1162: New plant - Big Mouth Flower

Location: [County Number One Middle School]

Darkness power intrusion degree: Black

"There seem to be several creatures more terrifying than Zombies born from the Darkness. This location possesses a certain degree of danger. Host, do you wish to depart and head there?"

After the System's voice appeared, Hong Lei could not remain calm for a single moment.

Creatures even more terrifying than those Zombies were about to be born from First High School, and his family was still there!

"Hong Ge, that woman is back."

Da Hu, who had just moved the car blocking the way, came to the RV door and looked towards the road ahead.

He saw the woman, who Hong Lei had told to leave earlier, return after a moment of hesitation.

"What's wrong, beauty? Did you forget something?" Da Hu sized up the woman in front of him, speaking frivolously.

The woman didn't dare to meet Da Hu's gaze, turning her head to look at Hong Lei in the car: "I can't walk back. Can you give me a ride?"

"I can pay for the fare."

Compared to Da Hu, in the woman's eyes, Hong Lei seemed a bit more approachable. Of course, this was only relatively speaking.

Normally, she felt most at ease interacting with successful individuals in suits and ties.

"I don't have time to deal with your nonsense. If you're going to roll, roll quickly!" Hong Lei currently had neither the time nor the mood to specifically drive this woman home. Feeling annoyed, he called out to Da Hu: "Bring the Pea Shooters from inside the villa and get in the car together."

"Hong Ge, what happened?" Da Hu had been with Hong Lei for so many years and immediately heard the emotion in Hong Lei's tone.

Under normal circumstances, Hong Lei would clearly not be so angry because of this woman's request. The reason for this must be some urgent matter!

"Your wife and Yun encountered trouble at First High School. We need to go save them immediately."

"What? That can't wait!" Da Hu immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and quickly walked towards the Pea Shooters in the villa.

"You're going to First High School? County Number One Middle School is exactly where I need to go! I'm a Teacher there. Are you looking for someone at the School? I'm familiar with the place, take me with you!" The woman outside the car understood the key information from the conversation between Hong Lei and Da Hu.

Having truly witnessed the Zombies, the woman understood that it was impossible for her to return on her own.

Only by seeking help from these two did she have a chance to return to the County.

Hearing this, Hong Lei's mood calmed down a bit.

Looking at Da Hu heading towards the villa through the rearview mirror, he turned and uttered two short words to the woman at the car door: "Get in."

Soon, after Da Hu brought all the plants, the entire RV immediately started!

Inside the car, the seven Pea Shooters in their flower pots swayed together uncontrollably with the speed of the vehicle.

The blurry scenery in the Black Night on both sides rapidly retreated, and the entire carriage was filled with a heavy and oppressive atmosphere.

As they entered the main road, Hong Lei gradually let the intelligent driving take over the vehicle.

He himself, meanwhile, opened the System panel.

If he remembered correctly, when the System reminded him to switch to Boss mode earlier, it also said he had unlocked a Plant Illustration.

At this moment, Hong Lei finally had some time to understand it.

The System said that more terrifying monsters had appeared at County Number One Middle School. Having one more type of plant would naturally provide more security.

After the System's Plant Illustration panel opened, Hong Lei saw a terrifying-looking existence!

This thing was a plant, but it seemed more like something that ate meat!

Big Mouth Flower: 10 energy / flower [Illustration unlocked]

Introduction: This creature possesses ferocious fangs, enough to chew and swallow powerful Dark Creatures that approach it! It is worth noting that its mature size is directly related to the area of the soil it is in. It is recommended that the Host provide it with ample growth space.

Evaluation: Good teeth, good appetite, not great digestion, a small master of one-hit kills.

"Big Mouth Flower?" Upon learning about this new Plant Illustration, Hong Lei realized that this was a melee plant.

Compared to the general evaluations of Pea Shooter, Delicious Nut, and Potato Mine, this plant was actually called a small master by the System!

Although it was just a small master of one-hit kills... it was still quite something!

This situation could also be seen from the energy cost.

After the first wave of Zombie battles, he now only had seven energy points accumulated, relying on the two Sunflowers.

His gaze lingered on the two swaying Sunflowers on the dashboard for a while. During the time they had been in the car, the Sunflowers had not produced any energy points.

It seemed that if he wanted to exchange for the Big Mouth Flower, he would have to wait.

...

At maximum speed, Hong Lei, Da Hu, and the woman arrived at the School gate of First High School in less than twenty minutes.

And as soon as the car stopped, Hong Lei saw it at a glance.

The two Sunflowers on the dashboard successively spat out a small Sun of energy!

Putting on the loose clothes, Hong Lei placed three Pea Shooters and two Sunflowers in front, with another two Pea Shooters on his back.

This was different from being at the villa.

At the villa, he was defending a position and didn't need to worry about the rear.

Now, Hong Lei understood that he was entering a dangerous area, and there was a high possibility of danger appearing behind him!

