In the dimly lit cave, illuminated by the flames, Lin Ruo sat cross-legged on a futon, trying to penetrate downwards with his spiritual power to the maximum extent, but ultimately found nothing.
She withdrew her immense mental energy, her brows furrowing even more. Before coming here, she had thought it would be easy to find the cause, but she hadn't expected it to be so difficult even with her mental strength.
If they didn't find anything at this depth, it's no wonder that when they came to the B City base last time, they only brought back some black stones and found nothing else.
Hengshan is quite large, and she found nothing with her spiritual power just now. She'll probably have a long search ahead of her. She should rest tonight and recharge her energy before searching more carefully tomorrow. As long as there's something down there, she's sure to find it.
After a long day, she prepared meat and blood for A-Liu, ate a little herself, and then took out a tent and sleeping bag from her spatial storage to go to sleep.
A-Liu was in charge of keeping watch at night. Lin Ruo also took out a lot of smokeless charcoal from her space and placed it next to the stove, asking A-Liu to add some more to the stove when the charcoal was about to burn out, so that, like before, the cave would be cold and damp once the charcoal was burned out.
A-Liu remained constantly vigilant, keeping her main root very close to Lin Ruo, afraid that she would discover something and it would be too late.
Lin Ruo spent her first night in Hengshan peacefully, but things were not so peaceful on the mountain peaks of her base in City B.
Originally, these people should have behaved themselves for a while after Lin Ruo dealt with Bai Yu's base, but someone unexpectedly discovered that Lin Ruo did not return to City B directly.
These people couldn't help but have other guesses. Given Lin Ruo's speed, an afternoon would have been enough for him to return from Bai Yu's base to this mountain peak, but he hadn't appeared yet.
Could she have been tripped up by something on the road? These people wouldn't think that Lin Ruo would encounter any danger on the road; with such strength, what danger couldn't she overcome?
Regardless, now is the best time to strike. Although these mutated plants and animals are powerful, they are not invincible. Even if they steal the fruit from the mountain peak, these mutated plants cannot speak or complain. Even if Lin Ruo returns the next day, she will not know who stole it.
These people were calculating and planning in their minds. When it was late at night and all was quiet, they finally arrived at the foot of the eastern mountain.
Just as they were about to climb the mountain, they noticed four lights in the distance. Their movements froze instantly, and they immediately looked for cover, their hearts filled with panic. Could it be that Lin Ruo had returned?
Apart from the snow on the ground, there was no obvious cover around. These superhumans ignored the chill of the snow and plunged directly into the thick snow to completely hide themselves.
As the four lights drew near, two spotlight-like beams shone downwards, making everything clearly visible from the ground.
They then realized that this wasn't Lin Ruo returning at all; it was a newly developed fighter jet from the B City base. The B City base had previously showcased this device, and its combat capabilities were unprecedentedly powerful. The crystal energy cannons on it were all improved versions, making its attack power far greater than before.
Although they knew this thing was powerful, they had never seen it fly before. Now they had their eyes opened, as they actually saw two of them at once!
Some of the superhumans didn't believe that the B City base was there to help Lin Ruo and the other mutated animals. They quickly crawled out of the snow and rushed towards the mountain peak.
But all of these people were later killed by fighter jets. The shields that surrounded their bodies were no match for the fighter jets' new crystal energy guns.
Seeing these superhumans fall one after another, the superhuman teams behind them also realized that if anyone tried to go up the mountain, the fighter jets would open fire.
After several such incidents, these superhumans could no longer fail to understand the purpose of the B City base. They must also know that Lin Ruo had not returned today, and that they had even sent two fighter jets to help guard the mountain peak.
"Captain, what do we do?" In the darkness, a group of superhumans hiding in the snow were caught in a dilemma. This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Perhaps Lin Ruo was already on his way back. Once this fiend returned, they would have no chance at all.
Under the cover of night, the captain's face was also very grim, but when he looked at the fighter jets constantly hovering in the sky, he realized that it wasn't that he didn't want to go up the mountain, but that he simply couldn't!
Finally, he could only say bitterly, "What else can we do but retreat? These mutated plants and animals can't talk, but the fighter jets in the sky are flown by people. If they see us, it would be a huge loss if Lin Ruo came after us later."
"Sigh, it was such a good opportunity, but the B City base had to get involved."
"Stop talking nonsense, get out of here! Remember, don't leave any trace!"
Many people shared the same idea as this team of superpowered individuals, and in a short time, most of the superpowered individuals had already left, with only a few teams of superpowered individuals still waiting in place unwilling to give up.
Neither of them noticed that the place they left behind, beneath the snow, had long been surrounded by the branches and roots of mutated plants.
Aru stood on the eastern mountain peak, his enormous size hidden in the night. The mutated animals that had been hiding on the mountain all lowered their bodies, their muscles tense, waiting for Aru's signal.
Outside the mutated forest, Afu and Ashou had all reverted to their original forms and were standing on either side.
Even without these two fighter jets, these superhumans wouldn't have succeeded. Old Bai had already received the message from the mutated plants on the outside, and they had already made preparations.
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