The entrance was a scene of devastation, with signs of destruction and fire everywhere, and blood splattered all over the ground.
The superhumans used their powers to control the wreckage of the two trucks, carrying out the unconscious superhumans one by one. The living ones were transported directly back to the underground base, while the dead ones were laid out on the ground.
As the number of corpses of other superhumans piled up on the ground increased, the leader of the superhumans grew increasingly agitated.
"Boss, didn't they say that the B City base invented the Crystal Energy Cannon? We've also discovered this underground ore here. Why don't we exchange it with them for Crystal Energy Cannons? That way, we won't have to worry about those beasts attacking us again."
The superhuman next to him, while counting the number of superhumans sent into the underground base, wiped the sweat from his brow, leaned closer to the man, and asked in a low voice.
The leader of the superhumans glared at him. "What do you know! The mine we found this time is too small. There's only so much underground ore. It's not even enough for our own base. Didn't you see how many mutated beasts couldn't open our gate just now? Get back to work!"
"Alright, alright!" The superhuman who had spoken earlier immediately walked to the side with a forced smile. Where the leader couldn't see, the corners of his mouth quickly turned down. Many of the superhumans who had just died were his brothers, but now that they were dead, their deaths were in vain...
The hands ticked away on the clock face, and when they reached the hour, they chimed with a clang.
The room was dimly lit. The person sitting on the futon in the middle of the room suddenly opened his eyes, and two beams of light flashed rapidly in them.
Lin Ruo snapped out of her cultivation state, took a deep breath, and expelled all the turbid air from her body. Then she turned to look at the clock on the wall. It was exactly 10 p.m., and the sky outside was not completely dark yet, with some light still shining through the curtains.
"It's time to set off." Lin Ruo stood up from the ground. This time, time was tight, and there was no time for her to take a proper shower. With a thought, she activated her water-based ability, and a thin film of water swept over her body, washing away all the sweat. The whole process only took a few dozen seconds.
She went outside, where the crystal core in the middle of Old White's trunk was emitting a soft light that was spreading outwards. The branches of Ah Liu, which had been swaying, were now all hanging motionless on the ground. Although it was at the same level as Old White, Old White's abilities still had an effect on it.
Ah Liu is currently absorbing the energy radiated from Lao Bai's light. The two giant trees, each a hundred meters tall, are now behaving like two obedient children.
Lin Ruo did not disturb them. Lao Bai would use his ability every few days, and the entire mutated plant forest would benefit from it, but each use of the ability would only last for a few minutes.
Old Bai would only use this ability when Lin Ruo had finished cultivating and was in the best condition, because during those few minutes, they would all be immersed in this light, and only Lin Ruo, who was awake, could protect the fortress.
Lin Ruo, wearing a heat-resistant suit, stood at the entrance of the fortress, gazing at the orange sky in the distance, waiting quietly.
A few minutes later, Old White's branches swayed slightly, and then A-Liu's branches also began to move, indicating that they had finished.
A-Liu noticed Lin Ruo emerging from the fortress, and the topmost branch drooped down, resting on Lin Ruo's shoulder, while A-Liu used the tenderest leaves from the entire tree to rub against Lin Ruo's face.
Lin Ruo smiled and touched its leaves, telling it and Lao Bai, "I'm going out for a bit, I'll be back before dawn."
Old Bai's branch touched the air, and Ah Liu's tender branch gently touched Lin Ruo's palm, then lightly brushed against it before being withdrawn.
Lin Ruo turned to look at the fortress again, and after confirming that there was no problem, she used her water-based ability to transform into a mutated eagle and quickly flew into the sky.
Because the night was shortened again, Lin Ruo had even less time to spare. This time, she didn't even have time to look for level 4 mutated beasts on the road and flew straight towards City C.
An hour and a half later, Lin Ruo finally arrived at the area where she had previously discovered City C. When she added Xu Chenfeng as a contact, he sent her the coordinates of the Qinglin Base. Although Lin Ruo knew he must have his own ulterior motives, she couldn't deny that it saved her a lot of time in the search.
The coordinates of the Qinglin base are on the same mountain where the C City base was previously discovered. However, it is not on the same side as the C City base, so the two bases are only a few dozen kilometers apart, which is not far.
Lin Ruo arrived above the mountain peak and flew around it. In order to block the frequent wildfires, the two bases made the firebreaks very wide, so they were easy to spot from the air.
Lin Ruo swooped down from the air and landed in the forest near the Qinglin Gang. Using the surrounding mutated trees as cover, she immediately removed her mimicry. A hawk with a wingspan of more than ten meters rapidly shrank and finally turned into her original form.
This time, she applied her previously developed plant-based inhibitory powder to her body, so even though the mutated plants here discovered her, they didn't dare to extend their branches to attack her.
She glanced around, then with a thought, she raised her hand and a streak of blue light flashed, instantly enveloping her invisibility in a watery membrane. She vanished from her spot and simultaneously activated her spatial domain, teleporting away.
The mutated plants nearby stiffened when they saw this scene. They didn't know why this person had suddenly disappeared, but they could feel that the powder that made them uncomfortable was gone. The smell of this powder was different from the smell of the other ability users, but it made them even more afraid.
A few minutes later, many branches poked towards the spot where Lin Ruo had just stood, curious to see if the superhuman had disappeared.
The mutated branches that tentatively reached out naturally missed their target. As if startled, they instantly retracted with a "whoosh".
Lin Ruo first found a place to sit down, took out a bottle of power recovery potion from her spatial storage, and drank it down.
Her powers had been depleted quite a bit during the journey, so she decided to restore some of them before heading to the Qinglin Base, just in case.
Blue and white light alternated around her body, and a few minutes later, Lin Ruo's powers had been fully restored. She looked down at the potion bottle in her hand; this new type of power restoration potion was indeed more effective.
After storing the medicine bottle in her spatial storage, she stood up, dusted herself off, chose her direction, and teleported away.
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