“Look, there’s a snow-white rat up ahead.” Nan Muran looked toward the large group of rats ahead, with one particularly striking white rat, about a meter tall, standing out in the middle.

“Is it the leader of the rat group?”

Everyone saw it; it was impossible not to notice as this rat was so conspicuous.

“Probably, it’s a level-four mutated rat.” When Nan Muran looked at the rat king, the rat king also noticed her.

“Stay within your range, I’ll use my mental pressure to kill it.” Nan Muran retracted her mental power, and the surrounding crimson musical fountains also came to an end.

Then, her mental power was fully focused on the distant white level-four mutated rat.

The rat king first felt that this human was overestimating herself, but then it felt a sharp pain in its head. Almost instantly, the entire rat lost consciousness, and the most flamboyant rat in the group exploded.

Unfortunately, before they could even cheer, they realized that the entire rat group went completely berserk because of the explosion of the rat king. The rats, originally attacking only the water shield, now started to stack up on top of each other, using their companions to layer upon layer strike the water shield.

The five of them watched as the outermost water shield continued to accumulate mutated rats, eventually turning into a towering wall of rats.

“Damn, the leader was killed, why haven’t we retreated yet?” The eagle was starting to panic, as everyone had entered the mountain because of him. If something went wrong, he would hate himself forever.

Nan Muran continued to search with her mental power among the rats. “There might be more than just this one high-level mutated rat.”

As expected, she soon found three more level-four mutated rats. Without needing any preparation, her mental power crushed them one by one, causing their heads to explode. Nan Muran could feel her own head starting to hurt.

If another one came, she really wouldn’t be able to handle it.

“Shit.” Just as this thought crossed her mind, she spotted a level-five mutated rat at the end of the rat group, about a meter tall, gray all over, with two round, beady eyes that kept spinning.

With the mental power she had now, if she directly overwhelmed it, the level-five mutated rat would definitely resist, and she wouldn’t be able to act again.

To avoid making a mistake, she had to create an opportunity for a single strike to kill it.

Nan Muran looked at Si Ye beside her and lowered her voice, “I need your help.”

Si Ye immediately understood her intention and nodded.

“Prepare, 3, 2, 1.” Nan Muran whispered, starting the countdown.

The moment she said “1,” time stopped. Nan Muran immediately poured all of her mental power onto the distant level-five mutated rat, and a dazzling crimson blood mist appeared.

The level-five mutated rat at the back of the group, which was commanding the battle, felt its death was sudden and inexplicable. How could it just die like that?

“Did it leave?” Looking at the rat group retreating above the water shield, the eagle was somewhat surprised.

Jia Wu also sighed in relief. If the battle continued, the five of them would have definitely perished there today.

Seven Jin glanced at Nan Muran and Si Ye, paused for a moment, and then smiled.

Nan Muran and Si Ye relaxed as they watched the retreating rat group. They both knew that if the level-five mutated rat had retreated even a meter further, Si Ye’s time ability might have failed.

They had also discovered through repeated trials that Si Ye’s time ability was also limited by space.

“This smell…” It was so bad, it made them want to puke.

After Si Ye removed the water shield, the acrid, burnt flesh smell rushed toward them, causing Nan Muran to almost vomit. She quickly took out a mask from her space and put it on before she could breathe.

To avoid starting a forest fire, Si Ye controlled the range of his fire abilities, and Jia Wu did the same with his lightning abilities, so they didn’t harm the surrounding vegetation.

Suddenly, rustling sounds came from the surrounding grass and trees.

“What’s going on? Is someone there?” The eagle and Jia Wu hurried forward to check.

Qijin instinctively using his control ability, pushed the grass aside, but found nothing.

Xiao Liu: Muran, it’s some mutated small animals from the mountain.

Tree Man: They’ve been secretly watching us fight the rat group from the outer edges.

Nan Muran nodded, somewhat puzzled by how many mutated animals were on the mountain. “Don’t worry about it, it’s just the mountain animals. They were watching the show.”

“Watching a show? What’s up with this mountain? The animals and plants are all evolving.” Jia Wu looked at Nan Muran.

Nan Muran explained that the mountain had a substance that could cause life to mutate.

Seeing the bright gleam in their eyes, Nan Muran chuckled. “Okay, we’re all on the same page.”

However, there was one thing Nan Muran was mistaken about—the small animals weren’t watching the show; they were watching the rats’ downfall.

This rat group, with several thousand rats, had been bullying the entire forest for a long time, especially with their level-five mutated rat king and four level-four mutated rats. With their numbers, they were overwhelming.

Many small animals and plants in the forest had been harmed by them.

They were the common enemy of all creatures in the forest. Today, all the forest creatures thought that another life was about to be sacrificed to the rats, so they came, anxiously watching from afar, only to witness these five powerful humans deal with the rat group.

Little Grass: These five humans are amazing.

Little Squirrel: It looks like they’re heading deeper into the forest.

Little Rabbit: They killed the strongest rat king. We won’t have to worry about the rat king eating rabbit meat anymore.

Little Flower: They’re good humans.

Little Tree: What do the good humans want to do? Can we help?

Little Squirrel: I’ll go take a look first.

Not knowing which direction to take next, Nan Muran and the others were stunned when several small squirrels and rabbits suddenly popped up in front of them.

“When did the squirrels and rabbits in this mountain get so bold?” Even the eagle, who was familiar with the mountain, found it strange.

“Catch a few and roast them.” Jia Wu reached for his dagger.

Nan Muran quickly stopped him. “No, I feel like these little guys aren’t afraid of us.”

Xiao Liu: They’re here to thank us for killing the rat group.

“Can we ask them for information?” Nan Muran was excited. She had to admit that animals were more flexible and smarter than plants. When it came to gathering information, animals were more reliable.

Xiao Liu: Have you seen other humans? We’re looking for other humans.

Little Squirrel: Humans?

Little Rabbit: Yes, there are many different humans, but they went to the back mountain.

Little Squirrel: The back mountain is too dangerous.

Little Bird in the Tree: The back mountain is the territory of big tigers and wolves. You can’t go there.

Looking at the increasing number of small animals gathering around, it was clear that they were exchanging information. Nan Muran and her group stared at the scene, stunned.

They absolutely had to find that thing and bring it back. Just look at the scene in front of them—this half-mountain had to be like this!