The cold lake water barely covered the palm of the giant bear. Zhao Xiong stepped on the soft sand and gravel at the bottom of the lake and walked deeper into the artificial lake.
Soon came to the range where perception could reach the center of the lake.
Perception released, sweeping across this huge plant.
Zhao Xiong intuitively felt the huge vitality contained in the water lily. There is only this plant here. The countless lotus leaves, lotus and lotus pods covering the center of the lake for nearly 100 meters are all derived from its body.
Perception began to explore downwards, and entered the lake water. The first thing that appeared was a large number of aquatic roots at the roots of water lilies, and countless roots spread in the water and grew wantonly.
There are also some hypertrophic rhizomes that are about to develop into lotus roots. These lotus roots also contain a lot of life essence, which is no worse than lotus seeds.
However, this was not what Zhao Xiong was looking for. His perception continued to descend, and soon he 'saw' what the big goose said.
In the depths of the deep and icy lake, surrounded by countless roots, there is actually a figure!
The figure sank quietly to the bottom of the lake, motionless, like a corpse.
With the close inspection of perception, Zhao Xiong made a more frightening discovery, this is indeed a corpse.
However, this corpse submerged in the water has already changed, and the body is actually composed of flesh and blood and lotus root.
The lower limbs of Shen's corpse have been completely replaced by lotus roots that have grown into human legs. One arm and half of the body of the lotus roots are also spliced with lotus roots. There are tiny roots growing, which seem to be rooted in the flesh and blood, making the lotus roots tend to change to human organs.
The lotus root has replaced most of the body of the corpse. Only the upper half of the body is left with a small part of human flesh and blood. The skin is pale, the blisters are swollen, and the head has been soaked beyond recognition.
"Is this thing a corpse or a monster..."
Zhao Xiong was very surprised.
Phew!
Just as his perception was further explored, the corpse at the bottom of the lake changed. He seemed to sense Zhao Xiong's peeping. His closed eyelids suddenly opened, revealing a pair of turbid and white pupils.
Although Shen Zhe's eyes were sluggish, and he didn't even have pupils, Zhao Xiong immediately realized that it was staring at him, and an inexplicable chill struck.
The surging water of the lake and the awakening of the dead corpses made the bottom of the artificial lake dark and terrifying.
A wave of malice stabbed straight in.
"Roar!"
Zhao Xiong let out a roar, a weak electric arc swam between his claws, ancient runes appeared on the surface of his body, and the powerful blood force directly dispelled the chill instantly.
On the shore, the group of dogs barked nervously, looking over here, the changes in the lake made them extremely uneasy.
"What the **** are you doing, I tore you up."
Zhao Xiongren stood up and strode towards the center of the lake. He didn't care whether it was a monster or a ghost, he was done with it.
The fighting spirit from the wild land is like a thunderstorm.
Crash!
The waves splashed everywhere, facing the approach of the giant bear, the huge water lily in the center of the lake moved.
The huge lotus leaves were gathered, the blooming lotuses withered, the mature and immature lotus pods were falling off one after another, and the water lilies actually closed into a large green bud several meters high.
Just when Zhao Xiong thought that the corpse was going to control the water lily to attack, the water lily that turned into a big bud actually sank to the bottom of the water, wrapped the corpse, and went straight into the sand at the bottom of the lake.
Running away?
Zhao Xiong was taken aback by the smooth operation of such a set of operations, but he didn't expect this water lily to slip away.
That said, the corpse should still have a mind.
It's just that I don't know whether it controlled the water lily to carry out an unknown mutation, or whether the water lily assimilated the corpse in the water. I don't know.
The water lily burrowed into the sand and quickly escaped from the bottom of the lake wrapped in the dead body, leaving the artificial lake completely.
The surface of the lake became deserted, and only withered lotus flowers and floating lotus pods remained.
When the water lily escaped, Zhao Xiong didn't even bother to chase him. His speed in the water was a little slow and he couldn't catch up. It was a waste of time in the past.
Recall some of the information I got when I scouted the lotus before.
"A plant that is evolving seems to be undergoing some kind of mysterious transformation."
Based on the information detected and what he saw just now, Zhao Xiong felt that the so-called mysterious transformation should refer to the transformation of the dead corpse, turning the corpse into a lotus root body.
When the metamorphosis is completely completed, the corpse may become an alien life and be reborn.
Thinking about how desperately the giant snapping turtle guarded the water lily, maybe it was also under the control of the dead corpse.
"It's actually made of lotus root. Could it be that this corpse thinks he is Nezha?" Zhao Xiong couldn't help but complain.
Now that the water lily has left, there is no need to continue walking into the lake. He turned around and returned to the shore. At the same time, he did not forget to let the big goose pick up the things that the water lily had abandoned to run away, but they were all good things.
Although the water lily had already left with the dead body, the big goose was still a little trembling when it arrived at the center of the lake. For fear of being attacked by the water ghost, it took several trips back and forth to bring back the lotus pod and the broken lotus root in the lake.
Zhao Xiong took stock of the harvest. Although the water lilies escaped, there were quite a few trophies harvested from this operation.
There are five or six mature lotus pods, plus more than ten green and immature lotus pods. Each lotus pod contains about 30 or 40 lotus seeds, which contain the essence of life.
There are six lotus root segments that are as long as one meter, and they are also very valuable. It is a good choice to take them back to stew lotus root soup.
In addition, there are the corpse of the giant snapping turtle and the more than 100 soul stones provided after killing it. This trip is full of harvest. As for the escaped water lily corpse, after the successful transformation, Whether he will come back and take revenge is not within Zhao Xiong's consideration.
The water lily was forced to leave the artificial lake, interrupting the process of transformation. It would definitely be affected. The transformation could not be successful in a short period of time. On the day when the Shen corpse was completely transformed, Zhao Xiong's strength would definitely be stronger than it is now.
It is estimated that we will meet again in the future, and then we will do it again.
"Let's go, let's go home, oh right, remember to bring the snapping turtle." Zhao Xiong ordered casually, and then swayed away from the artificial lake.
After he had a younger brother, he wouldn't carry the spoils himself, and he didn't even have the consciousness to help him, so he directly acted as a hand-holding shopkeeper.
"Master Bear, wait for me."
The big goose hurriedly chased after it with eight-character steps, and handed over the problem to the dogs in a very dishonest manner.
One bear and one goose walked away, leaving Bian Shepherd and a few dogs to watch the corpse of the snapping turtle as large as a hill.
In the end, Bian Mu came up with an idea, ran to the management hut in the park, knocked on the door lock, and found two bundles of thick and long hemp ropes from the warehouse to bring back.
Several dogs cooperated to tie up the snapping turtle, and several dogs dragged the rope along.
"Wow!"
The giant Ronaway was put on a rope, and its hind limbs exerted force, making the snapping turtle move slowly on the snow. The Doberman Pinscher and the Border Collie also selected some of the stronger dogs in the dog group to join in, biting the rope and dragging .
Dragged by the dogs, the giant snapping turtle moved on the snow like a pulled sled.
"Wow!"
Bian Mu, who was in charge of leading the way, saw the direction and directed several dogs to chase in the direction Zhao Xiong had left.