On the other side of S City, Li Dongmei and Zhang Si ran desperately, panting heavily, until Li Dongmei was almost breathless before Zhang Si finally stopped.

Li Dongmei sat on the ground, panting heavily: "No, I can't run anymore, otherwise... otherwise I'll die, I'll die..."

"That's true, after all, I am a speed-type ability user."

Zhang Si also sat down to rest for a while: "It's okay, I can rest for a bit. Right now, the mutated plant's focus is all on the fire, making it think the intruder is over there. There's enough time left for it to run away."

"That's good, it'll be good to take a rest."

As Li Dongmei spoke, she collapsed to the ground, looking at the sky above her head, which was obscured by mutated plants, while Zhang Si sat beside her.

Even from a great distance, Zhang Si could almost see the firelight and the surging roots. He clenched his fist tightly and said, word by word, "Those two couldn't have escaped. Lin Da's revenge has been achieved!"

"I never expected that you two would argue like this, going to such lengths to avenge him, and it was you, Zhang Si, who did it all."

Li Dongmei chuckled, seemingly reminiscing about something.

She never imagined that she could use the mutated plant to kill those two guys, break the stable state of the mutated plant with fire, and then use her wind-based ability to fan the flames, causing the mutated plant to mistake the intruders. Not only could she kill the two, but they could also escape.

Li Dongmei breathed a sigh of relief: "Lin Da, you can rest assured now. Your bitch is dead."

"Yes, I won't let you down."

Just as the two were reminiscing, a voice came, carrying a hint of nonchalant laughter, yet utterly mocking—"Judging from your tone, you really do sound like righteous heroes, seeking revenge on the villains for your fallen comrades."

"Who is it?!"

Li Dongmei and Zhang Si realized what was happening and quickly stood up.

They tried to find the source of the sound, and when they looked up the next moment, Li Dongmei couldn't help but scream.

Behind them stood a strange, black giant tree, resembling a leaning, withered person with abstract human faces etched on its trunk. Its bare branches stretched towards the sky, blending seamlessly with the surrounding lush, mutated green plants, creating a truly eerie atmosphere.

This mutated plant was probably competing with the core mutated plant in S City at the time. There were quite a few similar plants in this dead city, mostly half-dead, as punishment for their failure.

On the branches of this strange tree stood a tall, slender man in a white lab coat, his eyes filled with affection as he smiled, sending a chill down the spines of the two people below.

Li Dongmei's voice trembled: "How did you manage to catch up with us?"

"That's impossible! We had already fled across half of S City before the fire started. How could we have been caught!"

Upon hearing Zhang Si's words, Zhou Ziqi sneered, his smile widening.

He then said, "Heh, don't act like a pitiful person being chased by the villain, that's no fun at all."

"You guys looked much more interesting last night when you were robbing us and trying to kill us. This look of you being bullied by us... it's really ridiculous."

Zhou Ziqi's words were full of sarcasm.

Zhang Si also realized what was happening and pulled Li Dongmei, who had collapsed to the ground, to her feet. He stared intently at Zhou Ziqi on the tree trunk. If this guy could catch up with them, he would definitely be able to escape S City in the remaining time. In that case, they would have to kill Ruan Qing'an.

Thinking of this, Zhang Si hardened his heart: "Li Dongmei, let's kill him and run away immediately. Even if we can't kill him, we have to cripple him so that when the mutated plants attack, he will die!"

Li Dongmei hesitated for a moment: "Can we win?"

"That woman must be his bodyguard. She's been stopped now, and he's all alone. We can take her down!"

Zhang Si's words made some sense, and Li Dongmei nodded in agreement.

At that moment, on the tree trunk, Zhou Ziqi suddenly chuckled: "It's just hiring bodyguards, why do some people always think—"

"What if I don't have the ability to kill?"

The next instant, the source of the voice was right behind them. Zhou Ziqi, with his hands in his pockets, was standing next to Li Dongmei in the blink of an eye!

Li Dongmei was startled and unleashed a wind blade: "Space-type!"

"Damn it, no wonder they were able to catch up with us. They couldn't outrun a space-type even on four legs, let alone two!"

Zhang Si also noticed something was wrong and instinctively tried to run away with Li Dongmei, but then Zhou Ziqi's figure became illusory for a moment, and a wind blade passed through his shadow. In the state of spatial teleportation, no one could harm Zhou Ziqi in another dimension.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Si became alert.

There are only two directions for the development of spatial systems: first, storage space type; second, attack type. Once it develops towards the attack type, various attack methods will appear unpredictably and are difficult to resist!

Just as Zhang Si was on guard against Zhou Ziqi's attack methods, Zhou Ziqi simply stood there, playing with the scalpel in his hand.

He smiled and said, "I don't really like doing things myself."

"So—I've prepared a gift for you."

Zhang Si was startled: "What?"

Before he could react, Zhou Ziqi had vanished from the space and reappeared standing behind Li Dongmei, holding a glass test tube in his hand.

A deep green, biological-like liquid dripped onto Li Dongmei, and in the blink of an eye, Zhou Ziqi was back on the tree trunk.

Zhang Si didn't have time to look at him, but instead helped Li Dongmei up: "Are you alright? Has anything changed in your body?"

No, no.

Li Dongmei spoke blankly, wiping away the strange liquid.

Zhang Si was also a bit confused, but they soon found out what the mysterious liquid was for. The ground began to shake, and countless roots surged out like crazy. They were like giant snakes, wrapping around everything around them and leaving dents in the buildings!

With the appearance of the liquid, all the mutated plants in S City were enraged, roaring and waving wildly.

Zhang Si and Li Dongmei's expressions changed.

They could have escaped before the mutated plants in S City cleared out the invaders, but now they have no chance at all!

Zhang Si yelled at Zhou Ziqi, "You're a madman!"

"The entire Third Human Base knows about it."

Zhou Ziqi paused, standing on the trunk of the strange tree with the human face, his smile crazed and twisted: "They all know that I, Zhou Ziqi, am a madman. This is how to fight fire with fire."

"Do you like this gift?"

Zhang Si cursed, "You madman, you madman, you'll die here too! Even if you're a space-type cultivator, you can't escape!"

The entire city of S seemed to come alive under the control of the mutated plants. Vines several meters wide whipped the ground, and the road surface could crack at any moment, allowing people to fall into huge gaps.

Zhang Si, who wanted to kill Ruan Qing'an and Zhou Ziqi with a fire, was now using all his speed-type abilities, desperately trying to evade the pursuit of the roots. Li Dongmei was also trying to attack the surrounding vines with wind blades. The two of them were in a sorry state.

Zhou Ziqi stood on the tree trunk, with mutated plants eyeing him menacingly behind him, yet he still kept his eyes on the two people in front of him.

His upturned, phoenix-shaped eyes narrowed slightly with a hint of pleasure.

With the roots growing out wildly, the road surface could no longer hold up, forming a huge pit that sank into the ground!

"You lunatic, you'll fucking die too!"

"I like this nickname."

Hearing Zhang Si's curses, Zhou Ziqi smiled with pleasure: "Just now, I lost a useful knife, which made me a little unhappy, but you guys have managed to make me feel a little more entertained."

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