Apocalyptic waste

In the dark night, a nearly three-meter-high figure was running fast on the expressway, sometimes walking quickly, sometimes landing on the ground like a beast, snow splashed where it passed, leaving deep and ferocious claw marks.His deep eyes looked around in the darkness, as if he was looking for something, the enormous coercion and anxiety emanating from his body caused the mutant beasts walking in the night to go far away.

Suddenly, he slowed down. There was a row of four cars parked on the side of the road ahead, with a familiar smell. There was no one in the car, and a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the roof.He looked up at the city shrouded in darkness in front of him, as if he was thinking, then his speed suddenly increased, and he followed the smell and went straight in.

Ten minutes later, another car stopped behind those four cars.Under the beams of light from the two headlights, the sick ghost led Zhang Ruiyang out of the car and stood in front of the gloomy and dark city.

Looking forward, even with car lights and flashlights, the darkness of the last days is still too deep to melt. The city and mutant plants are buried in it, making it difficult to distinguish. However, the sick ghost seems to be able to see through such a thick darkness. It seemed that after a while, a little surprised look appeared on his face.Although this kind of surprise is very subtle, if you don't pay attention to it all the time, you won't notice it at all, but it is very rare for a person like him who will not be moved even if the sky falls.

"They should still be in the city." Shen Chi picked up a flashlight to remove a layer of snow on the surface, inspected the surrounding traces, and said back. "Not long ago, a medium-sized mutant beast entered from here." After a pause, he asked tentatively, "Shall we go in too?"

"It's useless." The sick ghost shook his head, still staring at the darkness in front of him and didn't take it back. "The plants here are weird, and you may not be able to get out when you go in." He said, looking down at Zhang Ruiyang who was looking at him in confusion, " Call back that bug of yours."

"Did you mean Dudu?" Zhang Ruiyang blinked, looked around, his eyebrows were knotted with worry: "But I haven't seen Dudu for a long time, I don't know where to call it. "

Only then did the sick ghost realize that there were no ascetics around him, and he didn't even know the most basic skills. The little guy probably didn't form a bond with the bug. He pondered for a moment and said, "I'll teach you."

As he said that, he bent down and took Zhang Ruiyang's hand. He didn't know how he did it. Zhang Ruiyang only felt a pain in his palm, and he cried out, subconsciously wanting to withdraw his hand.The sick ghost gripped tightly, and rubbed his index finger on the child's palm, quickly drew it a few times, and then made him clenched his fist before letting go.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air, Shen Chi and the others might not be able to smell it, but they couldn't escape Zhang Ruiyang's small nose with a keen sense of smell.He suspected that the palm of his hand might be bleeding, and wanted to open his hand to have a look, but he didn't dare not listen to the sick ghost, so he could only endure it.

"Press your fist to your heart and meditate on that worm." The sick ghost ordered.

Zhang Ruiyang said oh, and did as he said.A few minutes later, he covered his mouth with his other hand and looked at the sick ghost in shock.

"I... I seem to have been seen by Dudu..." Covering his little hand, he said in a low voice, his eyes widened, and he timidly glanced into the surrounding darkness.

Shen Chi, who was still watching the farce at the side and waiting for the big and small to finish it quickly so that he could go to the city to find someone, couldn't help being startled, with a skeptical expression on his face.Leng Fengchen also had a flash of surprise in his eyes. Although he thought it was a child who was easily induced and had hallucinations, he was still a little curious about what the sick ghost drew on Zhang Ruiyang's palm.Only Yuan Jinshu pouted, disapproving.

The sick ghost seemed unaware of the reaction of the three, so he murmured in response to Zhang Ruiyang's words, and fell silent.

Zhang Ruiyang didn't know what he meant, and wanted to continue doing what he taught before, but he was a little scared, hesitated, put down his little hand covering his mouth, quietly grabbed his sleeve, and moved closer to that side.

The surroundings fell into an eerie silence. After waiting for a while, Shen Chi, who had already believed a little bit, saw that there was no more words. After being disappointed, he became impatient, thinking that the sick ghost was just pretending to be a ghost there, and was about to ask to urge Jincheng to find someone. He suddenly heard the sound of the wind, and before he realized what was going on, he saw a black thing as big as a buffalo falling in front of Zhang Ruiyang.

