Mu Fan picked up his palm and saw that there was a light reddish-brown mucus on it. He rubbed it with his fingers and found that it was greasy.
What's this?
Mu Fan stood up curiously and looked at the Qi root. When he sat down, he didn't see anything of this color on it.
Seeing Mu Fan just sit down and then stand up and squat there, Bai Mao, who had finished drinking water next to him, asked: "What's wrong?"
There is nothing unusual on the surface...
Mu Fan grabbed another handful with his hand, and the fingertips still felt cold and slippery.
Underneath the aerial roots?
Half squatting on the ground, Mu Fan tilted his head and looked up.
A piece of reddish-brown mucus is already covered under the aerial roots.
It looks a bit like enlarged cell tissue.
Mu Fan lowered his head and looked at the Qi roots in other places, and found that there were such traces underneath.
"Come and take a look." Mu Fan waved to Baimao.
Yin Shuai looked down and said in confusion: "What is this? The reddish-brown mucus is so disgusting. It looks like a layer of living skin."
While Mu Fan was still thinking, Hei's voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Wait! You said you found a kind of reddish-brown mucus. Doesn't it look a bit like living soft tissue, with some irregular walls on it?
grid."
Mu Fan hummed, which made Bai Mao think he was answering him.
Mu Fan was actually telling Hei to confirm.
"This is the Zerg tribe's creep!"
Hei's voice shocked Mu Fan. Is this the true territorial mark of the Zege tribe?
Looking up at Bai Mao, Mu Fan thought for a moment and said, "Why is this kind of mucus only found on the backside of the aerial root, and not the front-facing part at all?"
Bai Mao spread his hands, how could he know? This question is really unnecessary.
Mu Fan was still asking Hei.
"It means that this used to be the territory of the Zege tribe, but it is no longer the territory. There must have been a Zege tribe's worm nest near here!" Hei's tone was extremely certain.
"The carpets will reproduce on their own near the worm nest, but once they leave the energy supply of the worm nest, they will quickly shrink and disappear completely after more than 24 hours! The dark side you mentioned has a larger number, indicating that the worm nest has migrated or
It was destroyed in less than 18 hours!”
Mu Fan inserted his hand into the soil and wiped away all the mucus.
"Captain, did you find anything happening there?"
"No, I encountered a few scattered beetles, not even a guard. We have advanced almost 3 kilometers now. What's wrong, Mu Fan?"
"I haven't encountered a single zeiger on this road. It's okay. I just wanted to ask."
"Oh, be careful, please contact me anytime if you have any questions."
After the conversation ended, Mu Fan looked at Bai Mao, who had already stood up, and said, "Let's be careful. You follow me closely."
"Did you notice the situation?"
Mu Fan nodded, pointed to the location of the air roots and said, "I suspect these are the movement trajectories of the insects."
Because Hei had just reminded him in the headset that if he followed the location of these remaining fungus carpets, he would definitely find traces of Zeger.
But at the same time, Hei's tone was also very serious, because once there is a bug nest, even the lowest level hatchery, the size of the Zeg group is not something that one person or even dozens of people can fight against.
Mechanized troops must be dispatched to clean up!
So Hei gave Mu Fan a death order, which was to run away immediately if he found any signs of large-scale Zeger activities!
Although Mu Fan took a chance on this sentence, he didn't say anything and just said yes.
Bai Mao, who was standing behind, looked at Mu Fan's strange behavior and his eyebrows almost knitted together.
What does it mean to take a step and touch that aerial root?
Don't you want to find traces of Zeger based on this?
Baimao really guessed it right, Mu Fan is indeed using this crude method now.
After quickly flashing across an area with a radius of more than ten meters, Mu Fan looked at his palms and finally determined a direction.
These remaining fungus blankets disappeared from the high slope in front, but remained all the way along the ridge.
So Baimao watched Mu Fan stop and go, and the two began to move forward along an irregular arc.
Tracy, who was on the canopy of the giant tree behind Luo Jianjin, looked at the two green dots on the electronic map that were deviating from the direction, and started a voice inquiry: "Two little brothers, your route has deviated from the direction."
It was originally the 9 o'clock direction, but now the two of them were heading towards the 8 o'clock direction.
Mu Fan's voice also replied: "The terrain ahead is undulating, and we are moving along the edge."
"OK, be careful."
After another quarter of an hour, the two people who were walking around finally stopped because Mu Fan stopped.
"Why don't you leave?"
"No more." Mu Fan shook off the reddish-brown mucus on his hand. In front of him was a large rocky slope with sparse vegetation, and there was no trace of germ blanket nearby.
"Then can we retreat?"
Bai Mao was going to walk along the gentle slope to the top and take a look before leaving.
"Probably so. We can only continue to explore next time."
"Okay, I'll bury the monitor." Bai Mao pressed a metal ball into the soil and walked towards the rocky area.
Mu Fan looked around and saw that there really weren't many trees nearby. Instead, there were quite a few light red weeds. He just touched the grass and found nothing unusual.
At this time, Bai Mao stepped onto the gentle slope of the rock.
Boom, boom, boom...
When the exoskeleton armor stepped on the stone surface, there was a low feedback sound.
Boom, boom, boom, boom...
At this time, a subtle difference caught Mu Fan's attention.
"etc!"
Mu Fan suddenly waved his hand, signaling Yin Shuai to stop advancing.
"What's wrong?"
"You go back a few steps."
Bai Mao, who was confused, took a few steps back. He did not walk straight up, but walked up diagonally from the corner of the gentle slope.
Boom, boom!
Two more identical echoes came.
"stop!"
Mu Fan ignored Bai Mao's questioning expression and walked over quickly.
Yin Shuai was stepping on a relatively wide shale. Due to the exoskeleton armor he was wearing, his steps were relatively long, and he covered a distance of more than three meters in two steps.
When Mu Fan got closer, he discovered that the piece of shale extended downward into the red grass.
Tap your toes gently on the ground.
There was a thump, and when I pointed down again, there was still an echoing thud.
There is nothing under the rock!
Mu Fan was finally convinced of this, and when his eyes met with Baimao's, it was obvious that Yin Shuai also discovered the problem.
The two of them walked down the direction of the shale until they reached the patch of red grass.
At this time, Bai Mao walked in a hurry and walked in first. As a result, he fell halfway down...
"Damn it, I scared this handsome guy to death, come here and take a look."
Bai Mao exclaimed and called to Mu Fan.
When Mu Fan took a closer look, he saw that the shale stretched diagonally to one meter above the ground and stopped.
There is a huge gap between the ground and the shale, about four meters wide and one meter high.
It's just hidden by the dense red grass.
Mu Fan raised his head and looked inside. The inside of the stone wall was covered with a dense red-brown fungus carpet!!
Without saying anything, Mu Fan motioned to Bai Mao to take a look.
But Yin Shuai only glanced at him, and Mu Fan could see a layer of goosebumps instantly appearing on his neck.
Turning back stiffly, Bai Mao stared at Mu Fan and said, "Can I say I'm scared?"
Mu Fan shook his head: "No, just follow me."
After saying that, he leaned over and got in.
"oh."
Bai Mao closed his eyes and followed him obediently into the huge gap.