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24: Leaving School, Terrifying Mutant Plants!

As Shen Yi spoke.

Xu Wanting and Jiang Nanyan no longer dared to quarrel.

The words Bai Xinyi wanted to say stuck in her throat.

She wanted to say she had no intention of becoming a mistress!

No, she simply did not want to become Shen Yi’s woman!!

Yet in the end she still did not say it.

Because she was afraid of dragging Jiang Nanyan down.

Jiang Nanyan had told her earlier that if she made Shen Yi unhappy, Jiang Nanyan would also be punished.

Jiang Nanyan had kindly given her food and water; if she made Jiang Nanyan suffer punishment, how could she still call herself human?

So, Bai Xinyi could only remain aggrieved and silent.

Had she known it would turn out like this, she would rather have starved in the dorm than come along.

But receiving help without giving Jiang Nanyan anything in return was not in her nature.

Thus Bai Xinyi followed silently behind Shen Yi and the others.

To keep the helpful Jiang Nanyan from being punished, she did not even respond when Xu Wanting called her cheap.

Little did she know, pure-hearted Teacher Bai had already been maneuvered by Jiang Nanyan into a pawn in her fight for favor.

“Honey, someone is following us.”

Jiang Nanyan moved closer to Shen Yi and whispered a reminder.

“Mm, I see him. Let him tag along; if we run into danger later he can be our meat shield.”

After speaking, he patted the pistol at his waist and continued downstairs.

Even without the gun, Shen Yi’s physical strength was enough to handle the blond tag-along.

That’s right.

The person tailing them was the blond-haired classmate.

The blond had finished his food and water yesterday and had been wavering about venturing out for supplies.

As luck would have it, he saw Shen Yi’s group preparing to leave.

A thought flashed through his mind; this was the perfect opportunity!

If danger arose, he could stay behind these people and slip away safely.

Who knew, if Shen Yi got killed by accident, he might even get his hands on the women!

On the seventh day of the apocalypse, the blond’s attitude had already changed drastically.

With no one to control him and no police to arrest him, why shouldn’t he do whatever he wanted?

If he could get Shen Yi killed, wouldn’t those three women become his?

Then he could play however he liked; maybe he could even have a threesome!

The thought made the blond almost giddy with excitement.

But he did not dare strike himself; the scene of Shen Yi sending a man flying with one punch was still vivid.

“If only some monster would eat him…” the blond stared at Shen Yi’s back and schemed silently.

“Um, where are you going?” Bai Xinyi hesitated for a long time before asking cautiously.

She wanted to go home.

But she felt awkward about asking directly.

“We’ll go to my place first; it’s a high-end community and will be safer and more comfortable,” Jiang Nanyan replied.

They had agreed on this plan in the morning.

Shen Yi’s true goal was to return to the countryside to find his grandma and little sister, but the village was 70-80 km away, so walking there was impossible; they needed a temporary base first and then figure out the route home.

Bai Xinyi stammered, “Um, could I…”

“Honey, I think I hear something outside!”

Before Bai Xinyi could finish, Xu Wanting suddenly spoke.

By now they had reached the first floor of the dorm.

The black fog had flooded this level, and visibility was only a few meters.

They halted and listened intently.

There was indeed a sound, as if something were writhing along the exterior wall of the building… very strange…

“The sound is some distance from the door; let’s head out first and keep quiet.”

Since his bodily evolution, Shen Yi’s hearing had improved; after listening for a moment he decided decisively.

He drew the pistol at his waist and led the way out.

Bai Xinyi’s eyes narrowed slightly at the sight of the gun.

He actually had a gun!

What on earth had this student done before!?

In the country, where firearms were strictly forbidden, an ordinary person could never obtain a gun!!

Jiang Nanyan and Xu Wanting were not surprised, for Shen Yi had shown them the gun that morning.

In this way the group crept out of the dormitory building.

The faint sound persisted yet did not attack them; instead it seemed to be inching upward along the building.

Instinctively they looked back and saw the dorm shrouded in black fog was covered with countless creeping ivy vines!

The vines were extraordinarily thick… the thinnest as wide as an adult thumb… and, as if alive, kept spreading outward.

They were shocked.

The ivy that had once been so small was now insanely dense!

And it was growing far too quickly!

Had they left a few days later, the ivy might have reached the sixth floor and swallowed the whole building!

By then they probably could not have escaped at all…

“This defies the conservation of energy… without food or water, how can ivy grow this fast?” Bai Xinyi muttered in shock.

