I can deduce the direction of civilization

Parasite.

At this time, those experts and scholars can no longer be called living people, and have turned into another kind of creature, plant parasites.

The soldiers around the palace did not dare to shoot blindly anymore, because it was ineffective. Standing in the light and hitting the darkness was like a wave hitting the water in vain. They all looked around with vigilance. Fortunately, the white mist did not approach the palace. within ten meters.

"Team Lei, what should we do?"

one of the young warriors asked in a low voice.

Captain Lei thought calmly and calmly, first looked up at the blurry white mist, the visibility was almost zero, then looked back at the half-sinked palace, gritted his teeth, "Let's enter the palace, the experts who were swept away by the white mist may be The situation has become more serious, but the experts in the palace are still alive... We still continue to carry out the mission!”ŴŴŴ.

"But Team Lei, there is a sound of breathing coming from the palace... a being that even Bai Wu is so afraid of... If we rush in, wouldn't it be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?"

The Predators of the Divine Alliance are not afraid of death, but they do not want to die needlessly. They would rather die on the battlefield than suffer cowardly and unclear sacrifices.

Captain Lei naturally understood this truth, but he couldn't do it if he allowed a bunch of experts and scholars to be put in danger.

"The first team will stay outside the palace, be prepared to respond at any time, and be alert to any sudden dangers that may occur in the white mist. In addition, you are not allowed to enter the area shrouded in white mist without permission unless it is urgent or special. The second team will follow I went in to rescue the expedition team."

…

Chu Tiange also entered the palace together.

Inside the palace.

There are three statues. These three statues are tied to big pillars and stones, as if they have been punished in some way. They have big noses, big mouths, small eyes, narrow and flat foreheads, wide and big chins, double chins, and ferocious expressions. And painful, the sculpture is lifelike and chilling.

"Is it an exaggeration of sculpture art, or a realistic record?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe the intelligent humans of the previous civilization looked like this."

"In addition, have you noticed that their suffering seemed to be a special sacrificial ceremony. Many plants were carved on the pillars that tied their bodies, such as mushrooms, vines and big trees... as if they were sacrificed to the plant creatures in nature. "

"It is a type of nature worship. In ancient times, humans had the custom of nature worship. They believed in mountains, rivers, trees, the sun, moon, stars, etc. Sometimes, for the sake of belief, life and blood sacrifices were often performed in some tribes."

"Although the primitive tribes have bad nature worship customs and the prevalence of witchcraft culture, their artistic standards are very high. Take the sculpture art in front of you as an example, it is so lifelike. If you compare today's sculptures, they may not be able to sculpt them. "It's great. Look, the lines of the plant relief patterns are soft and exquisite. To be honest, I can't be sure of their social form and civilization development level at that time. There is no trace of the roughness of primitive society."

"As far as the sacrificial activities in front of us are concerned, it is a bit like the social form of slavery. As for the level of civilization development, it is obvious that it has reached the peak standard of the Middle Ages in Zhongzhou. It can be analyzed from sculptures and architecture. Art and culture can be said to be It’s prosperity…”

Experts and scholars continued to analyze and study the sculptures in the palace, unaware of the impending danger.

After Lei Brigade came in, they immediately asked the team members to check around to eliminate dangers. As a result, the team members checked carefully for a week and found no danger.

Could it be that the heartbeat just now was a collective auditory hallucination?

Team Lei felt as if Monk Erzhang was confused for a moment.

Chu Tiange stared closely at the three crucifixion sculptures.

"There are living bodies here. Who are they? The human race that is the continuation of the previous civilization?"

[Yes, the host, but their consciousness is dead. Now they are just parasitic vegetative people parasitized by a group of plant parasites. Originally, they fell into a deep sleep due to the freezing of the iceberg. Now the iceberg melts and the palace complex appears. , they will also wake up. 】

really.

If nothing happens, accidents will happen.

Boom!

Boom!

The sound of a strong heartbeat echoed in the empty palace.

"The voice came again."

"It seems to be..."

"On the statue!"

Everyone looked at the statue and were shocked.

Team Lei's heart was beating fast and he shouted hurriedly: "Evacuate! Evacuate quickly! Everyone evacuate the palace!"

When everyone reacted, they broke out in cold sweat and were about to run out of the palace.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, bang!

The three stone statues came to life directly, breaking away from the stone pillars that bound them. The stone skin covering their bodies was like a white wall in disrepair, falling down layer by layer.

