Zhang Mu sat there, chatting and laughing with Yuan Rui, who was sitting on the back carapace of the obsidian worm next to him. He boasted about all kinds of things, causing Yuan Rui to laugh like a silver bell from time to time.

It's really not easy to make a girl happy. What sin did I commit in my previous life that I don't even have a girl to practice with? When it comes to love experience, Zhang Mu is a complete novice.

But then again, why was Zhang Mu sitting down and talking to Yuan Rui?

Because the beast under his mount now is also a mutant, a mutated wolfdog that Zhang Mu met on the road. Perhaps the habits it developed since childhood prevented it from attacking a living human, that is, Zhang Mu.

Thinking about it now, Zhang Mu still feels somewhat fortunate.

When Zhang Mu passed by a small town in the morning, he saw it and immediately became interested. He also felt that he was too tired from traveling, so he immediately had the idea of ​​trying to catch one and control it.

But how could the mutant wolfhound, whose ferocity had been developed by the evolutionary ripples, let Zhang Mu succeed easily? To be honest, it probably didn't attack because it was considering the fact that it had a previous owner.

Zhang Mu's provocative look directly angered the big wolfhound, which was three times the size of the original one. It stood up and was half a body taller than Zhang Mu. It kept moving at high speed, preparing to tear Zhang Mu, the ungrateful man, into pieces for today's food.

However, when Zhang Mu saw the wolfhound rushing over, he was not panicked at all. Instead, he looked at it with interest, observing and commenting on it, "These limbs must have great leg strength, and they are also very domineering. They have slowly stimulated the blood of the wolf clan. Not bad, um, really good."

Zhang Mu's eyes, which looked like he was buying a pet, directly made the wolfhound's anger reach a peak. It howled and opened its bloody mouth, ready to swallow Zhang Mu in one gulp.

However, when the mutant wolfhound took off into the air, its eyes, which were almost about to burst out of anger, instantly shrank back, as if it had seen the most terrifying thing in the world, filled with fear. It should have been a leader-level, first-order peak mutant beast. Even after being weakened by the evolutionary ripples, the remaining intelligence made it want to retreat in an instant.

But by this time, it was too late.

Because what it saw was that the blood vine lotus that grew wildly in Zhang Mu's left arm instantly expanded to a size that was enough to block the sun above its head, and pressed down in its direction.

The mutant wolfhound let out a whine, and was wrapped up in the air like a dumpling by the blood vine lotus, with only its head exposed. It was still staring at Zhang Mu with fierce eyes, but was so restrained that it couldn't even open its mouth.

Although Zhang Mu asked the Blood Vine Lotus not to hurt the mutant wolfhound, even if the Blood Vine Lotus did not exert any force intentionally, the power of its barbs should not be underestimated. They instantly penetrated the mutant wolfhound's thick fur and pierced into its body.

However, Zhang Mu controlled the Blood Vine Lotus to prevent it from sucking blood from outside, so it looked a little creepy, but the actual physical condition of the mutant wolfhound was not that bad.

At this time, Zhang Mu asked Xue Teng Lian to wrap up the mutant wolfhound that was unable to move.

It slowly descended until it was at the same height as his face. Zhang Mu looked directly into the mutant wolfhound's glasses.

The man and the dog just continued to stare at each other quietly, one calm and the other furious.

After a while, Zhang Mu chuckled, then his eyes became sharp, and he uttered words slowly and clearly, echoing in the ears of the mutant wolfhound.

"Obey, or die?"

The mutant wolfhound saw Zhang Mu's threat, but refused to obey. Although its limbs were firmly tied up, it struggled desperately, and its head kept shaking.

"You don't want to?"

Zhang Mu directly let the Blood Vine Lotus exert its power. All the vines began to tighten, and the barbs pierced deeply into the body of the mutant wolfhound. This time, blood gushed out completely, but not a drop fell to the ground. It was all absorbed by the Blood Vine Lotus based on the principle of not wasting. However, under Zhang Mu's control, it suppressed the urge to directly suck the mutant wolfhound into a mummy.

Nonsense, if he is eaten clean by the blood vine lotus, won’t he have to run away on his own two legs?

However, even so, the mutant wolfhound still had an expression of unwillingness to surrender. It was hard to imagine that a beast could be so principled.

But Zhang Mu also knew that this was inevitable. If it was so easy to tame mutants, then there would be no point in having those evolvers with taming abilities, because the ferocity of mutants had been fully developed after the apocalypse.

