I'm trapped in a block

Chapter 466: War Underground

"How are we going to get there?"

Li Luo asked in confusion, looking at the twisted forest ahead.

"follow me."

Zhou Chao walked in front of Li Luo and stepped on a fallen tree.

As soon as he stepped on the big tree, the roots of the tree began to twist violently, as if trying to attack Zhou Chao.

However, the roots were very slow in movement and not long enough, and apart from looking very strange, they were harmless.

"Don't step on the ground, just jump over these trees." Zhou Chao turned his head and said to Li Luo.

Li Luo nodded, and followed Zhou Chao's example, jumping onto a fallen tree.

"Remember to stay away from the tree roots." Zhou Chao reminded.

"understand……"

In this way, the two of them continued to move deeper into the forest, using the fallen trees as a support.

At this time, Mo Ling was sitting on the bed, alertly guarding his surroundings.

He had no trouble moving, as he wouldn't be attacked by the soil in the air, so all his attention was focused on those strange animated creatures.

The soil here has almost been activated.

Deep underground, a terrible war is going on.

This is also the source of the strange "boom" sound.

The activated area seems to be limited. A large area of ​​soil will not become an independent activated individual, but will evenly split into many small individuals.

They did not interfere with each other at first because there was unactivated soil separating them. They just twisted restlessly, trying to get out of the ground.

However, as the activated pollution deepens, soil activation becomes more and more serious, and these activated soils inevitably meet.

Thus, a war began.

"Animals attack anything that moves."

The same is true for these activated soils. After destroying the soil organisms underground, they begin to attack other activated soils.

The two squirming pieces of soil collided with each other, starting a long and lasting war.

Neither of them could do anything to the other. The toughness of the soil made it difficult to eliminate them, so they were entangled together.

But this is not over yet, the deepening of activation continues.

Before long, new soil joined the battle.

Therefore, the battle turned into a three-way melee.

Then, there was a four-way melee, a five-way melee... The scale of the war grew larger and larger, and the scope became larger and larger until it covered an entire area.

Even some of the rocks underground joined in the battle, and the whole earth was shaking.

Influenced by the activated soil, the plants on the ground also began to activate. The first place they activated was the place that had the most contact with the soil - the roots.

These roots also fought against the soil. The soft soil had no way to deal with these tough roots, so it could only cause the entire earth to surge, overturning the big trees and uprooting them. Then they went to hunt for the broken roots...

In this way, the area formed a scene like a typhoon passing through, and the war between the animated creatures was in a delicate balance.

The pollution has not yet spread to the trunks of the big trees. The activated roots seem to be protecting the trees. While fighting against the soil, they continue to supply nutrients to the trees. This is why those uprooted trees are still green.

Just as Zhou Dynasty said.

"These animated creatures still retain certain characteristics of their time as 'dead objects' and cannot be changed."

Mo Ling looked at this bustling underground world and was amazed. "How did the activation spread?"

Is it a subjective spread?
Why don't the roots pass the pollution up to the trunk? Wouldn't they be better able to deal with the soil that way?
Mo Ling thought about it for a long time, but couldn't figure out anything from this strange ecology.

"I can't understand things no matter how hard I try..."

In addition to these activated soils and activated roots, Mo Ling also discovered some other very special activated substances - activated air.

Mo Ling did not discover this hidden animated creature at first.

Because the sky island is always moving, there is always a breeze in the forest.

What caught Mo Ling's attention were the small tornadoes that occasionally appeared in the "battlefield".

When some tiny roots fall to the ground, before they have time to be buried by the soil, a gust of wind will suddenly blow and blow the wriggling roots into the sky.

Then, the root will be carried around by the wind, hitting rocks, getting stuck on branches, and thrown into the stream... until the root can no longer move.

"That's activated air."

After observing the strange "torture behavior", Mo Ling quickly guessed the culprit.

"I didn't expect the activated air to be so weak."

Compared to the movement of activated soil, activated air seems to have very little presence and can only secretly pick up some leftovers on the battlefield.

"Maybe the density of activated air here is not high enough."

Although the activated air did not seem to be very powerful, Mo Ling was still very worried.

They are too secretive and pose the greatest threat to humans. Although they are okay now, once they enter an area with a deeper level of activation, more powerful activated individuals may appear.

As Mo Ling was thinking, the ground suddenly shook.

The rumbling sound sounded again, and he quickly lowered his vision into the ground.

Finally, he discovered the source of the sound.

It was a huge lump of soil. Compared with other soil, it seemed extremely dense, as if it had been compressed many times. The dense soil had even solidified into hard lumps like sand and gravel.

This ball of soil was spindle-shaped and kept spinning underground, drilling through the soil in front of it.

It seemed to have no interest in the weak clumps of activated soil and rushed straight towards the huge root networks.

These root networks are formed by some large trees coming together. Thanks to this tough root network, they support each other and stand firm in this forest, which is rare.

Those wriggling roots were like a defensive net, blocking any approach of activated soil.

However, the root network could defend against attacks from ordinary activated soil, but it could not withstand this huge lump of soil.

The spindle-shaped body spun and penetrated into the root system like a cannonball. The fragile roots were instantly broken and thrown aside.

These roots, which were wriggling violently due to the breakage, immediately caused a commotion in the surrounding activated soil, and they swarmed in as if they had smelled blood.

Then, a wave of mud surged above the earth again.

"So that's how the waves are formed."

The spindle-shaped ball of soil continued to rush around, destroying all the root networks. The soft roots were even hit so hard that they leaked juice and became completely motionless.

The ball of mud hit the main roots of the big trees hard, and the big trees fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"Boom!"

The horrible sound echoed in the forest again.

(End of this chapter)