Chapter 58 Variants
"After passing through the woods, the entrance to Dama Village is right in front."
Qiao Yu took the map and started to give directions again.
"Going up the mountain again?" Cheng Sinian said with a bitter face, "If we encounter some mutant dogs or something, should I set fire to it or not?"
Although they need to conceal their abilities now, if it really comes to a last resort, saving their lives will naturally be the top priority.
However, "flame" has always been both practical and dangerous since ancient times.
As a model citizen who has abided by the country's laws for more than 20 years, Cheng Sinian has a strong sense of law. Every time he uses his supernatural powers in the mountains, the first sentence that pops up in his mind is: set fire to the mountain and spend life in prison.
Cheng Sinian was very depressed. His ability was indeed very useful, but it was also very dangerous.
The main problem is that the scope of influence is too wide. Once used, it is easy to injure the enemy by a thousand and lose eight hundred of your own.
"It's okay. Just bear with it for a while. When the plants start to have superpowers, the range of your superpowers may not be so wide." Qiao Yu comforted symbolically.
"..." Cheng Sinian suddenly didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.
The convoy soon entered the woods.
Cheng Sinian looked through the rearview mirror and saw that there was no alien species left behind the convoy.
Cheng Sinian didn't think much of it. He just looked at the narrow path in front of him, which was just wide enough for a car to pass through. He was a little puzzled. "Why does this road look like it has been repaired by someone? It's not blocked by the mutant tree?"
Qiao Yu also looked at the road in front of him and touched his chin. "Is there anyone alive in the village?"
"I think so." Cheng Sinian nodded. "We'll be at the village entrance soon. Let Brother Zhan explore first."
However, before they reached the village entrance, a long eagle cry suddenly came from the sky, accompanied by a whistling wind, and several stones as big as basins fell from the sky and slammed onto the road in front of the RV.
Cheng Sinian only felt a black shadow passing by the car window, followed by the cry of an eagle.
"What's that?" Cheng Sinian leaned over the steering wheel and looked up at the sky. "It's so big, is it a mutant eagle?"
"It didn't seem to want to attack us." Luo Zhenzhen leaned against the car door and picked up her Tang sword the moment she heard the eagle's cry. But after waiting for a while, the eagle didn't launch any attacks except throwing a few rocks in front of the car.
"No, it's not a mutant eagle!" Qiao Yu opened the car window, stuck his head out of the window, and saw the huge figure gradually moving away.
It has a human face, an eagle's beak, a human body, eagle's claws, and a pair of huge wings.
"It's a mutant."
Are there mutants already?
Qiao Yu looked at the figure in the air thoughtfully.
In the end times, the speed of alienation varies according to the level of wisdom.
As highly intelligent creatures, humans were the first to complete alienation, followed by animals in nature, and finally plants.
Qiao Yu was not quite sure when mutants first appeared in her previous life, but she knew that mutants must have appeared after animals and plants were completely alienated.
In other words, as long as mutants exist, it means that the alienation of animals and plants has been completely completed.
"Brother Cheng!" Lin Yingjie's panicked voice came from the intercom. "What was that just now? Was it an eagle? How could there be such a big eagle? How are you guys? Are you okay?"
"It's okay." Cheng Sinian picked up the intercom and replied, "It was a mutant. He didn't attack us."
"Mutants? What are mutants?"
Cheng Sinian choked up at the question, "...This is a long story. It's getting dark, let's go into the village first and talk about it."
"Wait." Qiao Yu stared at the stones in front of the car and frowned slightly.
Although mutants' appearance and voices change when they use their powers, they still retain their human intelligence and rationality.
The eagle mutant never attacked them, indicating that he had no ill intentions.
These stones...
"Something is wrong." Qiao Yu said seriously, "These stones were thrown in front of the car. That eagle mutant is blocking our way. He doesn't want us to enter the village."
"So..." Cheng Sinian thought seriously after hearing this. "There are two possibilities now. The first possibility is that there is someone or something in the village that the mutant needs to protect. He doesn't want us to go in, so he just used the stone to warn us. The second possibility is that it is a kind reminder. He wants to tell us not to go in. The village is very dangerous."
Cheng Sinian looked at Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan, "Which possibility do you think is more likely?"
"two."
"The second one."
Jiang Zhan and Qiao Yu spoke almost at the same time.
"Why?" Luo Zhenzhen was a little confused.
"Wrong direction." Qiao Yu looked out the window in the direction he left. "If it's the first situation, without knowing whether we would listen to his advice, he would either stay here to attack us or make sure we leave completely after giving us a warning, or he would immediately return to the village to prepare. The village is right in front of us, and we can get in by following this barrier-free path. But the direction he just left was the front left."
Luo Zhenzhen suddenly understood. "So, he might live very close to the village, but he's not from there?"
"This child is teachable."
Qiao Yu thought Luo Zhenzhen's expression was very cute and couldn't help but want to touch her head. However, as soon as she stretched out her hand, Jiang Zhan grabbed it and placed it on top of his head.
“…”
Qiao Yu was caught and looked into Jiang Zhan's deep eyes.
Thinking of the way Jiang Zhan punished her when he was unhappy, Qiao Yu felt her legs go weak and she immediately smiled in a fawning manner. Then she touched Jiang Zhan's head and pinched his ears. Only then did Jiang Zhan satisfiedly pull her hand down and hold it in his palm.
Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen have seen too many of the two of them showing their affection regardless of time and place, and have become completely immune to it.
It is obvious that the more pressing question now is where to sleep at night.
"Then shall we go in?" Cheng Sinian asked lazily, pointing in the direction of the village with his chin.
It was already foggy at this time. If they didn't go into the village, they would have to sleep in the woods tonight.
Qiao Yu thought for a moment, "As the saying goes, listen to advice and eat your fill! Let's not go in, let's just rest in this forest today! And..."
Qiao Yu glanced out the window again. The surroundings were filled with densely packed giant trees and large grass plants. "Tell Lin Yingjie that from today on, two people will take turns keeping watch every night."
"Night watch?"
"Yes." Qiao Yu nodded, looking very serious. "The alienation of animals and plants has been completed. From now on, we will have no safe place to camp."
After being completely alienated, plants will become like animals, with a behavioral consciousness similar to that of grabbing territory.
This behavior is usually based on ethnicity.
In other words, the plant with the largest number in a certain area will become the leader of this area and gain the right to set the rules for access to this area.
Therefore, after the end of the world, it is common to see a certain area with only one type of plant. This is because the "boss" there does not allow other plants to grow there.
But this strength in numbers is not the only criterion.
If you encounter an individual alienated plant with very strong superpowers, then other populations are likely to submit to it.
But no matter what, it means danger for humans.
Because they will become like alien species.
——Feed on human flesh and blood.
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