Lu Xiaofeng's face turned pale, but he calmly took the snake's tail from a distance. Under the influence of his supernatural power, the snake's tail actually flung the snake's head behind it and landed in Lu Xiaofeng's hand first.

Lu Xiaofeng suddenly spun around, swinging the snake wildly through the woods, and only managed to shake it off after two spins.

The snake, which had been swung around in a daze, landed near Wang Mei. Wang Mei instantly teleported to the snake's head, bent down, and swiftly and accurately pinched the cobra's vital spot.

"How do I kill it?" The slippery feel made Wang Mei feel nauseous, but she didn't dare to reduce the force in her hands at all.

Xia Chuhe found a heavy stone and handed it to Wang Mei.

Wang Mei understood, pressed the snake to the ground, and smashed its head with a heavy stone until it was completely smashed to pieces.

Bai Jiu smiled wryly: "I hope there aren't too many of these things."

The small snake, which had been hiding in Xia Chuhe's wristband for a long time, slowly crawled out, crawled to the rotting snake head, found the snake's teeth, and swallowed them.

...

Before everyone could relax, a gunshot suddenly rang out from the northern jungle.

Xia Chuhe instinctively rolled behind a tree and crouched down. The others also sought cover to hide. Wang Mei, however, lay on her back on the ground, and a pool of blood quickly gathered on the ground.

Xia Chuhe frowned. Before she could ask about Wang Mei's situation, scattered gunshots rang out from multiple directions. Judging by the sound, the gunshots were coming from at least three directions.

Bad news: they were surrounded. The number of enemies was unknown, but there were at least three.

Good news: the enemy's firepower was not sufficient, and they did not unleash a dense rain of bullets; otherwise, Wang Mei would not be the only one to fall.

Bai Jiu lay on the ground, made a crawling gesture towards Xia Chuhe, and then made a murderous hand gesture. Xia Chuhe nodded in agreement to let him act alone.

Using the color as cover, Bai Jiu slowly crawled northward toward the direction from which the gunshots rang out.

Lu Xiaofeng buried his head on the ground, not daring to move.

03. Move your eyes to lock onto the person firing the shot. Once they see the person, you can kill them with a single shot.

Liao Ning moved through the dense forest, using trees as cover, one by one. However, with each movement, the enemy fired a shot.

Although the group was short of bullets, they showed no signs of stopping anytime soon.

Xia Chuhe waited patiently, hoping Bai Jiu would bring good news.

After the little snake had eaten and drunk its fill, it went off to find its enemy in the direction Bai Jiu had left.

One minute passed, then five minutes passed...

Bai Jiu showed no sign of returning, and Wang Mei was bleeding more and more. If she wasn't rescued in time, her life would be in danger.

Although Xia Chuhe didn't care whether Wang Mei lived or died, she didn't want the stalemate to continue.

If the enemy has a large number of people, but only three of them are used to hold them back while the others go to find supplies, then Xia Chuhe and the others will have no chance of winning and will only be able to wait to die here or surrender.

Xia Chuhe was unwilling to be put in a passive position.

She had a plan to escape as early as when the enemy fired the second shot, but the cost of this plan was too high.

Since Bai Jiu has not returned for a long time, Xia Chuhe has no choice but to use this method.

She wants to set the mountain on fire.

Xia Chuhe adjusted his headphones: "The enemy is lying in ambush in three corners, roughly forming an equilateral triangle. I'll set fire to their ambush points in a bit. You guys wait for the right moment and retreat in my direction. Bai Jiu, protect yourself first, we'll regroup later. Anyone else? Any questions?"

"No problem," came the unanimous reply from the earpiece.

A discordant groan escaped the harmonious voices: "I...I think I'm injured..."

The person who said this was not Wang Mei, but Lu Xiaofeng.

Xia Chuhe glanced at him. The bullet seemed to have hit Lu Xiaofeng in the side. It was quite unlucky that he could take this hit while lying on the ground.

Xia Chuhe whispered, "I will lead you to safety. The rest of you, get ready..."

Before he finished speaking, flames had already broken out near the enemy's ambush site, and thick smoke was billowing up.

In the smoke, figures could be vaguely seen.

Under the cover of smoke, Xia Chuhe dragged Lu Xiaofeng, who was like a dead dog, and retreated between the two fire points on the left and right.

The injured Wang Mei used her teleportation ability to move in short bursts, and when she encountered trees that blocked her way, she could only pull herself over with one hand. Even so, she didn't utter a sound.

03 Just now, taking advantage of the chaos, he assessed the combat strength and used his superpower to kill one of the weaker opponents. When retreating, he helped Wang Mei out.

Liao Ning disobeyed Xia Chuhe's orders and recklessly charged toward the person 03 had killed.

As the fire grew larger, Xia Chuhe slung Lu Xiaofeng over his shoulder and returned the way he came as quickly as possible.

She needs to return to the initial landing point. If the fire is too intense, she will have to find a way to break through the barrier and escape the game map.

Fortunately, the game's setting is different from reality; the wildfire stopped burning on its own after a while, leaving only three blackened patches of ground.

Liao Ning, his face blackened by smoke, excitedly held up his gun: "I found this and a magazine on the corpse."

Although Liao Ning chose to act on her own, she was not injured. Xia Chuhe did not reprimand her, but simply gave a lukewarm "hmm".

Liao Ning noticed her displeasure and, trying to appease her, presented the gun to Xia Chuhe: "City Lord, you...you distribute it."

Xia Chuhe didn't take it.

"My and 03's abilities are geared towards offense. Wang Mei and Lu Xiaofeng are injured. You have the highest mobility in the jungle, so you take this first..."

Lu Xiaofeng interrupted their conversation: "It hurts so much... I... I'm going to die."

Xia Chuhe examined Lu Xiaofeng's wound; it wasn't on his waist, but on his forearm. Lu Xiaofeng couldn't stand up; he was just scaring himself.

Xia Chuhe, with a cold face, released Lu Xiaofeng's arm, letting it fall freely; he deserved to get hurt.

After checking on Lu Xiaofeng, she went to see Wang Mei.

Wang Mei's wound was truly serious; it was on her left shoulder, and she couldn't move half of her body. The fact that she could endure it without uttering a sound showed her remarkable courage.

Xia Chuhe's healing ability can only be used once a day, so of course he had to use it to treat Wang Mei, whose injuries were more serious.

"Bear with it." Xia Chuhe took out tweezers from the farm, disinfected them, removed the bullet casings from the flesh, and then used his supernatural ability to heal the wound.

Wang Mei's expression was enigmatic: "Thank you."

Apart from 03, everyone present was somewhat surprised.

So far, Xia Chuhe has demonstrated three abilities: spatial manipulation, fire-based abilities, and healing.

There have never been people with dual superpowers in the wasteland. People usually demonstrate multiple abilities by combining superpowers with gadgets.

Wang Mei, enduring the lingering pain, pondered: small spaces can be created using combat packs, and there are many tools for setting fires. Could it be that Lord Xia's special ability is healing?

The next second, her guess was proven wrong.

Lu Xiaofeng, with his uninjured arm, tugged at Xia Chuhe's trouser leg, tears streaming down his face: "Lord, please treat me too."

Xia Chuhe spread his hands: "No more."

Lu Xiaofeng, in pain and with a runny nose, said, "I...I'll listen to you from now on!"

Xia Chuhe kept his hands outstretched: "Really, there aren't any left."