Tan Yue didn't expect that the road to the west of the city would be so difficult.
She slept on Qin Heng's shoulder, woke up and touched the corner of her mouth awkwardly.
Not drooling.
Earlier, Zhou Chenghua was still showing off the scarf his wife knitted for him. She remembered that before she fell asleep, Zhou Chenghua was holding this scarf to show off.
Zhou Chenghua's wife was picked up yesterday and is at the research institute in the east of the city. His wife is a top student engaged in research. Zhou Chenghua himself has an average academic qualification and likes to show off his wife's academic qualifications.
"It's better to have a wife." Zhou Chenghua sighed.
Tan Yue shook her head secretly. She guessed that after bringing him back yesterday, Zhou Chenghua not only got a scarf, but his quality of life also skyrocketed, so she sighed.
Suddenly, the car screeched to a stop.
"It's these things again." Qin Shuye frowned.
While Tan Yue was asleep, he vaguely remembered that the car stopped suddenly several times, then gunshots rang out, and the car continued to move forward.
She craned her neck and looked ahead.
I saw a few wriggling flower buds blocked in front of the road. The petals of the flower buds opened, and several living dead with mutilated limbs fell out from inside.
Several other people in the team, led by Xiao Miao, got out of the car to clear the road.
"Do you think..." Tan Yue frowned, "These plants..."
"Solved!" Xiao Miao led everyone back to their respective cars in a swarm, interrupting Tan Yue.
Tan Yue hesitated for a moment, but finally did not continue.
However, Qin Heng noticed something strange about her and took the initiative to explain to her: "These mutated plants are competing for food."
is that so?
Tan Yue looked towards the cleared debris in the middle of the road. The broken limbs of the living dead were scattered at the feet of the mutated plants. She recalled that when the car was forced to stop, it was indeed these plants that were eating it. The living dead.
It seems that the living dead are also on the diet of mutated plants.
As the car continued on the road, Zhou Chenghua suddenly said: "Tan Yue, have you brought the spider mother?"
"Brought it."
"Can you put it out to clear the way for us?"
Tan Yue was stunned, it was indeed possible to do this.
She got out of the car, covered the spider mother's card with her mental power, selected the "patrol" mode, and moved forward.
The spider mother happily ate the mutated plants on the road. When there was no food, she crawled ahead leisurely, but the overall speed was much faster than when people opened the road.
[Host, the spider mother has become another form of life since she was transformed into a card. Theoretically, she does not need food. 】
Tan Yue was startled: "Then...then where did all the food it ate go?"
The system chuckled, sounding a little amused.
"?"
[Host, the food eaten by the spider mother turns into energy and flows into the system~]
Good guy, it turns out that all the food eaten by the spider mother has become the system's "private money".
Tan Yue felt that the matter couldn't be settled like this: "I brought the spider mother back, what's the matter with you greedy for everything it ate? It's 50-50 between us, right?"
[Okay, deal, 50-50. ] There was a hint of guilt in the system's voice.
In fact, all this energy should belong to Tan Yue, but Tan Yue has his own plans. The system needs to be upgraded, and the energy required will be taken from the system's "private money", and her own energy can be used to buy things in the system mall.
As soon as the electronic sound of the system fell, Tan Yue felt a full of energy flowing through her body. As the spider mother opened the road ahead, this feeling of fullness and satisfaction was still flowing into her body bit by bit. .
Qin Heng on the side may have felt the flow of energy. He raised his eyes and looked at Tan Yue doubtfully, and then at the Spider Mother.
As evening approached, the car was only seven kilometers away from the tower.
Everyone decided to camp here directly.
The living dead are most active at night. With their small number, it is obviously unrealistic to move forward after the sun sets.
Tan Yue took out several spoons of rice from the food card and contributed it to the cooking team members. As the fire light rose, the mutated plants and small mutated animals all around them retreated.
Tan Yue suddenly noticed something, frowned, left the place where he was stationed, and walked towards the road.
Qin Heng noticed her movements and followed her calmly.
"...Qin Heng." She said seriously, "Do you still remember that I wanted to say something about these plants during the day and was interrupted?"
"Yeah. Remember," he said.
"Actually, what I want to say is that the genes of these plants seem to be hybridized."
"Hybrid?"
"Yes. Look at this mutant ginkgo. Its leaves grow into small fan-shaped shapes, which proves that it has genes from the ginkgo tree." She then carefully walked around to the back of the mutant ginkgo, "But here...its... The character is needle-leaf, growing in a spiral shape and extending radially."
Qin Heng listened and silently pulled her further away from the mutant ginkgo.
Tan Yue continued: "I remember that the urban planning here should be to plant ginkgo biloba on both sides of the road and pine trees on the lawn behind. And these two traits are combined into one plant."
Qin Heng silently digested Tan Yue's meaning. In his eyes, a mutated plant is a mutated plant. It combines several traits to make them the same, and they are done with killing them.
But what Tan Yue said next made him nervous: "I seemed to see some mutant plants showing human traits during the day."
"In other words, the mutant plant has a human face."
Zhou Chenghua strode up from behind: "Are you serious?"
His voice was serious. If this phenomenon does occur, it will be a serious problem.
She nodded: "Really."
The smell of rice comes from the tent. Today’s meal is potato stewed with ham sausage, plus a bowl of rice for each person.
"And..." Tan Yue continued, "I always have a feeling that instead of saying that those mutated plants are competing for food, it is better to say that they are competing for humans, or human genes."
The garrison fell into a deathly silence.
"Didn't you notice? Some of the most difficult mutant plants to deal with today have more or less human characteristics. The willow tree I met in the afternoon, did the thickest willow branches on both sides of it look like human arms? Then A willow tree is very smart."
After a while, Xiao Miao broke the silence: "Wow."
"Let's see if that's the case tomorrow." Tan Yue concluded.
No one spoke anymore, everyone bowed their heads and ate quietly.
The ham sausage is mixed with the aroma of potatoes, and it actually tastes not bad. Tan Yue eats quickly, and compared with the supernatural warriors, his speed is actually the same.
The water warrior used his powers to clean the dishes. Tan Yue walked to the car and wanted to pack his luggage.
Suddenly, she stopped where she was.
On the car door, there was a bullet, exactly the same as last time. The location where the bullet hit was right near the door wrench, exactly the same as last time.
