Animals hunting humans, animals attacking each other.
Just now, many animals who couldn’t join the battle started killing each other. But whether it was the blood of animals or humans, or the bodies of animals or humans, these were all nutrient-rich sustenance for the plants!
The mushrooms silently took action again, releasing a mist, and the surrounding plants were already restless, shedding their innocent facade, preparing to eliminate all animals and humans in one fell swoop!
Yue Zheng quickly picked up three stones, precisely and gently throwing them with non-lethal force, hitting Luo Wen’an and the others on the head.
“Quick, keep up!”
The three people, who looked bewildered but sobered up, heard Yue Zheng’s voice and subconsciously followed. After walking a few steps, they looked around in terror at the seemingly frozen people and animals.
Yue Zheng walked forward while throwing stones at anyone he could reach. Only the first group of people were affected by the purple mist; the rear group was too far away and still engaged in a bloody battle. At this moment, he couldn’t spare many people and could only throw stones at those who were closer.
Suddenly, the small tree’s roots swiftly extended from the ground and grabbed hold of a hallucinogenic mushroom. Then, all the roots tightly coiled around it.
No one saw this action except for Xu Song, who was with the small tree because all the plant roots were wriggling around. After the small tree grabbed a mushroom, it quickly shrunk, brushing against Xu Song. Although he didn’t understand what was happening, he quickly bent down, picked it up, and put it in his pocket.
“Let’s go!”
The atmosphere in the air was wrong. Apart from the attacking plants, animals and humans affected by the illusion could launch attacks on each other at any time! The more fiercely they fought and the more deaths there were, the more abundant the nutrients for the plants!
Xu Song quickly ran to the front and used small fireballs to clear the way. The road was no longer passable as it was covered in animal and human corpses. That was the destination for the plant roots. At this point, they could only forcefully create a path with fire!
Luo Wen’an and the others, as well as those who were awakened by Yue Zheng’s stone throws, didn’t have time to think about anything else and hurriedly followed. Some confused individuals dove into the dense bushes and disappeared.
The small fireballs cleared the way, and the plants quickly evaded. Xu Song tried to conserve his mental energy and adjusted several times until he managed to make the fireballs the size of ping-pong balls, throwing them as he walked.
The plants that were hit immediately charred, feeling the scorching heat from other plants and roots. They all moved aside, unexpectedly making the path surprisingly easy to traverse.
Just as they entered the field, a deafening roar came from behind, it was the animals! Under the influence of the illusion, they started killing each other!
“Damn… this is truly… so treacherous.” After narrowly escaping disaster, Luo Wen’an wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
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The others silently nodded, realizing that the visible animals were not the most dangerous ones, it was these silent plants…
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“Feeling dizzy?” Yue Zheng walked beside Xu Song, holding a dagger, occasionally slashing through the plants blocking their path.
“I’m fine.” Xu Song was also puzzled. He had definitely used an excessive amount of fire today, but until now, he hadn’t felt any discomfort.
Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind, and he felt a faint warm sensation from the inner pocket of his shirt. It seemed… an inexplicable vitality was nourishing his spirit. The warm flow entered through the pocket and traveled along his bloodstream, from top to bottom. Wherever the warm flow passed, fatigue seemed to ease.
With thoughts lingering in their minds, it wasn’t the time for conversation. He could only glance at Yue Zheng and suppress the words he wanted to say, continuing to forge ahead.
Along the way, they occasionally encountered animals heading towards the bloody battlefield. Those that confronted them were easily dealt with by the group, while those seen from afar were quietly bypassed with hushed footsteps.
Thanks to the mushrooms and the chaos caused by the animals, the remaining members of the team were all superhumans. After the fierce battle they had just endured, only the strong and powerful individuals remained, there wasn’t a single ordinary person left.
After a while, another fire-type superhuman in the team also regained some strength and joined Xu Song in clearing the way. Despite the support from their newfound inexplicable abilities, Xu Song was starting to feel exhausted and had to slow down the rate of his fireball attacks. This synchronized well with the other superhuman, allowing them to work together.
Everyone briefly introduced themselves to each other. Apart from Yue Zheng and the other five people who were originally together, there were additional temporary members in the group; a fire-type, an ice-type, two body metamorphosers, a strength-based superhuman, and a speed-based one.
The two body metamorphosers had distinct abilities. One could develop a tough exoskeleton, while the other’s arms transformed into enormous raptor-like claws. Both possessed formidable strength.
One focused on defense, the other on offense. Luo Wen’an and Su Daji teased mischievously, “Now we have a tank and a melee DPS.”
“We have a tank, a DPS, and a spellcaster… We’ve got everything except a healer. Our team is fully equipped with various abilities,” Luo Wen’an continued.
After joking around, they formed a well-rounded team, with each member fulfilling a different role. They continued their escape along an alternate road, departing from the original national highway and moving onto a parallel auxiliary road.
Xu Song couldn’t help but suspect if this was the same road he and Yue Zheng had taken when they first left.
“There’s a big dog up ahead,” Su Daji remarked, spotting a large white dog standing still in the distance.
