Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 653 D-level mutant plants (asking for monthly tickets)
ps: I will continue to update three times tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

"With the harsh environment of the tiankeng below, any moving object would be strangled to death by these plants, let alone zombies."

“No wonder the machine given to me is called a jungle patrol robot.”

"But I should be equipped with a flamethrower weapon, not this one?"

"Forget it. I'm already here, and I don't know the way back anyway."

"There must be a reason why the game officials prepared this for me. They also want me to complete the task." Yang Bo comforted himself.

The diameter of this tiankeng is about 500 meters. The deepest part is invisible, and the visible edge is about 100 meters.

The entire tiankeng is shrouded in clouds and mist, and this tiankeng is also located on a mountain.

It seemed as if the entire mountain had collapsed.

The robot has two mechanical arms, which work together with two legs to climb down the stone wall of the tiankeng little by little.

This does not require Yang Bo to operate because the robot can go down by itself.

Yang Bo paid close attention to the bottom of the sinkhole. As the robot gradually approached the bottom of the sinkhole, he could see lush greenery underneath.

The robot showed that the temperature below was higher than that above, and the humidity was also higher.

"Could it be that the nuclear facility has been boiling water down there?"

"The resulting heat rises, causing the sinkhole to act like a greenhouse."

"I remember there seemed to be some chemicals that could make the mist crystallize quickly?"

“Could it be that there is something in this tiankeng that the military wants? But that’s right. These plants that can survive in such a high concentration of nuclear radiation must be worth studying.”

"Then why doesn't the military come to explore? What unknown dangers are there?"

"Since the military hasn't completed the exploration, I'm afraid there's a lot of danger inside."

"After all, this is such a public environment." Yang Bo muttered to himself.

As you get closer to the bottom of the tiankeng, you can see dense vines and plants underneath, completely blocking your view.

At the same time, it was also discovered that the bottom of the sinkhole should be uneven, and there might be deeper holes.

These vines now look harmless. If it weren't for the stones thrown just now, Yang Bo would never believe that these vines would react so quickly.

Adjust the machine gun to single-shot mode and fire directly at these vines.

Inside the robot cockpit, Yang Bo could not hear the sound of the machine guns outside, but the plants felt the sound of the machine guns.

Countless vines emerged from the jungle and rushed towards the place where the sound came from with their fangs and claws.

These vines seemed to be moving slowly and swaying from side to side, apparently unsure of the location of their target.

Such slow movements made Yang Bo feel relieved. He continued to fire the machine gun to break the vines.

The broken vines fell under the tree.

Yang Bo broke the branch that was blocking his view.

"I...!" After using more than 2000 bullets, Yang Bo finally opened a gap in the vision covered by vines and branches.

The main reason is that the surrounding vines keep coming over.

The bottom of the sinkhole is uneven, and you can see many gaps between the black stones. You can also see mist coming out of some of the gaps.

Some gaps are relatively small, only a few centimeters wide, while some are more than one meter wide.

The length varies, some are dozens of meters long, and some are only a short distance.

"I understand. The reason why these branches and vines cover the ground so tightly is that they have a cooling effect." Yang Bo discovered through the robot radar that the ground temperature was relatively high. If there were no vines and branches acting as condensers to cool the mist and drop water, the high-temperature ground would not be so moist.

"No wonder the military doesn't dare to make big moves here. I wonder how big the reactor down there is."

"I don't know how many years have passed in this world. Logically, this kind of reactor will be gone after a certain period of time when the fuel is consumed, right?"

Then Yang Bo carefully observed these trees and plants. It seemed that these trees had nothing to do with these plants and were two species, but Yang Bo always felt that there should be a relationship between the two.

The trees here don't look very thick, but they have lush branches and leaves that are very large.

The vines cling to these trees and fill in the gaps between the leaves.

These vines are covered with thorns, and most of the places are without any branches or leaves, but clusters of leaves burst out to fill the empty spaces.

"Something's wrong!" After careful observation, Yang Bo finally found something wrong.

There is an old saying on Earth that a vine can entangle a tree and kill it.

Vines cling to trees and, on the one hand, absorb nutrients from the trunks; on the other hand, they grow along the trunks and even grow to the treetops, snatching away the tree's sunlight.

The vines here just fill the gaps between the leaves and do not take away the space of the leaves.

Looking more closely, these tree roots and vines are growing on the stones. The roots almost cover the entire stone. The water condensed from the steam left on the leaves and vines falls on the roots and is absorbed by them.

The roots of the tree are covered with dense fibrous roots and aerial roots.

In less than half an hour, the small space that had just been cleared with the machine gun was slowly covered by new vines.

These vines grow very fast, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everyone in the backend of the Doomsday game was not surprised to see this scene, because everyone had already seen it from the information.

"What kind of danger is there in this place? The military has sent robots several times, and the exploration robots have inexplicably lost contact." Someone asked.

Military data shows that robots, unmanned armors, and even various drones were sent in, but they lost contact inexplicably in the tiankeng. So now when everyone watches Yang Bo explore the tiankeng, they are always on edge.

