"I've learned about the progress of the world's anomalies and the location of the safe zone from the indigenous people. I plan to take my people there. Do you want to come with me?"
I didn't expect Gao Ya to find out the news so quickly!
Xiao Jin was somewhat surprised; she hadn't seen a single native, or even a normal dog, all afternoon.
"Would you mind telling me?" Xiao Jin asked.
Gao Ya: "Of course you can. It's not a particularly confidential matter, and you'll have the opportunity to find out yourself."
Gao Ya then explained to Xiao Jin that she had learned about the information from the search and rescue team and the supply collection team within the safe zone.
Today marks one week since the great anomaly in the world. Anomalies had already appeared in many places around the world a week ago, but the indigenous people did not think too much about it.
Until the mutation began.
It was an ordinary noon when the first thing to happen was the family's cats and dogs, the pets that are usually closest to people, who were the first to launch an attack on humans.
Next came various plants and animals from nature, from lions, tigers, and elephants in zoos to the flowers, grasses, insects, and birds around us.
That day, the whole world was stained blood red, and countless people lost their lives.
However, the official institutions of this world reacted very quickly. They immediately dispatched people to carry out rescue operations and used scientific protective shields to create a safe inner city.
Yes, the technology in this world is more advanced than that of Earth, where Xiao Jin lives.
The safe zone that Gao Ya mentioned is the inner city, a large city that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people. There are many such safe zones throughout the country.
Of course, with more people, the demand for supplies also skyrockets.
At the time, humans were too busy escaping to gather supplies. So, once things stabilized, the inner city's management immediately dispatched rescue and supply teams.
Gao Ya was lucky; she ran into them not long after she came in.
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As night fell, the entire city was shrouded in darkness, with only a few scattered lights flickering in the ruins.
Xiao Jin walked alone on the empty street, the long sword in his hand gleaming coldly in the moonlight.
She had parted ways with Gao Ya two hours earlier and declined her invitation to go to the inner city together.
Xiao Jin's goal was clear: she wanted to hunt down more mutated creatures in the city, find hidden missions to obtain a large number of points, and improve her strength.
"Although the inner city is safe, I don't need to go there now," Xiao Jin muttered to himself.
After leaving Gao Ya, Xiao Jin continued to collect supplies in the city as usual.
She found a lot of gasoline and saw shops where a large amount of supplies had been taken away; the traces there were very obvious, indicating that the collection was organized.
This also serves as evidence for Gao Ya's words.
As darkness fell, Xiao Jin suddenly stopped, her gaze falling on an abandoned shop ahead.
The shop door was half open, and it was pitch black inside.
"Let's rest here tonight," Xiao Jin decided. She quickly went into the shop, locked the door, and began to check the surroundings.
The shop was a mess; shelves had collapsed, and goods were scattered all over the floor. Xiao Jin found a relatively clean corner, sat down, and began to organize her equipment.
First, Xiao Jin took the sleeping bag out of the space, and then cleared out a small round table in the shop, on which the owner had originally placed carefully cultivated green plants.
But at that moment, the flowerpot fell, and the soil inside flew everywhere, leaving only a pot of pothos on the entire table.
After moving the pothos plant to the ground and wiping the table dry, Xiao Jin moved it to a clean spot and found a chair to prepare for dinner.
But just as Xiao Jin turned around, her ears suddenly twitched.
Xiao Jin seemed to hear a faint sound, as if something was approaching.
"Who?" Xiao Jin quickly stood up, gripping his long sword tightly, his eyes scanning his surroundings warily.
"Rustle..." The sound grew closer, and Xiao Jin's nerves were on edge. She felt a chilling aura approaching, as if something was watching her from the darkness.
Suddenly, a vine shot out from the darkness, heading straight for Xiao Jin's throat! Xiao Jin quickly dodged to the side, and with a swift motion, slashed down with his long sword, severing the vine.
"A mutated plant!" Xiao Jin's heart skipped a beat.
The next second, more vines shot out from the darkness, attacking Xiao Jin like venomous snakes. Xiao Jin quickly retreated, his long sword flashing as he cut the vines one by one.
“These vines… are mutated pothos!” Xiao Jin recognized the origin of these vines.
Seemingly remembering something, Xiao Jin looked down at the potted plant in the corner that she had moved before.
Sure enough, upon realizing it had been discovered, the hidden mutated green ivy finally revealed its ferocious face to Xiao Jin.
The plant shed its unremarkable appearance and turned dark brown in the blink of an eye.
The thick veins stretched upwards from the branches, and in the blink of an eye, it grew to a height of 2 meters, its size increasing several times over.
Xiao Jin knew that the mutated pothos was an extremely dangerous plant. Inheriting the original characteristics, its vines were not only more resilient, but it could also secrete deadly toxins from head to toe.
Xiao Jin dared not be careless. She moved swiftly, dodging the attacks of the vines. At the same time, a fiery red 'Wheel of Destiny' condensed in her hand, and bullets flew towards the vines with a 'whoosh'.
"Boom!" The flames instantly ignited the vines, and the green vines twisted and struggled in the flames, emitting piercing, unidentified sound waves.
Xiao Jin didn't stop. She walked to the side and raised her hand to put all her supplies back into her spatial storage.
As he set all the surrounding vines ablaze, Xiao Jin flipped over, smashed through the shop's floor-to-ceiling glass, and ran out of the shop.
'Bang!!'
Soon, the entire shop was engulfed in flames. The mutated green ivy vines lashed out in the flames, whipping the building while rapidly turning to ashes themselves.
Finally, the mutated pothos was burned to death.
Xiao Jin gently exhaled the smoke from her nose, looked around, and frowned slightly.
The fire must not be allowed to continue burning.
Xiao Jin then leaped into the air, unleashing a blade of light from his longsword. The crescent-shaped blade successfully severed the connections around the shop, preventing the flames from spreading further.
Xiao Jin retracted his wings, landed, and observed for a while. After realizing that the fire could not reach the neighboring house, he turned and left.
Burning down a shop isn't a big deal; there are plenty of places to rest around here.
Xiao Jin quickly found a new place to stay, this time a small three-story furniture and home textile market.
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