Chapter 146 Kapok
The botanical garden is far away from the hotel, located in the southwest.
The area spans three or four city blocks.
There are not only mutant kapok trees, but also trees that produce strange red fruits.
The strange fruit they brought back before was picked here.
The group united together and headed towards the botanical garden in a mighty procession.
They were not worried about attracting zombies.
It’s better if they come, there won’t be enough left for them to share.
Zhang Manxue followed Zou Yu closely, and the two walked at the edge of the team.
It is convenient to rush up and kill the zombies and take out their crystal cores as soon as you find them.
The streets were in ruins, with debris scattered all over the ground.
Everyone carefully walked around the blood-stained iron sheet.
To prevent indirect infection by scratching the skin.
Two hours later they arrived safely at the botanical garden.
The shade of the leafy trees was filled with zombie corpses.
There is a minimum distance of 20 meters between any two trees.
Standing at the edge, they could clearly see the thick tree trunk inside, which required three or four people to hug.
The branches hang low, covered with gray-white fruits.
That is the mutant kapok tree.
"We're here." said Lao Zhang.
Everyone looked and found that the big man dressed in black had arrived earlier and was picking fruit inside.
Is the boss in there?
So what are you waiting for? Go for it.
The wide gap between the trees gave them the opportunity to pass through quickly.
Humans are always more flexible than zombies.
Even if they see thorny branches coming towards them, they can quickly dodge them.
The first person to run to the mutant kapok tree took out a big bag, shook it a few times to open it, and began to pick the fruits at the bottom with quick eyes and hands.
The mutant kapok fruit has matured, and the pods have burst open, revealing the yellow and white cotton inside.
Zhang Manxue handed the bag to Zou Yu, and the two walked to a place where no one was around and picked the fruits quickly.
The mutant kapok tree is covered with long sharp thorns, and there is even a drop of water on the top that is about to drip, which smells very sweet.
But if it accidentally comes into contact with the skin, there will be a burning sensation immediately, followed by extremely itchy, which can last all day.
Experienced people will wrap several layers of cloth around their hands.
The cloth bag around Jing Yimai's waist was already half full.
He stopped, shook his head, and when the double image disappeared, he hurried out of the range of the mutant kapok tree.
On the branch where he was originally located, a huge drop of water gradually gathered, shook, and fell to the ground.
However, the water droplets were not absorbed by the soil. Instead, they collapsed into pieces on the ground, as if they were some kind of sticky substance, and turned into a pungent smell.
This is the attack mode of the mutant kapok.
Jing Yimai heard the noise behind him and rolled over to the side.
The place where it had originally stood was hit by thorns, leaving dozens of sharp needles.
After noticing the situation here, the others quickened their movements, slowed down their breathing, and stared at the top of their heads to avoid being hit by water droplets.
Seeing Zhang Manxue walking further and further inside, Zou Yu hurried over and pulled her out.
"Are you crazy? Why are you going to the innermost layer?"
"I..."
Only then did Zhang Manxue realize that she had unknowingly walked into the most dangerous area.
She hurriedly held her breath, trying not to smell the sweet scent.
This fragrance can confuse the senses.
She only took a few steps...
"Wait for me here, don't run around, call me if you're in danger."
Zou Yu poured all the fruit pods in the cloth bag into her pocket and rushed back with the empty bag.
...
Everyone walked back with bulging cloth bags on their backs.
On the way, we also met some strange survivors we had never seen before.
The two groups of people took a detour at the same time.
It can be seen that the other party also went to the botanical garden to pick fruit pods.
After staggering and leaving, they quickened their pace.
After all, all the fruit pods at the bottom of the mutant kapok tree had been pulled out.
If you want to pick it, you have to climb up.
The tree is full of thorns...
Run away.
They definitely ran back to the hotel in less time than they did when they left.
"Look, aren't there a few zombies up there?"
Someone noticed something moving on top of the pile of zombie corpses.
“It seems so!”
“It’s indeed a zombie!”
The voices of several people were a bit loud, attracting the attention of the zombies on the pile of corpses.
He roared and fell down from above, then rushed over.
"Xiaoxue, give me the long wrench." Zou Yu stretched his hand back and glanced casually at the top of the corpse.
It must be the zombies attracted by the corpse.
Brother, I didn't expect you to do good things after you die...
After getting the long wrench, Zou Yu went straight towards the zombies.
At the same time, several people followed him.
"Brothers in front, everyone who sees this gets one!"
"O several k!"
Anyway, they are all level one zombies, so just divide them. He can't take on 7 zombies by himself.
Zou Yu aimed at one of them and hit it on the head with a long wrench.
Do you need super powers to deal with level one zombies?!
joke.
The rest of the people who didn't get any zombies consoled themselves:
It’s just a first-level crystal core, if you don’t want it, then don’t take it.
Zou Yu handed the wiped crystal core to Zhang Manxue and asked her to add it to her points card.
The advantage of doing this is that you no longer have to worry about someone trying to steal the crystal core.
Moreover, the points in the points card are non-transferable, which is equivalent to a mandatory guarantee of the cardholder's property safety.
Let those who have ulterior motives give up the idea completely.
The two men returned to the front of the house, and Zou Yu went in and tried every place with a wrench.
Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of ropes for ten years.
What they didn't know was that the customers living nearby made it a habit to check their rooms before going to bed.
"How's it going? Is everything okay?"
Zhang Manxue waited anxiously, and asked anxiously when she saw him finally come out.
Zou Yu hummed.
"That's good. Let's take out the kapok quickly before daybreak."
It is better to make cotton-padded clothes and thick quilts as early as possible.
The weather in the end times changes suddenly.
A rapid drop in temperature overnight is also possible.
She found a clean plastic bag and placed it on the ground.
Zou Yu opened the cloth bag full of fruit pods, took out one at random, squeezed it lightly with his fingers, and the dark brown shell cracked, allowing him to take out the kapok very easily.
This is just the first step.
Zhang Manxue also had to take out the fruit core.
The core of the mutant kapok tree is also covered with thorns.
So she had to be very careful.
The fruit cores you remove should not be thrown around randomly to prevent them from piercing the soles of your shoes when you walk.
This is a very tiring job.
She worked for an entire afternoon, but only managed to collect a small bag of clean kapok.
While I could still see clearly inside the house, I took out the quilt cover from under the bed and stuffed the kapok inside.
I shook it casually, and it felt like there was nothing in the quilt cover, it was light and fluffy.
Alas, it’s still a long way off.
"Xiaoxue, it's time to eat." Zou Yu greeted her at the door.
"Here I come."
She stuffed the quilt cover deep into the bed frame and hid it, then tidied the bed before going out.
Zou Yu locked the door, looked around and prepared to go to the hotel restaurant for dinner.
With a ding, the elevator door opened to both sides.
The first thing I saw was a hot pot restaurant that was open.
The rich aroma of hot pot wafts out.
The two took a deep breath.
“It smells so good.”
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