"Brother, what's your name?"
When setting off the next day, Xiao Xu ran over to help Chen Xing pack the tent and asked Chen Xing's name seriously.
Chen Xing's information is confidential and cannot be found through the black form.
"Chen Erliu, Erdong Chen's Chen, one two three's two, five six seven's six." Chen Xing reported his name. Although this was just a pseudonym he randomly chose back then, it is now the name on the blacklist. Not only is he the only label on the clearnet system, he is also the owner of all assets.
So when introducing himself, he could only use this name, otherwise he would have to go through trouble to explain. Moreover, he recently used the signature "26chen" very smoothly, with just a few strokes, and it was written like a dragon and a phoenix, giving it the flavor of a big star's signature.
But the only thing that makes me a little unhappy is that now Ye Yang Bailiu doesn't like to call him Chen Xing, and he doesn't know who he learned it from. He calls him 2626 all day long, which is very disrespectful to his husband.
"I'm Xu Zicai, big brother, just call me Xu Zi." Xiao Xu also announced his name. Probably after what happened yesterday, I wanted to remember Chen Xing's name so that maybe we could meet again in the future.
Chen Xing had a good impression of this young man and was happy to make this friend. It's just that their identities are too far apart, so it's difficult for them to have any intersection. The best result is to be hired under Chen Xing, but you have to work when it's time to work.
Some people always feel that friends should treat each other regardless of money, status, or ability, as long as they treat each other sincerely.
To be honest, love can ignore these, but friends cannot.
The basis of friends is a relationship based on mutual needs, either having similar interests and being able to play together, or having equal abilities and being able to help each other, or understanding each other and being able to talk to each other, or having a tacit understanding and being able to fight side by side.
Although the word "friend" is not entirely based on interests, it is inseparable from interests.
Mutual need is the most basic principle.
If the status of two people is completely different, and one person's life is just a word from the other, then even if friendship exists, it is just a little bit of affection left over from the past.
The reality is that there may be love between the dragon and the ant, because love is the only existence that can transcend classes, such as Cinderella and the prince, the poor scholar and the princess, but friendship cannot last long.
Because friends are reciprocal, I need you and you need me. If this relationship does not hold, insisting on using moral standards that are beyond reality to define it is nothing more than taking advantage of others.
Smart people can often figure out their positioning in a relationship, whether it is more of a friendship, more of a subordinate, or more of a cooperative relationship.
As long as the positioning is accurate, embarrassing things will not happen easily and good results will be achieved.
In the blink of an eye, on the third day, the runaway sisters separated from Chen Xing and others. Their hunting area was in the other direction. After a simple farewell, we parted ways.
One day later, when they arrived at Lao Xu's hunting area, it was time for Chen Xing to hit the road alone.
However, under the warm invitation of his uncle and nephew, Chen Xing stayed in the camp for a day.
But after staying for just one day, a strange thing happened.
The next morning, just after breakfast, two men came to the camp.
The two are Lao Xu's companions. Before Lao Xu returned to Qingguo, they stayed in the hunting area. This is a common practice in hunting areas. Someone needs to stay behind, otherwise it will be regarded as giving up the territory.
No one will notice it in the short term, but it certainly won't work over time.
When we returned to the camp yesterday, the two were not there, and judging from the signs of life in the camp, they had been away for at least a week.
Lao Xu thought that the two of them had deserted and went to Cold Spring Harbor to find Liu Ying.
But when the two came back, they said that they had stayed in the hunting area and never left. The reason is that half a month ago, a strange tree suddenly appeared in the hunting area.
This tree is so tall that it takes more than ten people to hug its trunk, and its canopy covers more than half of a football field.
What was even stranger was that when the two appeared, Chen Xing felt a dull pain in his scalp. Two quasi-elite low-level mercenaries actually inspired the danger perception of his quasi-lord.
Past experience told him that danger perception would not lie, and there must be some factors in the other party that could pose a threat to him. But nothing could be seen on the surface, so he decided not to alert the snake yet and just wait and see what happens.
"You will know after you go and see it."
Before they exchanged a few words, the two of them proposed to take others to see the strange tree.
Lao Xu agreed without thinking. This was their hunting area and they were old friends for many years. There was nothing to doubt.
Chen Xing wanted to find out the reason and followed him. He really couldn't understand how two older mercenaries who were not even elite could threaten him, a quasi-lord.
The hunting area was not big, just a few square kilometers. The two people quickly led everyone to the "strange" tree.
In Chen Xing's opinion, this tree is not strange.
The trunk is composed of dense vines, with small leaves and thick rhizomes exposed from the ground. The roots are intertwined and spread dozens of meters.
This is a typical strangler plant. Their seeds fall on other trees, germinate and become parasitic, and the roots grow downward, gradually wrapping and strangulating the host, and finally replace the host and become the new owner.
Judging from the shape of the leaves and hanging roots, it is easy to tell that it is Ficus tenuifolia. But compared to the ordinary Ficus tenuifolia, its bark is as pale as a corpse, and there are some greenish-green things on it that look like corpse spots.
But this is not surprising, this is a common mutated fig. Under the influence of radiation, the bark takes on a sickly pale color.
Although the trunk is very thick and requires more than ten people to hug it, and the diameter of the crown is more than fifty meters, this is nothing among mutant plants. Chen Xing has seen many in the Black Death Jungle, and it is even more common in the Green Continent. , it would not be unusual for it to be ten times larger than this.