“A dog? Where?” Li Ding, the ice-type superhuman, looked around and noticed a white object in the almost indistinguishable area to the south. “You’ve got good eyesight.”
“There it is!” Su Daji proudly lifted his chin.
“You may have good eyesight, but your attacks are weak,” Luo Wen’an chimed in, making every effort to belittle his friend.
“Get lost! I just don’t have a decent weapon right now!”
“Well, even with a weapon, you’re still a weakling.”
“Should we hide?” Fong Helun, the fire-type superhuman and former leader of the first group, suggested. During the initial escape, their group was organized purely based on combat prowess, and their followers had gathered around them due to their strength. But now, apart from Fong Helun himself, all the others were gone.
At this moment, the temporary team consisted of only eleven people. Among them, five were with Yue Zheng’s group, and Yue Zheng himself was the one leading them away from the recent battlefield. Subconsciously, the group began to see him as the core.
Yue Zheng’s vision was also excellent. While Luo Wen’an and Su Daji were busy fighting, he had already noticed that there were people on the back of the big dog. They were likely domesticated mutated pets, and behind the dog, there seemed to be other animals moving northward as well.
He patted Su Daji, who was still in combat, and said, “Confirm whether the dog is a wild beast or a pet.”
“Huh? Oh, oh,” Su Daji quickly checked by propping up a cool-looking pose. Sure enough, he exclaimed, “There are people on its back! And it’s not just one… There’s a cat behind the dog? Wait, it’s a Scottish Fold! Scottish Fold! Ow…”
Seeing Su Daji’s excitement upon encountering a pet with excellent bloodlines, Liu Shishi pinched him.
Being pinched, Su Daji jumped and complained: “Your wife pinched me!”
“Yes, baby, good pinch.”
Upon hearing that there were people on the big dog’s back, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and decided to rest on the spot, waiting to inquire about the situation when the newcomers arrived.
Everyone is an ability user, so naturally, they are not afraid of these ordinary people with pets. Generally speaking, people like them are usually ordinary individuals, and it’s rare to find someone who is aware of their abilities and still able to bring pets along. That’s just too unfair!
The cat and dog ran fast and soon arrived not far behind the group. They slowed down their pace and seemed to be discussing something.
The group also raised their guard, pretending to rest but not truly relaxing.
Xu Song and Yue Zheng helped Luo Wen’an and the others bandage their wounds, then sat down together, their gazes fixed on the cat and dog.
The big dog was a Samoyed… Thinking back to the Samoyed they encountered on the road, which was cannibalistic, Xu Song felt a bit uneasy.
The cat, as Su Daji mentioned, was a Scottish Fold with tiger-like stripes. The cat was extremely round and chubby, like Garfield.
There were two people on the back of the big dog, a man and a woman in their twenties or thirties, appearing to be a couple. And on the back of the cat… two children?
Twin boys who looked exactly alike! They seemed to be around six or seven years old!
Xu Song was astonished, and he looked at Yue Zheng, who raised an eyebrow in response and stood up. Xu Song quickly followed suit.
“Are you also people who escaped from the eastern national highway?” The person on the back of the big dog didn’t show any intention of coming down and asked loudly.
“Yes, are you too?” Yue Zheng wore a friendly expression, clearly skilled in dealing with people.
“Yes, we are.” The man nodded and glanced down at his girlfriend sitting in front.
The woman shrugged and said to the people below, “We’re lucky to have escaped. We realized the situation was bad and fled on the dog. How’s the situation behind?”
“Not good. There are too many animals. We fought our way out all the way here.” Yue Zheng didn’t mention the plants or the hallucinogenic mushrooms. He didn’t recall the faces of these four individuals, but their pets were too eye-catching. If they had seen each other on the way, he would definitely remember them. Perhaps these people, like themselves and their group, had joined midway.
As expected, the woman shrugged again, “Yeah, we’re not far from S City now. There shouldn’t be much danger behind us. Our families are all in S City, so we’re in a hurry to get there. We’ll head off first.”
After hearing what they said, the group naturally couldn’t invite them to join their team. Everyone present was an ability user, and after the arrival of the apocalypse, aside from the initial fear, they had all developed a sense of pride. Hearing her words, they all stood up and made way.
The cat followed behind the big dog, the twin boys who looked exactly alike and were exquisitely cute. Their four dark eyes were filled with curiosity as they looked around. When they saw the only woman in the group, Liu Shishi, the younger brother smiled at her, but when they saw Xu Song and Yue Zheng standing side by side, they tilted their heads in confusion.
“Tch, what’s the big deal? Don’t show off,” Yu Cheng, who could transform into armor, had a hot temper. Once the cat and dog walked further away, he started to curse.
“Ah, ah, let’s have a pair of twins too! So cute and adorable!!” Liu Shishi’s eyes were filled with hearts, and pink bubbles floated around her.
The twins’ smile from earlier completely melted her heart.
Let’s have twins! ❤️
Yes, babe. But let’s get away from the vicious plants and magic mushrooms first.
Oh man, I was really looking forward to having the twins as the mains children huhu, the title deceived me
The twins are probably the most dangerous. Thank you