Chapter 45 Corruption Swamp

The gray poisonous fog seemed like a barrier separating the two worlds inside and outside the power grid.

Xu Nian put on his gas mask, looked back at Zuo Qiuyue standing with his arms folded at the gate of the distant outpost, and Su Ruo who kept sticking his head out and waving, made a thumbs-down gesture, and then, regardless of Zuo Qiuyue's "furious" expression, stepped into the poisonous fog.

The world in front of him was instantly filled with thick gray fog, and he couldn't see anything around him.

According to what Zuo Qiuyue had told him in advance, he turned on the headphones and camera, took out a spray bottle, and sprayed some white fog into the air.

The thick poisonous fog in the air gradually faded after being neutralized by the sprayed white fog, and soon formed a visible area of ​​several dozen feet around Xu Nian.

This is a special agent spray developed by the research department of the institute based on the composition of the poisonous fog in the corrupt swamp. Although it cannot permanently eliminate the poisonous fog, it can still be maintained for a while.

Xu Nian carefully held the submachine gun in his hand while spraying the medicine around, continuously expanding the visual range around.

The son on his shoulder seemed to have come to this strange place for the first time. He ran around excitedly, and sometimes even ran into the poisonous fog for a long time without coming back.

Xu Nian was a little worried at first, but after seeing that his son was safe, he was completely relieved, but secretly told his son not to stay too far away from him.

After all, the hot weapons on his body were only auxiliary, and they were far from the sense of security that his son could bring him.

"Xu Nian, it's almost done. The neutralizing agent spray has a limited time effect. Take advantage of this time to explore this area quickly."

At this time, Zuo Qiuyue's urging voice sounded in the headset.

Xu Nian nodded, put away the spray, and began to carefully look at the surrounding environment.

Perhaps because he had just entered the swamp, he had not seen any traces of the river. He could only judge from the soft grass under his feet that he should be on the periphery of the corrupt swamp.

But even so, everything in front of him was enough to surprise Xu Nian.

Animal bones can be seen everywhere, and some are even human bones, like lotus leaves in a lotus pond, scattered in the grass.

Especially some peat mosses, which should have been familiar yellow-green or yellow-white, but now they are all gray-black. There is even a giant flower that is one or two meters high and shaped like a sun wheel swimming near the peat moss in each area.

Xu Nian saw clearly that wherever there are giant flowers, there are the most bones nearby. It can be imagined who said the bones here.

"Xu Nian, this is a blood-eating flower, which is a mutation of the previous man-eating flower. It is born of bloodthirstiness. Its range of activity is the area where its roots are located. You'd better not provoke it if you have nothing to do."

Zuo Qiuyue's explanation sounded in the headset. Obviously, through Xu Nian's head-mounted camera, she also saw these wandering mutant creatures.

Xu Nian took a breath and whispered, "Is this the distorted monster you mentioned?"

"No, distorted monsters are monsters that humans distort when their souls fail to be liberated under the erosion of mysterious energy. The blood-eating flower in front of us, like most of the evolved creatures outside the city wall, is collectively called an alienated creature."

"I understand."

Xu Nian nodded, holding the submachine gun in his hand and eager to try.

"Xu Nian, remember your mission is to investigate the secrets of Bai Fei, not to clean up the alienated creatures in the corrupt swamp."

Xu Nian was stunned, put down the raised submachine gun with some resentment, and carefully touched the direction where there were no blood-eating flowers.

Because it was a swamp, Xu Nian walked very carefully. Wherever the land was soft or even had a small pile of water, he would try before taking a step, so as not to step into the mud and never get out.

Zuo Qiuyue in the headset introduced the surrounding environment to Xu Nian while guiding Xu Nian in the opposite direction.

Xu Nian guessed that Zuo Qiuyue should have something like a map, so he trusted his guidance and went wherever he was told to go.

When there was poisonous fog, he sprayed some spray to neutralize it, and then continued to move forward until a narrow entrance to the forest appeared in front of him.

This time, without the size of Zuo Qiuyue in the headset, he understood that a battle was inevitable.

The entrance to the forest was not too big or too small, and only three or four people could pass through it side by side, but there were three blood-eating flowers swimming at the entrance, one of which was five or six meters tall, blocking the way into the forest like a small building.

As for the bushes on both sides of the entrance, they were covered with adult-high red thorns. It was obvious that if you wanted to get in from here, you would have to peel off your skin.

"Xu Nian, what are you going to do?"

Unexpectedly, Zuo Qiuyue did not give Xu Nian a specific battle plan, but asked strangely.

Xu Nian frowned, tightened the charge in his hand, and then obediently took out a grenade from his bag.

If you are undecided, just test the firepower first.

He made a decision quickly.

Zuo Qiuyue didn't say anything in the headset, and seemed to be waiting to see Xu Nian's performance.

Xu Nian was inexplicably excited and nervous. After hooking the grenade ring with his fingers in a panic, he pulled it hard and threw it at the blood-eating flower at the entrance.

At this moment, he was only a dozen meters away from the entrance of the forest, and he threw it with all his strength just in front of a small blood-eating flower.

Then there was a loud "boom".

Accompanied by a rain of mud and sand, Xu Nian, who was crawling on the ground, looked over anxiously.

When he saw the remains of the blood-eating flowers on the ground, a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Qiu Yue, see, this is firepower."

"Hehe."

Only Zuo Qiuyue's faint laughter sounded in the headset.

Xu Nian thought Zuo Qiuyue was forcibly saving face, so he grinned and prepared to fire a few more grenades to completely eliminate the remaining two road-blocking flowers.

But the next moment, a shocking scene appeared.

The originally wet ground suddenly surged, and then accompanied by a thick poisonous fog seeping out from the ground, one by one, the flower stems grew out like bamboo shoots after rain, and soon grew into a new blood-eating flower in front of Xu Nian's eyes.

After the blood-eating flower grew again, it sprayed light green pollen into the sky while moving towards Xu Nian. The other two blood-eating flowers, one large and one small, seemed to have received some information and swam towards Xu Nian.

Xu Nian was horrified and quickly retreated. It was not until he retreated about 30 meters that he noticed that the three blood-eating flowers stopped and stood there "looking" at him.

This was a very strange feeling. Obviously, the three blood-eating flowers had no eyes at all, but Xu Nian felt that they were staring at him.

"What is going on?" Xu Nian was nervous and puzzled.