Don't run, there are monsters everywhere.

Following the direction in which the rats migrated, Lin Yi and the others saw rats dead on the spikes.

"These rats were killed by themselves." Seeing the death of these rats, Lin Yi was not surprised.

After all, they have come into contact with tentacle mantises controlled by fungi, and these mice also have granulation-like mushrooms growing on their bodies, which is obviously the same as the aliens.

The dead ones are controlled by fungi. They can change direction if they are slow in the face of obstacles ahead.

But according to the running speed of the rats, they would naturally be pierced by spikes after hitting the strange tree.

The flesh buds on the mouse no longer twisted, and looked shriveled, as if they were dead.

They have completed the task of spreading spores, and their lives will naturally come to an end.

"These spores... appear to be transmitted only in animals other than humans."

Along the way, Lin Yi tried to touch these sprouts.

The reason why he dared to try it was all due to Lin Yi's ability.

If spores can spread in humans, then when Lin Yi tries to touch the granulation, the thread of fate will definitely appear, indicating the danger that will follow.

But until Lin Yi touched the mushroom, he never saw the thread of fate.

In addition to these strange trees in front of us, even if mice parasitized by fungi bump into them, no mushrooms will emerge.

Therefore, he guessed that these fungi could not spread in humans.

But even so, they still covered their mouths and noses with cloth strips.

The reason for this is to prevent the spores from being inhaled into the lungs and causing "mushroom lung".

A wet cloth can block the spread of spores and prevent them from being inhaled into the body.

Especially Zhou Kai, if he wants to find Lu Linhai and Zhang Cheng, he must use his enhanced sense of smell.

"There's something wrong with the tree in front!" Zhou Kai seemed to have seen something and quickened his pace.

The strange tree in the distance had obvious signs of impact. Not only that, many of the spikes on it were also broken due to the impact.

"There is something on the ground." An Chengdao noticed a circle of light green powder on the ground in front of him.

"This thing smells... of flowers." Zhou Kai frowned.

"Flower?" Lin Yi thought for a while and seemed to understand something.

"I know, it's Zhang Cheng!"

During the past two months, Zhang Cheng would tinker with some things on his own while Lin Yi and the others were training.

Lin Yi remembered that one time, Zhang Cheng got a few stones and was grinding something.

Thinking about it carefully, he also exposed some things in the sun before grinding them.

If Lin Yi guessed correctly, those things should be flower vines.

"These powders should be ground into powder after dried flower vines." Lin Yi explained.

"What did he do by grinding the flower vines into powder?" An Chengdao asked.

"It's the taste." Zhou Kai took a look at the powder.

For wood rats, flowers are their natural enemies.

Rats are very intelligent animals. They have a keen sense of smell and can detect the presence of natural enemies through smell.

When they smell the scent of flowers, they will naturally choose to avoid it and stay as far away as possible.

Flowers have lived here for hundreds of years and eaten rats for hundreds of years.

This fear has been deeply implanted in the mouse's consciousness, so after smelling the smell of flowers, the mouse will avoid it.

The reason why Zhang Cheng ground the flower vines was because he thought that they would definitely leave. If they were attacked by mice, he could use these ground powders and use the smell of flowers to scare the mice, thus avoiding these troubles.

"They won't fall from the sky, right?" Zhou Kai raised his head and glanced at the sky, frowning.

"Only if it fell from the sky would there be impact marks on these trees."

"It's not impossible." Lin Yi said.

"The spores floated into the sky with the wind, came into contact with alien species, and began to spread."

"Because they were parasitized by fungi, the aliens were controlled and dropped, so they hit these trees."

Lin Yi walked towards the strange tree in front of him, and he could vaguely see blood stains on the broken spikes.

"However, since they are not here, it means they are still alive." Even so, Lin Yi always felt a little incredible.

If you fall from such a high place, even if these spikes act as a buffer, you will be seriously injured.

However, there are not many bloodstains left.

"Their smell is also there in front, let's go ahead and look for it."

Zhou Kai's words made Lin Yi feel relieved.

If Zhang Cheng and Lu Linhai were seriously injured, they would never continue to explore forward.

According to Zhang Cheng's caution, if he was unable to move due to injury, he would definitely stay where he was and wait for them to come to rescue him.

If they can continue to move, it means they are safe.

Moreover, there are no traces of fighting here. If there is really danger, Zhang Cheng will find a way to leave a mark to remind Lin Yi and the others who come here.

They continued to move forward, but as they walked, Zhou Kai's face became a little ugly.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yi noticed Zhou Kai's face and asked worriedly.

"The smell has been covered up." Zhou Kai sniffed around and seemed to smell an extremely unpleasant and pungent smell that made him feel nauseous.

"There is a smell of rotting flesh, which is very strong and covers up the smell of Lu Linhai and the others."

"There are rats ahead!" An Chengdao pointed to the ground not far away, where a few rats were scattered. Their bodies were covered with buds and they were obviously dead.

Except for the mice that crashed into the strange tree and died, they did not see any other mice along the way.

It was as if all the mice had run away.

And the mice not far away did not hit the spikes.

Lin Yi and others walked over quickly. As they got closer and closer, more mice were lying farther away.

"Didn't all these mice die here?" Lin Yi felt a little strange.

After being parasitized by fungi, the aliens chose to return to their nests, obviously to spread the spores and infect more aliens.

Perhaps these mice were like this.

At first, only one mouse was parasitized by fungi. After returning to the nest, it quickly spread the fungi on its body, causing the entire group of mice to be infected.

But why did they run in the same direction?

"There is a sound ahead..." Zhou Kai was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's a human voice... That person... is calling for help?!"

"Calling for help?" An Chengdao frowned and asked hurriedly, "Is it Linhai and Zhang Cheng?"

Zhou Kai shook his head and said, "It's not them, it's a voice I haven't heard before."

"Could it be... the person who spread these fungi?" Lin Yi said.

These fungi will not suddenly appear, and the reason why they spread here must be someone's deliberate act.

"Go and have a look." Lin Yi thought for a while and said.

"The smell of Zhang Cheng and Lu Linhai is disconnected here, maybe they have also discovered this person."

"Go and have a look, maybe we can find some clues."

As they got closer and closer to the strange sound, the scene in front of them became more and more creepy.

The ground was full of dead rats, the granulation on their bodies had shriveled, but the numbness looked even more scary.

The rat corpses were stacked one layer after another, and there was no place to step, so they could only step on the rats.

The soft touch even made a muffled "pop" sound as they ran.

Fortunately, the rats' bodies were completely occupied by fungi, otherwise the scene might be even more disgusting.

The further they walked, the more rats piled up.

And among these piled rat corpses, a naked man lay there, his lower body seemed to be buried in the pile of corpses.

"Save me... I don't want to die..."

The man looked extremely weak, and even his cry for help was weak.