Chapter 166: The King Bomb Appears

As the sky gradually darkened, the search and rescue teams stopped moving forward as agreed, and instead found a relatively safe place nearby to set up camp.

As expected, Qiao Yu and his four companions climbed to the top of the mountain before sunset, but found nothing.

Seeing that the fog around them was getting thicker and thicker, Qiao Yu decisively led the three of them to climb up a mutant tree.

It is an ideal place to camp because you can stand high, see far, and avoid most attacks from the ground.

In fact, after the end of the world, many experienced mercenaries knew that resting in trees at night was a very good choice. However, because the giant mutant trees were too tall, it was difficult for ordinary mutants to climb up, so they had to settle for the second best and choose to camp on the ground.

Cheng Sinian leaned against the mutated tree trunk, his face looking very heavy.

It has been nearly three days since Professor Kang sent out the distress signal. The longer the time, the more difficult and slim the hope of search and rescue.

He didn't want to think too much, but he couldn't help feeling scared.

Cheng Sinian never believed in Buddhism or ghosts, but at this moment, he clasped his hands together, bowed his head with a pious look, and prayed silently for Professor Kang.

Seeing him like this, Qiao Yu, Jiang Zhan and Luo Zhenzhen remained silent.

Sometimes, words are powerless. It is better to be quiet and stop adding to his emotional burden.

Luo Zhenzhen waited for him to finish praying, and when he opened his eyes, she immediately held his hand, her eyes full of comfort.

Cheng Sinian forced a smile, pulled Luo Zhenzhen into his arms, and hugged her tightly. Then he looked up at Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan beside him and said softly, "I'm fine. I'm tired all day. Go to bed early. We still have to continue looking tomorrow..."

Qiao Yu heard this and took out two boxes of fried rice from her space. She wanted to say something, but suddenly she noticed that Jiang Zhan's hand around her waist had slightly increased its strength, so she closed her mouth again and silently put the fried rice away.

Jiang Zhan nodded calmly, "Yeah. You too, go to bed early."

Qiao Yu sighed silently in his heart.

Okay, at least I have the crystal core and fruit juice. As for food, it’s not a big problem if I don’t eat it for a while.

Although the four of them camped on the same tree, they slept on different branches.

Seeing that Cheng Sinian was not in the mood to talk, Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan did not bother him any further. After a few ups and downs, they returned to the branch they had chosen.

This branch was located slightly above Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen, and one could see what was happening over there by just sticking their head out.

After Qiao Yu and Jiang Zhan left, Cheng Sinian hugged Luo Zhenzhen quietly for a while, and then seemed to suddenly remember something. He hurriedly raised his head, took out the butterfly pastry from the space, picked up a piece and put it to Luo Zhenzhen's mouth.

"Sorry sweetheart, I forgot you hadn't eaten yet. Are you hungry?"

Luo Zhenzhen took the butterfly cake, but didn't eat it. Instead, she stuffed it into Cheng Sinian's mouth. "You can remember that I didn't eat, but why don't you think about yourself?"

My mouth was unexpectedly filled with the sweet taste of the butterfly pastry.

In fact, Cheng Sinian doesn’t like sweets very much. Even for candies, he only eats special throat-soothing light-flavored mint lollipops and hard candies.

But at this moment, he felt that the sweetness was so wonderful that it could flow through his chest and fill his entire heart.

"I'm not hungry."

"Then I'm not hungry either."

Cheng Sinian met Luo Zhenzhen's stubborn gaze, and a trace of helplessness flashed across his face.

He lowered his head and kissed Luo Zhenzhen lovingly on the lips, then compromised and said, "Then you can eat with me."

Luo Zhenzhen then laughed, "Okay."

Cheng Sinian put away the butterfly cakes, took out a box of dumplings from the space, picked up one with chopsticks and fed it to Luo Zhenzhen.

Luo Zhenzhen shook her head, "You eat first."

Cheng Sinian had no choice but to put it in his own mouth. Then he picked up another one and fed it to her.

Qiao Yu, who was lying on a tree trunk not far away, watched the two of them finish a whole box of dumplings one by one, and finally felt a little relieved.

Although fruit juice can replenish physical strength, most of it only replenishes muscle strength. If your stomach is empty, you will still feel hungry.

Qiao Yu didn't peek for long before Jiang Zhan pulled her back, "Don't worry. Cheng Sinian isn't that fragile."

"I know." Qiao Yu let Jiang Zhan hold her without struggling, but sighed softly, "What I'm most worried about now is Professor Kang."

"Ah Zhan, how about we separate from Si Nian and Zhen Zhen?"

In this situation, the more teams there are, the better. Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen both have top-notch abilities, and with Luo Zhenzhen watching over them, Cheng Sinian shouldn't run into any problems.

Jiang Zhan thought about it and was about to answer when his brows suddenly tensed. "Something is coming towards us!"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yu immediately got up and prepared to inform Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen.

"Ayu, wait!" Jiang Zhan quickly grabbed her, looked in a certain direction, and his expression was a little complicated.

"It seems... it's a royal bomb."

"?" Qiao Yu was stunned. "Wang Zha brought the mercenary team with him?"

"No." Jiang Zhan shook his head, "Only it."

Qiao Yu frowned. Could it be that they were in some danger?

The two exchanged a glance and clambered down the tree in unison. Cheng Sinian and Luo Zhenzhen, who were not far away, heard their movements and immediately followed.

Wang Zha was running at full speed and arrived in front of Qiao Yu and the other three in just a few breaths.

"Awoo—ooooh…"

Wang Zha slowed down the moment he saw Qiao Yu, then stopped steadily in front of Qiao Yu. He hummed and acted coquettishly, rubbing his huge head against Qiao Yu, almost knocking Qiao Yu down.

Qiao Yu only felt a strong smell of blood lingering around his nose. Thinking that Wang Zha was injured, his face changed with fear and he quickly began to check its body.

"How did Wang Zha get here?" Cheng Sinian began to help check Wang Zha's body, but he looked quite puzzled. "Its route seems to be quite far from us. And...it reached the summit so quickly. Can those mercenaries keep up with it?"

Qiao Yu checked Wang Zha from head to toe, peeling away all the hair stained with blood, but did not find a single wound.

"It's really strange." Qiao Yu touched Wang Zha's head. "Let's not talk about whether those mercenaries can catch up with it. But Wang Zha has no wounds on his body, so where did all the blood come from?"

Suddenly, Qiao Yu's face froze, and he immediately reached out to pry open Wang Zha's mouth.

The strong smell of blood hit Qiao Yu in the face, making him hold his breath.

"King bomb it..." Cheng Sinian seemed to have thought of something, his expression a little complicated, "Could it be that they ate all the mercenaries?"