Chapter 111 Murderous Rain (Long Chapter)

Overlooking the abnormal area, Yu Ke could only get a rough idea of ​​the situation.

The Forestry Bureau specially invited him to come over, obviously not for a long-distance look.

After a brief discussion, Yu Ke set his target as the nearest mutant plant temporarily named "vine flower".

Analyze based on the existing intelligence.

Vine flowers are undoubtedly the core existence in the abnormal area.

Professor Xu hopes that Yu Ke will go deep into the abnormal area, collect relevant samples, and investigate the specific survival mode of vine flowers.

Yu Ke left the cliff and returned to the forest, approaching the alienated vine jungle in front.

The vine roots raised between the soil layers blocked the way, and the frightened deer jumped out, using them as pedals to keep jumping and moving forward.

During this process, Yu Ke looked around from time to time, keeping alert while letting the camera capture more jungle scenes so that the Forestry Bureau could obtain more information.

Compared to the scene on the cliff, Yu Ke, who went deep into the vine forest, felt more and more clearly that the main body in this area was no longer trees. A large number of vines took over the entire forest area with an exaggerated density.

"Did you see any clues?"

Yu Ke asked, moving sideways to avoid several vines hanging from the branches.

"To be honest, such a high density of plant growth is undoubtedly against common sense. I have checked various data on the environment of the nearby forest area. There is nothing particularly outstanding about the soil properties and hydrological conditions. Consultant Yu, can you point the camera to the top of your head?"

Professor Xu on the other side looked at the image on the screen with an increasingly confused expression. When Yu Ke held the camera upward and saw the lush tree canopy, he frowned, pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, turned his head and looked at the forest defense bureau personnel standing next to him, and said in a deep voice,

"Jinghu Forest did undergo many mutations during the Cataclysm, but plant growth always needs to meet several specific conditions. It is impossible for a large number of alienated vines to suddenly grow on the original basis for no reason. This area must have been affected by abnormal factors. I need to collect samples for analysis on the spot."

The carrying capacity of the land undoubtedly has a limit.

If the giant tree wants to grow, it must occupy the living space of other plants. It is understandable that some unexpected situations occur occasionally. After all, now is the Cataclysm era, and environmental changes are not new.

The problem is that even if the environment changes, it must follow basic rules. It is not like Pandora's indescribable strange containment. This scale of giant vines is obviously beyond the scope of what can be explained by accidents.

Collecting samples is not difficult for Yu Ke, who is already in the abnormal area. Let the frightened deer carry him to find an open space. Yu Ke quickly collected samples of the soil, vines and other plants in the area.

In the process of collecting, Yu Ke is also trying to use his own perception to detect the extraordinary factors in the environment.

The result is nothing.

Although it looks quite shocking, these plants have not derived extraordinary abilities, and they seem to have no reaction to Yu Ke's intrusion.

At least so far Yu Ke has not been attacked, and there is no abnormality in his body.

Fifteen minutes later, Yu Ke arrived at the vine flower that was previously set as the target.

Previously, he was looking down from the cliff, and all he could see was the giant flower buds on the top of the vine flower.

Now standing at the bottom, Yu Ke finally saw the main stem of this vine flower.

It still maintains the climbing nature of the vine. Except for the top part, the stem below is still wrapped around the giant tree, but this volume is obviously two circles thicker than other vines around it, and there are black "meridians" extending from top to bottom on the surface.

"These meridians seem to flow with some kind of fluid"

Yu Ke got closer and took a closer look. The meridians were about the thickness of a baby's arm, and there was fluid material wriggling inside. This reminded him of the vines he had seen outside the forest. There seemed to be some commonality between the two.

"Consultant Yu, can you find a way to collect some of the fluid and bring it back?"

Professor Xu's question came from the headset. What he asked was not a difficult task.

He pulled out a short knife from his waist and cut the meridians on the stem in front of him. A strong smell of blood suddenly overflowed from the cracks. Yu Ke immediately realized a possibility. He took part of it with the blade and put it in front of his nose to smell it, and his expression gradually became solemn.

At this time, the leak-filling discovery was made.

Information about the vine in front of him emerged in Yu Ke's mind.

Macrophagous vine: a carnivorous vine that grows rapidly due to a special mutation, madly pursuing flesh and blood!

Without any hesitation, Yu Ke, whose guess was confirmed, turned around and blew a whistle to call the frightened deer, leaped up in two steps, jumped onto the back of the frightened deer, and let it take him out of the vine jungle.

Seeing Yu Ke's sudden evacuation, everyone in the Forest Defense Bureau thought that an accident occurred during the investigation and hurried to ask about the situation.

"The black fluid in the vines is likely to devour the dissolved flesh and blood of animals. The reason why these vines can be so lush in an environment surrounded by giant trees is simple. They eat meat!"

Yu Ke, who learned about the characteristics of the macrophagous vines through leak-filling, immediately realized that he was in the hunting ground built by the former. How could he dare to stay for long? The most important thing was to withdraw first.

