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At this moment, the Western Base was in complete chaos. They had been attacked in the middle of the night by a massive fireball that descended from the sky, claiming the lives of some of the survivors in their sleep.
Shortly after, the base was easily breached, and zombies and mutated beasts took further advantage of the situation to infiltrate the previously impenetrable base.
Li Ying, who was an ability user, along with her teammates, escorted the ordinary survivors to the base’s assembly point for refuge. While she stood on higher ground, she inadvertently seemed to see several dark figures standing behind the incoming zombies and mutated beasts.
Although they appeared to be human, their actions soon revealed their bizarre bodies. One of them seemed to have an arm that… didn’t seem human at all!
Li Ying rubbed her eyes, but the dark figures had already disappeared. Could it just have been her imagination?
Suppressing her unease, she shared this information with her companions.
Her companions remained skeptical, “Are you sure you didn’t see it mistakenly? How could a human have a beast’s arm?”
Li Ying shook her head, “I wish I had mistaken it for something else. Anyway, everyone should stay alert. This night raid doesn’t seem as simple as that.”
As soon as she finished speaking, another explosion sounded, with flames shooting up into the sky, illuminating the night.
“Not good, it’s the logistics and warehouse area,” the ability users’ faces turned pale as they hurried towards the burning flames.
When they arrived, they found several figures already there.
The ability users paused, as the darkness made it unclear whether these figures were allies or foes.
Their minds flashed back to what Li Ying had just said, and a sense of unease crept into their hearts.
“Hey, what are you doing standing there? Why aren’t you putting out the fire?” At this moment, a loud earth attribute ability user from the team shouted at the figures.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone heard a swift whistling sound.
They quickly reacted and dodged, but when they looked back, they only saw a mound of earth.
Just as they thought the earth attribute ability user must have survived using his abilities, they saw a black rod piercing through the defensive mound of earth.
As the night wind blew, the metallic smell of blood began to drift along with the wind.
The survivors’ hearts sank. This earth attribute ability user’s defense was among the top in the base. How could he have been defeated without even being able to resist?
There was no time for grief. They quickly distanced themselves from the enemy. Having lived in the same base for years, they were already familiar with one another and quickly understood each other’s intentions.
Some stayed to deal with the figures in front, while the rest secretly went around to extinguish the fire in the warehouse.
Li Ying, the water ability user, was one of the main forces in extinguishing the fire. She quietly followed the other ability users to the back.
However, they didn’t expect to find a woman sitting sideways on a wooden crate in the warehouse, seemingly waiting for them.
Hearing the commotion, the woman turned around. Under the illumination of the moon and blazing flames, the ability users noticed that the other side of her body was actually that of a beast.
Li Ying’s heart sank. Turns out she hadn’t been mistaken earlier; half of those people’s bodies were indeed not human.
The woman curled her lips into a cold smile, and her beastly claws suddenly swung towards the survivors. A thick, dense cluster of purple lightning crackled and materialised with her movement.
Li Ying felt an immense pressure, making her want to resist but finding herself unable to move.
As the lightning roared towards them and threatened to reduce the group to ashes, a massive earthen wall suddenly appeared in front of the ability users, dividing the area into two and blocking all the attacks.
The collision between the two opposing forces produced a deafening sound.
Li Ying snapped back to reality, realizing she could move again. The pressure that had almost immobilized her earlier had significantly lessened in that instant.
The ability users all looked in astonishment at the earthen wall that had suddenly appeared. Just who had saved them?
“Finally made it in time,” a voice suddenly emerged.
The ability users turned around to see a giant tortoise standing in front of them.
Everyone was shocked. Was this another one?!
“Don’t be afraid. This is Hui Hui. She’s the one who just saved you,” Jiang Ci said, poking her head out from Hui Hui’s back and patting the tortoise’s shell.
When they arrived at the entrance earlier, the electric scooter couldn’t go any further. The entrance was densely packed with zombies and mutated beasts, so Jiang Ci had Hui Hui enlarge herself and rode on her shell to get inside.
Along the way, the enlarged Hui Hui crushed numerous zombies and mutated beasts. There were no higher-level mutated beasts or zombies here, so it was Hui Hui’s completely one-sided domination.
After crushing the mutated beasts and zombies, Hui Hui didn’t seem very happy, lifting her foot. Jiang Ci understood her immediately and comforted her, “It’s okay. Once this is over, we’ll clean you up thoroughly.”
Only then did Hui Hui cheer up again.
On the other side, Song Jinchuan had already engaged with the shadowy figure.
Having been at the hotpot restaurant for so long and continuously drinking the special water from the well, Song Jinchuan’s abilities and strength had significantly improved. Thus, he didn’t feel much strain on his abilities when facing his opponent.
However, the more they fought, the more familiar his opponent felt.
Finally, upon seeing the black liquid that could be both solidified and liquified, Song Jinchuan frowned deeply, “Tie Niu?”
