No one could have imagined that the weeds and trees that were carefully preserved would become the source of the crisis.
In Sihai Base, in addition to weeds, there is a small metasequoia forest surrounding the land specially set aside for growing crops.
The people at the base take great care of these metasequoia trees. When they encountered extremely cold weather before, they would cut down the trees and pick up some dead branches to keep warm.
Under the reasonable planning of Shi Maochang and others, these metasequoia trees have never been cut down directly. Under their leadership, the survivors have been very measured in cutting down each time and never touched the seedlings.
So much so that when Shi Maochang looks at the lush metasequoia forest now, he only feels terrified.
Secretary Zhao stood aside, looking up and down at the metasequoia tree, and said in confusion for a while: "It seems like there's nothing wrong with it."
After glancing at Wang Xiaoxiao, Secretary Zhao braced himself and whispered in Shi Maochang's ear: "Chief of the base, is it possible that plant mutation is an exception?"
Hearing this, Shi Maochang had an indistinguishable expression on his face.
On the other hand, Wang Xiaoxiao's ears twitched slightly, and after hearing what Secretary Zhao thought he was whispering, she glanced at him with a half-smile, "Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Since we are all here, why not... go in and have a look?" "
Wang Xiaoxiao's words just tickled Shi Maochang and Secretary Zhao, and they immediately decided to organize people to investigate.
As for this manpower...
"I go!"
Wang Xiaoxiao turned around and saw Ren Wentang, who was leading the team with long strides.
Shi Maochang greeted him with a smile on his face, "Xiao Ren, why are you here."
"It's my turn to patrol tonight. I heard Wei Nan say a few words about Boss Wang returning to the base. I was thinking of going to visit later, but I didn't expect to meet him here..." Ren Wentang said expressionlessly, Only the occasional twinkle in his eyes betrayed his guilty conscience.
Before he could continue, Wang Xiaoxiao answered, "Then Captain Ren happened to overhear our conversation and learned about the possible mutation of plants, right?"
"...Yeah." Ren Wentang nodded bravely and glanced at Secretary Zhao without any trace.
In fact, when Shi Maochang proposed to come here to check, Secretary Zhao had already sent someone to find Ren Wentang. Although he believed Wang Xiaoxiao, he did not agree with Shi Maochang's report of Wang Xiaoxiao without verification. Direct reporting behavior.
In his opinion, on-site verification is necessary, and the people sent must not be poor in skills. After all, according to Wang Xiaoxiao's narrative, these mutated plants are very dangerous and must be prepared in advance.
Therefore, Ren Wentang did not just happen to be passing by on patrol, but came here on purpose.
Seeing Secretary Zhao's little thoughts, Wang Xiaoxiao didn't say anything more. Their positions were different from hers. Being in their position, it was their duty to be cautious.
Ren Wentang did not bring many people with him. There were only five people behind him. Including him, a total of six people entered the metasequoia forest. Except for himself, who was a gold-type superpower, the other five people were all fire-type superpowers, which was perfect for restraint. Mutated plants.
Wrapping their bodies tightly, Ren Wentang and others held sharp demon-breaking knives and walked slowly towards the metasequoia forest.
Seeing the figures of Ren Wentang and others gradually disappearing among the trees, Secretary Zhao secretly glanced at Wang Xiaoxiao from time to time, with some doubts in his eyes, as if to say, 'They went in, but they are okay. '
Ignoring Secretary Zhao's eyes, Wang Xiaoxiao's eyes were fixed on the direction where Ren Wentang and others entered.
In the silent woods, Ren Wentang and the others walked very lightly, but within a few minutes, large drops of sweat continued to fall on their foreheads. Although they were not attacked, they had come through mountains of swords and seas of fire. The sense of danger is more acute than the average person.
From the moment they entered the metasequoia forest, Ren Wentang and the others felt vague gazes from all directions, but when they looked around, they found nothing.
The quiet forest seemed like a sleeping beast slowly waking up. Once it fully woke up, it would reveal its sharp claws to them.
"Team Ren, something is wrong!"
A member gently touched Ren Wentang's arm. This man's name was Shi Lu. He was born with a pair of sensitive ears. At this moment, his ears were moving slightly and he was looking nervously at the ground under his feet.
"I also feel something is wrong. Ever since we entered here, we have felt like something is following us, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger." Another member echoed softly.
The others nodded empathetically.
They had been to this place many times, but never before had they felt such a strong sense of crisis like this time. The hairs on their bodies stood up and their whole bodies were on alert.
After waiting for a few more minutes, the woods remained quiet. Ren Wentang frowned and said, "Exit first."
His heart was beating a little hard, and he felt like he couldn't stay here any longer.
"Yes!"×5
Several people retreated quietly.
However, at this moment, the originally quiet forest suddenly became lively, and the sleeping beast had awakened.
Puff puff!
Suddenly dense spherical objects appeared in the sky and flew towards them.
The few people reacted extremely quickly and immediately surrounded the city. They put up the shields in their hands and spliced them together piece by piece to firmly protect their whole bodies.
Dang, Dang, Dang!
There was a sound of impact, and the hand holding the shield trembled slightly under the strong impact. Several people's eyes were a little horrified.
Are these plants so lethal after mutation?
Looking at the gradually deformed shield, several people looked at each other with uncontrollable surprise in their eyes.
Ren Wentang squatted down, stretched out his golden hands, and fished it out from the gap in the shield. An earth-yellow cone fell into his hand. He squeezed the cone with his fingers, but it didn't move. He pressed harder, but there was still no movement. , until Ren Wentang used 10% of his strength to crush the cone into a small corner.
Ren Wentang:......
"What?" Shi Lu asked in a low voice.
"Metasequoia cones."
"Is this thing so hard?"
Hearing Shi Lu's exclamation, another member named He Qi looked back at the cones in Ren Wentang's hand, "Is this strange? Look at the metasequoia trees outside. Have you ever seen someone shooting cones like a pea shooter to attack people? Metasequoia tree?”
Shi Lu: "Well, I haven't seen it before."
At this time, a member who was holding on to the shield with both hands couldn't help but cursed, "Damn it, this metasequoia tree has become a peashooter. How can we survive?"
Ren Wentang threw the cones in his hand on the ground, "Stop talking, we have to get out quickly."
"Yes, yes, this shield is almost useless." Shi Lu looked at the tattered shield in his hand and was worried. This thing was made of steel, and it was almost scrapped in just a few minutes. He couldn't If he dares to use his own flesh and blood to resist these intensive attacks, it would be strange if he should be shot into a sieve.
Ren Wentang first added metal reinforcement to each shield, and then asked others to set fire to form a fire wall around the shield. The five people worked together. Although they could not intercept all the incoming cones in advance, the impact on the shield was Significantly reduced.
"retreat!"
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