The mountain path was already covered with moss and weeds, the green almost obscuring the existence of stone steps.
The climate in the south was humid in this season, and with the added catalyst of the virus infection, plants grew faster than animals. Yun Hai estimated that even cities with a lot of soil area would soon turn into forests.
Standing at the fork in the mountain path, looking at the stone steps leading down the mountain, he resisted the urge to rush down and followed the Aliens into the back mountain.
His strength was still not strong enough, and Yun Hai had no idea what the world outside the mountain was like.
Thinking of the terrifying military, including more evolved individuals like Big Head, he could foresee that as soon as the Aliens showed their faces, they would be mercilessly attacked.
What's more, the Alien Queen was still in the cave. If he only relied on the energy cycle of the creep, she would soon be unable to support herself and stop laying eggs. In that case, he would have to wait a full three months to strengthen the Alien race, which was naturally unacceptable to Yun Hai.
"Find more food, find more hosts, wait a little longer..."
Clenching his fists, Yun Hai ran quickly in the back mountain, looking at the thick green vines climbing on the cliffs in the distance, and not ignoring the large number of white bones in the grass under the cliffs.
The top of the mountain had been occupied by mutated green vines. The reason why other mutated creatures didn't appear, Yun Hai estimated, was either because they had suffered from the green vines or they sensed the danger and avoided them from afar.
Not knowing where the roots were, the mountain walls and trees in sight were covered with thick vines. Yun Hai mentally ordered all the Aliens to stay away from the vines.
These Aliens were okay at dealing with ordinary mutated creatures, but if they encountered big guys, especially the mutated green vines, whose strength would definitely not be small, they obviously couldn't fight them head-on.
There were also different classifications among the Alien race, but unlike the levels in some games, they were divided according to the Aliens created by different hosts.
To be precise, it should be a classification of types.
Whether it was giant rats or squirrels, for the Aliens, the Aliens born from these hosts were smaller speed and agility-type Aliens. In order to better distinguish them, according to Earth's terminology, Yun Hai initially classified them into the "Messenger" category.
These types of Aliens had one thing in common, that was, their bodies were smaller.
With streamlined bodies, very smooth heads, and no bone spurs or trachea on their backs, but hidden in the bone plate gaps.
With slightly slender limbs, the small Messenger Aliens could crawl on all fours or walk upright. Their strength was small, but their movements were extremely agile. It could be said that as long as there was a narrow space that their bodies could pass through, they could flexibly lurk and ambush, launching sudden attacks on prey.
Messenger Aliens, more often than not, played the role of scouts in the Alien race, but this didn't mean they couldn't fight.
In Yun Hai's view, at least when facing humans, even if the other party had firearms, the elusive Messengers would still be a nightmare for humans.
The wildcat Alien was much larger. Although it was also very agile, the huge host created a body larger than that of the Messenger.
With a body length of nearly two meters, the wildcat Alien, which could also crawl and stand upright, was fast and agile, and also stronger.
This type of Alien was considered a Drone Alien. Their hosts were larger, and they were more powerful after being born.
Of course, the word "Drone" was a name Yun Hai came up with after understanding the information.
Their duty was to find food for the egg-laying Alien Queen, capture more hosts, and bring them back to the nest for Facehuggers to parasitize.
The speed and strength of Drone Aliens were relatively balanced compared to Messengers. Like worker ants in the ant tribe, they were considered the backbone of the Alien race's attack force.
As for other types of Aliens, such as the Guardian Aliens who guarded the Queen's safety in the nest, and Aliens created by other special hosts, Yun Hai didn't have any of them at this time.
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In Alien 4, the newborn killed its mother.
Evolution was another obvious characteristic advantage of the Alien race. That is to say, after secondary evolution, Messengers could become faster and more agile, and their strength would also increase.
All of these were derived from the information fragments that flashed in Yun Hai's mind after these Aliens were born, as if they had been activated again. As for what kind of Aliens would be born from parasitizing more powerful and excellent hosts, he estimated that he would only know when the time came.
Everywhere he looked was lush green, and the grass growing on the ground almost buried all the Aliens and Yun Hai. Before he had run a few steps, he mentally ordered all the Aliens to surround him, and Yun Hai couldn't help but climb onto a towering rock to look around.
It was completely like being in an alien plant world. Looking around, he couldn't find any familiarity with anything that had existed in the past.
Within the range of his vision, it was completely an ocean of plants.
Towering giant trees, like skyscrapers, blocked out the sky and the sun.
The flower sea was colorful and varied.