After all, they still haven't figured out how the macrophagous vines hunt.

Even though his own strength has increased recently, Yu Ke is not stupid enough to risk his life and act as a guinea pig for this investigation.

Fortunately, it seems that it is not the time for the macrophagous vines to eat.

Even though Yu Ke destroyed some vines, he was not attacked and rode the frightened deer back to the normal forest area.

"For such a large vine forest, if it absorbs nutrients for growth by eating meat, how much blood and flesh do they need? How do they hunt?"

As a botanist, Professor Xu's enthusiasm for studying the abnormal area here is overflowing.

"I suggest that the Forestry Protection Bureau monitor this area and send helicopters to check from time to time. I think their eating process should not be too hidden. As long as they stay for a while, they can always."

Yu Ke does not plan to stay here for a long time. The samples to be collected have been obtained. The follow-up work is the responsibility of the Forestry Protection Bureau. He can't stay alone in the vine jungle.

Before he finished speaking, lightning flashed in the sky, and then thunder exploded.

Tap~tap~

The big raindrops passed through the gaps between the branches of the dense forest and dripped onto the surface of the huge rocks beside him, leaving several wet marks, and soon they became a piece.

Accompanied by the roar of thunder, the rainstorm has arrived.

In just a dozen seconds, the scale of the storm reached the level that required the issuance of a red alert in Beijing and Hangzhou, and the sky and the earth were gray.

Although he knew that there would be more rain and snow in the near future before he came, this scale of rainstorm was still beyond Yu Ke's expectations. The weather forecast did not say that it would rain heavily during this period, otherwise he would not have left the forest patrol camp to perform the task.

Of course, the weather in Jinghu Forest is changeable, and the weather forecast cannot guarantee 100% accuracy.

"The thunderstorm will not last long. Consultant Yu can find a place to shelter from the rain first."

The Forest Defense Bureau checked the latest weather information temporarily, and Yu Ke also knew that this scale of rainstorm was not suitable for traveling. After thinking about it, he simply returned to the cliff he had visited not long ago.

On the one hand, there are piled boulders on the high ground, and there are many spaces in them, which are naturally generated shelters. There are trees nearby to block them, so it is not too empty, and there is no need to worry about lightning strikes. It can be used temporarily to avoid wind and rain.

On the other hand, you can continue to check the giant vine forest and observe what state they will present in the storm.

While the vision is still clear, Yu Ke rode the frightened horned deer back to the cliff. He soon found a cave built by overlapping several boulders based on his memory. Relying on his own strong strength, he moved a few stone slabs to cover it slightly, which was enough to accommodate him to shelter from the wind and rain.

First send the frightened horned deer and the wind chime in, and Yu Ke himself took the equipment to the edge of the cliff, found a suitable place to place it, and let the lens aim at the abnormal area to monitor the changes in the vine forest in the rainstorm.

After doing all this, Yu Ke returned to the temporary shelter, called up the camera screen with his mobile phone, and took out the cushion and lighter prepared in advance from the forest spirit mark.

Collect some dead branches and leaves that have not been wetted yet from the nearby area and build a bonfire.

Before setting off, because he was not sure when he could complete the investigation mission, Yu Ke habitually stuffed a lot of common items into the forest mark, which came in handy now.

The rainstorm outside the shelter was slanted into lines under the blowing of the cold wind, and the sound of rain hitting the stones was all around his ears. The sky was flashing lightning and thunder from time to time, and its power was even greater recently.

Yu Ke listened to the various feelings about the storm coming from the headphones, spread out the cushion by himself, leaned against the boulder, and wiped the wind chime that was wet and kept sneezing with a towel.

No matter how violent the storm was outside, he was very calm, and even enjoyed the feeling of being alone in the bad weather.

First wipe the wind chime dry. This little guy's physique is really good, and he quickly adapted to the low temperature caused by wind and rain.

Jumping out of Yu Ke's arms, he stood by the cave and yelled at the wind and rain outside. When he found that God didn't respond to him, he turned around and wrestled with the weeds in the cave, not afraid of the thunder at all.

"You've worked hard today, eat something good."

Yu Ke fed corn and carrots to the frightened deer, and used natural vitality to help it recover its strength. The latter lowered its head and rubbed Yu Ke's cheek, but was regarded as a new target by Feng Ling, and dived into the arms of the frightened deer.

Seeing this scene, Yu Ke could only shake his head helplessly, thinking that he had to go back and find an opportunity to let the Shadow Moon Leopard help educate the increasingly active Feng Ling.

There was no way, Yu Ke himself did not have the hunting skills of the two-tailed leopard, let alone teach.

As a mutant beast, if Feng Ling was raised as a pet that only knew how to play, it would be Yu Ke's problem. After thinking about it, only the Shadow Moon Leopard, the overlord of the outer edge of the Mirror Lake Forest, could help.

