After waiting for Zhang Mu to come out of the cave, Yuan Rui looked at him with some complaints and said, "Uncle, why did you take so long? I've been waiting outside for a long time, but Xiao Hei is too lazy to move and won't play with me. If you don't come out, I might really be bored to death, and I'm really anxious."

Zhang Mu chuckled, touched Yuan Rui's head and said, "What's there to worry about? I'm out now, right?"

Yuan Rui also noticed that Zhang Mu was in a good mood at the moment, and guessed that Zhang Mu must have gotten what he wanted. She blinked her big eyes curiously and asked Zhang Mu, "Uncle, what exactly is it that you want so badly? I think this is the first time you've shown your excitement so obviously on your face."

Zhang Mu scratched his head awkwardly and said with a smile, "Is it so obvious that I am happy?"

Yuan Rui looked at Zhang Mu's face seriously and said, "Really? It seems like you have gained a lot. Uncle, please share it with me. I'm so curious. I feel like a cat is scratching my heart."

Hearing Yuan Rui say this, Zhang Mu helplessly spread his hands and said, "It's not that I don't want to show it to you, I'm just afraid that you will be scared again after you see it. In fact, it's just a helper similar to Xiao Hei."

Yuan Rui was even more interested now, and she pulled Zhang Mu and said, "Is there anything uglier than a big Xiao Hei? It shouldn't scare me. Come on, come on, I'll take a look at the new companion you mentioned. Is it also a bug? Uncle, you don't have the habit of collecting bugs, do you? I'm a little scared when I think about it. One Xiao Hei is enough, I can't handle more. Just thinking about a group of bugs around me gives me goosebumps."

The obsidian worm moved on Yuan Rui's shoulder, as if it realized someone was saying bad things about it, but it only moved a little bit and then fell asleep again. After all, half of the energy it had just absorbed had not been digested, and sleep was the best way to fully absorb it, so its sweet dreams would not be disturbed.

"That's not a bug. Then you're ready. Just step back a little."

Zhang Mu signaled Yuan Rui to stay away from him, and Yuan Rui obediently walked two meters away, opening her eyes wide to see what tricks Zhang Mu would come up with.

Then, the development of the matter was exactly as Zhang Mu had guessed. Hearing Zhang Mu's call, the vines of the blood vine lotus directly tore a hole in Zhang Mu's left arm, and danced wildly in the air with its fangs and claws bared.

As soon as the Blood Vine Lotus emerged from Zhang Mu's body, it sensed that Yuan Rui was a living creature and immediately launched an attack, stabbing straight into Yuan Rui's face, scaring her so much that she subconsciously collapsed.

Fortunately, Zhang Mu kept a close eye on him.

Watching the movement of the Blood Vine Lotus, the moment it jumped out of his body, Zhang Mu gave orders vigorously, asking it not to hurt Yuan Rui in front of it.

However, intention is ultimately no match for instinct. Fortunately, he had asked Yuan Rui to retreat two meters and create some distance, otherwise Yuan Rui might have been in danger.

The speed and explosive power of the Blood Vine Lotus are simply terrifying!

Zhang Mu was still in shock from what had just happened, and Yuan Rui, the person involved, was even more frightened. Even when Zhang Mu wanted to help her, she was frightened by the blood vine lotus wrapped around Zhang Mu's arm and refused to get close.

It was not until Zhang Mu reluctantly took back the blood vine lotus in his hand that Yuan Rui let Zhang Mu get closer to her and helped her up, but she still subconsciously kept a distance from Zhang Mu's left arm.

After a long pause, Yuan Rui hit Zhang Mu with a crying voice and said angrily, "Uncle, why do you always scare me? Do you know that the cane was only a little bit away from my face just now, and I almost disfigured it."

Zhang Mu didn't know what to say at this time. With his straight male cancer in the advanced stage, he said, "Well, I warned you before to be careful. I didn't know it was so sensitive to living things. Can you blame me?"

