The six people followed her finger and looked over. On the other side of the steep mountain was a cliff.

At the corner, willow trees and vines intertwined, forming a large bump about 20 meters high, like a small hill covered in various plants.

“It’s just a small hill. What’s so strange about it?” The leader of the Venomous Snake squad was confused.

“If there’s something wrong, why not try and see?” Without hesitation, the girl drew her gun from her waist and fired toward the area ahead.

The bullet flew from the chamber, heading straight for the villa, piercing through the plants covering the outside. Finally, a sound like metal clashing was heard.

Inside the villa, Xiao Liu had already prepared for action—these people had to die.

“Is that sound normal?” The woman turned to the leader of the Venomous Snake squad.

The leader of the Venomous Snake squad shook his head. Clearly, the sound wasn’t right. A shot hitting the mountain or tree trunk should not produce such a noise.

A smug look appeared in the woman’s eyes. “Well, why not go take a proper look?”

The six of them began to advance with guns raised, prepared to strike at any moment.

“Xiao Liu, don’t attack them.” The voice of Nan Muran echoed from inside the villa.

Hearing her voice, Tank, Da Fu, Xiao Liu, and Xiaobai all breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was someone they could rely on.

Watching the seven people approach the villa, Nan Muran thought for a moment.

A pulse of life force flowed from her fingertip, diving into the ground. The life force then split into seven segments and traveled along the roots of the grass, heading straight for the feet of the seven people.

Eventually, it completely entered their bodies.

The seven people, entirely focused on advancing toward the villa, didn’t feel anything unusual.

When the first member of the Venomous Snake squad got closer, suddenly, he lost his footing, as if something had grabbed him, and he fell straight down the nearby cliff.

“Ah…” He didn’t have time to scream or say anything before he disappeared.

“Snake Tail.” The leader of the Venomous Snake squad looked in disbelief as his team member fell from the cliff at a strange angle.

“The ground is empty ahead.” The woman’s face changed drastically, and her voice trembled uncontrollably as her legs shook.

At the same time, the other five members of the Venomous Snake squad quickly guided the woman toward the cliff face, away from the other side of the cliff.

The leader of the Venomous Snake squad closed his eyes as he gazed at the nearby cliff. He didn’t want to see such pointless casualties, but it was beyond his control.

“We should retreat,” the woman said uneasily, looking at the leader of the Venomous Snake squad.

“Ouyang, you were the one who raised the doubts. But the suspicious situation hasn’t been completely ruled out yet,” the leader of the Venomous Snake squad said deliberately.

“The ground ahead is empty, can’t you see? If you want to die, go ahead. I’m not going.” Ouyang cast a cold glance and immediately fled from the dangerous situation.

The leader of the Venomous Snake squad glanced around, his tone low: “We’ve tracked them here, and now there’s no further information. What should we do next?”

“What else is there to do? Let’s go back,” Ouyang said irritably.

After they left, inside the villa, Nan Muran had already suited up for battle.

She grabbed two thin blankets from the room, covering Jiawu first. Then she gently moved the clearly uncomfortable Xiaobai from the wheelchair to the sofa and covered her as well.

She quickly followed, heading in the direction the seven people had gone.

She was sure that by following them, she would eventually find Dr. Jin’s underground laboratory.

With life force inside those people’s bodies, she didn’t need to stay too close—within fifteen kilometers, she could sense their exact location.

The group ahead made their way toward Cui Mountain but then descended and entered a deserted industrial park at the foot of the western city’s suburbs.

There were wandering zombies on both sides of the road, but the people drove without being disturbed.

Seeing their speed, Nan Muran also took out a car from her spatial storage and followed them from three kilometers away.

The industrial park they entered was vast, covering nearly a thousand acres.

After entering, Nan Muran instinctively used her psychic powers to scan the surrounding area.

“Eh…” Surprised by the significant increase in her detection range, Nan Muran paused.

Last night, after absorbing five level-two mutated cores, her psychic ability had advanced to mid-level two. While her plant-based ability hadn’t changed, she hadn’t expected that after finishing a small fruit from Xiaobai, her psychic ability would jump straight to early level-three.

Her plant-based ability also reached mid-level two, which was quite a pleasant surprise.

She touched the small white fruit on her left wrist. “Not bad, Xiaobai.”

Xiaobai felt very proud upon hearing the praise.

Xiaobai: “My fruit is a good fruit, right?”

Xiao Liu: “Mm, do you have more? Can you give some to Ranran?”

Xiaobai: “Only nine grow in a year. I gave them all to Ranran last time.”

Xiao Liu: “… You’re still a fool.”

With her psychic ability’s sensing range almost reaching 500 meters, Nan Muran stood still and started searching for the seven people’s location.

After entering the industrial park, the woman named Ouyang went straight to the innermost building, finally walking into an office on the eastern side of the second floor.

Inside the office sat a middle-aged man wearing glasses. He wasn’t very tall but had a strong presence. “Have we got results?”

Ouyang casually sat down on one side. “If there’s no result, then forget it. They lost one of their own. Someone fell off a cliff and died. It’s so laughable.”

“Father, do you really think these people are useful? I think we should recruit more abilities.”

“Yunyun, now that you’ve awakened your water abilities, you’re considered an ability user too. So tell me, which member of the Venomous Snake squad can you beat?” The middle-aged man asked his daughter seriously.

Ouyang Yunyun pouted but didn’t speak. “Not now, but I’ll definitely be stronger than them later.”

“But at this stage, those trained mercenaries are still stronger, aren’t they?” The man patiently explained.

“Got it, Dad. I’ll be more polite to them from now on.”

“You need to find that vine as soon as possible. Dr. Jin said we dug up the wrong one before.” The middle-aged man massaged his temples, feeling a headache.

“I was there when we dug up that vine. Apart from the one on the dead tree, the others were less than half a meter tall. How could it have been the wrong one?” Ouyang Yunyun frowned. “Dad, Dr. Jin seems a bit abnormal. Can we trust him?”

“Yunyun, don’t speak recklessly. Dr. Jin may be a little mad, but he’s the authority on mutation experiments.”

“The first experiment in the mountain is about to begin, so you shouldn’t go near it for now.” The man said coldly.

In the corner, Nan Muran’s anger was rising.

No way! She had been hoping to follow them into Cui Mountain to find the laboratory. How could they not go?

After a moment of thought, she moved closer to the group’s location and quickly activated Xiaobai and Xiao Liu’s rapid growth, causing them to extend along the ground crazily.