Ancient Invasion [End Times]

No.30 Nine Days After the Invasion【Second Change】

The towering giant tree in front of him didn't show any tendency to attack Cheng Sheng's approach.

Xu Ying observed the surroundings, and the ground was full of messes where the soil had been turned up, as if some huge creature hidden in the soil had passed by here.

She couldn't help breathing softly, and asked Duan Yi: "Team Duan, look at these, could it be some earthworms or animals in the soil that have mutated?"

Duan Yi approached the area, knelt down and observed for a while, then said: "There are no signs of living things left, probably not."

Xu Ying nodded.

Cheng Sheng carefully steered the wheelchair close to the giant tree, stopped at a distance of more than ten meters, and scanned the data model of the giant tree in front of him through the high-tech electronic screen.

He has inconvenient legs and lives alone. In the peaceful age before the virus invaded, he had to rely on his wheelchair to a large extent. Therefore, he and a few friends with doctorates in physics made a lot of improvements to the wheelchair.

Originally, it was just a design function that satisfies research addiction and is almost useless, but at this moment, it has played a surprising role.

"My God, how did this tree grow into such a shape..." While Cheng Sheng was scanning and checking the data, Du Nanrong walked up to Cheng Sheng, and couldn't help feeling, "Isn't Jianmu in our fairy tales like this?"

He kept looking up at the sky, only to see the elongated branches covering the top of his head, and the sky was almost completely covered.

Compared with his saxifrage, the saxifrage that may be six to eight meters high is already "giant", taller than ordinary storefront bungalows, but now it is placed beside these towering trees, like a The feeling of adults with children.

Cheng Sheng quickly browsed the scanned data, and said absently: "This height is not amazing if it was placed tens of millions of years ago. If you want to talk about mythology, maybe the inspiration does come from ancient plants."

"That's not amazing?" Du Nanrong blinked.

Cheng Sheng glanced at him and explained: "In ancient times, the oxygen content in the air reached 35%. In this environment, plants have a more suitable growth environment."

Duan Yi walked to Cheng Sheng's side, heard what the doctor said, and continued thoughtfully: "So the trees in ancient times were full of branches and leaves, and also provided sufficient food for herbivores. Modern times are all absolutely magnified, is this the reason?"

"A very simple food chain cycle." Cheng Sheng nodded and glanced at Da Bing approvingly.

Du Nanrong was still in a daze, apparently having no idea.

"For example, the Tachybrachiosaurus that lived in the late Jurassic period." Seeing this, Cheng Sheng gave an example, "An adult Tachybrachiosaurus is 25 meters long, and it can easily lift its head to a position 13 meters above the ground—— That's about the height of a 4-story building—to get the foliage it needs."

He speaks so fast that he hardly needs to think, and there are examples that can support his statement.

"The height of 13 meters is not the height of the canopy, but the height of the branches and leaves that generally hang down. The height of the canopy is even estimated to be 30 to [-] meters higher, at least." After Cheng Sheng finished speaking, he looked down at the data screen.

He was comparing the plant data in the database with the actual data of the towering tree in front of him, and the results of the comparison were coming soon.

Du Nanrong gasped when he heard what Cheng Sheng said, it was about as tall as the skyscrapers in the city.

The final display of the comparison results popped up on Cheng Sheng's electronic screen.

He raised his head, looked eagerly at the big guy in front of him, and announced to everyone almost gently: "Now, in front of you is a deciduous tree that is almost the same size as in ancient times, ancient ginkgo, with a diameter of eight meters. , as high as 87 meters."

Although he hadn't figured out why these plants could grow to such an extent through the virus, it didn't affect Cheng Sheng's excitement at seeing the ancient plants that he had been keen on studying for more than ten years.

Du Nanrong thought he would hear some new species term from the doctor's mouth.

He froze for a moment, and asked in disbelief, "Is it ginkgo? Just the golden ginkgo everywhere?"

"Modern ginkgoes generally have a height of 30 to 80 meters. When they are mature, they are yellow or orange-yellow, and when they are immature, they are what you see now." Gymnosperms, whose general height can reach [-] to [-] meters."

Lin Qian looked at the towering giant tree like a green dome in front of him, and said in a low voice, "The one in front of us, even in ancient times, is considered tall."

Cheng Sheng nodded slightly, indeed.

"Then here comes the question, how do we get out?" Lin Qian looked at the natural dome barrier in front of him.

The towering giant trees grow in random order, and there is not enough space for an army truck to pass through.

Even if people cross on foot, they will probably struggle because of the roots rolling out of the ground.

"Also, after going out, what will be waiting for us outside the barrier? The attack of creatures, or nothing?"

"No matter what is outside." Duan Yi said, "We will go out."

The giant forest in front of them has no malicious intent to attack them, just like ordinary big trees, standing quietly in the outskirts of Lindu like a giant.

This is obviously different from that of Du Nanrong's saxifrage.

The saxifrage obviously has a very keen sense of their reactions and will respond accordingly.

Cheng Sheng looked at Du Nanrong: "Let's release it, and see if the ginkgo forest will reject it."

