Chapter 25
Their current location was not far from the gathering place. The three of them were planning to speed up and rush back, but unexpectedly, with a few "rustling" sounds, several crossbow arrows flew through the air and pierced deeply into the soil. The arrow tails, flashing with cold light, flew past Jiang Zihan's scalp.
"Be careful!" Jiang Zihan hurriedly stopped, her toes barely missing the still-quivering crossbow bolt. She stumbled slightly, her back colliding with the other two.
Ye Sheng broke out in a cold sweat, grabbed the collars of the two men and quickly retreated, cursing, "This is horrible! These mad dogs even came up with these cold weapons!"
They immediately changed direction, but the ground in front of them was full of traps, and animal snares and bamboo arrows popped up one after another, flashing coldly in the sunlight.
Obviously, these anchors had made a lot of preparations, and were planning to force the two of them towards the prepared encirclement.
"Get down quickly!" Lu Renshuang caught a glimpse of something in her peripheral vision, and suddenly rushed over and pushed Jiang Zihan down. The bullet almost grazed their sides and blasted a hole the size of a bowl in the stone not far away.
Jiang Zihan covered his arm that was scratched and bleeding, and rubbed it back nervously. Lu Renshuang was tense all over, but fortunately he dodged in time and only suffered minor skin injuries.
Boom, boom—
The sound of car engines roaring could be heard not far away. A modified off-road vehicle ran over dead branches. The sunroof of one of the cars was open, and a host was aiming at them from a distance with a sniper rifle.
The anchorman in the driver's seat laughed wildly, "Guys, watch out! Isn't today's hunt worth several dream luxury packages?"
Jiang Zihan thought to himself, this is not good. Those people actually have a car! It's obvious that they want to take them hostage!
Lin Na had said before that those anchors would chase and play with some random people in order to increase the effect of the live broadcast program in exchange for tips from the audience. Now that cars are used, how can they easily escape with just their two legs?
People kept jumping out of the car. Ye Sheng dug his ten fingers into the ground, and thin vines broke out of the soil, intertwining together like a net, instantly hanging the first anchors who jumped out upside down in the air.
The faces of those people turned red, and for a moment the surroundings were filled with the curses and shouts of their companions.
Lu Renshuang's eyes lit up: "Well done!"
For a moment, vines collided with bullets, and broken leaves flew everywhere. Lu Renshuang occasionally whipped the tentacles a few more times, but still could not withstand the opponent's encirclement.
The anchors continued to advance, their eyes filled with the excitement of the upcoming hunt success, when suddenly a sharp whistle sounded from behind an obstacle, instantly piercing the tense atmosphere.
The group of anchors were startled. The next second, countless cold lights were fired quickly. The anesthetic bullets were extremely accurate and knocked out several of them in a row. Lu Renshuang grabbed Jiang Zihan and ran to the side where there were fewer people.
In the cold wind, Jiang Zihan tightly grasped the tranquilizer gun, and water droplets condensed on the cold metal. Ye Sheng was left behind, and his already thin body suffered many new wounds. The faint smell of crushed grass wafted out again.
The bullets created a series of craters on the ground. The three men stumbled as they hurried along, and in a hurry they deviated from their original route.
While running quickly, Jiang Zihan felt as if her lungs were on fire, and the whistle became intermittent. She clicked on the system panel and added all the remaining points to her physical fitness in one breath. She couldn't let herself hold them back.
A long "ding——" sounded in my ears
Physical fitness has officially been upgraded to D level.
Jiang Zihan felt that his hearing had become sharper. The sniper's reflex mirror in the distance had disappeared, and the bullet that was originally forcing him had not yet arrived.
She tilted her ear and extended her mental focus to catch the angry curses against the sniper coming from the driver's seat of the car behind. She set her eyes and saw the opportunity!
She spun around quickly and threw the shovel tucked into her waist. With the enhanced strength, the shovel flew straight forward with a silver light and stabbed into the tire fiercely.
Bang!
With the loud noise of the tire bursting, the whole car shook unsteadily, hit a big rock, turned over completely, and slid down the hillside.
call out!
There was a strange noise mixed in with the sliding of the wheels, and Ye Sheng suddenly stumbled to his knees, his cheeks flushed unnaturally. A blue potion bullet exploded on his shoulder, and the potion quickly seeped into his skin.
