"So captain, where should we go next?"
"It’s very close to the danger zone here …" The captain said and climbed to the big stone. From its perspective, he could see a vast expanse of white land, which was the result of a large number of hyphae covering in multiple layers. This land had been covered with a layer of hyphae as a carpet.
This’ carpet’ also has fine fluff, which occasionally vibrates and releases fine particles into the air.
This is also the reason for the formation of fog in the air.
"If only I could get to that surface …" Captain Stone looked at the distance covered by fog, where a huge object could be vaguely seen.
Its thick stem with a height of 100 meters supports the umbrella structure with a top diameter of more than 10 meters, which is a kind of thing called’ giant umbrella mushroom’
"Those things are getting bigger and bigger." One of the players climbed the stone and looked into the distance. "How big do they have to grow to be? At first, I haven’t seen such a big root … "
"No matter how many," the captain said, "check the danger level there."
This fungal world has a lot of concerns about Atlantis or dangerous areas, which are mainly judged by the density of bacteria and dust in the air.
When the concentration of bacterial dust is small, they can wear armor without problems, but when the concentration is high, they can move. If they talk too much, they will quickly block the armor gas filter and even leak.
So they can move in areas with small concentrations.
At first, the concentration was very high everywhere. Before Atlantean dared not go near the area covered by fungi for one kilometer … But now I don’t know what the concentration of bacterial dust seems to have decreased, so many Atlanteans rushed here.
"Captain, the concentration is in the safe range." A team member in charge of testing pressed a helmet button and said, "We can go in."
"Well, although the contact is unsuccessful, we still have to find food," said the captain. "Go in and hunt."
Then he jumped from the stone and stepped into the white carpet on the ground with his feet, splashing a piece of white dust.
Atlanteans are carrying weapons in their hands, and this fog and soft carpet are moving forward. Every step of them will stir up a dust powder, but these dust powders will soon be scattered to the ground, which will not increase the concentration of dust powder in the air.
"there!" Suddenly the captain stopped, and his helmet showed a moving object not far ahead.
The captain said that all the players were immediately on guard. They raised their weapons and quietly approached the target step by step …
"Just that place …"
Slowly, they saw the target in the mist. It was a creature like a beetle. It was about one meter tall and three meters long. Although it was not very big, it was actually heavy.
And this creature is the latest prey that Atlanteans want to catch.
In the former Atlan, food was prepared here, but most of the areas where food was prepared were polluted by fungi. Although a few remained, they would soon be eaten up.
Atlan initially showed no way to reduce food.
Because it is impossible to grow things here, and there is no way to find other food. Although there is groundwater, the grown things will soon be infected by fungi.
Atlan stumbled upon this creature … They called it a’ fungal beetle’.
This creature is a fungus that spread to almost the whole world, and it took some time before it appeared. Atlan tried to catch some of them and wanted to study them to see what they had with fungi.
However, during the study, they found that these beetles had no fungi or infectious things like fungi, and the cells inside were judged to be quite nutritious.
Of course, Atlan was afraid to eat it at first, but then the food in their camp soon ran out. After the food was eaten, Atlan was hungry and ate the beetle.
And it is still alive and well.
Atlan found that it was not dangerous to burn the dust that caught the beetle shell, and of course, he could not eat the stomach dirty. The news also spread all over Atlan camp, and now they are trying to catch these beetle food.
The only difficulty in catching beetles is not to damage their shells, otherwise the bacteria dust will enter through the wound and they can’t be eaten.
Bang-!’
Captain Atlan pressed the weapon in his hand, and with a bang, a net was fired from the cylindrical weapon and instantly covered the beetle.
"I caught it!"
The beetle’s net kept struggling, but several Atlan immediately ran to a metal rope to tie it up.
"This thing can be eaten for many days!"
"Yes, it’s very easy to catch and the number is quite large, although I don’t know where it came from …"
"According to the research, their stomachs can dissolve bacterial dust without being infected. If we do further research, we may not be infected … I have to admit that the situation is getting better and better recently."
"Yes, the concentration has decreased and there are prey that can be captured … Captain, we should go back … Captain?"
Several Atlan dragged beetles to leave, but they found the captain in situ and kept staring at the giant umbrella mushroom more than ten meters ahead.
The captain suddenly said, "I want to climb there and have a look."
"What?" A team member was frightened and asked, "What are you going to climb?"
"There," the captain pointed to the top of the mushroom. "Its top has stretched out of this dusty range. There may be a better signal there. We can try to contact the troops outside …"
"Captain …"
In fact, all the players here know that what is outside the league is just a comfort to their hearts. They have now recognized that it is impossible to join any rescue team.
"If there’s still hope, try it," the captain said. "You can go back and give me that com first. I’ll climb."
"…" Several players looked at each other. One player came out and said, "We won’t go back first. Anyway, this bug can’t escape. Let’s go together."
Chapter five hundred and sixteen Contact
"It’s really spectacular here …"
A huge umbrella mushroom, several atlans are on the edge of the mushroom, looking at the surrounding scenery
They can see that the square is covered with a mist, and the white carpet continues to the invisible distance.
And the carpet has grown one giant mushroom after another. They are as dense as a jungle, and their huge bodies are all over the earth. The sun shines on the top of the mushroom, and the green is very dazzling.
The mushroom is white from the surface, but the top umbrella is green and looks like a plant.
This group of Atlan flew directly. Their armor has a jet device, but it consumes a lot of energy. One of the reasons for the wave energy is that the captain thinks that some effective communication can be sent here.
But they also have some other purposes, that is, to study these giant mushrooms.
These Atlanteans have an expectation for fungi, because fungi have not continued to spread recently, and they are serious that they should wither soon, after all, there is no nutrient.
But the actual fungi have not withered, and there are many wonderful changes.
"What will grow such a huge structure?" An Atlan was touching its foot with a green mushroom umbrella. "They had many similar structures before, but they were all very small. Why did they grow so big when they stopped spreading?"
"They’re not spreading bacteria dust." Another player squatted down. It took out some needle-like things from the armor and stabbed them into the mushroom umbrella. "I’ve been studying them. It’s the same as I thought …"
"These fungi have changed their habits," it said. "At first, they will keep spreading, but now the spread has gradually stopped. Although they keep spreading bacterial dust and trying to find infectious substances, they seem to know that nutrients are not so easy to find."