He Ziqian soon noticed Ruan Xi's abnormality. He found that this landlubber was actually more comfortable underwater than him... No, not at all comfortable. The obvious panic in Ruan Xi's eyes was so bright that it almost blinded He Ziqian's eyes.
Ruan Xi used sign language to express his desire to surface as quickly as possible in the most vivid way possible. He performed very seriously, so seriously that He Ziqian was stunned for a moment and almost let out the breath he had been holding.
He Ziqian certainly understood what Ruan Xi meant, but it was obvious that the monster would not let them leave easily. After the close combat, He Ziqian always had a feeling that the bottom of the water was the monster's home ground.
Is it an illusion?
He Ziqian didn't have much time to get to the bottom of it, but he could still easily squeeze out the time to take out an underwater breathing helmet.
Then, Ruan Xi was put on an underwater breathing helmet. After that, breathing was naturally no longer a problem. There was also a communication system in the helmet. Looking at He Ziqian who had just put on the helmet, Ruan Xi always felt powerless in his heart.
He felt like all his IQ had been sucked away by his professional skills. He actually forgot that each of them had to wear an underwater breathing helmet. After all, this was a planet where the ocean area was far larger than the land area. If they didn't even prepare underwater breathing helmets, then the logistics personnel of their team would be laid off directly.
"Don't panic. The underwater breathing helmet can be used continuously for 72 hours as long as it is not damaged. When the oxygen is about to run out, it will pop out the life jacket and take you back to the surface of the sea as quickly as possible." He Ziqian patiently comforted Ruan Xi while dealing with the vines that kept attacking from all directions.
But Ruan Xi's focus is not on how long the helmet lasts.
"So, you plan to explore the seabed environment first?" Ruan Xi felt that his intuition should be correct.
Sure enough, He Ziqian nodded slightly, confirming Ruan Xi's guess. Ruan Xi felt a little dizzy, which had nothing to do with the effect of the underwater breathing helmet. He just wanted to leave the underwater world and breathe the fresh air on the water surface!
"Be careful!" Ruan Xi was thinking about something when he suddenly heard He Ziqian's warning. He subconsciously kicked to the left and jumped out in an extremely uncoordinated posture. He couldn't grab anything with his hands and his feet couldn't touch the ground. Ruan Xi, who was a landlubber, suddenly panicked. He still preferred the stream in the forest where the big tree was. The water depth was too good.
The ocean and the like are really not suitable for him!
Fortunately, He Ziqian was always keeping an eye on Ruan Xi. Seeing him jump out uncontrollably, he quickly pulled him back. Then, a black vine rushed towards them and wanted to whip them. It would be terrible if he was whipped. Ruan Xi wanted to dodge immediately, but he once again ignored the influence of the underwater environment and almost sent himself far away again.
Fortunately, in order to prevent accidents from happening, He Ziqian held his hand and did not dare to let go. With a pull and a tug, Ruan Xi was protected behind him again. Ruan Xi felt embarrassed and did not dare to be arrogant anymore. He was protected by He Ziqian obediently. After regaining his composure, he began to do what he could - using his wood-based ability to attack whenever he could. The power was indeed not that great, but it was effective. Even if it melted a piece of dead vine, it was an encouragement!
Ruan Xi's movements were actually quite covert, but He Ziqian's perception was sharp. It didn't take long for He Ziqian to sense a change in the battle situation. The vines' attack focus began to withdraw from him. Most importantly, he sensed an inexplicable energy fluctuation from Ruan Xi, and this energy fluctuation attack was effective against the monster withered vines!
Ruan Xi had never felt such energy before, and he didn't know why he could feel this energy fluctuation. He just felt inexplicably happy because he could feel the energy fluctuation on Ruan Xi's body.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't get distracted! I can't handle this monster!" Ruan Xi panicked, and his attack immediately lost its rhythm. He started throwing small balls of energy everywhere, and then...
Then his energy ran out.
Holy shit, how many minutes have we been fighting? Three minutes? How embarrassing...
"Your ability needs to be upgraded to at least the next level in order to fundamentally enhance your physical fitness. By then, as long as you do some targeted training, you will definitely be as powerful as He Ziqian!" Xiaoshu praised without hesitation, leaving Ruan Xi feeling both amused and helpless.
As good as He Ziqian? Come on, he doesn't want to challenge the impossible! However, taking advantage of this special appointment, it should be possible to sneak in a training course at the base, right?
Ruan Xi had already made up his mind. He decided that once he was out of danger, he would immediately tell He Ziqian that if he continued to hold him back, He Ziqian would despise him, or he would despise himself.
"Don't be dazed during the battle, keep attacking. I think I've found this monster's weakness." Ruan Xi was delighted when he heard this and immediately asked, "What weakness?"
