Banxia clung tightly to the level eight mutated tree that was trying to escape, and frantically activated her supernatural power to self-destruct.
In the last second before she self-destructed, she glanced wistfully at the battle-scarred ground beneath her feet.
Two years ago, her husband died here without a trace, and now she is going to die here too. Does this mean that she has fulfilled her promise to her husband to "share the same bed in life and the same grave in death"?
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!"
Two massive explosions rang out in quick succession, instantly leveling the entire mountain and the nearby city.
More than 500 kilometers away, in the office of the human security base, the base administrators who were having a meeting suddenly stood up, looking at the huge mushroom cloud rising in the distance through the window with doubt and surprise.
The leader's eyes were filled with tears as he looked at the final letter on the windowsill that morning...
Their warrior is one less!
"Attention! Salute!"
She straightened her back, quickly raised her right hand, brought her five fingers together, and solemnly bowed towards the mushroom cloud.
...
"Waaaaah, Banxia! When are you going to wake up? I'm so scared!"
Banxia was jolted awake from her reverie by a burst of wailing. Wasn't it said that people who self-destruct would be blown into a bloody mist, leaving no trace of their bodies?
Why is she still alive?!
"Tian Tian, don't cry."
The little creature crying its heart out is the mutated tree that accompanied her when she awakened her wood-type superpower—the Devouring Tree.
The Devouring Tree has a natural inclination to eat. It can swallow mutated plants and animals, zombie crystal cores, and even ordinary food whole, turning them into nutrients for itself and its companions without leaving any side effects.
It was precisely because of her unique "gluttonous" ability that she was able to upgrade her superpower to level six in just two years, giving her the strength to avenge Nanxing.
"Wow—Banxia, you're finally awake! I was so scared!"
The Sky-Swallowing Tree cried its eyes out, or rather, it didn't have snot; its tears were actually tree sap.
What are you afraid of every day?
Banxia felt listless and lacked any energy.
"belch--"
The Sky-Swallowing Tree's cries abruptly ceased.
Then its voice carried an indescribable guilt: "Banxia, I... I thought since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well become a well-fed ghost and devour the level eight mutated tree."
The Devouring Tree's voice trembled with tears as it spoke, "When I woke up, I found out we weren't dead, but had been captured and taken to a laboratory. Waaah, Banxia, I'm so sorry!"
Banxia was startled. Wasn't the laboratory wiped out by the base long ago? Could there be someone who has escaped?
She tried to open her eyes to see her surroundings, but found that her eyelids were so heavy that they felt like they were covered with a thick layer of glue, and she couldn't even move her fingers!
Her heart sank lower and lower. In the post-apocalyptic world, social order collapsed, and many people embarked on a path of dehumanization. The laboratory was such a notorious place.
Under the guise of "the future of all mankind," they secretly conducted inhumane experiments on all mutated and ordinary creatures. Before being wiped out by the official base, they dissected and tortured at least dozens of superhumans and hundreds of ordinary people, as well as more than thirty zombies, more than twenty mutated animals, and more than ten mutated plants!
Banxia couldn't understand how she could have been targeted by someone who had slipped through the lab's net.
Could it be because of... that secret?
She calmly spoke to the Devouring Tree in her mind, "Tian Tian, stop crying. My powers seem to be sealed. Do you know what happened?"
The Devouring Tree sobbed, "I'm so sorry, Banxia. When I woke up, you had already been captured. You're covered in tubes now and have been tortured terribly..."
Banxia stopped speaking consciously. She sensed someone approaching, and this feeling of being at someone's mercy was truly unbearable!
Shh, someone's coming!
The towering tree immediately became as quiet as a chicken.
Banxia slowed her breathing, pretending to be unconscious.
At the end of the third year after the apocalypse, humans evolved superpowers, greatly enhancing their physical abilities. Although her superpowers were sealed, she could still clearly sense that two women pushing a cart had entered.
She guessed that both of them were lab assistants, because one of them was taking her temperature and the other was changing her IV drip.
Why don't you say anything?
Just as I was thinking this, I heard a clear female voice: "Xiaomai, have you seen today's trending topics?"
Trending topic?
Banxia was momentarily dazed. Wasn't that something that existed before the apocalypse?
The voice that answered was gentle and soft: "I didn't even have time to check Weibo before it crashed, but I heard it from someone at the nurses' station."
A clear female voice said, "To be honest, the big star is too pitiful. He was seriously dating and engaged to his childhood sweetheart, and he didn't hide it from his fans to create a single persona. In the end, his fiancée was still driven to suicide by brainless fans who spread rumors and cyberbullied her."
A gentle female voice said, "Yes, the big star is not even 22 years old yet, and he has already won all the major acting awards at home and abroad based on his own strength. What's wrong with wanting to get married? Does he want to stay single for the rest of his life?"
A clear female voice tinged with schadenfreude said, "Now look what's happened! The big star has completely announced his retirement from acting. Those brainless fans are bound to lose their temper!"
A gentle female voice said, "Sigh, although I'm busy studying and don't follow celebrities, I've watched a lot of his movies. His acting is really amazing, and he never makes you feel out of the movie! I even saw him in person yesterday when I was changing his dressing. He didn't even hire a caregiver and took care of his fiancée himself. I, someone who never follows celebrities, almost became a fan of his on the spot!"
By the end, her voice was filled with excitement.
Banxia's doubts grew. What was going on? Tiantian had said they had been captured by the lab.
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