GBP Chapter 116 Man-made Disaster!
Chapter 116 Man-made Disaster!
Huh~!
Crackling sounds!
Flames are difficult to ignite, but once they reach a certain size, they spread incredibly fast.
Even after the spiritual energy revival tide, various plants in the jungle have grown to a certain extent, and many have evolved to a high degree, possessing all sorts of supernatural abilities.
But they were powerless to stop the already massive wildfires.
Although Cang Nian saw many trees that could autonomously spray liquid, attempting to extinguish the fire and save themselves.
But clearly, in their early stages of evolution, they were not yet able to withstand such man-made wildfire disasters!
However, some small herbaceous plants were able to pull their roots out completely when the fire reached them, and they ran outwards with great speed, which broadened Cang Nian's horizons.
Among the evolved plants I've encountered before, some can move, such as by wrapping themselves around others with vines or shooting out spikes to attack, but I've never seen any of them that can "run away".
Large trees, perhaps due to their size, simply cannot do that.
Perhaps when they evolve to a higher level, they will have enough power to do this.
But now, apart from spraying sap in an attempt to save themselves, they can only wait to die.
To this, Cangnian could only apologize to them in his heart.
But it's impossible to stop him from setting the fire.
If you don't use fire to completely kill the mycelium, you'll not only kill your own family, but also many other animals.
These evolved plants, while their mycelia were devouring animals, remained indifferent because the mycelia didn't eat them. So they shouldn't blame themselves for being driven to desperation and setting the mountain on fire!
Huh~!
Heh!
At this moment, the black king snake was trying its best to devour the flames on the outer edge of the firebreak and then spit them out onto the inner edge that was spreading towards the mycelium.
Zhi~!
The little sable would occasionally open its storage space and pour the cool river water it had prepared inside onto the black king snake to lower its body temperature.
The Black King Serpent devours flames and stores them, but when it spits them out, it doesn't do so without any loss.
And this loss is naturally borne by its body.
Although its body has become more resilient after the spiritual energy revival, and it can adapt to higher body temperatures.
However, this continuous act of breathing fire caused the black king snake's body temperature to rise continuously.
Only by continuously cooling it with water can its body temperature be prevented from overheating.
The entire firebreak is nearly 20 kilometers long, with eight kilometers of it along the riverbank, which can be completed by anglers.
But the remaining twelve kilometers were entirely Black King Serpent's mission.
Now, an hour has passed, and the black king snake, without stopping for a moment, has only completed a distance of three kilometers!
But the fire that was initially ignited has already spread towards the direction where the mycelium is located!
Zizzi~!
The flames scorched the thin, white mycelium, making a sizzling sound!
The mycelium is extremely numerous, but it has no ability to resist the flames!
After all, they are just mycelia; they cannot grow if the temperature is too low, and they cannot survive if the temperature is too high.
They contain a lot of water, but even the thickest trees, which store even more water, cannot extinguish the fire; they can only produce billowing white smoke from the flames.
If they are licked by the flames for just a few seconds, their fine white threads will be burned to ashes!
Their intelligence cannot be compared with that of other evolved organisms because their original biological structure is too simple and does not yet support the development of intelligence close to that of humans.
Therefore, they only have instincts.
The instinct of survival.
Driven by their survival instinct, some of them burrow deep into the ground, attempting to bury themselves underground so they can escape the scorching flames.
Unfortunately, even if they burrow many meters underground, the scorching hot ground will conduct the heat down.
Furthermore, the towering flames deplete most of the oxygen near the ground, and the flames will only extinguish when there is insufficient oxygen in the air to sustain their combustion.
But before that, all the creatures in this area had already suffocated and died, including the mycelium that covered an area of 2.5 kilometers.
Of course, the power of wildfires doesn't stop there; the carbon monoxide produced by incomplete combustion is highly toxic.
Even if not directly engulfed by flames, the steam rising from the humid vegetation is more destructive than boiling water.
If a person is scalded by such steam, it will result in severe burns in just a few seconds.
For mycelia that are even finer than enoki mushrooms, this instant is enough to steam them.
The mycelium in the middle, after receiving the message from the mycelium at the edge of the range, also attempted to save itself.
Their first reaction was to move towards the river!
This is the right choice when facing a fire!
Although being directly submerged in river water is a rather extreme environment for them, it is still better than being engulfed by flames.
In an instant, countless mycelia emerged from the ground and detached from the tree bark.
They transformed into pure white waves, surging through the jungle like soldiers obeying orders without question!
However, they were not very fast.
After all, they are just mycelia.
Their attack speed is decent, but that's only when the mycelial base is underground. It's like a person with a broken leg attacking with their healthy hands.
As long as it doesn't leave the limit of its "arm," the "arm" can exert the speed it should.
But asking a person with a broken leg to get up and run away is asking too much.
They can only climb using their "arms".
The mycelium, like caterpillars, crawled on the ground, heading towards the rivers that offered shelter from wildfires, driven by their simple survival instincts.
A full hour later, they felt the same scorching heat ahead.
Fire is closing in from the front!
This is undoubtedly the work of a fisherman!
Because there's a river over there, anglers don't need to worry about building firebreaks at all; the river itself is a natural firebreak!
Therefore, all the angler needs to do is light the fire, and the speed is much faster than that of the black king snake!
Two hours have passed since the fire was started, and the fisherman's eight-kilometer mission along the fire line has long been completed!
Sensing the flames rushing towards it, the mycelium tries to find a direction without flames so it can pass through and reach the river, preserving some of the mycelium and thus having a chance to continue surviving!
They are individual beings, but also a vast group of organisms!
Preserving a minority to ensure its own survival is an instinct of its collective wisdom!
However, after searching, the mycelia could not find a single gap.
The fisherman had already closed off this line of fire, leaving no way to retreat to the river!