"Ye Sheng!" Lu Renshuang's tentacles instantly extended and rolled the person back. The two girls held the confused Ye Sheng on the left and right. Now the movement became more and more difficult. When passing the slope, their feet slipped, and the three figures rolled down the hillside in an instant.
"Bah!"
Suddenly, a shrill eagle cry was heard in the air, and two black shadows rushed down from the sky like sharp arrows. In an instant, a silver-white lightning also rushed from the foot of the mountain.
The streamers' intercoms suddenly erupted in a flurry of noise: "Be careful! Those war beasts we saw in the previous live broadcast!"
Jiang Zihan crashed heavily into the edge of the road, leaving a long bloody scratch on his elbow. The other two rolled not far away, and may have hit something and were unable to get up for a long time.
She struggled to stand up and prepare to go forward to check, when suddenly a voice came from behind, and the cold muzzle of a gun was pressed against her temples. In an instant, a chill ran up her spine.
A voice tinged with gloom and a hint of teasing sounded: "Don't move, little beauty. Bullets don't have eyes."
Jiang Zihan's whole body stiffened, cold sweat instantly soaking her back. She frantically calculated the plan of escape and survival in her mind, but she rejected them one by one.
No, that's too close.
With her current strength, there is no way she can avoid this gun.
Just when her brain was about to burn out——
Swish!
Suddenly, a silver light flashed, and the masked anchor let out a creepy scream. His arm holding the gun was broken at the root, and blood spurted out.
Jiang Zihan's heart trembled, and before he could react, he was pulled into a bloody embrace and safely protected.
Lu Chenyuan sheathed his knife and kicked the man away. Seeing the others trying to flee, he quickly commanded, "Zhuifeng! Don't let any of them go!"
The big white tiger leaped up, and its sharp claws scratched deep cracks on the car body. Then it glared fiercely, and the entire roof was blown off.
The hawks approached, leaving bloody marks on their bodies with their sharp claws, and screams and the sounds of engines starting mixed together.
The war beasts chased for several miles, and only after driving the people out of the sight of the gathering place did they run back whistling.
Although Jiang Zihan felt that they had been running away for a long time, it was only a dozen minutes from the time the anchor started to the time they escaped.
"You..." She was about to speak, but was interrupted.
"Don't move." Lu Chenyuan let go of her, knelt on one knee and began to check her injuries. Jiang Zihan then noticed that his right hand was covered in blood and frowned: "Are you injured?"
"It's been bandaged." Lu Chenyuan frowned and held her bleeding ankle. "Can you still stand up?"
Jiang Zihan rolled up his trouser legs and tried to move them, then gasped in pain. "There shouldn't be any problem with the bones...it's probably just a superficial injury."
Although the skin wound was bleeding, it looked particularly hideous against the fair skin.
She originally wanted to get some bandages from the system warehouse, but now she was within the live broadcast range and couldn't do anything tricky.
Tsk.
This was the first time she felt the live broadcast room was so annoying. Sooner or later, she would remove all the nearby surveillance cameras.
Jiang Zihan held his arm and stood up. Her ankle felt a piercing pain and blood was still oozing out. It felt numb, itchy and painful as if it was crawling with ants.
The cold sweat on his back broke out again: "It doesn't matter, let's take them back first."
"Why are you the only one back?"
Lu Chenyuan: "When we were approaching Area B, we picked up a live streamer's bracelet. The barrage warned us that the gathering place was dangerous, so I took a shortcut and rushed back."
He estimated the time and said, "Qiu Shi and the others should be almost at the anchor group's lair by now."
I see.
Lu Chenyuan picked up Lu Renshuang and Ye Sheng, one in each hand. Both of them had pale faces and were unconscious with their eyes closed.
Jiang Zihan suddenly gasped, and saw a flower bud emerging from the vine above Ye Sheng's head, and strange mucus was constantly oozing out, and the distortion value in the system's field of view was still rising.
"Hurry! Let's go back! Ye Sheng's condition isn't right!" Jiang Zihan's scalp was about to explode, and he immediately thought of the unusual blue potion bomb. "That potion is wrong! Could it be... a distortion catalyst?"
"It seems that those people are here to induce aberration..." Lu Chenyuan's face turned pale as he put his coat over her. "Let's go and drive their car."
Jiang Zihan limped along, and suddenly saw a bloodied figure hanging from the rear door. Both doors were open, and there was no one inside. The others in the car had actually abandoned their companions and gone for a walk...
