"Then who do you think the other party is?"
Datou's experience is indeed bizarre, but if you think about it carefully, if you want to explain everything that happened, the answer must be that there is something fishy in the wall.
He lit a cigarette, and his teeth itched when he mentioned it: "I don't know, but it must be a person."
I asked: "Knocked him unconscious and threw him in? It seems that this person has no ill intentions. What is his intention?"
Datou blew out a smoke ring: "You weren't knocked unconscious, you should have been drugged. I seemed to smell a certain fragrance in my memory. When I woke up in the cave, I was still dizzy. The damn medicine was quite strong. , he fell down again after just a few steps."
I suddenly remembered something and couldn't help but ask him: "Did you poop?"
"Ah?" He looked at me, and I stared at him. I felt his face gradually turn red. He scratched his head and explained with embarrassment: "The BBQ at night is not very clean."
"I knew it." I saw that the guy guarding us had already walked back, so I kept talking to him briefly: "Tie Tie has gone to move the reinforcements. They are right behind us. Han Sheng is in front and there should be no danger. We have to find an opportunity to retreat. You also saw the 'big flower' outside, but I always feel something is wrong underneath."
The man had already returned, nodding his head without leaving any trace.
This guy threw a pack of compressed biscuits to each of us, and the big head opened his mouth. I knew what he was going to say, so I squeezed his shoulders hard and calmly, signaling him to be quiet. Being too aggressive with them would not be conducive to our escape. .
After eating well, I was a little tired, so I gathered my clothes and leaned against the wall to take a nap. I didn't sleep much last night, and I was nervous all the way. Now I feel so sleepy when I close my eyes that I fell asleep without realizing it. past.
It was a very comfortable sleep. When I woke up, it was already two hours later. There was a night light with low brightness hanging in the middle of the stone room, surrounded by the sound of snoring one after another. I sat up thirsty and looked for a bottle of water, but unexpectedly I found a person huddled in the corner, his whole body trembling, not knowing what he was doing.
I stared at that person in confusion, and after a brief recollection, I remembered who this person was. He was the guy who was bitten in the sandbag bunker. When I saw something was wrong, I patted the big head awake. The big head looked at me sleepily, and I rushed to that person. While mouthing, Da Tou glanced at me and asked me confusedly: "Why are you playing tricks?" Da Tou didn't wake up yet, so after speaking, he went over and patted the guy. I didn't have time to stop him, and I felt bad.
The man suddenly stopped moving, and Big Tou pushed him again. He slowly raised his head. Under the lamp, I saw him looking blankly in front of him, as if he didn't notice Big Tou at all.
I was shocked when I saw it, and I got goosebumps all over. For some reason, this man's eyes were covered with dense "little antlers". If I looked closely, I saw that they were simply "human hands" with five fingers spread out. , like corals, growing on top of each other.
Datou saw the person in front of him clearly, his face turned pale, and he suddenly woke up, "What the hell?"
His voice woke everyone up. The people next to him were a little confused at first, but after seeing the man's appearance, they all woke up and subconsciously stepped away with a clatter.
Maitreya pushed everyone away and was shocked by the scene in front of him. At the same time, I saw the guy struggling to stand up, grabbing his hands randomly on his body. I saw at a glance that not only his eyes, but also his hands were covered with layers of "little hands". In a few seconds, The whole person was twisted.
He made a whining sound in his throat, as if he was choked by something. He was very frightened and wanted to scream but couldn't. Everyone was so shocked that they avoided him. When Big Tou saw me, he wanted to go up and hold me, and glared: "I don't want my life."
He couldn't see but could feel our presence. He rushed towards the crowd like crazy. Everyone was frightened by this scene. One guy couldn't control himself and opened fire directly. The bullets crackled on him and he twitched. He jumped twice and fell to the ground dead.
The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone was confused. He was a good person a few hours ago, and how could he suddenly become like this? Maitreya's face was ugly, and he shouted in a low voice: "What's going on?"
I pulled off a half-face gas mask from the backpack of the person next to me and put it on, indicating that it didn't matter if he had a big head. I walked over and turned the person over. I could see that those "little hands" had grown all over his face from around his eyes. I suppressed my nausea and pulled his arm straight, and just now I noticed an unusual place. Except for the eyes, this man had "little hands" only here.
I asked the guy behind me for the dagger. The guy looked at Maitreya, who nodded. I took the knife and made a cut on the corpse's arm. Within a few minutes, a layer of "little hands" grew on the wound at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Everyone was in an uproar. I took a step back, took off my mask and said, "It's spores."
"It should be the spores scattered by the 'big flower'. This thing is very strange. I have never seen such a species, but what is certain is that this thing cannot see blood, and the means of transmission is too destructive. You guys have it. Wound, the spores invade from the wound."
The fleshy "little hands" on the corpse were still growing in patches. I frowned as I looked at them. Such a species was unheard of. Its characteristics looked very similar to those of plants. Not all plants require photosynthesis. For example, dodder has no chloroplasts in its cells. , which uses the climbing vine-like tentacles on its body to cling to other plants, and extends spikes from the parts that contact the host, poking into the host to absorb nutrients to survive.
There are also some saprophytic plants that do not have photosynthesis. These plants rely on symbiotic fungi to decompose the cellulose in decaying plants to obtain nutrients. Both types of plants are very ancient. From this point of view, it seems that the host of these spores may also be such a plant, but the scary thing is that they feed on flesh, flesh, and essence, and they decompose and transform very quickly.
Everyone put on their masks when they heard this. I waved my hand and said, "It shouldn't be transmitted through breathing, otherwise these things would have taken over the earth long ago. The life cycle of spores is very short. They should only quickly attach to the flesh and blood after leaving the mother's body." , can it take root and sprout."
Everyone was no longer in the mood to rest. Maitreya ordered to prepare to evacuate, and everyone began to pack their things silently. Before leaving, they burned the bodies with fire to prevent any changes.
During the march, Maitreya came over and asked me with a sullen face: "How long until I can leave here."
"I don't know. My people are exploring the way ahead. I'm the same as you now." I answered honestly.
"Are you leading us around blindly? I've already died." He stared into my eyes.
"My people will leave marks, and I didn't kill your people, dead people? Don't you even know where you are going? I tell you, the place you go to will only be more dangerous than here."