In this salt flat in City C, they no longer produced table salt, but after Xu Song’s scan, the group confirmed that there was a large supply of table salt stored in the two adjacent warehouses. It seemed that even though they didn’t produce salt locally, they imported it from elsewhere and distributed it throughout the city.
Salt, unlike sugar or other seasonings, didn’t attract insects even when spilled on the ground. The large warehouses had no damage at all, and even with the warehouse doors half-open, the salt inside remained perfectly preserved, ready for anyone to pick up.
Once they got out of the vehicles, the group acted in unison. Xiao Shu activated most of its roots to help load all the salt brought by the group into the container trucks.
They didn’t mind collecting a surplus of this item. Even if they couldn’t consume it all, the base could purchase the excess, and they still needed it for themselves.
Before long, the two container trucks were almost fully loaded, and even the inside of the RV was filled with salt. If it was only for the consumption of the five of them, it would be enough for them to use for decades, assuming they didn’t sell it to the base.
“They’re coming,” Tiancheng and Tianyou remained vigilant, constantly monitoring the situation. As soon as they sensed that those “things” were leaving the high-rise building, they promptly alerted the group.
The salt was mostly packed by now, and Yue Zheng stopped his work. “Which direction are they coming from?”
“Over here!”
“Are animals and plants all heading towards us?”
The two children nodded together.
It appeared that the other party had intentions to make contact. However, whether these intentions were benign or malevolent, both Yue Zheng and Xu Song were cautious and didn’t harbor overly optimistic expectations. They knew the other party’s arrival could have multiple purposes and the worst-case scenario…
“Mom, take the kids back to the car,” Yue Zheng surveyed the area, instructing Xiao Shu to speed up and load everything onto the vehicles. He then looked at Xu Song. “You go to the driver’s seat and be ready to drive at any time.”
After arranging positions for Xiao Shu, Abu, and the ostriches, he added, “And what about you?”
Xu Song opened the car door and turned to ask.
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Now that there were special circumstances, they preferred to choose a more secure method. Yue Zheng would go alone to assess the situation and make other plans.
With the bellflowers produced by Tiancheng in his pocket, Yue Zheng leaped to a nearby shattered wall. Xu Song and the others also immediately took their positions, ready for combat.
Not much time passed, but the other party had yet to arrive. Yue Zheng heard Xu Song’s voice coming from the bellflowers on his person.
“I can sense them, a total of eleven people…” Xu Song paused and looked at the transformed Tiancheng and Tianyou. “Tianyou said there are six other ability users…”
In other words, the remaining five were ordinary people?
Xu Song’s voice came again, “Tiancheng said he senses that five ‘plants’ are coming.” Xu Song continued and cleared his throat, “I scanned the area and confirmed that there are only eleven ‘humans’ coming here, with no sign of mutated plants.”
Even if the plants were hidden in pockets or bags, Xu Song could scan and detect them. Unfortunately, at this moment, he could only detect eleven “humans” approaching, with no trace of mutated plants.
“You mean…” Yue Zheng was taken aback by this news, and he paused for a moment. “Out of those eleven ‘humans,’ five might not be… ‘humans’?”
“Possible,” Xu Song cleared his throat once more. He suddenly remembered an incident from when they were in S City. “Brother Yue, do you remember when we were in S City, we encountered someone whose body… had ‘blossomed’? Tiancheng said that person looked like a plant. These people might be… similar to that person.”
Yue Zheng took a deep breath and calmed down. “I understand.”
“Brother Yue, should I go over there? Mom can drive the car, and my ability can deal with plants,” Xu Song suggested. His ability was a natural enemy of plant-based abilities. If all five of those people were infected or assimilated by plants… or whatever had happened, his ability would likely be highly effective against them.
“…Not for now,” Yue Zheng considered the situation for a moment. “You should stay in the car temporarily, as the intentions of the other party are not clear yet.” He wasn’t trying to show off. Since it was a group of both humans and mutated plant-infected individuals, if a conflict arose, he had a good chance of winning.
Now, his ability, which was similar to spatial cutting but manifested as a mysterious black sphere with a diameter of over 1.5 meters, could make things vanish into a void space. Anything engulfed by the sphere would disappear completely into a space of nothingness. It wasn’t particularly effective against large mutated animals, but against beings of human size, it was more than sufficient.
