Chapter 47 Chapter 47 There is something wrong with this town.
The time goes back to two o'clock in the afternoon.
After successfully completing the exploration mission, Ye Mian and the other two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they passed through the dense woods and returned to the car.
The exploration location this time is the same as the first time, in the forest between the mountains, but this time it is more exaggerated. Not only do we have to climb over mountains and cross ridges, but we also have to look for exploration targets in the cold valleys surrounded by mountains.
Because few people go deep into the cave, the mutant beasts still alive inside, although not in large numbers, are extremely ferocious and are not afraid of dogs like Dahei at all.
Then, from time to time, some mutant plants would suddenly appear and attack, but they didn't cause much damage and were a real drag.
This made the road, which was already difficult to travel, even more difficult, and it can be said that most of the time was spent on the road.
Fortunately, they brought Wang Xu with them, and with his [Luck+], plus the system was always guiding the direction, so they didn't get confused by the overly deep woods, and didn't have to take a long detour or go around in circles.
The final exploration location we arrived at was quite surprising.
——It was a spectacular mushroom forest.
Of course, they are all mutated mushrooms, as tall as two or three people, with thick and huge caps. They will quietly extend some hyphae, wrap the prey tightly and hide it under the cap, and then use the mucus to melt it little by little and turn it into nutrients.
Their stems were too thick, and even if Lu Ning swung his sword, he couldn't cut them in half directly. Instead, they would be stuck in the middle because of their elastic yet somewhat hard touch.
Fortunately, Dahei was able to cooperate with her by using his tail flick, and then find the brown spores on their tops, which was their weakness, and eliminate them, so that they were no longer a threat.
After getting rid of those troublesome mutated mushrooms, Ye Mian finally found the real target of exploration.
It is also a mushroom, relatively small in size, non-toxic and harmless, but this entire mushroom forest is created by its skills.
Ye Mian looked towards the cargo compartment at the back of the car and recalled the information in the taming encyclopedia.
【Name: Mushroom King
Power: 1
Skills: [Shrink] [Reproduction]
Features: Good at hiding, will continuously release spores when stimulated]
This name is in stark contrast to its current appearance of being huddled in a corner being stared at by Dahei.
And this time, bringing Dahei out did bring some gains - it evolved again.
The combat power is increased from 5 to 8, and a new skill is added [Roar]. After using it, it can make intermediate and low-level mutant beasts feel afraid, and either make them stay where they are or turn around and run away.
With this combat power, it should be considered as a high-level mutant beast.
Taking it with him when going out in the future can not only help Lu Ning deal with low-level mutants, but it can also share some of his attention when facing intermediate-level mutants.
The three of them had a simple lunch in the car and then continued on their journey.
Ye Mian took out the route map that Qi Shu had drawn for her, compared it with the map of Yan City, and pointed to the destination they were going to next.
Dannan Town, Dannan County, Yanshi City.
Although it is a small town, its permanent population once reached about 100,000 because it is located in the center of the county.
There are many buildings, and two main roads run through the town, dividing it into four sectors, which contain many similar small roads and forks. It is easy to wonder if you have encountered a ghost wall when walking through it.
Qi Shu's home is in the center of one of the fan-shaped roads. He also specially marked each fork in the road with numbers to prevent people who are not familiar with Lu Ning Road from getting confused just by looking at the route map.
“The population is a bit high.”
Ye Mian looked at the population number marked at the bottom of the map. That was a statistic from a year ago. In addition to the power outages and water and soil pollution, it was estimated that many people returned to their hometowns to stock up on supplies in advance to prepare for the disaster.
After the mutation, the number of people who escaped is estimated to be less than one-tenth of the total population.
Lu Ning looked at the national highway that reappeared in front of him and slowed down the car a little: "Do you still want to go?"
"Go ahead," Ye Mian closed the map and looked at the too-calm road ahead. "Don't go too deep when you get there. Let me go in and explore first."
"Okay." Lu Ning stepped on the accelerator and sped away all the way to Yanshi.
Seeing that there was nothing for Wang Xu to do in the back seat, he simply lay down and took a nap in the spacious back seat.
Ye Mian kept turning his head to pay attention to the scene outside the window. When he was about to reach the border of Danan County, he felt a little relieved after seeing the mutant corpses piled up on both sides of the road.
If there has been a battle, it means that an evolver has passed through here, and the probability of feeding out advanced mutants will also decrease.
However, there will definitely be a lot of intermediate mutants. If you can find a few that are more domineering and have a strong sense of territory, you can get a few more rhenium crystals.
Just as I was thinking about it, a large, shaky billboard appeared before my eyes.
"Welcome to Dannan."
It seems that this was once a prosperous town. Ye Mian retracted his gaze and said, "Find a sheltered place ahead to stop. If you encounter a large group of mutants, just turn around and go back. Don't worry about me."
Lu Ning knew that she had the feather, and if she wanted to go back, she could appear on the farm in the blink of an eye.