The figure opposite paused for a moment, then let out a hoarse, grating laugh, “Captain Song, it’s hard to believe you still remember me.”
Song Jinchuan had previously encountered Tie Niu during a mission with Jiang Ci and was quite familiar with his strength, which was completely different from what he was exhibiting now.
Not to mention that he had severely injured Tie Niu back then. To think that not only had he healed from all his previous injuries, but that his strength had also undergone such terrifying growth within such a short time was unthinkable. His once robust arms and legs had turned into the sharp claws of a beast, and his legs were bent, standing on the ground with his five claws tightly gripping a protruding steel bar, looking utterly bizarre.
“How did you end up like this?” Song Jinchuan’s frown deepened.
“All thanks to you,” Tie Niu replied calmly, but his movements grew increasingly fierce. It was clear that his eyes, hidden by the darkness of the night, were filled with intense hatred.
It wasn’t only Tie Niu, but the few people that had come with him also had this half-human, half-beast appearance, and their strength was terrifyingly formidable. Several ability users were struggling to deal with just one of them.
Song Jinchuan held nothing back, utilizing both his fire and wind abilities to their fullest extent, with occasional assistance from an earth ability.
Song Jinchuan tilted his head and softly thanked his backpack.
Xiao Lulu peeked out from the zipper, shaking its head as if feeling quite proud.
Indeed, this time Jiang Ci had not only brought Hui Hui but also Xiao Lulu, who had barely just started mastering its own abilities.
They were no longer just mutated beasts of this world. Jiang Ci had been feeding them a bit of well water daily, and the two tortoises had now surpassed the high-level mutated beasts of this world.
Moreover, Jiang Ci hadn’t been stingy this time, knowing this would definitely be a tough battle. She had bought the most expensive protective shields for Song Jinchuan, Hui Hui, and Xiao Lulu. Song Jinchuan, in particular, seemed as if he had divine help, his movements becoming even faster and more fluid.
Soon, Tie Niu was forced to take a step back. He glared fiercely at Song Jinchuan and let out a long howl, a sound that was no longer human but more like that of a beast’s roar.
Song Jinchuan quickly noticed that the surrounding mutated beasts and zombies were becoming more and more frenzied, instinctively turning and running towards them.
The ability users immediately realized that these creatures were all under their control.
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While the battle raged on here, Jiang Ci’s side was a one-sided domination.
The woman who had just posed a significant threat to the ability users couldn’t even get past the earthen wall. Eventually, Hui Hui surrounded her with a square earthen wall, trapping her inside.
Sitting on Hui Hui’s back and looking down from the top of the wall, Jiang Ci suddenly found the woman increasingly familiar.
She thought for a moment, then took out a flashlight from her bag and switched it on.
The blinding light shone directly on the woman’s face, and a stream of curses erupted from her mouth, sounding even more familiar.
“Aren’t you…” Jiang Ci looked down at the disheveled woman, speaking in surprise, “Aren’t you from Harvest Farm? Cheng Jing and Cheng Meng’s aunt? How did you end up like this? If I remember correctly, you didn’t have any abilities, right?”
The woman pinned down by Hui Hui was none other than Yang Yan, the aunt who had seized the farm left by Cheng Meng and Cheng Jing’s parents.
After speaking, Jiang Ci noticed that half of Yang Yan’s body had transformed into a beast. She thought of a somewhat absurd possibility, “Could it be that you’re using the abilities of those mutated beasts?”
At this moment, Yang Yan had completely lost the mystery and coolness she had displayed when she first saw those ability users. She was cursing at the base of the earthen wall, ignoring Jiang Ci’s questions, and still attempting to attack Jiang Ci and Hui Hui with her powers. However, her lightning seemed to vanish into thin air before it could even reach the girl and the tortoise.
Seeing that she couldn’t get any answers from Yang Yan, Jiang Ci pursed her lips and, along with Hui Hui and the stunned ability users, went to find Song Jinchuan and the others.
As they arrived, they happened to witness Song Jinchuan unleashing a powerful attack. The orange-red flames swept through the air with the wind, illuminating half the sky.
The situation instantly reversed. Not only had Tie Niu and his group lost a companion, but another was severely injured, propping up his mantis-like arm on the ground while holding his knee with the other hand, vomiting blood profusely.
The two arrived just in time. Although some of the survivors were injured, the good news was that there didn’t seem to be any fatalities.
“There are still a few left who infiltrated the base. There are hundreds of ordinary survivors there, as well as our other teammates who are ability users,” said one of the survivors, clutching his aching chest as he urgently addressed Jiang Ci and Song Jinchuan.
The two nodded. “Alright, let’s head over there first. Everyone, get on Hui Hui’s shell.”
Once all the ability users were on board, Jiang Ci urged Hui Hui to pick up the pace.
Although Hui Hui usually moved around languidly in everyday life, she could still move surprisingly fast when needed.
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