Doomsday: I can see the health bar, kill monsters and drop treasure.

Chapter 622 Mutant Plant Tools
Wang Tao experienced this vine elevator and could only say that it could carry people, but it was a bit inconsiderate of the passengers' lives. Fortunately, everyone present was strong, otherwise riding this elevator would be fatal.

Of course, in addition to the vines themselves, this is also related to the height of the elevator. After all, the mountain is very high, and the range of each elevator is not short. You have to take the elevator several times in a row to reach the ground. It is naturally impossible to expect any riding experience in this situation.

But no matter what the experience is, Wang Tao is still very interested in these vines.

These vines are not biological weapons, but third-level mutant plants.

Can mutant plants be made obedient and even help humans work? Wang Tao couldn't do this! Because there was no way to communicate. Mutated plants didn't have much brains, which was completely different from animals. Even if Wang Tao used mental power to communicate, it wouldn't work.

So Wang Tao was very curious about how the people at the Red Maple Base controlled these mutated plants.

Perhaps because he saw that Wang Tao's eyes were always on the vines, Xiang Bo, who was still a little dizzy, rubbed his temples and explained to Wang Tao:
"These are all plants that have mutated after the apocalypse. I'm sure you can tell. As for how to control them, I don't really understand. These mutated plants all obey the military. Anyway, they are not aggressive and will help with the work. We just need to provide them with land and provide them with nutrients regularly..."

"I see."

Wang Tao nodded and did not ask any further questions. This was obviously some special method that could not be told to outsiders. Regardless of whether Xiang Bo knew it or not, he certainly could not tell a stranger casually.

At this time, everyone has come to the ground.

From the sky, you can see many buildings here, and they are all multi-story structures, but you can't see the specific details clearly. Now after coming to the ground and looking at these buildings up close, Wang Tao and others are very surprised - many of the buildings do not look like they were built by humans, or they are built with some plants as the foundation.

There is a giant tree not far away, but only half of the root remains. The inside of this half of the giant tree is hollowed out, with several layers, and more than ten families live in it. At the top of the giant tree is an open-air terrace, on which some clothes, pieces of meat and other things are hung.

There is a house made of bamboo near the tree house, but these bamboos have health bars, which means they are alive or mutated bamboos. However, the current level of these bamboos is too low, not even the first level, so there are only health bars, no level. These mutated bamboos are like houses, with doors, windows, and stairs...

Near the bamboo house, there is a huge warm yellow mushroom. This mushroom is dead, but judging by its size, it must have been an elite monster when it was alive. Now this place has been transformed into a house, and there are people guarding the door.

In addition to these strange houses, the most eye-catching things are the mutated plants.

Not to mention the vines that could rise and fall, there were also several huge leaves with eight legs, on which were fixed several seats with people sitting. They were obviously using these mutant leaves as a means of transportation. Compared with these leaves, Chen Haolin and his modified off-road vehicle was a bit different.

And on both sides of the path where the leaves walked, there were some slender and curved trees with some round fruits on them. Whenever a mutant leaf passed under the tree, its round fruit would light up slightly.

"This is our lantern tree. It absorbs sunlight during the day and releases light at night. The road lighting of our red maple base depends on it... In addition to the lantern tree, we also have lantern grass here. Lantern grass is generally used at home..."

Xiang Bo explained to everyone with some pride.

Although his strength is not strong and cannot be compared with Wang Tao and others, he feels that the base where Wang Tao is located cannot compare with them in terms of the base environment.

After all, there are many similarities between their place and the world before the apocalypse. Although these are substitutes such as mutated plants, it is better than nothing.

Xiang Bo estimated that Wang Tao's base definitely did not have their "plant technology". Although Wang Tao was strong, he might not live as well as them. After all, all electronic devices were unusable now, and the human survivors had suddenly regressed from a technological society to a primitive society. Wang Tao and others would definitely feel very uncomfortable.

