Do solar terms still exist in this world? After all, even Zhou no longer existed, so Lu Ning couldn't be sure how much he had lost.
But what the Four Seasons Garden reproduces is history, just like Lu Ning's memory. The flowers outside are not in bloom in spring, the sun is not shining in summer, there are no fruits in autumn, and it is rare to see such snow scenes in winter.
Even if most of the memories of survival are excluded, the memories from the "suburbs" will always be desolate, dangerous, and fearful. Even taking a short rest would lead to the worry that the nearby trees and grass would strangle him to death.
After a moment of recollection, she regained her composure. Within ten minutes, the place would be completely sealed off and no monsters would be able to enter.
But... Guyu.
Just because people from the other three gardens are responsible for the crisis doesn't mean everything will be fine here. Lu Ning raised her hand and pressed her temples, turned off the heat source amplifier, and her vision immediately changed from hazy black to gray.
Youkai Kami, also known as the Death Eye, is a kind of monster that resides in the eyes. It is extremely timid by nature and extremely wary of danger. After planting it on the body, at least one eye will share the sense of danger to the surrounding dangers, and a state of spiritual bliss will appear at any time.
Under the seemingly gentle drizzle, the entire courtyard was filled with a gray tone with black threads swimming around. This was the vision provided by Hu Jian to Lu Ning. Before this, Lu Ning had only seen this color. I saw it on the poisoned mercenary.
"The color of death."
In other words, in Lu Ning's current state, as long as a piece of skin is exposed, he may die.
She raised her arms and could see that there were countless black threads coiled around her body. The night clothes blocked them from the outside, preventing them from intruding for a while. But when she raised her head and looked at the corpse of the exiled killer nailed to the wall on the other side of the hive, she found that there were already dense gray and black gatherings on the corpse. They began to fit together like cells, and then formed the plant's body. look.
Grain Rain, the rain that nourishes all things, is also in line with the characteristics of this solar term. However, the soil it chooses is human beings, or any animal.
"Don't take off your clothes and move toward the elevator. We'll get on the elevator immediately after ten minutes."
Lu Ning warned Mao You and Ping Na, and then moved slowly. She could see the "death" on her body, so she acted more cautiously. The waterproof ability of the night jacket was unknown. Lu Ning could not expect it to block the rain forever.
A plant like a rattan hung down from the ceiling. It grew from Gorius's body. This former teammate had completely turned into a plant. Even the cross used for executions had been completely blocked. Look. It's no longer what it used to be. Lu Ning did not touch the plants, but moved towards the elevator with slow steps. Guyu even affected the room, and there was no room for shelter in this courtyard.
"Lu, that's..."
"Don't worry about any weird situations, just focus on not letting a drop of water seep into your clothes."
Within Lu Ning's field of vision, the two teammates were still white. This neutral color showed that they were safe and had not been harmed in any way.
"I think I crushed something, was it a mushroom or..." Maoyou whispered.
"Don't think about it, don't remember it!" Ping Na said in a sharp voice, "I don't want to know what's growing on the ground at all! Aren't we almost unable to see anything? Then we can't see it!"
"Calm down, Ping Na." Lu Ning had to say something to comfort Ping Na. People's emotions are often difficult to control in the face of death. First it was Mao You, and now it's Ping Na. Has her teammate's mental endurance reached its limit? ?
wrong.
Lu Ning glanced sideways at Mao You, the person she had met from the beginning.
She was not unaware of various peculiarities in Mao You's actions, but Mao You's current behavior was not really out of the ordinary, and she could not yet tell whether he was a tourist.
Besides, of all the people she has met so far, how many are tourists? There should be a lot... but everyone is very immersed in the current role. Even Cheng Wuling started role-playing so naturally. Compared with the various mutual trials in the second level, the third-level tourists seemed not to care at all. This question of identity.
Time passed quickly. After Lu Ning stood in front of the elevator shaft for a few minutes, the garden-wide announcement rang again.
[The Spring Garden weather lock has been lifted. From now on, the "Grain Rain" state will be maintained permanently in the Garden No. 1 Courtyard, No. 2 Courtyard, Upper Corridor, and Inner Corridor areas. All units entering the garden please take shelter from the rain. 】
"Huh?" Lu Ning paused slightly when she heard the announcement, her hand still resting on the elevator button.
