These fungal stems are as thick as an adult's thigh, with a smooth, delicate surface covered in transparent mucus.
Like three agile giant snakes, they targeted the three of them and coiled around them.
As the mushroom stalks moved, a damp, earthy smell filled the air.
Taking advantage of the few seconds of free time, Mr. Pei scrambled awkwardly back to the inner room he had just been in.
Lu Sheng squinted, aiming at the middle of the mushroom stem.
"Don't move!"
Just as he was about to make a move, Xu Yi's voice suddenly rang out from behind him.
Xu Yi used his spatial sealing skill to firmly bind the three fungal stalks within a small space, then took out a few masks and tossed them to Lu Sheng and the others.
"Take it with you."
Without suspecting anything, the group immediately put on their masks and fully equipped themselves.
The spatial blockade had just ended when the three fungal stalks frantically wrapped around it again.
With a swift motion, Lu Sheng cleaved the mushroom stem in half, leaving it limp and sprawling on the ground.
As the mushroom stem collapsed, a cloud of grayish-white dust billowed from the cut, causing a tickling sensation in the throat.
Sun Tiantian instinctively tried to rub her eyes, but Xiao Yu grabbed her wrist.
It wasn't until Xiao Yu used his water-based abilities to pour water on the remains of the fungus that the dust in the air finally decreased.
"What kind of mushroom is this? It's still smoking even after I've chopped it up." Zhang Xiaojuan coughed violently, covering her mouth.
"These dust particles contain a lot of fungi, so don't take off your mask. Lung infections are very difficult to treat," Xu Yi instructed as he opened the window.
Han Rui leaned against the window and took two deep breaths of fresh air. "Where is Mr. Pei?"
"Hide in the room on the left."
Lu Sheng gripped the knife hilt and strode quickly toward the door.
They were prepared to give chase, but to their surprise, the door wasn't locked.
Behind the door was another room, a full 200 square meters in size.
There was only a dim, yellow chandelier in the room, and the dim light enveloped the entire house in a hazy atmosphere.
The huge room was filled with built-in nutrient capsules on both sides, and a large and luxurious palace chair was placed in the center of the room.
Mr. Pei's obese body was squeezed into the chair, making him appear particularly constrained.
Unlike his earlier disheveled state, Mr. Pei now seemed reborn, radiating confidence and a strange fervor.
"Welcome to the Oasis, the last pure land in the human world."
Mr. Pei's crowded features appeared even more cramped under the light, making him inexplicably repulsive.
"What a load of nonsense! Human flesh mixed with animal feed, how could you, you beast, come up with such a thing!" Zhang Xiaojuan said, hands on her hips, cursing.
Before he could finish speaking, a dark shadow suddenly appeared from the shadows, flashed beside him, and then quickly disappeared into the darkness of the room.
Zhang Xiaojuan subconsciously touched her cheek, where a deep bloodstain stretched from her nose bone all the way to her temple.
"this……"
Zhang Xiaojuan's expression froze.
That thing was too fast; he didn't even see what it was before he was stabbed!
A tense atmosphere quietly spread through the air.
“See, I’m still very friendly.” Mr. Pei smiled strangely, two lumps of fat squeezing out of his steamed bun-like face. “If I wanted to kill you, his head would have already fallen off.”
"For the growth and development of the entire group, someone always has to make a sacrifice."
As if in response to Zhang Xiaojuan's question, Mr. Pei leaned back in his chair and said lazily.
"That sounds nice, but everyone in this factory is nothing but sheep you've raised." Lu Sheng stared intently at Mr. Pei and sneered.
No wonder Zhuangzhuang couldn't detect Mr. Pei's combat strength.
This guy has no real fighting ability; he relies entirely on the hallucinogenic effects of fungal spores.
"Don't put it so harshly." Mr. Pei smiled lewdly. "In the apocalypse, the useless have no right to survive. I gave them the right to live."
“But you are different. You seem useful and can stay here as my partners.”
Han Rui felt a chill run down her spine from his voice. "Get lost! Who wants to be your partner?"
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
Two drops of liquid suddenly fell on Han Rui's shoulder.
A sudden sense of tension welled up inside me.
Several people instinctively looked up, their hearts sinking instantly.
Suddenly, a huge square hole appeared in the ceiling, and more than a dozen second-tier zombies lurked at the edge of the hole, their bulging eyes staring at them menacingly.
There were hidden compartments in the ceiling, and these zombies had been hiding in them all along...
“With just a flick of my finger, these Tier 2 zombies will jump down and tear you to shreds,” Mr. Pei said smugly.
This guy's spores can not only hallucinate humans, but also control zombies...?
The moment he finished speaking, the isolation netting that was restricting the zombies instantly retracted.
A dozen or so zombies landed heavily on the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Mr. Pei hid behind the zombie, grinning lewdly, his short, stubby fingers tapping rhythmically on the table.
As he tapped the table, the second-tier zombies rushed towards Lu Sheng and his companions.
"Can you win?"
Zhang Xiaojuan instinctively raised an earthen shield to protect everyone, but the next second, a sharp wind blade sliced the earthen shield in half.
Zhang Xiaojuan couldn't dodge in time and was hit hard in the chest by the force of the earth shield's backlash. She staggered and fell to the ground.
"These zombies actually have superpowers! And they're wind-based!" Han Rui exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Sheng frowned slightly.
In the previous life, zombies could indeed evolve superpowers, but that didn't happen until the second year of the apocalypse. How could they possibly have powerful wind-based superpowers so quickly now?
"Did I scare you?" Mr. Pei was delighted to see the surprised expressions on everyone's faces and proudly boasted, "Of course, zombies can't evolve that fast. I just activated my superpowers and the process of becoming a zombie at the same time."
The scene of following Yuan Zhihua flashed before Lu Sheng's eyes.
It turns out that the so-called awakening ritual is just a process of turning people into zombies...
Those who successfully mutate and unlock superpowers will survive; those who fail to mutate will die on the spot and be turned into pig feed by this Qin beast...
A dozen or so Tier 2 zombies stared intently at Lu Sheng and his group, gradually tightening their encirclement.
Xiao Yu used the water wall to block and retreat, and finally managed to help Zhang Xiaojuan up.
The two were already covered in wounds, and the horde of zombies was still closing in.
"As long as you're willing to stay here and be my partners, I'll let bygones be bygones for what happened today." Mr. Pei's lecherous eyes lingered on Lu Sheng and the other two girls.
"Sweetie, you and Han Rui take those two out first!"
Lu Sheng calmly gave the order.
“Okay…” Sun Tiantian and Han Rui gritted their teeth and helped Zhang Xiaojuan and Xiao Yu back to the outer room.
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