There was a rustling sound coming from the depths of the bamboo forest. Gao Fei didn't pay attention to it at first, just thinking it was the sound of wind in the forest.
However, Mengmeng beside him stopped eating and turned to look at the place where the movement came from. His eyes were full of vigilance, and then he roared angrily.
This was the first time Gao Fei heard Meng Meng let out such a murderous roar, which was completely different from the previous milky and coquettish "yoyo" cry, so he quickly turned his head and looked over.
On a summer afternoon, the sunlight shines through the dense bamboo leaves, making it look like gold everywhere.
Through the dim light in the bamboo forest, several five-foot-tall black shadows were vaguely visible, slowly moving towards the area where everyone was.
Gao Fei turned around and made a gesture to remind his companions to be on guard. He then pulled out his pistol and walked forward quickly, blocking Mengmeng the panda behind him.
The bamboo forest fell into silence, and the atmosphere suddenly turned solemn.
As the distance got closer, Gao Fei finally saw clearly that what was approaching was actually a shrub with withered branches and leaves, pulling its roots out of the soil and crawling forward like a worm's feet.
The moving speed of these strange trees is slightly slower than the walking speed of ordinary people. Judging from the way they move, it is unlikely that they will speed up and run or jump and fly. However, just by seeing them swaying their branches and leaves and moving forward slowly,
It's more terrifying than tigers, leopards and jackals, like a group of zombies disguised as bushes!
The scene before him couldn't help but remind Gao Fei of the bamboo forest adventure that Lin Qi talked about last night.
At that time, her team also encountered such activated plants that were infected by magic and evolved the ability to move and hunt.
Gao Fei quickly opened the astrolabe to check, and sure enough, those walking dead trees opposite were the "wither branch monsters" that Lin Qi had mentioned - the weakest type among the three "wither monsters".
The dead branch monster is a small activated plant with a challenge level of only 1/8. The dry branches are very afraid of fire. However, even if Gao Fei and others know this weakness, they cannot take advantage of it. They cannot openly set fire in the forest park.
Ma Tao waved to Director Zhao and his party to retreat and protect the giant panda. He led his teammates to Gao Fei's side to stop the withered branch monster from attacking.
Qi Tian fired a shot at the nearest dead branch monster, causing the branches and leaves to tremble, but he was unable to force the strange tree to stop.
"Don't shoot at the tree crown!" Gao Fei reminded his companions, "Unless the tree trunk is broken by a shot, the dead branch monster will not stop!"
"I'll try."
Ma Tao raised his gun and fired a round of shotgun, smashing all the branches, leaves and trunk of the withered tree monster opposite him on the spot, and whistled with satisfaction.
Seeing this, everyone put away their pistols and replaced them with melee weapons that were more effective against mutated plants.
Gao Fei also took out the battle ax from the storage space of the astrolabe, strode forward, and cut the dead branch monster in half with one swing of the axe.
At this moment, Mengmeng suddenly rushed over and slapped another dead branch monster with her bear paw.
"Mengmeng! Go back quickly! It's too dangerous here!" Gao Fei quickly waved his hand and shouted.
Unfortunately, this naughty kid didn't listen at all. He pushed the dead branch monster to the ground, slapped and bit it continuously, and in the blink of an eye, it was broken into pieces and turned into a pile of dry firewood.
"Yo~~Yo yo!"
Mengmeng seemed to have discovered some novel toy, rolling around on the ground with excitement.
Seeing how happy she was playing, the other four pandas couldn't restrain their naughty nature and ran over happily to join in beating the dead branch monster.
Gao Fei and others were a little worried at first, and hurriedly chased after the panda to protect it. However, when they watched the live fight between the panda and the dead branch monster, all their worries disappeared.
The deadwood monster is probably the weakest type among all "activated plants". It is a "waste" in the literal sense. Its strength attribute is only a pitiful 6 points. The rattan used as a weapon is whipped on the rough-skinned and fleshy panda.
Same as Tickle, the average health value is only 5 points. If you get a slap from a panda, you will immediately become a ruined person!
Five giant pandas with a challenge level of 2, against a dozen dead branch monsters with a challenge level of only 1/8, it was a completely one-sided crushing.
To take a step back, even if the panda is accidentally injured in the battle, Ma Tao, Wang Daqing and Jiang Feng can all switch to sub-professionals who are good at treatment and provide timely treatment services.
Gao Fei walked around the bamboo forest and confirmed that apart from this small group of dead branch monsters, there were no other more threatening monsters. He relaxed and sat under the shade of the tree to enjoy the coolness while hugging the dead branch monster repeatedly.
Cheer up for the beating cute guy.
After just ten minutes, the pandas had torn all the blight monsters in the forest into piles of broken branches and leaves.
Mengmeng first had a feast of fresh and juicy bamboo shoots, and then had a great time beating the dead branch monster. After she was satisfied, she was finally willing to walk on her own, and Gao Fei was also happy to be free.
The trip down the mountain went smoothly, but when we were approaching the gas station, Qi Tian, who was scouting the road ahead, sent an alarm, which made everyone's heartstrings tighten again.
With the previous precedent of pandas ignoring the dissuasion and having violent physical conflicts with dead branch monsters, Ma Tao had to be more vigilant and specifically told Director Zhao: "There may be danger ahead. You and the staff at the base will stay here to take care of the pandas."
, don’t move forward unless you hear from us.”
Lao Zhao nodded, unable to conceal his uneasiness in his eyes.
"Xiao Ma, it's okay to leave this to me, but you young people should also be careful and don't be impulsive when you encounter danger!"
"We know what's going on."
Ma Tao signaled to his companions, and the five of them hurried forward.
After passing through the bamboo forest, a large and unexpected open space appeared in front of us.
To be precise, there used to be tall and dense moso bamboo growing here, but for some unknown reason, the bamboos all over the place were broken by their roots and lying on the ground in a mess, like a freshly harvested wheat field.
In this messy forest clearing, there are seven or eight high mounds of earth scattered around. Qitian and his owlbear are standing in front of a mound at the moment, peering into the center of the mound.
"Xiaotian! What's going on?" Gao Fei shouted.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, but also on me."
Gao Fei looked at the bamboo lying on the ground and asked softly: "The bamboo forest was destroyed by that monster, and the dirt pile was also made by it?"
"Nine times out of ten." Qi Tian added cautiously, "To be precise, I don't know whether the monster hiding underground is one or a nest."
"Underground?" Li Jiajia cast a confused look, "That monster you mentioned can still dig holes?"
"You'll know if you get close to the mound and take a look! But don't speak loudly, and walk as softly as possible, so as not to alert the monster and suddenly come out of the hole to bite people!" Qi Tian warned.
