Chapter 39 039 Turning Back into a Kitten

"We won't die here, will we?"

Decipherer Gu Meng clutched his toolbox tightly, trembling like a leaf, tears welling in his eyes.

She had never left the base since the apocalypse. This was her first time leaving the base for a mission, and she encountered such danger. How could she be so unlucky!

"Quiet!"

Luo Zhiyin let out a low shout; she hated such discouraging words the most.

She rolled down the car window, and scorching air rushed in instantly, carrying a pungent smell of rotting plants and dust.

Luo Zhiyin conjured fireballs at her fingertips and hurled them at the mutated ivy spreading across the ground.

Plants are ultimately afraid of fire; the vines recoil violently the moment they touch the flames.

Even if the effect is limited, as long as it works, that's fine!

Luo Zhiyin kept firing fireballs one after another, trying to block the mutated ivy's attack.

But soon, the mutated ivy realized that these fireballs could not truly harm it.

It stopped dodging; its thick vines, like countless dark green venomous snakes, ignored the futile flames and frantically pounded against the car body, the metal shell emitting a teeth-grinding sound.

Qiu Yi quickly activated her superpower, causing the ground beside the car to surge and earthen walls to burst forth, attempting to stop the ivy from getting closer.

But the vines not only climbed the earthen wall easily, but even began to pulsate like blood vessels, greedily absorbing the energy from the earthen wall.

The earthen walls became gray and cracked at a visible rate.

"No, it's absorbing my power." Qiu Yi's face turned pale as she forcibly stopped releasing her power.

She staggered back a step, but Han Li steadied her.

Han Li condensed his supernatural power into a jet-black blade, severing the attacking vines time and time again.

The cut ends were charred and smoking, emitting a pungent odor, but the severed vines were instantly strangled and devoured by their own kind.

As the vines intertwined, the remaining parts grew thicker and more ferocious, like intertwined giant pythons, wrapping around the car and making it creak and groan.

Despair washed over everyone like a tidal wave. Were they really going to perish here right after leaving the base?

"team leader……"

Gu Meng's voice was already tinged with sobs.

Han Li and the others also felt a chill and looked at Chi Yingdong in unison.

"Captain, what should we do?!"

Everyone looked to Chi Yingdong with hope; she was the strongest in the team and would surely find a way.

Chi Yingdong's gaze was calm as he released his supernatural power.

A bone-chilling cold spread out from her, and ice crystals quickly covered the ivy. Its movements slowed down noticeably, as if it had been put on slow motion.

Everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed that this thing was not only afraid of fire, but also of cold.

Taking advantage of its frozen state, Chi Yingdong slammed on the gas pedal, the engine roared, but the car remained motionless.

Unbeknownst to them, the ivy vines had already tightly wrapped around the tires.

Meng Qinghe suddenly remembered that when she was stimulating the roses to bloom, she seemed to hear the flowers whispering.

Perhaps she could try to communicate with this mutated ivy?

Since there's no way out, why not take a gamble!

With a thought, she activated her supernatural ability, and white specks of light floated out of the car window like fireflies, gently landing on the vines.

Noticing Meng Qinghe's actions, Chi Yingdong slightly eased off the accelerator, remaining fully alert.

Han Li and the others were also surprised to find that the previously violent vine attack had stopped, and everyone's eyes were focused on Meng Qinghe, who was concentrating with his eyes closed.

The white supernatural power seeped into the ground along the vines, and Meng Qinghe "saw" a green light spot enveloped in black mist.

Her intuition told her that this was the core spirit of the Virginia creeper.

Meng Qinghe guided her supernatural power to slowly approach, and the process went unexpectedly smoothly. The green light sphere did not repel her, while the black mist gradually dissipated under the illumination of her supernatural power.

In a daze, Meng Qinghe vaguely heard soft sobbing, like a child who had suffered a great injustice, crying until no more tears came out, only low sobs.

The green light seemed to sense the dissipation of the black mist, becoming brighter and actively moving closer to her power, conveying emotions of dependence and gratitude.

Chi Yingdong and the others were shocked to see the vines slowly receding and looked at Meng Qinghe.

Qiu Yi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "What kind of superpower does Sister Meng have? It's too strong!"

In the end times, everyone admires the strong.

Although no one said anything when Chi Yingdong took Meng Qinghe on the mission, they were all somewhat worried that they would be implicated.

This time, Meng Qinghe won everyone's trust with his abilities.

Chi Yingdong did not answer, but simply gripped the steering wheel tightly.

Qiu Yi wanted to ask more questions, but Han Li gently nudged her arm, signaling her not to ask any more.

The mutated plant, which had previously been menacing, had now degenerated into an inconspicuous seedling at my feet.

Two new buds swayed gently in the wind carrying polluted dust, so fragile that the life-or-death crisis just now seemed like an illusion.

Luo Zhiyin said, "I'll burn this seedling."

No one objected.

Although this ivy appears to have recovered to an unpolluted state, there is no guarantee that it will not mutate again.

Flames erupted, instantly engulfing the seedlings.

Chi Yingdong restarted the car, and the tires finally broke free of their restraints, driving towards the direction where the vines had retreated, crushing the broken asphalt road surface.

Chi Yingdong glanced at Meng Qinghe out of the corner of his eye. The girl still had her eyes closed, and her long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on her pale cheeks.

The rest of the journey went smoothly, and they arrived safely outside the pharmaceutical company.

Han Li's dark-type superpower allows her to become invisible, so she volunteered to infiltrate the factory to investigate.

Qiu Yi and the others did not let their guard down and conducted a search around the factory. Even Gu Meng assisted in the investigation within his capabilities.

Meng Qinghe was still unconscious, and only Chi Yingdong remained in the car to watch over her.

"Qinghe."

Chi Yingdong called softly, trying to wake Meng Qinghe.

However, the person in front of her remained motionless. Just as she was about to reach out and touch him, Meng Qinghe was enveloped in a ball of green light, which then gradually shrank in size.

After the green light dissipated, a kitten was curled up in the clothes on the passenger seat, making soft, even breathing sounds.

Chi Yingdong was secretly relieved that there was no one else in the car at that moment.

She gently lifted the kitten, and the tiny bundle rubbed against her palm, as if it had caught a familiar scent, and settled into a more comfortable position.

Chi Yingdong placed the kitten on his lap and gazed down at it.

As her fingertips brushed against the cat's soft fur, the delicate and smooth texture reminded her of the days when she first brought the kitten home.

The movements became lighter and lighter, the fingertips inadvertently brushing against the kitten's pink nose. The curled-up little creature let out a soft "meow" and its ear tips twitched slightly.

Chi Yingdong's feelings were complicated.

Meng Qinghe's life ability is completely different from what she knew in her previous life.

In her previous life, those life-type ability users could at most only promote the growth of plants, but Meng Qinghe was more than that. She could communicate with the spiritual bodies of mutated creatures, and even more amazingly, she could purify the source of pollution and restore it to its original form.

In this apocalyptic world, superpowers can be so powerful as to inspire fear, but they cannot provide unrealistic hope.

If this ability were to become known to outsiders, someone would surely try to get Meng Qinghe to purify the zombies and turn them back into humans.

Looking at the small clump on her leg, she realized that purifying just one mutated plant had weakened her to the point of reverting to her kitten form.

If it were to purify those massive numbers of zombies...

Chi Yingdong grew increasingly alarmed as he thought about it, and his gaze toward Han Li and the others who were busy outside the car subtly carried an indescribable layer of caution and distance.