Sequence Highway Survival: I Upgrade Supplies in the Apocalypse-Chapter 251: The Top of the Food Chain Has Changed

"It is approximately 25 centimeters tall in its entirety, with an appearance resembling a white flower, usually in a white bud state. It opens its petals when hunting, and the petals have fine, sharp teeth." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"When encountering danger, it pulls its roots out of the soil to flee, with a speed roughly equivalent to an adult's walking pace."

"Lives in groups. The sharp teeth have a paralyzing effect. Likes to hunt large prey several times, even dozens or hundreds of times larger than itself!"

"Often appears on rainy days!"

"Makes a sound like a snake!"

"On the morning of June 22nd, a survivor in the camp was hunted and killed by this Wandering Toothed Bud."

"When discovered, half of the survivor's body had already been devoured by the Wandering Toothed Bud."

This was the content Captain Chu Che recorded in his notebook.

Chu Che was not a professional botanist, so his descriptions weren't strictly scientific, but for an ordinary person, recording it this way wasn't really a problem.

At this moment, everyone gathered in Captain Chu's large tent, casting curious glances at the creature before them.

This tent of Captain Chu's was where he slept last night, and it also served as his workspace and resting area.

Whenever he had the time and conditions, Captain Chu preferred not to sleep in the vehicle.

Inside several transparent glass jars in front of everyone were these creatures Captain Chu had named the Wandering Toothed Bud.

These glass jars were originally used for holding Lao Gan Ma chili sauce.

Some were for holding canned fruits.

Now, they had all become containers for these little monsters.

In these glass jars, some of the Wandering Toothed Buds had shrunk into a motionless bud, seemingly in a state of slumber.

Others had opened their buds, revealing petals full of tiny sharp teeth, issuing threatening hisses at the group.

These were just captured by Chen Ye using his Smoke Breath to envelop the little monsters before placing them into the jars.

As for how they knew the sharp teeth had a paralyzing effect.

That conclusion was drawn from the unfortunate survivor who had half his body devoured.

According to the companion who was with the deceased, in the middle of the night, half-asleep, this person seemed to have gotten up to go to the toilet.

At the time, feeling drowsy, he didn't pay much attention.

It wasn't until he woke up in the morning that he sensed something was wrong, and then he saw that horrific scene.

Throughout the incident, no cries for help were heard.

Not only did she not hear any, even Chen Ye and the others didn't hear any distinct shouts for help.

Even if they had heard something, they would have assumed it was a survivor getting up at night.

After all, there was no aura of an Anomaly emanating.

An adult man, when attacked, should have been able to make some commotion no matter what, as long as he could produce some unusual noise.

Chen Ye and the others would definitely have been awakened.

Furthermore, the person on night watch last night also didn't hear any commotion.

That man died in the dark woods, so the night watchman probably didn't see anything either.

The convoy had arranged for ordinary survivors to take turns on night watch during their evening camps.

As for Superhumans like Chen Ye and the others, they only needed the slightest disturbance to wake up. Moreover, with a pathfinder present, they could respond promptly to any incident as long as it wasn't an Anomaly.

Therefore, night watch wasn't as crucial.

Unless encountering special circumstances would Superhumans be assigned to night watch.

"Is this an animal or a plant?"

The Pink-haired Girl examined it for a long time, even poking the glass jar with her finger, utterly puzzled by the thing before her.

"Probably counts as an animal. These little guys ate an entire person."

"Should count as a plant. Don't you see it still has roots? And petals!"

"Squad Leader Chu, what do you think?"

Neither Chen Ye nor Little Fish could convince the other, so they turned to look at Chu Che.

Chu Che's expression, however, looked very serious, as if he had thought of something: "Don't you all feel something is off?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you think that along our journey, we've encountered very few animals?"

Chen Ye frowned slightly, realizing Captain Chu Che's words likely didn't bode well.

Indeed, along this journey, apart from encountering beings like the Divine Elephant and the Mist River Great Serpent.

Small birds, pheasants, and other wild animals commonly seen in the past were rarely encountered.

Otherwise, everyone could have improved their meals.

Of course, they also encountered many large fish at Fairy Lake, but none of those fish were recognizable.

Moreover, they were extremely ferocious. Ordinary people facing those big fish would only end up as bait;only Superhumans could deal with those monsters in the water.

"We've traveled all this way, far from cities, sometimes even deliberately heading to remote, seldom-visited places. Although we have encountered some animals, they are basically pitifully few!"

"Otherwise, we wouldn't have failed to hunt any prey along this entire journey!"

"Captain Chu, are you saying that perhaps the animals from before, like humans, have mostly died off, and new animals have appeared immediately."

"And the new animals are all like this thing..."

Chen Ye glanced at the glass jar on the table, not voicing the rest of his thought.

The expressions of the Pink-haired Girl and Ding Dong also changed.

They had already guessed the meaning behind Chen Ye's unspoken words.

"New animals?! Perhaps not so easy to deal with. We humans have always been at the top of the food chain. This time, I'm afraid we're going to be knocked off that position!"

"These little things gathered together can take down an unprepared adult."

"This might just be the most basic creature, like the rabbits, pheasants, and frogs we encountered before. But what if we encounter a tiger!"

"Everyone, the top of the food chain has already changed hands. From now on, our days are likely to become increasingly difficult."

Captain Chu's words weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.

The convoy lost a person this morning.

This was not a good omen.

Xue Nan had someone dig a small grave in the woods and buried the half-corpse, forming a little mound.

The woman cried heartbreakingly in the rain, nearly fainting.

These two were not originally husband and wife;they had met within the convoy, then gotten to know each other and grown close.

The man was originally a follower of the Death God Church.

The woman was one of the survivors from the Camel Train.

Men and women who developed feelings after the apocalypse cherished their relationships exceptionally.

Chen Ye even often saw these two going everywhere together as a pair, doing everything together.

Their loving appearance was also quite enviable.

In the apocalypse, people who muster the courage to come together are worthy of respect.

Because, in such an environment, the person you deeply love might be buried in a grave by your teammates tomorrow morning.

If luck is bad, perhaps just a turn of your head, and you might never see your beloved again.

Therefore, the courage to be the one left alone to survive is not something everyone can bear.

Xu Lina held the woman's shoulder, her face wearing an expression of confusion and bitter sorrow, unable to help but glance towards Chen Ye.

That resentful look made even Chen Ye feel somewhat uneasy.

"Save... save me... help me..."

Right at that moment, an old man ran out in panic from deep within the woods.

His face was deathly pale, and his expression was full of alarm.

A pink cartoon hair clip was pinned in his graying hair, and his bright red lips were clearly freshly painted with lipstick not long ago.

A dried-up old man who was neither male nor female!

On his back was a bulging backpack of at least 120 liters capacity.

Bizarre!

Utterly bizarre!