Yuan Rui felt even more wronged when she heard Zhang Mu say that. She felt as if Zhang Mu was scolding her and was about to cry. "Then it's your fault. Who told you to find such a dangerous thing and put it in your arm? It's disgusting just to think about it."

"Blame me, blame me." Zhang Mu was also overwhelmed and had no choice but to apologize.

"Okay, okay, it's getting late, let's just rest here for a night." Zhang Mu used the distraction trick again and successfully diverted Yuan Rui's attention.

"That big Buddha statue in the grotto is so scary and so cold! I won't stay here!" Thinking back to the bone-chilling coldness just now, Yuan Rui was still a little frightened. When she heard Zhang Mu's suggestion to rest here, she immediately shook her head and firmly disagreed.

Zhang Mu had no choice. It was late at night and it was really not suitable to move forward. Even though he had obtained the Blood Vine Lotus and with the presence of Xiao Hei, he was not strong enough to walk at night.

Even if he was reborn in the future, there would be a lot of things he didn't know. If he capsized in the gutter because of his momentary arrogance, Zhang Mu would really die with regret.

He thought about it carefully and decided to stay here. However, seeing Yuan Rui's firm attitude, Zhang Mu compromised and said to Yuan Rui, "I have already taken out the things in the cave. Let's rest outside and not go into the cave. It's too dangerous at night."

Yuan Rui knows

Now was not the time for him to act on his own, so he nodded and agreed to what Zhang Mu said, and deliberately found a clean open space far away from the direction of the cave.

Zhang Mu relit the torches and gathered them together to form a large circle as a layer of defense. Then, when he saw the corpses of mutant wild monkeys scattered all over the ground, he suddenly felt that it was a bit wasteful. Xiao Hei was picky about food, but the Blood Vine Lotus would eat everything and it was nutritious. He could collect them and use them as food for it later, saving himself some Yuan Crystals.

Zhang Mu was making a plan, so he used the Epoch Merchant Ring to stuff all the mutant wild monkey corpses on the ground into it. Fortunately, the space inside the ring kept time still, otherwise it would be fun if the meat spoiled and became rotten.

After finishing all this, he immediately threw the obsidian worm off Yuan Rui's shoulder and shouted, "This time, sleep soundly. If there is any danger, wake me up directly in your mind."

"Did you know?"

The Obsidian was pulled out of its sweet dream by Zhang Mu, and looked at Zhang Mu angrily. However, realizing that Zhang Mu was not in a good condition at the moment, it obediently went outside to keep watch, a little further away from the fire circle but keeping a distance.

Although the energy loss will be somewhat large, the Obsidian Worm understands that now is not the time to save energy. Only after it becomes bigger will its own instincts be developed to the strongest state.

Moreover, the smell of blood is very strong here. Even though Zhang Mu has collected the flesh and blood of the mutant wild monkey, there is no telling what creatures might smell the smell and come over, perhaps zombies or other mutant beasts.

Never take it lightly!

Because Zhang Mu had lost too much blood today, and most importantly, his mood swings were too frequent, so the mental burden on Zhang Mu was too great. He was afraid that he would fall into a deep sleep and would not be able to respond in time if there was any emergency, so he gave the Black Obsidian a death order this time, to keep watch with all his strength and not to be lazy.

After explaining all this, Zhang Mu took out two blankets, gave one to Yuan Rui, then twisted his body and wrapped himself up. After saying something to Yuan Rui, he fell into a deep sleep.

Even though he was so tired, Zhang Mu still had his brows tightly furrowed when he slept. No one knew what he was worried about. It was the future, the truth about the end of the world, and only Zhang Mu himself knew.

In the slightly swaying firelight, Yuan Rui carefully looked at the bearded man beside her and suddenly felt a little distressed.

In fact, she had already exercised a lot today. Normally, she would not walk such a long distance and had been frightened so many times. After wiping the sweat from his forehead with her sleeve, she fell asleep with the sense of security leaning against Zhang Mu.

(End of this chapter)