"You ugly thing, give me back my noodles!"

Jiang Nian'an lashed out with the vine whip at the mutated bat.

The mutated bat's ferocity surged when it saw that Jiang Nian'an dared to attack it.

'squeak--'

A piercing scream rang out.

The mutated bat quickly turned around, dodging the vine whip in Jiang Nian'an's hand, and then swooped down, skimming the ground.

Its blood-red mouth opened wide and headed straight for Jiang Nian'an.

"Brothers, let me do it myself!"

Jiang Nian'an gently stopped Shen Nanxing and his two companions who were preparing to attack the mutated bats.

Then, by sidestepping the mutated bat's attack, he quickly raised his knee and slammed it hard into the bat's stomach.

'Squeak!'

The mutated bat, in pain, flipped twice in the air before letting out an angry growl.

"You dare to yell! Today, I'm going to chop you into eight pieces and feed you to the dogs!"

Jiang Nian'an's vine whip transformed into a ferocious giant wolf, which leaped towards the mutated bat and bit its wing.

'squeak--'

The mutated bat hissed in pain and struggled to flap its wings, trying to break free from the giant wolf's jaws.

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Nian'an's eyes, and she pulled hard on the giant wolf.

Half of the mutated bat's wing was torn off, blood gushed out, and it fell to the ground screaming.

The giant wolf transformed into a vine whip once more, binding the screaming mutated bat and then stomping hard on its chest several times.

"You dare to ruin my noodles! I'll stomp you to death!"

The mutated bats' screams gradually weakened until they disappeared.

Jiang Nian'an stepped forward, pulled the crystal core out of the mutated bat's brain, and said angrily, "Hmph! You got off easy!"

Four bowls of instant noodles could have been exchanged for at least ten crystal cores, but now, all I got was this one.

She really got ripped off!

Jiang Nian'an withdrew her superpower, took out a few more wet wipes, wiped her hands, turned to look at Shen Nanxing and the other two, and smiled.

"Brothers, I'm going to heat up some steamed buns. We'll have steamed buns for breakfast this morning!"

After saying that, she quickly ran into the kitchen.

Shen Nanxing, who had been standing behind her, immediately followed.

"Oh, that hurts!"

Halfway there, Jiang Nian'an suddenly turned around.

Just as I was about to ask them if they wanted to eat a few more tea eggs, I unexpectedly bumped into a large, warm embrace.

Shen Nanxing was caught off guard by Jiang Nian'an's sudden turn around and momentarily lost control of his strength.

"careful!"

Seeing Jiang Nian'an fall backward from his impact, he quickly reached out and pulled her into his arms.

At the same time, he wrapped his arms around her, protecting her.

The two were very close, so close that Jiang Nian'an could feel his breath in hers.

Are you alright?

Shen Nanxing looked down at her, his eyes filled with tension and concern.

"fine..."

Noticing Shen Nanxing's arms wrapped around her waist, Jiang Nian'an's fair face flushed slightly, and her heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.

This feeling is strange.

She couldn't help but shift her body, wanting to get out of Shen Nanxing's embrace.

But Shen Nanxing's arm held her in place like an iron band, his gaze fixed on the red dot on Jiang Nian'an's forehead.

He hurt An'an.

This was the only thought in Shen Nanxing's mind.

Jiang Nian'an struggled again, but Shen Nanxing remained staring blankly at her forehead.

Left with no other choice, she could only brace herself against Shen Nanxing's chest, looking at him with her bright, dark eyes, "Brother Shen, my head is fine, please let go of me..."

Hearing Jiang Nian'an's voice, Shen Nanxing finally realized what was happening.

He hurriedly let go of her hand, took a step back, and lowered his head, saying, "I...I'm sorry, An'an."

He barely dared to look at Jiang Nian'an, his hands fidgeting nervously with the hem of his clothes, afraid that if he looked up he would meet a pair of angry eyes.

Seeing Shen Nanxing's expression as if he had done something terrible to her, Jiang Nian'an calmed down instead.

She smiled and said, "No—"

As soon as he uttered a single word, the entire building suddenly began to shake violently, the walls cracked at a visible speed, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground.

"Run! This place is about to collapse!"

Without thinking, Shen Nanxing grabbed Jiang Nian'an's hand and rushed into the living room balcony, squeezing out through a hole in the window.

Yunfan and Yunhua followed closely behind the two.

The four of them grabbed onto the vines wrapped around the upper floor and quickly slid down.

Green light shimmered in Jiang Nian'an's palm.

If these vines break, she will immediately save herself and the three people who are heading south.

However, the vines remained incredibly resilient and did not break until they landed safely.

'boom'

The apartment building collapsed the moment it hit the ground.

Eleven or twelve survivors, like them, climbed down the vines. Looking at the collapsed apartment building, they were all filled with fear and lingering dread.

'Hiss'

Xiao Yin and Da Wang, who were nearby, saw Jiang Nian'an and the other three and quickly crawled over.

The earth was still shaking violently.

Besides the building in front of them, other buildings nearby and in the distance were also collapsing one after another.

Various mutated creatures were also alarmed.

Birds took flight in fright, zombies howled through the forest, insects and mutated plants scurried about, and vines twisted and turned beneath our feet...

Survivors were frequently tripped up or even dragged away.

"Help me!"

"Help!"

The people being dragged away shouted desperately, pleading for help from the other survivors.

But at that moment, no one had time to save them.

Lightning crackled around Shen Nanxing, driving away all the mutated creatures that wanted to take advantage of the chaos to attack them.

'Buzz'

The ground beneath my feet hummed, and then cracked open a few moments later.

Hearing this voice, Jiang Nian'an felt extremely uneasy.

She took out two large emergency kits that she had prepared before going to bed the night before.

In her bag were enough emergency food for five days, a flashlight, two bottles each of insecticide, lighter, disinfectant, anti-inflammatory medicine, and hemostatic powder, and a large roll of hemostatic bandages.

She handed the emergency kit to Yunhua and Yunfan respectively: "Second brother, third brother, carry this, just in case."

Then he quickly added a flashlight, a lighter, and medicine to Shen Nanxing's backpack.

"We can't stay here any longer."

Shen Nanxing glanced around.

Following the collapse of the building, the surrounding trees also fell one after another, making loud crashing noises.

The four carefully crossed the residential area.

"Your Majesty, stay close to us!"

Jiang Nian'an kept her eyes fixed on her feet, and didn't forget to give the king a heads-up.

The king nodded and followed Yunhua and Yunfan, crawling forward while keeping a watchful eye on their surroundings.

'Waaah—'

Just as they were about to leave the residential area, they heard another sound from underground, similar to water boiling.

Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath Jiang Nian'an and the other three suddenly cracked open, and before they could even react, they plummeted into the abyss below.