Savior Simulator.

Chapter 173 Mutant Plants
There was a rustling sound coming from the depths of the bamboo forest, Gao Fei didn't pay attention to it at first, he just thought it was the wind in the forest.

However, Mengmeng next to her stopped eating, turned her head to look at the place where the movement came from, her eyes were full of vigilance, and then roared angrily.

It was the first time for Gao Fei to hear Mengmeng's murderous roar, which was completely different from the previous "Yoyo" call, so he turned his head and looked over.

In the summer afternoon, the sun shines through the dense bamboo leaves, mottled, like broken gold everywhere.

With the dim light in the bamboo grove, several five-foot-high black shadows could be vaguely seen, slowly moving towards the area where everyone was.

Gao Fei turned around and made a gesture to remind his companions to be on guard, then drew out his pistol, walked forward quickly, and blocked Mengmeng Panda behind him.

The bamboo forest fell into silence, and the atmosphere suddenly turned to chill.

As the distance drew closer, Gao Fei finally saw clearly that what was approaching was actually shrubs with withered branches and leaves, pulling their roots out of the soil, and wriggling forward close to the ground like the steps of a worm.

The moving speed of these strange trees is slightly slower than the walking speed of ordinary people. Judging from the way they move, it is unlikely to speed up or jump and pounce. However, just seeing their swaying branches and leaves moving forward slowly, It is even more frightening than tigers, leopards and wolves, like a group of zombies disguised as bushes!
The scene in front of him couldn't help but remind Gao Fei of the adventure in the bamboo forest that Lin Qi talked about last night.

At that time, her team had also encountered such living plants that had been infected by magic and evolved the ability to move and prey.

Gao Fei quickly opened the astrolabe to check, and sure enough, the dead trees walking on the opposite side were the "dead branch monsters" that Lin Qi had mentioned - the weakest of the three "withered monsters".

Dead branch monsters are small living plants, their challenge level is only 1/8, dry branches are very afraid of fire, but even if Gao Fei and others know this weakness, they can't take advantage of it, so they can't openly set fire in the forest park.

Ma Tao waved his hand to signal Director Zhao and his party to back off, to protect the giant panda, and brought his teammates to Gao Fei's side to stop the dead branch monster from attacking.

Qi Tian fired a shot at the nearest dead branch monster, causing the branches and leaves to tremble, but failed to force the strange tree to stop.

"Don't shoot at the crown of the tree!" Gao Fei reminded his companions, "Unless the trunk is broken with one shot, the dead branch monster will not stop!"

"I'll try."

Ma Tao raised his gun and blasted a shotgun, smashing all the branches, leaves and trunk of the dead branch monster opposite on the spot, and whistled in satisfaction.

Seeing this, everyone put away their pistols and replaced them with melee weapons that are more effective against mutated plants.

Gao Fei also took out the battle ax from the storage space of the astrolabe, strode forward, and chopped off the dead branch monster in half with one axe.

At this moment, Mengmeng rushed over suddenly and slapped another dead branch monster with her bear paw.

"Mengmeng! Go back quickly! It's too dangerous here!" Gao Fei quickly waved his hands and scolded.

Helplessly, this brat was disobedient at all, and he pushed the dead branch monster to the ground, patted and bit it, and it was smashed to pieces in a blink of an eye, turning into a pile of dry wood.

"Yo~~ Yo Yo!"

Mengmeng seemed to have discovered some novel toy, and was rolling all over the floor in excitement.

Seeing that she was having fun, the other four pandas couldn't hold back their mischievous nature, and ran over excitedly to join the ranks of beating the dead branch monster.

Gao Fei and the others were a little worried at first, and hurriedly chased after the panda to protect the panda, but when they watched the live broadcast of the fight between the panda and the dead branch monster, all the worries in their hearts dissipated.

The dry branch monster is probably the weakest of all "living plants". It is literally "useless wood", with a strength attribute of only 6 points. Just like scratching an itch, the average life value is only 5 points. If you get slapped by a panda, you will immediately become a broken flower and a willow!
Five giant pandas with a challenge level of 2, against a dozen or so dead branch monsters with a challenge level of only 1/8, is completely unilaterally crushed.

Taking a step back, even if the panda is accidentally injured in the battle, Ma Tao, Wang Daqing, and Jiang Feng can all switch to sub-professions that are good at healing and provide timely healing services.

Gao Fei wandered around in the bamboo forest, and confirmed that apart from this small group of dead branch monsters, there were no other more threatening monsters. The beating Mengmeng cheered up.

After just 10 minutes, the wither monsters in the forest were dismantled into piles of broken branches and leaves by the pandas.

Mengmeng first ate a full meal of tender and juicy bamboo shoots, and then had a good time beating dead branch monsters after the meal. After being satisfied, she was finally willing to walk by herself, and Gao Fei was also happy to relax.

The journey down the mountain went smoothly, but when approaching the gas station, Qi Tian, ​​who was exploring the road ahead, sent an alarm, which made everyone's heartstrings tense again.

With the precedent of pandas disregarding dissuasion and violent physical conflicts with dead branch monsters, Ma Tao had to be more careful, and specially told Director Zhao: "There may be danger ahead, you and the staff of the base will stay here and take care of the pandas." , unless you hear from us, don't move forward."

Old Zhao nodded, his eyes were full of uneasiness.

"Little Ma, it's okay to leave it to me, but you young people should also be careful, don't be impulsive when you encounter danger!"

"We know that."

Ma Tao gestured to his companions, and a group of five hurried forward.

Passing through the bamboo forest, a large and abrupt open space appeared ahead.

To be exact, tall and dense moso bamboos were originally growing here, but for some unknown reason, the bamboos everywhere were broken off at the root, and fell to the ground in all directions, like a wheat field that has just been harvested.

In this messy forest clearing, there are seven or eight mounds of high graves scattered. Qi Tian and his owl bear are standing in front of a mound at this moment, peeking into the center of the mound.

"Xiao Tian! What's the situation?" Gao Fei shouted.

"Hush—" Qi Tian hurriedly turned his head to signal silence, then tiptoed to Gao Fei's side, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Fei, there may be powerful monsters lurking in this forest."

Gao Fei looked at the bamboo lying on the ground, and asked softly: "The bamboo forest was destroyed by that monster, and the mound was also made by it?"

"Nine times out of ten." Qi Tian added cautiously, "To be precise, I don't know whether the monsters hiding in the ground are one or a nest."

"Underground?" Li Jiajia cast a puzzled look, "That monster you mentioned can still dig holes?"

"You'll know if you look close to the mound! But don't speak loudly, and try to keep your footsteps as light as possible, lest you startle the monster and suddenly come out of the hole and bite!" Qi Tian warned.

(End of this chapter)