In the imposing and spacious office, three tall figures sat in a triangle on either side of the desk, their expressions no longer showing disdain, but rather unusual seriousness.
After a long silence, the first superhuman who had spoken frowned, his expression full of disapproval. "Loss is right, but Itef, don't forget that all our actions are restricted now. Don't forget that there's a time bomb in Country Z."
It's obvious that the person a level 5 ability user would describe as a time bomb is Lin Ruo. In his mind, this woman is far more dangerous than a time bomb. The fighter jets they sent were powerful enough to completely overwhelm a small base, but they were still shot down by her.
Upon hearing this, a dark glint flashed in the eyes of the base commander, Itef. "Jacques, don't be hasty. I never said we should use a direct confrontation. Since the other side is so powerful, we can use some roundabout methods."
Itef had seized power directly by virtue of his powerful abilities as a special superhuman. Now he was talking about taking a roundabout approach. Jacques and Los exchanged a glance. The way he said it sounded unbelievable.
Just then, there was a knock on the office door. Itef looked up at the door and said, "Come in."
The middle-aged man who had just been in the lab appeared at the door, his face composed, and strode in. "Base Commander, you wanted to see me?"
"Merkel, you've finally arrived."
Los and Jacques glanced at Itef and the man. Neither of them were fools, and they instantly understood Itef's thoughts.
The anxious expressions on their faces instantly calmed down, and they even had a few smiles on their faces. If this was the case, then it was indeed a roundabout tactic, and their chances of winning were much greater.
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Within the dense forest, various enormous figures appear and disappear. These mutated animals live on this mountain peak, where they have no need to hide or flee; this mountain peak is the safest refuge.
On Linruo Mountain, the mutated plants and animals do not attack each other. They support each other and help each other when they encounter powerful enemies. Therefore, they are "comrades-in-arms" rather than "enemies".
A giant python, over fifty meters long, was basking in the sun on a thick, mutated tree. The tall birch tree had moved its branches to other places, so the sunlight that couldn't reach it before was now shining directly on the python.
The python lazily flicked its tongue, its cold, vertical pupils hidden beneath its eyelids. All its sharpness was concealed, and this otherwise gloomy creature now exuded a touch of warmth.
Suddenly, a rustling sound came from the depths of the forest. The python immediately opened its eyes, the warmth it had felt earlier vanished, and its vertical pupils stared at the source of the sound. Its palm-sized scales were slowly wriggling, but its head did not rise.
Before it could make a move, the branches of the mutated plants suddenly began to sway joyfully. Only then did the python raise its head, and a black forked tongue emerged from its mouth.
After discerning some of the scents in the air, a hint of surprise visibly appeared in its cold eyes, and then it looked eagerly in the direction it had just come from.
A figure emerged from the bushes, or rather, the bushes parted to create a path wide enough for one person to walk through. Her clothes weren't even scratched as she walked out.
Lin Ruo held a shovel in her hand, searching for something under the guidance of the mutated plants. Every now and then she would squat down and dig, and sometimes she would step on the branches of these mutated plants to rise to a height of several meters before digging with the shovel.
She was wearing a mask and digging out a red mushroom growing on these mutated trees. This mushroom was a fungal spore, not a mutated plant. It had no signs of life and no crystal nucleus, but it was extremely poisonous.
They generally grow on the trunks of these mutant plants near the roots in the soil, where the trunk is more moist and suitable for their growth, so they don't grow at particularly high locations.
Yesterday, while Lin Ruo was still training her physical fitness, A Lu suddenly ran into the training room, ignoring the pain of being pressed to the ground by twelve times the gravity, and started yelling at Lin Ruo.
Lin Ruo immediately withdrew her spatial domain and ran out with A Lu. They saw A Lu lying outside the mutated forest with a mutated antelope. Black blood was constantly oozing from its mouth and nose. Its body was stiff and its chest was barely rising and falling. It was on the verge of death.
Lin Ruo immediately noticed that the antelope was surrounded by a substance that she instinctively repelled. She frowned; she had never encountered such a situation before, not even the dust in the air had given her such a strong aversion.
Her curiosity intensified, and she became even more eager to find out what was going on.
Just in case, she added a layer of water film around herself for protection before approaching to check. After scanning the antelope with her spiritual power, she discovered that it had been poisoned. This toxin was extremely special; it not only spread rapidly throughout the antelope's body, but also caused some toxins to seep out from its pores.
These toxins evaporated into the air, so the area around the antelope was now completely covered by them.
Lin Ruo quickly covered the antelope with a water membrane. Fortunately, the antelope was discovered by Alu, who was patrolling the mountain. Otherwise, not only would it have lost its life, but it might have also caused the surrounding mutated animals to fall to the ground as well. If that happened, the spread would have been much larger and the situation would have been much worse.
With a thought, Lin Ruo activated his water-based superpower. A stream of water flowed continuously within the antelope's body, instantly carrying away the toxins wherever it passed and repairing the tissues damaged by the toxins.
When Lin Ruo used her healing abilities to treat the antelope, she discovered that the poison had a strong adhesive property, clinging tightly to the antelope's body tissues. Toxins with this property are generally difficult to remove with medication. Coupled with the previously discovered strong transmissibility, her interest in this toxin grew even stronger. She had read so many books, but she had never encountered a toxin that possessed both of these properties simultaneously.
Because of her interest in the toxin, Lin Ruo did not completely cure the antelope. She saved its life and let it stay on the platform outside the fortress for one night. She kept observing the antelope's symptoms and the spread of the toxin in its body through her mental power, and treated it every few hours.
The treatment was performed three times in one night. Each time the toxin was cleaned, the rate at which it spread would slow down. After three treatments, Lin Ruo could no longer observe any trend of the toxin spreading, and only then was all the toxin on the antelope completely cleaned up.
After cleaning it, Lin Ruo gave the antelope some flesh and blood to replenish its energy.
After finishing eating, the mutated antelope rubbed its massive horns against Lin Ruo's arm and led her to the mushroom that had poisoned it. Only then, under Afu's guidance, did they leave the mutated forest.
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