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"This is 'Luminous Moss'. It is a mutated moss that often appears on the ground where there is plenty of spiritual energy. We often use it to test the concentration of spiritual energy - the richer the spiritual energy, the stronger the light emitted by the luminous moss. Be careful, where there is luminous moss, there are often other mutant animals and plants."

A small sound-generating device is tied to Heiyu's gold-threaded tail. As the tail shakes regularly, the contacts in the device are activated, and a synthetic electronic sound is emitted through code translation.

Similar technology appeared two hundred years ago. There was once a famous scientist who was paralyzed and could only control the corner muscles of his eyes. Through this kind of equipment, he "tapped" letter by letter to say what he wanted to say.

After two hundred years of development, this kind of muscle-input synthetic electronic sound equipment has been reduced to the point where snakes, insects, rats and ants can use it, which greatly facilitates the communication of the soul beast team.

As the guide of the team, Chu Ge was duty-bound to crawl towards "Luminous Moss".

Under the gloomy fluorescent light, the dead and tomb-like ruins seem to have turned into a beautiful and beautiful world.

In addition to moss, there are also a large number of mushrooms and spores that do not need sunlight. They grow and bloom silently here, spraying out colorful mist, making this underground space like a mysterious and magical jungle.

"Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi..."

The spiritual energy detection device on Chu Ge's back kept beeping more and more rapidly, which meant that the concentration of spiritual energy in the direction of travel was getting higher and higher.

Sure enough, the further you go, the more the luminous moss gathers and shines. They cling to the ruined walls and form various wonderful shapes, reflecting the streets, cars, shops and places that have been crushed underground by the earthquake for decades and have been dusty for decades. Shop sign.

Suddenly, Chu Ge stopped.

Snacking, sniffing, sniffing, he extended his nose.

On the left is another crack, which gets wider and wider as it goes in, like a hidden rift in the ground, where large pieces of luminous moss gather, and there are countless thin and tall fungal creatures that look like a hybrid of mushrooms and jellyfish, standing out from the crowd towered among the luminous moss.

Chu Ge raised his tail high and stretched it into a straight line.

Hei Yu and the soul beast manipulated by Director Mu received the alarm and were immediately on alert.

The soil and rocks in front of it were churning, and the soil was gushing upwards like a spring. Suddenly, a long worm with the thickness of an adult's finger, whose whole body was crystal clear, and whose head and tail could not be distinguished, got out of the soil and rushed towards the luminous moss. go.

The long worm was covered with mucus, and when it crawled over the luminous moss, it left an ugly mark, but it stuck a lot of luminous moss to its body.

Soon, it absorbed the faint fluorescence into its body, and it became more and more crystal clear and transparent, but the luminous moss turned into gray residue.

It seems that this is a kind of insect that feeds on luminous moss.

Just as it was swaggering and feasting on the luminous moss, a sudden change occurred.

A few plants growing in the luminous moss, moving without wind, seem to be very slender, like jellyfish-like fungi, suddenly stretched their colorful tentacles, and shot at the crystal clear insect like lightning, like a fishing line, "Fishing" the bugs.

The worm struggled desperately and curled up into a ball, but the tentacles of the fungus were stronger than the fishing line, they couldn't stop being pulled no matter what, and they were deeply embedded in the worm's body.

Chu Ge stared at the rat eyes, and could clearly see,

The faintly shining fluorescent light in the worm's body was sucked away bit by bit by the jellyfish-like fungus through its tentacles, and its body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing that the worm was about to be sucked alive, it struggled for the last time, jumping up high like a live shrimp that had fallen into a frying pan, and then fell heavily.

Unfortunately, its physical strength was no match for the tentacles of the jellyfish fungus, and was cut off by the opponent.

An astonishing scene was staged at this moment, only half of the worm was left, leaving the lower body entangled by tentacles, swimming away as if nothing had happened, and burrowed back into the soil.

Insects feed on luminous moss, but jellyfish fungi use luminous moss as bait. Although worms fall into traps, they still have the ability to escape by disconnecting their tails. The mysterious and treacherous world of mutated animals and plants can be seen.