That thing looked huge, but it landed quietly, giving people a very light and dexterous feeling, which formed a sharp contrast with its heavy body.Not only Shen Chi, but also Leng Fengchen and Yuan Jinshu were taken aback, and reflexively put on guard.But Zhang Ruiyang cheered, opened his hands happily, and threw himself on the head of the huge monster.

"Dudu, you're here? Did you hear me calling you? Where have you been? Why don't you come back? I miss you so much. Oh, you seem to have grown up again. Will you grow up again? It's the same as a building, I will definitely have to take the stairs to climb up..." Seeing his long-lost partner, the little guy was curious and happy, and even his father, who was missing, was temporarily thrown aside.

Dudu is also very face-saving, and the tentacles are shaking and shaking, as if responding.

I met the uncles and aunts I knew before, and I met two children, one who likes to swear, one who is not talkative, and a little sister who likes to gnaw her fingers... I feel that there are many things I want to share with my friends. When I opened it, I couldn't close it, and the sick ghost had to interrupt it.

"Do something."

Zhang Ruiyang groaned before realizing it. He hurriedly pushed Dudu forward and said, "Duddu, my father is missing again. Can you help me find my father?"

When Shen Chi heard this, the corner of his mouth couldn't help twitching, wondering if your father didn't see you often.Even though he thought so, he was still very surprised that the child could get along with a mutant beast.Yuan Jinshu saw Dudu, but he didn't think much of it. Leng Fengchen had already started to think carefully about how the sick ghost taught Zhang Ruiyang to summon Dudu. He really wanted to know whether this method was effective for all creatures.

"Go and clean up the mutated plants on the way into the city. Don't eat the crystal nuclei, bring them back and let me have a look." The sick ghost said to Dudu.His tone was very light, not like an order, but it gave people a feeling that they should be obeyed for granted.

Dudu was always afraid of him, so he didn't dare to pretend that he didn't understand when he heard the words, and he didn't dare to cheat or cheat. He touched Zhang Ruiyang lightly with his big head, then turned around, spread his wings and plunged into the dark forest of mutated plants in front of him. middle.

There was a rustling sound in the darkness, like the mulberry leaves being eaten away, or the wind blowing over the bamboo shoots. Shen Chi took a flashlight to take a picture, and saw the mutated plants shaking crazily, vine whips waving, needles cascading, and smoke swirling around. All kinds of talented attack methods were used, as if he was fighting people desperately, but he couldn't find the shadow of the big black mutant beast.However, this was enough to shock him. At the same time, he also saw the way to raise mutant beasts to protect humans and fight mutant creatures and zombies. He wished he could fly back to Ruzhou immediately and tell Song Ting.You must know that if this matter can be done, the strength of their base will also be strengthened a lot, and it will have a little more power to contend with the capital, and at the same time, it will also give the surviving humans a little more to live rely on.

Boom, there was a loud noise, and the ground seemed to shake under their feet, and snow powder and dust could be seen blowing towards their faces wherever they could see under the headlight beams, and everyone subconsciously covered their faces to cover them.The next moment, the tympanic membrane in the ear trembled, as if being stabbed by some kind of sharp sound, it was painful, but there was no sound at all, just feeling dizzy and nauseated.Even Leng Fengchen, who had been thinking about how to get the "summoning technique", couldn't help frowning, and looked up into the darkness.

All the sounds disappeared, and the surroundings became quiet again. People seemed to be experiencing a strange hallucination. It was not until the bruised Dudu limped and dragged something back and struggled to climb out that it was confirmed that it was indeed There was a big fight.

"Dudu, are you injured?" Zhang Ruiyang was taken aback when he saw Dudu's appearance, and ran over to help pull that thing.I didn't pay attention to what it was, but when I saw the half-broken wing of my little friend, and the deep and many scars on the black carapace that were still dripping blood, I was so distressed that I burst into tears, and I didn't know what to do. good.

Faced with this situation, as an adult with a fairly normal morality of respecting the elderly and loving the young, Shen Chi couldn't stand by and watch, so he quickly stepped forward to help drag everyone who couldn't see what it was for the time being. Partner.It was only when he started to handle it that he realized that it was very heavy. If he was alone, he might not be able to handle it, so he couldn't help being curious.