Du Nanrong nodded, and gently put the saxifrage on the ground.

The rhizome of the little thing was still covered with mud, but it seemed that a lot of the mud had been shaken off along the way, and the exposed rhizomes showed some signs of malnutrition.

It shook its petals and stayed where it was, seeming a little dazed.

Du Nanrong bent down and gently pushed it with the back of his hand: "Hey little thing, go over there to take root and absorb some nutrients? It's good to roll up some mud and come back and go on the road."

The saxifrage gently shook the newly grown shoots, as if it understood Du Nanrong's meaning, it rolled the mud and moved quickly towards the ginkgo forest.

Just as Cheng Sheng guessed, the ginkgo forest had no intention of repelling the entry of saxifrage.

The saxifrage looked around, as if looking for a geographical location to take root and absorb nutrients.

The little thing picks and chooses, and finally swings a few roots to make a hole on the spot, quickly digs a hole for himself, and plunges in.

Cheng Sheng followed the saxifrage closely.

After the saxifrage took root, its small body quickly swelled and grew. The rhizome swelled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and its diameter was as big as a football.

"Why does it feel like it's getting bigger..." Du Nanrong looked at the saxifrage and muttered in a low voice.

Saxifraga arbitrarily even occupies the growth space of other ginkgos. Its leaf petals grow wildly, protruding against the dense ginkgo branches at the top of the head.

Lin Qian was dumbfounded: "This won't be kicked out, will it?"

Du Nanrong touched the tip of his nose embarrassingly, as if he had raised a bear son.

"Nice job." Cheng Sheng scanned the growth data of the saxifrage, and he said quickly, "Let's get in the car. Get ready to pass at any time."

"Access?" Lin Qian was stunned, "Where is the way?"

"Isn't there?" Cheng Sheng raised his finger to the saxifrage, and saw that it was still growing wildly, greedily absorbing the nutrients in the soil, and there were huge growth changes almost every second.

It pushed open the surrounding ginkgo trees abruptly, and the layers of leaf petals opened up a small gap.

Although it is temporarily impossible to let the Junji card pass through, the gap is still expanding visibly with the naked eye, and perhaps sooner or later a space will be opened up enough for them to pass through.

Lin Qian exclaimed, and finally understood the doctor's plan, he quickly jumped into the car and started the engine: "Ready!"

Everyone gets in the car.

Seeing that the growth of saxifrage opened up a big enough gap, Lin Qian stepped on the gas pedal and rushed straight over.

The saxifrage looked eagerly at Junjika rushing out, twisted and twisted, and quickly pulled out the nutrient-absorbing rhizomes, and quickly followed Junjika's movement.

The sudden action of a car and a grass finally attracted the attention of the ancient ginkgo forest.

The giant tree began to move, and its roots rose from the ground, like a huge phalanx, moving slowly but destructively.

Cheng Sheng finally understood why such a uniform ginkgo barrier was formed in this suburb, and why the ground was full of messy and turned over soil——

These ginkgoes are not really silent like ordinary trees, they are just not so active.

The space of the saxifrage was quickly squeezed. Its "occupation" and "squeeze" were just a small matter for the huge group of ginkgos, but when the ginkgos in the entire forest showed a defensive posture because of their breakthrough , the saxifrage less than ten meters high is not enough to see at all.

The light and space in front of him were quickly shrunk by the moving ginkgo. Lin Qian stared straight ahead, shifting gears in his hands layer by layer.

almost!

Several ginkgo branches grew and spread across the front windshield of the truck.

Lin Qian's pupils shrank slightly, and his speed increased instead of falling. Hearing the roar of the engine, the truck moved forward at full speed and slammed into a branch.

Several ginkgo branches were cracked by the huge impact and flew out together with the car body.

Lin Qian held the steering wheel tightly. After the truck rushed out of the ginkgo forest, it coasted quickly towards the open space for a certain distance, and then stopped the car steadily.

Lin Qian stopped the car, sat on the seat and took a few breaths, then slapped the steering wheel hard, turned his head excitedly and shouted: "We rushed out!"

Du Nanrong couldn't help getting out of the car, he turned around and looked at the ginkgo forest they had just rushed out of.

The ginkgo forest seemed to have life, and quickly filled the gap they knocked open, without any intention of chasing and attacking them.

They are like watching giants, completely enveloping Rin.

It took almost a few breaths of effort. From the outside, the entire ginkgo forest did not show any signs of being breached.

Not to mention the gaps pushed out by the wild growth of saxifrage.

Du Nanrong shook his palms and looked at Linzi nervously. What about his grass?

Just the second after this idea popped up, a round, plump, small saxifrage, carrying a mass of fertile mud, creaked and jumped easily from the ginkgo forest. jumped out.

In two or three hits, it jumped onto Du Nanrong's shoulder.

—— Hearing the call of the watering officer, Chirp!

The saxifrage affectionately rubbed against Du Nanrong's face with its leaf petals. Although it was very comfortable there, it heard the voice of the watering officer, and ran back cruelly!