Chapter 116
The people from the Chen family rode motorcycles, and the “whirring” sound of their engines could be heard from far away. They were quite fast on the empty ice surface.
There were four or five of them in total, with guns on their backs. Although they were bundled up, you could still tell that they were all well-built, either Alphas or Betas, clearly trained.
The one in the lead was holding a spiritual energy detector and stopped at the place where Song Xun had disappeared.
Although the red dot on the detector had been flashing, and even flashed more rapidly when it got close to where Song Xun had disappeared, other than that, there was no other reaction.
“What’s going on? Is it not here?”
“But from the monitor’s reaction, this is definitely where the spiritual energy reaction is the strongest.”
“Strange.”
The leading Alpha also frowned in confusion, his fingers constantly pressing the buttons on the detector, who knows what he was adjusting. But no matter how he adjusted it, or how he walked around with the detector, it didn’t make a sound.
And as time went on, and the spiritual energy of the spiritual water gradually faded, the reaction from the detector also gradually disappeared, and even the flashing red light slowly became stable.
The people from the Chen family were all stunned.
What’s going on? Is there a spiritual energy source here or not?
Or is the detector broken?!
The Chen family members, unwilling to give up, circled the ice surface twice with this as the center, and in the end, when they found nothing, they had to leave.
After they were far away, Song Xun brought the others out again.
Shi Tou didn’t understand. “Big Sis, why didn’t we just deal with them? One less enemy is one less.”
“It would have alerted them too much.”
The spiritual water was taken out again, but this time it was covered with a lid. She thought, “This can’t go on.”
“Indeed. It’s a small matter to attract the Chen family’s attention, but I’m afraid that in the same place, we won’t be able to attract many mutated animals. The range is limited, after all.”
“Then, as we said yesterday, let’s just split up.”
Chang Fei also supported Ji Chao’s words. “Right, Big Sis. Let’s divide the spiritual water into equal parts, and we’ll go our separate ways.”
Song Xun pondered for a moment and didn’t agree immediately. Although this method was undoubtedly the best, it was also undeniable that it was the most dangerous.
Mutated animals were never to be trifled with.
If there was danger, she could hide in her space, and she could also bring others in with her. But the premise was that they had to be together.
Once they were separated, if they really ran into danger, she wouldn’t be able to take care of the others. What if something really happened to someone…
“It’s fine. We’ll just be careful.”
The group’s mind was made up, and Song Xun didn’t say much more. It was good to let go. After all, no one could live under someone else’s protection forever.
Even if they got hurt, even if they died!
He Qing and Song Ye were still monitoring the Chen family and were quickly called back.
“Let’s split up.”
The spiritual water was divided into three equal parts and put into narrow-mouthed glass bottles. Song Xun took one, Song Ye, He Qing, and Shi Tou took one, and Ji Chao and Chang Fei took one with the dogs.
Song Xun even deliberately went into her space and told Ji Tang and the others not to go out, then brought out the little ball of light and had Chang Fei take it.
With the little ball of light, it was a guarantee of life.
Song Ye and He Qing’s group didn’t need it. The two of them were stronger than the other, and with Shi Tou, she was very at ease. There was basically no problem.
Although the spiritual energy would be weakened after being divided into three parts, the current concentration was still enough to attract mutated animals.
After the allocation was done, the three groups immediately dispersed and went in different directions.
After the apocalypse, the mutation of animals had begun first. It not only gave them great power but also an extremely strong ability to reproduce and grow.
The wilderness was already full of various wild animals, let alone after the apocalypse. Some still retained the basic appearance of animals, while others had even changed their appearance completely, becoming a hodgepodge of four different animals.
Just like this group in front of them, with the head of a cat, the body of a tiger, and the tail of a snake.
What kind of hybrid was this?!
Song Xun didn’t even know how to describe it. It was very hard to put into words. She waved the spiritual water and quickly ran away on her motorcycle.
She attracted wave after wave of mutated animals, some with names she knew, some without. In any case, she would flirt with them whenever she met them.
She ran back and forth on the ice. If she couldn’t outrun them, she would hide in her space, and then, while the mutated animals were clueless because of the disappearance of the spiritual energy source, she would pop out and continue running.
But although this outing was with the help of her space, it was still quite thrilling.
With so many mutated animals, it wasn’t easy to manage. And especially since you never knew what abilities they would awaken. The ordinary elemental abilities were fine; after all, there were still clues.
But the special abilities were really hard to guard against, like speed-type abilities, jump-type abilities, etc. They were all very strange.
Sometimes, Song Xun was so pressed that she couldn’t even hide in her space in time.
Just like now…
Bang!
She didn’t know what it was, but something suddenly lifted the entire motorcycle. Song Xun was startled and instinctively jumped off, diving to the side. But just as she moved, several air waves suddenly flew over.
She rolled on the ice twice, the icicles chasing after her. She was so scared that she immediately reacted and hid in her space.
And then a ball of fire rushed over.
With a “bang,” the entire motorcycle exploded.
