Chapter 356 Leaving Maolin
Being able to return to this place was enough to make everyone excited.
But the reality is not the case. After avoiding the mutant creatures, they are blocked by those mutant plants that can walk.
These plants walk freely on the lush forest land, stepping on their own roots.
They were powerful and marched with high-spirited steps, patrolling the entrances and exits as they came and went, as if they had a feeling that if they discovered them, they would kill them immediately. Although they were not too scared, they were still a little panicked. After all, if they were scratched by the plants, they might go crazy. The mission was about to be completed, and no one wanted to let this happen.
Lan Jin was speechless. "Could that green light be specifically targeting these mutant plants? Otherwise, why didn't they move before? After that green light swept through, these mutant plants were all blocked here."
Lao Gao said, "Not entirely. When we were in the Maolin area of the H City base, there was no green light, but the mutant plants were still able to move freely. Oh, and the plants there can leave the Maolin area. Do the crew members underwater know what's going on up there?"
Captain Zhang said, "Of course we don't know. Maybe a batch of mutant plants have already gone down there. What we need to figure out now is how to get out of here."
Lao Shi said, "That's assuming you're not injured. If you get hurt by these mutant plants, we won't have the time to get back to base quickly. If they go crazy on the ship, not only will they be unable to move, but their safety will also be completely unreliable."
But...
"In this situation, no matter how strong you are, it is impossible for you to not get hurt at all." Pei Xin interrupted weakly, but in fact, it was normal to get hurt in this situation.
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The group was hiding behind a large tree, pondering their next move, when Captain Zhang suddenly said, "Hey, my powers have returned."
Captain Zhang closed his eyes and sensed the surroundings. He said, "There are 43 mutant plants in total. Two of them are standing at the entrance to the forest, but they haven't left. It's as if there's an invisible barrier keeping them inside. These two mutant plants have been testing the barrier. Wait, why does it feel like this barrier is a barrier separating reality from fantasy?"
When you think about it this way, there seems to be nothing wrong with this statement.
When they wanted to destroy the lush forest at the H City base, perhaps it was because this barrier was broken, allowing the mutant creatures and plants to go out. That's why the people above ordered them to destroy that place. However, the barrier here was not damaged, and the mutant plants could not go out, so there was naturally no need to destroy it.
Moreover, destroying Maolin is indeed a long and arduous task, but perhaps, Maoming is also hiding something unknown.
Captain Zhang now no longer wanted to explore the secret behind this. Even if this secret would overturn some of his previous cognitions, he had no interest at all.
At this moment, he just wanted to carry the 400 bottles of vaccine of unknown origin and leave this damn place as soon as possible.
But if there were only 40 or so mutant plants, Lan Jin felt she could handle it herself. "These plants are afraid of electricity, too. Can't I just shock them? Why are you so nervous?"
"That's true. Sister Lan, why don't you try to shock them first? The mutated plants were afraid of electricity. They caught fire right after being shocked. You should control the amount of electricity a little, otherwise the fire will be too big and how can we get out of here?" Lao Gao said quietly.
But then Huang Jinghe also said: "It's okay, if the fire gets big, I'll put it out with water. If that doesn't work, just let Sister Ling freeze it. Anyway, as long as I can get out, it's fine."
After saying that, Lan Jin popped his head out from behind the group, and then electrocuted all the mutant plants within his sight from above their heads.
The tree encountered electricity and immediately caught fire. These mutated plants were originally able to move on their own, but after being electrocuted by Lan Jin, they moved back and forth frantically at the entrance.
They may have wanted to put out the fire, but as their roots moved faster and faster, the fire above their heads grew bigger and bigger, but they showed no sign of falling down or leaving.
Ling Jiang asked, "What's going on? Why are these plants still guarding here? They won't leave even though it's become like this."
"They haven't caught any of our people yet, why are they leaving?"
After saying that, Lao Gao added more balls of fire to these mutated plants, and the flames on these mutated plants burned even more vigorously.
But it was precisely because of Lao Gao's actions that these mutated plants successfully noticed their direction.
Ling Jiang yelled, "Why did you add that fire and let them burn slowly? Isn't it the same?"
"I was just trying to add fuel to the fire. Who knew these mutant plants were so smart?" Lao Gao tried his best to defend himself, and Ling Jiang did not stop the animals in his hand and quickly froze the mutant plants in place.
While freezing these mutated plants one by one and layer by layer, they actually created a path at the entrance and exit.
The group carefully moved towards the entrance in case any small creatures suddenly jumped out. Fortunately, there was no such accident.
But when the group finally walked out of the dense forest, they didn't know when it was the last person in the team, but were stopped by this invisible barrier and trapped in the dense forest.
Ling Jiang looked at Lao Shi behind her in shock. She said, "What's wrong with you? Come out quickly."
After a long silence, Lao Shi said, "I can't get out. When I was at the window, I was swept by the green light."
Ling Jiang suddenly became anxious. "We'll talk about what we found later, but please come out first. If there's anything, we can solve it together."
Lao Shi shook his head and said, "It can't be solved, because I am just like them, I can't leave here anymore."
As soon as Lao Shi finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and clapped it in front of himself. Although they had not seen anything before, they could clearly feel that Lao Shi was really trapped inside and could not get out.
Just as Ling Jiang took a step forward, a red light flashed across Lao Shi's eyes. This red light was clearly only possessed by animals. So, was Lao Shi about to begin to mutate at this moment?
Perhaps sensing something about his own body, Lao Shi immediately covered his eyes with his hands when the red light flashed by. He said in a calm tone, "Hurry up and leave. Don't come back."
After saying that, he turned and left.
(End of this chapter)
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