Wen Wen drew his pistol, the "Wolf Pack", and fired several shots at a plant monster transformed from a mining ghost. He shot its abdomen, heart, and brain—all suspected weak points—to test the creature's vulnerabilities.
Several holes were punched through its body, but the plant monster remained active, suggesting that damage to parts of its body did not impede its movement.
"If this doesn't work, then ordinary human weapons will have very limited effect on such creatures... So, what about fire?"
Wen Wen unloaded all the bullets from the "Wolf Pack" and made his palm turn red. One by one, bullets made of flame appeared in the magazine, and Wen Wen fired.
This time, what was shot out were not bullets, but concentrated flames shaped like bullets. After entering the plant monster's body, the flames erupted from the wounds, engulfing its entire body in tenacious flames, burning fiercely. The creatures ceased their activities amidst wails. Sudianshuwang.com
"It seems fire is still their weakness. They can be easily killed with a flamethrower."
Energy shaping was one of Hei Ti's abilities. Although Hei Ti's power was only at the level of a Disaster Subordinate, its control over energy was extremely flexible. Wen Wen could accomplish any attack he could think of through Hei Ti's power. Turning flames into bullets was a piece of cake.
As the flames ignited, all the mining ghosts couldn't help but cover their eyes. Having lived underground for a long time, they were unaccustomed to such brightness.
While they were covering their eyes, Wen Wen flashed and entered the dark cave, which seemed to hide something. It was here that the mining ghosts were transformed into plant monsters.
After walking through a narrow passage of more than twenty meters, Wen Wen's view opened up. It was a hidden world within.
Before him appeared a vast space, over ten meters high and dozens of meters long and wide. The ground was slippery, whether from plant sap or water dripping from the cave ceiling. Green mushrooms grew on the rock walls, emitting a faint phosphorescence that prevented the cave from being too dark.
At the end of the cave stood a huge and monstrous plant. Its thick roots spread throughout the underground cave, digging deep into the earth for nourishment. Several relatively flexible vines grew on it, bearing sharp thorns more than twenty centimeters long. The tips of these thorns had small holes that could inject certain liquids. It was the thorns of these vines that had previously transformed the mining ghosts into plant monsters.
And beneath the base of that enormous plant grew a purple, muscular mushroom-man with four arms, only its body from the waist up was visible!
As soon as he entered the cave, Wen Wen was attacked. A plant root covered in thorns smashed down at him. Wen Wen subtly shifted his stance and dodged the blow.
But before Wen Wen could steady himself, a fist, larger than his own head, swung towards him. It was the fist of the muscular mushroom-man, and its fist could actually extend!
Even so, it was no match for Wen Wen. Wen Wen moved like a魅影, always finding gaps to easily escape, no matter how dense the attacks were.
"The attack frequency is very fast, making it difficult for even speed-type Disaster Subordinates to dodge, but the force of the attacks is insufficient. It doesn't even damage the rock walls. For this reason, it hasn't personally dealt with those mining ghosts, as its sheer size prevents it from leaving here."
"Although the force is insufficient, the dense poisonous thorns on its branches compensate for this drawback. If I were hit by them, it would be troublesome..."
After a brief exchange, Wen Wen had already figured out the creature's strength. Ordinary Disaster Subordinates in this cave would be no match for it. Outside the cave, in front of ranged superhumans, this creature would be a mere target.
It would be simple for Wen Wen to eliminate it, but he couldn't understand why Dr. Feng had stationed a monster here.
If it was just a diversion to attract the attention of superhumans searching for him, there would be no need to use a disaster-level plant. Moreover, Dr. Feng should not have known that Wen Wen and his three companions were hunting him.
After all, even for Dr. Feng, creating such a disaster-level monster was not something that could be done casually. If he could do it easily, he wouldn't need to find Yan Xiu and the others to conduct those tedious experiments.
Therefore, this must also be part of his experiments. So, what purpose was he trying to achieve through this experiment? Could the thorns only infect mining ghosts, or were they effective against humans?
Wen Wen instinctively felt that there was a problem here, and a big one at that!
...
"You've been playing with things a bit too much lately, even I find it a little frightening," said a tall man in a gray cloak, speaking nonchalantly in an ordinary residential house in Tongling City.
He called it frightening, but a smile played on his lips. He was the teacher of Feng Bei and Feng Rao, Eiswakazi!
Dr. Feng, wearing a green hat, squatted in front of a mimosa plant, gently toying with it. The plant, which only exhibited simple reflex responses, now seemed like a real shy maiden in his hands.
"Everything I'm doing is what you wanted to see, isn't it? I want to construct a world where only plants exist, and you, teacher... I still don't know what your true purpose is."
Ace smiled and shook his head. He walked over to a woman tied up by plants in a corner and looked at her with concern.
The woman's face was filled with terror, and tears streamed down her face. The last time Ace visited, her husband had disappeared!
"My purpose is actually very simple, just as I've always told you: I only want an unrestrained hunting ground."
Ace reached out to the woman, his hand sinking into her body as if plunging into water. Immediately, the woman's entire body was absorbed by Ace's arm. Only a set of clothes remained on the ground.
The woman was thus "eaten" by Ace. There was no blood, but it was more chilling than being disemboweled alive.
"After your antics, I'm a little hungry too."
Dr. Feng took off his hat and uprooted the mimosa plant. Disregarding its struggles and the thorns on it, he stuffed it into his mouth, chewing as he said, "You've told me this many times, but... I don't believe you."
Ace didn't try to argue, but said to Dr. Feng, "Believe it or not, you've decided on Tongling City as this experimental site, haven't you?"
Dr. Feng stopped questioning Ace's purpose and excitedly said, "That's right! If this succeeds, the wave I've been anticipating will spread from this city to the entire world!"
"I look forward to your results."
Ace let out a satisfied belch, spitting out a deformed ring that had been corroded. It was the wedding ring of the woman he had just consumed...