Shen Yi watched for a moment and said, “Jiang Nanyan, start the navigation; we’ll head to your place first.”

“If we pass a supermarket we’ll ransack it for supplies.”

“Mm-hm!” Jiang Nanyan quickly set the route.

There was no time to marvel at the mutant ivy; they had to move while it was still light.

Even in daylight visibility was poor because of the black fog, but at least they could still see a little; at night they would see almost nothing!

They quickened their pace and proceeded with utmost caution.

During that time.

They vaguely heard other people moving in the fog, either students searching for supplies or trying to flee the campus.

Yet as they walked, screams for help and shrieks of pain suddenly echoed from the fog…

Those sounds were clearly not a monster attack but people attacking people!

They could even hear obscene noises of men and women coupling… someone was actually doing that in the black fog!

And it sounded like several men were forcing a girl!

The world had fallen into complete chaos!

Hearing the girl’s screams and pleas, Jiang Nanyan and Xu Wanting huddled close to Shen Yi, terrified they might be abducted as well.

A sudden gratitude welled up inside them… thank goodness they had found a man who could protect them.

Otherwise they would probably be no better off than that unfortunate girl in the fog.

Bai Xinyi bit her lip hard, wanting to help the helpless girl, but when she saw Shen Yi didn’t care she forcibly suppressed her compassion…

She must not implicate Jiang Nanyan!

Yet she still could not understand how, in just a few days, these normally law-abiding students had become like this.

Forcing a girl in broad daylight… they were no better than beasts!!

Shen Yi merely listened a bit more and did not meddle.

Survival of the fittest… that was the law now!

After more than 10 minutes the group left the school, and the scene outside startled the women.

The main road outside the campus was clogged with empty vehicles, all entwined by dense mutant plants that carpeted the entire street!

The rows of trees lining the road, once only a few meters tall, now towered over 10 meters, their lush branches blocking out the sky.

“Ah, a m-monster!” Xu Wanting suddenly cried.

A gigantic mutant orange tabby appeared not far away.

It bared its fanged maw and growled menacingly, clearly regarding the group as prey.

Without hesitation Shen Yi raised his gun, aimed at the cat, and pulled the trigger.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

The gunshots were deafening!

Shen Yi’s marksmanship was poor, but sheer volume made up for it and at least one bullet found its mark.

After 7 or 8 shots, one bullet hit the cat’s foreleg, drawing a shrill scream as it leapt onto a nearby trunk.

Even mutated, it retained its old habits and sought the high ground at the first sign of danger.

Shen Yi swapped for another gun from the System Space, took aim again, and prepared to saturate it with fire.

Just then several branches shot out and impaled the mutant cat, drawing wave after wave of screams as fluids and organs splattered everywhere…

The cat thrashed, trying to flee, but with its body pierced it soon went limp.

Shen Yi swallowed involuntarily at the sight.

These mutant plants seemed truly alive… stronger even than the mutant animals…

Looking up, Shen Yi noticed dead mutant cats and dogs hanging from some of the branches…

He even seemed to glimpse human corpses.

A faint metallic tang of blood lingered in the air.

Dark and terrifying!

After observing a moment and seeing no sign of the plants attacking, Shen Yi took a bottle of water from his space and threw it ahead to test the path.

The bottle hit the ground with a thud, yet the mutant trees flanking the road showed no reaction.

He threw another bottle at a branch, and the moment it touched it several thick limbs speared through the plastic.

Just as expected!

The mutant trees, like the ivy on the dorm, had no desire to attack proactively.

Only contact triggered their assault.

Understanding this, Shen Yi silently breathed easier and said, “Don’t stray too far from me… keep moving.”

The three women followed, faces tense.

The mutant orange cat had frightened them badly!

The tree that killed it had made them tremble all over!

If Shen Yi had not stood in front with a gun, they would have fled screaming long ago…

Now they fully understood how dangerous the black fog was; any stray thought vanished and they clung to Shen Yi, not daring to lag even half a step.

Bai Xinyi no longer dared mention going home.

Without Shen Yi she probably would not last 10 minutes!

However, after they had gone only a short way, Shen Yi suddenly stopped and grabbed Xu Wanting, who had nearly fallen into a pit.

They saw there on the road beneath their feet a pitch-black fissure more than 10 meters wide that stretched beyond sight and seemed bottomless!

From that crack thick black fog was slowly billowing out…

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