The fighting situation underground was unknown for the time being, so Meng Qingxiao paid attention to the situation on the ground. The main head snake bead of the Yamata no Orochi had been transported. I didn't know if it would work, so I needed to take it and test it.
Everyone had a tacit understanding of the more than 30 soldiers who had died underground before, and no one mentioned it.
The vitality and fecundity of black locust are super strong. It has the reputation of "one tree every year, one nest every two years, and one slope every three years". However, who would have thought that this reputation would now become Tianluo City? disaster.
Tianluo City is very interesting. The entire city is not built in the direction of due south or north. Instead, it stretches from northwest to southeast according to the terrain here.
The roads here are almost all inclined, either from northwest to southeast or from northeast to southwest.
But there is only one building that is very upright, and that is its four gates. They open due west, east, south, and north, so you can't see the road before entering the city, you can only see the buildings. Things are so far away that you would think you could enter someone else's home just after entering the city gate.
This time, Zhang Ying personally led them, Meng Qingxiao only brought the kitten, and Wan Qiyan continued to lead people to pay attention to the situation of Jiaolong and the ant queen.
The three of them entered through the west gate, turned a little to the right, and could see a large number of saplings. It was May, and it was the time when the acacia leaves were blooming.
"These saplings are all grown from the roots of the mutated black locust." Zhang Ying introduced to Meng Qingxiao, "But they will not move. They are normal trees. Only the main tree can move, so as long as If we can find a way to kill the main tree, Tianluo City will be safe."
"Besides, there is a reward for killing the main tree." Zhang Ying suddenly said with a mysterious smile.
"What reward?"
"Sophora flowers, there are countless sophora flowers all over the mountains and plains, you can't eat them all in a year."
"Oh, it's the season when the locust trees are blooming. I asked why there is a fragrance in the air. I thought I just came out of the tunnel, and everything I smell smells delicious."
"It's a psychological effect. You can smell it now, and your nose is too good. The trees that can bloom locust trees are still far away from here."
"Really, I really smell the scent of locust flowers."
"Well, your nose is really good, I didn't smell it."
Meng Qingxiao suddenly stopped and asked, "Since it's still far away, should we drive there?"
"The car is in front, just follow me."
As the two walked, Zhang Ying introduced the situation here. She continued: "We have observed through surveillance that the area where the black locust is located is the safest in the entire city. The dragon will not come here, and neither will the ants. People will come here, so we moved some of the facilities that were afraid of rain here.”
"You still have to be careful. Animals have a much stronger sense of danger than us humans. Since they don't dare to come, it means there must be danger here."
"Well, we will step up our guard."
The two walked through a row of buildings and soon came to a large shopping mall. There used to be a glass door here, but the glass no longer existed, and the ground was cleaned by the soldiers of the technical team.
There were three large trucks and a car parked at the entrance of the mall, and many equipment from the technical team were piled inside the mall.
"Where did the car come from?"
"It was found in an underground parking garage near a big locust tree. It was entangled by tree roots. We cleaned it up and found that it can still be driven."
"Black Locust didn't attack you?"
"No at the time, maybe he was sleeping. Later, when we were cutting a particularly large root system of it, it started to go crazy."
The two got into a car, with Zhang Ying driving, and drove southeast for about 20 minutes before finally arriving. Along the way, they saw countless black locust trees, and there were also many already blooming black locusts. This mutant tree was real. The entire southwest corner has been occupied, and there is a tendency to continue to go deeper.
This tree was originally just an ornamental plant planted by an ordinary family in their yard. Unexpectedly, it started to grow wildly after the mutation, and soon took over the entire yard. If it had been dealt with earlier, it would not have caused a disaster. , it is a pity that all the people in Tianluo City fled and allowed this plant to grow.
It's just a tree. In just three years, five blocks nearby have been transformed into a forest, a forest composed entirely of black locusts.
Meng Qingxiao's jaw almost dropped when he saw the forest in the city. After they got out of the car, they saw birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, a large number of bees shuttled among the flowers, and many small animals seemed to be haunting the woods.
"Holy shit, that's awesome!" Meng Qingxiao admired sincerely.
Qianghan State has advanced experience in cleaning up, or managing, mutated trees, which is due to Qianghan State's vast land area.
As the saying goes, if the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and if there is more land, you will encounter all kinds of plants. The powerful Han Dynasty has encountered countless mutant plants, some are dangerous, some are not dangerous, and they will actively attack their prey. They will not actively attack but will set traps, and there are all kinds of mutant plants.
After research by scientists, it was discovered that the reason why these plants mutate is all caused by pheromones.
