Chapter three hundred and forty-four: Lu Qing's brain-opening speculation
Assume, we assume that this forest is conscious and intelligent, then she can be regarded as an intelligent creature.
And since it is an intelligent creature, it must want to continue to evolve. After all, humans themselves have been developing the power of science and constantly exploring the outside of the universe.
What about this forest?
After appearing in this world, the forest expanded rapidly and surrounded all humans and animals in the village.
You can feel it from the rules in this forest. In this forest, only mutants can survive.
Any creature that has not mutated before is not only weak in strength, but will also die on the spot if it touches the black water. There is only a small chance that it can mutate into a creature in the forest.
In other words, this forest is rejecting all life except her power!
The Tree God Cult that appeared in the village before, their teaching is that "this world will be covered by forests sooner or later. Only by joining the Tree God Cult can you become a resident of this forest and survive forever."
The emergence of the Tree God Cult was not caused by humans themselves, but by the tree with thousands of hands and faces. So what is the purpose of that tree?
Will humans be subdued and become the people of the forest?
Lu Qing feels that this idea is correct, because although the mutant creatures in the forest are powerful, they all have a fatal flaw, or in other words, humans have a characteristic that these mutant creatures do not have.
That is wisdom!
So, from the perspective of the forest, are humans a creature with great potential?
Because of this, the forest wants to conquer humans.
However, her own power will only cause creatures to turn into irrational monsters, and it is impossible to mutate humans while retaining human wisdom.
So over many years, she gradually developed three solutions.
The first is the Tree of Thousand Arms and Thousand Faces, which attempts to preserve human beings' ability to think by retaining human souls and only mutating their bodies.
However, this thing must have been abandoned. After all, humans need to be devoured before they can be converted into humans, and the converted humans are not very powerful and do not even have a flesh and blood core.
Now, even an entire tree has been burned down by Lu Qing, which can be said to be of no use at all.
The second method is to rely on mimetic fungi to mimic humans. The businessman is most likely a mushroom man who mimics her appearance!
The wooden house she was in at this time might have all been mimicked by mushrooms. Lu Qing planned to go back and see if there was anything else inside, and test her idea by the way.
As for the third method, it was not created by this forest, but the [Nightmare Potion], which was something created by the researchers underground before.
After taking it, you can become immune to black water, retain your consciousness, and enhance your strength. It can be said to be a quite perfect product.
It has its drawbacks. For the forest, the materials used to make [Nightmare Potion] are the core of mutated creatures and the liquid secreted by tree roots.
In addition, the abilities gained after taking the potion are completely uncontrollable, and the creatures that take the potion will not obey the orders of the forest. They are also meaningless products to the forest, and are actually some threats?
But if there was really a threat, why would the merchant sell this thing to her?
Well, Lu Qing suddenly wasn't so confident in her own ideas. The above ideas were all her own personal imagination. She had to confirm what they looked like in the future.
Returning to the wooden house full of mushrooms, Lu Qing came to the room where the mushroom man was and observed the various experimental equipment placed on the table.
[You carefully observe these experimental equipment placed in the mushroom man's room, and you are surprised to find that these experimental equipment are actually of no use, they are just superficial decorations. Of course, you may give these mimic mushrooms enough time.
, maybe they can really transform into usable experimental equipment.】
[It’s just that now, after their “subject” died, all changes in this wooden house have stopped. Maybe it won’t take long for this wooden house to be decomposed by ubiquitous microorganisms.
.]
"Sure enough, it's all fake."
Lu Qing recalled how to use the microscope she learned in school in her previous life, and when she found out that the microscope couldn't be used at all, she had a real expression on her face.
Since this entire building is simulated by a mimetic mushroom, there is no point in continuing to stay here. After all, everything here is just a mushroom.
But since there is a building simulated by a mimic mushroom here, that is to say, there must be a building similar to this building in this forest. According to the experimental equipment in the room, Lu Qing feels that the house simulated by the mimic mushroom,
Maybe it's the house where the timid scientist lives.
After leaving the mushroom house, Lu Qing continued to explore the forest for a while, and then returned home.
What she didn't expect was that on the way home, her proficiency in the [Danger Perception] skill suddenly increased by 20%.
[Skill danger perception proficiency increased by 20%!]
[The current skill is: Danger Perception 60%]
This [Danger Sense] is very useful and has helped Lu Qing countless times, especially when dealing with those head-splitting people who like to make sneak attacks. It can often make her aware of the opponent before they make a move.
However, apart from the rapid increase in skill proficiency at the beginning, this skill has not been improved for a long time after it reached 40%. Unexpectedly, it reached 60% today.
Lu Qing felt that this must have something to do with the mushroom man. The power of the opponent's explosion was still very strong, and poisonous gas would be produced after the explosion. If it weren't for the [Advanced Poison Resistance] skill, she might not have entered the mushroom house.
He died on the spot at that moment.
.........
The night passed quickly, and the next morning, the businessman came to Lu Qing's house as always.
After opening the door and letting the businessman in, before Lu Qing could say anything, the businessman took out a piece of paper and handed it to Lu Qing.
What is written above is:
"I have found the quicklime you asked me to look for a few days ago. It costs one hundred yuan per catty."
Lu Qing asked a merchant to find quicklime a few days ago because she and the old man wanted to make leather and needed some quicklime, but the merchant didn't have it, so she asked the merchant to look for it. Unexpectedly, she found it today.
Lu Qing immediately gave up the idea of showing the mimic mushroom to the merchant and bought the quicklime first. If she showed the mimic mushroom to the merchant first and the merchant fell out, it would be bad if she couldn't buy the quicklime.