"From what we have observed so far, a low-level ecosystem has been formed here with the core of devouring spiritual energy. The crystal clear bug just now should be a variant of some kind of earthworm - the gene chain of earthworms is relatively simple. And unstable, every time the spiritual energy leaks, the first ones to mutate are often the earthworms."

Director Mu expressed his professional opinion through electronically synthesized voice equipment, "Everyone, be careful, the data shows that the concentration of aura here is far from the highest. With such a complete food chain, I doubt that if we continue to move forward, we will encounter more Formidable predator.

"Lin Yilu, check the consciousness wireless transmission equipment again to ensure that the evacuation channel of the soul is unimpeded, Lin Yiyan, check the weapons and equipment.

"Also, Chu Ge should have told everyone that this area used to be an earthquake fault zone. Although it has been filled and reinforced with reinforced concrete, it is still not stable. If we make a big fuss underground, it is easy to detonate the methane in the ground, and even cause underground spirits. The crazy eruption of pulses, when the time comes, not only will we suffer disaster, but the downtown area with tens of thousands of people living above it may collapse to the ground, and it will be lost forever.

"Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, do not use thermal weapons and explosives. We must rely on our killing instincts—fortunately, our current minions are sharp enough."

They are all professionals, so they naturally know how to deal with it. The soul beast team carefully bypassed the luminous moss and the seemingly harmless jellyfish fungus colony, and continued to move towards the area with more aura.

Soon, Chu Ge sniffed the smell and brought them to a warehouse that was squeezed and deformed.

From a human point of view, the ruins have completely collapsed, and it is impossible for even a yogi to get in.

From the perspective of snakes, worms, rats and ants, there is still enough spacious space in the warehouse, and the aura is strong enough, which is very suitable for serving as a nest.

"In the old Lingshan era, there used to be a huge warehouse-style supermarket in the business district. If I'm not mistaken, it should be here."

Chu Ge looked at the rows of twisted containers and the squeezed, deformed and dusty commodities, "Didn't you say that after the beast became a spirit, its IQ is so high that it can even open sealed cans? I am It is speculated that if there is really a big demon dormant here, it will never let go of such a 'treasure house', so, just look at the packaged food here, if there are any signs of being torn and swallowed, you will know Are there any monsters?"

"It makes sense, it seems we have found a good guide."

Director Mu said, "Please ask the operation team to be vigilant around, and the search and rescue team will go in and check if there are any traces of monsters."

At this time, the importance of the soul mover is reflected.

If there were only ordinary awakened people, it would be an almost impossible task to find clues in the crushed ruins hundreds of meters below the ground.

But the soul beasts manipulated by the soul shifter all have a highly developed sense of smell, and as long as they smell the scent, they can directly lock the target.

Chu Ge quickly found the canning section.

Because of the centuries-long natural disasters and man-made disasters in the "Era of Calamity", the canned area is always one of the largest areas in supermarkets in the 22nd century.

It didn't completely collapse here. Even if the cans were pressed down by reinforced concrete, relying on the strong shell, they would often last for decades or even hundreds of years.

At this moment, Chu Ge stared at a pile of empty cans, slightly startled.

Huge paw prints remained on these cans, as if they were torn apart by some extremely ferocious creature with a light twist, like a matchbox.

Among them are several military cans, which are specially used for earthquake relief and disaster relief. They claim to have strong anti-drop and anti-pressure capabilities, and they must be opened by pulling the pull ring on the top.

But it was also easily torn into pieces.

What kind of creature can do this-tear one can after another with a light tear?

While Chu Ge was meditating, a sharp pain like a needle prick suddenly came from his head, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and his spine arched involuntarily.

A strong smell of blood came from behind him.

When he looked back, with the help of the dim fluorescence of the luminous moss, he saw a bloody, hideous, almost skeleton monster standing silently among the ruined walls. There seemed to be two beams of flames in the dark eye sockets, staring at it intently. He sees.