Returning to the armored vehicle, the stop-and-go team continued to move forward. Wu Rui found that Xi Fu's state was a little not right. In line with the principle of having a good relationship with the leader, Wu Rui asked with concern: "Team leader, you seem to have something wrong."
What's on your mind?"
Xi Fu forced a smile: "I'm fine."
It wasn't that he was worried, but it suddenly occurred to him that if he sent the collected specimens back to the laboratory and tested the components, he might be able to figure out what the strange tree was used for.
And the key is probably in the liquid flowing out of the tree crown. If the composition is similar to egg white, then the possibility of cultivating or hatching something is very high.
On the other hand, if the sugar content or energy content is relatively high, it is likely to be food prepared by aliens for further invasion of the earth.
As for improving the global environment... this thing can kill all nearby plants, which seems to make sense.
He couldn't wait to go back, but he couldn't put it forward because the task hadn't been completed yet.
Xi Fu couldn't help but glance at Wu Rui, thinking about whether he could suggest returning through Wu Rui's mouth, but thinking of the bad relationship between Wu Rui and Ye Han, he immediately gave up the idea.
At this time, the team was not far from the impact point. There were more and more strange trees around, and the strange trees were very adaptable. In addition to the soil, Ye Han also saw several strange trees parasitic on the trunks, and couldn't help but sigh.
This thing has strong survivability.
The closer to the impact point, the higher the vigilance of the soldiers. In order to ensure safety, Ye Han even did not hesitate to slow down the forward speed and expand the warning distance by a few points.
When they were about to reach the impact point, the soldier on the right suddenly shouted: "Captain, there are giant insects!"
"What kind of bug? Is it dangerous?" Ye Han asked immediately.
If they encounter a dangerous giant insect, the soldiers will not shout out at all, but will directly shoot to kill it.
"A little beetle, no sign of attack...it's heading towards you!" the soldier replied.
Little beetle?
Ye Han blinked his eyes in confusion, and suddenly saw the grass not far away moving, and then a unicorn about fifty or sixty centimeters long crawled out of the grass.
The horns alone account for half of the body length of this thing, with a total length of fifty or sixty centimeters. It is indeed a little guy. Before the insect disaster breaks out, this rhinoceros will definitely fetch a good price in the pet market.
Ye Han had no intention of shooting because of a giant insect that was not a threat. He was about to tell the soldiers not to shoot, but the beetle had already got into a clump of grass near the armored vehicle.
At this moment, the situation suddenly changed. A few tentacles suddenly appeared from the clump of grass that was half a man's height, and they quickly tied the carapace tightly.
Ye Han had never seen this before. He subconsciously picked up the rifle and aimed at the tangled grass with breathless concentration.
The beetle bound by the tentacles struggled hard, and its horn kept twisting, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not break free from the tentacles.
But after a while, the beetle stopped struggling and seemed to be dead.
Ye Han moved a few steps sideways to change the angle, and sure enough he saw a white egg with a diameter of nearly one meter in the grass.
In order to prevent accidents, Ye Han gave up the idea of getting close to observe, turned on the radio and said: "Attention, all units, try not to get close to the grass..."
"Ouch... Hey, what is this?" This sentence suddenly came from the radio.
"What's going on?" Ye Han was shocked, thinking it couldn't be such a coincidence, could it?
"Captain, you're too late. Something is wrapped around my foot...why is it an egg?" The voice on the radio was extremely surprised.
"Don't move yet, I'll be here soon!" Ye Han said and quickly ran towards the scene of the incident. Soon he saw a soldier lying on the ground, his feet tied by the tentacles of Bai Egg, and a thicker one.
The tentacles kept tapping back and forth on the armor.
Those tentacles are very similar to those on the canopy of the strange tree.
Ye Han suddenly remembered that the first strange trees discovered were relatively tall, but the closer they were to the impact point, the shorter they became. It was already difficult to see the grown strange trees in this place, and instead they found white eggs hidden in the grass.
In other words, the farther away the strange tree is from the impact point, the earlier it takes to take root. Thinking of Bai Egg's hobby of catching giant insects, Ye Han suddenly came up with an idea: Could there be any nutrients in the giant insect that Bai Egg needs?
Must this nutrient white egg be absorbed in order to take root and grow?
Thinking about it this way, it can explain why the strange trees on the outside are taller and the closer to the impact point, the fewer the strange trees are - all the giant insects are caught by the white eggs surrounding the impact point, and no giant insects are close to the impact point, and the white eggs near the impact point are
How is it possible to take root?
But how do white eggs grow on trees?
However, these thoughts only flashed through Ye Han's mind. He immediately came back to his senses and said with a smile: "You kid won the lottery? What are you waiting for? You don't know how to cut with a knife?"
The warrior drew out his saber and cut off the tentacles wrapped around him one by one. However, the tentacles on the white egg did not flinch at all. Even the severed tentacles that separated from the main body continued to wrap around the warrior's ankles.
"How is it? Is this thing strong?" Ye Han asked curiously.
"It's not small, at least it can't be broken away," the soldier said.
Can't break free with the power of the power armor? This is not just a matter of strength, the tentacles themselves must also be strong enough.
Ye Han pulled up the soldier who fell on the ground: "Okay, keep moving forward, all units should pay attention, stay away from Bai Egg!"
This time the warning was quite timely, but Ye Han soon discovered that his warning was unnecessary.
What was superfluous was not the warning itself, but the fact that the closer to the impact point, the more white eggs appeared, and more and more soldiers were entangled in the white eggs. Ye Han had to order the soldiers to board the armored vehicle, sit on the roof of the armored vehicle and continue moving forward.
Not only were the soldiers entangled by the white eggs, but even the wheels of the armored vehicles could not escape the entanglement of the white eggs. However, with the support of strong power, the white egg tentacles entangled in the tires were easily crushed by the armored vehicles.
When there were still a few hundred meters away from the impact point, there were so many white eggs on the ground that one could see one every five or six steps. It was only then that Ye Han and others discovered that the white eggs ranged in size from large to small, with the smallest being only a melon.
The size is mostly between 70 centimeters and one meter, and occasionally you can see big ones that are over one meter tall.
Ye Han was still wondering how the white eggs grew on the tree.
At this time, the impact point was far away, and a large number of fallen trees could already be seen in the distance. However, the line of sight could not penetrate the dense canopy of the virgin forest, and could only see many white eggs on the trees holding the branches tightly with their tentacles.
No need to guess how this thing grows on the tree.
Going further, even the white eggs on the trees were incredibly numerous. When an armored vehicle passed by, some white eggs let go of their branches and fell onto the armored vehicle. They entangled the soldiers on the vehicle and even got hung up on the barrel of the gun.
Several white eggs swayed as the armored vehicle moved forward, like decorations deliberately hung on the barrel.
