In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

The transport plane hovered at a low altitude of ten meters above the ground.

"The hatch is open."

As the mechanical sound faded, the two figures jumped down without hesitation, braving the fierce winds high in the sky.

In mid-air, a flash of blue light appeared in Bai Lu's eyes, and an invisible force lifted the two of them, landing them steadily on the open ground next to the command vehicle.

Like divine soldiers descending from the heavens.

At this moment, Zhang Guomeng had lost all trace of his general's dignity.

His eyes were bloodshot, like a lone wolf that had lost its mind. The moment he saw Su Ran land, he stumbled and rushed towards her.

"Advisor Su! Advisor Su, you've finally arrived!"

Zhang Guomeng's voice was hoarse and choked with sobs, "Quick! Quickly save my soldiers! I don't want them to die. It's all my fault, I'll even accept being executed, please save them!"

Su Ran didn't look at the remorseful general; instead, her gaze swept past the crowd and landed directly on the strange fungal carpet.

It was even more horrific than what was shown in the video.

Dozens of Type 99A main battle tanks were stuck halfway in the mold, with white mycelium like a thick shroud, tightly wrapping the steel behemoths.

You could even hear the sizzling sound of the armor being corroded by strong acid.

Without saying a word, he walked straight to the communications station and grabbed the microphone.

"Connect all stranded train crews to the public channel."

The communications officer paused for a moment, then subconsciously looked at Zhang Guomeng.

"What are you looking at! Follow orders!" Zhang Guomeng roared.

"yes!"

Noisy!

The sound of electricity rang out.

The next second, all the warriors waiting to die in that iron can heard a sound that made their souls tremble.

"I am Su Ran."

These four simple words contained neither impassioned rhetoric nor sentimental encouragement.

But it was like a shot of adrenaline, instantly piercing everyone's hearts.

"It's...Advisor Su?!"

"It really is Consultant Su! He's here! He's really come to save us!"

In this apocalyptic world, on this desperate battlefield, the name "Su Ran" itself represents a miracle, an absolute faith.

Inside the 007 train crew, which was originally on the verge of collapse.

The wailing young soldier seemed to have been paused, his voice falling silent for a moment.

Old Li was also shaken, and his eyes instantly welled up with tears.

God has come.

"Listen up, everyone. Keep quiet and save your lives. I'm taking you home."

pat.

The communication was disconnected.

Su Ran put down the microphone, turned around, and her expression instantly became serious.

He had a bad feeling about this fungal carpet.

Even though he possesses memories of his previous life, he is not omniscient or omnipotent.

The mutations in the apocalypse are bizarre and varied, and this kind of mutated plant community with an extremely wide coverage area has always been a forbidden zone to be avoided.

Unlike the straightforward, wild biting attacks of mutated beasts.

The mutated plants are more like hunters lying in wait, waiting for prey to come to them.

In his previous life, he would always avoid unknown mutated plants and would never stubbornly try to cut them down and walk over them.

"Consultant Su, how do we resolve this?"

Bai Lu approached and, looking at the dense mycelium, felt a chill run down her spine.

"Try a deadlift."

Su Ran said in a deep voice, "Bai Lu, try to pull out the outermost construction vehicle. It weighs about twenty tons."

"good!"

Bai Lu nodded without reservation.

The immense spiritual power of a second-tier awakened individual erupted instantly.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had formed in the air, gripping the outermost construction vehicle tightly.

"rise!"

With a delicate shout, Bai Lu raised her hands in a gesture.

creak!

A sickening metallic creaking sound rang out.

That infantry fighting vehicle, weighing over twenty tons, actually slowly lifted off the ground and rose nearly half a meter under the pull of that terrifying psychic force!

The white mycelium covering the car body was instantly bound and straightened.

"It moved! It moved!"

The commanders and soldiers around them burst into ecstasy.

As expected of an Awakened One! As expected of the White Deer!

This is extraordinary power!

However, an unexpected change occurred.

Just as the chariot was about to break free from the fungal carpet, the white earth below seemed to be enraged by this external force.

The previously calm and wriggling fungal carpet instantly boiled over.

Countless white mycelia surged wildly, like millions of tentacles, tightly binding the chassis, axles, and suspension of the chariot.

At the same time, a terrifying reaction force erupted.

"uh-huh!"

Bai Lu groaned, his face instantly turning deathly pale. "Damn it, this thing is incredibly strong!"

The two forces engaged in a struggle in the air.

The chassis of the construction vehicle creaked under the tearing force of the two forces, and the body deformed violently.

"Get out of my way!"

The white deer gritted its teeth, diverted its mental energy, and controlled the flying knife to whistle out, attempting to sever the mycelium.

puff!puff!

The flying knife sliced ​​through, breaking off large sections of mycelium.

But the next second, even more mycelium surged up from the ground, layer upon layer, wrapping around it.