The weather lock has lifted four areas, but if they are mentioned all over again, don't these four areas represent the entire garden?
The elevator door slowly opened, and Lu Ning stepped in. In an instant, her vision returned to pure white. The black filaments on her body twisted and retreated from her body, and she did not dare to step into the elevator at all.
This is an unexpected discovery. Naturally, it is impossible for the elevator to repel everything, otherwise the cyborg from before would not be able to charge in, but at least it can be used to expel some things.
After all three people entered the elevator, Lu Ning pulled up her eyes and her vision returned to normal.
"Is it safe? Can we..." Maoyou asked carefully.
"Well, it will be fine once you enter the elevator." Lu Ning pressed the autumn button, freed the hand wearing the instrument from the night suit, and turned on the instrument. Needless to say, the reward for the two-star mission had arrived, but Gu Yu's crisis was still there. It's not over yet.
[Trap Crisis No. 12: Guyu (Ex-Physical)
Leader: Venus flytrap (E), pitcher plant (E), snake plant (E), sundew (E), cordyceps (D)
Servant: Giant Sarracenia (7/20)]
This time the crisis seemed to be too early. In ten minutes, only seven servants could be killed, and the leader was still not solved. And the level classification that I learned about also showed its presence again at this time, as if the monsters of "Sunset" and "Rust" before were not even ranked.
As soon as the elevator in Autumn Garden opened, people's screams and roars could be heard in the distance. Although the distance was too far to make it clear what they were shouting, the sound of fighting was real.
"Lu! That must be..."
"Let's go there."
Lu Ning reached out and pressed the pocket on her waist slightly, then walked towards the passage with a serious expression.
The first residential house he saw in every garden made Lu Ning determine that this was the No. 1 courtyard area. However, at this time, many huge plants with dark and light green spots appeared under the golden autumn scenery in the courtyard. The root system wriggles on the ground like tentacles, supporting the huge body above. Six huge bottle-shaped "pockets" grew out of a main trunk that was about the thickness of an adult's arms. There was a circle of more than a dozen rattans around the edges of the "pockets," which were seven or eight meters long. This length completely makes up for their weakness in moving slowly. As long as they are pulled out, they can easily wrap around a person and catch them.
At the top of this plant, there is a spout-shaped flower, which looks heavy. From time to time, one or two drops of colorless liquid drip out from it, making a sizzling sound when it drops on the ground.
"These things have already caught things by themselves!" Maoyou couldn't help but stop when he saw these plants swinging their numerous vines wildly.
"Too many." Ping Na also said.
It would be okay if a plant only had a dozen or so vines, but these giant plants had dozens of vines extending out. Let alone a human being, even with as many hands as a centipede, they couldn't stop them.
The man who was attacked by the plant obviously felt the same way. His tactic was to retreat while fighting, or in other words, retreat.
"Get out of the way!"
"Help! I'm stuck!"
"behind!"
The noisy shouting became much clearer. Lu Ning quickly moved towards the nearest plant. Someone noticed Lu Ning and quickly reminded loudly: "Be careful of getting caught! If you fall into that pocket, you will be finished!"
When Lu Ning finished shouting this sentence, she had already entered the hunting range of the plants, and immediately a dozen vines were separated and drawn towards her.
Bang!
The sharp sound of saw teeth sounded, and along with the sound of metal objects falling to the ground, Lu Ning used the momentum to jump up, released the logging machine in mid-air, slightly controlled the direction, and let it hit the plant directly. Most of the drawn cane was instantly cut off by the high-speed rotating saw teeth, and the rest was drawn on the machine, pulling it directly closer to the side.
"Good compatibility."
After blocking all the vines with the help of the machine's huge body, Lu Ning landed easily. Facing the plant that was larger than itself, the logging machinery raised several mechanical arms and resumed its old business amid the roar of gears.
Lu Ning quickly withdrew from the battlefield. The juice that splashed out from the Sarracenia sacs was also highly acidic. The robot's body began to emit gray-brown mist when the juice was splashed, and made a corrosive sound.
