With a swift movement, Xu An caught up with Cao Meng and the others, and stood in the carriage.
"Thorns... grow everywhere!"
Li Xingxuan gave a soft chuckle and scattered two seeds from her hand.
The two seeds grew rapidly the moment they hit the ground, and within seconds they had grown into two low bushes of thorns.
The entire thorny plant is as hard as steel, especially the thorns, which are extremely sharp and poisonous.
The thorns grew rapidly, and the fallen seeds quickly took root and sprouted.
In just a few breaths, the road behind them was covered with dense thorns.
The mutated black rats rushed in, only to be trapped and unable to move by the thorns.
Some of the mutated black rats died instantly after their skin was pierced.
Some even devour everything in sight, mistakenly swallowing thorn seeds, resulting in their bellies rupturing and intestines spilling out, with thorns sprouting and growing from their bodies.
Even so, in just a few minutes, the entire patch of thorns was completely devoured by the mutated black rats.
The road was covered with the dark, swarming corpses of black rats, piled up like mountains.
Gu Ning continuously controlled the black rat that was charging at the front to turn back and attack from behind.
Bang! ...
Wei Kong drove the truck recklessly, eventually revving the engine to its limit.
"Just make sure they don't catch up."
"Don't waste too much energy."
"Old Yao, what's the addition?"
Xu An stopped Cao Meng and the others who wanted to join the attack, and said in a deep voice.
"Have you discovered something?"
Lao Yao immediately noticed the problem and cautiously asked a question.
"No, it's just that I feel..."
"Since they've set their sights on us, they're not going to let us off so easily."
"These things behind us are not enough to kill us."
"So, it's very likely they just want to wear us down."
"No matter what, preserving combat strength is never a bad thing."
Xu An cautiously scanned his surroundings.
He couldn't understand how the other party was monitoring them.
It was as if their every move was under the other's watchful eye.
But they just couldn't figure out how they were being monitored.
Hearing Xu An's words, Lao Yao suddenly understood.
"Miss Li and Miss Gu, you two hold them off for now. The rest of you can rest."
"Preserve our fighting strength!"
Old Yao hurriedly called out.
He then quickly took off his backpack and took out a small metal box from it.
The box was opened, revealing two layers inside, with neatly arranged jelly-like objects in each small compartment.
Its burnt yellow color makes it look unappetizing.
Lao Yao distributed one to each person.
"Energy bars, one for each person."
Xu An tore it open, squeezed out a bite, and found it incredibly awful.
It tasted incredibly strange, and had a medicinal smell.
But this stuff is incredibly effective at restoring energy. One stick not only makes you feel less hungry, but also instantly eliminates all your fatigue.
After an unknown amount of time, it was already broad daylight.
The scorching sun shone on the ruins, and the rotting corpses emitted a foul odor.
The swarm of rats behind the car had disappeared and did not follow.
"We can't get through..."
Wei Kong stopped the car and pointed to the collapsed overpass and the broken road ahead.
As far as the eye could see, it was a scene of apocalypse.
A train was hanging precariously on the bridge, its interior filled with mutilated corpses.
Left with no other choice, everyone had to get out of the car and walk.
A gust of wind blew, and black cards fell from the corpse.
Looking at the card that gleamed with a special luster in the sunlight, everyone's mood became unusually heavy.
"The night watchman..."
"That's normal."
Old Yao calmly picked up the card, wiped it on his sleeve, and put it in his pocket.
Xu An didn't speak, but silently flicked out a ball of flame, burning the corpse to ashes.
This gave the senior night watchman a final bit of dignity.
"La la... la... la la la..."
A soft humming came from afar.
Everyone looked up and followed the sound.
But then they saw a woman dressed in red sitting on a crooked building not far away.
The distance was too far to see their faces clearly.
All that could be vaguely seen was her sitting on the edge of the building, swinging her legs, humming an unknown song.
"A female ghost in red?"
Cao Meng was startled and whispered nervously.
Have you ever seen a ghost come out in broad daylight?
"They must be survivors from here."
Master Li rolled his eyes at Cao Meng speechlessly and said in a deep voice.
“The survivors don’t have her kind of courage.”
Xu An's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a low voice.
On these ruins, which survivor would be so reckless as to expose themselves so boldly?
"Dad...Mom!"
"Someone's there...someone's there!"
"I saw living people! There are still people here!"
Suddenly, on the crooked rooftop, the woman in red seemed to have spotted Xu An and the others, and shouted joyfully.
As she shouted, two more figures, a man and a woman, ran out of the building, waving excitedly at Xu An and the others.
"Hey, Brother An, you're wrong this time."
"They really are survivors."
Cao Meng said with a smile.
Seeing this, the others also relaxed their guard.
"When we get closer, I'll carefully sense whether there are any fluctuations of spiritual energy on them."
Old Yao seemed to sense Xu An's worry and whispered.
A spiritual being is one whose spiritual energy naturally gravitates towards them even when they are not using their talents.
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