Ye Han personally put Bai Xiaoting into the armored vehicle and ended their short stay. After giving the order, the team continued to move forward. However, Ye Han frowned and was filled with worries.
After advancing a few hundred meters, the voice of the soldier came over the radio again: "Captain, we found another strange tree!"
Ye Han gathered up his scattered thoughts: "Is it different from the one just now?"
"This one is taller, and the shrubs and weeds nearby are all dead, and the others are gone," said the soldier.
"The grass is dead?" Ye Han was puzzled. He connected to the radio of car No. 2, briefly introduced the situation and asked, "Team leader Xi, do you need to stop and take a look?"
"Of course." Xi Fu replied without hesitation.
The team stopped moving forward. Xi Fu took a closer look and found that the height of the second strange tree was about three meters. Except that it was taller and stronger, there was really no other difference.
However, the dead weeds under the strange tree caught Xi Fu's attention. He squatted on the ground and observed repeatedly. Finally, he took a few leaves of dead grass and put them into a test tube, and also took some soil under the dead grass and stored them.
Ye Han asked curiously: "Team Leader Xi, have you discovered anything?"
Xi Fu shook his head and said: "Nothing has been found yet, but these grasses do not wither naturally. They are probably killed by the toxins secreted by the strange trees... Captain Ye, I think it is best to inform your people and not get too close to the strange trees.
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"Okay." Ye Han agreed, and the team continued to move forward.
However, the further you go, the more strange trees you encounter. The shapes of the strange trees are roughly the same, but the more you see them, the more you see them. Ye Han also summed up some rules.
The strange trees with a height of less than one meter are all hidden in dense bushes, and are almost impossible to find unless you get close; the strange trees with a height of two meters have just escaped from the protection of the bushes, and there is no special point; the strange trees with a height of three meters,
The vegetation below appears to be wilting.
When approaching the target point, the vanguard discovered a strange tree with a height of about 3.5 meters. Under the tree, a circular withered area with a diameter of more than two meters appeared at the center of the circle with the strange tree. There was also a dead giant insect on the edge of the withered area.
This phenomenon attracted Xi Fu's great attention. He immediately jumped out of the armored vehicle and after careful observation, he found an inconspicuous scar on the abdomen of the giant insect.
Strange alien trees, dead giant insects, inconspicuous scars, Xi Fu exclaimed in surprise: "No way?"
"What's wrong? Why not?" Ye Han asked.
Xi Fu stood up and said, "Do you know Bai Egg?"
"I don't know." Ye Han answered honestly, "What is it?"
Xi Fu briefly explained what a white egg is, and then said: "This giant insect seems to have been killed by a white egg. Captain Ye, please look for this kind of strange tree nearby. See if there is any strange tree nearby."
Giant worm!”
"Okay!" Ye Han agreed and immediately arranged the task.
There was another strange tree not far away. Ye Han only waited for a few seconds before receiving the report from the soldiers. The corpse of the giant insect was indeed found under the strange tree, which was only more than one meter high.
Ye Han suddenly lost his composure: "Can white eggs grow into strange trees? And you have to kill a giant insect? White eggs are not limited to this place, right? Why haven't you found any strange trees?"
Xi Fun frowned and replied: "I can't tell clearly. The time is too short and I haven't had time to study it yet."
Ye Han looked thoughtful: "Yes, less than half a day after the asteroid landed, this thing can grow three to four meters high...are you kidding me?"
Xi Fudao: "We cannot treat alien organisms from the perspective of earthly organisms. These things grow so fast. They may grow in a predatory manner and absorb all the nutrients around the roots. This may be the reason for the withering of the vegetation."
Ye Han was suddenly startled: "Isn't it right? The asteroid is an alien spacecraft. Why are there only white eggs and no aliens?"
He suddenly felt a sense of fear. Aliens at least had the ability to cross interstellar space, and their technological level was not comparable to that of Earth. If a few aliens or Predators jumped out, could two Thunder squads deal with them?
Moreover, the abilities of real aliens far exceed those of aliens and Predators.
What kind of escort is this fucking ghost mission? It’s simply a way to die!
Xi Fu shook his head and said: "I don't understand what's going on. Anyway, none of the alien spacecraft that landed on the ground found any aliens, but Bai Egg found a lot of them."
"No, the aliens won't hatch now after landing, right?" Ye Han said in surprise.
"Hatch on the ground?" Xi Fu's eyes lit up, "It's possible!"
Ye Han twitched the corner of his mouth, took out his saber and strode towards the strange tree.
"What do you want to do?" Xi Fu asked in surprise.
Ye Han said without looking back: "Cut it open and take a look." After that, he stabbed the crown of the strange tree with a knife, like peeling off a coconut shell, and cut out a hole the size of a bowl in the crown.
The viscous liquid slowly flows out from the hole, slowly flows down along the crown ball, and gathers little by little under the crown ball. It collects into a full drop and then suddenly drips. There is also a slender mucus that seems to be broken off from the tail.
Silk.
Ye Han kept staring at the hole until all the mucus inside was gone. Then he moved his eyes to the hole and turned on the night vision mode to carefully observe the inside of the canopy.
"What did you see?" Bai Xiaoting asked curiously.
Ye Han turned around and spread his hands: "There is nothing, no yolk and no embryo."
"Is the time too short and there is no time to grow?" Bai Xiaoting guessed
"Impossible." Ye Han said, "Trees grow so fast. If there is something inside, part of it must have grown, right?"
Wu Rui secretly pouted, aliens hatching in trees? You can imagine that!
"Then what is this thing used for?" Bai Xiaoting was puzzled.
Ye Han suddenly thought of a possibility: "The soldiers and horses have not used food and grass first. There are many asteroids behind them. Could this be food for aliens?"
"It's possible!" Xi Fu's eyes lit up.
"According to this, it is possible that this thing was deliberately thrown by aliens on the earth to improve the environment." Wu Rui said in a normal tone.
When he said this, he actually wanted to break up with Ye Han, and also wanted to prove that he was no worse than Ye Han.
Although he took the initiative to give in, it was because Bai Xiaoting made it clear that she was on Ye Han's side, and there was no point in pursuing him to the death. Instead, it would arouse Bai Xiaoting's disgust.
In this case, retreating in order to advance can actually leave a good impression.
It is said that a martyr girl is afraid of pestering her husband. Anyway, the surnamed Ye is a soldier. The two of them have to separate after the mission. He has plenty of time to slowly pry the corner, so there is no need to rush.
Xi Fu also agreed: "It is also possible."
"Why is this mission getting more and more chaotic?" Ye Han sighed, "Team Leader Xi, it's getting dark soon, we'd better hurry up."
