At night.
Deep in the jungle, in a dark and lightless cave.
Buddha and Thunder crouched in the cave.
The two of them held their breath and concentrated on sensing the strange fear outside the cave, not daring to make even the slightest sound.
Although the destination of the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array' is somewhat random, there is no 100% guarantee that the four surviving people will be able to get together after teleportation. However, in general, the locations of the four people after teleportation will not be far apart. too far.
Thunder and Buddha have better luck.
Not long after the two teleported to Planet 021, they unexpectedly met in the forest, so they took action together.
In the cave.
Lei Lei and Buddha waited in place for a long time.
It wasn't until the strange feeling of fear outside the cave had completely disappeared that the Buddha breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You must have felt it too, right? The fear just now is gone. Not surprisingly, those things should have been gone."
Lei Lei is the third monk on Xuanwu Planet to break through to the stage of becoming a god.
Due to his late breakthrough and the fact that the invasion of the planet was not very smooth, his current cultivation level is still at the early stage of becoming a god.
Therefore, compared to Buddha who has the advanced cultivation of becoming a god, Lei Lei should be more cautious in his actions.
In other words, he is more timid.
In the cave.
With a trace of undisguised panic, Lei Lei said to Buddha: "What are those creatures that just chased us, and why can't they be seen with the naked eye?"
"I don't know." Buddha shook his head and said, "I just heard that the scientific researchers at the headquarters are very interested in 'those creatures'. They do not only appear on the planet 021."
"There are traces of this weird creature on several planets in the center of the Milky Way."
"These invisible creatures are said to have a certain connection with the birth of indescribable creatures and are of high research value."
"It is precisely because of this that the scientific researchers at the headquarters issued a mission on the Black Worm Star, asking us monks in the transformation stage to come to the center of the galaxy to collect dark spores."
"So." Lei Lei heard the implication of the Buddha's words: "Those invisible creatures were born because of the 'dark spores'? People at the headquarters study the 'dark spores' and can figure out the birth of 'those creatures' Secret? Or even figure out the mystery of the birth of unspeakable creatures? "
"Who knows." Buddha replied: "But judging from the currently known information: almost all planets infected by 'dark spores' have traces of 'those creatures', so the people at the headquarters speculated, ' Those creatures' are related to the 'Dark Spores'."
"Okay." Lei Lei still had doubts in his mind: "But why don't we go straight to catch 'those creatures', instead of taking a big detour to collect 'dark spores'? Isn't this unnecessary?"
Buddha said: "The people at the headquarters also want to capture one of 'those creatures' and go back to study it, but the problem is, whether it is indescribable or 'those creatures', they have no entity, and there is no way to capture and study them." Research."
"So the talents at the headquarters took a step back and focused their research on the 'dark spores' that are relatively easier to obtain."
In the cave.
During the conversation, seeing that Lei Lei seemed to be retreating, Buddha said excitedly: "What, Fellow Taoist Lei, are you afraid?"
"snort,"
Lei Lei raised his head slightly.
The corner of his mouth raised, and he said confidently: "There is nothing to be afraid of. After all, we have the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array' to support us. Even so..."
In the cave.
While Lei Lei and Buddha were talking, the strange feeling of fear that had disappeared suddenly came back to the two of them inexplicably.
This strange feeling of fear caused Lei Lei, who was speaking, to stop suddenly.
In addition to being invisible to the naked eye, the 'those creatures' on Planet 021 also exude an indescribable fear at all times.
At this moment, Lei Lei and Buddha felt this sense of fear, which meant that the 'those creatures' outside the cave had most likely left and come back.
Not only that.
Lei Lei and Buddha could clearly feel that the strange fear in their hearts was increasing as time went by.
This means that 'those creatures' are getting closer and closer to the two of them.
'Those creatures' entered the cave.
After realizing this, Lei Lei and Buddha, who were crouching in the cave, suddenly looked at each other with a tacit understanding.
Not much communication.
Facing the approaching 'those creatures', Buddha and Thunder immediately waved their hands to summon the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array', and planned to use this teleportation array to leave Planet 021.
but.
