The humanoid object was made purely of fragments of the insect-like beast's shell and mycelium, like some kind of postmodern abstract art.
It's just that not every human being present has the ability to appreciate this advanced art.
The humanoid object slowly stood up in front of everyone, and was greeted by a blazing ray of light.
"boom!"
Only half of the human-shaped object was left, and the upper body had been shattered into countless worthless fragments that splattered all around.
But several active or passive volunteers soon appeared among the retreating insect swarms. Like the previous insects, they allowed their bodies to be eroded and occupied by mycelium, and eventually repaired the human-shaped objects.
"it's useless."
Driven by the mycelium, several pieces of shell fragments began to rub against each other. There seemed to be a breeze blowing around, mixing the various sounds into a version that the humans present could understand.
"Your abilities are interesting, this is a description I learned from another brain.
"At my current level of growth, I am not yet able to directly see your abilities, so are you willing to cooperate with me?"
At this point, the members of Zheng Gaoya's team have already had a basic understanding of the current situation -
The creature in front of them that was communicating with them was not the will in the broken body, but the voice made by every strand of mycelium and every life around it.
Compared with the beast tide that covered the sky and the sun, such a will seemed even more terrifying in another dimension.
Gangfeng wanted to retort, but Zheng Gaoya stopped him.
The captain took two steps forward and came to the front, then put one hand behind his back and made a gesture.
At this moment, he no longer cared whether this would be detected by the other side's will. He was just doing his best as a human being and trying to record as much valuable information as possible.
"What do you mean by cooperation?"
"It's a special mutation that occurs in creatures like you."
The human figure quickly gave an answer. His voice was a little unclear, and because it came from all directions, it sounded a little ethereal.
"Why do you have such random mutations? Why don't most of the individuals hiding behind that wall have such mutations? Why can't we have mutations?
“These questions have troubled us for a long time, and we all want to know the answers, so we hope to cooperate with special individuals like you.”
Zheng Gaoya curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said:
"I would also like to know where super powers come from, but why should I cooperate with you? Those nerds in the institute are more reliable than a half-human like you."
“Cooperate and you can become us.”
The voice in the air was still a little vague, but everyone basically understood what the other party wanted to express.
"Since we have chosen to leave the city, we are already prepared to die. A creature like you would not know what this means."
"We know, we just don't understand."
The mycelium will seemed to have not yet learned how to deceive, or perhaps it felt that there was no point in deceiving the other party, so it gave the answer on its own.
And even as it continued to speak, Zheng Gaoya had already made a new gesture behind him.
The words of the Mycelium Will just now have revealed a lot of information, such as the other party seems to be able to read the contents of the human brain to a certain extent.
This is horrible.
If this is true, then no matter how strong their wills are, they cannot stop the other party from finding what they want from their memories.
After realizing this, the people behind Zheng Gaoya exchanged glances and prepared to commit suicide.
There is a difference in standard equipment between the exploration team and the general super-power team. As explorers who may never return, both the researchers who prepare the equipment and the front-line personnel who personally go into battle need to face a certain problem.
That is death.
At this point, several people had already pinched a bulge that was buried in the sleeve lining.
As long as they squeezed the thing hard with two fingers, the highly toxic substance would quickly invade their bodies.
A brain damaged by toxins should no longer be worth reading.
This little action did not fool the opponent. The humanoid sighed in a human-like manner:
"It seems you refused."
“Because we are human.”
"Interesting answer, maybe we'll understand it in the future."
The trees were still and the wind was silent. The entire forest fell into extreme silence, as if time had stopped at this moment.
Several people who were about to commit suicide suddenly felt a powerful, external will appear in their minds. That will stirred up the situation in their minds, constantly tempting the will to survive deep in everyone's heart, causing them to stop their actions of committing suicide.
At this moment, everyone's will began to fight against the outsider in their minds, trying to regain control.
"Alas, this is why we don't use this method. Individuals like you who have undergone random mutations are difficult to be infected under normal life conditions."
The sounds like wind and whispers came again from the surroundings, but no one had the energy to distinguish them.
The body composed purely of shells moved forward step by step and finally came to the front of the extraction.
“Your mutation is interesting, being able to detect the influence we exert.
"Please tell us why this happened."
Limbs made of humanoid body fragments pierced the throat of the super-powered extraction.
At the same time, the mumbling in everyone's minds reached an unprecedented peak. Under the pressure of the powerful external biological field, their brains automatically activated their self-protection mechanisms, and several people fell to the ground and fell into a coma.
"Let's start over. We still have many issues to study."
The command of the will is transmitted along the biofield and the hyphae to every plant covered by the biofield, and to the mind of every animal that submits to the supreme will.
The whole forest seemed to come alive, the trees began to shake their branches, and the white mist that was tens of meters high seemed to boil in an instant.
The swarms of insects that had retreated gathered again from all directions.
Some of them used their sharp front claws to tear open the sleeves of several super-powered people and remove the safety switches that could inject neurotoxins into them.
Some were restoring the surrounding environment bit by bit, filling the empty packaging bags of nutrient paste with the body fluids of some dead beasts, and replenishing everyone's equipment with some branches or other things found everywhere.
And Extraction, the most special one among the five, has stood up again without anyone noticing.
The puncture wound on her neck healed little by little, and her originally clear and innocent eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of floc.
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