Moreover, his psychic power had improved, and his ability could be used consecutively for three spheres, each lasting for nearly five minutes. Therefore, he named his ability “Black Hole.”
“Alright, stay in contact at all times,” Xu Song agreed after some thought. He picked up a pair of binoculars and observed the situation not far away.
In the car, the four of them each had a high-powered binocular with night vision capabilities. These were military-grade binoculars with excessive points in a certain small unit, and they had nothing else to exchange them for, so they were given to Mother Xu and the kids to play with. The four observed the situation not far away.
Around ten figures were moving rapidly, and although their actions were not slow, their movement speed was no match for the speed of vehicles. It took quite some time for them to reach their destination.
Upon noticing Yue Zheng sitting on the wall, the group of eleven individuals stopped, and the several people leading the way exchanged glances. They hadn’t expected these people to be so alert.
Yue Zheng put away the bellflower that he had just used to communicate and stood up with a somewhat serious expression. He jumped down from the wall. “What brings you here, folks?”
In the RV, Xu Song also relaxed his grip on the bellflower mother plant and kept his eyes on the situation not far away. The car’s engine was in startup mode, ready to move at any moment. However, the words Yue Zheng had just spoken echoed in his ears, making him unable to help but become more vigilant, and his hair stood on end. He had heard footsteps from all eleven people, but there were no human heartbeats among them.
Not just the five people who appeared to be non-humans, but also the remaining six people, whom they had assumed to be humans, also had no human heartbeats. However, it didn’t mean that they had no heartbeats at all.
This was a somewhat convoluted explanation, but the meaning was clear—they were dealing with eleven “humans,” all of whom were not human.
The person in the lead had an expressionless face and seemed to be assessing Yue Zheng. Their eyelids hadn’t blinked for a long time, and it took a while before they said, “Who are you, and what do you want?”
“We’re just passing through this area and getting ready to leave,” Yue Zheng replied.
“Where did you come from?” The voice was flat, devoid of emotion, and sounded nothing like a typical human language.
Yue Zheng remained alert, “From the south.”
The south.
The individuals on the other side exchanged glances, and one of them suddenly leaped into the air. His back split open, and a pair of wings as thin as cicada wings extended from it. They were insect wings, not like the bird or bat wings that mutated individuals in the base had gained.
“Attack,” one of the “people” uttered a single word, and everyone immediately sprang into action.
Yue Zheng had never seen someone grow these kinds of wings, but he wasn’t surprised. Since he had already realized that none of these people were “human,” he wouldn’t be shocked even if they suddenly removed their heads and revealed goat heads.
As the flying individual attempted to pass Yue Zheng and head straight for the RV, Yue Zheng raised his hand, “I advise you not to make any sudden moves.”
A black sphere with a diameter of about 1.5 meters appeared in the flying person’s path. Before they could figure out what it was, they collided with it and were cut in half, falling to the ground with a “plop.” Green liquid and a few strange appendages fell from the severed body.
Two identical black spheres appeared in the path of the other two “people,” and two more individuals rushed forward, also losing parts of their limbs into the void space. The remaining individuals hesitated and stopped their steps, but the strange man from the other side disappeared in the blink of an eye!
This was their first time being on the losing side of a battle since acquiring human forms. Yet, they were up against just one person!
In the natural world, even if their numbers were sparse, it was possible for them to be a formidable force. But since gaining human bodies, they had somewhat absorbed human knowledge and common sense. They had never lost a battle against their outward “kin” used for hunting, and today’s situation was something they had never anticipated…
Seeing the wounds left by the black hole on the individuals, Yue Zheng was certain that these “people” were not human. They weren’t even like the reanimated, possessed individuals; instead, they were entities whose human shells had been invaded by some plants or animals, much like hermit crabs occupying shells.
Moreover, they were using these human shells to attack his group!
In that case, there was no need to be polite.
Time to turn up the heat—flaming dragon! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️
See I was right as I said in chapter 148. Good thing I watch a lot documentary lol
Oh, I thought they’re animals and plants gaining human forms after cultivating 😁
They already have “people” like these back in their base. Are they secretly joining bases for an invasion of sorts?
Gahhhhh they’ve been taken over?? Literally stuff of my nightmares 😭
Thanks for the translation!!