Zhang Heng moved his face a little closer to the ferns, but the strange smell did not become stronger.
It seemed that the smell was not released by the ferns. However, the ferns did make the air more humid, and when combined with the strange smell, it made Zhang Heng feel even more uncomfortable.
Zhang Heng scraped off a little bit with a knife, put it in a sealed bag, and continued to walk down.
After about ten more steps, a door appeared in front of him.
If the ferns made people feel a little cold and uncomfortable, the thing on the door was simply ugly. It was something like a vine, but there were many small sarcomas on each section, and there was something like an octopus suction cup at the bottom. They entwined with each other and then firmly attached to the door.
And if one looked closely, the branches seemed to be slowly wriggling.
It was the first time Zhang Heng had seen such a strange scene.
He now felt like Alice falling into a rabbit hole. However, the latter was wandering in a strange land, and he was more like walking into an abyss of infinite horror.
It was already so creepy in front of the door, and it was hard to imagine what was hidden behind it.
At this point, an ordinary person would have turned around and fled. Zhang Heng, on the other hand, only felt slightly uncomfortable because of the strange smell. He was born calmer than the average person, and coupled with the constant loss of emotions in the quest, he could hardly feel the taste of fear.
Zhang Heng walked straight to the door, and his Dragon-Li cat detector came in handy again.
Ignoring the cat's struggle and resistance, Zhang Heng grabbed the back of its neck and brought it closer to the moving branches. Sure enough, as the cat approached, the branches began to wriggle faster. It felt like a hunter who had found its prey.
The Dragon-Li also sensed the impending danger with its biological instinct, and it struggled more and more violently.
However, its neck was tightly squeezed by Zhang Heng, and it could not escape at all.
When the speed of the branches' wriggling reached a critical value, Zhang Heng heard a muffled bang, and the sarcomas on the branches exploded together. Countless small branches stretched out from inside, like mosquito tentacles, and quickly pierced into the Dragon-Li's body. With the help of the Filter Lens, Zhang Heng could even see the blood flowing along those tentacles into the vines.
The Dragon-Li Cat's body trembled, and at the same time, its eyes revealed a look of fear.
Zhang Heng retracted his palm the moment before the sarcomas burst, but the strange vines caught it. When the mosquito feeler-like branches pierced into the cat's body, it finally calmed down and stopped struggling as if it had accepted its fate.
At the same time, Zhang Heng noticed that the vines at the doorknob seemed to have loosened a little. Although it wasn't intentional, strictly speaking, those vines were sticking out from the door, not completely sealing it. While the other party was' eating, 'Zhang Heng used a knife to pry open the door a little.
The position was just enough for him to enter sideways.
Although the Dragon-Li had taught him a lesson, he still decided to go in and take a look.
He had observed the predatory movements of those vines, and he didn't know if it was a common problem of plant life. From the looks of it, their speed wasn't too fast. With Zhang Heng's skill, he could still dodge the sarcomas before they exploded. And the vines would accelerate their wriggling before they preyed. Zhang Heng could notice this sign and prepare in advance.
In the process of prying open the door with a knife, Zhang Heng also confirmed that these things did not seem to react to non-living substances. So, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Heng decided to walk in.
Since he was already here, even if hell was behind the door, he had to go in and take a look.
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Bai Qing had been listening nervously to the sound on the other end of the line.
Since the end of the last conversation, Zhang Heng had not spoken for a long time. However, Bai Qing could hear the Dragon-Li Cat's miserable screams. The sound was like chalk scratching a blackboard, and it made her heart flutter.
Although she did not see the ancient ferns and the ugly vines on the door, someone once said that real fear came from human imagination of the unknown.
There were only sounds and no images, which made the strange atmosphere even more intense.
Several times, Bai Qing could not help but want to ask Zhang Heng about the situation and what he saw. However, she was afraid that she would distract him and put him in danger.
So, she could only continue to keep quiet until she heard a buzzing sound from the other end of the line.
Bai Qing could not help but ask, "How is it? What did you see?"
However, there was no answer from Zhang Heng.
The latter seemed to have disappeared, leaving only the buzzing sound that was getting louder and louder. Bai Qing's hands and feet felt cold.
On the other side, Zhang Heng also noticed the problem with the communicator.
He had been connected to Bai Qing. Before this, he could hear Bai Qing's regular breathing on the other end. Now, there was only a strange noise.
Zhang Heng guessed that there might be a problem with the magnetic field here, interfering with the communication signal.
But since he had already come in, he could not go out immediately. And the most important thing was that the scene in front of him had attracted his attention.
Zhang Heng finally knew where the vines came from.
In the center of the hall in front of him was a strange plant. It looked a bit like a banyan tree, but it was shorter than a banyan tree. However, its branches and leaves were more lush, and the accompanying vines on the tree almost covered the entire house, making it look like a terrifying botanical garden.
No one knew how old this thing was, but it seemed to be older than the ferns outside.
At the same time, Zhang Heng also noticed that this fossil-like plant could breathe like an animal. Something was beating in its tree cavity, making a thumping sound like a heart. Other than that, something ash-like was ejecting from the crown of the tree.
The strange smell that Zhang Heng smelled earlier was the fine ashes flying in the air. Some of them even landed on his shoulders and hair.
However, this was not the scariest thing.
The first thing Zhang Heng saw was something that looked like a cicada pupa hanging on the tree trunk. Some were big, and some were small. There was a dark shadow inside the small pupa. From its shape, it looked like the shadow in the fourth ventricle that he had seen on the CT scan. The thing wrapped in the big pupa looked more like a human.
Zhang Heng also saw his own face in one of the large pupae.
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