At the last moment, Gao Da finally grabbed the vine that Lin Xuan had stretched out in front of him.

With a tug, the octopus's tentacles almost grazed the two of them as they fell.

Gao Da and Huang Xiaoyu were thrown into the air by the force of the invisibility vines.

The octopus's two large tentacles slammed back with tremendous force, creating a deafening roar and a surge of seawater.

People who hadn't run far were thrown several meters into the air by the shockwave, then fell back to the ground, bruised and battered, before quickly getting up and continuing to run into the forest.

Gao Da and Huang Xiaoyu were pulled directly into the woods. The invisibility vines swung back and forth, and the two crashed into several trees before finally landing.

The vine had stretched out too far and its elasticity wasn't very good. It thrashed around wildly for a while, whipping several of its companions that had just run over, before slowly retracting into Lin Xuan's body.

Xia Feng held Lin Xuan tightly, securing her to the tree branch, afraid that she might accidentally pull him away when she pulled on the vines.

Seeing that Lin Xuan had retracted her tentacles, he grabbed her and jumped down from the tree.

They continued running deeper into the woods with the crowd.

The seawater, pounded by the octopus's giant tentacles, formed huge waves that occasionally splashed onto the cypress forest.

Although the cypress forest has withered and its branches and leaves have died, it has evolved to be very tall and strong, able to withstand the onslaught of strong winds and huge waves.

However, seawater would occasionally pour down from the sky through the gaps in the trees, splashing onto the people running around.

It was a thoroughly chilling experience from beginning to end.

Xia Feng held Lin Xuan in his arms and activated his wind-type ability, creating a whirlwind around his body.

Whenever seawater is poured down from the sky, it is swept away by the wind. Propelled by the wind, Xia Feng runs very fast and is the fastest to escape to a place where the waves cannot reach him.

While everyone around was busy running around, no one noticed what was happening.

Lin Xuan quickly took out two of the team's tents from the space.

The team also brought out spare vehicles and men's and women's clothing.

People started running towards them.

As Gu Xinghuo ran into the tent, he took off his wet and heavy animal skin coat.

His inner cotton-padded coat was also completely soaked, and had even begun to freeze.

Although he has ice-based abilities, he is still afraid of the cold.

Su Ye, who was following behind him, was completely unharmed; he had used a spatial shield to protect himself very well.

Once they reached a safe area, they took out a tent from the space and used a power bank to plug in an electric kettle to boil water inside.

Lin Xuan provided several large pieces of ginger, which she put in water to warm the people who had changed their clothes.

After the water boiled, the soldiers and superhumans mostly escaped to this safe area.

Almost all the people who escaped were soaked through, their faces were purple from the cold, and they stiffly crawled into their tents to change out of their clothes, which had frozen solid.

The three teams of spatial ability users released their team's spare vehicles, changed their clothes, went to Su Ye to get a bowl of ginger soup, and then went back to the vehicles to continue shivering.

The cars belonging to Zhou Xinyi and Luo Haoran's team were also overturned. Since their cars had no windows, it took them quite a bit of effort to climb out.

After the team leaders recovered, they began to count the number of people in their squads.

No one in Gu Xinghuo's team fell behind; everyone was there.

Both Zhou Xinyi's and Luo Haoran's teams had members who got separated from their teams, so the two team leaders each sent members who were still in good condition back to search for them.

Lin Xuan suddenly raised her hand and volunteered, "Brother Zhou, I'll help find people too!"

"Little Bao, you shouldn't go, hey, Little Bao..."

Before Zhou Xinyi could finish speaking, Lin Xuan, a fluffy ball, disappeared into the forest, with Xia Feng following closely behind.

Forget it, those two are very capable, no need to worry about them.

Gu Xinghuo was also puzzled amidst the chaos.

However, the scene was chaotic, so regardless of the abilities of these two, we'll just let them be.

Lin Xuan wasn't offering to help find someone out of sheer kindness; if her captain asked her to find one of her own team members, she would do so without hesitation.

But she wouldn't bother with the other team members.

The main reason was that she didn't see Barong in the crowd.

Lin Xuan hadn't run far before Xia Feng grabbed her by the back of the collar.

Hanging in mid-air with limbs curled up, she turned her head to look at Xia Feng's dark face.

How embarrassing! Did I forget to tell my brother about Balong?

When Barong's tentacles emerged from the ground, the entire vehicle was overturned and thrown out.

Fortunately, the car got stuck in a tree, and he and his teammates were all unharmed.

After helping each other down from the tree, the team members ran together into the woods.

He had previously been thrown off his feet by a mutated bison, fracturing his left leg and still wearing a wooden board. He couldn't run as fast as his teammates and ended up falling behind.

He released vines from his hands to use as a crutch, supporting his body as he chased after his teammates.

But then several waves tumbled down his back, and in the chaotic woods, he lost track of them.

So, his clothes were completely soaked, and he shivered as he searched for the main group.

Just when Barong felt he was about to freeze to death, he finally heard a whistle in the distance.

Whistles are used in the military for emergency mobilization; their sound can travel a long distance.

Barong's hope for life was rekindled, and he quickened his pace, trudging towards the meeting point with one leg stiff.

Soon, he saw smoke rising from the cooking fires ahead and heard voices.

I'm saved! I'm saved! I can finally relax and quicken my pace.

He had already spotted his team leader, Luo Haoran, and raised his arm to call out.

Just then, Barong was suddenly bound by something and dragged backward at high speed.

Before he could even shout for help, he was dragged dozens of meters away.

The elastic mass completely enveloped his head, while his body remained exposed.

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