Chapter 878: Human Beings on an Alien Planet
"So many... There had to be thousands, perhaps nearly ten thousand, of these giant fungal sacs hanging throughout the forest."
When Han Dong tried touching one of the outermost giant fungal sacs, he found that all sacs within a hundred-meter radius reacted... Since black water flowed through the inner layers of the sacs, the Lesser Demon Eye could only vaguely make out humanoid outlines.
His preliminary suspicion was that the creatures that had just ambushed the squad had hatched from these fungal sacs.
There were three possible choices:
1. Total extermination: The squad would use all its strength to clear out every fungal sac and living egg here.
2. Stealthy advance: Without touching the fungal sacs, they would head toward the house Han Dong had vaguely spotted.
3. Leave this forest and plan a new exploration route.
If they chose the first option, with Lord Maritis's immense power... and Han Dong summoning the prison inmates to help, they might be able to wipe out every living thing in this forest.
The massive drain on their stamina was one issue.
The bigger problem was that, if this forest were considered an "experimental cultivation zone" of some alien civilization—
Their group had only just arrived on this planet, and launching into widespread destruction could draw the hostility of some force, perhaps even a nation-level force.
If they chose the second option,
they might fall into a trap within the "cultivation zone" by heading for the house in the clearing at the center of the forest.
If they chose the third option, they would lose an important clue.
Key clues or certain plot developments were extremely important to squads in the early stages of True Destiny... Even if they avoided the danger here, they would