"If you're not superfluous, then what are you?"
Qu Shiheng looked at Hua Mi with a disdainful gaze.
After the initial stockpiling period, the Xiangcheng base has basically achieved a balance between supply and demand in its material production.
There is even a surplus.
Therefore, the amount of supplies Hua Mi still has is not very attractive to the survivors.
In addition, she hadn't gone out to kill monsters for a long time. In the eyes of the survivors, she seemed to have gradually become Gong Yi's vassal. She was a mother of two children and the commander of the Xiangcheng base.
However, such roles can be replaced; it's not that Hua Mi is indispensable.
"Keeping you around won't do you much good. After you die, I can help you raise Hua Xiu Ning. Anyway, your daughter is an idiot. She doesn't understand anything. Whether she has a mother or not, she probably won't even feel it. She's completely oblivious to the outside world, hahaha."
Qu Shiheng spoke smugly, and as he said this, Hua Mi, with a cold face, quickly stepped forward and launched an attack, saying, "You're asking for death!"
Her ex-boyfriend, along with several of the most powerful men in their group, surrounded Hua Mi.
Hua Mi suddenly stopped in her tracks, turned around, pulled out a long knife, and slashed a burly man blocking her way.
The man narrowly dodged Hua Mi's skillless slash, and the crowd burst into laughter. This was Hua Mi's strength; her arduous strike hadn't even scratched them. It was clear that Hua Mi's combat ability hadn't improved at all.
"Sorry," Hua Mi continued wielding her long sword, "I didn't do well, let's try again."
Several men beside her rushed towards her; each of them was strong enough to push down a building, and they were all high-level superhumans.
Hua Mi barely dodged an attack from a power-type ability user, and the spot where she had been standing was smashed into a deep crater.
"I advise you to just obey and let us beat you to death. That way, you'll suffer less. Your son just died, aren't you heartbroken? As a mother, if your child dies because you didn't take good care of him, you should go to hell with him."
Qu Shiheng stood at a distance and spoke to provoke Hua Mi, intending to disrupt her mindset.
Hua Mi was indeed provoked. Angrily, she swung her sword, knocking one of the strength-type ability users to the ground.
"Who told you my son was in trouble? My son is perfectly fine, why are you cursing him?"
Qu Shiheng's expression changed. "No, your information is inaccurate. Your son was taken to the mutated forest by Zhang Chuchu's people and died, along with Qin Zhen's child. Do you have amnesia and don't remember this?"
Hua Mi looks incredibly weak right now. In terms of both strength and physique, she is far less powerful than the men who are attacking her. However, she is very agile.
It was incredibly difficult for those power-type ability users to clumsily approach Hua Mi. What they initially thought was a sure victory turned into a series of easy and effortless defeats, with Hua Mi effortlessly eliminating half of them.
"Don't try to mess with my mentality, Qu Shiheng, your tricks are too weak."
Qu Shiheng gritted his teeth and raised his hand to attack Hua Mi. He couldn't wait any longer; if he alerted Gong Yi, Hua Mi would be even more difficult to kill.
"Qu Shiheng, you've really made progress."
Hua Mi took two steps back and dodged the large fireball that Qu Shiheng threw in front of her.
Qu Shiheng was stunned, not expecting that Hua Mi would recognize him. "How did you recognize me?"
Hua Mi flicked the sparks off her clothes. "Isn't it easy to recognize you? You're so ugly, and your eyes are so fierce. Even if you turned to ashes, I would still recognize you."
As she was speaking, her ex-boyfriend approached Hua Mi from behind, intending to launch a sneak attack on her.
It was as if Hua Mi had eyes in the back of her head. Just as she was about to slash her ex-boyfriend with a knife, a vine suddenly appeared from the side, like a python spirit, and bound her ex-boyfriend.
This sudden turn of events shocked everyone, including Hua Mi herself.
She glanced in surprise at the direction where Gong Yi and Hua Xiu were sleeping. If there were any mutated plants here, Gong Yi would have told her in advance. But Gong Yi hadn't said anything before. So where did such a thick mutated vine come from?
The ex-boyfriend screamed as he was wrapped in thick, mutated vines. His whole body felt like it was being pricked by needles. Before long, everyone watched as his flesh and blood were drained, and he withered away, leaving only his skin.
Hua Mi took two steps back. This was the first time Qu Shiheng had witnessed the terrifying power of mutated plants. In such a short time, a high-level ability user had died almost without any chance to fight back.
Behind Hua Mi, several other power-type ability users in Qu Shiheng's team were also caught by the suddenly appearing mutated plants around their waists.
When Hua Mi turned around, those people had turned into dried corpses.
She couldn't stay there any longer, so Hua Mi immediately found a gap and headed towards where Hua Xiu Ning and Gong Yi were.
At that moment, Qu Shiheng also set his sights on the gap. He built a massive wall of fire along Hua Mi's escape route to prevent her from leaving through the gap.
Qu Shiheng was the first to flee the area where the strange, mutated vines were located.
As soon as he entered the settlement, he began to gather the high-level ability users in the group, saying, "Forget about those burdens, let's go first."
Gong Yi carried Hua Xiu Ning out of the house. The gathering place in front of him was in complete chaos, with the cries of women and children rising and falling.
Everyone was running around in a panic. Gong Yi hurriedly led Hua Xiu Ning towards where Hua Mi was. He had seen through his mental abilities that his wife was in danger.
Ordinary people surrounded by mutated vines had long since died, leaving only their clothes behind.
But even Gong Yi himself felt very confused. This area where survivors gathered had no trace of mutated plant activity, except for the human-caused horrific scenes.
Where did these mutated plants come from?
He didn't have time to think too much; his top priority was to rescue his wife.
There is an innate barrier between the levels of mutated plants and superhumans. In other words, no matter how high a superhuman's level is, as long as they come into contact with a mutated plant, their flesh and blood will be quickly drained from their body.
This thing is absolutely terrifying.
However, as he put down Hua Xiu Ning and ran towards the mutated vines, Hua Mi had already rushed out of the sea of fire and stood unharmed in front of Gong Yi.
"How are you? What happened? Why did you come out by yourself?"
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