So he drove the car to a self-built building on the roadside and hid behind a nearly two-meter-high wall.
"Be careful."
After saying that, Ye Mian pushed open the car door and got out. With the help of carrot juice, he instantly appeared several hundred meters away.
Wang Xu just sat up and was stunned for a moment by her sudden disappearance. Then he leaned on the chair and asked, "Sister Ning, the boss just left alone like this? What if he encounters a powerful mutant?"
Lu Ning unbuckled his seat belt: "You should not worry about her, but us."
"ah?"
“Don’t get out of the car.”
Watching Lu Ning go to the back to comfort Dahei, Wang Xu sat obediently in the back seat, not daring to move.
While the two of them were talking, Ye Mian had already quickly entered Dannan Town.
The small town in reality is much bigger than it looks on the map, with tall buildings and complicated roads. Apart from not being as glamorous as the city, it looks no different from a small town.
Ye Mian found a building that was about 20 or 30 stories high with an air-conditioning unit installed on the outside, and climbed up to the top floor platform little by little.
But the field of vision did not become wider because after all, the buildings were tall and the roads were narrow, with buildings crowded together, and only a few wider roads could be seen in the distance.
Before Ye Mian discovered any trace of the mutant, she noticed another gaze. She turned her head and looked at the dead silent high-rise buildings around her.
After her skill was upgraded to [Eye of Truth], in addition to being able to see things that others could not see, the range of her perception was also enhanced. Therefore, with just one glance, she could immediately tell that there were no traces of mutants in those high-rise buildings.
Instead, I sensed some other existences that were not so hostile and not very dangerous.
The evolvers?
Are they planning to use this place as a hiding place?
But even if there are enough people and enough combat power, it is not safe to stay in a small town like this with at least tens of thousands of mutants, right?
only.
Ye Mian went to the rooftops of several tall buildings in succession. After looking down, he found that there were no mutants at all, whether on the main roads or the small roads.
how so?
She went to Li City twice in a row, and mutants were everywhere on the road, with even more mutants the second time than the first time.
Even in the previous industrial park, there are still a large number of low-level mutants.
There is no other reason. It is just that it takes time for mutants to devour their own kind and digest and absorb them. It is unlikely that they can eat without limits, nor can they eat so fast.
This town has a problem.
As soon as the thought came to her mind, Ye Mian did not hesitate and gave up all her goals and retreated. However, just as she held the feather in her pocket and prepared to return to where Lu Ning parked the car, a familiar rumbling sound came from far away in an instant.
Ye Mian's heart trembled slightly, then he suppressed the subconscious sense of crisis and looked in the direction where the sound came from.
As the sound of a car engine was heard faintly, a familiar pickup truck came into view.
Behind the car was a large group of mutants chasing closely. They were a massive mass, and there were at least several hundred of them, if not thousands.
Without her, it would be difficult for Lu Ning to resist alone, let alone to save the car and Wang Xu and Dahei in the car.
Without thinking, Ye Mian landed directly on the passenger seat of the car. He ignored Wang Xu who was screaming in fear in the back seat and immediately directed, "Turn left."
Lu Ning turned the steering wheel, and after a brief drift to slow down, he continued to step on the accelerator: "They are organized."
"Yeah, I see."
Although Ye Mian didn't look very carefully just now, he could tell by feeling that among the large group of mutants, there were several intermediate mutants, and they were leading all the mutants in the pursuit.
If they just gathered together by chance, it is unlikely that they would be so harmonious and united, and they might even force Lu Ning, who was hiding, to drive out the car.
It is estimated that as soon as they entered the territory of Danan County, their car was regarded as prey.
"There's a car, be careful!"
Although Wang Xu reminded him in time, Lu Ning still didn't let go of the accelerator and crashed straight into the small car blocking the middle of the road in front of him. With a loud bang, the big black car behind him was startled and roared.
Ye Mian was about to stop it when his eyes happened to glance at the rearview mirror outside the window. After seeing the scene behind him, he couldn't help but pause and raised his eyebrows slightly.
The reason why she asked Lu Ning to turn left was to enter a narrower fork in the road so that they could get rid of most of the mutants. But now, after Dahei's roar, some low-level mutants suddenly stopped, causing the originally orderly team to become even more chaotic.
This chaos gave them more time to escape. After turning left and right several times, the noise behind them gradually faded away.
However, the sound of the car could easily attract subsequent pursuit. After entering a relatively secluded community with not many cars on the roadside, Ye Mian asked Lu Ning to stop first.
Seeing that Ye Mian didn't move for a while, Lu Ning didn't get out of the car either.
Wang Xu in the back seat asked cautiously, "What are we waiting for?"
As he asked, he kept looking out the car window, fearing that another bunch of mutants would suddenly appear and chase after them with their fangs bared.
That’s why, without Ye Mian’s answer, he quickly saw what they were waiting for—
A group of evolvers emerged from the seemingly quiet and deserted apartment buildings, and surrounded the pickup truck they were in with a defensive look on their faces.
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