Chapter 488 The ghost in the underground supermarket
"This is 'luminous moss', which is a mutational moss that is abundant in the ground and often appears. We often use it to test the concentration of spiritual energy - the richer the spiritual energy, the stronger the light released by the luminous moss. It is not aggressive, but be careful, where there are luminous moss, there are often other mutated animals and plants."
A small sounding device is tied to the tail of the black feather's golden thread. As the tail shakes regularly, the contacts in the device are activated, and artificially synthesized electronic sound is emitted through encoding and translation.
Similar technology has appeared two hundred years ago. A famous scientist once said that because of paralysis throughout his body and only the muscles of the eye can be controlled, he "tap" what he wanted to say through such devices, one letter at a time.
After two hundred years of development, such synthetic electronic sound equipment with muscle input has been reduced to the point where snakes, insects, rats and ants can be used, greatly facilitating the communication between the soul beast team.
As the guide in the team, Chu Ge crawled towards the "luminescent moss" without hesitation.
Under the faint fluorescent light, the deadly ruins like graves seemed 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 require sunlight. They grow and bloom here silently, and spray out colorful fog, making this underground space like a mysterious magical jungle.
"Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi…"
The spiritual energy detection device on Chu Ge's back kept making increasingly rapid beeps, which meant that the concentration of spiritual energy in the direction of his progress was getting higher and higher.
Sure enough, the more we move forward, the more the luminous moss gathers and shines. They climb between the ruins and walls, forming various wonderful shapes, reflecting the streets, cars, shops and signs that were crushed underground by the earthquake for decades.
Suddenly, Chu Ge stopped.
He stretched his nose and sniffed.
There is another crack on the left, and the more you go, it becomes wider and wider. It is like a rift hidden underground. Large areas of luminous moss gather here, and countless fine and high fungi like hybrids of mushrooms and jellyfish stand out among the luminous moss.
Chu Ge raised his tail high and stretched it into a straight line.
The soul beast controlled by Hei Yu and Director Mu received the alarm and was immediately alert.
The soil and rocks in front of them surging, and the soil gushed up like a spring water. Suddenly, a long worm that was as thick as an adult's fingers, crystal clear and unmistakable as a distinct head and tail, drilled out of the soil and rushed towards the luminous moss.
The long insects are covered with mucus. When they crawled through the luminous moss, they left an ugly mark, but they stuck a large amount of luminous moss on their bodies.
Soon, it sucked the faint fluorescent light into its body, becoming more crystal clear and transparent, while the luminous moss turned into gray residue.
It seems that this is a kind of insect that feeds on luminous moss.
Just as it sways and feasts in the luminous moss, a sudden change occurs.
Several plants grew in luminous moss, without wind, as if they were very delicate, jellyfish-like fungi, suddenly stretched out their colorful tentacles, and shot towards the crystal clear insect as lightning, like fishing lines, "fishing" the insects.
The insect struggled desperately and curled up into a ball, but the tentacles of the fungus were stronger and tougher than the fishing line. They couldn't be pulled anyway and were deeply embedded in the insect's body.
Chu Ge stared at the rat's eyes and could clearly see that the slightly shining fluorescence in the insect's body was sucked away by jellyfish-like fungi through their tentacles, and its body shape withered down at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing that the insect was about to be sucked dry, it struggled for the last time, jumping up like a live shrimp falling into the oil pan and falling heavily.
Unfortunately, its physical strength is ultimately not as strong as the tentacles of the jellyfish fungus, and it was cut off by the other party in the waist.
The amazing scene happened at this moment, with only half of the bugs left, leaving behind the lower body wrapped in tentacles, swimming as if nothing had happened, and drilling back into the soil.
The insects feed on luminous moss, but the jellyfish fungus use luminous moss as bait. Although the insects fall into a trap, they still have the ability to escape by breaking their tails. The bizarre and cruel world of mutated animals and plants is mysterious and bizarre.
"From the current observations, a low-level ecosystem with devouring spiritual energy as the core has been formed here. The crystal clear worm just now should be a mutation of some kind of earthworm - the gene chain of the earthworm is relatively simple and unstable. Every time the spiritual energy leaks, the first one is often mutated."
Director Mu expressed his professional opinions through electronic synthesized sound equipment, "Be careful, the data shows that the concentration of spiritual energy here is far from the highest, so with such a perfect food chain, I doubt that I will continue to move forward and encounter more powerful predators.
"Lin Yilu, check the wireless consciousness transmission equipment again to ensure that the soul evacuation channel is unobstructed. Lin Yiyan, check the weapons and equipment.
"Also, Chu Ge should have told you that this was once an earthquake fault zone. Although it was filled and reinforced by reinforced concrete, it was still not stable. If we make great efforts underground, it would easily detonate the biogas underground and even cause a crazy outbreak of underground spiritual veins. At that time, not only will we suffer a catastrophe, but there may be a downtown area with tens of thousands of people on it collapse into the ground, and it will be doomed.
"So, unless it is absolutely necessary, do not use thermal weapons and explosives. We must rely on our killing instincts - fortunately, now we have our minions and teeth that are sharp enough."
All of them are professionals, so naturally they know how to deal with it. The Soul Beast Squad carefully bypasses the luminous moss and the jellyfish fungus communities that seem to be harmless and swaying, and continues to head towards areas with more spiritual energy.
Soon, Chu Ge smelled the smell and took them to a squeezed and deformed warehouse.
From a human perspective, this ruin completely collapsed, and even yoga experts could not get into it.
From the perspective of snakes, insects, rats and ants, there is still room in the warehouse with ample spiritual energy and rich enough, which is very suitable for serving as a nest.
"In the Old Lingshan era, there was once a huge warehouse supermarket in the commercial area. If I guessed correctly, it should be here."
Chu Ge looked at the rows of twisted containers and various commodities that were squeezed and deformed, and covered with dust. "Didn't you say that the wild beasts have extremely high IQ after becoming a spirit, and even the sealed cans can be opened? I guessed that if there were really a big monster that became a spirit, it would never miss such a 'treasure'. So, just look at the packaging food here and whether there are any traces of being torn and swallowed, you will know if there are any monsters."
"It makes sense, it seems we have found a good guide."
Director Mu said, "Please be alert around the operation team. 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-transferring person is reflected.
If only ordinary awakened people want to find clues in the crushed ruins below a hundred meters underground, it is almost impossible to find clues.
However, all the soul beasts controlled by the soul mover have a highly developed sense of smell. As long as you smell the smell, you can directly lock in the target.
Chu Ge soon found the canned area.
Because of the "Disaster Era" that lasted for a hundred years, the canned area was always one of the largest areas in the supermarkets in the 22nd century.
It did not completely collapse here. Even if the can is pressed under reinforced concrete, it can often continue to last for decades or even hundreds of years with its strong shell.
At this moment, Chu Ge stared at a pile of empty canned boxes and was slightly stunned.
There were huge claw marks left on these cans, as if they were gently twisted by some extremely fierce creature, and they were torn apart like a matchbox.
There are several military canned products, which are specially used for earthquake relief and disaster relief. They are said to have strong anti-fall and pressure resistance. They must pull the pull ring above to open.
But it was easily torn to pieces.
What kind of creature can do this - just tear it open one can after another with a slight tear?
While Chu Ge was pondering, a sharp pain like a needle suddenly came from his mind. The hairs all over his body stood up and his spine was involuntarily bowed.
A strong smell of blood came from behind him.
Chapter completed!