"With them here, I'm fine. How are you? Are you injured?" Chen Ruoruo pointed to the few people who surrounded her and said, then asked about the situation of Han Xiao and the others. Although she knew that they were not injured, she still wanted to ask.
"Well, I'm glad you're okay..." Han Xiao nodded.
"Yeah..." Chen Ruoruo responded with a smile, but his eyes fell on Chen Ruoruo's messy hair. He knew that she might not be having an easy time in here.
"How come they suddenly ran in..." Han Xiao frowned and asked Chen Ruoruo with a serious expression.
"I don't know..." Chen Ruoruo looked at Han Xiao's expression, spread her hands and shrugged, looking at her innocently.
"Ms. Chen, you'd better keep these guys under control next time and don't let them run around again..." Li Jun said dissatisfiedly.
"Shut up..." Upon hearing this, Ma Qian on the side immediately stepped forward and slapped Li Jun on the head.
"Ah..." Li Jun screamed in pain from the sudden blow to his head, frowning and looking at Ma Qian with dissatisfaction. Just when he was about to fight back, he found that Tao Dan next to him was pulling him and shaking his head at him. He could only rub his head and stand aside feeling aggrieved.
"Ms. Chen, don't mind him. He is a straightforward person and not very talkative..." Mou Jiao stepped forward and said.
"That's right, that's right..." Jiang Yang on the side also stepped forward and echoed.
"It's okay, it's safe here, you guys can take a rest..." Chen Ruoruo waved her hand and said nonchalantly.
"Well, okay..." Han Xiao and his group found Chen Ruoruo, and after confirming that she was fine, they were completely relieved and began to observe the surrounding situation.
Then, everyone's attention was drawn to a huge dry trunk not far away, which was big enough for three or four adults to hug.
Looking up along its dry trunk that reaches straight into the sky, there are dense branches scattered out in all directions. Everyone then realized that this is the trunk of the ghost vine, and the top part of the trunk is divided into several parts, perhaps because it is dry.
Ma Qian went forward to carefully examine the roots, even prying out a section, but they were all dead, completely beyond repair. The entire ghost vine was withered, its life drained away, no trace of life left.
"No wonder this ghost vine has grown so big..." After inspecting it, Ma Qian walked around the ghost vine again and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. His voice revealed his emotion and awe at this phenomenon.
"Ma Qian, tell me quickly..." Jiang Yang adjusted his glasses and couldn't contain his inner anxiety, so he hurriedly urged Ma Qian.
"This ghost vine is actually composed of several mutant plants of the same type, which have mutated again. They maintain their growth by constantly devouring the nutrients around them, and even keep zombies in captivity. While absorbing nutrients from the zombies, they also use these zombies to attract and attack humans and mutant animals that approach their territory, in order to hunt new nutrients and thus continuously provide nutrients for themselves. It is precisely because of this unique way of survival that they can continue to grow..." Ma Qian took a deep breath and explained slowly.
"I see..." a group of people nodded.
"But why did this ghost vine become like this?" Mu Jiao looked at the trunk of the ghost vine with confusion and couldn't help asking.
"I don't know, I can't tell..." Ma Qian said with a frown.
Afterwards, Ma Qian carefully observed the tangled marks on the main trunk of the ghost vine, and his heart was full of doubts, but these marks looked like they were caused by the vines of the ghost vine itself.
She really couldn't understand the reason, and her eyes involuntarily looked at Chen Ruoruo who was sitting among the wolves not far away. Then she stood up and walked towards Chen Ruoruo.
"Ms. Chen, what exactly happened here?" Ma Qian walked to Chen Ruoruo and asked softly.
"I don't know either. It was already like this when I arrived..." Chen Ruoruo said to Ma Qian, her eyes clear and bright, and she didn't look like she was lying at all.
"Is that so..." Ma Qian withdrew his hopeful eyes in disappointment, so, what happened here might have nothing to do with Chen Ruoruo.
"Well..." Chen Ruoruo told a little lie to avoid trouble.
But strictly speaking, it can't be considered a lie. Although Chen Ruoruo has been here all the time, she really doesn't know what happened.
The accident happened while she was struggling to decide what to use, and then the ghost vine became like this.
She guessed that it might have something to do with the vine around her waist, but looking at the thin vine wrapped around her waist, she didn't think this guy had such great ability.
"Everyone stay alert..." After hearing Chen Ruoruo's words, Han Xiao also knew why she was surrounded by wolves. Perhaps, that terrifying thing was around. Then he immediately gave instructions to his team members.
"Yes..." When the group heard Han Xiao's words, they immediately took precautions, standing around Chen Ruoruo and paying attention to the movements outside.
After the wolf king and his wolves roared two or three more times, Zhou Zhiguo, Qi Jiang and others arrived soon.
"Han Xiao...Ms. Chen. Are you okay..." Zhou Zhiguo asked immediately when he saw Han Xiao.
"Yeah..." Han Xiao nodded at Zhou Zhiguo and gave him a confirming look.
“…” Zhou Zhiguo felt relieved after seeing this.
"Ruoruo, are you okay? I was scared to death..." When Xia Xiaoying saw it, she hurried forward and asked with concern.
"I'm fine..." Chen Ruoruo looked at their concerned eyes and felt a little overwhelmed. Although she knew that their concern for her was genuine, she was not used to this constant concern and such a close relationship.
After the last few teams arrived, Zhou Zhiguo hurriedly wanted to take them away. After all, they didn't know what dangers existed around them, and taking Chen Ruoruo away was the top priority.
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