Chapter 652: Mutated Plants Escape
Before Wu Yue looked up to see what was happening, the roof of the underground palace began to fall down. The roof that had been reinforced by the earth-type mutant was now vulnerable. Clods of earth of varying sizes fell to the ground, and soon a hole appeared, with light from the sky pouring down from above.
Wu Yue shouted at others to get out of the way, and pulled Zhuang Mingxu towards the edge, looking upwards through the gap.
The roots of the mutant orchid that were originally fixed in a circle of the underground palace have been peeled off from the ground, leaving only criss-crossed and mottled traces. The huge and messy roots are like tentacles, fighting with an unidentified animal. The half of the skylight that is exposed is often blocked by the animals above, making it difficult to identify the species.
The only thing that can be confirmed is that it is huge - the nearly five-meter-long entrance is often blocked tightly, and the entrance is constantly enlarged due to movement.
After a few small pieces of earth and rocks fell, the entire underground palace began to collapse. Wu Yue didn't bother to think about what it was and immediately pulled Zhuang Mingxu up to the ground.
In just a short while, he felt that the thing in front of him seemed to be spinning in circles. He sighed in his heart that Lu Weiyi's ability was indeed not as good as it was at the beginning. As soon as he got on the ground, he immediately pushed Zhuang Mingxu and said, "Hide quickly."
Zhuang Mingxu had already seen the huge monster on the ground before him. It was a huge mutant snake, like the one they had fought with the mutant peacock before. Its body alone was several meters wide and more than dozens of meters long. You couldn't see its head at first glance.
A mutant plant covered with thorns nearby wrapped around the mutant snake's entire body. The thorns were so sharp that they could string a person through. They stabbed the mutant snake and suddenly fell down with a crackling sound. The thorns broke in a circle, leaving no mark on the mutant snake's body.
However, the mutant snake struggled and shook its body, immediately breaking the stems and leaves of the mutant plant into several sections.
The trees on the ground, which had been attacked by hurricanes for a severe winter, were now growing crookedly in one direction. Lying on the ground for a long time had changed the growth trajectory of the tree trunks. However, the mutant snake lashed its tail, causing the tree trunks and branches to fly up.
Such a huge animal was no longer something they could contend with. Zhuang Mingxu hid carefully in the gaps in the woods. Wu Yue had already begun to gather the other scattered teammates. Many of them were hit and injured by the mutant snakes without any preparation. He took the uninjured people and quietly sent them back one by one.
The fight between the mutant snake and the two mutant plants continued. They cooperated well with each other, one in front and one behind. However, the defense of plants was not as good as that of animals. After several attempts, they did not gain any advantage and many of their roots and leaves were broken.
If they continue like this, I wonder if they will be the next to deal with the two mutant plants.
Wu Yue naturally understood what Zhuang Mingxu could think of, but under the current circumstances, the psychic could not intervene at all.
The mutant plant, which usually does not show its true colors, now stretches out its roots, and each leaf is full of aggressiveness. The rustling leaves attack the mutant snake like darts, and the clinking sound is like hitting metal.
The roots were condensed into thigh-thickness and suddenly thrown towards the mutant snake. The whole snake's body was whipped into the air and then fell heavily to the ground. The underground palace, which was originally struggling to death, collapsed with a loud bang and the mutant snake fell in with it.
Just as Zhuang Mingxu was hesitating whether he should go and check on Wu Yue, he saw the two mutant plants that were originally fighting with the mutant snake, as if they had made an appointment, retracted their roots, stems and leaves at the same time, and ran in different directions. The sound of their huge roots hitting the ground came from near and far, and their speed of escaping made them disappear from sight in a short while.
Zhuang Mingxu didn't react to what happened for a moment, until he heard the sound of animals eating and swallowing underground, and then he realized that the two plants were running away.
Even though there was no contract, after being together for such a long time, he never thought that the other party would leave at this time, and he was so angry that he laughed.
Thinking of how the mutant orchid had been forced to leave its hometown when it was being chased, and had even given its crystal core to follow them away, Zhou He felt sorry for it and felt soft-hearted. He didn't know what Zhou He would feel when he saw it escaping so quickly.
He had no time to worry about so many things at this moment. The departure of the mutant plants would easily make them the targets of attack by the mutant snakes. Zhuang Mingxu looked around and unknowingly he had taken Lu Weiyi to hide at the edge of the underground palace.
The trees were low and the weeds were overgrown all around. Zhuang Mingxu did not dare to stay where he was, and the other superpowers—
He didn't dare to join the main force. At this time, no one could be sure whether Lu Weiyi's level was more attractive to mutant snakes or the other many psychics. The only thing they could do was to separate as much as possible and protect one side at all costs.
"Xiaoyi, pray that we are okay," Zhuang Mingxu whispered as he walked away from the underground palace.
This place was hit by hurricanes throughout the winter, and there were almost no animals living around. This prevented him from being attacked for a short period of time. After leaving the underground palace, Zhuang Mingxu's speed increased a lot.
