The dark pickup truck slowly drove into this quiet valley.
The breeze rustled the leaves.
The chirping of insects and birds that once should have echoed along the roadside is now filled with complete silence, so quiet that it seems as if driving here is driving into death.
He Ao held the steering wheel with one hand, and dynamic heavy metal music played on the minivan's stereo. He pressed down the window, held a cigarette in his hand and stretched out the window, letting the light smoke drift away with the flowing wind.
The 'delicious' feeling lingering in his heart became stronger and stronger, so strong that it almost filled his mind.
Now the wilderness wanderers have driven away the alien beasts in the surrounding area. Judging from the collected news, the situation is not good.
Around the area covered by the ghost mushrooms, many traces of the activities of C-level alien beasts were found.
Since most wilderness wanderer families do not have C-level strong men, the wilderness wanderers can only rely on the sacrifices or attacks of their clan members to draw out some dangerous areas. It is not possible to determine where the danger in each area comes from.
For what, is it a strange beast or a dangerous supernatural object.
Generally speaking, people who see the source of danger cannot pass the information back alive, so wilderness wanderers' perception of dangerous areas is 'it's very dangerous here'. There is one C-level alien beast that is dangerous, and there are three C-level alien beasts.
It's also dangerous.
In the past, the wilderness wanderers were unable to fight alone, but this time, under the call of the Andavi family and the pressure of the ghost mushrooms, the wilderness wanderers united and had the opportunity to explore and clean up the nearby areas in detail.
Before exploring, He Ao and the old patriarch estimated that there would be a lot of C-level beasts around the ghost mushroom area.
The real situation is even worse than initially expected.
So far, they have found traces of at least eight C-class alien beasts in the surrounding area, and the original wilderness wanderers expected that there would be at most two or three C-class alien beasts nearby.
In fact, the principle is very simple. The ghost mushrooms stopped after they expanded here, naturally not because they were kind-hearted and didn’t want to expand, but because they encountered obstacles to expansion.
The C-level has some resistance to the attraction of ghost mushrooms. The temptation that the ghost mushrooms now exude to the surroundings alone cannot lure and prey on these C-level beasts around them.
The existence of these C-level alien beasts makes the outer beasts and alien beasts dare not go this way, thus cutting off the ghost mushroom's food.
In a sense, these C-level alien beasts inhibited the expansion of ghost mushrooms and protected this wilderness.
Ho's vehicle passed the abandoned wilderness wanderer camp again. The camp was now empty, filled with dull white bones and ghost mushrooms growing lushly on the bones.
Those killed wilderness wanderers have been completely 'digested' by ghost mushrooms.
The abandoned camp is also covered with dense layers of ghost mushrooms.
The delicious temptation brought by these ghost mushrooms makes people subconsciously ignore the cold and dim environment here, taking everything around them for granted, and just want to taste those delicious mushrooms.
He Ao turned the steering wheel, passed over the ghost mushrooms on the ground, left the road, and turned into the wilderness.
This road is only the edge of the ghost mushroom area, and the real core area still needs to go further inside.
The white juice stuck to the dark tires and quickly mixed into the soil.
There are no roads in the wilderness, just undulating muddy ground.
He Ao controlled the steering wheel and groped forward according to the safe and suitable route drawn by the old patriarch for him.
His body rose and fell with the vibration of the vehicle.
Under the dim light of the car lights, human or animal bones were scattered randomly on the surrounding land.
Half of these bones were buried in the mud, and half were exposed. White ghost mushrooms were scattered on these bones under the starlight.
He Ao somewhat understood why this kind of mushroom was called ghost mushroom in ancient legends.
They sprout from the bones of the dead like ghosts returning from hell.
He Ao continued to walk forward.
Some of the surrounding bones have signs of weathering, while others are still very new.
This proves that the surrounding C-level alien beasts do not completely block animals or humans from entering this area. These constantly tempted 'food' will make the ghost mushrooms more and more powerful.
Until they can attract the C-level alien beasts blocking them from the outside.
That's when the real terror strikes.
Therefore, the wilderness wanderers must get rid of these ghost mushrooms before they can attract C-level.
The pickup truck was trudging along the rugged wilderness.
The current ghost mushroom area is formed by connecting many small areas infected by ghost mushrooms before.
Those beings surrounded by the ghost mushrooms had no room for resistance. Almost all of them became nutrients for the ghost mushrooms in a short period of time, and the areas covered by the ghost mushrooms were quickly connected together.
