Jin Shu stopped in her tracks.
Something's not right. This level of shaking definitely indicates a large animal, and most likely a person.
Jin Shu stood still, observing for a while. Seeing that the temperature had already risen, she realized that if she didn't go back soon, she might die of heatstroke outside.
She pulled out the gun from her pocket and slowly approached. Just as she was about to reach out and part the grass, a bloody, mangled hand suddenly emerged. As the dry grass rustled, Jin Shu narrowed her eyes and stared expressionlessly at a naked, battered, and disfigured "human"-shaped creature crawling out.
The reason for this description is that Jin Shu simply cannot associate this thing, covered in rotting flesh and emitting a horrifying odor, with a human being.
Judging from his build and height, he's a man.
He crawled forward inch by inch, desperately trying to move towards Jin Shu's direction, leaving behind trails of blood from the friction of his wounds.
He finally reached Jin Shu's shoe, but just as he was about to grab it, Jin Shu pulled her foot back and walked past him without hesitation.
It was obvious that he knew about his secret entrance.
If left unattended, this thing will become a disaster, and sooner or later someone will discover it.
In a mere second, Jin Shu considered all the possibilities. In the end, she realized that the best solution was to kill the person in front of her. Judging from his current state, death would be a relief for him.
Jin Shu raised her gun to his head, just about to pull the trigger, when she suddenly heard a series of voices beside her.
She has good hearing; a sound of that magnitude coming from that distance must be about five or six hundred meters away.
The overgrown weeds here provide excellent cover, making it difficult to spot, but they will definitely hear the gunfire.
Jin Shu, her face stiff and expressionless, squatted down and took out a knife, pointing it at his neck.
Having cultivated immortality for many years, she rarely committed murder, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't kill. On the contrary, she was very efficient at killing, able to send her opponent to their death without any pain.
But before the knife could even fall, the other party spoke up in a hoarse voice.
"Save me... I can end all of this."
His voice was so soft that Jin Shu wouldn't have been able to hear him at all if she hadn't had such good hearing.
Upon hearing this, Jin Shu immediately thought of one of the most important plot points in this world: the male and female protagonists found a dying man on their way to find an air-raid shelter as a base.
The male protagonist disagreed, but at the female protagonist's insistence, he still took the man into the air-raid shelter.
Later, under the female lead's meticulous care, the man slowly recovered. After waking up, everyone realized that the man was actually Liang Qingzhi, a world-renowned physicist.
Having been reborn, the female protagonist naturally knows how much this man named Liang Qingzhi will contribute to the world in the future.
He invented the light screen, a protective barrier that absorbs light sources and can isolate people from all extreme natural disasters, creating the last pure land for human survival.
The light screen gradually expanded, eventually covering the entire human living area and blocking out the sun. During Liang Qingzhi's lifetime, the light screen was continuously upgraded and modified, ultimately protecting humanity for hundreds of years in this apocalyptic world.
In short, this is a guardian deity in the apocalypse.
Because the male and female protagonists had been kind to him, Liang Qingzhi was willing to serve them. In the end, even though he created the light screen, he still supported the male protagonist to become the new leader of the apocalypse.
And throughout her life, she diligently and selflessly helped the male protagonist manage the new world.
Thinking of this, Jin Shu did not hesitate to pick up the man on the ground, clean up all the traces for him, and then opened the secret passage and jumped down.
As she jumped, Jin Shu clearly heard the sound of the man's bones breaking because of the height.
She gave him a quick check of his physical condition.
Well, apart from being barely clinging to life, there wasn't a single unscathed spot on his body.
Jin Shu found it hard to imagine how a critically injured patient like him, who could die at any moment, would live to be 120 years old.
Meanwhile, above the secret passage, Fang Yingqiu looked around.
She frowned, silently trying to figure out the direction.
Lu Ling, who was behind her, noticed what she was looking for and asked in a puzzled tone.
"What are you looking for? The entrance to the air-raid shelter isn't here."
Fang Yingqiu shook her head.
"It's nothing. I'm just checking if anyone else is coming over here besides us."
"Probably not. The air-raid shelter here is very well hidden. I studied this in a previous project, so I know there is an air-raid shelter in this mountain. Others probably won't be able to find it."
Fang Yingqiu nodded perfunctorily.
Of course she knew there was an air-raid shelter here, after all, Lu Ling in her previous life had established humanity's last base in this air-raid shelter, but that was secondary; the most important thing was that the man had not yet appeared.
If I remember correctly, he was rescued near the air-raid shelter by another girl in the group. After that, the man became completely obedient and loyal to his savior.
Fang Yingqiu arrived at the appointed time, but after searching around, she couldn't find a single person.
Has it not appeared yet, or was it rescued by someone else?
Fang Yingqiu's thoughts were in disarray, and her anxious emotions were noticed by Lu Ling, who frowned and became suspicious.
"You look like you're looking for a specific person. Is someone you're looking for on this mountain?"
Fang Yingqiu was stunned for a moment, but still denied it.
"Don't overthink it. Have you found the entrance to the air-raid shelter? Let's hurry, the temperature is almost 45 degrees Celsius."
Yes, now is not the time to dwell on these things.
We need to find the entrance to the air-raid shelter as soon as possible.
Just then, the voice of a teammate came from the side.
"Found it! It's here!!"
Lu Ling hurried over and found the entrance to the air-raid shelter in a complex underground pit filled with intertwined tree roots.
Teammate Wang Feng excitedly jumped down, gripped the doorknob, and pulled hard to open the door, but it didn't budge.
Another teammate, Yu Jie, also put in a lot of effort, and in the end, his arm was almost torn to pieces, but the goal still didn't budge.
Lu Ling, who was standing nearby, noticed something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to try it out.
Logically speaking, although this kind of door is heavy, it shouldn't be so heavy that it can't be pulled open no matter how hard you try. Judging from this, it's most likely that it's locked from the inside.
"Don't try it, it's locked inside."
"It's locked?! Someone else has taken over this place?! What do we do now? Where do we go next?"
Lu Ling calmed himself down and reassured everyone.
"Don't rush. The internal lock structure of this kind of air-raid shelter is very simple. I can try it. You guys set up an insulated tent outside first to conserve your energy."
Lu Ling took out his equipment and started trying to unlock the door. Just then, he noticed that Fang Yingqiu seemed to be distracted. While he was busy, he casually asked her a question.
"What's wrong? You've been distracted all day." (End of Chapter)
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