Part of their body structure underwent animal-like mutation under the catalysis of pheromones, forming animal brains and various organs.
Their brain is usually located between the roots and the trunk, and is well protected, while the heart is further down, also surrounded by roots.
They will mutate into several roots that can move freely like animal limbs as arms. Some of the more powerful ones can even move tree trunks.
But it is impossible to make all the branches and leaves move. Their nervous system is not that powerful yet. Of course, it is already very powerful than humans and other animals. They just want to command all the branches and leaves. not enough.
Mutated plants are often very aggressive because they already know how to think. The desire to be powerful is the nature of all living things, and it is the inevitable result of the survival of the fittest in nature.
The most direct way to deal with mutated plants is to destroy their brains. The result of this is that the tree itself will not die, but all its animalized organs will gradually become inactive, and finally rot into nutrients and then be consumed by itself. The roots absorb.
However, as mentioned above, its brain is located between the main root system and the tree body. It is the thickest part of its body and is very tightly protected. It is almost impossible to directly destroy the brain.
So they have to think of another way.
"You can also attack its heart. Its heart is relatively weakly defended." Zhang Ying introduced to Meng Qingxiao, "But it is not an animal after all. Even if its heart is removed, it will not die, but will suffer. For a while, and then not long after, it will grow another heart.”
"So, we will not destroy its heart." Zhang Ying said with a smile, "We will inject it with a powerful sedative. Its heart and brain are connected by a very thick blood vessel. As long as the sedative is injected into the heart, it will It will fall into a coma soon, and at that time we will seize the time to clear the obstacles and attack its brain."
"I'm just curious. Why did you borrow that snake bead? What's its use?"
Meng Qingxiao explained: "The saliva sprayed by the main snake head of the Yamata no Orochi can inhibit the growth of all things. After expert research, it was found that the abilities of each snake head are all grown from the skull of that snake head. Beads provided.”
"Then what?"
"The bead on the main head is very overbearing. It is very radioactive. Even if a person comes close to it without protection, he will suffer from heart failure. If you use it close to a mutant plant, the mutant plant will tremble all over. , losing the ability to move.”
"Oh, that's it. With it, won't we need to inject sedatives?"
"No, sedatives still need to be injected, and the process you just mentioned is indispensable." Meng Qingxiao said, "This bead will be more harmful to the weaker life forms, and the less harmful it will be to the more powerful life forms. , for a mutated plant as powerful as the mutated black locust, the effect it can have is probably very small. I just want to use it to slightly suppress the aggressiveness of the black locust, so that we can quickly reach its heart."
"All right."
Led by Zhang Ying, they entered the woods. The black locusts in the woods were all ordinary trees and would not attack people. Moreover, due to the existence of the mutated black locust tree inside, no other mutated creatures dared to approach here. Instead, it was quite Safety, this is probably the so-called darkness under the light?
After walking about two kilometers further, they were still in the woods, but they saw a subway station. There were two soldiers guarding the entrance of the subway station. They were soldiers from the company sent by the First Division.
Zhang Ying pointed to the northwest and said: "The mutated black locust tree is in that direction. It is still two thousand meters away from here, but it is very manic now and it is difficult to get close to it now."
Meng Qingxiao asked curiously: "What kind of manic method?"
"It has many roots distributed on the surface, and those roots are movable. It will attack all movable targets within 300 meters of it."
"Does it have eyes?"
"No, I didn't find it. It probably doesn't rely on its eyes to see."
"Okay, let's go underground." Meng Qingxiao resisted the curiosity to enjoy it up close and followed Zhang Ying down to the subway station.
Black locust is a very sun-loving plant. Due to the lack of sunlight, no black locust grows underground. However, their exposed root systems can be seen from time to time in various corners and gaps in buildings.
The two saw more soldiers on the platform. Two soldiers came quickly to greet them. They gave a military salute to them and said, "Hello, two chiefs."
"Captain Wang, is the excavation work going well?" Zhang Ying asked.
"Fortunately, it took some time to assemble the machine in the early stage, and the excavation went very smoothly. There are no obstacles so far." Captain Wang is in his 30s, with a dark and thin build, only 170 centimeters tall, but he looks very energetic. .
"Where is the box shipped from China?" Meng Qingxiao asked.
"It's still there. Everyone remembers your reminder and doesn't dare to open it."
"Are you equipped with radiation-proof clothing?"
"Well, I've prepared six sets."
Zhang Ying said: "Six sets are enough. Don't let too many people pass by, otherwise it will be dangerous. The more people there are, the more dangerous it is."
