Therefore, the location where the little flower appears is not completely random. Rather, there will inevitably be a little flower on their path, and it will guide the person who is meant to pick it to that place.
Others cannot play a significant role in this process. For example, the previous invisible wall was meant to prevent them from interfering with Luo Shui picking the flower.
As for the function of these glowing flowers, only the person who picked them can know. After all, Luo Shui and Ming Yuan only vaguely said that they probably had a hallucinogenic or dream-inducing effect.
Ye Nianzhen wanted to ask Qin Qiu, but this guy rarely spoke, so she figured she wouldn't get any detailed answers.
After resting in the mountains for a while and collecting some more magic crystals, they set off once again for another human base.
This base is called Desolate Smoke, which means a wisp of smoke rising from a desert, representing a home away from home. The number of people is about the same as the small base that was emptied by the Eastern Base before, but there are more superhumans in it, and its combat power is among the best of the surviving bases.
Lei Lang came from here. He was originally the captain of a squad here, but his vice-captain secretly rallied the other members of the squad to ostracize Lei Lang. At the same time, they secretly said that Lei Lang was bad in this way and that way, and recommended the vice-captain to be the captain.
Lei Lang originally didn't care about being a captain, because he didn't like to get involved in things. So he wasn't angry at their behind-the-scenes antics; in fact, he found it quite amusing and let them do as they pleased.
However, during that exploration trip outside the city, they went even further, failing to cooperate properly when fighting a high-level magical beast, almost causing Thunder Wolf to get injured.
Their base requires contribution points to be paid out, and the larger the team, the more contribution points they need to pay out. At the same time, the base will provide the team with better living conditions.
He failed to hunt enough magical beasts during that trip out of the city, which meant he couldn't contribute enough contribution points. So they took advantage of the situation and said they didn't need him as captain anymore, forcing him to step down.
Although Lei Lang was not injured, he had lost patience with the group and simply left the squad.
After that, he left the base alone and came to the Eastern Base. Seeing the chaos and oppression inside the Eastern Base, he decided to help those who were being bullied.
After that, he met Ye Nianzhen, and now he is traveling with Ye Nianzhen and others.
He considered this trip back to the base as a visit to his hometown, and also to retrieve some items he had left behind.
While passing through a city, they found a car that hadn't been scrapped yet, collected some gasoline, and drove towards the wasteland.
When they were still some distance from the base, they stopped the car because they realized something was wrong with the surrounding environment.
With this stop, the noise they heard became even more pronounced. It was the sound of some enormous creature approaching. The ground around them trembled slightly, and birds and beasts ran out of the forest. Not long after, the sound grew closer. Realizing that the thing seemed to be approaching their direction, Lei Lang, who was in charge of driving, stepped on the gas and sped towards the base.
They hadn't been running for long when another car suddenly caught up from behind. Their car was already moving slowly because it was carrying too many people, and after a while, it was overtaken by the other car.
As Lei Lang drove, he couldn't help but curse under his breath.
Inside the car, to save space, Mu Guang and Gu Shibing, who were smaller in their beast forms, transformed into their beast forms. Although Gu Shibing was actually quite large as a snake, he didn't take up much space when coiled up. Two other people had to sit on the roof of the car, namely Hong Xiao and Qin Qiu, who were more agile.
At this moment, the car that suddenly overtook them from behind was clearly using them as bait to escape the pursuit of the behemoth chasing them.
Lei Lang was driving the nearly wrecked van with the best driving skills he had ever had when suddenly there was a loud bang. He instinctively turned the steering wheel quickly, and the car swerved to the side. A huge tree grazed past their vehicle.
Hongxiao had a fiery temper. Looking in the direction the tree had been thrown, the thing that had been chasing them had emerged from the forest. It was a huge mutated elephant, which looked very similar to the mammoths of ancient times. It was as big as a small mountain and exuded a sense of oppression.
Hongxiao's almost-spoken words, "I'll go kill that thing," turned out to be, "I'll go kill the people in that car!"
The mutated elephants came after those people, and those people used them as bait, so it's normal for Hongxiao to want to kill them.
But the situation didn't allow him to do anything; just surviving under the mutated elephant's feet was already a blessing.
Ye Nianzhen sat in the passenger seat and peeked out the window. When she saw the mutated elephant, her face turned grim.
She deduced that it should be a mutated monster of level five or higher, while their highest combat strength was only level five, and judging from the size, they were at a disadvantage.
If we go all out, we might be able to defeat this monster, but everyone would get hurt, which would be a losing proposition.
So no matter how you look at it, it's still wiser to find a way to escape.
Ye Nianzhen then said to Lei Lang beside her, "Quick, we might be safe once we get into the base!"
Lei Lang was driving with complete concentration, his mind racing with rage. That was what he was thinking and doing, but the car was practically falling apart, and that was the only speed he could manage!
The elephants chasing them were getting closer and closer. Veins bulged on Lei Lang's forehead as he shouted, "No, we'll be caught if this continues! Quickly, think of a way to buy some time!"
They were stalling for time... but the strongest people present were all beastmen, and beastmen generally fought in melee combat. As for Ye Nianzhen, the only human ability user present, her abilities were really no match for this level five or higher elephant!
In the end, Hongxiao stood up: "I'm fast, I'll go."
But before he jumped off the roof, he reached out through the window and pulled Mu Guang out of the back seat: "Come with me!"
Mu Guang squealed and cried out. He was currently in the form of a weasel, but what could such a small weasel do? He felt that this bastard Hong Xiao was trying to harm him!
Hongxiao ignored Mu Guang. He grabbed Mu Guang with one hand and transformed into his beast form. A black panther with a weasel hanging from its mouth charged forward. The elephant probably couldn't even see such a small thing and kept chasing the car without looking to the side.
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