Chapter 116: Animal or Plant
At this time, Lu Ming withdrew his hand, looked up, and said in surprise: "Such a big tree! Why didn't I see it before?"
Then she saw Qin Ye covered in blood and was shocked again: "What happened to you?"
Qin Ye waved his hand, "This is its blood."
Wait, blood?
Everyone remembered the dark red liquid that came out of those thin branches when they rescued people just now. It also looked like blood.
Think again about the thickness and color of the bleeding branches, and compare it to this...
So, this tree actually has arteries and veins?!
So is it a plant or an animal?
They looked at each other and came up with a solution.
Since it relies on the flesh and blood of zombies to absorb nutrients, then cut off its supply!
Since there is blood flowing in its body, let's release the blood!
So, Su Luo woke up all the remaining unconscious people. Except for Li Hangyuan, Aze and Zhou Ping, who did not have much advantage in dealing with the big tree, they stayed where they were to guard the two people who had lost too much blood on the ground, the rest of the people started to act.
Gu Chao put on an air shield and quickly approached the main body of the tree. He jumped up to a high place and swung the air blade repeatedly, cutting off one branch after another that was eating. The dense zombies fell to the ground and turned into meat patties.
Lu Ming took out his sword and quickly shuttled across the open space in the field. At the same time, he took out a rifle and kept shooting at the thick branches to attract their attack. Then, when the branches whipped towards him, he quickly changed the gun to a sword and scratched the branches, drawing blood one by one. Then he immediately changed to another place to avoid the siege of more than a dozen branches.
Qin Ye and Lin Cong worked together to cut off the connection between the big tree and other plants, burning the surrounding plants into charcoal bit by bit.
The others also attacked with all their might.
The most surprising one is Su Luo. Her ball of light can not only heal, but also burn a hole in the tree trunk after throwing it out. It is very powerful.
Lu Ming was surprised.
Light system!
She is actually a light type!
There is only one light system.
She looked at Su Luo deeply, then continued her hand movements.
At this moment, Li Hangyuan, who was standing far away, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and then a voice rang in his head: "Stop! Stop!"
He couldn't help but scream, hugged his head and squatted down.
"There's something wrong with Hangyuan! Help him come quickly!" Zhou Ping, who was standing next to him, supported him and shouted to others.
When the others heard this, they immediately retreated.
However, a strange scene happened. As they retreated, the big tree that had been fighting back fiercely also stopped attacking.
"What happened to him?!"
Everyone was alert, but they didn't stop and gathered around to ask questions.
Li Hangyuan panted and spoke intermittently, "It... wants to... reconcile with us."
"reconciliation?"
"What?!"
It’s so humane?
"It said...it hadn't been easy for it to grow this big, and it had never attacked living people like us before. It didn't expect us to be so powerful. It wanted to let us go and asked us not to attack it again."
The pain gradually subsided, and he told them while receiving the message from the tree.
"What should we do?"
Gu Chao pondered for a moment, feeling the little power he had left, and seeing the scars on the other people's bodies, he said, "Promise it."
The others had no objection either. They all knew that it was wishful thinking for just a few people to want to destroy such a huge creature, and the end result would only be mutual destruction.
Li Hangyuan walked to the side, reached out and touched the trunk of a small tree, conveying their meaning to the big tree.
After a moment, the branches that blocked out the sun retreated, creating a passage behind them.
"Walk."
The luggage in the villa was not important, so the group carefully retreated and went directly to the parking lot.
Only then did they realize that the entire manor was actually covered by large trees, and everything they had seen before was fake.
Several cars drove towards the gate, and the iron gate was slowly pulled open by a branch, as if to see them off.
Even when they walked on the street, they still felt a sense of unreality.
They were all prepared to die together, but they didn't expect that he would come out so easily...?
This is the first time since the end of the world that the fight between them and this mutant creature is not a fight to the death.
"Why couldn't we see such a big tree outside before we entered the manor?"
"It's the smell."
"What?"
Li Hangyuan looked at Tang Yanwen and said, "I said, it's because the fragrance of flowers that permeates the city has a hallucinogenic effect, so the big trees can't be seen from the outside."
"So you mean, this city is full of these hallucinogenic trees?"
"No." Li Hangyuan shook his head, turned his head to look outside the car, and said in a deep voice: "There are big trees like this everywhere. Those hallucinogenic trees are just their tools."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was speechless as they looked at the beautiful and quiet manors on the road.
They thought they were unlucky and that they just picked a random manor to live in and encountered such mutated plants.
But it turns out that...
At this moment, everyone had a question in their mind.
We made it out today, but what happens next? If these trees continue to grow like this, I'm afraid the world will be taken over by them sooner or later.
By then, will humans still have a place to live?
But faced with creatures so mature and aware, even capable of negotiating with their enemies for the sole purpose of survival, we ask ourselves, what can humans do? Do we strangle them before they become powerful? Do we really want to deprive an entire species of life of its right to exist?
If they develop rapidly and endanger humans, then there is some reason to eradicate them. After all, everyone is selfish.
But if they just live in peace in a corner, are not hostile to humans, and even their food is just zombies, how should humans treat them?
None of them could figure out what was going on, so they left the city overnight. Thinking they might never be able to get back in, they emptied several cotton warehouses on the outskirts of the city before leaving...
It can be said that except for the two people who were on guard duty who suffered a little, this trip was actually worthwhile.
After driving all night, they stopped by the roadside to rest at dawn.
Since they didn’t want to cook, Lu Ming took out the military supply instant food packs to replenish everyone’s energy.
It happened that Qin Ye went to the nearby woods to wash the blood off his body, and Lu Ming walked towards Su Luo with two portions of food.
"Give."
Su Luo paused and said, "Thank you."
Then he reached out and took it.
But Lu Ming did not let go.
She looked over inquiringly.
Lu Ming looked into her eyes and said word by word, "I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't tell others about your special ability easily."
Su Luo frowned slightly, nodded, and repeated, "Thank you."
After dinner, everyone set out on their journey westward again.
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