The area that finally merged together was roughly close to a circle, with irregular ridges on the edges.
The further He Ao walked in, the denser the ghost mushrooms in his field of vision became.
The white mushrooms all over the mountains and plains faintly reflect the dim light under the starlight.
These lights can help the 'prey' find ghost mushrooms more accurately.
In a sense, the ghost mushroom is very powerful, its ability to attract people is unparalleled, and it seems to increase as the group grows.
But in another sense, it is weak.
As long as it can resist its contamination, it is an ordinary mushroom.
At this moment, He Ao's wheels ran over him, and ghost mushrooms exploded one after another.
Ghost mushrooms seem to be irrational, and constantly attracting prey is just a way for them to absorb nutrients and increase their self-value.
When He Ao turned on his super memory, he couldn't see any shadow on the ghost mushroom.
This proves that ghost mushrooms have no soul.
Even on the weak grass, there are shadows that are so faint that they are almost invisible unless you look carefully.
But there is nothing on the ghost mushroom. Although it has the appearance of a living thing, it is as lifeless as a machine made by humans.
That 'delicious' temptation is still lingering in He Ao's heart, and it is getting stronger quickly, which seems to prove that He Ao is approaching the core of the ghost mushroom area.
He needs to go to the center of the ghost mushroom area, which is a place where close-range artillery shells fired from the outside cannot reach.
Ho Ao will fire incendiary bombs in the central area, and at the same time, the Andavi family members will fire incendiary bombs from all sides toward the center.
Under two-way attack, this can ensure that the ghost mushroom is killed quickly and reduce the time to attract powerful alien beasts.
The only problem with doing this is that He Ao's situation will be more dangerous.
Not only will he be in the center of the ghost mushroom area, enduring the strongest temptation, but he will also have to accept the burning of the flames when facing those powerful beasts that rush into the ghost mushroom area.
For this reason, He Ao asked the old patriarch of the Andavi family to borrow a incomplete extraordinary item. This extraordinary item could allow the holder to avoid being burned by flames to a certain extent, but would continue to attract fire.
The Andavi family has only one extraordinary item that can reduce fire damage, and the old patriarch does not recommend the use of this extraordinary item.
Because the previous owners of this item died in flames, when it resists flames, it will not be completely immune to the damage of flames, and will attract even greater flames.
However, He Ao was quite interested in this thing and took away this extraordinary item.
As the bright moon crossed a certain distance in the sky, He Ao finally arrived at the core area of the plan.
He pushed open the car door, jumped out of the car with a cigarette in his mouth, and popped a ghost mushroom under his feet.
He is wearing special fire-proof clothing, which is heat-insulating and resistant to burning, and can also help him resist flames to a certain extent.
He took out a folding flare gun from the driver's seat and slowly unfolded it.
Throughout the process, his arms were shaking uncontrollably, and the powerful temptation from the ghost mushroom in the core area was constantly attracting him, trying to change his will and control his body.
This feeling is as uncomfortable as a person who has been hungry for three or four days standing in front of a luxurious banquet and trying to control himself not to eat them.
Especially when there is a plate of sizzling roast chicken smeared with honey and spices in front of this person.
What He Ao was fighting was not only temptation, but also the instinct of this body.
The reason why the surrounding C-level beasts can resist the temptation of ghost mushrooms is probably because they are far away from the core area.
He Ao's movements were very slow, but in the end he deployed the flare gun as planned.
He raised the flare gun and pointed it at the sky.
As a bright flame rose into the sky, he threw away the flare gun in his hand and instantly pulled down the rain cover covering the bed of the pickup truck, revealing the goods inside.
Occupying the bed of the truck was a small launcher filled with incendiary bombs, and a small off-road motorcycle was tied to the rear of the truck.
He Ao took off the off-road motorcycle and put it on the ground.
This kind of motorcycle is strong and durable and can adapt to various environments, but the driving experience is not very comfortable. It is one of the most popular off-road motorcycles in the wilderness.
Then Ho Ao looked up at the small launching device in the truck. In order to minimize unnecessary time, all the incendiary bombs were already in position to be launched when Ho Ao set off.
The only problem with this operation is that it is easy to accidentally fire while driving, but Heao drove very steadily and this did not happen.
After looking away from the small launch device, He Ao glanced at the time on his bracelet, then picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the moon. A bright light quickly rose into the sky under the bright moonlight and rushed towards the bright moon in the sky.
