Chapter 44 044. Grassland

  That face was riddled with holes and had been corrupted for a long time, and even the fear had dissipated from the blank expression.

  The head was just scattered on the gathered haystack, and even the bugs were unwilling to cling to it.

  Mary took two steps back abruptly, but bumped into something hard.

  She hurriedly turned her head, only to realize that it was Lu Jian.

   "Has this person been dead for a while?"

  Lu Jian fiddled with the head with a crowbar, and the unbalanced head just rolled down to the ground.

   "An accident will not leave only one head, is there any dangerous creature around?"

  Lu Jian's crowbar pushed away the faintly fluorescent weeds, and he picked up the flashlight to illuminate the front.

"there's noise."

   "Hound" seemed to hear some noise, and he took out a pistol with his still-usable right hand, aiming it at the front.

  Lu Jian listened carefully, but did not hear any sound.

   Very quiet, too quiet.

  Usually in such a lush grassland, there must be many mosquitoes and small animals living, maybe there are big mice like the one just now.

   But now, the entire grassland is quiet, without any sound.

No.

  Gah——

   Lu Jian followed the direction of "Hound Dog" and heard a strange movement.

  It was like the last whimper from a patient who had been bedridden for a long time, with a strange, goosebump-like sound.

  Crisp and continuous, like glass beads rolling down the ground.

  quack quack quack quack——

   "Hound Dog" stepped on the tall grass and walked forward vigilantly. The fluorescent grass fell down like this, forming a narrow road.

  Lu Jian glanced back, Mary and Stone were staying at the door of the car, staring at the direction of him and the "hound", their figures were gradually covered by the vegetation, only the roof of the bus was faintly visible.

  Quack quack quack quack——

  A series of whimpering sounds came from the front again, and the light of Lu Jian's flashlight passed through the dense and lush grass, as if it had illuminated something.

   "Hound Dog" slowed down a little, gave Lu Jian a wink, and then rushed out of the grassland.

  Lu Jian followed closely behind. He felt the ground under his feet suddenly become soft. Before he could feel it carefully, he saw that this was an open land.

  Grass taller than a person avoids this piece of land by coincidence. The ground is dark, like the accumulation of humus. In the center of this area, which is less than the size of a basketball court, lies a bloated man.

   is the bus driver.

"Hey!"

   Seeing this, "Hound Dog" barked at him vigilantly.

   "Help."

  The driver made a weak and difficult sound, his arm was twisted in an unnatural direction, and one leg appeared to be broken. Obviously, he suffered a lot from being thrown out of the car.

   "Don't move, I'll go over right away."

   "Hound Dog" immediately prepared to draw his gun to save people.

   However, Lu Jian raised the crowbar and stopped the "hound".

   "Something feels wrong."

  Lu Jian's inspiration told him that the area in front of him was a big problem.

  Why is there such an open area in such a lush, wildly growing grassland?

  Why is the soil here softer and darker?

  How did the driver get thrown so far from the bus?

   "Help."

  The driver continued to howl in pain.

  Lu Jian thought for a while, took out a pack of compressed dry food from his backpack, and threw it towards the driver.

Snapped--

  The bagged compressed dry food fell next to the driver's body.

  "!!!"

   The "Hound Dog" who did not act rashly saw that the dirt beside the driver started to squirm.

  The black soil seemed to have life, wriggling slightly, and then, under the bag of compressed dry food, a little green emerged.

   That is a new green shoot.

  Outside the area illuminated by the flashlight, the world is silent and dark, but within that circle of light, a certain kind of life is being conceived.

  A handful of grass emerged from the black soil and covered the compressed dry food. After a while, the compressed dry food disappeared, leaving only a small piece of green grass.

   "Save m-me"

  The driver's voice for help gradually changed its pitch and became distorted, and finally became the strange sound that Lu Jian and "Hound Dog" heard before.

Lu Jian and "Hound Dog" moved around the driver for a short distance, and then saw that the driver's eyes were already a bloody mess, and green grass grew from the wound, from the driver's eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth. grow out.

   "Quack. Save. Save"

  The grass is automatic without wind, making the driver's vocal cords vibrate like this.

   This is the hunter.

  Lu Jian is very clear.

  It mimics the appearance of the prey, sends out a call for help, attracts the same kind of prey, and then begins to hunt.

  If Lu Jian and the "hound" pass by rashly, they will probably be captured, swallowed, and integrated into one body by it.

  This piece of grass, I am afraid

  Lu Jian saw that on the driver's face, where the wound was the most serious and the blood was densest, and among the green grass, a white and flawless flower grew.

  One, two, three, his corpse suddenly became a small flower field, and those pure flowers bloomed like this, forming a beautiful and tragic picture.

   "Let's go quickly and get back on the road."

  Lu Jian instinctively felt the threat, and he signaled the "hound" to go back, but when they turned their heads, they found that the grass seemed to grow a little higher, completely covering the roof of the bus.

   There are no stars, no moon, and the surrounding grass is indistinguishable. In this dark night, Lu Jian can only know the approximate direction of the bus.

   "Don't worry about it, let's go."

   But the danger of staying here is obviously greater. Lu Jian swept the crowbar in his hand and knocked down the fluorescent plants, and he walked into the taller plants.

  The smell of soil and grass became stronger, as if the creature was preparing for hunting, and a strange atmosphere was brewing.

  Lu Jian and "Hound Dog" struggled forward, and the flashlight was almost useless in such dense grass.

  He felt that the grass seemed to be actively growing, trying to get into his clothes and under his skin.

  In the grass without direction, without end, without light and sound, death is growing.

"Where are you?"

   "Hound" barked loudly, and a few seconds later, there was a response from one direction.

   "Here, here, here, there is a problem!"

   is the sound of stone trembling.

  Lu Jian caught the direction of the sound, turned his body, and struggled to move among the growing and dense weeds.

   After a while, Lu Jian and "Hound Dog" finally broke through the barrier and saw the roof of the bus.

"I'm here."

  Lu Jian barked, and turned to look at "Hound Dog".

  At this time, he saw that the hound's injured left hand had been covered by green grass.

  The green that represents life is also a symbol of fear at this moment.

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        (end of this chapter)