In my past life, City A had a Rat King who controlled a large swarm of rats to attack humans. I wonder if City B was the same.
Lin Ruo, fully armed, rode on A Shou's back, carrying a hiking backpack, walking along the city streets. A Fu walked slowly beside him, occasionally pricking up his ears to listen carefully, while A Shou also observed from both sides.
The mutated animals that used to appear in large groups all seem to have disappeared. Occasionally, a few people would hurry by carrying things, and when they saw the enormous size of Afu and Ashou, they would quickly hide away in fear.
Lin Ruo continuously released her mental energy, observing the surrounding movements.
Suddenly, she raised an eyebrow, noticing something interesting, and looked towards the shopping mall not far away.
Afu and Ashou seemed to have noticed something as well, and they also looked at the shopping mall, their steps beginning to slowly retreat.
She jumped off Ashou's back, looked up at Afu and said, "Afu, take Ashou to play. Don't go too far. If you encounter any mutated beasts that you can't handle, bring them to this mall."
"Awoo!" Afu turned his head and glanced at the mall, barked, and grabbed Lin Ruo's clothes, pulling her back to prevent her from going in.
Ah Shou walked up to Lin Ruo and pushed her backward with his big head, "Woof woof!" There's danger there! We can't go that way!
Lin Ruo chuckled softly, tapped their chins, and a blue light flashed in her hand, revealing a water ball the size of a coin in her palm. "I have superpowers, don't worry. I'll just go take a look. You guys go and find more mutated animals."
Ah Shou turned to look at Ah Fu, who then glanced at the shopping mall, nuzzled Lin Ruo's face with his big head as if to say, "Be careful," and quickly ran away.
Seeing this, Ah Shou nuzzled Lin Ruo's hand and ran towards Ah Fu, catching up with Ah Fu who was waiting for it in just a few steps.
Once they were far away, Lin Ruo put her hands into the pockets of her windbreaker and walked into the mall.
Because the mall had been flooded and frozen by the extreme cold, there were still clear watermarks on the walls and large patches of blood on the ground. Lin Ruo looked down and saw that many of the bloodstains on the ground were still bright red and fresh, indicating that someone had died here just a few hours earlier.
Lin Ruo walked in step by step, her feet unconsciously covered with a layer of ice, and looked around at the huge and empty shopping mall.
A corner of the mall was piled with supplies: water-soaked clothes and shoes, split timber, sealed rice and flour, and various canned goods.
Lin Ruo blinked and looked at the supplies on the ground. Had someone collected them and put them here?
"Quick! Take the one over there!"
"I'm not very strong, so please take this, okay, Brother Long..."
"Hurry up, stop dawdling, take this out."
"In a little while, put all these things and the things outside on the door panel and drag them around..."
As Lin Ruo walked to the middle of the mall, she heard the voices of several people coming from a damaged shop in front of her.
"Someone's coming!"
One of them said something, and Lin Ruo looked up at the source of the voice. She saw three people peeking out of a shop. When they saw that Lin Ruo was standing alone in the middle of the empty mall, they glanced behind her a few times to make sure no one was coming in before they came out of the shop.
Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow slightly. She had initially thought that she alone wouldn't be able to lure those things out, but now it seemed that there was plenty of bait.
The woman was standing in the middle of the three people, while the two men on either side were tall and wore tattered but warm and thick clothes.
In contrast, the woman was wearing a dirty apricot-colored short down jacket, jeans, gray snow boots, a hat, and a mask. Only she knew whether she was cold in that outfit.
Lin Ruo glanced at them once and then looked away, continuing to walk into the mall with her backpack on.
Although Lin Ruo had covered her face and was dressed very thickly, making it impossible to see her body shape, the woman still recognized Lin Ruo's gender at a glance.
The woman's eyes lit up when she saw Lin Ruo's clothes. "These clothes are nice," she thought, "they must be warm."
Unlike her own outfit, which was indeed beautiful but very cold, her feet were almost frozen.
"A woman running around looking for supplies all by herself, how pathetic." The woman smiled contemptuously, clearly indicating that no man wanted her, unlike her, who was beautiful, had a great figure, and had plenty of men around her!
The two men next to her couldn't help but glance at Lin Ruo again. Lin Ruo was 1.7 meters tall, which was considered very short for a man. If it were a woman, it would make sense.
Immediately, the fear in their eyes lessened and the relaxation in their gazes towards Lin Ruo became more pronounced.
They initially thought she was a tough lone wolf who was coming to steal their supplies, but it turned out she was just a lamb to the slaughter!
"Hey! Stop right there! Hand over your backpack and pull down your mask so we can see what you look like!"
One of the men pulled a switchblade from his pocket, pointing the blade at Lin Ruo. He opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and spoke in a manner that was both arrogant and ambiguous.
Another man stood to the side chuckling, but did not stop them.
The woman felt a sense of crisis when she saw the expressions on the two men's faces. She had finally found two men who pleased her, how could she let this bitch steal them away!
She turned her head and rubbed her ample chest against the man's arm next to her, her voice sweet and coquettish, "Brother Long, look how dirty this woman's clothes are. Could you help me snatch those clothes back from her?"
"You little vixen, it seems I didn't satisfy you yesterday," the man said with a smirk as the woman rubbed against him, giving her a hard slap on the butt before turning to walk towards Lin Ruo. "You're out of luck. Our Jiao Jiao doesn't like you. Remember to hurry on your way to the underworld so you can be reincarnated soon."
A hint of smugness flashed in the eyes of the woman called Jiaojiao. Men conquer the world, women conquer men! That's the truth of the world!
As the man approached Lin Ruo step by step, the smugness in the eyes of the woman named Jiao Jiao became more and more obvious.
Lin Ruo didn't say a word the whole time, just stood there quietly watching them act. If it weren't for the fact that they wanted to hook those things, she wouldn't have wasted so much time with them.
Lin Ruo's previously concealed spiritual power suddenly stirred and took the bait!
The corners of her lips under her mask lifted slightly. It's really not easy for these things to be so alert and know how to launch a sneak attack.
It seems these three people aren't having much luck!
"Shhh~"
"Shhh~"
Before the man had taken more than a few steps, a strange rustling sound began to echo through the mall.
"What's that sound!" The man looked around in alarm.
The remaining man and woman looked around, but saw nothing. They could only hear the rustling sounds around them getting louder and louder.
In the blink of an eye, large swaths of black began to appear in the surrounding shopping mall, densely packed like a woven black net, enveloping the four of them.
Even the second and third floors of the mall started to make rustling sounds, and then many black things climbed down the walls, densely covering the surrounding walls, leaving only a black expanse.
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