Chapter 8: The Cannibal Vines
The original two-meter-high and one-meter-wide radius of the food cage suddenly shook after sucking blood, as if it contracted in the cold, and directly shrank by a quarter.
Tang Zheng, a big man of more than 1.8 meters, would reach the cage when he was standing, so he quickly lowered his head and squatted down, trying not to touch them as much as possible before figuring out the origin of these plants.
"Be careful, don't touch these cages!" Tang Zheng's reminder was not slow, but it was a pity that the curiosity of the newcomers was too heavy, and they didn't realize that they had entered the Trojan horse game that could die at any time.
The cage shook violently and contracted, producing a strong suction, and the part of the body wrapped in the protective suit was fine, but the capillaries on the face ruptured, and the blood oozed out, forming a blood mist, which was sucked on the cage, and those plants were like living blood vessels, bulging and devouring blood.
The terrible screams instantly filled the dark cavern, and some of the newcomers who couldn't stand it struggled violently, causing the cage to shrink faster and suck blood faster.
"Don't move, don't move, these plants will fight back in self-defense, and as long as they don't move, they won't suck blood." Tang Zheng yelled, trying to calm the newcomers.
After all, the conquerors have seen the world, they have long calmed down, and began to observe the surrounding conditions, as long as they are careful, they can find that these heart-eating cages were originally in the shape of an umbrella composed of vines, and after the prey flew in, they would suddenly retract and wrap them completely, because they were hunting all the time, so they were not very hungry, and after the prey they caught, they would not be digested immediately, but stored.
The more violently the prey struggles, the greater the plant reaction will elicit, and the cage will shrink until it has completely squeezed the prey into a ball, and the vines that touch them will drain the blood and eat the body.
Not all newcomers are unfazed, and a few are unbelieving, trying to pull away the vines.
"Help, it hurts. Help me, President, please! A female college student touched her cheeks and found that her hands were full of blood, she was completely frightened, grabbed the vines, kept shaking, and shouted Mu Nianqi's name.
"Don't worry. Calm down! Mu Nianqi's comfort didn't help.
The vines contracted extremely much, making the internal space smaller, and the female college student had to bend down, and this contact caused the blood sucking speed to increase, and the whole body hurt. She was even more frightened, writhing wildly in her uneasiness.
Lu Fan held a tactical flashlight to shine on her, under the beam, the newcomers witnessed this scene, after the female college student's body came into contact with the vines, they secreted a kind of mucus from the gap, which quickly corroded the protective clothing, and then like leeches, it was tightly attached to the skin. Begin to draw blood.
The female college student struggled, but unfortunately it had no effect, her face gradually turned pale, her skin showed some signs of drying, and in less than two minutes, all the organs and muscles were melted into liquid, and they were sucked into the body by the vines, leaving only an empty shell.
The newcomers shuddered in unison, this way of dying was terrifying. A few college students who were originally writhing quickly stopped. His face was full of fear.
The stenching darkness of the cavern fell silent for a moment. But death doesn't stop because they're calm.
The plants begin to eat, the three college students become unlucky, and the cage that holds them begins to shrink, and then the survivors watch as they are sucked into an empty shell, unable to do anything.
"We can't wait like this, we have to get out quickly!" Lin Weiguo took out the bloody bayonet, observed the state of the plant, and then prepared to cut the bottom of the heart-eating cage.
"Don't be impulsive, wait!" Tang Zheng hurriedly stopped the veteran, "Let's see if we can directly attack the roots of the plant!" "..., Tang Zheng roared with the mother, and in the gap between the cages, he shot at the roots of the plants, and the beam blasted up, and the green juice of the explosion splashed, which was regarded as a stab at the hornet's nest, the plants trembled, and all the cages were affected and shrunk a little.
"You're crazy, you're going to die!" A college student shouted out, disgusted with Tang Zheng's troubles.
"Shut up, can you wait to die?" Fuji Yuanxiang supported Tang Zheng and did not miss any opportunity to please him.
Tang Zheng didn't bother to pay attention to the newcomer, and carefully looked for the flaws in the plants.
No one dared to move, so the plants quieted down, and the passage of time, coupled with the endless darkness, made the cave extremely depressing.
"Can you speak? I'm so scared? "As a female college student cried, more and more people cried.
The survivors were all separated, and only one in each cage, so the newcomers fully experienced the feeling of being alone, as if they were left alone in the sea, and all kinds of negative thoughts poured into their brains under the threat of death.
"Lin Jing, don't be afraid, I'm here!" Lin Fasho turned on the flashlight and illuminated his face to comfort his girlfriend.
"I'm not afraid, don't move, be careful of being sucked blood." Lin Jing didn't want her boyfriend to worry, so she endured her fear, hugged her arms, and squatted in the cage.
