Upon entering the jungle, the temperature surprisingly returned to normal. Lin Beiyue glanced at the thermometer on the badge, and the temperature was in the teens.
Every now and then, wind and snow blow in from the outside, accumulating a thin layer on the plants, which soon melts into water droplets at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Upon seeing strangers set foot in, the small animals in the jungle scattered in fright, yet, seemingly out of curiosity, they poked their heads out to carefully observe the sudden arrival of humans.
This place looks exactly the same as a normal scene before the apocalypse.
"This is after the apocalypse." Gu Changge couldn't help but be astonished. "Why didn't I hear about this in my previous life?"
"No in the previous life?" Lin Beiyue was surprised. She thought that someone like Gu Changge, who had lived a very long time into the future, should have seen most things.
At least not now...
“Of course, although I never stayed in this area in my previous life, how could such an amazing scene not have been rumored?” Gu Changge frowned. “Besides, I have a bad feeling about this.”
"Actually, after the cold wave passes, what follows is the rampant growth of plants that compresses human living space. Could it be that the disaster is coming sooner than expected?" Yun Ce, who was following behind, asked tentatively.
Yun Ce is quite young, having just turned 18 a few days ago. He is young and timid, but he lived a relatively long time in his previous life.
However, he was not a reborn person and did not have the memory of being reborn. The disaster that followed was known to everyone in the superpowered community. Just in case, the national team of superpowered individuals in the apocalypse would be notified in advance of the disasters they would encounter, so as to prevent them from being unable to recognize them in advance and making wrong judgments.
“No, the reason zombies are called a disaster is largely because of their hostility towards humans.” Gu Changge shook his head: “But the subsequent rampant growth of plants was not intentional.”
"Not on purpose?" This was the first time Yan Qi and Yun Ce had heard this explanation.
“Yes, they’ve just mutated and grown longer; they’re not aggressive towards humans at all,” Qin Jin continued. “But I sensed a vague hostility and a sense of crisis here.”
"Watch out!" Lin Beiyue suddenly tensed up, a strong sense of crisis and intuition making her hair stand on end.
Gu Changge immediately entered a state of combat readiness. Sometimes, it has to be said that combat talent is a really infuriating thing. After so much experience in his previous life, sometimes he really can't compare to Lin Beiyue's half-baked intuition.
The group looked around and found the surroundings eerily quiet. The small animals that had been spying on them had vanished without a trace, and the plants were an unusual shade of green that sent shivers down their spines.
Seemingly sensing the unease of the crowd, the plants quietly stood still, as if the two sides were in a standoff.
"Back off!" Lin Beiyue suddenly shouted.
However, it was too late. The rustling sounds were like pythons approaching them with lightning speed. Countless vines in the hidden jungle coiled around them like serpents, covering the sky from all directions in an instant.
"A Long Song!"
"Know!"
The clicking sound of mechanical assembly rang out, and the whole process took only a second or two. Just as the vines were about to strangle everyone to death, a shell suddenly slammed into the vines, bringing with it a cloud of gunpowder smoke.
Gunpowder ignited clusters of flames on the head and wrists, causing the vines to tremble and intertwine, seemingly trying to extinguish the flames.
Yan Qi and Yun Ce acted in perfect unison, a string of flames drawing a beautiful arc in the air. A strong wind swept across the vines, followed by a series of purplish-blue lightning bolts, causing the vines, still flaming with small flames, to explode in a series of bursts.
In an instant, the vines were thrown into chaos, rushing forward recklessly as if they had gone mad.
Lin Beiyue and Qin Jin dodged reflexively. Qin Jin reacted quickly, grabbing Gu Changge and jumping to the side. However, the two team members behind them were not so agile and quick-witted. They were caught in the air, and the vines sprouted barbs and kept contracting inward.
"Ugh!"
"Ouch, that hurts!!"
"Damn it! Help!" Gu Changge's face turned ashen. She took out her gun and fired at the vines in the air, but the bullets only sparked at the vines.
Clearly, the power of small firearms was insufficient to shake these plants; perhaps only the artillery shells that Lin Beiyue had initially simulated could be effective.
But when Gu Changge turned her head, she saw that what Lin Beiyue had gathered was not a large-scale heavy artillery barrage, but a sniper rifle.
It's impossible to save someone with just one bullet at this point, right?
However, Lin Beiyue did not fire the gun. Instead, she threw it to Qin Jin. Two oddly shaped glasses appeared in Lin Beiyue's hand, and she threw them to Qin Jin without saying a word.
"I just learned this after I went back after the last upgrade. I hope it's useful." Lin Beiyue pressed Qin Jin's shoulder and pointed in a direction: "Qin Jin, your marksmanship is the only reliable one here."
Gu Changge didn't understand what Lin Beiyue was going to do; he only knew that the two people in the air seemed to be really about to be strangled to death.
Yan Qi coughed up a mouthful of blood, and Yun Ce had already fallen into a coma.
"Bang!"
Whether it was Gu Changge's imagination or not, in the two seconds between aiming and firing the bullet, the vines in the air seemed to freeze. With a "bang," the vines withered and fell quickly, and Yan Qi and Yun Ce also fell down.
"What is this?" Gu Changge asked in surprise, still unaware of the situation.
Are these two pairs of glasses... considered weapons?
"I see, a reconnaissance weapon." Qin Jin took off his glasses, somewhat surprised: "This belongs to the electromagnetic wave and thermal sensing categories."
“Yes, we are really lucky. This mutated plant also has a crystal core.” Lin Beiyue breathed a sigh of relief: “When we simulated this thing, we found that the energy reaction of the crystal core was different from that of ordinary items. I was just worried that the mutated plant you mentioned was different and did not have a crystal core.”
“I see. Although the weapon is offensive, its reconnaissance attribute is surprisingly effective.” Gu Changge said with understanding. “However, it’s a pity that those mutated plants do not have crystal cores. They are just ordinary mutated plants.”
"Then what?" Lin Beiyue was stunned. If it hadn't hit the crystal core, how could these mutated plants have...?
On the other side, Qin Jin had already laid Yan Qi and Yun Ce flat on the ground. They weren't seriously injured, but they had been strangled and were a little breathless. After resting for a while, they had regained consciousness.
"Yan Qi, how is it?" Qin Jin frowned. "Can we continue?"
"Yes, yes." Yan Qi grinned, then coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood. "Don't use any healing potions to treat this little injury."
"...Who would want to use a healing potion to save you? Are your current injuries worth that price?" Gu Changge said speechlessly as she took out two boxes from her spatial storage. Inside, there was half a box of dried daisies.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Changge entered the space, boiled a kettle of water, took out two small daisies and put them into two small cups to brew. After a while, she came out carrying two cups of water.
"A few minor cuts are no big deal. A couple of quick healing spells will fix it." Gu Changge handed over the water. "Who says chrysanthemums have to be fresh?"
Yan Qi and Yun Ce: "???"
Can it still be used like this?
"Look at you all, so naive and stereotypical," Gu Changge said smugly. "Superpowers are just one direction; don't limit yourselves."
Gu Changge's special ability is enhancement, but it's not just about enhancing special abilities; he can enhance everything.
The battle just now was precisely because Gu Changge enhanced Lin Beiyue's intuition and Qin Jin's eyesight, and even strengthened their brains, improving their reaction ability and judgment.
Otherwise, how could she be the powerful assistant who caused Shi Yin so much trouble in her past life?
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