Perhaps because of the obstruction of the trees, she didn't see anyone along the way.
Qian Hong paused on the treetop for a while: "It's still so far away." She had to move faster.
No matter how fast the zipline was, it couldn't be faster than an electric car. Although it was a bit troublesome to drive in a straight line in the woods, she still chose the fastest method for the sake of convenience.
Qian Hong was driving towards the giant tree in an orderly manner, when suddenly she heard something.
"Help...save me..."
It was a very weak voice. If Qian Hong hadn't been driving a little slowly, she probably wouldn't have heard it and drove past.
I often heard it in the apocalypse, but Qian Hong always pretended not to hear it and just left. She planned to do the same this time.
Just as Qian Hong was about to drive away and speed up, the weak voice rang out again: "Help me...save me...I'll give you research reports on plant growth and black fog...ah, I'll give you water and books too..."
"..."
She thought for a moment, then walked towards the source of the sound.
Qian Hong opened the branches and saw a woman lying on the ground with many wounds on her body. She had white hair, big glasses on her face, a tattered lab coat, and a witch hat on her head.
There is a wonderful feeling of combining Western witches and modern medical clothing.
Qian Hong slowly helped her up from behind. The woman took out some pills from her bag and took them.
Qian Hong said cautiously: "Do you... need my help to treat the wound?"
"No, just help me get some vines from this big guy underground."
The woman's voice instantly changed from weak and feeble to sonorous and powerful. She said energetically: "I discovered a bunch of new species when I came out of the house. I need to study them carefully!"
"..." I was deceived.
Just as Qian Hong was about to turn around and leave, the woman had already seen her intention: "Wait! Wait! Don't leave. What I just said still counts. What research report do you want, or water?" I'll give it to you, as well as food! As long as you help me cut some of this guy's vines."
She looked at the woman with suspicion: "How do I know whether you are telling the truth or a lie?"
The woman waved her hands, then knelt down and kowtowed three times on the spot: "Oh, please!"
Now Qian Hong felt embarrassed: "There's no need to give such a big gift..."
For some reason, Qian Hong's first reaction when she saw her kneeling was an inexplicable sense of pleasure. When she saw the woman's back, she felt like she wanted to stab her.
When she saw the woman's red forehead, she felt an inexplicable sadistic desire and wanted to beat her head until it bled.
She quickly shook her head to get rid of this bad thought: "Strange...why do I have such thoughts?"
After taking a deep breath, Qian Hong then looked around to check for enemies.
"Where is it? You said..."
Before the next words were uttered, Qian Hong saw a raised ground in the distance. It seemed that there was an unknown object underground that was quickly heading toward where they were.
Qian Hong was about to remind the woman when she turned around and saw her taking out a broom from nowhere, sitting on the broom and hiding on the top of the tree, and said to her with a smile: "Come on!"
"..."
The corners of Qian Hong's mouth twitched, and she poured out the blood from the bottle, concentrating on dealing with the enemy in front of her.
Without seeing the main body, we could only see its vines, emerging from the earth one by one, stabbing Qian Hong fiercely.
The blood formed an indestructible protective shield in an instant. She took out the match, and while backing up, she teleported the cooking oil barrel and poured it directly forward. Then she lit the match and threw it towards the floor and vines.
This is a forest, and even if the vines are extinguished and all the matches are knocked out, sparks will inevitably get on the oil.
Qian Hong controlled the protective shield with an expressionless face and watched indifferently as the thing in front of her burned. The plant screamed like a baby.
"Wow... this is a forest! Aren't you afraid of burning yourself to death?"
The woman on the top of the tree said anxiously: "Run quickly, remember to take the vines with you!"
Qian Hong didn't know why she could get excited even when she heard the screams of plants.
When she heard the woman say "burn yourself to death," the first thought that came to her mind was "let the fire get bigger and burn everyone in the forest to death."
Qian Hong shook her head and came back to her senses.
The plant body in front of me has been forced out of the ground. It looks like a green thorny ball several people tall, and it is frantically slapping the burning parts of its body with vines.
The burning vines were frantically attacking Qian Hong, and when they couldn't break through the protective shield no matter what, they overturned the ground beneath her feet in anger.
Qian Hong was knocked to the ground before she could react, which disrupted the terrifying thoughts in her mind. She rolled to the side in an emergency.
The blood extinguishes the flame, but the liquid also evaporates.
Qian Hong controlled and cut off the vine that attacked her, and dodged while observing the attack movement of the vine.
The flames burned its thick shell, and the vine's attack weakened. She found the opportunity and cut the plant in half at once.
Qian Hong dug up some of the plant's flesh, took away a few plant vines, and left. If she didn't leave, she would really be burned to death by herself.
Seeing that she finally woke up, the woman hurriedly said to Qian Hong, "Come with me."
After saying that, he sat on the broom and flew away.
Qian Hong chased on an electric bike. She lost a lot of blood, because a lot of it was evaporated by the flames in the previous battle, and she could only keep extracting it from herself.
"Why do I always feel like I was a little unconscious just now..."
Obviously I didn't want to set a fire just now, but in the blink of an eye, the fire started to burn vaguely.
Qian Hong scratched her head in confusion and could only put aside these worries and follow this strange woman.
After passing through layers of woods, Qian Hong finally returned to the cabin.
Qian Hong looked curiously at the woman in the wooden house who was smiling and waving to her, and asked, "Are you the owner of this wooden house?"
The woman nodded proudly: "Yes, this is a place I built with my own hands!"
Then she looked at the wooden house and said with nostalgia: "I didn't expect that it hasn't collapsed after more than ten years... Oh, by the way! My name is Eileen, I am a researcher here, specializing in the study of plants and trees. I can help you with whatever you need." I’ll mention it!”
Qian Hong thought that it was an NPC. It was a miracle that her books had not been stolen in this wooden house.
After listening to what Eileen said, she remembered her purpose, handed her the vines and plant meat, and then said, "I want to know about the black mist research you discovered."
After hearing this, Eileen smiled and said: "Okay, many people asked me about this, but later they couldn't communicate. But if you ask, I will show you all my research."
She took out a record book from her backpack and handed it to Qian Hong.
Qian Hong slowly started to read from the first page.
"The black fog...the fog will become thicker and thicker as the location changes. People who stay in the thick black fog for too long will gradually turn into lunatics who only know how to fight and kill."
"Plants that grow on the edge of the black mist will also mutate, transform into extremely aggressive species, and begin to feed on human or animal bones."
"Preliminary discovery is that under certain circumstances, the black mist can appear in another form when it accumulates. In this form, it looks like a door."
"After conducting experiments on dissected species that do not breathe, we found that this black mist will penetrate into every species, and there is no way to make the black mist disappear."
…
Qian Hong read for a long time, extracting these few most useful messages from a bunch of incomprehensible nouns.
She finally understood why she was in that state just now.