Fungal plants that were completely the size of umbrellas, some even like a small house, Yun Hai, who was dumbfounded, felt more and more that he was incredibly small.
"Buzz..."
The sound of flapping wings rang out, and Yun Hai turned his head to look south. He saw a red insect with a wingspan of one meter flying up from a tree. It circled for a moment not far away, and then landed on a colorful flower the size of a washbasin.
With dragonfly-like wings, a red body like a beetle, and multiple legs on its abdomen, Yun Hai looked carefully, but couldn't figure out what insect it was.
"Chirp!"
Just as the insect was about to land on the colorful flower, in the center of a giant trumpet-like flower next to it, the slender pistil that had been curled up suddenly unfolded, instantly entangling the red insect and pulling it back. At the same time, the opened trumpet mouth closed.
Looking at the "trumpet flower" that was shaking violently and taller than a person, Yun Hai couldn't help but swallow.
A wonderful, beautiful, and dreamlike forest.
A bloody killing field full of dangers.
Only creatures that can adapt can survive.
"Let's go!"
Jumping down from the stone, Yun Hai issued a mental command, raised his vigilance, and started off.
Who knew that not long after running out, suddenly, a plant next to him that was five meters tall, with broad leaves that could wrap around an adult's body, unfolded and swept towards the leading wildcat Alien like lightning.
Before it could get close, as if it had sensed it long ago, the wildcat Alien, which had flexibly dodged to the side, waved its tail tip and directly cut off the thick plant stem.
Transparent juice poured out of the plant's roots and stems. In Yun Hai's surprised gaze, the lower half twisted and quickly contracted into the ground. He didn't know if it felt pain or realized that the Alien was not easy to mess with and was afraid.
The sudden accident couldn't stop Yun Hai and the Aliens, but he still had a headache.
The plants had mutated so pervertedly, Yun Hai was a little worried that if the mutated animals in the back mountain couldn't beat the plants and were forced to migrate away, then his host-seeking mission would be much more difficult.
After running in the vast back mountain for a while, he finally sensed a few life light shadows. Delighted, Yun Hai stopped.
Receiving the order to attack autonomously, led by the wildcat Alien, a total of twenty Messenger Aliens quickly darted out, while the remaining ten Messengers stayed by Yun Hai's side.
Yun Hai didn't know how many mutated creatures there were in the back mountain at this time, or how dangerous it was.
He had a body of strength, but he didn't have the sharp claws, tails, and teeth of the Aliens. The only weapon he could take out was a boning knife less than a foot long.
Given the size of the mutated creatures, especially those with shells, his strength might be enough, but Yun Hai estimated that the boning knife wasn't strong enough, and it would probably break if he stabbed it with all his strength.
Not daring to be careless, Yun Hai had specifically left some Aliens to protect the Queen's safety when he came out this time, so naturally he wouldn't easily put himself in danger.
If it wasn't for coming out to get some air and observe what the outside world looked like, and having already sent the wildcat Alien to scout and confirm that there was no danger on the top of the mountain, he wouldn't have come out with such a small number of Aliens.
The twenty Aliens silently sneaked over. Yun Hai looked around and carefully climbed a short-necked tree that hadn't mutated to the south.
It was almost dead. It hadn't undergone any changes in the tide of evolution. Unable to see the sunlight, and with more vigorous weeds absorbing its limited nutrients, the bark of this crooked-neck tree had already cracked.
Carefully climbing to the fork of the tree, Yun Hai looked into the distance.
"Crocodile lizards! Good家伙, they're so big!"
Yun Hai finally recognized what the creatures living near a stone forest were at a glance, even though they had mutated and become huge.
Their size was very similar to that of a Chinese alligator. The crocodile lizards, which were originally about twenty centimeters long, had reached an astonishing two meters, including their thick tails.
Less than ten days after the apocalypse, they had grown ten times larger.
Their skin was olive brown, covered with black spots. These ancient reptiles had completely become like crocodiles.
With hard skin, thick limbs, and sharp, thin teeth in their slightly open mouths, the crocodile lizards, which were once kept as pets by many people, now looked murderous.
Especially their tetragonal pyramidal heads, the originally flat and small scales had become larger and looked completely keratinized.
Their forelimbs were short and thick, and their hind limbs were strong. Five crocodile lizards were walking slowly in the forest, and their tongues, which reached eighty percent of their body length, were constantly spitting out, rolling insects from the grass into their mouths.
Filled with anticipation, having witnessed the Alien Queen's perfect hunting, including her extremely decisive kills, Yun Hai was eager to see what kind of hunt the twenty Messengers, led by the Drone wildcat Alien, would conduct.