Chapter 62 Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland 25
"Want to eat me? Then let's see if your teeth are hard enough!" Zhou Jue's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a hint of coldness.
The main root, perched in the center of the hall, paused slightly, its massive mouth filled with sharp teeth, seemingly not expecting this tiny "food" to dare to provoke it.
The next second, there was a furious roar!
Countless vines, like a black, raging tide, converged from all directions, sealing off every inch of space, determined to crush her into mincemeat!
Zhou Jue pushed his speed to the limit.
Her figure blurred into a blur, darting and weaving through the gaps in the intertwined vines.
Several times, the sharp tips of the vines almost grazed her cheeks, and the strong winds they generated made her skin sting.
But her goal never wavered.
It's getting closer!
Closer!
With the pile of metal barrels less than ten meters away, the vines in front had completely intertwined to form an impenetrable thick wall.
There's nowhere left to go!
Zhou Jue's eyes narrowed, and instead of retreating, he advanced. His arm muscles suddenly bulged, and he threw the high-frequency vibration blade in his hand forward with astonishing force!
With a high-frequency humming sound, like a high-speed rotating drill, it forcefully tore a fleeting gap in the wall of vines!
Now!
Zhou Jue seized the opportunity of those fractions of a second, rolled on the ground, and in a clumsy yet precise manner, squeezed through the gap and successfully reached the pile of metal barrels.
"boom!"
The vine-covered wall behind her closed in an instant, completely trapping her in this small corner.
The main root seemed to be mocking her overestimation of her abilities.
All the vines stopped attacking and instead slowly approached her, as if watching their prey's last struggle in despair.
Zhou Jue leaned against the cold metal barrel, his chest heaving violently as he gasped for breath.
She raised her head to meet the giant, sap-covered root that was slowly approaching, and instead of fear, a strange and cold smile appeared on her face.
She reached out and gently patted the metal bucket beside her.
"Hey everyone, I've prepared a big meal for you."
She took out a lighter and a bundle of explosives wrapped in waterproof tarpaulin from the Starry Secret Box.
This was a "local specialty" that Staff Officer Chen insisted on giving her before she left in the last century. I never expected it to come in handy in a place like this.
She deftly stuffed the explosives into the opening of a metal barrel, then stretched out the fuse and held it tightly in her hand.
Then, she used a shovel to pry open the lids of several metal buckets in front of her.
The pungent smell of alcohol instantly filled the air.
The mutated plant seemed to finally sense the deadly danger, its approach speed suddenly increased, and its giant mouth opened wide!
Zhou Jue no longer hesitated.
With a "snap," she lit the fuse in her hand with a lighter.
"laugh--"
The flames, like a burning venomous snake, spread rapidly toward the pile of barrels of death!
"System! Now! Teleport!"
[Long-distance teleportation scroll, activated!]
A soft white light instantly enveloped Zhou Jue's body, and her figure began to become illusory.
Almost at the same instant, the burning fuse touched the high concentration of alcohol vapor leaking from the first metal barrel!
"boom--!!!!!"
Dozens of barrels of industrial alcohol and high explosives were detonated simultaneously in a confined space, amplifying the destructive power many times over!
The terrifying fireball expanded instantly, sweeping wildly in all directions with a heat wave that could incinerate everything! The entire first-floor lobby, along with the wildly waving vines, was instantly engulfed by the flames.
That once invincible giant root couldn't even let out a complete hiss before it was blasted into pieces in the flames and instantly turned into charcoal!
The shockwave from the explosion tore apart the load-bearing structure of the research and development building with devastating force.
In an instant, the entire building collapsed like a cookie being crushed by an invisible giant hand!
Flames shot into the sky, forming a small mushroom cloud on the spot.
The violent explosion even reached the back mountain, where the mutated plant's main body, its enormous flower bud, swayed wildly in the tremors. Countless vines, as if branded with a hot iron, frantically retreated from the entire factory area, writhing in agony towards the main body.
It was injured.
He was seriously injured!
The instigator, Zhou Jue, had already disappeared from the spot a second before the explosion occurred.
...
After a violent spinning sensation, Zhou Jue found himself falling from mid-air.
She endured the dizziness of escaping the spatial teleportation, adjusted her posture in mid-air, steadied herself, bent her knees slightly, and landed safely on a pile of rubble.
She quickly looked around.
This is an unfamiliar urban ruin.
The surrounding buildings were much more dilapidated than those in the city she had been in before, and a deathly silence permeated the ruins.
Clearly, the apocalypse here is far more devastating.
[Teleportation complete. Random teleportation location: Kyoto. Distance from original coordinates: 1274 km.]
"More than a thousand kilometers..."
Zhou Jue muttered to herself that the power of this teleportation talisman far exceeded her expectations.
However, at least we survived.
She checked her condition and found that apart from being completely drained of spiritual energy and feeling somewhat weak, she was otherwise fine.
[Side Quest 2 reward has been issued.]
[Congratulations, host, you have received the following rewards: 'Power Armor' Portable Manufacturing Plant (Beginner) *1, Energy Core *1, Rare Alloy *10.]
As the system notification appeared, a pile of supplies appeared in her Starry Secret Box.
A silver metal box the size of a suitcase is the "portable manufacturing plant".
An energy core the size of a fist, emitting a ghostly blue light.
There were also ten alloy ingots with a dull luster, and a large quantity of regular metals of varying sizes.
Zhou Jue had an idea and immediately pulled up the blueprints for comparison.
"System, what's needed to manufacture a basic power armor set?"
[Basic Power Armor Manufacturing Materials: Energy Core *1, Rare Alloy *10, Conventional Metal Materials *500. Manufacturing Time: 72 hours.]
They were only 500 units short of regular metal materials, which weren't hard to find in the apocalypse, but they suppressed the urge to immediately search for metal and manufacture it. Right now, the most important thing was to restore the status quo and make contact with the "Grass Platform" shelter.
It's over a thousand kilometers long; walking back would take forever.
She happened to be in Kyoto right now, and planned to visit the official Kyoto base to see if the country's government was worth cooperating with.
She determined her direction, and her figure silently disappeared into the shadows of the ruins.
Shortly after she left, a very faint ripple suddenly appeared in the space where she had just teleported and landed.
A tiny, almost invisible black dot appeared silently and then attached itself to the wall of a nearby building.
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