After blocking the robot, Lu Ning quickly walked around to the front yard without even looking at the person who escaped from the attack.
There are many people here, Lewanska and Fu Junnian are here, and the Libei Yangmu brothers and sisters are also here. What this group of people face together is one of the leaders, Flytrap. It still retains some of the characteristics that this name should have, but even the vine whips grown by this leader are covered with spikes. The tips of the spikes are purple-black, and some are stained with blood. There were three or four corpses lying on the ground. They were all black and had begun to show signs of dissolution. In addition to this leader, there were two Sarracenias nearby to support him, which also made other people present tired to deal with it.
And now it is Lewanska, Libei Yangmu, Libei Fengdai and Shan Lengmei who are holding back the Venus flytrap. Lewanska unfolded a shield in her hand that rotated at high speed like a fan, which was the transformation of the weapon "Cage". Li Beiyangmu wielded a heavy sword without an edge in his hand, and every time he swung it, there was a sound of surging waves. Shan Nianmei carried a heavy cannon on her shoulders, and four saw wheels were rotating at high speed around her. The only one who relied on props to carry the scene was Kuribita Toyoyo. She quickly helped the other three people block the acid and rattan that could not be knocked out by turning the barrier on and off instantly.
But with the hard resistance of these four people, it was just a tie.
Lu Ning only watched the battle for a moment and estimated the strength of the flytrap. It had exceeded the limit of the second-level item, and it was not even something that the third-level item could easily deal with.
"Lu! Stay away!" Fu Junnian was still able to observe the battlefield while dealing with the Sarracenia, but he immediately saw Lu Ning running over, "Where's the Sarracenia over there?"
"You are fighting with your natural enemy." Lu Ning replied calmly, "Do you need help?"
"If you could be at that distance—ouch! Help!"
Fu Junnian narrowly avoided a vine whip. When he saw the flower turning towards him, he immediately shouted: "Everyone avoid it as soon as possible!"
Immediately afterwards, he grabbed a shield out of thin air. The shield was already covered with traces of burns and corrosion, but it was still strong. Sarracenia suddenly sprayed out a stream of transparent acid from the flower, which hit Fu Junnian's shield. The impact made Fu Junnian squat down to steady himself, and when the impact was over, he immediately lifted the shield. He stopped and continued roaring: "This time the acid has passed! Cut off its vines as much as possible! This thing is not poisonous!"
Fu Junnian was quite experienced in commanding, and those people knew that their lives were at stake and all obeyed his orders. However, this was not the case for the other Sarracenia.
Duanmu Xi, Shi Ming and Duan Yunxiu pulled the Sarracenia alone into the depths of the courtyard, getting further and further away from the battlefield. Duan Yunxiu's bow and arrows were both accurate and fierce. She could always cut through the vines that many people couldn't hit with knives and axes. Shi Ming, on the other hand, wielded the engineer shovel with one hand and easily shouldered the responsibility of resisting attacks in the front row. Of course, she couldn't block all the canes, but she just didn't block anything that couldn't be blocked. She allowed Duan Yunxiu behind her to support her, which was completely entrusted to her. A trustworthy approach.
Duanmuxi was the most conspicuous one. She only held two daggers, but there was a pair of gray wings following her. Whenever she starts running at high speed, her whole person will suddenly disappear, so fast that it feels like an illusion. However, the next moment she will strobe at high altitude, and the dagger will quickly kill the deadly Sarracenia with every flash. The "pocket" is cut open, and a few rattans are cut off to relieve the pressure on the front.
These people have formed quite a tacit understanding. They kill the mobs first, hold off the leader, and then gather all their strength to kill it when there is only one leader left. This plan has been implemented successfully so far, but Lu Ning heard a strange noise. It was not from the battlefield, but from the rear.
"Another monster crawled over! Oh my God! It...did it kill another group of resisters?"
When Lu Ning turned around, she saw a plant slowly creeping in from the glass door. Its main body was like a rosette, with many five or six meter long petals extending outward, and dense crystal "dewdrops" growing on the edges.
