Chapter 65: Hiding in the Strange Forest
Xiaolu and Jinchan were already above the strange forest and told Huayang what was going on inside. Huayang and the others had already reached the highway guardrail, and behind them was the strange forest that Gu Xiaoyue had mentioned.
Looking at the forest from the outside, a few camphor trees and oleanders blocked the entrance to the forest, making it impossible to see what was inside. From Xiaolu's description, Hua Yang knew that the reason why this strange forest was so strange was that there was not a single tree in it, only some tall weeds and dogtail grass.
If I have to say something strange, it is that the foxtail grass grows particularly tall.
Except for three Koreans who just stood by the guardrail and didn't get close, Hua Yang and Li Huan's teams had already started walking into the strange forest.
"Ah! What is that? It's gonna stab me, your Master Meng, to death!"
When they heard the sound, they saw Meng Yi holding his buttocks with an extremely painful expression on his face. He spread out one of his hands and turned around to see the state of his back, but he was too fat to see it.
Hua Yang and the others looked over.
Meng Yi's back and buttocks were pierced by needle-like objects.
Hua Yang pulled one out and took a closer look.
The needle-like substance in hand is hard, like a steel needle, and its length varies. The short one is only as long as a fingernail, and the long one is as long as a middle finger.
The green needle-like objects flashed a blue light in the sunlight, and it was obvious that they had an unknown poison.
Just in case, Hua Yang took a bottle of space water and gave it to Meng Yi to drink. Then she turned around and looked at the gap between the trees.
Upon seeing this, Hua Yang was also shocked.
Is this really dogtail grass?
Dogtail grass is a very common weed in the wild, in parks, and even on the roadside. The tallest one is only half the height of an arm. But the dogtail grass in front of her made her doubt whether the grass in front of her, which was about the same height as her, was still dogtail grass?
Hua Yang tentatively moved a little closer.
The giant dogtail grass suddenly seemed to sense something and leaned neatly towards the flower. Then, it shook without any warning.
"Swish swish."
Wherever the sound reached, the originally soft hair on the top of the furry dog's tail suddenly became as tough as needles and shot towards the flower.
The speed was so fast that it would be impossible to dodge if I wasn’t prepared.
Hua Yang formed a dark blue water shield in front of her. A dozen needle-like objects shot at the water shield, creating ripples that weakened the energy of the water shield and made it extremely thin.
The needle-like objects on the water shield were the same as those on Meng Yi's back. They were emitted from the mutated dogtail grass.
She had never expected that this little dogtail grass would have such power after its mutation. A single dogtail grass could weaken her water shield to this extent, so what about a whole piece? Or even more?
"What on earth is this?"
Wu Tianqi frowned and pulled out the needle-like object on Meng Yi's back, causing him to scream in pain.
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the fluff on the top of the foxtail grass." Hua Yang's voice was calm, and he didn't sound like she was joking.
But Li Huan and others looked at Hua Yang in disbelief, with disbelief in their eyes.
"Is this thing dogtail grass? Are you kidding me?" Sun Changqing took a needle-like object, but accidentally pierced his finger with the tip of the needle. He threw the needle back into the forest beside him.
The tip of the needle, carrying Sun Changqing's blood, returned to the top of a dogtail grass in the next second. When the blood on the tip of the needle touched the body of the dogtail grass, it was instantly absorbed completely.
At this time, the zombies at both ends of the highway had already joined together. They seemed to be gathering towards their location with a destination in mind.
Hua Yang was surprised that such a group of zombies did not rush over to attack them directly, but instead surrounded the area and wandered and roared not far from them.
It seems like they want to force them into this strange forest full of foxtail grass?
Hua Yang originally thought that with such a patch of foxtail grass that could shoot needle-like objects, anyone who entered would be instantly shot into a sieve.
But if they don't take any action, I'm afraid these zombies won't just sit there and wait to die.
Hua Yang's mind was spinning rapidly. It was obviously impossible to break through the zombie encirclement. Now they could only find a way to enter this strange forest while the zombies were controlled by the second-level zombies and had not yet pounced on them.
There are dangers everywhere, and the number of zombies is a bit too large. Hua Yang can't guarantee the safety of everyone. But the unknown things in the strange forest also make her dare not act rashly.
