Within the 50th floor, not only the walkways outside the fire escapes, but also roots growing and spreading in countless places, it feels like you have stepped into a nature-themed pavilion.
It’s just that the atmosphere here is extremely dark——
When the extreme cold and snowstorm hit, it was time to go to work, so most of the office spaces had their doors locked and windows closed. In addition, roots were growing in many places. In fact, the overall tone of this floor was gloomy.
It was obviously noon, but there wasn't much sunlight in this layer.
Li Yuanxu and his party all wore gas masks and did not skimp on the power of the flashlights in their hands. They adjusted the brightness to the highest level and then explored this level.
"It feels like there is nothing. It's so strange," Wang Hu said in a muffled voice.
There are changes on this level, but not much!
They thought that there would be some special changes due to the presence of huge rhizomes on this layer, but in the end, except for the rhizomes all over this layer, there was nothing else!
"But we are about to come into contact with the truth," Li Yuanxu stood outside the elevator and looked inside.
The elevator door was squeezed open by the huge rhizome. Half of it was squeezed under the rhizome, leaving no trace. The other half was squeezed and bent, revealing the inside of the elevator shaft.
Looking down, there was nothing in the elevator room - which was why no abnormalities were found downstairs.
But looking up from the 50th floor, you can see rhizomes all over the elevator shaft, and you can see from the branches that there are rhizomes on every floor from the 50th floor up.
This gives a strange feeling...
"It looks like this building is used as 'soil', and this plant mutant is taking root and sprouting in it!" Li Yuanxu muttered.
After searching this floor, the group entered the 51st floor along a fire escape.
During this process, when someone passes by the other three escape passages, they will go down to the 50th floor and let the personnel stationed there come up.
During this period, the woman stayed on the 50th floor alone to check if there was any trace of her friend.
"Take the flashlight," Wang Hu handed his flashlight to the woman. When the woman refused to accept it, he said, "Don't worry, I can see at night. It doesn't matter if I have a flashlight or not."
For this reason, the woman did not refuse and took the flashlight.
"After walking so many floors, you already know the location of the four passages. If you encounter any danger, just run away. There are people in the four passages to protect your safety," Liang Boshi added to one side.
The woman nodded.
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The 51st floor is also full of huge rhizomes, scattered throughout the walkways and office spaces.
Everyone was already used to it. After quickly reading this floor, they followed the arrangement and entered the 52nd floor. Until this floor, they finally encountered a change!
At the corner of the passageway, everyone turned a corner and saw half of the body integrated into the rhizome!
"Wow Minato, you scared me!" the thug in the front row cursed.
Kill around the corner!
A commonly used technique in horror movies, as soon as you turn a corner, you will meet the monster's eyes!
Fortunately, the thug who was leading the attack had a lot of experience after the apocalypse, so he resisted the idea of punching him. However, his defensive action still made the entire team panic for a moment.
"What's going on? Do you have anything?"
"No! No! But there are changes!"
The thugs in the front line took two steps forward, and at this time, Li Yuanxu, who was walking in the center of the team, also came over.
The two stood side by side and carefully looked at the man in front of them, half of his body fused into the root.
"Still alive!" Li Yuanxu said.
He used a machete to open up the man's clothes, and you could see that the man's chest was still heaving!
"Big boss, what the hell is this?" The leading thug used a machete to pick at the spot where the man's body merged with the rhizome. He looked uncomfortable and frowned, "It's not because it was stained."
Li Yuanxu's gaze fell over, landing on the junction between the man and the rhizomes.
The man's back is completely integrated into the roots, and where they come into contact, you can see that the rich wood color is getting lighter and lighter. The closer to the man's front body, the clearer the flesh color becomes.
It is not the distinct color of roots and wood and the color of human skin, but a 'gradient'-like transition.
No wonder the thugs in the lead said they were not glued together, because they looked more like one piece!
Li Yuanxu looked horizontally and vertically, and could not see any gaps connecting them together. The fusion of man and root seemed to be born this way!
"It turns out that the nourishment is humans..."
Li Yuanxu muttered.
From the elevator shaft on the 50th floor, he saw rhizomes coming down from the upper floors. He felt that this building was like the 'soil' where the rhizomes took root. But what he was curious about was the source of nutrients.
Plant rhizomes grow, spread and take root, isn’t it just to absorb water and nutrients?
So what is the source of nutrition for the plant mutant beast that is rooted in the reinforced concrete in the central building?
After seeing this living human being fused with the rhizome, Li Yuanxu suddenly had the answer.
Under the light of the flashlight, you can see that where the man's body and the rhizome merge, there are many 'blood vessels'. And these blood vessels connected to the man's body are continuously drawing something from the man's body at this moment. The fluid is then transported along the 'blood vessels' within the rhizome.
"Are you still alive? Do you want to save him?" Wang Hu asked.
Li Yuanxu shook his head. He pointed at the man's chest, where the heart was, "It's hopeless. There are probably roots inside!"
At a glance, on the man's chest where his clothes were opened, there were many fine black lines near the heart. One end of these black lines was on the heart!
From Li Yuanxu's four-dimensional perspective, you can clearly see the roots wrapping around the man's heart, and many of them penetrate directly into the heart!
"There are also roots in the heart. Even Huang Yasui can't cure it." Li Yuanxu sighed.
For zombies, the heart is dispensable, but for humans, the heart is a fatal injury. This man's heart was pierced by roots. Even if they forcibly separate the man and the roots, these living roots will be crushed directly. The heart of a man!
Huang Yasui had no time to treat such an instant death injury!
"And the man should have died long ago. It is this stem that stimulates the man and keeps him alive," Li Yuanxu said, "In fact, there is no difference between now and death!"
From his four-dimensional perspective, you can clearly see the roots wrapping the heart, which are actually assisting the beating of the man's heart. It is obvious that this is the plant mutant beast that is not willing to let the man lose it.
"Let's go, continue the search," Li Yuanxu looked deep into the corridor.
As the group's search progressed, more and more people were encountered who were fused with roots!
The plight of many of them is even more horrifying!