Therefore, putting two Pea Shooters in the pockets on his back to prevent monsters from ambushing from behind was a normal operation.

After doing all this and getting out of the car, Hong Lei looked at the entire County Number One Middle School.

The roads inside the School were still lit by streetlights, but there was not a single light in any of the Teaching Buildings!

Patting Da Hu, who was Lying down throwing up next to him because of carsickness, Hong Lei handed him a pot of Pea Shooter.

Another pot of Pea Shooter was given to the woman who had followed them to First High School.

Looking at the Pea Shooter in her hand, Xu Si Xu couldn't help but hold it a little tighter.

When she was in the RV with Wang Yang before, she had personally witnessed the effect of this thing.

Naturally, she knew how to use it.

She just hadn't expected that Hong Lei would actually give her one of these things.

"Keep up." Hong Lei called out to Da Hu and Xu Si Xu.

Unlike when he left yesterday, there was no one around the School at all!

Before, although the School was on holiday and there were no Students, there were still quite a few Army personnel stationed here. After all, it was also an isolation observation area. Now, not a single person could be seen!

Looking at these basically identical pitch-black Teaching Buildings, Hong Lei knew that he could not alert the enemy.

Whether it was the Army personnel or the Zombies, he couldn't alarm the other side!

"You are a Teacher at this School. Do you know where the signal jammer is?" Hong Lei glanced at his phone, which had no signal, and knew that his wife definitely had no signal either.

If the signal jamming problem could be solved, he could at least get in touch with his wife and understand her situation.

"I know." Xu Si Xu nodded: "The signal jammer is in the computer room on the second floor of Five Building."

Saying this, the woman pointed towards a Teaching Building completely engulfed in Darkness ahead, lowering her voice.

With a definite location, Hong Lei did not hesitate, and the three of them walked quickly forward.

During this process, they didn't make any noise.

However, what was strange was that there was no sign of anything unusual around them either.

Everything was very quiet.

They were now like actors performing a play on an empty, pitch-black stage.

"Five Building." Upon reaching the place, Hong Lei muttered to himself.

And upon arriving here, a strong smell of blood instantly made the three of them hold their breath sharply!

Looking ahead, the inside of the building was just a patch of pitch-black.

"Click ~"

Hong Lei turned on his flashlight and shone it into the building.

"Ah!"

The woman, Xu Si Xu, suddenly let out a scream of fear, but it was only for a second before Hong Lei covered her mouth.

"Are you trying to die?!" Hong Lei angrily and low-pitchedly scolded the woman, then released her resentfully.

Turning his head, he looked at the first-floor lobby of the Teaching Building.

He saw, under the beam of the flashlight, a body lying diagonally at the staircase entrance of this building, having slid down the steps!

The body was in military uniform, his weapon pinned beneath him, and his neck was completely twisted one hundred and eighty degrees, clearly indicating the direct cause of death!

He was dead, but he hadn't turned into a Zombie.

So the killer wasn't a Zombie!

Excluding Zombies, the killer could only be the monster, more terrifying than Zombies, and also born from the Darkness, as indicated by the System!

"Is that guy in this building?" Looking up at the tall building while thinking, the man then looked at Xu Si Xu beside him, secretly conflicted: "I also don't know if this woman's scream has already attracted the other party's attention..."

"Keep an eye on this woman, don't let her scream randomly." Hong Lei called out to Da Hu, and then cautiously swept the first-floor area with the flashlight.

After finding that there were no ambushers hiding in the dark, the man then walked towards the dead Soldier.

With some effort, he dragged him to the side, looking at the other party's eyes that were wide open in death. Hong Lei let out a slight sigh, then took the gun from his body.

This was a common Type 95 used by the Army.

After opening the magazine, Hong Lei found that the bullets had already been used up!

Using up all the bullets yet still ending up like this showed that the Dark monster, which they hadn't seen yet, was definitely not a simple opponent!

Looking at the Pea Shooters on his body, Hong Lei felt a lack of security for the first time.

But even so, the people who needed saving still had to be saved!

"Is there another staircase to the second floor, to the computer room?" Hong Lei glanced at the staircase where the body had just appeared and chose not to go up there.

"Yes... Teaching Buildings have four staircases that go upstairs." After seeing the body, Xu Si Xu finally understood that her trip was extremely dangerous!

Guided by the woman, Hong Lei and Da Hu detoured to a staircase entrance inside the Teaching Building.

Looking at the clean staircase steps, their mood relaxed a little.

Turning off the flashlight, relying on the sparse moonlight, they slowly went upstairs.

"The lights in the corridor are sound-activated, so be quiet." The woman timely gave a useful reminder.

When the three of them quietly went upstairs, the entire enclosed corridor instantly turned everything around them pitch-black again!

Both sides were Classrooms, and they could vaguely see chairs placed upside down on the desks from the moonlight shining through the windows.

"The computer room is over there." The woman quietly pointed to a room at the end of the corridor.