Dudu seemed to be very concerned about what he dragged back. When Shen Chi came over, he vigilantly shook the broken tentacles, his injured wings spread slightly, and he acted like he would desperately try to snatch it if he dared to show the slightest intention to snatch it. It was a bit dumbfounding, and at the same time secretly lamented that there would be such a mutant beast with human nature.In addition, until now he has not discovered that the one in front of him is actually a mutated insect, otherwise he would be even more surprised.

Yuan Jinshu was not as conscious as he was. Originally, he stood beside him with his arms folded as if he had nothing to do with it, until he was glanced at by the sick ghost, and then slowly and unwillingly stepped forward to help.

Leng Fengchen was full of curiosity about Dudu and wanted to know what was dragged out, but he didn't mean to dirty his hands at all, so he just watched from a distance.

Even with the addition of two adult men, Dudu didn't let go and walked away, and was still responsible for the main force of dragging. He didn't let it go until he pulled the thing in front of the sick ghost, and then looked at the sick ghost flatteringly.

The three of Shen Chi finally saw what it was, and they were terrified.

A huge human-shaped object that is five meters long, with a complete head, hands, feet, and even five sense organs, looks like a swollen corpse, but the whole body is black, with strange lines and snake-like roots coiled around it, making it difficult to judge What exactly is it.This human corpse was also scarred, with broken roots and a big hole in the chest and heart. Black liquid oozed from all the broken holes, and the smell was unbearable.

Mutated ginseng into essence?

Such strange thoughts popped up in the minds of the three of them at the same time, but when they thought about the mutation of ginseng, they couldn't help shivering at the same time.That's disgusting too!

Dudu spit out a fist-sized heart-shaped black crystal nucleus on the ground, and when he was about to continue, the sick ghost waved his hand to stop it.The sick ghost bent down to pick up the black crystal nucleus, inspected it carefully, and seemed to confirm something, asked Zhang Ruiyang for a dagger, went to the head of the "giant corpse", cut open the eyebrows, and picked out a grain of black crystal nucleus from it. Put away the thing that looked like a brown shelled walnut, and then said to Dudu: "Eat it."

Dudu's two small eyes seemed to flicker with light, and then he buried his head and gnawed on the "giant corpse" unceremoniously.It was eating very fast, and as one arm of the giant corpse gradually disappeared, the wounds on its body began to heal at a miraculous speed, which shocked Shen Chi and the others who were watching.

"What exactly is this?" Shen Chi couldn't help asking.

Yuan Jinshu's eyes shone with greed, and Leng Fengchen was also eager to keep a part of the "giant corpse" for research, but before making a move, it's best to first determine the sick ghost's thoughts and the origin of this thing.

"Dark soul wood." The sick ghost replied, and then described this plant in a few words.

Dark soul wood is a very special plant, it only grows in places where the dark air is very strong, and it feeds on various negative emotions. Except for the tap root and roots buried deep in the ground, it is not as effective as other plants. Stems and branches and leaves can form projections of various plant communities on the ground, and at the same time emit a hallucinogenic fragrance, creating a very close to real forest environment, making it difficult to distinguish between real and fake.Not only that, but wherever they grow, there will be overlapping spaces, forming a natural dilemma, imprisoning all kinds of creatures that break into it, so that all kinds of negative and extreme emotions will flow endlessly.

"Dark soul wood is a great tonic for dark beasts, but it has no effect on people." The sick ghost glanced at Yuan Jinshu and Leng Fengchen lightly, perhaps seeing their thoughts, and stopped after saying this at last .

At the moment of speaking, most of the dark soul wood has been eaten, and Dudu's injuries are almost healed.But it didn't stop eating, and neither did the sick ghost.

No one thought that such a weird species existed. After all, it was dark, and the three of them did not see the so-called false tree projection. It is obviously impossible to say that they believed it completely.But the sick ghost speaks clearly and well, and handles it so familiarly, it's really hard not to believe it.Different from Yuan Jinshu and Leng Fengchen, Shen Chi was more concerned about Nan Shao's group who hadn't seen him back until now, so after thinking about it, he picked up the flashlight and followed the direction of Dudu's retreat go.

You can tell it at a glance.After all, if, as the sick ghost said, part of the plant community is formed by the projection of the dark soul wood and does not really exist, then when the dark soul wood has been dug out, those projections should also disappear, and a piece of vegetation will appear. Blank area.All he has to do now is to find that blank area.Judging from the previous voice, the place where the Dark Soul Wood is located should not be too far away. This is also the main reason why he chose to go to investigate. Otherwise, Heyye would go deep into the mutant jungle alone, and he would not be tired of working.

