Her gaze shifted to the rude superhuman from before, and with a thought, the temperature of the water sphere surrounding him instantly rose rapidly.
When the water temperature reached 100 degrees Celsius in just a few seconds, the superhuman felt as if he had been thrown into a pot and was about to be boiled alive. Every part of his body ached, and the heat continued to spread into his body. He was terrified; this woman really wanted to boil him alive!
"Ah!" The man's arrogance had vanished completely, replaced by a scream that echoed throughout the forest.
He looked at Lin Ruo, his eyes pleading, "I'll talk! I'll talk! Please let me go."
Lin Ruo just stared at him, not stopping just because he begged for mercy. As the temperature continued to rise, many of the water spheres around him evaporated into steam. These even hotter steam spheres did not dissipate into the air, but instead enveloped the man more tightly, like a pressure cooker, making him cook faster.
After a few minutes, the man stopped struggling. His body had turned bluish-white, like boiled pig skin, and his internal organs were also cooked through, inside and out.
Upon seeing how this person died, all the other ability users around were terrified, some even gagging, their last shred of hope gone.
"I'll talk!"
The way this person died terrified them all. Death itself isn't scary, but this kind of death made it impossible for them to empathize with him. They all rushed to reveal all the information they knew.
Based on these people's testimonies, Lin Ruo compiled three bases. She pondered the names of these three bases in her mind: Longquan Base, Hanhai Base, and Xingluo Base.
These bases are all private and not very big. They originally wanted to take advantage of Lin Ruo's absence to make some money, but they didn't expect Lin Ruo to come back so quickly, and they were caught red-handed.
After obtaining all the information, Lin Ruo waved to Lao Bai, who immediately understood Lin Ruo's meaning. He beckoned the branch towards the mutated forest in the distance, and many branches immediately stretched out from the mutated forest, pulling all the ability users into the forest. They liked this fresh flesh and blood.
Lin Ruo also threw the corpses of the superhumans he had killed outside into the mutated forest, giving these mutated plants a good meal.
Having been away for so long, Lin Ruo wouldn't normally feel tired given her current physical strength, but once she got home, she relaxed completely and became a little lazy.
It's already late at night, so let's deal with the three bases tomorrow.
She took out the mutated plant essence she had brought back from the underground of Hengshan Mountain and handed it to Lao Bai, saying, "Lao Bai, this is the mutated plant essence I brought back for you. You can absorb it first. A Liu has already absorbed it, so you don't need to worry."
Old Bai really liked this stuff. As soon as the essence left the space, Old Bai's branches suddenly shot up to it and kept poking at it with their branches, but dared not absorb it. When he heard that Lin Ruo had given it to him, he immediately shook his branches happily and then plunged them deep into the essence to begin absorbing it.
Meanwhile, the mutated plants in the mutated forest also shifted their attention from the corpses of the superhumans to this large mass of essence, their branches trembling slightly and rustling in the air.
Ah Fu squinted slightly as he stood up and made a warning whistle towards the mutated forest. Ah Shou and Ah Lu also stood up immediately, and the mutated plants quieted down, but they were still very eager for the essence.
Lin Ruo didn't say anything. She knew how attractive these things were to mutated plants. She even took out some mutated earthworm meat from her space for Afu and the others to see if they wanted to eat it. If they didn't, then these earthworms would have to be left for A Liu and Lao Bai.
Unexpectedly, this thing was warmly welcomed by Afu and the other two as soon as it was taken out. The three of them ate it without even raising their heads. Listening to the crunching sound, Lin Ruo was reminded of when they ate the queen ant before, and felt a little nauseous.
She turned and went back into the fortress, where the temperature was over ten degrees Celsius. She let out a deep breath, hung her slightly dirty clothes on the clothes rack by the door, and turned to walk towards her room. She wanted to take a nice, relaxing shower and then get a good night's sleep.
After absorbing the essence, Old Bai's branches drooped down and remained motionless, digesting the energy. After finishing their meal, Afu and the others lay around Old Bai to prevent the mutated plants from disturbing him.
The crystal core at the center of the old white tree trunk began to emit a strong light again, and the mutated plants around it that were illuminated by the white light also quieted down, silently absorbing the energy in the white light.
When Lin Ruo finished showering and came out, she originally wanted to put Lao Bai into her space as well, but seeing the energy emanating from Lao Bai, she pursed her lips and decided not to put Lao Bai in. This could be considered a benefit to the mutated plants around her.
She turned back to the fortress. It was already 10 p.m. She took out some hot pot ingredients from her spatial storage and cooked herself a mutton hot pot. On such a cold day, hot pot was the best way to warm up.
By the time she had eaten until her belly was round and she leaned back in her chair, drinking her beverage and thinking about the strange things she had encountered in Hengshan, more than an hour had passed.
Lin Ruo put down her drink on the table, propped her head up on it, and let her thoughts race. Why were there so many advanced mutated plants and animals deep in the soil beneath Hengshan Mountain? It must be because of the energy in that soil.
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