In fact, due to the stimulation, the entire fungal carpet seemed to awaken and began to wriggle violently.

Those tanks that were buried deep inside suddenly began to sink even further.

"Advisor Su, something's not right!"

The chief of staff, looking at the monitoring data, exclaimed in alarm, "The activity of the fungal carpet has suddenly increased by more than 50%! At this rate, the guys inside won't even last half an hour!"

"No, it won't budge..."

Fine beads of cold sweat seeped from the white deer's forehead.

It didn't feel like she was pulling a cart; it felt more like she was wrestling with the entire earth.

"Let go!"

Su Ran gave a low shout.

Bai Lu subconsciously withdrew her mental power.

Bang!

The infantry fighting vehicle crashed heavily onto the fungal carpet, instantly sinking even deeper than before.

"How could this happen..."

Bai Lu was panting heavily, his face full of disbelief. "My strength is enough to bend steel, so why can't I even pull these mycelia?"

Su Ran frowned even more as she looked at the thriving fungal carpet.

"Direct attacks with incendiary bombs, explosive attacks, or direct physical pulling all become stimuli that further enhance the activity of the fungal carpet."

The entire room fell silent.

The light in the eyes of those warriors, whose hopes had just been rekindled, dimmed once again.

Even Bai Lu, currently the strongest awakened being in the open in Great Xia, is helpless against him?

"Aren't even the people Consultant Su brought suitable?"

Zhang Guomeng was ashen-faced and slumped beside the command vehicle. "Could it be...could it really be that I have to watch all these hundreds of brothers die?"

Su Ran walked to the edge of the mycelium, and his third-level spiritual power spread out like a tide, seeping into the ground.

One meter...ten meters...fifty meters...

The information fed back by his mental energy made his heart sink.

"I can't even sense the core."

Su Ran thought to herself, "Surely this fungal carpet doesn't have a core?"

Logically speaking, even mutated plants are basically independent or grow around a certain mother plant.

However, Su Ran felt that these mycelia were connected as one.

"White Deer,"

Su Ran suddenly spoke up, "Release your mental power and sense the core of this fungal carpet."

"The core of the fungal carpet?" Bai Lu turned her head in confusion.

"It's like distinguishing a second-tier being from a group of mutated beings."

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

The white deer closed its eyes, its senses fully activated.

A moment later, she suddenly opened her eyes, her face full of astonishment.

"what?"

Bai Lu asked, full of doubt, "I can't feel it at all. This fungal carpet feels like a single entity to me; it's all the same thing for several kilometers around!"

"A symbiotic organism?"

Su Ran frowned, a guess forming in her mind.

Symbiotes are a special case among mutated plants, similar to the mother nest for mutated beasts.

Relatively speaking, it is also the least dangerous type.

As long as you don't actively provoke them, you won't be attacked.

"But if it could be used and modified by humans, it might very well be a weapon of war."

He stood up, his gaze sweeping across the fungal carpet, then over everyone present, finally settling on Zhang Guomeng's despairing face.

"We made a mistake earlier."

Su Ran pointed to the fungal carpet stretching for kilometers at the horizon, "All the mycelium, mushrooms, and spores within this radius of several kilometers are not actually countless individuals. This is a single living organism!"

"This is a colossal symbiote. In other words, General Zhang, you drove over a hundred tanks directly into the stomach of a giant monster!"

boom!

Su Ran's words were like a bombshell, exploding in everyone's minds.

Zhang Guomeng and Bai Lu's pupils dilated in shock, their faces filled with disbelief.

"This, this entire area, is it all just one?"

Zhang Guomeng's voice trembled as he looked at the endless fungal carpet, a chilling fear originating from a colossal creature instantly engulfing his entire body.

How big must this monster be?

"Right now, these tanks are like food in its stomach. Every time we try to forcibly pull one out, it irritates the whole thing."

"Doesn't that mean that rescuing them separately will only stimulate the entire fungal carpet and accelerate death?" Bai Lu asked.

"That's right."

Su Ran nodded, her tone icy. "That's why all conventional methods failed. If you try to steal food from someone else's stomach, will they allow it?"

This conclusion is so cruel that it evokes despair.

Zhang Guomeng felt like slapping himself twice at this moment.

What on earth did he mess with?

"Then, what do we do now?"

This once tough general was now as humble as a child, saying, "Conventional methods are useless, we can't pull them out, are we just going to watch them get digested?"

Su Ran did not answer immediately.

"Since conventional methods don't work, let's try an unreasonable one."

He interrupted Zhang Guomeng's wailing, slowly stopped, turned his head, and glanced at Jinlong, who was holding a camera and staring blankly not far away.

"Captain Kim."

"Here!" Jinlong shuddered.

"Is the lens cap open?"

"Report! It's been on the whole time!"

"very good."