This news made many people eager to try it, but Gu Lingchuan suppressed their desire, saying it was best not to try if you weren't prepared to die.
That would only needlessly deplete the population.
When Gu Lingchuan reached the fifth stage, he tried to decipher what Gu Lingxiao had left behind again. Strangely, the message was not only not clearer, but there was more gibberish, and he couldn't even fully decipher the information he had previously deciphered.
Unfortunately, Gu Lingchuan didn't know the reason either.
Before Gu Lingchuan could think it through, an unexpected event occurred: the trees that Gu Lingxiao had tried to hunt but failed to kill had turned into rotten overnight.
After communicating with the animals on the monitoring platform, Lin Yu learned that the trees had spread rapidly from their roots until they became what they are now.
The dark brown trees were oozing a foul-smelling liquid, which smelled exactly like that of zombies.
The information obtained after Gu Lingchuan's analysis was shocking.
"An ordinary tree absorbed polluted super energy. The two diametrically opposed abilities, pollution and super energy, were fused together to give birth to a new species, which is now evolving in the direction of its location—form."
"Even trees can turn into zombies?" But thinking back to the information Gu Lingxiao sent back earlier, that not only humans can turn into zombies but other species can too, it's not so strange.
What exactly is the relationship between zombies, aliens, evolved beings, super energy, and the power of pollution?
Previously, due to his limited abilities, the information he obtained consisted of interpretations and his own guesses.
At this moment, within Gu Lingchuan's mental domain, there were alien creatures captured after trees had turned into zombies. These creatures were themselves zombies, as were Gu Lingchuan, the evolved being, the super energy in the air, and the polluting power contained within the zombies.
As if some condition had been met, a large amount of information appeared in Gu Lingchuan's mind.
It was as if there were no secrets he could keep if he wanted to know them.
"A region devoid of super-energy crystals and polluting forces can be called a dead land. All things existing in a dead land are ordinary. A stable dead land prohibits the entry of any super-energy or polluting forces."
"When the dead zone becomes unstable and super energy appears, the power of pollution will also emerge. Ordinary things that come into contact with super energy have a chance to become evolvers and enter the extraordinary sequence."
"Ordinary creatures that only come into contact with the power of pollution will inevitably turn into aliens. However, if super energy and the power of pollution come into contact simultaneously and are in a balanced state, the power of pollution and super energy will cancel each other out, and no change will occur."
"But if the absorbed pollution power exceeds the super energy and the two are combined, it will transform into a new species—a zombie."
"If an evolved being comes into contact with the power of corruption, either outcome is possible. An evolved being who has become a mutant has a chance to revert back if they have enough super energy to offset the damage."
A wealth of information surfaced, and the question that Gu Lingchuan had just been pondering became crystal clear.
Having exhausted most of his physical and mental strength, the mental domain of the fifth stage not only expanded several times in scope, but also greatly enhanced his interpretive abilities.
What is this? Am I omniscient in my field?
Gu Lingchuan wanted to try to find the zombified tree itself, which meant he had to go inside.
"It's best not to take the risk. All the animals I sent out are dead, without a single trace. From the air, it's just a vast expanse of white; you can't see anything at all."
"The fog inside is very thick and poisonous; you can't see your hand in front of your face. Even Ling Xiao couldn't do anything about it before."
Lin Yu began to persuade Gu Lingchuan.
"I'm trying to expand into the spiritual realm on the fringes."
After several attempts, there were no problems, and the sensation was very clear.
"Let's try it on the edge. We can't just let it grow unchecked." Gu Lingchuan slowly walked in. As soon as he entered, his mental perception, which had been crystal clear just moments before, began to blur, and he was subjected to an extremely fierce attack.
Gu Lingchuan retreated without hesitation. "No, this mist has hallucinogenic effects, and its attacks are extremely fierce."
Lin Yu didn't hear any sounds of fighting, so he didn't think much of it, assuming that the fog was blocking out the sound.
The message was indeed hallucinogenic, but I didn't expect it to be so strong that it could even affect him.
You have to understand that Ling Xiao was able to walk around freely at that stage. He knew there was a gap between him and Ling Xiao, but he didn't expect it to be this big.
After several unsuccessful attempts, they had no choice but to leave. Fortunately, the other party was immobile, and they had a way to restrain them.
Lu Ming was transferred from the Miracle Survivors Base. Centered on this patch of zombified trees, he uprooted all the surrounding trees to create an isolation zone.
Lin Yu's animals also monitor the area below to prevent the tree roots from extending outwards.
This was a huge project, and it took the group half a month to complete.
Gu Lingxiao slaughtered all the zombies and aliens around him, and Lin Yu also drove the animals and evolved creatures out of the area.
Gu Lingchuan couldn't block the free energy in the air. If he could create a barrier, that would be perfect.
The next step is to quickly improve our strength to completely eliminate this threat.
We're less than ten kilometers from the Bluefish Survivor Base. We might be able to retreat to the Miracle Survivor Base, but this zombie forest is expanding. Where can we retreat to?
There are no conditions for launching nuclear weapons at a distance of ten kilometers.
Unless they can abandon the Bluefish Survivor Base, they are currently trying to see if they can preserve it.
Gu Lingxiao was almost at the nearest world, and the loneliness was indeed unsettling. In addition, there was no entertainment on the spaceship—oh wait, there was a virtual world to play in.
But it only contains lust, and while there are various races to choose from, there are no humans. Even if there were, Gu Lingxiao wouldn't be interested.
If there were a virtual world with combat elements, Gu Lingxiao could pass the time.
Without the Black Sea Network, getting lost in the Black Sea would be absolutely terrifying.
Just then, a virtual screen popped up from the light sphere in the center of the control room, and a message was transmitted directly into Gu Lingxiao's mind from the AI.
Someone requested to communicate with the spaceship, and Gu Lingxiao answered the call out of boredom.
The virtual screen transformed into a five-pointed star shape, complete with a mouth, a large eye, and most of the body in the center.
"What are you doing? Have you found what I asked for?"
She stopped talking the moment she saw Gu Lingxiao.
"Who are you? Where are Lilith and the others?"
Gu Lingxiao couldn't understand, and there was no way to communicate via brainwaves from such a distance.
After the pentagram went on and on, Gu Lingxiao remained unmoved and finally stopped after trying more than thirty different voices.
A five-pointed star, and one person confronting each other like this.
"What kind of lowly creatures don't even have intelligence? Where did Lilith and the others go?" He clearly regarded Gu Lingxiao as a creature without intelligence.
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