Chapter 85 Wildlife Park
The following morning, the two vehicles drove into Shashi city, one after the other.
The number of zombies roaming the streets has increased significantly, but the extent of damage to the entire city is bizarre.
Logically, road collapses after a flood should be caused by mudslides or landslides.
But Shashi is clearly not within the area affected by these geological disasters...
However, as far as the eye could see, the road surface was cracked, and tall buildings were tilting and collapsing as if they had been broken in half.
The city was piled high with rubble and exposed, twisted steel bars, as if it had just experienced an earthquake.
The vehicle was unable to drive normally in Shashi.
Lu Nange closed her eyes, and her psychic powers spread out.
A moment later, she picked up the walkie-talkie: "Brother Chi, stay close to our car."
"Okay!" The SUV made way for the RV.
Lu Nange leaned back in the passenger seat and pointed out the way to Chi Yanzhou, who was driving.
They parked the car in the shade behind a broken wall, and everyone got out one after another.
Lu Nange quickly stored the vehicle in the space.
A loud crash came from afar—a tall building collapsed, raising clouds of dust.
"Let's go up to a higher place!" Lu Nange led the group up to a high-rise building with a steep drop-off on the side.
He Zhuo rubbed his eyes: "I...I didn't see wrong, did I? That's...a tiger fighting a lion?"
Chi Yanzhou: "The wildlife park in Shashi was the largest in the country before the apocalypse."
Lu Nange took out a high-powered telescope from her spatial storage, and the lens swept across the devastated city.
Survivors were fleeing on the ground.
And all around... were all sorts of mutated animals.
"Nan Nan, how is it?" He Zhuo's voice unconsciously rose eight octaves.
"See for yourselves!"
The telescope was passed from hand to hand, and everyone's expression seemed frozen—pupils dilated, lips trembling slightly, and Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily.
Lu Xici frowned slightly: "It seems that Shashi's current state is caused by these mutated animals!"
Lu Beiye sat on Lu Xici's shoulders and pointed in a direction to his right: "Elephant!"
Lu Nange and her group turned their heads in unison.
An elephant several meters tall trampled down a house along the street...
The sounds of swallowing rose and fell.
"Tigers, lions, elephants, gorillas... and rhinoceroses?" He Zhuo gave up halfway through counting on his fingers: "How about... we take a detour?"
Lu Nange used her psychic abilities to scan the surroundings: "This area is relatively safe, there are no mutated animals. You guys wait here for me, I'll go pick up a loot, and then we'll take a detour?"
"Finding a bargain?" Chi Yanzhou's brows furrowed slightly.
Lu Nange pointed to the place where the tiger and lion were fighting: "Well, those animals are either level two or level three. The crystal cores of the dead animals around haven't been extracted. I'll go pick up some leftovers!"
"I'll go with you!" Lu Xici immediately stepped forward.
Sitting on her brother's shoulders, Lu Beiye stretched out her little hand: "Sister, I'll go dig out crystal cores for you!"
"No way." Lu Nange refused decisively, lightly tapping Lu Beiye's forehead with her finger: "I can be fast and quieter by myself."
She blinked before turning around: "Don't worry, I'm just going to pick up a bargain, I promise I won't cause any trouble."
You're watching me with binoculars here, and if I'm spotted, you come and rescue me?
Lu Beiye pouted, looking at her sister's uncompromising expression, and slumped her shoulders: "Fine...okay." Her voice was muffled, like a puppy soaked by the rain.
"careful!"
"be safe!"
Don't get too close!
"Evacuate immediately if anything happens!"
Amidst the cacophony of advice from the crowd, Lu Nange waved casually and ran into the city.
Gu Qi noticed Lu Xici's tense jawline and Lu Beiye's composed face, and gently patted their shoulders: "Nan Nan is smart and calm, and she's also very skilled. She'll definitely be alright!"
Lu Xici remained silent, only nodding almost imperceptibly.
All eyes were fixed on that receding figure until she completely disappeared into the ruins.
At this moment, Lu Nange increased her speed to the extreme, activated her mental field to the fullest, and moved like a blur among the broken walls and ruins.
She deliberately avoided areas where survivors were active.
Upon seeing the carcasses of mutated wolves, raccoons, horses, deer, golden monkeys, and other animals with crystal cores, they skillfully dug out the crystal cores and ran away.
The whole process was smooth and seamless.
As she silently approached the central area, the tigers and lions were still tearing at each other.
Surrounding them were mutated beasts such as elephants, gorillas, rhinos, crocodiles, foxes, and eagles, which seemed to possess some intelligence.
It felt like a bunch of animals were watching the drama unfold.
Lu Nange deftly slipped into a blind spot in the beasts' line of sight.
She held her breath and began to extract the crystal core.
In the distance, Chi Yanzhou and his group, observing through binoculars, were both surprised and amused.
He Zhuo covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking with suppressed laughter: "Our little sister... is she sneaking into the enemy's territory right under their noses?"
Just as Lu Nange was reaping considerable rewards.
"Humans, humans, there are humans!" a macaw cried.
The tiger's giant claws were still pressing on the lion's face when all the mutated beasts turned their heads in unison—their eyes simultaneously locking onto Lu Nange's figure.
Due to their enormous size, some animals even developed cross-eyedness in order to see Lu Nange clearly!
"Tsk." Lu Nange twisted her waist, smoothly stood up, pressed her mental power against the beast horde, and at the same time, her feet moved like the wind as she turned and ran.
"Run!" The hearts of the onlookers in the distance were pounding in their throats.
Lu Xici and the others turned to rush downstairs, but Gu Qi grabbed them, saying, "Wait! Nan Nan dodged it!"
The herd of beasts rose up to chase Lu Nange, but their sizes were too large, and they collided with each other, creating chaos.
The tiger stepped on the lion's head and ground it hard, then opened its mouth and spat out a ball of blazing fire.
The lion's mane instantly burst into flames, causing it to writhe in agony.
Surprisingly, the rhinoceros obeyed the tiger's command and sprayed water at the lion to extinguish the fire.
Just as the lion staggered to its feet, the elephant stomped down hard, crushing it into a bloody mess.
"Roar—" With the tiger's command, all the mutated beasts lined up neatly and followed it to retreat into the depths of the city.
Lu Nange, who was halfway there, suddenly stopped.
After confirming with her mental scan that the beast horde had gone far away, she smiled slyly, turned around, and slipped back inside.
[“Youyou,” I’ll do anything to get the crystal cores you need to awaken!]
Even though the beasts had already retreated, Lu Xici and his group continued to run wildly along the dilapidated streets, speeding towards Lu Nange's direction.
At this moment, Lu Nange was busy harvesting crystal cores.
Besides the mutated lion's level-three crystal core, she also thoroughly searched the surrounding brains.
Just as she was digging out a lizard crystal core, the hairs on the back of her neck suddenly stood on end.
She instinctively rolled to the side—"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Several ice spikes pierced through the air, turning the lizard's corpse into a hedgehog.
Lu Nange suddenly looked up and saw the macaw circling overhead.
"Beauty! Beauty!" the macaw cried out in a strange, mocking tone.
"Shut up!" Lu Nange shouted coldly, waving her hand to unleash several wind blades, forming a triangular shape to block the macaw's retreat.
"Bad woman! Bad woman!" The macaw nimbly swooped down, flapping its wings as several ice spikes rained down!
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