Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

The plant monster, bound by the shadows, was unable to move and endured the bombardment of four enchanted grenade launchers.

The shockwave from the explosion shook the surrounding trees, causing withered leaves and vines to fall, and filling the air with the smell of gunpowder and the sweet aroma of roasted fruit.

Sensing the explosion and flames, the surrounding trees triggered their defense mechanism, spraying green sap. Su Li and the others quickly dodged—no one knew what the sap's effects were.

It could be venom, a corrosive liquid, or even some kind of parasitic spore.

With a wave of her staff, Song Mingyu sent a gust of wind through the air, dispelling all the smoke from Sophia's grenades.

Su Li looked at Song Mingyu with some surprise, "When did you learn wind-attribute magic?"

Song Mingyu paused with his staff and explained, "It was deduced. My attribute is nature; I can develop wind, thunder, water, fire, and earth. I just mainly develop the life aspect."

"But once you reach a higher level, you'll naturally be able to use some very simple techniques."

Su Li nodded, understanding dawning on his mind. That was true; he himself could conjure basic spells like Ice Arrow and Fire Dragon, but these spells didn't fit his combat system, and he wasn't very proficient with them, so he rarely used them.

After the battle, Sun Lili walked over to the corpses of the plant monsters, poked the banana-shaped parts on their heads with her staff, and said with a sneer, "They're all dirty, we can't eat them..."

Sun Keke rolled her eyes and glared at her sister, "Didn't you see the nematodes that fell out of the hole after your brother-in-law chopped it off? You still want to eat that?"

Sun Lili shrugged nonchalantly, "So what? There are fruit flies in bayberries too. I remember when we bought a basket of bayberries, you ate the most. Eating them can also supplement your protein intake."

"Ugh!" Sun Keke nudged Sun Lili's shoulder. "It's disgusting."

"Hmph, young people are so pretentious." Sun Lili muttered, and casually killed the snakes that surrounded her.

After killing the snakes, Sun Lili felt something was off. "Are these snakes brainless? Why do they have to come here to their deaths?"

"That is indeed a bit strange. Wild beasts are very good at assessing situations."

Su Li walked over, picked up a snake, and examined it from head to toe.

He quickly found the discordant element in the snake.

On the snake's belly, there is a ginkgo leaf-like outline. This mark looks as if it was drawn on the snake's body with a brush, and it is very inconsistent with the color and pattern of the snake's scales.

This snake, whose strength has just reached the Black Iron level, has a body color that is almost the same as the bark of the surrounding trees, and it has venomous fangs in its mouth. This indicates that the snake's hunting method is to use the protection of the snake to hide and then ambush it when the opportunity arises.

The outline of this ginkgo leaf is clearly contrary to its survival strategy.

"The leaves of this plant monster are shaped like ginkgo leaves, aren't they?" Su Li had a guess in her mind.

Su Li took out her skinning knife and cut open the snake's skin.

Su Li took out a small peeling knife and carefully cut open the snake's skin. Beneath the outline of the ginkgo leaf, he discovered numerous plant-like fine roots.

Su Li used her knife to cut along the fine roots into the flesh, and then discovered that these fine roots were tightly wrapped around the snake's spine.

Realizing something was wrong, Su Li quickly said, "Hey, be careful of the banana grass leaves, this thing is a carnivorous parasitic plant! If you touch the leaves, you might get parasitized."

Sun Lili quickly jumped back, leaving the banana grass. She then checked the surroundings for hostility and found no one. After Ivan and Sophia had been on guard duty, their eyes darted around, and they ran to Su Li's side, taking her arm. There was indeed a "da da da" sound, which she had created using her own abilities.

Sun Lili, in a high-pitched voice, revealed the punitive bird on her head, its head pecking so hard it seemed to crackle with lightning. "Honey~ You're so amazing~ I almost got hurt, all thanks to you~ Honey, you're so awesome~"

Su Li rolled her eyes. Of the whole team, you're the least afraid of these parasites. Sun Lili's body was enhanced and modified by mental energy; these parasitic plants couldn't alter her body at all. "Stop being so coquettish. We won't do anything reckless during the exploration. If you want to experiment with the Goddess of Beauty's skills, we'll talk about it after we've finished exploring."

He was truly impressed. He could feel the pain just listening to the punishing bird pecking at him, yet Sun Lili managed to keep her voice down.

"Tch, what a jerk!" Sun Lili's expression immediately changed, and she went to pester Sophia, "Sister, sister, shall we give it a try?"

Sofia pulled the bolt, and a spent grenade shell ejected, striking Sun Lili between the eyebrows. Sun Lili clutched her head and obediently shut up.

"What a mushy couple," Ivan remarked, leaning on his shield.

Disliking any disturbances, Song Mingyu carefully approached the banana monster and cast an Appraisal spell.

Puppet Grass

"puppet?"

Song Mingyu looked at the leaves of the Puppet Grass. The leaves of this Puppet Grass usually lay flat on the ground. The leaves had numerous tiny, sharp thorns, as fine as cow hair.

Song Mingyu cut a piece of snake meat and placed it on the leaf.

The leaf immediately seemed to come alive, slapping the snake meat with considerable force, sending it flying several meters.

Song Mingyu beckoned to the piece of snake meat, and a gust of wind swept it to her face.

Song Mingyu carefully examined the meat, and then examined the palm-shaped leaf. She found that the small thorns on the leaf were much less, and the missing parts were all on the snake meat.

"I see." Song Mingyu nodded, then observed the puppet grass and came to a conclusion.

“This is a carnivorous plant,” Song Mingyu’s indifferent voice reached everyone’s ears. “This plant monster attracts animals with the sweet fruit on its head. When its leaves are trampled on the ground, they will strike the animals and inject their seeds into their bodies.”

"Once these seeds enter an animal's body, they will grow inside the animal, then take over the animal's nervous system and manipulate the animal into their puppet."

"The puppet can help it hunt new animals. This plant monster is a carnivorous plant; it absorbs corpses into its body, and the symbiotic nematodes inside it can help it quickly break down meat into nutrients."

"Ugh~ How disgusting." Sun Lili showed a look of disgust. "I hate this kind of thing the most."

“I’m afraid there are quite a few of these,” Su Li explained. “Carnivorous plant monsters are very strong in combat, survival and adaptability. Coupled with such a magical energy environment that is favorable to plants, they will definitely occupy a very high ecological niche.”

Looking at the lush forest again, Zuli could no longer feel any sense of beauty.

He remembered a description of rainforests that he had heard before.

The Great Wall