Stirring Things Up in the Wasteland 176

Chapter 176

He Qing’s situation was certainly not good.

Her fighting skills were not weak, but that was also her weakness.

Her hard style of fighting was almost invincible in close combat. Once she used her White Ape Tongbeiquan, even the equally strong Song Xun and Song Ye sisters wouldn’t dare to fight her head-on.

But the problem was even more obvious: He Qing had no long-range attack ability.

Her ability was mist, and although for her, this ability was very complementary to her boxing style, it didn’t mean that this “mist” ability wasn’t a useless ability in the eyes of most ability users.

It was, after all, just a support-type ability.

So, in the current situation, He Qing’s predicament was revealed. Although these snakes, insects, rats, and ants were indeed very weak, almost to the point of being useless…

But there were too many of them, and they were too scattered.

One punch at a time, He Qing could stand here and kill until the end of time and still not finish them all, let alone anything else.

As for large-scale damage…

Alright, she couldn’t do it. No matter how fierce her punches were, she couldn’t kill many at once. At this time, even the usually calm He Qing couldn’t help but miss the lightning ability of Song Xun, the fire ability of Song Ye, and so on.

Those were the kind that could kill a whole bunch at once.

And if that wasn’t possible, then Ji Chao’s ice ability, Chang Fei’s wind ability, and so on, were also quite good.

She couldn’t kill them all, she really couldn’t.

Even a swarm of ants can kill an elephant. The so-called “a flurry of punches can kill a master” was exactly this situation.

The countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants came in a seemingly endless flood. The ones she knew, the ones she didn’t, the poisonous, the non-poisonous—He Qing was simply annoyed by all the screeching.

This couldn’t go on.

Her expressionless brow furrowed tightly, and she thought of a countermeasure. The high-intensity flashlight in her hand was shaking in the dark night, making her eyes see double.

Unfortunately, at this time, it wasn’t necessarily a good thing for the light to be strong. After all, she only had this one light source. With one strong light, she couldn’t see anything else. For He Qing’s senses, this would seriously affect her judgment of the surroundings.

Sensing this, He Qing decisively threw the flashlight as a hidden weapon.

The force of it instantly smashed a pouncing mutated black snake. The blood-stained flashlight rolled on the ground, and instead of breaking, it somehow hit something and turned on the switch. The blinding light shone straight into the mutated forest.

It had to be said, the quality of this flashlight was really good.

Bang—

A special signal flare was pulled and shot into the sky. The brilliant firelight illuminated the dark night, and it was particularly eye-catching in this darkness.

It was a sleepless night of natural disaster changes. As soon as the alarm went off, the entire Ning Mountain base immediately went into operation.

Not only the patrolling guards, but even the ordinary survivors were startled by the sound. Before they could even go out, the next moment, a piercing alarm sound that echoed through the base followed.

Beep beep beep!

Feng Wancheng, who was on duty in the base’s monitoring room, was immediately startled awake.

“Turn on all the base’s power lines immediately…”

“Yes.”

In an instant, bright light shone from top to bottom, illuminating the entire base within the mutated forest.

But before Feng Wancheng could breathe a sigh of relief, the male Alpha in charge of checking the surveillance ran in in a panic.

“Brother Feng, a large number of mutated animals have suddenly appeared in the mutated forest in the 9th outer district. Captain He is being surrounded.”

“Captain Song is on her way.”

“The signal flare was fired from the 3rd outer district.”

Feng Wancheng’s face was serious. “How’s the situation in the other districts?”

“No abnormalities for now!”

Only then did Feng Wancheng let out a small sigh of relief. As long as the entire base wasn’t being invaded on a large scale. “Inform everyone of the situation and tell them to continue to be vigilant, strengthen their guard, and be on their toes. All the reserve teams are to go to the front. Report any abnormal situations immediately.”

“Yes.”

The male Alpha was about to go out when another voice came from outside the door. “Brother Feng, Brother Wei is here.”

The person who had come was Wei Ke, who had rushed over with more than a dozen ability users. His voice was low and direct. “I’m here to help.”

Feng Wancheng nodded.

The monitoring room was where the entire base’s power system was operated, including the surveillance and the light lines. It was naturally the top priority of the entire base.

It was also natural to strengthen the guard.

“Quick! Everyone to the safe zone!”

Sang Mu’s voice was hoarse and broken. “After arriving at the safe zone, count the people and pay attention to the defense.”

“…”

After a crackling sound, the current base situation came from the communicator on his waist.

“…A large number of mutated animals have appeared in the 9th outer district. Captain He is being surrounded.”

“Captain Song is on her way to rescue.”

“…”

“No abnormalities in the other districts for now!”

“Please provide support immediately on the premise of ensuring the defense is safe…”

“Also, the safe zone passage will be closed in five minutes…”

“…”

The signal covering the entire base transmitted the communication to the ears of all the captains, small captains, and others.

Hearing that the situation was still within their expectations, and at least for now, not unacceptable, many people breathed a small sigh of relief.

They had made full preparations for natural disasters and other emergencies, so this series of operations was not chaotic.

In the cave, the moment the alarm sounded, Song Xun, on the contrary, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Ji Tang, who was holding the little cub, and opened the door.