This was the reply from the Andavi family to him, indicating that they already knew that He Ao had arrived at the scheduled location.
After seeing the flare, He Ao raised his bracelet and glanced at the watch on his hand. There were still fifteen seconds left before zero.
This is the time they agreed to launch the incendiary bombs.
He Ao pressed his hand on the launch button and watched the countdown on his hand, watching the stopwatch numbers on the countdown return to zero bit by bit.
Soon, time came to the last three seconds.
three!
two!
one!
Cannonballs with reflective markings filled the sky in an instant.
One flame after another is like a carnation blooming at midnight, blooming on the earth one after another.
Among these blooming flowers, bullets spitting bright flames were ejected. These bullets were filled with extremely flammable incendiary agents.
While He'ao was in coma, the Andavi family had tested the state of the ghost mushroom after being burned.
During the burning process, the seductive ability of ghost mushrooms will be enhanced three to five times. At temperatures below one thousand degrees Celsius, ghost mushrooms can be burned for more than five minutes before turning into powder.
After being turned into powder, these powders are extremely easy to burn, and can easily reach temperatures exceeding one thousand degrees Celsius during the combustion process.
At temperatures exceeding one thousand degrees Celsius, ghost mushrooms can only resist flames for thirty seconds. However, within these thirty seconds, the temptation of some ghost mushrooms to the surroundings will increase to more than five times.
Most of the incendiary bombs currently used by the Ho and Andavi families can create temperatures above one thousand degrees Celsius.
However, this kind of incendiary bombs are relatively expensive and not easy to find. If the wealthy Merck family hadn't stocked up on them in large quantities, they wouldn't have been able to get such a large quantity together.
Even so, more than 20% of the incendiary bombs are ordinary incendiary bombs.
However, He Ao was not in the mood to appreciate the sight of these flame flowers blooming at the moment.
The moment the flames exploded, the roasted ghost mushrooms around them felt a fatal allure.
In the process of resisting this temptation, He Ao lost control of his body even in a short period of time.
By the time he regained control, several seconds had passed.
At this time, the raging flames around him were already closing in on the entire core area.
He quickly took out a ring with a flame pattern and put it on his hand, started his motorcycle and rushed out of the gap in the flames.
And the moment he broke out of the core flame, the tongues of fire behind him spit out and quickly spread towards his back.
This is the price of this fire-avoiding ring, it will continue to attract flames.
However, He Ao did not take off the ring because of this, but kept rushing towards places with few flames while wearing the ring.
The heat resistance and insulation of this off-road motorcycle are very good. Even in this extreme situation, the speed of the motorcycle is not greatly affected, allowing He Ao to speed through the flames.
It’s just that the metal seat is a bit hot on the butt.
As He Ao continued to run, the flames around him became more and more intense. Although he almost fell into the flames several times due to the temptation of the ghost mushroom, in the end he was able to turn the danger into good fortune and land smoothly.
At this time, some ghost mushrooms had been burned into powder and became an accelerant for the flames.
He Ao rode his motorcycle towards the outer layer.
At this moment, a little north of the direction he was heading, an undetectable flame rose into the sky.
This is a signal from the Andavi family.
This means that a C-level alien beast entered the area where the ghost mushroom is from this direction.
He Ao took a deep breath, opened the accelerator of the motorcycle to the maximum, stepped over the flames in front of him, and rushed straight towards the direction where the strange beast entered.
These C-level beasts are the biggest obstacle to destroying the ghost mushrooms this time.
He Ao touched his chest. Behind the thick fire-proof clothing was a mithril test tube with a slightly cool feeling.
It contains a secret medicine that He Ao extracted not long ago with the help of materials from the Andavi family.
Talent Sequence 115: Nightcrawler
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In a valley not far from the ghost mushroom area, dead corpses were lying everywhere.
There seemed to be a fierce battle here. A convoy coming from the city was attacked. Their truck was parked on the side of the road and everything in the truck was emptied.
The rain washed away the blood, leaving only decaying corpses.
A huge foot slowly stretched out from the hazy night, frightening away the scavenging birds nearby.
The foot landed on the roof of the truck, trampling the truck, which was riddled with bullets but still stable, into a discus.
In the darkness, the huge creature raised its head and looked into the distance.
It seemed to smell something.
I was delayed on some things today, so later, um, I think I need to write more in the wilderness, so I won’t set a flag in the future.
