The sudden, heart-wrenching screams came as if struck by lightning without warning.

Lu Sheng and the others instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that it was a rapper.

His expression was ferocious, his face flushed red and then purple, and bulging blue veins stood out on his fair neck. His once delicate features were now twisted and contorted, as if his internal organs were being squeezed tightly.

A half-burnt cigarette fell into his collar, but he seemed not to notice.

His body was curled up on the ground, his hands were curled up like chicken claws, and his whole body was convulsing.

"Xiao Lei, what's wrong?"

The rapper's teammates immediately surrounded him. Two of them squatted down to check on him, while the other two picked up their weapons and looked around warily.

"Check it out, see if we've been ambushed."

One of the rapper's teammates shouted.

The twin-tails enthusiasts panicked immediately. Several of them held down the rapper who was convulsing in pain and pulled off his coat to check him.

Although his skin was scratched red, there were no external injuries or other marks on his body.

"Could it be... that there are awakened psychics lurking in the shadows?"

Some people in the group were cautiously speculating.

Apart from Lu Sheng's tofu pudding team, the remaining two teams immediately became alert.

Psychic abilities are somewhat useless in the early stages of the apocalypse. When the ability level is low, the skill cooldown is extremely long, and it can only be used once a day.

Furthermore, at lower levels, mental attacks are not powerful enough, and can only briefly affect the target with illusions for a short period of time.

However, those who awaken to psychic abilities usually operate in teams. If the rapper is indeed controlled by psychic abilities, there is likely already a team lying in ambush.

Lu Sheng patted Zhuangzhuang's head, "Besides these three teams, are there any others?"

"No, the only people nearby who can see the index information are these people." Zhuangzhuang sneezed because his nose itched.

"Judging from his symptoms, it seems more like he's been poisoned by some kind of neurotoxin." Xu Yi frowned slightly and quickly pulled out several masks to distribute to Lu Sheng and the others. "The pollen from earlier was toxic!"

Although Sun Tiantian and the others were skeptical, they immediately put on their masks.

"No way, right? We all smelled the pollen, how come only he did..."

Zhang Xiaojuan's eyes suddenly froze halfway through her sentence.

One second he was speaking normally, the next he suddenly lost his ability to speak, and his hands were gripping his neck, making gurgling sounds.

The symptoms developed unusually quickly; in just a few seconds, Zhang Xiaojuan, like the rapper, was in excruciating pain all over her body and let out a hysterical scream.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yi immediately moved the RV to a location far away from the sunflower field.

Upon hearing that the pollen was poisonous, the remaining two teams immediately turned around, got into their vehicles, and fled. But soon, piercing screams echoed from both vehicles.

More than half of the members in both full-strength teams were infected with pollen and completely lost their minds.

Led by the rapper, all the infected people ran desperately towards the sunflower field as if possessed.

The fabric of their clothes seemed to intensify their suffering; everyone ran while tearing at their clothes, rushing naked into the flower field in the freezing snow.

These people seemed to be incredibly itchy, scratching their skin frantically until they were covered in blood without even noticing.

The scalding blood splashed onto the snow as the group ran, and was immediately absorbed cleanly.

Watered by blood, these eerie sunflowers swayed their flower heads, each petal unfolding even more brilliantly.

Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu saw this bizarre scene from afar and were so shocked that their scalps tingled.

"Are we all poisoned?" Sun Tiantian bit her lip.

Lu Sheng glanced at the people inside the RV out of the corner of his eye.

She has not felt any discomfort yet. After drinking the advanced enhanced serum, Sun Tiantian's various physical indicators have undergone qualitative changes, and she has no symptoms for the time being.

Xu Yi's complexion remained normal, while Xiao Yu, having kept the car windows closed and inhaled less pollen, only had a flushed face.

Only Zhang Xiaojuan opened the window and took a deep breath, resulting in more severe symptoms of poisoning.

"Teacher Xu, how should we treat this toxin?"

To prevent Zhang Xiaojuan from harming herself, Xiao Yu and Sun Tiantian tied him up tightly with rope and asked him questions.

“There are many types of neurotoxins, but this pollen-based one is very rare.” Xu Yi said with a serious expression. He walked over, pinched Zhang Xiaojuan’s jawbone, and poured an entire bottle of purified water down her throat.

"Everyone, drink plenty of water immediately to dilute the toxins in your body."

Xiao Yu reacted immediately and used her water-based abilities to fill everyone's bottles.

Everyone picked up the bottle and drank the whole thing in one go, only stopping when their stomachs were bloated.

Seeing Lu Sheng and his team's actions, the remaining members of the other two teams also frantically drank a lot of water.

Even tied to the chair, Zhang Xiaojuan wouldn't behave, nearly biting her tongue several times. Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu almost couldn't hold her down.

Seeing the two of them sweating profusely from all the commotion, Lu Sheng went up and punched Zhang Xiaojuan twice.

Zhang Xiaojuan's neck tilted to the side, and she fainted.

Sun Tiantian: "..."

Xiao Yu: "..."

As time passed, the surviving vehicles in the two cars not far away began to show symptoms of toxicity.

Several people crawled out of the car one after another, each covered in scratches, and lay curled up on the ground in pain.

Should we take a detour?

Sun Tiantian's cheeks flushed slightly as she tried to breathe steadily and asked.

"It's too late." Lu Sheng and Xu Yi exchanged a glance and spoke at the same time.

"This mission requires finding living people; every minute of delay increases the danger."

“This flower field covers such a wide area that taking a detour will take at least two hours.”

Xiao Yu took another big gulp of water and asked with difficulty, "Then what do we do? Go through the flower field?"

Xu Yi rummaged through the RV and found a few N95 masks that would expire in three days, but he would make do with them.

"As long as you don't inhale too much pollen, it's fine. As long as you wear a mask and keep the car windows closed, the filtration time of an N95 mask is enough to last until we leave."

After closing the windows, the RV slowly drove into the sunflower field.

The flower field stretched as far as the eye could see, becoming denser the further you went in.

Huge flower heads crowded against the car window, like curious, inquiring faces, making one feel uneasy.

As the RV moved on, the sunflowers deep in the flower field grew taller and more abundant, their thick, shiny leaves and golden flower heads crowding together, even completely enveloping the RV.

The sunlight was completely blocked, and the interior of the car suddenly became dark.

An uneasy atmosphere gradually spread.

"Lu Sheng! Watch out!"

Zhuangzhuang, who had been lying on the ground licking its fur, suddenly jumped up.

Countless enormous flower heads rose from the snow like living things, their sturdy stems firmly encasing the RV.

The immense pressure caused the car windows to creak and groan.

"These sunflowers want to turn us into fertilizer..."

"I've just come to my senses," Zhang Xiaojuan said in astonishment.