Finally contacted Earth, you said not to answer?

Chapter 3 The Walking Tree
  Powder season.

One of the most dangerous times of the year.

As the towering giant mushrooms spewed out spores all over the sky, the animals also fell into a carnival of predators.

It's like a big fish eating a small fish.

Ever since the cloud bugs in the sky ate the spores, this buffet has been unstoppable.

Not only that.

For these animals, there is a more important mission during the powder season:
  reproduce.

A large amount of food replenished the animals with sufficient energy, so the estrus and breeding periods also came one after another.

The double buff bonus of predation and reproduction makes all the creatures on the planet go crazy.

Even a dog passing by can't walk away with a clear conscience.

……

"Bah!"

The base gate opens.

Wang Wei and Da Vinci put on their equipment, and the dog groped out from inside.

After scanning the surrounding area to confirm that there was no danger, Da Vinci made an OK gesture to Wang Wei.

"set off!"

Wang Wei nodded with satisfaction and waved forward with firm eyes.

very good! It's a good start!
  He was worried about being attacked by wild animals.

Now it seems that my daily cleaning up near the base is quite effective.

It's just that after the powder season arrives, the base will soon become unsafe.

So you have to hurry up to avoid being blocked by crazy animals when you come back.

After walking with Da Vinci to the dense forest yesterday, Wang Wei looked at the towering mushrooms in the distance and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

That was the core battlefield of the powder season. The closer you got to the mushrooms in the center of the dense forest, the more powerful predators you saw.

"Are you ready?"

Wang Wei turned his head and glanced at Da Vinci, and regardless of the other person's head shaking like a rattle, he forcibly dragged him into the dense forest.

If possible, he didn't want to get close to this place at this time.

But who allowed those alien potatoes to grow around the big mushroom, and only in this place, not anywhere else at all.

The rare ones are as evil as the treasures in fantasy novels, but eating these potatoes will not increase a person's cultivation level, nor will all diseases be eliminated and he will live forever. The only strange thing about this thing is that it is non-toxic.

That's right, it's just non-toxic.

But on this planet, this alone is so precious that Wang Wei is not willing to risk it.

Because if the planting is successful, he will no longer need to worry about food in the future.

The sword of Damocles named "Famine" hanging high above his head will also completely disappear.

Just thinking about this wonderful future made Wang Wei feel ecstatic.

"Hehehehehe! It's great. You will be free from potatoes soon. Hehehehehe..."

Wang Wei couldn't help but giggle, even his steps were light.

He was very cautious before entering the forest, and he didn't know where he had been thrown.

The whole person's state was filled with weird excitement, like a drug addict who was high.
  "Snapped!"

Until a powerful mouth slapped his face.

Wang Wei covered his burning right cheek with confused eyes, turned his head and met Da Vinci's false concern: "What's wrong with you?"

Only then did he finally realize his gaffe.

"But...when?"

It was obviously fine before entering the forest, but after walking in, it was like being high, and the whole person fell into a psychedelic state.

He didn't even notice when he was attacked.

I carefully rechecked my air filtration system and confirmed that there was no problem with the filter mask of the protective suit.

"If it's not toxins in the air, what could the medium be?" Wang Wei looked at the colorful plants around him and listened to the roar of insects and beasts from time to time. He pursed his lips in fear.

He was obviously very careful.

After determining the route, we went straight to the target without touching anything extra along the way.

But he still fell into a hallucination unconsciously.

"The way toxins are spread is through blood, food or air."

He didn't eat anything along the way, the air filtration system was intact, and the protective suit didn't show any damage.

If it were the Earth, there would be no problems with this level of protection.

But this is an alien planet, and the common sense of Earth does not apply here.

"Thankfully there is Leonardo da Vinci."

Wang Wei glanced at the robot beside him calmly, and felt a lot more at ease.

As a robot, he does not have the same weaknesses and troubles as carbon-based life forms.

That mysterious hallucinogenic toxin, no matter how it is spread.

Never mind smell, hearing, touch or sight, it has no effect on him at all.

The body composed of silicon-based life metal and the brain composed of circuit boards will not be affected by these messy things at all.

Truly a heart of stone!
  This is why Wang Weida dared to go deep into the mushroom forest during the powder season.

If the battle is easy to resolve, you can escape even if you can't defeat it.

If you encounter the kind of hallucination or toxin just now, there should be no problem if you have Da Vinci as your escort.

"continue."

He adjusted his mentality briefly and rubbed his still burning face.

The two of them continued deeper until the dappled sunlight was completely replaced by shadows.

Looking up, the huge umbrella covering the sky above blocked all the sunlight, and I could only rely on the faint light emitted by the fluorite and eucalyptus on the ground.

It indicates that they have now entered the range of the towering mushroom.

According to memory, you can reach your destination about three kilometers further, which is where the alien potatoes were first discovered.

Similarly, as you gradually get closer to the giant mushroom in the center of the forest, the probability of encountering danger will become higher and higher.

like now...

"If we have entered the territory of mushrooms now, why is there still the sound of leaves rustling in the wind?"

In the darkness, Wang Wei suddenly stopped and asked a soul question.

Plants cannot grow without sunlight.

This is the same whether it is the earth or this planet.

It stands to reason that after they entered the territory of the giant mushrooms, all the sunlight in the sky was monopolized by the mushrooms, and only the small grasses on the ground accompanying the fluorite could grow.

But now.

The sound of the wind rustling leaves in my ears is still there.

It didn't stop at all because the surrounding trees disappeared, but the sound became more and more obvious.

The rustling sound was getting closer and closer, and the unknown dark feeling made Wang Wei's skin crawl.

"Da Vinci! Turn on the lights!"

There was no time to worry about things that would expose his whereabouts.

Wang Wei shouted, and the energy-filled lightsaber instantly extended from the grip in his hand.

The palm of Da Vinci's left hand split and deformed, and a strong light of up to 100,000 lumens shot out from the palm, instantly illuminating the surrounding area as bright as day and making it impossible for those hiding in the darkness to escape.

With the roots intertwining like tentacles, the huge trees are also slowly moving forward, shaking the leaves on their bodies and making a "rustling" sound.

On the thick tree trunk, a huge one-eye reflected scarlet light in the strong light.

At this moment, he was staring closely at Wang Wei and Da Vinci in front of him.

That is……

A walking tree?
  (End of this chapter)