The three parasites opened their mouths wide, and each spit out a scarlet tentacle. The tip of the tentacle was like the mouthparts of a lamprey, covered with circles of sharp teeth. There was a grooved sucker in the middle of the mouthparts, and the mouthparts secreted secretions. Dark green viscous liquid came out, exuding a stench that was suffocating and nauseating.

"Monster! Everyone run!"

Team Lei roared angrily and charged forward with laser guns. The members of the second team were not afraid of death and followed Team Lei to face the three humanoid monsters.

Boom boom boom!

Phew.

One after another!

Cool to the core.

…

at the same time.

The external situation is not optimistic either.

Because, a team is about to face a life and death crisis.

Captain One and his companions could not hear the sound of the battle in the palace, as the outer walls of the palace had a similar sound-isolating effect.

They were alert and waited for the experts and scholars who were "swallowed" by the white fog.

"It's Mr. Wang! They are not dead!"

Team One rushed over and took Mr. Wang and his companions to the "safe zone", which was within ten meters around the palace.

"Mr. Wang, Professor Li... are you all okay?"

Mr. Wang's expression was a little unnatural, and he smiled and said, "It's okay, we are fine, it's just... hehe..."

Captain One asked curiously, "What is it?"

"It's that we are dead!"

"What the hell?"

Hiss!

Mr. Wang and his companions suddenly spit out white fog from their mouths, making a sound like a snake spitting out its tongue, which made people's backs cold and creepy. The green silk vines flying in the white fog were like small flying insects that drilled into the nostrils, mouths or ears of the unsuspecting team members, and they were simply omnipresent.

In an instant, all of Team One lay on the ground, rolling and wailing.

Team One was completely wiped out, and the parasitic second-generation body began to take effect.

The second team in the palace was also in a difficult situation at the moment, facing the same life-and-death crisis.

Captain Lei looked very unhappy. He planned to send out the video shot on the scene, and he was ready to fight to the death. As a result, he found that none of the video and audio data could be sent out!

There was no network because of the fog!

That strange fog actually blocked the communication of the network?

Captain Lei's thoughts surged, "One of us must get out alive and report the situation..."

"Comrades, let's fight to the death!"

These days, martial arts are flourishing, and almost everyone practices martial arts. In addition to being proficient in firearms, Captain Lei's personal bravery is also quite strong, equivalent to a third-level warrior!

"Kill!"

...

[The first guard team was invaded by the first batch of parasitic hosts. The second guard team faced the ancient human host and resisted blatantly. They were not afraid of life and death, but in the end they still failed to escape. They were infected and parasitized by the ancient human body and became a member of the parasitic vegetative state. Since then, the Antarctic Ancient Civilization Palace Group Expedition Team was wiped out. 】

Chu Tiange saw the seriousness of the problem.

The group of experts, scholars and warriors parasitized by spores and hornets will be deprived of their memories and bodies, and continue to live as humans, integrate into human society, and wait for opportunities to invade the human race, constantly assimilate their own kind, and humans are in danger.

If humans are not prepared, or do not notice, without knowing it, perhaps humans will be wiped out and all become plant parasites...hiss!!! It's scary to think about it.

This wave of attacks from cosmic civilizations was more unexpected than any other invasion in the past, because, who would be willing to give up their good bodies to others? In this case, people would rather die than become a breeding ground for them and become puppets controlled by them.

The walking dead!

Sure enough, the more you fear something, the more it will come.

Soon, the fog dissipated, and the three stone statues returned to their original state.

The entire expedition team was intact, with no one injured or dead. Everyone left the palace complex with laughter and went to the temporary airport, preparing to fly back to Kyushu Continent.

When they came, the expedition team was human, but when they left, they could no longer be simply called human.

"This departure is like letting the tiger go back to the mountain..."

"There are many forms of civilization invasion, and I have seen it today."

"Plant parasitism... a bit interesting."

"They probably come from a special advanced, plant ecological civilization-type life civilization."

"They do not rely on their own technological development, but completely rely on the development of others."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that they are interstellar robbers and cosmic parasites."

[Just when the host was madly complaining, the expedition team had left Antarctica and flew back to Kyushu Continent. ]

Old Wang.

Wang Xuemin is a professor of archaeology at Annan University and a top scholar in the archaeological field.

His grandson, Wang Buluixing, just graduated from university a while ago and is currently doing an internship at Tianwen Group.