In the cave.
The moment the two summoned the teleportation array, countless purple-black fungi, about the size of an adult's fist, covered the entire surface of the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array'.
"this"
Looking at the densely packed strange fungi in the teleportation array, Lei Lei felt an unreasonable chill in his heart.
Immediately afterwards, he felt a strange and indescribable sense of fear from those strange fungi.
Lei Lei's scalp was numb and he said, "These fungi seem to be preventing us from teleporting back to the Black Worm Star?"
"Not sure."
The Buddha looked solemn and said: "In my understanding, no matter whether it is an indescribable creature or its derivatives, unless it occupies the human body and assimilates with humans, it is impossible for self-consciousness to be born."
"But these fungi, without occupying human bodies, seem to have self-awareness."
"They actually know how to actively parasitize on the Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array, thereby preventing us from teleporting back to the Black Insect Star!"
"This is the first time I've encountered this situation since I started practicing Taoism!"
The situation was urgent at this moment, and the Buddha did not care about the taboos of "drawing unspeakable attention from the local people".
At the critical moment, he decisively used the 'Fire Drawing Technique', throwing out a ball of flame in an attempt to burn away the fungi on the surface of the teleportation array.
The fungi that grow on the teleportation array are very fragile.
Death in case of fire.
But the problem is that those fungi were burned to death by the fire a second ago, and new fungi will soon appear on the teleportation array.
The fungi covered the teleportation array, completely blocking the path back to the Black Worm Star.
Buddha and Thunder cannot go back.
"What should we do now?" At his wits' end, Lei Lei looked at Buddha, who was relatively more experienced.
The latter patted the storage bag on his waist and took out a brocade bag from it with a pained look on his face.
He explained to Lei Lei: "This kit was given to me by a close friend of mine, and it contains the breath of my good friend."
"Using this breath, you and I can transform the body we are currently occupying into a 'shadow form'. You can understand it as we become a shadow."
"In this form, we can come and go freely regardless of the terrain."
"Although it is dangerous to run around outside the cave at night, but now 'those creatures' have found their way into the cave. If we don't run, we will wait for death, so we have no choice but to fight!"
Perhaps it was the voice of the Buddha that attracted the attention of 'those creatures'.
As the two of them talked, the strange feeling of fear that had been lingering in their hearts gradually became stronger and stronger.
In the cave.
Realizing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Buddha decisively opened the bag of tips in his hand before Lei Ting could say anything.
The next second, a cloud of black air was seen spitting out from the brocade bag, enveloping Lei Lei and Buddha.
Under the influence of the black energy, the two of them turned into a black shadow, escaped directly through the cave wall to the outside world, and soon disappeared into the night.
…
The next morning.
Seeing that the sun was shining today, Alva said hello to the management of the settlement, then put his ax on his back and planned to go out to the forest to collect some moss.
Alva doesn't like moss.
But there is no way.
——Since the world was infected by fungus, there has been less and less food in the forest.
At first it was the animals that were parasitized and assimilated by the fungus.
Animals that are assimilated by the fungus will have creepy spores growing on their bodies. Their appearance and behavior will gradually become weird, and they will have various habits that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.
And the most important thing is that animals infected with fungi cannot be eaten.
Otherwise, the eater will have a certain chance of becoming as weird as those animals.
If it were just that animals couldn't eat it, it wouldn't lead to the demise of humans.
But people soon discovered that not only animals, but also plants on the planet were also infected by fungi over time.
Especially those plants whose edible parts are exposed above the ground.
For example, corn and wheat, as well as edible green vegetables such as cabbage, are the first to be infected by fungi.
——But fortunately, this special fungus loves oxygen. They cannot grow in the soil in an environment without oxygen, so they will not parasitize crops buried in the ground.
So soon after the end of the world, crops such as sweet potatoes, peanuts, potatoes, and radishes gradually became the new favorites in the eyes of humans.
Several decades passed in this way.
Maybe the fungi have evolved.
People discovered that crops buried in the ground were gradually infected with fungi.
Only mushrooms and mosses, which reproduce by spores or grow in a parasitic manner, are regarded as 'same kind' by fungi and are not persecuted.