Five minutes later, the second wave of eating began, and three more unlucky ghosts became victims, this time the heaviest being one of Zhang Chunen's bodyguards.
"I don't want to die!" The retired former special forces soldier was helpless in the face of man-eating plants, and in the struggle, only a human skin was left to be sucked.
"President, aren't you going to save us?" Some college students are not calm, and after they can't come up with a way, they start to make indiscriminate accusations, no way, watching a living person being killed in front of him by a death method comparable to the ten tortures of the Manchu Dynasty, just complaining a few words, and it is not bad to have a mental breakdown.
"Calm down, there will be a way." Mu Nianqi's voice was very calm, she didn't rashly try to attack the plant, because it was too unsafe, and she felt that there must be other survivors who couldn't hold their breath, so they did it in advance, and then she could screen out the weakness of the plant through their attacks.
Of course, it is also possible that you will be eaten in the next few meals, so you can only fight for it when the time comes.
"Cough, don't worry, since you can't disassemble violently, then you can only find flaws, any animal and plant should have natural enemies, let's take a closer look around, do you find anything!" With the passage of time, everyone's eyes have also adapted to the darkness and can see some things vaguely, but it is still impossible to find things, Tang Zheng said this, it is nothing more than to give them hope, otherwise they will be demoralized and will cause a lot of trouble.
"Tang Zheng, do you have any summoning abilities? Send out the minions and check them out of the cave! Mu Nianqi was impressed by Tang Zheng's calmness.
Without waiting for Mu Nianqi to finish speaking, Daylilies appeared in the cave, still wearing the erotic nurse uniform tightly wrapped around the body, the skirt just covered the buttocks, and the two big white legs were wearing red suspenders, which was very tempting.
"Master, what are you doing in the cage? Play Shame Play? Daylily covered her nose and snapped, and a tactical flashlight slammed into her head.
"Go and find out if there's anything to restrain this plant, watch out for the beast, it seems to be some kind of monster's lair!"
Tang Zheng was locked in a cage, and the scope of his search was too small, so he could only hand it over to Daylily.
"Okay!" Daylilies gave a Patton-style military salute and quietly explored the cave.
"Uncle Tangtai, you are the wise man of our group, why are you silent today?" Lu Fan found a small problem and was very surprised.
"I'm thinking!" Yutai explained, and was silent again. "Trojan horses don't put survivors to death, that's not what they were meant to do, so there must be a solution!" Mu Nianqi has experienced a lot of games, and his understanding of the silver Trojan horse is indeed more familiar than Tang Zheng.
"What's the solution?" Fujimoto choked, "Say big things, I will too!" ”
"That must be because we've overlooked some detail!" Mu Nianqi glanced at Tang Zheng, saw that he was pondering, and smiled, "Your head seems to have an idea!" ”
Hearing this, the newcomers looked at Tang Zheng with great expectations.
"You deliberately made Tang Zheng look ugly, right?" Ruan Feifei slanted at Mu Nianqi, her expression was not good, if Tang Zheng said that there was no answer, her image would inevitably be low among the newcomers, even if she remained silent, it was no different from default.
After seeing Yu Manli's death, the female anchor is also trying to change and have a good relationship with the rest of the team, but it is very difficult for her to be proud.
"Overlooked some details?" Tang Zheng sat in the cage and always felt that he had caught a trace of inspiration, but it was like a slippery loach, always swimming, making him unable to hold it.
"Don't play dumb, we know we won't say anything if you can't figure out a way!" A college student sighed, not for Tang Zheng, but for a compromise with reality.
"Don't make any noise, uncle will definitely have a way!" Lu Fan let out a low roar, she had blind trust in Tang Zheng.
"Details, man-eating plants, cages, artemisia grass, burrows, feces, always feel like there's a thread that connects them together!" Tang Zheng took out the camping lamp, turned on the power, illuminated the entire cave to the fullest, and observed carefully.
"No, these man-eating plants are dangerous, but why do they seed in the cave? Since there is feces, it means that this cave is inhabited by creatures, aren't they afraid of being eaten? Tang Zheng noticed that there were some cages on the plants, which were very large enough to trap all the elephants in them.
"Biyun, do you see that haystack? Unleash your puppets and bring them over! Tang Zheng saw that in the corner of the cave, there was a bunch of yellow plants, which were a little out of place with the things around them, and they were obviously brought in extraordinarily.
"Is it smoked?" Mu Nianqi's reaction was the fastest, his eyes lit up, and he made a suggestion, and Lu Fan immediately woke up, "Quick, call the daylilies back, light them, do these things, the daylilies are more good!" ”
The dirt on the ground rose to form a puppet, and it walked towards Artemisia Grass, picked up a handful, and returned.
The conquistadors were immediately excited, for as the golems approached, the plants were clearly out of condition, and the vines shrank back, trying to move away from the yellow plants.