Chang Wan, Wang Qingyao, and the others who had been resting in their own rooms immediately opened their doors and came out. And Sang Yu, she had just come out with a big belly when she was pulled aside by Wang Qingyao.

“Mommy…”

The door to the next room also opened, and Ji Jinning and Ji Jinyu came out with the dogs. Their eyes were all clear, with no trace of sleepiness from being woken up.

As soon as they came out, they instinctively protected Ji Tang, who had also come out with Song Jin’an.

The lights covering the entire base were all turned on, seeming to connect with the lights in the cave at this moment. Following that was the situation report from the monitoring room.

Although Song Xun didn’t know how this group of mutated animals had broken through the defense of the mutated forest, now was clearly not the time to talk about this.

They also needed to hurry to the safe zone. After all, for now, that was the place with the strongest defense and the safest in the entire Ning Mountain base.

But with preparations, the next thing was much simpler. At least Song Xun didn’t have to worry about everything.

Among the remaining people in the cave, Ji Tang and Wang Qingyao’s fighting ability could be ignored. Jiang Yu still had a big belly. Other than Song Xun, there were only Chang Wan, the two big cubs, and the two dogs.

Although the report from the monitoring room stated that only the 9th outer district had been invaded for now, for them to go to the mountaintop safe zone on their own…

Alright, Song Xun was always a little worried.

There was nothing much to pack. The group left the cave directly. Song Xun first sent them all to the safe zone and handed them over to Chang Fei before she left.

Song Ye had already gone to the 9th outer district to support He Qing. Shi Tou, Ji Chao, and the others from other districts had also sent people over on the premise of safety.

With so many people, especially with Song Ye and He Qing, Song Xun wasn’t very worried about the situation there. And what she needed to do now was not to go and provide support.

But to command the overall situation, in case a new danger appeared.

After all, if this group of mutated animals had appeared by chance, that would be fine. But what if…

So Song Xun went directly to the monitoring room.

On the other side, Song Ye was the first to arrive at the 9th outer district. The warning net had already been raised. After being electrified, because of the strong electricity, you could still faintly hear the weak, crackling sound of the current.

The base was lit up, and you could clearly see the tide-like snakes, insects, rats, and ants pouring out of the mutated forest. Each one was small, but it had to be said, the number was really large.

They were so dense that just looking at them seemed to trigger one’s trypophobia.

The mutated forest’s defense was strong, and under control, it was extremely intelligent. It could resist the invasion of all sensed humans and mutated animals. But its only weakness was this: the too-thick mutated plants were not so sensitive to much smaller things.

So the base’s outer perimeter had been built with a special, strong electric fence, precisely to make up for this shortcoming of the mutated forest.

It hadn’t been used once in all these years, but today, they had all had a taste of it.

But, where did so many snakes, insects, rats, and ants come from?

Song Ye’s head was full of questions.

But she also knew she couldn’t wait any longer. Not to mention whether this layer of strong electric fence could completely block the invasion of these snakes, insects, rats, and ants, just watching He Qing being surrounded was already making her anxious.

Song Ye didn’t turn off the current, nor did she fight the electric fence. She pushed off with her feet, and her entire body jumped up. A fire suddenly ignited under her feet, and with that force, she jumped several meters high, even a lot higher than the electric fence.

She turned her body, found a good angle, and fell from a high place.

Whoosh whoosh—

A raging fire suddenly ignited on her body. In this windless night, the firelight was so bright that even the dazzling lights couldn’t suppress its fiery red color.

The rapidly falling figure was like a giant fireball falling from the sky. And because it was so fast, it made a sharp, piercing sound that cut through the air.

He Qing clearly didn’t look up, but she knew who had come. The increasingly hot temperature was approaching. In this summer temperature after the snow disaster had melted, it was an increasingly hot and scorching feeling.

Bang!

The next moment, a fierce and scorching raging fire suddenly fell, accurately centered on He Qing, and in an instant, it cleared all the snakes, insects, rats, and ants within a two-meter radius. The crackling sound of burning and the hissing screams of the writhing creatures in the fire mixed together, and the scene was extremely shocking.

He Qing was blinded by the intense firelight. After squinting for a moment, she looked at the figure that was faintly visible in the fire.

Song Ye!

Song Ye’s back was slightly bent, her body burning with a roaring, scorching flame. It was even clearer than what could be seen with the naked eye. But in He Qing’s eyes, that was a person who was clearer than clear.

The person He Qing trusted most in her life.

She didn’t know what the momentary daze was for. It was probably the intense shock. After all, no matter how you looked at it, this entrance was very cool, wasn’t it?

But He Qing quickly came to her senses.

“…Stop them. Be careful of the red ants. They’re poisonous.”

He Qing gasped, her voice fast, but her movements were even faster. She clenched her fists, and with a surge of her entire body’s strength, five consecutive muffled sounds came. With this as a guide, her entire body rushed into the raging fire.

And that large fire, it was surprisingly intelligent and did not harm her at all.

Just as the two of them passed each other, Song Ye took out the military knife that was tucked in her waist.

“Be careful…”

He Qing clenched the cold metal in her palm and nodded slightly. She passed through the raging flames and disappeared into the increasingly dark mutated forest…