With many people clearing the way, the road was completed quickly.
"Let's keep going!"
Qin Su sat in the car, feeling a chill run down her spine.
"Huo Sijin, have you noticed that something's not right around us?"
Huo Sijin had also become alert: "It's too quiet around here."
Normally, there would be some noise around, but on this road, there was not only no human presence, but not even the sound of animals. What's even stranger is that the entire city was gray and black, with a deathly aura hanging over it.
"Everyone, be on high alert!"
The second and third uncles also sensed something was wrong, which alerted everyone.
The survivors of Dongjiang and Xijiang had already learned to cooperate with the city lord when attacked by monsters.
They quieted down, and even their breathing slowed down considerably.
Ahhh...
Suddenly, a woman screamed.
It was the woman who had been taken in by the "hotel" owner. She didn't know when she had broken away from the group and stepped into a mud puddle by the roadside.
"It's just a quagmire, what's so good about it..."
Fifth Uncle's words trailed off, then his eyes widened in horror as he realized that the mud pit was forcefully sucking the woman in.
The hotel owner immediately went to rescue them, but he wasn't strong enough. In the blink of an eye, the two were sucked into the mud.
After the swamp sucked in people, it continued to expand, trying to devour even more.
"Everyone, run!"
My second uncle immediately told everyone to leave, but it was too late; the mud pit was expanding rapidly.
The road surface began to collapse in large areas, and mud gushed onto the road, constantly moving closer to them.
The road ahead is blocked!
The people running ahead cried out in terror.
"Has this mud pit mutated as well?"
Qin Su was shocked. In her previous life, she had heard of animal mutations, plant mutations, and human mutations, but not of mutations in mud pits.
If the mudflats have also mutated, does that mean that many inanimate objects will also mutate?
In that case, would humanity still have a chance to survive?
"Someone must be manipulating this!"
Huo Sijin's expression hardened: "I'll go take a look."
Although his wounds had almost healed by now, Qin Su was still worried, so she quickly fed him a few pills before letting him get out of the car.
The mud pit had already swallowed many people, and the remaining people were screaming in terror.
My second and third uncles attacked the mud pit, but to no avail.
Seeing that neither of the two city lords could do anything, everyone became even more panicked.
Huo Sijin leaped into the air, her field of vision widening to give her a clear view of the ground.
"I see."
He raised his hand, drew his weapon, and fired, beams of light streaking across the sky and striking the creatures hiding behind the mud.
Quack quack quack!
Screams echoed from the mud pit, and then, one after another, enormous toads emerged from the ground.
"It's a toad!"
Seeing the toad covered in slime, the group carefully backed away.
This slime has a disgusting odor and looks poisonous.
These toads, having been exposed, suddenly swelled up.
"Get out of the way!"
Qin Su shouted, "The toad is about to spray venom!"
There were too many people; there was no time to escape.
Ahhh...
Many people were covered in the venom, collapsed to the ground, convulsed, and quickly lost consciousness.
Qin Su took out the antidote pills and had someone feed them to the poisoned people first, then she checked on each of them one by one.
The venom of these toads is highly toxic; if they hadn't taken an antidote, they would probably have died within half an hour.
Fortunately, the antidote pills worked well, and these people will be fine after resting for a while.
My second and third uncles had already led people to drive the toads away. However, these toads were very cunning, constantly spraying venom, making it impossible for anyone to get close.
Qin Su returned to the car, took out the explosive pack from her spatial storage, put it away, and then called someone to come and get it.
"Hey, we had this in our car? How come I didn't notice it before?"
Fifth Uncle was surprised. Why did he feel like he was becoming less and less intelligent?
"We were in too much of a rush on the road, and my fifth uncle was constantly watching the road conditions. How could he have had a chance to look inside the car?"
Fifth Uncle thought it was definitely true, but it was a good thing to have explosives to kill those toads.
He even carried the explosives himself to set them up. Qin Su was afraid he would be poisoned, so she gave him two antidote pills before she felt at ease.
"Ready to evacuate!"
As the explosive charge was ignited, the toad was blown to pieces.
The smoke cleared, and the danger was finally over.
"Are those people dead?"
After the initial shock, some people remembered the few who had been dragged away earlier.
Although we knew the roads were unsafe, watching someone get into an accident was still a heavy burden on our hearts.
"Pull me up, give me a hand."
A weak voice came from behind them. Everyone turned around and saw the "hotel" owner trapped in the pit, struggling to climb out.
They're really lucky to be alive!
Qin Su raised an eyebrow and went over to help the person up.
"Thank you, Miss Qin. Waaaaah, I'm so miserable. After living for so long, a woman finally threw herself at me. I was blinded by her and ruined myself."
From his intermittent sobs, Qin Su gleaned two pieces of information.
First, the toad was manipulated by that woman.
Second, the woman escaped.
"That woman was so well hidden that we didn't even notice her."
The second and third uncles blamed themselves, saying that if they had known, they definitely wouldn't have let those women come along.
"That woman is not simple. It's normal that we didn't notice. Let's just consider this a lesson learned. The most important thing right now is to tally up how many people were injured or killed this time."
Not everyone is as lucky as the hotel owner.
According to statistics, 23 people died and nearly 50 were injured.
This loss of life has saddened everyone and raised their awareness.
"I have a feeling that woman won't give up; we need to get out of here quickly."
The second uncle looked around warily, feeling that the woman was still watching them.
Everyone quickly packed their things and quickened their pace.
But even as darkness fell, none of them managed to leave the city.
"Why do I feel like we've been here before?"
Fifth Uncle walked to a dead tree and found the mark he had left earlier.
"We've encountered a maze!"
Qin Su looked at Huo Sijin, who shook his head, saying he hadn't noticed anything amiss either.
The opponent is very powerful!
"Everyone, keep an eye on the people around you, stay close to the group, and don't fall behind!"
The second uncle relayed the message and then solemnly observed the surrounding environment.
"Second Uncle, let me know if you need a bomb."
Qin Su picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke to her second uncle.
"good."
Fifth Uncle glanced at the trunk: "Su Su, the explosives... seem to be running low?"
Qin Su blinked: "It's okay, that should be enough."
Fifth Uncle felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. But right now, the most important thing was to get out of there.
The atmosphere gradually became eerie. This time, they left marks and moved forward, but in the end, they returned to their original location.
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