After asking this question, Ruan Xi felt like an idiot. Damn it, he would never dare to say how much he knew about plants again. He couldn't even see through a mutant vine, and he was dragging the team back in various ways. He always felt like he was useless!
"Look carefully, there are some inconspicuous blue spots distributed on these dead vines. When you attack those blue spots, the dead vines will be stiff for a moment. When they are stiff, the attack and defense power of the vines will be reduced to a certain extent." He Ziqian said it seriously, but Ruan Xi frowned.
What blue light spots? He didn't see any of them...
"Okay, I see. Can we use a blanket attack?" This was the first question that came to Ruan Xi's mind. Otherwise, would he be asked to condense his supernatural power into the size of a needle tip and use it to stab? This was too difficult. He thought he might die of exhaustion.
"I've tried it, and it doesn't work if the area covered is too large, but it works if the area is as big as my fist." He Ziqian had already done his homework, and no matter how Ruan Xi asked questions, he was not stumped.
Ruan Xi gave He Ziqian a thumbs up in admiration, and then continued to do what he was doing. As for the question of Ruan Xi's attack method, the two of them ignored it tacitly. When they could say it, they would naturally say it, and when they couldn't say it, it was better not to ask to avoid embarrassment for everyone.
While fighting with the dead vines, the two exchanged their discoveries during the battle. Gradually, they felt that the battle was not as difficult as at the beginning. Ruan Xi even had the leisure to discover the plants growing on the seabed. From time to time, while avoiding the attacks of the vines, he would grab a handful and examine them carefully.
Then, Ruan Xi discovered a very strange problem.
"These plants shouldn't grow in water. They are clearly small deciduous trees!" Ruan Xi picked several plants that looked very much like water plants and finally confirmed his guess.
"But this is the seabed! Could it be crustal movement?" But when they first landed on the barren planet, they had already surveyed the geological conditions here, and there had been no crustal movement in the past fifty years. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the plants growing on the seabed to have moved from land to water not long ago.
"No! I always feel that the environment here is weird. Most of the plants on the ground are dead and don't look alive, while the plants growing on the seabed clearly have the characteristics of land plants. Moreover, these plants are obviously afraid of being flooded. How can they survive on the seabed for a long time?" Logically speaking, it is impossible for such plants to continue to survive on the seabed. The alkalinity of the water alone can quickly make these plants wither.
What went wrong?
Ruan Xi felt that the entire desolate planet was weird, in an indescribable way.
When Ruan Xi started studying the plants, he immediately forgot everything around him, not to mention the attack of the dead vines. He almost forgot who he was. He continued to pull the plants with all his heart. After pulling the east side, he pulled the west side, after pulling the west side, he pulled the south side, after pulling the south side, he pulled the north side. He kept pulling like this, and he almost became a professional lawn mower.
Suddenly, he felt that he had grabbed something very slippery, like the tail of some aquatic animal. All kinds of possible images began to emerge frantically in his mind, but Ruan Xi's hand showed no intention of letting go. Instead, he grabbed it tighter and tighter, and continued to increase his strength to pull the thing out.
In fact, the wisest thing to do now is to let go and run!
But Ruan Xi didn't know what was wrong with him. He was like a possessed person. Even after he came to his senses, he couldn't let go. He could only roar in his heart, "Let go", while pulling it out with a whoosh. He saw the mud and sand on the seabed gradually bulging into a small bag with his movements. The abnormality on his side finally attracted the attention of He Ziqian who was busy dealing with the dead vines.
"What's wrong?" He Ziqian finally broke free from the vines and swam to Ruan Xi's side. Seeing Ruan Xi's face with an almost ferocious expression as he tugged at a jet-black plant with no leaves at all, He Ziqian felt strange. "I'll help you!"
Ruan Xi: "..." Damn, he even lost his ability to speak temporarily and couldn't utter a word! Ruan Xi had no choice but to desperately wink at He Ziqian. However, this action only made his already ferocious facial expression even more distorted.
"Can't you control your movements?" However, He Ziqian was perceptive after all. He quickly discovered the problem. While speaking, he had already taken action, trying to get Ruan Xi to let go of the thing that was obviously not a plant. When he touched it, he felt a disgusting sticky substance. His palm was immediately covered with a layer of mucus, which was so thick that his fingers could hardly move.
He Ziqian immediately realized that the problem was with the thing Ruan Xi had caught.
Realizing the source of the problem, He Ziqian immediately withdrew his hands, rubbed them in the mud and sand beside him, and without bothering to clean them too much, he waved his fingers and immediately pulled out the short knife he carried with him, stabbing it directly with quick, accurate and ruthless speed.
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