"Xiaolu, can your sickle harvest these foxtail grasses?"
In Hua Yang's mental connection, Xiao Lu responded immediately.
"Master, yes, I can. But there are too many of them. If I am shot by their needles, I will die."
"Is there any way to deal with these mutated dogtail grasses?"
"Master, these foxtails are already plant life, so it's difficult to deal with them. However, no matter how powerful the plant life is, the most important thing is their roots. If we can destroy their roots, there shouldn't be any problem."
When Hua Yang heard Xiaolu's method, she suddenly had an idea.
It is true that the roots of plants are their weak points, but what can destroy their roots?
She suddenly looked at Wu Tianqi who was helping Meng Yi remove the needles. Plants are naturally afraid of fire, and fire-attributed abilities are their nemesis!
Hua Yang laughed.
"Angkor, get ready to leave the forest. You lead the way."
Wu Tianqi was not too surprised by Hua Yang's words. Based on his understanding of Hua Yang during this period of time, she must have thought of some solution.
"good."
"Angkor, plants are afraid of fire. You will use your supernatural power to lead the charge. We will pass through here quickly and don't stop."
Gu Xiaoyue heard the conversation between Hua Yang and the other person, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She looked at Wu Tianqi and said, "Are you a fire-type mutant?"
Wu Tianqi nodded lightly without saying anything. He walked nervously to the entrance of the forest. A cluster of red flame shot out from the palm of his hand and flew towards the dogtail grass inside.
The moment the flame touched the foxtail grass, it ignited the surrounding flora one after another.
Several clumps of foxtail grass at the entrance were burned to death.
Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Wu Tianqi with hope on their faces.
"Everyone follow closely, we are leaving from inside."
Hua Yang said as she took her mother and Xiao Ming, while Hua Jianming took the seriously injured Meng Yi and followed Wu Tianqi closely.
At the beginning, wherever Wu Tianqi went, as soon as the flame was lit, the dogtail grass would wither and die within three seconds, and soon make way for everyone.
Hua Yang and his group were at the front, followed closely by Li Huan and his men, and the three Korean men were at the back.
Not long after the group of people entered the strange forest, the group of zombies behind them suddenly roared collectively, and actually followed them at a very fast speed, trying to enter the strange forest as well.
"No, it's not good. The zombies are rushing in."
The Koreans were at the back, so they were naturally the most aware. When they noticed something was wrong behind them, they immediately shouted loudly. Hua Yang, who was at the front, could naturally hear them too.
"Angkor, let's speed up."
Five clusters of flames suddenly rose up around Wu Tianqi, and shot towards the dogtail grass around and in front of him, igniting a sea of fire.
The fire was so big that thick smoke billowed. Fortunately, Hua Yang and the others were protected by her water shield, and the smoke could not reach them at all. Soon they ran out of the range of the mutant dogtail grass.
But Li Huan's team that came out right after them were not so lucky.
They were seen coming out of the fire, all covered in dust and dirt, with their hair and clothes blackened or with holes burned in them.
Fortunately, the large fire blocked the zombies behind them. At this time, the three Koreans had just rushed out of the fire, and seeing the thick smoke behind them, Ji Cai Na suddenly waved her hands and instantly put out most of the fire.
This is the ability of a psychic. If a psychic of the same type uses a power from a lower-level psychic, a psychic of a higher level can offset or absorb it.
Ji Cai Na's fire ability is higher than Wu Tianqi's, and she can easily remove the flames released by Wu Tianqi. This is level suppression.
Similarly, if Wu Tianqi faces Ji Cai Na, then Wu Tianqi will be suppressed by Ji Cai Na, and the lower-level fire element cannot cause much damage to the higher-level fire element ability.
Suddenly, the group of zombies that were originally trapped in the fire got a chance to catch their breath. They actually stepped out of the sea of fire one by one and continued to rush towards them.
At the same time, the second-level zombie was the first to show its head and flew towards Ji Cai Na, who was the closest. Then, one zombie after another also rushed towards Ji Cai Na at the same time. They felt the fire power from Ji Cai Na that posed a threat to them.
(End of this chapter)
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