Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 175 Fluorescence
As the sound of the illusion gradually disappeared, Zhang Xinyue hurriedly detected the echo again.

Then she said in surprise: "The person has disappeared!"

Lu Yuning sighed and nodded.

When Huan Jing said that this outpost was just a branch of a tree, Lu Yuning already knew that the people there probably could not be rescued today.

Apparently, the way they transported personnel to the Spark Base was through the roots of this strange plant.

That is to say, the connected roots form a complex channel underground, and it may be more than just a channel.

According to Huanjing, this stem will automatically send people back.

Lu Yuning calmed down, looked up at everyone, and then said, "Let's go back to the base first. We can only make a long-term plan."

Everyone nodded. This was the only way for now.

This was the first time that the Weiguang people failed in the doomsday. It must be said that this operation was fooled by this illusion.

A few people were in low spirits and were about to get out of the outpost when a black man rushed in from outside. It was Chen Hong.

When he saw everyone, he immediately said, "What happened? I just defeated Wu Dongxi and he suddenly disappeared."

Chen Hong's expression seemed a little shocked. After all, it was still a little scary for a living person to suddenly disappear out of thin air.

Lu Yuning smiled bitterly and said, "I was fooled. It seems to be a kind of supernatural power. It looks like a clone or something."

Chen Hong was stunned. "That's not right. This guy is incredibly strong. I had to double my strength to barely defeat him. That kind of strength is definitely not normal. Could it be that this guy has two abilities?"

Lu Yuning was also suddenly stunned. He had actually forgotten about this. The man named Wu Dongxi appeared and threw out a big stone, almost knocking down the chipmunk. It didn't look fake.

But the person in front of him suddenly disappeared again, obviously he had another ability.

"It could be the abilities of two people. One is to create clones, and the other is to increase strength or something like that. The one called Wu Dongxi is probably a person with special powers himself." Zhang Muyan thought for a while and said a possibility.

Everyone suddenly realized that it seemed to be true.

"Clones, strength, illusions, and a vacuum bubble ability. These should be the abilities of them. However, it was detected that there were six of them at the time. Apart from Xu Qi, there should be another person from Xinghuo. This person's ability is still unclear." Zhang Xinyue sorted out the several known abilities.

Lu Yuning sorted out his thoughts and then deduced, "The remaining person might have a hidden ability. It's not easy to evade Xinyue's auditory detection at close range. So it's very likely that this person's ability targets Xinyue's echo ability, which is why they were able to switch Xu Qi so quietly."

"Why didn't these people take Xinyue away?" Wu Xiao asked curiously.

"What are you talking about!" Zou Yunxin gave him a beating.

Lu Yuning paused and said, "There could be several reasons. One is that time was short, perhaps because we were heading back at that time. The other is that they didn't have enough people, and the people who made it back might not be lucky. Also, the illusion can only simulate one person at a time, so it would be easy to be exposed. And that place is also near Fuxing territory, so they didn't dare to be careless. Another possibility is that they had a clear purpose."

"So they're targeting Xu Qi? Does that have something to do with her special abilities?"

Lu Yuning nodded.

"I learned before that this girl named Xu Qi has the special ability of communicating with animals?" Zhang Muyan asked curiously.

Lu Yuning shook his head: "It's more advanced than this, communication between intelligent creatures."

Zhang Muyan was obviously shocked: "Doesn't that mean that mutated insects can also communicate?!"

"Well, Xu Qi actually has a mutant bee companion," Lu Yuning explained.

"No wonder. Fortunately, Blood Blade didn't know about this at the time, otherwise he probably wouldn't have chased you. Her ability is not only useful in animal-type settlements, but also very popular in insect-type settlements."

"Because the upper limit is very high?" "Yes, you can see that the provider can only support one insect at most, but her ability depends on the bond, and there is almost no upper limit to her control. If she collects more intelligent creatures, with just one order, thousands of troops will swarm in. It's terrifying to think about it."

"Indeed. But Xinghuo's purpose is probably not this. I have a feeling that they might have captured Xu Qi because of that tree."

"Well, that's also a possibility. So, what should we do next?" Zhang Muyan asked.

"Let's go back to the shelter first. We still need to save Xu Qi, but we need to prepare. This may be a tough battle."

Everyone nodded.

Wu Xiao suddenly thought of something: "Now that the guy who created the vacuum is gone, should we blow it up and see what happens? Maybe we can find some clues?"

Everyone was stunned and felt that what he said seemed to make sense.

A few minutes later.

Without any interference from the psychics, the floor of the outpost was quickly blown up.

Somewhat unexpectedly, it was not pitch black below.

The roots of this plant actually emitted a faint fluorescence, illuminating the entire area below the outpost.

Looking at this magical scene, everyone looked at each other in surprise.

A group of people went down to the bottom of the outpost. This place looked like it had been handled by someone. The ground was relatively flat, and it was covered with roots of mutated plants all around, making it look complicated.

One of the thick rhizomes had a huge hole on top and seemed to be empty at the bottom.

A few people walked forward curiously and looked inside.

But disappointingly, the hole didn't seem to be deep and the bottom could be seen at a glance.

Lu Yuning stared at the hole for a while, then looked at the ground and said, "They should have gone out from here."

"This hole?"

"Well, although I don't know the method, but at the moment it seems to be only here. It will probably be closed again after they leave."

Zhang Muyan nodded. "I see. There are quite a few traces of trampling on the ground nearby. That makes sense."

"How about we dig along this stem?" said Zou Yunxin.

Lu Yuning shook his head: "I'm afraid not. The workload is too heavy. It's better to look for traces on the ground."

He said and touched the roots of the alien plant.

"Since this tree root can glow, it might be a big clue. We can come here and take a look at it at night."

"It's true. These tree roots are really bright. I want to get two and put them in my bedroom." Zou Yunxin walked forward and patted the glowing tree roots.

"I don't think so. The principle of light emission of this thing is probably similar to that of fireflies. It is very likely that it will lose its ability to emit light immediately after losing its vitality."

Lu Yuning looked at the glowing tree roots in front of him, narrowed his eyes, and murmured, "Spark..."

He waved his hands at everyone and said, "Let's go, we still have things to do when we get back."

Then he walked towards the cave entrance he came from.

(End of this chapter)