Published: February 12, 2025
CHAPTER TEXT:
The "Two-in-One" King Water Ghost Vine can create wonderful things. Ye Zhongming put in a lot of effort to find it. In his previous life, this thing had another name: the Man-Eating Vine. The place they originally occupied was essentially a death zone; no one would dare to provoke them.
The Man-Eating Vine, like countless mutated plants, has two ways to extract energy for evolution: one is to absorb it from acidic soil or solutions, and the other is to take it from mutated life forms.
This type of plant has a characteristic: they absorb energy very rapidly. Other mutated plants absorb energy gradually to maintain their growth, while the Man-Eating Vine absorbs everything in a short time to complete a phase of growth, after which, without energy, they stagnate.
Moreover, they are not picky eaters; any human evolver, zombie, or mutated animal can almost all be consumed.
Because their branches are long, they can automatically prey, making it hard to distinguish them when growing alongside other mutated plants. Ten years ago in his previous life, their distribution was already widespread, with at least half at extremely high levels, around eighth level, and even a few reaching ninth level. The magic crystals were hidden above the roots, beneath dense branches and leaves, making it difficult to judge their levels. Therefore, evolvers generally did not provoke them.
Now, this King Water Ghost Vine, which had given evolvers a headache in his previous life, has become a barrier for humanity in another world.
“It has already evolved to seventh level; it's really too fast.” Xia Lei looked at the color scan results transmitted from the Jingjue Floating Sphere, discovering that the evolution level of the King Water Ghost Vine had generally reached seventh level.
Previously, when Ye Zhongming had planted and activated them, after absorbing strong acidic energy, they were only at fourth level. In such a short time, they had jumped three levels, nearly causing Xia Lei's jaw to drop.
These King Water Ghost Vines would also suffer attacks; the vines that entwined their targets to absorb energy would be injured or broken. However, once they received energy replenishment, they would rapidly regrow.
Another important point is that the King Water Ghost Vine is a hermaphroditic organism. At certain times, they will automatically reproduce, producing seeds. After branches grow from the mother plant, they will detach to become new individuals, ensuring a very high survival rate.
Ye Zhongming wasn’t sure when they would reproduce, but many of these vines had already yielded brown egg-sized fruits, and with sufficient energy supply from the mother plant, they had begun to sprout tender leaves.
Whether it was the zombie army or the sniping positions, they all retreated a distance, giving the King Water Ghost Vines, which were clearly using the unprovoked side as a breeding ground, enough space.
Previously, whether in the swamp or the gravel area, although the monsters had received powerful sniper fire, they did not stop their advance. However, in front of this King Water Ghost Vine, the largest monster legion was actually blocked in place.
These Man-Eating Vines were truly terrifying; they seemed to be born gluttons, madly absorbing the energy of the monsters to further their own evolution and reproduction. Ye Zhongming and the others behind them watched as their offspring continuously emerged from the pits, with newly sprouted branches breaking through the soil of the grassland, forming their territories.
Their root systems were still connected to the mother plant, but the branches formed a new domain. Some monsters trying to jump over from the air fell among these new vines, becoming desiccated corpses.
The long-range weapons in the Cloud Summit camp roared again, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to harvest the lives of the monsters.
Ye Zhongming had already given the order to use up all ammunition.
The concentrated fire from Cloud Summit's long-range weapons struck heavy blows to the monsters advancing through the swamp and gravel. Their formations were denser than before; being organized made the defensive capabilities of these mid-level monsters generally weak, leading to significant casualties.