"Great! People and nature live in harmony!"

Wang Tao exclaimed in praise with all his heart.

The Red Maple Base and the Changhe Base obviously took two different evolutionary paths.

The main energy source of Changhe Base is crystal core, and the equipment made of crystal core will not be damaged by this mysterious energy. Many things in Changhe Base now use crystal core energy, such as cars, power armor, and some factory machines. Although because of the existence of the barrier, electrical appliances and ordinary cars can also be used. But crystal core is obviously the future, so Changhe Base has invested a lot of money in crystal core research. The results obtained are still very good.

But the Red Maple Base is different. Not only is there no power facility here, it seems that there is no crystal core technology. What is currently shown to Wang Tao is all "plant technology" - the survivors and mutated plants coexist harmoniously.

It is impossible to judge which is superior between crystal core technology and plant technology. Wang Tao is not very familiar with plant technology, but judging from the current situation, plant technology is definitely not weaker than crystal core technology.

Hearing Wang Tao's praise, Xiang Bo did not show modesty, but gave Wang Tao and others some popular science:
"Haha, this is also the characteristic of our base - whether it is humans or mutant plants, they can live well together and even help each other! For example, these 'leaf cars' require some special fertilizers, otherwise they will evolve very slowly, and only we can prepare these waste materials, so we use fertilizers as a bargaining chip and invite them to help us pick up survivors..."

"For example, the huge mushroom building. We transported this mushroom back at night. At that time, the mushroom was almost frozen to death, but its spores had not yet spread and were even frozen. We promised to help it spread its spores. In order to thank us, it agreed to let us hollow out its body before it died. Because its body will harden after it dies, we don't have time to hollow it out in a short moment... The reason why we want to use this mushroom to build a house is that living in it will make people less easily tired. Our city hall is a big mushroom..."

"Oh, yes, there are also those mutant bamboos. They will emit a special fragrance, which will attract some insects to parasitize them. They can't find it at first, and when they find it, it's too late. The parasites and them have a symbiotic relationship. If the parasites die, they will die too. But if the parasites don't die, they will continue to absorb their nutrients and make them gradually wither. So we promised them that during the bamboo shoot period, we will help them find parasites and prevent them from surviving. They will grow houses for us to live in, because the fragrance of bamboo is very good, and except for that special parasite, other snakes, insects, rats and ants hate this smell. And that kind of parasite is only harmful to mutant bamboo, but for humans, it is not only harmless, but also a bit nutritious! So there is no need to worry about poisonous insects in the houses built by them. You know, there are many poisonous insects in our place..."

"..."

Listening to Xiang Bo's introduction, Wang Tao and his group looked at each other, and they seemed to be able to see what was in each other's eyes - amazing.

Perhaps this is what "life will find a way out on its own." With the help of these bamboo plants, the Red Maple Base can be built quickly and provide convenience to the survivors in the base. These plants are also helped, which is a win-win situation.

However, this also made Wang Tao even more curious about the Red Maple Base military's communication method. You know, Wang Tao had a hidden attribute at the time, [Plant Affinity], which allowed him to feel the feelings of some plants. But that was only Wang Tao's unilateral feeling, and he could not communicate.

Moreover, through his feelings about plants, Wang Tao knew that these plants were brainless, physically brainless, and had no way to communicate. Even if they mutated and became plant monsters, their brains were not very smart, and they still could not communicate. So let alone hidden attributes, even if they had superpowers or awakenings, Wang Tao felt that he could not control these mutant plants that did not even have levels. At most, he could only control them for a short period of time. If he wanted to control them for a long time, the other party still had to have a brain.

For example, the biological weapon [Crystal Energy Poison Tree] that Wang Tao placed in the Changhe Base has a brain and can take corresponding actions according to Wang Tao's instructions. Wang Tao doesn't have to worry about it. It is like an AI with a certain level of intelligence but no emotions. It is a very good tool tree.