Song Xun in her space: “…”
She was a mess. The moment she appeared in the space, she almost scared Ji Tang and the others. The cubs had just rushed over, and before they could even finish calling out “Mommy,” Chang Fei and Ji Chao, along with Shang Tian and Ru Hai, also came in.
Song Xun: “…”
Ji Chao and Chang Fei: “…”
Is this a competition of misery?!
Ru Hai came in and lay on the ground, whimpering. He was covered in blood. Shang Tian seemed to be okay.
Ji Tang and the others: “…”
“You guys…”
Song Xun sighed and looked at Ji Tang’s worried expression. Right now, she just wanted to say, it’s a good thing I didn’t let you go. Otherwise, with your skills, you probably wouldn’t have been able to dodge a single one.
But there was no other way. They had come this far, and they had to continue.
She drank a bottle of an energy drink and rubbed her eyes. “I don’t know how sis is doing over there. I’ll head over there. You two try to get there too. Whoever finds her first, let me know.”
She could hide in her space, and Chang Fei and Ji Chao could also hide in her space with the little ball of light. But Song Ye and He Qing couldn’t. And if they were in this state, it was probably not easy on their side either.
“Alright, we know.”
After a short rest, leaving Ru Hai to recover in the space, the group rushed out again.
As soon as the spiritual water reappeared, a chorus of various mutated animal calls immediately rang out. The sound was like a boiling pot, crackling and bubbling.
“Awooo!” This was a wolf pack.
“Moo!” This was a mutated black bull.
“Roar!” This was a mutated tiger.
“Squeak squeak!” A mutated rat swarm.
“Cock-a-doodle-doo!” This was a mutated chicken flock.
There were also mutated wild boars, mutated rabbits, and mutated snakes, and even mutated birds. In any case, the mutated species were indistinguishable, but that wasn’t important.
What was important was that the numbers were increasing, more and more, running behind Song Xun, shaking the ice.
Before she could find Song Ye and the other three, Chang Fei’s message came first. When the time was almost up, and more and more mutated animals had been attracted, she didn’t circle around anymore but rode her motorcycle straight to the Chen family’s base.
At 3:30 PM, the sky was already slightly dark.
A short distance from the front of the Chen family’s base, the three groups met up. Including Song Xun, they all looked like they had been through a lot.
Shi Tou and Chang Fei were not there. Song Ye was covered in dust and dirt. She shouted to her that they had all been sent back to her space.
It was a good thing Song Xun’s hearing was good. Otherwise, in this chaotic scene, she really might not have heard her. But even so, it was still muffled. At least she understood.
After gathering together, Song Ye, He Qing, and Ji Chao all went into her space. Shang Tian barked twice and jumped onto her motorcycle.
The number of mutated animals had already reached several hundred, almost a thousand. If it weren’t for the common target of the spiritual water, they would probably have started fighting each other.
Song Xun didn’t enter her space.
She had to get a little closer, just a little closer.
Rumble!
Rumble—
It was almost 4 PM, the time for the patrol shift change.
Given the strange spiritual energy anomaly during the day, the Chen family had also sent out three groups to investigate. None of them had returned yet. Of course, it was also possible that they would never return.
In short, at this time, the Chen family’s defenses were also at their weakest.
Just after the shift change, the ice began to shake, and the calls of various mutated animals thundered, mixing together into a ferocious torrent.
Getting closer and closer, louder and louder—
“What’s happening? An earthquake?”
“Quick, go see.”
“…”
It wasn’t until they saw the hundreds of thousands of mutated animals running wildly towards them, with a large mutated dog in the lead, that the people at the Chen family’s base were stunned for a long time. Then, their faces all changed dramatically, and they instinctively took out their guns and started shooting.
Song Xun had long since hidden in her space.
After a day of being lured, the mutated animals had already lost their patience and had become berserk. Stimulated by the gunshots, they immediately became even more frenzied.
They rushed towards the base with a rumble.
The patrol team of over twenty people, even with reinforcements coming in continuously, couldn’t stop the hundreds of thousands of mutated animals.
The flimsy iron fence was even less of a barrier.
Seeing the situation was about to get out of control, Song Xun quickly found an opportunity to pull Shang Tian into her space. She looked at the broken and trampled cameras with great regret and sighed.
What a pity.
But since she couldn’t get them anyway, it didn’t matter. The more she had been chased by the mutated animals before, the more she enjoyed watching the show now.
Although she couldn’t see what was happening inside, it didn’t stop her enthusiasm.
It wasn’t until she felt that they had probably all gotten in that she went out again. She didn’t take anyone with her; it would just be a burden.
She sneakily entered the base amidst the chaos.
She went straight to the warehouse that Feng Wancheng had marked.
The mutated animal attack had been too sudden. The Chen family’s higher-ups had had time to leave, but it was impossible for them to quickly transfer a large amount of supplies.
The so-called warehouse was a mountain cave that had been specially processed by the Chen family. The entrance was blocked by a sturdy door. Song Xun went up and knocked.
A “thump thump” sound. Could it be an alloy?!
Tsk! This will be hard to break.