They are all leopards, at least they are of the same species, and Yu Ke and Shadow Moon Leopard have fought side by side many times, so the latter is trustworthy.

The wind chime next to the frightened deer is still playing, completely unaware that it will soon "start school" and there is an extremely strict and wild "teacher" waiting for it.

Just as Yu Ke was thinking about how to ask Shadow Moon Leopard for help, Professor Xu's urgent voice suddenly came from the headset,

"Consultant Yu, there is something going on in the vine jungle!"

Hearing this, Yu Ke picked up his phone to check.

When he saw the scene on the screen, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and rushed out of the temporary shelter.

With a full-coverage helmet and raincoat to protect him, Yu Ke ran to the edge of the cliff without fear of wind and rain, and cast his eyes forward.

At the top of the macrophage vine forest, hundreds of flower buds began to continuously spray out light yellow mist or pollen, which was scattered everywhere by the wind and rain, and the coverage area expanded rapidly, which made Yu Ke's eyelids jump.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal!

Before Yu Ke could figure out what these "pollens" were, there was a strange sound behind him. He turned back to check and found that the frightened deer and wind chimes had actually come out of the shelter and began to approach the cliff anxiously.

"Don't come over here, go back!"

Yu Ke, realizing that something was wrong, shouted at them. Seeing that they ignored him, he quickly approached them and found that they were all sniffing something in the wind and rain, and then rushed towards the cliff.

Fortunately, Yu Ke noticed the abnormality in advance, stepped forward and grabbed the two legs of the frightened deer and put it on the ground, and then picked up the wind chime next to it. However, they were suppressed but had no intention of stopping. They struggled violently and even wanted to attack Yu Ke.

Looking back at the pollen that had spread to the vicinity of the cliff, Yu Ke quickly realized that the abnormality of the frightened deer and the wind chime was caused by these light yellow powder mists, and he himself escaped because of the full coverage helmet.

In a hurry, he activated the two abilities of Fubo and Fengxue Control. Yu Ke first blew away the pollen around him, and then used rain to create a barrier to cover himself, the frightened deer and the wind chime, and at the same time injected natural energy into the latter two.

Without the influence of external factors, the frightened deer and the wind chime soon returned to normal.

Yu Ke just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to take them back to the shelter when he heard continuous roars and cries coming from the cliffs. His face suddenly changed.

Yes, he could resist the influence of pollen by his own ability, but what about other creatures?

Suddenly he looked up at the sky and saw that under the gloomy sky, there were a large number of birds and beasts flying from all directions, including huge and powerful terrifying birds or winged beasts.

Not only in the sky, there were also groups of beasts running in the jungle, but they were covered by branches and could not see the specific situation.

Even this fierce storm could not stop the movement of the beasts, and their goal was very clear, that is, the flower buds located above the tree canopy, which seemed to be nurtured by the essence of the entire jungle.

Could there be some natural treasures growing inside?

Looking at the flock of beasts, Yu Ke couldn't help wondering what was hidden in the flower bud. Just the powder mist that was sprayed out could cause these beasts to fight so frantically.

At the same time, he had some different ideas, and recalled the information given by the missing check in his mind.

Yu Ke took out the telescope and stared at the flower buds above the jungle. Some birds and beasts were approaching.

But what happened next made Yu Ke's eyes widen suddenly.

The flower bud that was thought to be eaten soon suddenly bloomed when the beasts approached.

The bright red petals unfolded in the storm, but there was no natural treasure in Yu Ke's imagination. Instead, there was a huge mouth full of yellow-green venom and dark green sharp thorns!

In an instant.

The identities of prey and hunter were exchanged.

The vines covering the entire jungle seemed to have received some kind of command. Countless vines soared into the sky, turning into chains to bind the hungry beasts. The "flower buds" completely tore off the beautiful mask, shuttled through the rain curtain at an astonishing speed, and attacked the prey.

Hundreds of ferocious mouths fell from the sky, and the blood and flesh of the beasts splashed wherever they passed.

The vine jungle was full of blood. The many beasts gathered here faced such bloody slaughter, wailing, but they were like insects trapped in a spider web, unable to move at all, and could only let the vines swallow them all.

At this time, there were only screams and heavy breathing in the headphones worn by Yu Ke. Everyone in the Forest Defense Bureau was frightened and at a loss.

The feast of blood and flesh continued.

Even if he just watched from a distance, Yu Ke could feel how desperate the herd of beasts trapped in the vines were.

The whole hunting process lasted for nearly half an hour.

The giant vines that had devoured enough ferocious beasts' flesh and blood retracted and closed into the shape of flower buds, while the remaining remains of the ferocious beasts were dragged into the depths of the jungle by the vines and disappeared.

Perhaps it was an illusion, Yu Ke found that the vine jungle in the storm was green and full of vitality.

However, this scene should have been soothing.

Now it looks like it is covered with a disgusting blood mist.