Now is the time to create distance. The farther the two groups are apart, the greater the possibility that the mutant snake will attack one and then let the other go.
Zhuang Mingxu quickly searched his memory of the surroundings, but when they moved here, there was heavy fog, followed by an endless hurricane, which made Zhuang Mingxu see darkness everywhere.
Relying on his experience of surviving in the wild before the apocalypse, Zhuang Mingxu walked in the jungle for nearly an hour and finally saw a cave under a crooked tree.
"I don't know if any wild animals have lived here. Even if they did, they should have left long ago," Zhuang Mingxu whispered to Lu Weiyi. He approached carefully, bent down and entered. Not long after, the road under his feet suddenly disappeared.
If Zhuang Mingxu hadn't been holding on to the branch of the crooked tree, he would have probably fallen down.
The stone that was accidentally kicked down under his feet took a while to make a sound of falling to the ground. Zhuang Mingxu stood firmly on his feet, took out the light and looked underground, only then did he realize that there was an underground cave underneath.
This is not uncommon in the area, but I don't know how big the cave is and where it extends.
Zhuang Mingxu glanced at the temporary base not far away, then returned to the cave in front of him, and finally gritted his teeth and decided to go down.
If he and Lu Weiyi hid underground, even if Lu Weiyi's supernatural power attracted more mutant snakes, they might be able to escape the disaster underground.
"Taotao? Taotao?" Zhuang Mingxu called out again and again, calling out Taotao who was hiding in the space.
"Dad?" Taotao rubbed her eyes and looked dazed, looking like she hadn't woken up yet.
"Baby, Daddy wants to explore the way down there. Can you protect him?" Zhuang Mingxu placed his hopes on his only child.
"Taotao can." Taotao clenched her fists and spoke in a serious tone.
"Sorry." Zhuang Mingxu didn't know the situation down there, and didn't dare to take risks with Lu Weiyi. He leaned over and kissed Taotao on the forehead and said sorry, "If there is any danger, take your dad to the underground immediately."
"Yeah, Taotao gets it." Taotao sat curled up next to Lu Weiyi. She looked cute but not reliable. However, Zhuang Mingxu had no other choice at this time.
After letting Taotao take what she wanted from the space, Zhuang Mingxu tied the rope to a tree nearby. After repeatedly instructing Taotao, he went down to the underground cave in a neat and tidy manner.
He landed in a few minutes at a height of less than ten meters. With the help of energy detectors and infrared rays, he was able to take in the surroundings in no time. In the area of nearly 500 square meters, except for a nest of mutant rats, he did not see any overly dangerous mutant animals.
Zhuang Mingxu quickly dealt with the mouse and after making sure there were no more living creatures, he went up to pick up the two waiting people. In just a short while, Taotao had already dozed off due to exhaustion.
Zhuang Mingxu inflated an air mattress and put the two of them on it. He asked Taotao to get some daily necessities and camouflaged the entrance of the cave before he breathed a sigh of relief.
He was safe, but on Wu Yue's side, the injured teammates had not yet been gathered together. Relying on his strong superpowers, he had quietly transported the injured back to a newly opened underground space while the mutant snake was fighting with the two mutant plants.
Most of the people rescued here were injured. Some of them had obvious dislocation of bones, while some had no visible injuries, but blood kept gushing out of the corners of their mouths. The military doctors tried their best to help them stop the bleeding. The instruments brought out in a hurry were extremely simple, but no one wanted to give up.
There were powerful mutant snakes lurking outside. Many people were in extreme pain, but they stuffed their hands into their mouths tightly, trying not to make any sound. The smell of blood filled the small space.
From time to time, someone would quietly close their eyes, but they could only cry silently, not daring to make a sound of sob.
Wu Yue, who thought he had seen hell, now had red eyes.
"Dance team, you..." Sun Cheng lowered his voice and pointed at the scratches on Wu Yue's arm. He wanted to apply some medicine to him, but Wu Yue refused with red eyes.
He silently raised his chin towards the few people whose conditions were obviously more seriously ill, indicating that they should go first, then turned around and left the basement again.
The other psychics who had been following him immediately stood up and followed him.
Of the more than 1,000 people who stayed behind, less than 500 were rescued, and the rest had completely disappeared.
Wu Yue stood at the entrance of the cave and looked around. As far as his eyes could see, there was only the sound of the wind and dead grass and broken branches.
Someone behind him touched him, pointed at himself in one direction, and then pointed at him in the opposite direction.
Wu Yue nodded, silently said "be careful", and searched for the team members in two directions apart from his team members.
The underground palace was right in front of him, and Wu Yue's steps were unusually slow. He didn't dare to use his supernatural powers too much in front of the mutant snake, so he could only reduce his presence as much as possible.
A bloody figure appeared in the field of vision not far away. Wu Yue's eyes lit up and he strode towards the figure hanging on the tree.
Before anyone got close, they saw the already dying man struggling to get down from the branch that pierced his body, staring behind him and shouting.
"Get down!".
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