And the one who moves faster is the curious Leng Fengchen, who disappears in a flash, which casts a shadow in Shen Chi's heart. In terms of personal strength, even if he and his comrades are awakened There is still an insurmountable gap between the supernatural powers and Wu Zong's people.Can such a gap really be filled by thermal weapons?

Shaking his head, temporarily putting this uneasy thought behind him, he restrained his mind and walked into the darkness ahead, not daring to be distracted at this moment.

Yuan Jinshu glanced at Shen Chi's back with disdain, but still stood there without moving.Without the consent of the sick ghost, he didn't dare to act without authorization. Now that there are two people going to investigate on his behalf, there is no need for him to beg the consumptive ghost in a low voice.

"Dudu eats a lot!" The immature exclamation came over, causing Yuan Jinshu to divert his mind, and looked at the child who was squatting next to the mutated worm who was gnawing on the dark soul wood. People have the illusion that it will be broken with a slight pinch.He squinted his eyes, and he had already seen that this little boy had a good foundation. If he was brought back to the sect, not to mention being accepted by the elders or the suzerain, it was still possible to worship in the upper three sects.It's a pity that he really didn't dare to make this idea, at least not until he was completely out of the control of the sick ghost.

Zhang Ruiyang didn't know the complex thoughts of the adults. Seeing that Dudu was fine, he was not so nervous, and squatted quietly beside him, waiting for Dudu to finish eating.

Soon, Shen Chi and Leng Fengchen, who went to check the situation, turned back one after another. Their expressions were very subtle, and they couldn't tell whether it was surprise or shock, or something else. In short, the eyes they looked at the sick ghost had changed There was a slight change, with a hint of inexplicable meaning faintly, and there was no more words.

It took another few minutes for Dudu to get rid of the huge dark soul wood. The body that was originally as big as a buffalo seemed to have grown in size again. It hiccupped and rubbed Zhang Ruiyang with its tentacles contentedly, and then He looked at the sick ghost with reverence, waiting for his order.Zhang Ruiyang also looked at the sick ghost, waiting anxiously for him to say go in and find his father.

"The dark soul tree doesn't grow alone. You go around the city and pull out the others. Bring these two back, and the rest can be eaten by yourself." The sick ghost said to Dudu, and the two things he was referring to were naturally the core. with the brain nucleus.

Dudu's small eyes lit up all of a sudden, he nodded again and again, then ignored Zhang Ruiyang, flapped his wings, and disappeared into the darkness in a blink of an eye.Zhang Ruiyang wanted to tell it to be careful but he didn't have time, so he shook his little head helplessly and sighed heavily.

"Let's go back." The sick ghost looked back and said to the others.

"Ah?" Zhang Ruiyang was dumbfounded. He kept quiet because he believed in sick ghosts and obediently waited for him to take him to find his father. Who knew that he hadn't seen the shadow of his father yet, so he was about to go back. Difficult to accept. "Sick Uncle, aren't we going to find Dad and the others?"

In fact, not only him, but Shen Chi and the others were a little shocked.Yuan Jinshu and Leng Fengchen didn't care much about whether they went to save people or not, but the sudden appearance of the sick ghost still surprised them a little.Shen Chi couldn't hold back, just as he was about to object, the sick ghost spoke again.

"As long as they solve the predicament here, they can handle the rest by themselves. It's inconvenient to find someone after dark. If you haven't come back tomorrow, we will come back." This is an explanation.

Shen Chi had nothing to say after listening.If the strength of Nan Shao's group can't handle it, they just go in to deliver food, not to mention Li Muran is here, even if they can't fight, they can always run.

Zhang Ruiyang seemed to understand, although he was reluctant, but he was used to being obedient, and he didn't learn the unique skill of using endless crying to force adults to achieve his goals, so he could only groan sullenly.But in the end, I was a little unwilling, and asked in a dull voice: "What about Dudu, let's not wait for it? What if it can't beat the dark... dark soul tree?"

"No, it has a natural restraint effect on mutated plants." The sick ghost said lightly.

"But it was injured just now." Zhang Ruiyang still wanted to argue.

The sick ghost didn't speak, just pinched the back of his neck and carried the little guy into the car.