Alien signal? It seems to be from me.

Chapter 38 One hour

As herbivores, alien bison may never have imagined in their lives that one day they would be beaten by plants twice in a row.

The angry giant tree swung its branches and threw the bison far away like a chick, and finally flew past the exploration vehicle with a "moo" sound like a meat meteor.

On the thick tree trunk, a ferocious single eye opened.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m angry or in pain.

The blood-red eyeballs rolled and finally stopped on the bison that was gnawing on its feet.

The alien bison was obviously frightened, and in a hurry, its teeth got stuck in the tree roots. It tried to pull them out for a long time but failed.

The giant tree misunderstood that the buffalo was unwilling to give up, and immediately became even angrier. It grabbed the buffalo with its branches and pulled it off its body, along with its front teeth.

For a moment, there was chaos and the explosive scene left Zhou Zheng dumbfounded.

to be frank.

He had tried to guess what the mysterious beast was and why these bison had provoked it.

It is possible that they are both herbivores and clashed over the spores.

It is also possible that these are ferocious carnivores that have set their eyes on these ready-made prey.

I just didn't expect it to unfold like this in the end.

The ignorant cattle wanted to taste the fresh food, so they took a bite of the "foot" of the huge living tree.

Well, I do know that the creatures on this planet are relatively abstract, but this is a bit too abstract.

How can you expect me to target a tree?

Unfortunately, there was no time to complain to him now, because after a brief battle, the herd of cattle in front of him finally reacted, turned around and rushed towards him.

Zhou Zheng glanced around, shrugged his shoulders and started playing.

The exploration vehicle happened to be blocked in the middle of the cattle herd. It was obviously too late to move the car to make way, so it was better to watch the trick to the end.

If nothing else, he was really curious about how a tree could chase a herd of bison.

The answer soon became apparent.

When Zhou Zheng watched the giant tree in front of him pull its thick roots out of the soil one by one, and then crawl forward quickly like an octopus, he finally laughed speechlessly.

From the time he could remember until now, today was the day he was most convinced that he was dreaming.

He should have thought of it earlier. Since this planet has living plants like carnivorous plants and vampire plants, there should be bigger ones.

How can eating dirt be as nutritious as eating meat directly?
But when he saw with his own eyes a tree aggressively pulling its roots out of the soil and using them as legs, he still felt that the world had finally gone crazy.

"..."

"So, how do we target this thing?"

In the dream, the exploration vehicle was hit by a herd of cattle and then thrown away by Brother Shu like garbage. Zhou Zheng was already dead in the tin can.

After waking up, he lowered his head in thought, and finally laughed out loud.

He could find a way to kill any animal within seven days, so what could be the weakness of this tree?
What about planning?
Which grandson designed this poop monster! It's hard to believe, isn't it?
"What are you doing here?"

Today's the weekend.

Zhou Ke pushed the wheelchair into the room and tilted his head in confusion. When he saw his brother waking up and sitting on the bed, his face was full of disgust.

"Oh my god! When did you come in?"

Zhou Zheng's face flushed, and he began to defend himself: "Don't you know you should knock before entering someone else's room?"

"I knocked, you didn't hear it, okay?" Zhou Ke rolled his eyes and said the reason why he came: "I'm hungry."

"hungry?"

Zhou Zheng frowned slightly and muttered in confusion: "It's only what time and I'm hungry..." Squinting his eyes and looking at the alarm clock on the bedside, he suddenly discovered a very important problem.

Time...has changed...

He wasn't sure whether it was because he had survived the dream world longer or for some other reason.

But it is true that the time has changed today.

Under normal circumstances, no matter what he experienced in the dream world, it would not affect the time he was awake in the real world.

No matter how much time has passed in the dream world, whether it is a hiccup at the start due to opening a new map, or surviving to the fullest for the final seven days.

As long as it is seven o'clock in the morning, he will open his eyes on time and return to the real world.

But today...

"Clap."

The second hand was ticking, and the hour hand on the alarm clock was clearly pointing at eight o'clock.

Today I woke up an hour later than usual.

If it were a normal person, this would of course be a very normal thing.

Question: Can Zhou Zheng really be considered a normal person?
When he discovered the change in time, he felt like the sky was falling.

Before, no matter what changes happened in the dream world, seven o'clock every morning would act as an anchor to pull him back to the real world.

But now, the anchor is loose.

If I delay waking up by one hour this time, will it be delayed by two hours next time?
Will there be a day when I will never wake up again?
When the timelines of the dream world and the real world changed, Zhou Zheng felt dizzy for a moment as he looked at the ticking second hand in front of him.

"Brother? What are you thinking about?"

"No, it's nothing."

Zhou Zheng pulled up the corner of his mouth, his expression a little ugly: "I'll go cook for you first."

Plans can't keep up with changes.

He had originally planned to make arrangements for dealing with the loose powder season in advance when he fell asleep tonight, in an effort to break the eighteen-day time limit.

Now it seems that this plan will have to be postponed.

The changes in the real world made him panic. He had to confirm whether the one-hour delay was due to the change in the length of survival in the dream world.

Zhou Zheng flipped the fried egg in the pan and felt more upset than ever.

I wanted to lie back on the bed right now and test what was going on, but in the end, reason overcame the impulse.

After all, the day has just begun. If I go back to sleep now, it will be the next morning when I open my eyes again.

That's why he never slept at other times, because no matter where or when he went to sleep, he would eventually wake up the next morning.

There are a lot of things to do today, and we can't just waste this day.

In last night's dream, he had already learned how to make a mechanical prosthesis, but he still had to successfully replicate it in the real world.

"Zhou Ke! It's time to eat!"

I shouted towards the room, and then I saw Zhou Ke pushing the wheelchair and stopping steadily in front of the dining table.

She reached out, took the breakfast Zhou Zheng brought over, and started eating it happily.

"elder brother?"

"what?"

Zhou Ke pursed his lips and said in disgust: "Did you not put salt in your fried eggs?"

(End of this chapter)