The robot controlled by Yang Bo is still on the stone wall. Since the military said it is extremely dangerous in there, it is 100% extremely dangerous. Even if it is not dangerous, it will not be his turn.

"The robot will be in use for another hour and a half." The robot will be in use for two hours today.

"What kind of danger is it?" Yang Bo decided to try it out with a missile.

Directly control the robot to launch a missile, and the target of this missile is a big tree.

Yang Bo chose the electromagnetic missile. The missile flew out of the backpack and hit the roots of a tree dozens of meters away with a trail of white smoke.

Energy drain +4!

A piece of information flashed in Yang Bo's mind.

"Huh?" This is a mutated plant, and its level is not low, equivalent to a D-level super power person.

"Yes, even if the military destroyed these trees, they didn't know that they were mutant plants."

"Imagine that the military's various robots and drones have no idea that these seemingly harmless plants are actually Class D mutant plants."

And now the tree does not look any different in appearance, because electromagnetic missiles do not have physical killing capabilities.

"These powerful-looking vines are probably the weapons these trees use to defend themselves."

"But that's not enough for the military to label this place as extremely dangerous."

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Yang Bo decided to release another missile.

This time it was a purely explosive missile that hit the roots of a tree again.

This time, Yang Bo mainly wanted to use the sound of the explosion to exert passive detection capabilities.

However, Yang Bo soon discovered something was wrong. The tree that he had just killed with an electromagnetic missile did not seem to have changed in appearance, but the mist coming out of the two rock cracks around it seemed to have increased.

"Could it be?" A very terrifying thought formed in Yang Bo's mind.

These mutated plants are able to absorb the energy released by the nuclear reactor below.

If someone invades the tiankeng, then these mutated plants may not absorb the energy, but release the energy through the cracks leading to the underground in specific areas.

"D-class mutant plants should have their own primary consciousness."

"That is to say, as long as someone sets foot in this tiankeng, it is equivalent to invading the territory of these plants. This tiankeng itself is a huge trap."

"The roots of these plants may all go deep into the ground, forming a closed structure to absorb the energy released by the reactor to maintain themselves or allow themselves to evolve."

"Maybe these plants can release energy in the opposite direction."

He had some guesses in his mind, but had no idea what it looked like exactly. However, Yang Bo could not set foot in the tiankeng.

"What should I do?" Yang Bo had no good idea for the time being.

"Let's brush up our skills first." Yang Bo decided to brush up his skills first.

So he opened fire with the gun in his hand, but soon discovered that although the gun could break trees, it did not have any other skills.

So the staff behind the scenes of the Doomsday Dungeon game saw a strange scene happening to the game players.

The player was seen operating the machine gun and firing continuously at the trunks, branches and roots of the trees, causing wood chips to fly.

"This...!" Everyone was a little surprised. Could this player be crazy?

Then I saw this player firing all the missiles carried by the robot.

"Is this guy going to just throw the jar into chaos?" The colonel, the head of the gaming department, was a little confused.

And that’s not all, the player also threw out all the bombs carried by his character through a robot’s throwing device.

Soon a large area in the middle was cleared.

Yang Bo actually did this to cover up the fact that he was using electromagnetic bombs to brush up his skills.

"Oh, if I had known, I would have carried electromagnetic missiles and electromagnetic bombs." Because Yang Bo already knew where the energy cores of these trees were. Although he could use bullets to deal with them, as soon as the bullets hit them, they would be discovered by the game background.

"I only gained 27 energy-absorbing skills." Yang Bo looked at the large forest and thought to himself what a pity.

The energy core of these trees is at the roots, where the roots of these trees intersect with the vines. It looks like a simple vine wrapped around the roots. In fact, this is the energy core of this mutant plant, which controls both the trees and the vines.

So when Yang Bo controlled the machine gun to hit this place, a small energy crystal flew among the wood chips.

"Puff!" The college student in the background of the game was drinking iced coffee to relieve his anxiety, but he didn't expect such a scene to suddenly appear.

The next second, I saw the game character controller robot jump to the location of the crystal in two or three steps, picked up the crystal, and then quickly ran back.

"Boss, we've done a great job!" Finally, other staff members backstage started screaming.

Then everyone saw Yang Bo controlling the robot and continuing to shoot on the stone wall. As the bullets hit the intersection of the tree roots and vines, green energy crystals flew out from the wood chips.

"Hurry, hurry, remind him to complete the task." The colonel also reacted. This is not a sinkhole, but a treasure pot. Judging from the size of the crystals, all the plants in this area are mutant plants.

The game background just switched the virtual screen to Yang Bo, and the next second a horrifying scene appeared in the background.

These cracks in the middle of the tiankeng suddenly spewed out countless mists with brilliant light.

Then the next second, the robot and the android lost contact.

"Damn, I understand. This tiankeng is the territory of these mutated plants. These mutated plants control the energy of the nuclear reactors below and absorb their energy. As long as there are invaders entering the tiankeng, these mutated plants will release this energy." The colonel understood instantly.

(End of this chapter)