Chapter 780: Plants Are Alive Too
Chapter 780: Chapter 780: Plants Are Alive Too
"Dad, don’t worry, what must come will come, being extra careful probably won’t help."
Bai Yifan added abruptly from the side.
Bai Anhai’s face stiffened, and he silently put away the dagger.
He glanced at Bai Yifan with a resentful look.
Great, he’s not nervous at all now.
He understood that this time there was no escape.
"Captain Zhu said there’s a secret under the mountain, is it to hollow out the mountain?"
Wang Yiyun looked at the mountains ahead, a feeling of unease rising in her heart.
Just looking at the green plants in front of her made Wang Yiyun feel like retreating without a fight.
She hadn’t even seen the enemy, yet she was already afraid.
Wang Yiyun was never one to fear losing, and she was strong enough, but in front of these plants, her heart actually trembled.
Though they were merely green plants, they were as formidable as any flood or beast.
"It’s rumored that ancient emperors would temporarily stay at the mountain top, maybe it has something to do with the secret. As for whether there’s a passage into the mountain, that’s still unknown."
Bai Zhengxuan continued solemnly,
"The mutant animals inside seem few, yet each of them is a high-rank mutant animal, and their unexpected attacks are the most lethal."
"Besides mutant animals, the most important thing is to beware of the mutant plants."
"Plants have life too, and from the moment we approached here, every plant in the Ancient Kunlun Mountain knew we had entered the mountains."
"The mutant plants communicate through frequencies we can’t sense, and our every move doesn’t evade their ’eyes’, so be extra careful not to touch any mutant plants, especially the particularly gorgeous ones, they are highly toxic."
As Bai Zhengxuan spoke, the plants on the Ancient Kunlun Mountain range behind him seemed even greener, like it was the Bai Family’s illusion, those plants collectively swayed a bit.
As if showing off some sort of pride.
"Grandpa, you say that here... won’t they all know?"
Bai Yifan weakly pointed at the ground covered in green, his voice growing quieter.
He already felt countless pairs of eyes staring at him.
Higher plants possess self-awareness.
Just like the mutated Mandala Flower and mutated climbing vine on sister and grandpa’s wrists.
They appear to be plants but share a bond with their owners, sometimes happily wrapping around other Bai Family members, interacting a little bit.
And the plants on these mountain ranges are countless, the superpowers they possess are immensely powerful, who knows how many mutant plants have been nurtured here.
If the entire mountain’s plants target us, there will surely be an ’onslaught’ of plants.
Tripping over an unknown plant while escaping, or getting poisoned by unknown beautiful flowers...
Too frightening.
Initially, Bai Yifan thought this mountain range seemed calm, at least quieter than Azure Dragon Mountain.
But upon thinking further, Azure Dragon Mountain still feels safer.
Because the most formidable at Azure Dragon Mountain are those monkeys, visible enemies.
Here, everywhere is an enemy, even the vines underfoot could suddenly wrap around people...
"We can’t hide from it, so humanity must respect nature; otherwise, they’ll truly suffer."
Bai Zhengxuan gently shook his head, saying no more.
The group didn’t continue inward but lingered outside, digesting their emotions.
Bai Xiqin looked at the mountain range again, then at Bai Zhengxuan and Liu Jing, hesitant to speak.
She wanted to say something but recalling the abundance of plants, she didn’t dare voice it.
Since grandpa and grandma had revealed themselves here, would the mountain’s plants hold a grudge against them, seeing them as enemies?
Bai Zhengxuan seemed to understand what Bai Xiqin wanted to ask, smiled at her, and shook his head, gesturing her not to question, nor to speak.
He and his wife indeed had destroyed a lot of plants here, but they weren’t resented by the mountain full of plants.
Because, in these plants’ eyes, they were already dead, dead from self-destruction.
Back when they entered the mountains, they had applied a lot of fragrance on themselves, making it impossible for these plants to recognize them as the same people who self-destructed.
"How about having breakfast before entering? Let’s check if there’s anything special around."
The Base Commander frowned as he looked around but didn’t see anything special.
Captain Zhang Gong from the Human Survivor Alliance strongly suggested they come to this place, claiming they could find the cause of the apocalypse and an antidote.
The root cause of the apocalypse is almost surfacing, it’s the energy spilling out from the mountain.
Energy leaking from the entire mountain.
Magnetism creates electricity, electricity generates magnetism.
Is electricity the only energy that can be produced by magnetic fields?
The answer remains unknown.
Human discoveries are not always the truth, nor the only reality, and undiscovered phenomena are not destined never to occur.
Various energies can transform into each other, the magnetic field here is unique, and the energy generated is one rarely explored by humans.
It’s an energy that human Superpower Users can absorb.
This seems more like a ’poison’ laid by nature on humanity.
Wherever toxic plants grow, antidotes will also emerge.
Even though the Base Commander feels the Fusang Tree grown in Bai Xiqin’s space is more reliable, he still wishes to find the antidote here that can turn zombies back into humans.
This way, the apocalypse can truly end.
But whether this antidote exists, or if humans can acquire it, remains truly unknown.
"Agreed!"
Bai Yifan immediately raised his hand, agreeing to delay entering, instinctively wanting to avoid the green all over the mountain.
"Let’s head back to the coach!"
Bai Xiqin glanced at the path they took, her eyes flickering slightly.
Though their group wasn’t small in number, nor too large, the green plants were too many. Inevitably, they had stepped on and broken many plants while walking over.
However, looking back, the tracks they left were gone.
The broken plants had completely disappeared.
If they continued onward, they might not even find the path back down.
Everyone else noticed this issue when they looked back, but no one spoke a word, silently heading towards where the coach was parked.
Bai Zhengxuan and Liu Jing exchanged a glance, a trace of heaviness flickering in their eyes.
They truly don’t want the whole family to set foot here. The terror here doesn’t just come from the sprawling green vines and that secretive organization but from mythic creatures that truly haunt the mountains.
Before they self-destructed, just a glimpse left their hearts trembling, not daring to face them directly.
If faced head-on, there would be no chance of counterattack.
Even though they had discussed the issues here with their family multiple times during the journey, the family still wanted to come. If it weren’t for Bai Xiqin’s space, which allowed escape at any time, Bai Zhengxuan and his wife really wouldn’t let the family step into this area.
Soon, the group returned.
The place where the coach and car were parked was already covered by vines. In less than an hour, the coach was covered in plants.
The black car’s fuel tank was damaged by the vines, leaking oil all over, and the body was deformed.
The coach’s surface was still hard, so the vines hadn’t breached it.
The Bai Family didn’t damage the plants, they just pulled the vines off the coach and placed them aside.
The black car was as good as scrapped, left to be entwined and eroded by the vines.