If there is anything special about it, it is that it gives people a dark and depressing feeling. The gaps between the vines are dark and deep, and it seems that there is some terrible existence hidden, which is creepy.
But it may also be a psychological effect, because some people think it’s weird because they preconception it.
Xiao Xu and Chen Xing were walking at the end. Suddenly there was a rustling sound under their feet. Xiao Xu lowered his head and saw a red-headed centipede emerging from the cracks in the tree roots. Its densely packed jointed legs were squirming around him. military boots to climb up.
"Wow!"
Xiao Xu screamed in fright and jumped half a foot high.
Lightning flashed between Chen Xing's two fingers, and with a snap, the electric arc shot out, knocking the red-headed centipede away. The oily black insect body was broken into several pieces, bouncing and struggling on the ground with green smoke, and soon there was no movement.
"Hiss, hiss..."
As if a switch had been touched, hundreds of centipedes emerged from the gaps. There were so many centipedes, like black cables squirming all over the ground, that it made one's scalp numb.
Xiao Xu didn't have time to be surprised why Chen Xing was suddenly able to use skills, so he jumped back in a hurry.
"Pesticide!"
Lao Xu shouted to his companions while retreating. The latter immediately rushed forward and aimed the jet at the spreading swarm of centipedes.
Green mist spurted out, extremely pungent. When the centipede hit the gas, it immediately retreated and got into several gaps. Those who were partially exposed to the mist immediately rolled their bodies in pain, thrashed their tails and struggled, and finally curled up into a ball and completely lost their movement.
After spraying the insecticidal mist for a while, the centipedes ran away and soon disappeared.
"Do you feel it?" someone suddenly asked. He was one of the two people who stayed in the camp.
The question was a bit confusing, but everyone looked wary and looked around.
Chen Xing frowned slightly, feeling that the other party was trying to create a tense atmosphere.
But at this moment, a strange feeling spread in his heart, as if there were countless pairs of eyes observing him from behind, but when he turned around, there was nothing.
It was quiet and deep everywhere, with one or two birds chirping from time to time.
Chen Xing's scalp hurt slightly and he felt very uncomfortable. It seems like there is something really wrong with this tree.
Lao Xu looked around and found nothing unusual. Then he walked to the tree trunk made of vines, pulled out his combat dagger, and scratched on the vines, as if trying to find out the cause of the abnormality.
The sharp blade cut open the bark of the tree, and red liquid immediately flowed out, like blood. Lao Xu dipped a little with his finger, put it in front of his nose and sniffed, frowning.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Xu asked nervously.
"The smell of human blood." Lao Xu said.
"What, let me take a look!" Another mercenary stepped forward to sniff, his expression suddenly changed.
"Have you seen this kind of tree?" Chen Xing asked.
Everyone shook their heads.
"This tree is a bit strange, let's cut it down." Someone suggested.
"It's so big, how can I chop it down?" "Use an axe!" "The axe isn't that big." "Chop it open a little, and then blow it up with a grenade." Everyone discussed it and quickly decided on a plan. Lao Xu took out the mountain axe, held it with both hands, and chopped it down hard.
"Tuk!" "Tuk!" "Tuk!"
When the ax was struck several times in a row, wood chips flew everywhere. The thick vines broke off, revealing a cross section as big as the mouth of a bowl. Then it seemed like a hole was opened in the reservoir, and with a crash, a fountain of blood spurted out.
Everyone's expression changed and they subconsciously retreated.
If this is the blood of trees, then the amount of blood is a bit scary, and there must be a blood pool inside.
There was a thick smell of blood in the air. The smell was like walking into a slaughterhouse, where corpses and blood were everywhere. Xiao Xu had never been on the battlefield and was not used to the smell, so he retched on the spot.
The blood fountain sprayed for more than ten minutes, but it still showed no sign of weakening. Blood poured into the cracks in the tree roots and then overflowed from the low areas.
"Old Xu, what should I do?" a mercenary asked with a pale face.
Lao Xu hesitated for a moment, and then he was worried. He had already cut it open anyway. He kept doing it and exploded!
He took out an explosive grenade and pulled the fuse, and smoke immediately came out.
"Be careful!" Lao Xu shouted while stuffing the grenade into the wound, and then fell to the ground.
Chen Xing swayed, grabbed Xiao Xu's collar and stepped back a few meters.
There was a flash of fire, a loud bang, and a huge hole in the tree trunk.
In an instant, blood gushed out like a flash flood. The thick blood quickly covered the ground, and the smell of blood was so strong that it made people sick.
Everyone had never seen such a scene before, and they were stunned and stunned.
"Whoa whoa!"
One wave after another, a living corpse crawled out of the gushing blood, struggling, howling in pain, and desperately crawling out.
Lao Xu was the closest and hurriedly pulled out his pistol and fired continuously at the bloody man.
The bullet hit the head of the living corpse and opened the gourd, leaking out white slurry.
As soon as Lao Xu breathed a sigh of relief, dozens of arms rushed out at the same time, scratching desperately. It seemed that more living corpses were about to crawl out.
"Retreat first!"
Chen Xing felt something was fishy and immediately told everyone to step back.
Even if it is a mutated plant, it is impossible to hide so many messy things inside.
The blood flowing out seemed to be endless, as if it was connected to an underground blood river and kept pouring out. If this continues, the area will soon become a vast ocean.
A vast ocean of blood.