So humans began to feed on these foods.
Just like Alva.
In addition to growing edible mushrooms in the settlement, she would also occasionally go to the forest to collect algae such as moss or lichens when the sun was out.
These foods are not common in settlements and often sell for a good price.
After entering the forest, Alva had not gone very far when he saw a sweet-looking woman who could even be said to be indescribable. She appeared in front of him inexplicably.
! ! !
Such a beautiful woman cannot be human
This was Alva's first reaction when he saw the Mother of Pain.
The next second, she took a few steps back as fast as lightning, instinctively keeping a certain distance from the Mother of Pain, and looked at the other party with a wary expression.
——The body of the Mother of Pain is not a human body, but an artificial body made by machines and human body modification on the planet of pseudo-human beings.
Because it is a non-human body, when the Mother of Pain invades the planet, even if she shows herself in person, she will not attract the attention of the local nameless creatures.
last night.
Ever since the Mother of Pain invaded Planet 021, she has been chased by a strange sense of fear of unknown origin.
With a transformed body and a body blessed by cultivation in the transformation stage, the Mother of Pain was chased by fear and ran all night in the forest.
Until early in the morning, when she was about to escape from the forest, she happened to see Alva who was planning to enter the forest to collect moss.
"Don't be dazed, something is chasing me from behind."
Seeing Alva stunned in place, the Mother of Pain pushed him and spoke very quickly: "You are a native of this planet. You should know exactly what to do about those invisible creatures in the forest. Get rid of it?”
…
fear,
depressed,
despair,
As Chengsheng gradually moved deeper into the forest, an indescribable and strange feeling of fear gradually emerged in his heart.
Do not know why.
When I was walking, I always felt like someone was following me. The indescribable and strange fear was caused by the stalker.
But when Chengsheng looked back, there was nothing else in the forest except the occasional breeze.
——There is no so-called 'stalker' behind him.
This is so weird.
Although this planet is full of weirdness, even spiritual consciousness and 'emotional power' cannot be used, and self-preservation is a problem, but Cheng Sheng is definitely not willing to summon the teleportation array to leave now.
Because of loss.
After all, activating the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation Teleportation Array' requires a lot of resources.
Even though the resources are not provided by Chenghuo alone, but are evenly distributed among Buddha, Chenghuo, Mother of Pain and Thunder.
But since we have come to this planet, we cannot return without success.
In order to complete the task as soon as possible, collect dark spores and survive as soon as possible, I felt something was wrong, but I still gritted my teeth and started searching in the forest.
Maybe it's because of good luck in survival.
It may also be that there are a lot of 'dark spores' in this forest.
Cheng Sheng only searched in the forest for about half an hour when he found a purple-black strange fungus about the size of an adult's fist.
It’s the same as the headquarters description: The surface of this fungus is covered with countless messy and completely traceless lines.
If you concentrate on looking at it, you will feel a burst of unreasonable irritability in your heart, which will lead to emotions of terror, depression and despair.
That's right.
Not surprisingly, this is the 'Dark Spore' that the 'Headquarters' spent a lot of money to acquire.
After picking the spores, Chengshuo carefully placed them into a special lead alloy square box.
At least a hundred spores like this need to be collected on the same planet before the 'headquarters' is willing to pay a high price for them.
There are four monks who invaded Planet 021 this time, including those who survived.
So divided, no one needs to collect at least twenty-five dark spores.
So according to the progress of collecting one after half an hour of survival, and including the time when you can't go out at night, it will take about half a month in total to collect all twenty-five dark spores.
time flies.
While he was searching for the dark spores, the indescribable and strange feeling of fear in his heart gradually became stronger and stronger.
By the end, his legs were trembling involuntarily out of instinct.
When he turned around after surviving, he could clearly see some strange creatures following behind him.
This kind of 'seeing' is not seen with the naked eye, nor with spiritual consciousness, but with feeling.
To be precise, it is based on fear.
In the forest.
After realizing that something was following him, Chengshuo ran away without looking back.
(End of chapter)