Lu Chenyuan put away his weapon, walked over and dragged the man out. With a force, he straightened the overturned vehicle and climbed up to the driver's seat to check it out.
Jiang Zihan crouched down in his coat and checked the sniper's injuries. He couldn't help but raise his hand and tug at Lu Chenyuan's sleeve: "This guy is still alive!"
"Don't worry about him." Lu Chenyuan started the engine. Although the car overturned, it did not have much impact on the car. He wanted to pull her in, but when he met her eyes, he released the accelerator.
Jiang Zihan couldn't just stand by and watch them die, and if the sniper hadn't shown mercy before, the three of them might not have been able to wait for Lu Chenyuan's support.
Lu Chenyuan sighed in compromise: "Take them along."
…
In the gathering clinic, the smell of disinfectant mixed with the smell of blood floated in the air.
Jiang Zihan limped over and injected Ye Sheng with an inhibitor. While waiting for the drug to take effect, she opened the first aid kit and checked the head of the unconscious sniper. After discovering that it was only a mild concussion, she even gave the bandage to someone else.
The medicine box made a dull thud on the table. Lu Chenyuan was dragged into the room and forced onto a chair. Jiang Zihan pouted as she removed the bandages: "Ever since I met you, it seems like you've always been hurt."
The knife wound on the shoulder was hideously turned outward. The wound was only bandaged briefly, and it had already broken apart after the intense exercise. If it wasn't handled properly, it would leave several scars.
When I performed surgery on him before, I found that his body was covered with scars of varying depths, and there was almost no healthy flesh left.
She carefully sutured the wound, wrapping the bandage around his slender waist. The scent of cedar mixed with gunpowder smoke filled her nose. "Next time, don't run out before your wound is healed. You're not alone now..."
Lu Chenyuan held his chin with one hand, staring blankly into the void. This kind of injury was just a common occurrence for him. He had suffered more serious injuries when he was in the army, and he had never heard anyone talk about it like this.
His gaze fell on the girl's profile. Her long eyelashes cast a shadow on her face, and there was a little blood on the tip of her nose.
He moved his fingertips, then stopped mid-move, his throat itching. He turned to look out the window: "Qiu Shi and the others should be back tonight."
"Huh? What did you say?" Jiang Zihan had just cut the bandage and didn't hear clearly.
"We found a small laboratory in Area B, and there are still many instruments left." His voice was a little hoarse. "Aren't you always short of instruments?"
Jiang Zihan's eyes lit up instantly: "Great! I was just worried about how to prepare the potion!"
She stood up excitedly, forgetting her foot injury for a moment. She turned around and wanted to call for help, but she twisted her ankle and almost fell.
Lu Chenyuan was quick to support the person. Her palm rested on the strong arm, and the warmth was instantly felt.
Jiang Zihan said embarrassedly: "Thank you...please don't press on your wound."
Lu Chenyuan shook his head, looked at her back as she hopped out on one foot to look for someone, then looked down at the neatly bandaged wound on his body and sighed deeply.
Outside the door, Jiang Zihan jumped and called out, "Renshuang! Renshuang!"
Lu Renshuang, with a thick bandage wrapped around her head, rolled out of the greenhouse and quickly stepped forward to support the man. "What's wrong?"
"One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Jiang Zihan stared at her with shining eyes.
The corner of Lu Renshuang's mouth twitched: "Well... that's good news."
"The good news is that Qiu Shi and his team will soon be bringing back a batch of new instruments, which will allow us to do more."
That was really good news, but Lu Renshuang's heart slowly began to lift. She swallowed, "The bad news is..."
"Ye Sheng is about to bloom. His body's distortion value is increasing by 1% every once in a while, and the bud is constantly devouring the nutrients from the main body. If this continues, he'll collapse before the distortion is cured." Jiang Zihan's mouth straightened. "I have to keep an eye on his bud, so you have to work hard to develop a powerful nutrient. Time is running out, and the pressure is on you."
Lu Renshuang nearly choked. "I'm just an agronomy graduate student! I only have a smattering knowledge of pharmacy and can only make simple injections. Trying to supplement nutrition in a highly distorted state is too difficult!"
What if you accidentally do a split and turn someone into a vegetable?
"Let's try our best." Jiang Zihan patted her shoulder and handed her a recipe for a basic nutrient. "Then just treat him like a watermelon. You can't save a person, but you can at least save a watermelon seedling, right? Or maybe even try to cultivate a new variety!"
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