Qingyou looked in the direction the middle-aged man pointed and began to weave the yarrow stalks in her hand.

The yarrow had just taken shape in her hand when it suddenly burst into flames and burned to ashes.

This scene startled everyone present, especially those who had just been rescued.

Ji Yong hurriedly asked, "Qingyou, what's wrong?"

Qingyou dusted off her hands and said, "I just figured out a little bit, but I can't continue."

"This means that it's extremely dangerous over there, and it's not something we can access right now."

Ji Yong couldn't help but ask again, "Is someone controlling those mutated beasts to set traps specifically to capture people?"

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

Qingyou thought for a moment and said, "It might not be a person."

"Many animals before the cataclysm were intelligent, and they naturally became even smarter after the mutation."

"In particular, as their level increases, the intelligence they unlock also increases accordingly."

"I suspect that some high-level mutated beasts over there have developed a high level of intelligence, so they have set traps to hunt and kill humans."

In the post-apocalyptic world she lived in, zombies could regain high intelligence after reaching a certain level, and mutated beasts could do the same.

In the original owner's memories, not long afterward, mutated beasts and mutated creatures would take turns besieging the base.

Base One was very strong overall. Although it suffered heavy casualties, it managed to hold its ground.

After the beast tide that besieged Base One receded, over the next two or three months, several other bases were also besieged, and two small bases were even destroyed in the beast tide.

In the years that followed, bases of all sizes around the world were frequently attacked by beast tides, and several bases were breached in succession.

The space for human survival has become more difficult.

This situation only changed after the development of biological weapons, which improved humanity's overall strength.

From this, Qingyou suspected that a highly intelligent leader had emerged from the mutated beasts, and then issued orders to form a beast tide to attack human bases.

She had chatted with Xiling Jun quite a bit in that red envelope group before, and he had mentioned the demon race to her.

It feels like if the mutated beasts get stronger and stronger and continue to evolve, they might become something like the demon race in the cultivation world.

However, this situation is not easy to prevent.

After all, zombies cannot reproduce. Once a vaccine is developed, humans bitten by zombies will no longer turn into new zombies, and the surviving zombies will eventually be eliminated by humans.

Mutant beasts, mutated plants, and mutated organisms can not only reproduce, but some species reproduce very quickly and in large numbers.

If this problem cannot be fundamentally solved, humanity only has one path to take: to become stronger than them, or to seek new ways out.

Qingyou thought about many things and suddenly had a very clear understanding of the path she would take in the future.

Ji Yong and the others understood what Qingyou meant: "You mean there are highly intelligent mutant beasts over there, so they gathered a lot of mutant beasts to specifically ambush us humans?"

Qingyou nodded, "Yes."

"Humans can constantly set traps to kill mutated beasts, and they can use the same methods to kill us in return."

"But don't underestimate their intelligence now."

Ji Yong found the story increasingly plausible, and his brows furrowed even deeper. "If that's the case, then we're in big trouble."

"I will report this speculation to the First District military as soon as I get back."

Qingyou nodded. "We need to report it quickly. Given this trend, the highly intelligent mutated beast leader is very likely to organize a beast tide to besiege the base."

Although there are many families and superhuman forces in the various bases, the military still rules them.

The survivor base was initially established by the military, and after the cataclysm, the military became even more active in searching for survivors everywhere.

The base also provides jobs for many ordinary people, and as long as they are not lazy, they can basically support themselves.

Otherwise, humanity would have fallen into chaos long ago, and there wouldn't be so many survivors.

If the military had organized preparations earlier, casualties could have been reduced.

Because of their previous experiences, especially those of the people who were rescued, no one thought Qingyou was exaggerating.

The middle-aged man said, "What this young lady says is very likely. We had previously felt that those mutated beasts seemed to be organized and disciplined."

If it weren't for the important mission they had, Ji Yong and the others would have wanted to return to the base immediately to report the matter.

Ji Yong said, "Let's find that mutated plant quickly and then go back."

Everyone else agreed.

After resting for more than an hour, the guards' supernatural abilities had almost fully recovered, and the group continued on their way.

The rescued people were afraid of encountering the mutated beasts again, so they asked to stay with them.

Ji Yong and Si Qin also wanted to take them back to testify and report what had happened to the base's higher-ups, so they agreed to take them along.

Thanks to Qingyou's divination, everyone avoided many dangers over the next two days and successfully found the mutated plant.

When they were still a few hundred meters away, everyone got out of the car and walked into a forest.

Then, in the crevice of a large rock, they saw a tree bearing colorful fruits.

The five-colored fruit is actually a fruit of five colors: gold, yellow, green, blue, and red.

Qingyou felt that these fruits resembled the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Then, something shocking happened.

Upon discovering the large number of people, the colorful tree suddenly pulled its roots out of the large rock and ran away into the distance.

The guards brought by Ji Yong and others had anticipated this, and they quickly surrounded the Five-Colored Tree, blocking its escape route.

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