Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 230 The Victory of Mutated Plants

An old scholar wearing black-framed glasses roared, and then he immediately chanted a spell in a low voice. Soon his robe fluttered violently, and a wide-range fire element attack magic was fired downwards by the old scholar.

The other high-level fire elemental mages on the fire sculpture also understood what was happening upon seeing this. They immediately cast large-scale fire elemental magic like old scholars.

Watching the abyss under the fire sculpture turn into a sea of ​​fire in an instant, Bai Hao couldn't help but cast an admiring look at the old scholar. Although these fire element attack magics were not the most powerful, they were the widest-range control magics.

The skin of the ghost vine is hard and extremely flexible, and can last for thousands of years without decaying. It is very suitable as a building material for forest cabins, so the ghost vine is extremely popular among the forest tree elves.

However, the shortcomings of ghost vines are also very obvious. They are very afraid of fire. Even a small flame can cause them to burn quickly. This is why most ghost vines grow in dark and humid places.

Therefore, facing the attacks of these strange ghost vines, large-scale wide-area fire element magic is the most suitable means of fighting the enemy. As long as the fire gradually starts to rise, it won’t take long for these densely packed ghost vines to quickly burn out.

However, although many ghost vines were covered in flames, they still attacked the three-headed fire eagle fearlessly. The fiercely burning flames actually increased the power of the ghost vines' attack.

"Humph!"

Olmia looked at the ghost vines that were attacking her all around with a cold expression, then gently closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, her face was full of excitement.

Olmia held up a huge axe and shouted hurriedly: "Don't do anything, they are all mine!"

After saying this, Olmia disappeared on the spot, and in the next minute, Bai Hao, who had opened the divine vision, could only barely catch the afterimage of Olmia's figure among the countless ghost vines.

Those mages who still wanted to release wide-area fire element magic immediately stopped upon hearing this, although it was highly unlikely that they would cause any harm to Olmia.

This saint, who could be said to be the ceiling of the Moon Goddess's combat power, took less than a minute to chop these extremely hard ghost vine stems into pieces.

You know, even Michelle's high-level wind element magic could only leave some traces on the ghost vine's skin, but Olmya simply and roughly used the giant axe to cut the ghost vine.

The terrifying combat power of Olmia amazed the knights who had never seen her in action. After all, in the eyes of the knights, this Saint of the Bright Moon basically just sat or stood quietly next to Bai Hao and held meetings with them these days.

"Phew, it feels so good!"

Olmia carried the giant axe on his shoulder and walked slowly towards Bai Hao with extremely heroic steps. Then he closed his eyes again, and when he opened his eyes, the wild smile on his face immediately turned into cold arrogance.

"Oh, the robe is all dirty, and the hem is torn in several places. This is my favorite robe! Can't Olmia be more careful?"

When Bai Hao saw the saint with a sad face, he knew that the dignified and steady Olmia had returned. During this trip to the abyss, except for the necessary battle scenes, the calm and composed Olmia took over the saint's body most of the time.

"Oh my god! When did the ghost vine become a carnivorous creature?!"

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from the fire sculpture where the scholars were, followed by a burst of noisy discussions, as if the scholars had discovered something extraordinary.

Soon, Bai Hao, who was looking around, also exclaimed like the scholars: "There are undigested animal corpses in the stems of the ghost vine! This is simply incredible!"

The ghost vine stems that were cut open by Olmia with a giant axe revealed bloody animal body fragments on the cross-section. These pieces of meat of different shapes and sizes were wrapped in a light green thick liquid, which was even steaming at this moment.

"Where is their food intake? Do they need to excrete?" A scholar immediately asked a question that Bai Hao was interested in.

The old scholar wearing black-framed glasses immediately said, "From the fragments of animal carcasses, it can be seen that these ghost vines did not chew their food. They should have directly torn their prey into pieces and swallowed them into their bodies..."

Bai Hao quickly discovered through the divine vision that many of the stems had long and thin cracks, and immediately deduced that this was where they ate.

But Bai Hao, who was able to see through things, soon discovered something strange. The ghost vine stems did not have a complete digestive system like animals, so they could not actually convert the corpses of these animals into their own nutrients.

Bai Hao announced his discovery, and the scholars were immediately in an uproar. Subsequently, some simple dissections further confirmed Bai Hao's discovery.

It was as if these ghost vines had mutated in a hurry. Not only did they have no digestive system, but their motor systems were also extremely simple. Although the stems could swing with great force, their movements were extremely simple.

Looking at the ghost vine stem that was cut horizontally, Bai Hao murmured subconsciously: "This is just like the plant's most clumsy imitation of an animal..."

Based on previous knowledge and experience, everyone could only conclude that the ghost vine in the abyss should have undergone some kind of mutation, but this mutation was obviously developing in a bad direction.

Because scholars soon discovered that although these ghost vines gained the ability to move, the price was the complete necrosis of part of the body and the tearing of many plant tissues.

At the same time, since the ghost vine cannot dissolve and absorb the animals in its body in time, the corpses of these animals will quickly rot in a humid environment, and a large number of bacteria and pathogens will breed inside the stems and vines. After a period of time, the body of the ghost vine will begin to collapse from the inside.

Perhaps when the exploration team comes down again in a month, they will see countless necrotic ghost vines, buried in the abyss along with the stench of decay.

Soon, biologists proposed that the changes in the ghost vines did not come from themselves. After all, no living organism would evolve in the direction of self-destruction.

After Bai Hao's thoughts flowed for a while, he directly connected the ghost vines on the upper level of the abyss with the mutated ghost vines here. Although the two are very different, they also have some similarities.

Bai Hao immediately said in a deep voice: "I think the mutation of ghost vines is staged. The furious ghost vines in the upper layer of the abyss are in the primary stage of mutation, while the ghost vines here that can devour animals are in the intermediate stage of mutation!"

As soon as Bai Hao finished speaking, a scholar couldn't help but ask, "Beginner's level, intermediate level, is there an advanced level or even a final level?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out!"

Another old scholar said solemnly, "I agree with Viscount Campbell's guess. After all, no one knows what these ghost vines will become after a period of time. Although we infer based on common sense that these ghost vines will die soon, but..."

"The existence of these mutant ghost vines is itself very unusual! Maybe they will continue to mutate and mutate into ghost vine people who can grow hands and feet!"

The old scholar's words were not alarmist. Judging from the animal corpses in the bodies of these ghost vines, they had only been dead for a day or two, which meant that the mutation of the ghost vines had just begun.

Bai Hao suddenly thought of something and immediately opened his divine vision to look at the bottom of the abyss. He then exhaled and said to everyone, "Let's not talk about the time when the ghost vine changed. I believe you have discovered a terrible fact..."

"It seems that the closer we get to the bottom of the abyss, the more severe the impact on these animals and plants is!"

Upon hearing this, Zelianus frowned and said, "What Viscount Campbell means is that there may be more terrifying mutant plants and animals at the bottom of the abyss? But we didn't detect any animals under the abyss on land before..."

Bai Hao looked at the ghost vine that was still wriggling in the distance, then looked at the animal corpses inside the ghost vine stems and sighed, "Of course there are no animals!"

"Because the mutated plants have achieved the final victory in killing!"