He felt that the old man was a little different recently. Since he came back from the last inspection, he seemed to have become a different person.

Even though his language habits, eating habits and daily movements seemed to be no different from usual, the obvious increase in potted plants in the house made him feel uncomfortable, especially the plants raised by the old man... were not ornamental plants, but fungi, edible fungi, all kinds of mushrooms.

"Old man, if you like to eat mushrooms, I will ask my mother to buy more to bring home in the evening."

Old Wang smiled and nodded, "Okay, let your mother buy more. Grandpa likes to eat mushrooms recently."

"Okay, old man, I'm going to work. If I don't go, I'll be late. Now is a critical period. It's about whether I can stay in Tianwen... I have to work harder during the internship so as not to embarrass you."

When I went out, I didn't leave the community, and I heard the sirens blaring. It was a police car, and a group of people gathered in front to watch the show.

Zhongzhou people love to join in the fun, which is a habit that cannot be changed.

Wang Buluixing also stopped and squeezed in to ask: "What's going on?"

"Someone died!"

"Someone died in the flower bed in our community."

"And his body was covered with mushrooms...hiss..."

"Old sister, don't scare the boy. He probably got a skin disease. How can anyone have mushrooms all over his body?"

Auntie Li curled her lips: "Skin disease? I haven't seen anyone with skin disease, with mushrooms all over the body, colorful, eh, just thinking about it gives me goose bumps."

...

Wang Buluixing shuddered with fear, mushrooms... mushrooms again.

He felt that this matter was not simple, so after work, he planned to tell his grandfather about it. The old man had a wide network of contacts and might know what was going on.

As a result, when he returned home.

He smelled a fresh fragrance.

"Xiaoxing, go wash your hands quickly, we will have a mushroom feast tonight."

Wang Buluixing: "..."

"Okay, I'm here, mom."

According to habit, before dinner, he turned on the TV and broadcast today's case on the news.

He heard the host say: "It is reported that at 8:30 this morning, a mushroom man's body was found in Nanli Garden..."

The man was covered with colorful mushrooms, even if mosaics were used, it was shocking.

He couldn't help looking at the kitchen, where there were some mushrooms that hadn't been put into the pot... They were also colorful...

He swallowed his saliva, and he thought with a chill, could it be that his mother picked mushrooms from someone else?

"Mom, where did you buy the mushrooms?"

While cooking, Wang's mother answered: "No, they were all grown by your grandfather."

Wang Buluixing frowned.

He felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't say what was wrong. He glanced at the potted plants on the balcony, and then glanced at the TV. Suddenly, the whole room was filled with fragrance and he lost his appetite. Instead, he felt a little - nauseous.

At this time, the old man came back with his hands behind his back and a smile.

Wang Buluixing hurriedly turned off the TV.

"Grandpa, did you go for a walk?"

"I grow a lot of mushrooms, we can't eat them all. These mushrooms have a short shelf life, so I sent some mushrooms to the neighbors to try."

The old man smiled and replied, but Wang Buluixing's smile gradually disappeared.

Mushrooms, mushrooms again.

At the dinner table, Wang's mother and father were full of appetite.

"Smells so good, so delicious!"

"This mushroom is so delicious, so tender and smooth, Dad, what kind of mushrooms did you grow? They are so delicious!"

Wang's mother kept praising.

The old man laughed: "It's your cooking skills, daughter-in-law. If it's delicious, you can eat more."

Suddenly, the old man turned his head: "Xiaoxing, why don't you eat? Don't you like mushrooms?"

Wang Buluixing shuddered suddenly, always feeling that the old man's words were thorny and a little coercive.

Wang Buluixing hesitated for a moment and was about to put down his chopsticks, when suddenly, his childhood friend called him.

"Brother Wang, are you free? I have something... I want to talk to you about!"

The voice of the childhood friend was a little trembling, with a hint of crying, but Wang Buluixing was relieved and replied: "Okay, see you at the old place."

Wang Buluixing put down his chopsticks and picked up his coat: "Grandpa, Mom and Dad, you guys eat first. A Kun has something urgent to ask me. I'm going out first. Don't leave me food. I'll eat outside."

Without waiting for his family to persuade him, Wang Buluixing left in a flash.

A gleam flashed in Wang Lao's eyes, and his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.

Then he looked at his son and daughter-in-law and said in a bewitching voice: "Eat, eat more, the mushrooms are delicious."

……