These mutated plants that haven't even reached a level can all perform reasonable actions in such an orderly manner. This is obviously a very powerful ability. At least Wang Tao can't do it, and he can't figure out how they communicate for the time being.

The military’s ability to firmly control the entire Red Maple Base may have a lot to do with this technology.

"Mr. Wang, would you like to experience our leaf car?"

After Xiang Bo introduced him, he immediately invited him.

"can."

Wang Tao nodded.

So Xiang Bo came to a place that looked like a public telephone booth, opened the door and went straight in. Through the transparent window, you can see that he took a vine inside.

Looking at the vine in Xiang Bo's hand, Wang Tao suddenly realized.

He used to think that news here spread very quickly, and he was a little curious about how they spread the news. It turned out that they used this kind of vine.

Wang Tao had seen vines that could transmit radio signals in the cracks before, so it didn't seem surprising that there were vines that could directly transmit sound.

After Xiang Bo came out, he knew that Wang Tao might not understand it very well, so he explained a little more.

"This is the communication vine of our base. As the name suggests, through it, we can communicate with any place in the base with communication vines. I just called a leaf car, and it will be here soon..."

Xiang Bo had just arrived in a hurry, and they were sitting in a small leaf car, so there was no room for Wang Tao and his group. Of course, a few more cars would be enough, and there were spare leaf cars here, but he wanted to show the superiority of the Red Maple Base, so this large leaf car was just right for Wang Tao to see.

While they were talking, a "dong dong dong" sound was heard from the road in the distance, and then a large leaf car with 12 legs was seen walking towards them quickly.

Although this leaf car is only the second stage, it is still a bit oppressive because of its tall size. If Wang Tao encountered this thing in the wild, he would probably have chopped it down with a knife.

When the leaf car came in front of Xiang Bo, it immediately lowered itself to allow everyone to get on.

dong dong dong-

After everyone got on the bus, it immediately spread out its long legs and carried everyone away.

Wang Tao originally thought it would be very bumpy, but unexpectedly it was quite good. It was definitely not as good as the vehicles on the road, but compared with those off-road vehicles in the end times, it was still slightly better.

Of course, this also creates a contrast. The feeling of riding the elevator just now was indeed not very pleasant. How uncomfortable it was just now, how comfortable it is now in comparison.

Wang Tao looked down and found that these leaf cars seemed to obey traffic rules, knowing to avoid trampling on flowers and plants on the roadside and staying within the normal road range. They even slowed down at intersections, and other leaf cars would let them pass first.

Wang Tao saw clearly that after getting on the car, neither Xiang Bo nor anyone else had any communication with the leaf car. Xiang Bo only mentioned a destination when getting on the car... So, to some extent, this should be considered artificial intelligence? No, to be more precise, it should be "plant intelligence"... Don't mention it, it's quite interesting.

Perhaps they wanted Wang Tao and his friends to see more of the scenery on the road, so the Leaf Car was not driving very fast. While Wang Tao was listening to Xiang Bo's introduction, he suddenly said:

"Mayor Xiang, I think this Leaf car is pretty good, but why are there still normal gasoline cars in the city?"

Chen Haolin, Zhan Liang and other members of the Fiery Team drove their cars and followed behind. In addition to them, Wang Tao also saw ordinary vehicles on the road.

"Uh……"

Hearing this question, Xiang Bo suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. He scratched his head and said somewhat embarrassedly:

"Ahem, these leaf cars are really good things. Compared with traditional vehicles, they don't need drivers or maintenance, and are very convenient. But they have a disadvantage, and the other mutant plants also have this disadvantage - they can only be used inside the base and cannot leave the base. So those ordinary oil trucks are all vehicles that leave the base..."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Wang Tao raised his eyebrows.

The military's method of communicating with so many mutant plants and making them work has a certain range of limitations? Interesting...

(End of this chapter)