Don't run, there are monsters everywhere.

"Did the mantis come back by itself?" Lin Yi frowned. Looking at the mantis that flew back alone, Lin Yi was a little worried about Zhang Cheng and Lu Linhai.

"Did it come back by itself?" An Chengdao's face sank and he looked up at the sky.

Zhou Kai nodded and said, "Lu Linhai and Zhang Cheng are not on that alien, and there is no trace of them in the distant forest."

"Did they encounter danger?" Zhou Yun's eyes also showed a worried look.

Lin Yi stared at the mantis in the air and observed it carefully, then shook his head: "It doesn't look like it."

"The mantis is unharmed. If it really encountered danger, it would not be able to fly back safely like it is now."

Before Zhang Cheng and Lu Linhai left, Hua specifically told the mantis to take good care of them.

So, if they really encountered danger, the mantis would not abandon Zhang Cheng and Lu Linhai and fly back alone, let alone be unharmed like it is now.

"Could it be that Brother Zhang Cheng discovered something?" Zhou Yun thought for a while and continued.

"Just like we were in the planarian-like village, Brother Zhang Cheng took Brother Linhai to act alone."

Zhang Cheng had many tricks. If, as Zhou Yun said, they found something wrong in the direction where the rats fled, but they couldn't confirm it for a while, they might really stay and continue to explore.

The reason why the mantis came back first was because it was too big and it would be too conspicuous to follow them, which would expose their whereabouts.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi was relieved.

According to Zhang Cheng's character, if this matter was dangerous, he would never do it.

Once he decided to do it, it meant that he was sure.

At least he was sure to ensure that he and Lu Linhai would return safely.

"Whether you encounter danger, you will know after asking later?" Hua, who was standing aside, said calmly.

The fact that Hua could communicate with these aliens was something that Lin Yi found very magical.

Wild mantises were different from those in the city. Although they could imitate what others said, they could not express clearly, let alone communicate normally like those in the city.

During these two months, Lin Yi had tried to teach these aliens to speak when he was resting.

But after teaching them over and over again, they still just imitated what Lin Yi said.

If you think about it carefully, the intelligence of the mantises is at a medium level. The reason why the mantises in the city can speak may be because they have been raised for hundreds or even thousands of years.

After a long period of learning and subtle influence, they gradually became similar to humans. Therefore, it is almost impossible to make these wild mantises become like humans in a short time.

As for Hua... Lin Yi suspected that she was an alien with high intelligence.

Hua also has the ability to perceive, but unlike Zhou Kai's perception, Hua's perception is biased towards the emotions of living things.

She can feel whether the other party is afraid, vigilant, or even malicious.

Through the perception of emotions, coupled with living with these mantises for a long time, over time, Hua and them have formed a unique way of communication.

As the mantises get closer and closer to them, Zhou Kai seems to have discovered something in them, and his face becomes a little ugly.

"Lin Yi, something is wrong!" Zhou Kai's tone was particularly serious. He pushed Lin Yi and signaled Lin Yi to look at the mantis in the sky.

Lin Yi quickly raised his head and stared at the mantis for a while, but he didn't seem to find anything wrong.

The intact shell, the wings flapping normally, and all six legs.

The forearms were folded in front of the chest because of flying, and the tentacles were also retracted into the body.

Then...

Lin Yi's sight gradually moved up, and when he saw the mantis's head, Lin Yi frowned suddenly.

"Brother, what did you see?" Zhou Yun asked curiously.

"Is there anything wrong with that mantis? Is it injured?"

"The compound eyes of that mantis..." The scene in front of him made Lin Yi's scalp numb, "Why are there granulations on its compound eyes?!"

"Granulations?" An Chengdao on the side also looked up at the mantis in the sky, even though he couldn't see anything clearly.

"Why do granulations grow on the eyes?"

The dense granulations look like long barbs on fingers, and the overall color is dark red. Therefore, even Zhou Kai did not notice it at a distance.

It was not until the mantis was getting closer and closer to them that Zhou Kai discovered the abnormality of this alien.

It is not known whether it is due to the flight or the granulations themselves. The dense granulations twisted and turned, as if they wanted to get out of the compound eyes of the mantis. It looked extremely creepy and disgusting.

In the past two months, Lin Yi often came into contact with these aliens, so he knew very well that there were no granulations on the compound eyes of the mantis.

In other words, these granulations were contracted after it and Zhang Cheng left.

When Lin Yi thought of this, his heart was hanging.

If all aliens are infected with this kind of thing, then Zhang Cheng and Lu Linhai...

Lin Yi did not dare to think about it further.

"Don't these granulations affect its vision?" Zhou Kai was more concerned about the sensory organs and asked.

"With these disgusting things growing on its eyes, can it see?"

Soon, Zhou Kai's question was answered - the mantis could not see.

It didn't see Hua on the ground, nor did it see Lin Yi and others, and wanted to fly over their heads.

Hua, who was standing aside, raised her head, and a vine suddenly stretched out from her body, and quickly entangled the mantis.

With a little force, Hua pulled the mantis down.

But after landing, the mantis behaved extremely irritable. Even if Hua spoke to it, it seemed not to recognize it, and a sharp and piercing roar came out of its throat.

The tentacles covered with barbs stretched out from the abdomen and waved randomly around.

The serrated mouthparts opened and bit the vines that entangled it.

At this moment, the buds on the mantis's compound eyes twisted more violently.

"No! That's not a bud, that's-"

Sensory enhancement is Zhou Kai's ability. After using it for so many years, his mastery of this ability is naturally better than Lin Yi.

Therefore, Zhou Kai can see some more subtle things that Lin Yi can't see.

"That's a mushroom!"

"Mushroom?!" Lin Yi frowned, and when he turned back to look at the mantis, he found that similar buds gradually emerged from the place where the vine was bitten by it.

"Is this thing contagious?!"

"It's not contagious, it's the spread of spores!" Zhou Kai looked at Hua and said hurriedly.

"Hua, let it go!"

"These things grow very fast from the time they grow to the time the spores spread. If you don't let go, it will soon spread to you!"

Hua didn't look back. After hearing Zhou Kai's words, he leaned back slightly and tore the vine off very cleanly.