Is there no way out? It seems that I have been thinking too much. Maybe the process of taming the Obsidian and the Blood Vine Lotus was too smooth, which made me have the illusion that all mutant beasts are so easy to tame.

Can I just give up? A dead mutant beast is just a beast core and a blood ration for the blood vine lotus to Zhang Mu, but a live mutant wolfhound is of a completely different use to him. Although he just wants a mount to travel, there are too many potential benefits.

But at this moment, the little head of the obsidian worm emerged from Zhang Mu's pocket, as if Zhang Mu had disturbed its sweet dream. The obsidian worm instantly flew up, came to the mutant wolfhound, and curiously looked around.

The mutant wolfhound was also surprised to see the obsidian worm crawling out of Zhang Mu's clothes, but its body had no strength due to excessive blood loss. However, its eyes seemed to be questioning why the obsidian worm would succumb to a human.

But it obviously underestimated the shamelessness of the Obsidian Worm. The Obsidian Worm just circled around its body without feeling embarrassed at all. Instead, it looked as if it was gloating over its misfortune.

Zhang Mu looked at the obsidian bug in bewilderment, wondering how could interspecies communication be possible? But as the obsidian bug continued to hiss, the fierceness in the mutant wolfhound's eyes actually faded a little.

Could there be a turnaround? Does the Obsidian have the ability to persuade others to surrender?

Zhang Mu therefore let the Blood Vine Lotus loosen up a bit to give the Black Obsidian Worm some time to continue communicating.

After about five minutes, the Obsidian Bug flew back to Zhang Mu. A voice came from his heart, "It said it can obey you temporarily, but it will be gone in the future."

If it feels uncomfortable after a while and wants to leave, you can’t force it to stay, or you can just kill it.”

Hearing what the Obsidian Bug said, Zhang Mu immediately became interested and asked directly, "How did you convince it?"

"I just told it that you have countless crystals and beast cores that can be used to absorb energy and purify it, and that I am about to break through to the second level. It didn't say anything else."

"Countless? I only have fifty Yuan crystals and a hundred beast cores in my pocket. Are you going to sell that little stuff in my pocket as bargaining chips?" Zhang Mu became anxious when he mentioned money.

However, the Obsidian Bug said slowly, "Hey, if you lose it, you can earn it again? Anyway, I've told you what I want to say, so do you want to take it or not? If not, just give me the meat, and I'll give the blood to the broken plant in your hand."

"want."

Zhang Mu gritted his teeth and agreed. The pressure of a mutant beast that obeyed orders was too great.

What's going on? Can mutant beasts be bribed like this?

However, the Obsidian Bugs were so good at deceiving people that he had no stock left. It seemed that he had to fight while walking, otherwise he wouldn't even have enough money to buy snacks for these three little things, let alone accumulate energy for their advancement. The pressure of advancement on mutant beasts was so great that it seemed like a mission engraved in their bones.

I don't remember teaching it these things? Self-taught? A genius in the business world? A master of deception?

However, Zhang Mu could still afford some Yuan Crystals and Beast Cores as a price.

After getting the affirmation from the Obsidian Worm, Zhang Mu turned to the mutant wolfhound and asked, "Are you willing to follow me now?" Then he loosened the vine that was holding the mutant wolfhound's head.

It nodded very humanely, and Zhang Mu put it down, allowing the Blood Vine Lotus to be retracted into his body.

Zhang Mu was originally very happy, but suddenly found that the mutant wolfhound collapsed directly on the ground. The black worm told him that it would take at least a week to recover. The blood vine lotus was really too cruel.

One week is really too long. Zhang Mu cannot afford to waste this time.

So, after secretly cursing the blood vine lotus for secretly sucking a lot of blood, he took out a tube of first-level recovery potion with great heartache and fed it to the mutant wolfhound.

The effect of the recovery potion was truly miraculous. After only waiting for ten minutes, the mutant wolfhound stood up by supporting itself on the ground, shook off the dust on its body, and its spirits were fully restored.

But it was already a good deal, too many coincidences came together. Zhang Mu happened to encounter this leader-level mutant beast with the strength of the first level peak, and he also happened to have the means to restrain it. The most coincidental thing was that Zhang Mu also had the black worm, a little spy with the ability to rebel.

However, even though he was sitting comfortably on the mutant wolfhound and enjoying the sound of the wind whistling past his ears, Zhang Mu felt extremely distressed when he thought about having spent a whole tube of first-level recovery potion.

This is not a matter of money. Zhang Mu only has ten units in total, and now only half a day has passed, and only eight units are left, a full fifth less. However, the most infuriating thing is that he cannot use it.

(End of this chapter)