Regret youthful ignorance
Chapter 392 Giant Tree
No sooner had they sown the seeds than they received a notice of a temporary change of work, a large-scale planting of black leaves.
It didn't matter, as long as there was something to eat, they would do whatever they were told.
Mi Ling gave Meng Yin a few black leaves and asked her to try to improve them, increasing the yield while also seeing if the black leaves could absorb more of the unknown substances in the meat.
With the help of the nature faction members, the black leaves grew quickly, a large, dark patch.
It looked like a lot, but it couldn't stand being used sparingly. It took at least ten black leaves to cook a pot of rabbit meat.
And one black leaf plant only had one black leaf.
The first planting produced about fifty thousand black leaves.
The members received what they considered a very strange task: to catch some rabbits.
Did they even need to catch them? They could just close their eyes and wait for the rabbits to come. There were really too many rabbits.
What were they going to do with the rabbit meat? Was there not enough grain, so they were switching to mutated meat?
Mi Ling realized a problem. Although the black leaves were considered a good harvest, with so many members, it seemed like the black leaves they planted were only enough for everyone to eat one meal?
One meal a week?
"Heavens, this rabbit meat is actually fragrant."
"Wuwu, it's so delicious."
Before the apocalypse, this rabbit meat had viruses, but at this time, who cared about that? As long as it didn't kill people, it was delicious.
The members had a rare feast once again.
The base was filled with laughter.
Eating it once a week was fine, it was better than having nothing to eat.
Mi Ling had the previously eliminated nature faction members join the black leaf planting work, and also had the logistics personnel transport black leaves to the members on the front lines.
With black leaves, they could eat normal meat, and even if it was just boiled, it could satisfy people.
When exploring Kangaroo Island, the members couldn't return every day, so they camped on the spot at night.
The matter of the black leaves was not told to Chen Luo, who was in seclusion. Although it was considered a breakthrough discovery, there was no need to disturb Chen Luo.
A team of a hundred people, all riding camels, slowly advanced, constantly observing the surroundings to see if there was anything of value.
These people were all Chen Luo's people. Kangaroo Island still had quite a few camels.
Weren't these excellent mounts?
The members' strength was far greater than the camels'. Although the camels were full of aggression, it was still possible to tame them.
The main reason was that the difference in strength was too great, which made it possible to tame the camels.
"Hey, it's great to have a mount."
"Go this way, you idiot."
"There aren't even any zombies, it's really boring."
At this moment, the outline of a giant tree faintly appeared in the distance.
The leading captain exclaimed, "What a tall tree, it's the first time I've seen one so tall, let's go take a look."
The giant tree was about three miles away from the members. When they were within a mile, the camels collectively rebelled. They seemed uneasy, afraid, and unwilling to move forward.
"Hey, why aren't you listening?"
No one was stupid. The members noticed the abnormality. Could there be something in front that the camels feared?
At this time, the giant tree was not far away. The captain looked up at it, it must be almost two hundred meters tall.
The trunk was unusually thick, with a diameter of over twenty meters.
Strangely, the tree's trunk and leaves were grayish-black, and the branches and leaves grew many things that looked like flower buds.
The branches swayed in the wind, as if beckoning to the members, come over here.
The captain, with his sharp eyes, saw three crystal-clear fruits on the drooping branches around the trunk.
The shape of the fruits was somewhat like gourds, flowing with a jewel-like luster.
What were these?
Some members with good eyesight widened their eyes, looking at the giant tree and the fruits.
"It must be some immortal's fart, extraordinary."
"This tree is probably mutated too, don't get close easily. If we get close rashly, we might not be a match for it."
The members had seen many mutated trees, like carnivorous plants, they would also attack people who got close.
The captain thought for a while and said, "There's no need to be brave, the tree is here, it can't run away, let's go back and report it, and let Elder Hai or the leader come and take a look."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Just then, a strange smell came.
Immediately, more than a dozen members, including the camels they were riding, lost their minds and slowly approached the giant tree.
The captain exclaimed, "Come back, what are you doing?"
But these people turned a deaf ear and continued walking.
The captain instantly realized that they had been bewitched.
But then, including the captain, their eyes also became scattered, and they walked forward in a daze.
The entire team was walking forward.
When they reached the giant tree, the giant tree began to act. Countless vines and leaves fell down, effortlessly binding the members.
The flower buds on the branches were one meter in size, and they opened one after another, like carnivorous plants opening their mouths wide, devouring some of the members. 138 Chinese network
The members who were swallowed suddenly woke up at this time, but it was too late, they struggled weakly.
In a short time, more than forty members were completely swallowed, and the flower buds seemed to be chewing.
Then the flower buds slowly calmed down, bones, clothes, nothing was spat out, all were completely digested.
More than half of the members were still alive, but they were all bound by the giant tree.
In a place more than a hundred meters high on the tree, there seemed to be a pair of indifferent eyes, watching coldly.
The captain regained his mind at this time, and tried his best to break free, but it had no effect.
In the midst of the crisis, the captain spat out a mouthful of flames, hitting the tree trunk, but the effect was very small, like a small spark.
Instead, he was ruthlessly lashed by the giant tree.
The captain discovered in horror that the three crystal-clear fruits seemed to be even more crystal clear.
Was it using them as fertilizer?
They weren't dead now, just because the giant tree was going to eat them for the next meal?
What the hell was this?
The captain calmed down, luckily he wasn't dead yet, he could pass the message back.
He immediately transmitted the message back through telepathy.
But at this time, another team also approached, after all, giant trees were rare.
Chen Luo's members were divided into two hundred teams, not far from each other.
The captain's pupils shrank, and he roared, "Don't..."
The giant tree, disliking him for being in the way, opened its mouth and swallowed him completely.
The second team did not escape the fate of being attracted.
After a while, the giant tree began to devour again. If there were no accidents, the two hundred people, I'm afraid they wouldn't last today, they would all be swallowed.
This was two hundred level sevens, including two level eight captains.
The fruit on the giant tree was getting brighter and brighter.
Zhao Ziyi panicked and told Mi Ling the news.
Mi Ling was shocked and immediately said, "Ziyi, contact everyone now and tell them not to get close to the giant tree."
Mi Ling clenched her fists. No matter what you are, you ate so many of our people, you will definitely pay the price.
Dozens of people died, it seemed that Dawn City had not had such a huge loss for a long time.