"Squeak squeak squeak—"
Suddenly, the group of rats that had been hesitating gathered together and started chattering incessantly, as if they were talking or explaining what they were going to do next.
Mu Qingyun and the others held their breath in unison, hoping to minimize their presence.
However, their efforts did not yield the desired results.
The largest rat, surrounded in the middle, said something, and its green eyes then turned to Mu Qingyun.
"Squeak squeak squeak—" As if it were a command, the swarm of rats almost simultaneously turned their gazes toward Mu Qingyun.
Um?
Feeling a chill run down Mu Qingyun's spine as she was stared at by countless eyes, she instinctively drew her dagger and held it defensively in front of her.
The next moment, the swarm of rats began to rush towards her in dense numbers.
"..."
I'm impressed.
"Hurry up and run!" Fan Xuanye frowned, his snake body rapidly transforming, ready to flee at any moment.
"But what about the house?" Xiong Ruoyou looked at the house behind her, feeling very reluctant. They had worked so hard to build the house, and they hadn't even lived in it for more than a few days.
“If you don’t leave, not only will you lose your house, but you’ll also lose your life.” Kazel glanced at her coldly and said without any mercy.
Mu Qingyun listened to their words but made no move. She simply stared silently at the swarm of rats approaching her without uttering a word.
"Brother Mu, let's go!"
Seeing that Mu Qingyun seemed to be in a daze, Xiong Ruoyou quickly called out and immediately transformed into a bear, hugging her tightly.
"Don't move." She frowned, raised her hand, and held her arm up as a gesture of restraint.
Hearing her words, the others were somewhat puzzled.
"Don't move! If we don't leave now, they'll be gone!" Fan Xuanye said anxiously.
“That’s right, Brother Mu, houses can be rebuilt, but you only have one life!” Xiong Ruoyou echoed.
But Mu Qingyun ignored them. To avoid their endless noise, she lightly touched the ground with her toes, used the momentum to do a somersault, and got one step closer to the rats.
【Huh? ??? I don't understand, what is Brother Mu doing?】
"Brother Mu, why aren't you running? Are you crazy? The rat swarm won't leave you with a single blade of grass in its wake."
[Upstairs, are they even going to cross the road? There's no grass on the ground.]
[...metaphor, don't you understand metaphor?]
[Is Mu Qingyun out of her mind? Is she trying to get herself killed quickly enough? She's charging in without even asking questions. Is she just asking for death?]
...
As the rat swarm drew closer to Mu Qingyun, Kazel and the others, realizing they couldn't persuade her, prepared for battle. They all transformed into their beast forms, ready to fight the rat swarm head-on.
Su Wei narrowed his eyes, a faint yellow light flickering in his left hand. He gently clenched his fist, already prepared to reveal his identity at the last second.
But then, a strange thing happened.
The swarm of rats stopped three steps away from Mu Qingyun, like a well-trained army, all halting in unison.
"You have a scent that I like. May I ask if you possess any plant-based abilities?"
In the middle of the rat swarm, the largest rat king looked at Mu Qingyun with suspicion, "Could you be the reincarnation of that warrior from many years ago?"
“It shouldn’t be,” Mu Qingyun asked softly, but as soon as she spoke, Su and Kazel behind her looked at her with suspicion.
Who is she talking to?
Could it be with rats?
“Warrior, clench your left hand and speak in your mind. I can hear you.” The Rat King’s green eyes looked at her, filled with emotions she couldn’t understand.
Upon hearing this, she immediately clenched her left hand and thought to herself, "I don't know the warrior you're talking about, nor is it the warrior you're referring to. You must have mistaken me for someone else."
"It's normal for a warrior to forget what happened before after all these years," the Rat King said again. "You can hear me, so the intelligence must have been correct. We've come all this way to welcome you."
"Welcome me?"
Frowning in confusion, Mu Qingyun looked at the dense swarm of rats in front of her. Although she guessed that they meant her no harm, she still couldn't help but feel a chill when she saw the dark mass of them.
"Yes, brave warrior, don't be afraid. We're just here to confirm something today. In the next few days, we'll be coming to confirm with the ant army, the scorpion army, and the unformed snake army."
Ants, scorpions, snakes?
She couldn't help but frown as she listened to the three varieties.
Good grief, why are all the people coming to her like this? And they even call themselves a legion? What kind of demonic plot is this?
"Besides these, are there any others, like butterflies, rabbits, or koi fish?" Although she had little hope, she still asked.
Sure enough, the Rat King's green eyes flickered. "No."
oh.
Upon hearing this, she lowered her gaze.
Although she didn't know what kind of person this so-called warrior was, the reason why these rats didn't harm her was also related to that warrior.
However, this brave warrior has rather unusual tastes, choosing... rather, slightly poisonous things.
"If needed, you only need to use your left hand, which controls plant powers, to press on the ground and use it three times, one minute each time, and we will appear beside you as quickly as possible."
The Rat King spoke with unusual respect. As it spoke, its green eyes flashed, and immediately, the swarm of rats turned around in an orderly fashion and ran away into the distance.
"Huh, what's this...?"
"They're leaving already?"
Fan Xuanye and Xiong Ruoyou stared in disbelief as the rat swarm retreated, both with expressions of shock and bewilderment on their faces.
Kazel and Sue had no expression on their faces, but their eyes were full of disbelief.
How did she manage to do that?
What the heck is going on?
[Mu Qingyun simply said it probably wasn't, then stared at the rats for a while, and they automatically retreated?]
[Wow, wow, wow! Forgive my ignorance, but I'm utterly incredulous. Brother Mu, can he really talk to mice?!]
[He...he must have learned rat language?]
I'm stunned, I'm really stunned.
...
Watching the swarm of rats fly away quickly, Mu Qingyun twitched her lips. She probably wouldn't use them again; they were too terrifying, a dark, swarming mass.
Turning around, she saw four people staring at her, their eyes full of confusion. The most exaggerated was Xiong Ruoyou, whose mouth was wide open in surprise, as if an egg could fit inside.
"Don't be so surprised. There's a rat king in that swarm. I saved it by accident before. I just recognized it. It stared at me for a while, so it should recognize me too."
Mu Qingyun fabricated lies without batting an eye, knowing that not many people would believe her, but whether they believed her or not was not important at all.
Strangely, when only one person knows the truth, no matter what that person says, everyone else can only believe it. They may have guesses, but they cannot deny it.
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