exploring.
Wang Xiao, who remained silent throughout the whole process, watched as every teammate finished his or her portion of the nutritional paste, and his heart finally settled down.
Time goes back to ten hours ago. In order to prepare for the early exploration the next day, all the members of the six teams had fallen asleep early.
And Wang Xiao met an acquaintance in his dream.
This is the advantage of being able to enter dreams, at least in terms of confidentiality, which is something the real world can never match.
Lin Qingliu simply synchronized some of his discoveries and arrangements with Wang Xiao, allowing him to be mentally prepared for the journey in advance.
He finally reminded Wang Xiao of two things. The first was to tell him not to throw away his helmet no matter what. The second was to ask him to supervise every meal of his teammates and ensure they got enough nutrition.
Faced with this kind of advice that seemed to say something but also seemed to be unsaid, the honest man Wang Xiao said that he would definitely do it.
Just like now, even Wang Xiao himself has completed the intake of the nutritional paste.
Soon, his strengthened body began to feel unusual sensations.
It seems like something has been absorbed by me...
Wang Xiao was clearly aware that he was the only one who discovered this, because his teammates around him did not react any differently than before.
The dry grass under his feet had already covered the instep, and at this moment, Wang Xiao suddenly felt that he could establish a certain connection with these mycelial mimics on the ground.
The first day of exploration was dull and tedious. The endless dead grass stopped growing after it grew to a few centimeters high. The night watchmen for the first day were Wang Xiao and the "puppet master".
Among these teams that set out on the road of exploration, the cross-narrative statements of the "Nian" team members are no secret.
In response to the other party's exploration arrangements, Fresnel made certain improvements to the night watch plan.
Because they have Wang Xiao in their team, who can sleep only two hours a day and still be full of energy the next day, they have a natural advantage in night watch.
But Fresnel did not take it lightly and continued to arrange two people to take turns every night, which means that there would always be four eyes staring at everything around at any time of the night.
At this moment, Wang Xiao's exoskeleton armor, which was a size larger than that of an average person, had been untied and placed on the ground, and he was moving his muscles around it.
He did not turn on the power source of the armor for the entire day, and thus relied entirely on his own strength to drive this big guy forward.
Now that he was free from his shackles, he felt even more energetic than during the day.
The puppeteer Su Xiaogu was sitting in his life support capsule, scanning the surroundings while gently tapping on the observation window made of explosion-proof glass on the surface of the capsule, making a rhythmic thudding sound.
Of course, there were more than four eyes staring at the area where the team was at this moment.
In a corner that the two of them didn't notice, there was a slight change in Wang Xiao's armored helmet. The goggles on both sides seemed to have their own ideas and began to rotate slowly.
At this moment, one of the two eyes belonging to Fran has been controlled by Lin Qingliu.
Relying on the connection with its own flesh and blood, the information transmitted ignored the interference of the biological field outside the city and moved towards the city.
At this moment, in the inner city area dozens of kilometers away, Lin Qingliu was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, but the scenery outside the city was already clearly reflected in his mind.
This invisible connection was clear and solid, and it was worth it that Lin Qingliu gave more blood to Fran, this ever-changing creature, before the plan started.
As long as he wanted, he could even project his spirit into Fran's body to a certain extent, achieving an effect similar to that of a puppeteer controlling a strange beast.
However, because this ability is derived from the control of flesh and blood, the abilities of other channels will be significantly attenuated.
At this time, Lin Qingliu was using his "castrated" natural history ability to spy on everything around him.
Two hours after the other team members fell into a deep sleep, he actually found some suspicious traces.
Mycelium appeared!
In theory, this wilderness of dead grass should be entirely mimicry formed by mycelium.
According to Lin Qingliu's reading of the pseudo-people's memories and abilities, he knew that this mimicry and differentiation was irreversible.
And now, extremely fine hyphae are emerging from the soil underground and starting to spread upwards little by little.
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