Chapter 259 Quack Quack Quack?
Ji Xian: "The road is uneven, and the light is dim..."
Suddenly, a burst of light appeared before their eyes—a flame half a meter high shot up from Gu Wan's palm, illuminating the area around them...
Gu Wan: "Brother Ji Xian, how does this brightness look to you?"
"Just run!" He Zhuo grabbed Ji Xian and dragged him forward.
Ji Xian was pulled so hard that he stumbled and almost bit into the gravel on the ground.
"Damn it, slow down, slow down!" Ji Xian shouted as he ran, "My shoes are about to fall off!"
Gu Wan, holding a flame, caught up and said at the same time as He Zhuo, "We can't be any slower..."
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The situation was even more difficult for Gu Qi and his two companions. Without Gu Wan's fire-based abilities, the three of them could only rely on their gradually improving night vision to find their way forward.
Darkness enveloped them like a thick curtain, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke and a faint stench of decay.
The three of them stepped on the gravel, making a soft crunching sound that made their hearts race.
The unusual movements around us are becoming more and more frequent.
A low, coughing groan came from beneath the ground, as if something was wriggling and crawling out from the cracks in the concrete.
Every now and then, there's a 'hoarse' sound, neither too close nor too far...
The visibility was extremely low; the three of them could barely see a small area at their feet.
The original formation, with Chi Yi leading the way, Gu Qi bringing up the rear, and Luo Xingyou in the middle, has now changed to the three of them advancing back to back.
The three remained on high alert, every slight sound making their nerves taut.
Gu Qi's gaze swept across the collapsed road surface, where only rubble and broken steel bars intertwined.
He stopped in his tracks: "There are no stars, no moon, and we can't even determine our general location."
Chi Yi was silent for a moment, then, as if remembering something, he pulled out a small object from the side pocket of his backpack.
"A compass..." Gu Qi's eyes lit up: "Brother Chi, where did you get this?"
Chi Yi: "I asked Miss Lu for it a long time ago."
Gu Qi: "Brother Chi, it still has to be you, Yan Jin."
Chi Yi placed the compass flat in his palm, and after a moment, pointed to the direction to his left front: "This... wait..."
All three of them stared at the darkness ahead.
There, dozens of red lights lit up, one row, two rows... as if someone had hung lanterns of hell in front of the three of them.
Golden light shimmered in Luo Xingyou's palm as she spoke in a very low voice, "This height doesn't seem like that of a zombie..."
Chi Yi extended a vine from his palm: "It should be a mutated animal..."
Luo Xingyou stared intently at the red dots, assessing the distance and threat: "Those closer to the ground, could they be rats?"
Gu Qi slowly took a step back: "There's nothing behind us for now, let's retreat slowly..."
The three of them then saw the closest red eyeball suddenly "squeak" and, accompanied by the sound of wet flesh rubbing together, a huge figure soar into the air.
Chi Yi reacted incredibly quickly, pushing forward with both hands, sending out wood-type vines that spread out into a net in the air: "It's a frog!"
The thorns on the vines pierced the frog's skin, and thick bodily fluids spurted out, emitting a pungent, putrid odor.
The vines tightened, firmly binding the mutated frog, and then Chi Yiyi flicked her wrist, slamming it hard to the ground.
The frog was enormous, at least the size of a giant dog, and landed with a loud thud, scattering pebbles everywhere.
"Quack quack quack..."
More red-eyed creatures leaped closer. Gu Qi said, "Let's retreat together. Xingyou, you and I will head straight for the eyes... Brother Chi, you take care of our surroundings."
Three supernatural abilities erupted simultaneously—
Gu Qi thrust his arms forward with a sudden movement, and the water droplets gathered in his palms instantly stretched into sharp water blades.
With a few sharp whooshing sounds, two mutated frogs that pounced at the front were cut in half, their foul-smelling slime splattering onto the surrounding ruins.
Luo Xingyou's pupils glowed with a faint golden light, but in the darkness, the scarlet eyes of the frogs appeared and disappeared, making them difficult to lock onto.
She gritted her teeth, and the three golden darts still shot out in a triangular formation, flying towards the last red dot that flashed in her memory.
Chi Yi's vines slithered around the three of them, and the thorny brambles crushed several frogs that pounced on them, splattering bits of flesh and slime all around.
However, these mutated frogs' jumping ability far exceeded expectations—even though Gu Qi and Luo Xingyou attacked at the same time, several of them still managed to jump and appear around Chi Yi's vines.
Chi Yi manipulated the vines to whip the frog in mid-air.
The giant frog sensed the threat, and the sacs on its back suddenly contracted, spraying out a large amount of acidic liquid.
"laugh--"
The moment the vines came into contact with the liquid, a pungent blue smoke rose up, and they rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Veins bulged on Chi Yi's forehead as the corroded vines regenerated wildly, constantly growing new support points and forcefully building a thorny barrier around the three of them.
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Lu Nange's side is currently embroiled in a chaotic battle.
Just ten minutes ago, as soon as Shen Mianmian disappeared around the street corner, Lu Nange's mental energy detected her—five men with burly faces were grinning sinisterly, sneaking around and trying to follow her.
"stop."
A tall, imposing man blocked the five people's path.
The man was wearing a tattered military uniform, his left sleeve soaked in blood, but he stood straight, like a pine tree.
"Get out of the way!" The man with the mole in the lead suddenly raised his hand, and a high-pressure water jet shot straight at the young soldier.
The young soldier quickly erected an earthen shield, and the water jets crashed against it, splashing up murky water droplets.
"Huang Tao!" Several well-dressed men and women rushed out from behind and grabbed his arm: "Your mission is to protect us! Who gave you permission to meddle?"
Huang Tao shook off their hands, his voice hoarse but firm: "My duty is to protect all the people, not just a few of you..."
"Soldiers are supposed to serve us...you were born to serve us!" the triangular-eyed woman shouted, hands on her hips. "Go find us some food right now!"
"That's right! Huang Tao, we're all starving!" A slightly overweight man chimed in, "Those guys leading the way have backpacks full of food, go get some for us..."
The man with a mole on his face smiled and waved: "Let's go."
"boom--"
Huang Tao's earthen shield rose from the ground, standing like a wall in front of the five people.
The man with the mole: "Are you tired of living?"
Huang Tao stood alone in the middle of the road, while those so-called "protected individuals" coldly watched. The man with the triangular eyes even stopped those around him who wanted to help, saying, "He's asking for it, why are you bothering him?"
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