At the same time, the treeman(Threant) on Nan Muran’s left wrist quickly leaped out, cutting through the outer wave of zombies and the wolf pack, directly reaching Xuan Yue and the others.

The treeman then rapidly extended its branches, circling them and enclosing Xuan Yue and her companions, forming a brown protective wall around them.

The zombie wolves that had surrounded them almost instinctively attacked the treeman, but found that they could not harm it at all. Instead, they were quickly impaled like candied hawthorns.

Meanwhile, the treeman swiftly absorbed the crystal cores from their brains. Since the crystal cores had no energy, the treeman discarded them carelessly on the ground.

Listening to the crackling sounds, Xuan Yue, who was protected within the safety circle, felt a headache. “This fool is actually this strong?”

Treeman: “You lead the wolf pack quickly towards Nan Muran and Si Ye’s direction, I’ll coordinate with you.”

Xuan Yue: “You can’t stop them. Their leader is a level-six mutated beast. I think there’s even a human involved.”

Treeman: “Xiao Liu and I are level-seven mutated plants, don’t worry.”

Xuan Yue: “Are mutated beasts and mutated plants of the same level?”

Treeman: “We’ll find out when we try.”

Hearing the treeman’s confident and radiant tone, Xuan Yue looked through the zombie tide and briefly glanced at Nan Muran standing on the edge of the battlefield. For a moment, she felt an infinite surge of courage. “Alright, we’ll follow your lead.”

After reaching an agreement, the treeman quickly circled around Xuan Yue and the others, ten or so wolves of various ages and sizes, as they moved rapidly towards Nan Muran and Si Ye’s direction through the zombie wolves’ encirclement.

During the movement, whenever a zombie wolf or zombie tried to stop the treeman, it would unhesitatingly skewer them like candied hawthorns. Regardless of the level of the crystal core, it wouldn’t spare any of them. After all, even if it couldn’t use them for upgrades, absorbing the energy was still quite useful.

The zombie wolves and zombies attempting to approach from the two sides of the forest to attack the treeman and Xuan Yue also started to receive fireballs and psychic attacks from Nan Muran and Si Ye.

Because the two sides weren’t far apart, they quickly converged at a point with the treeman’s cooperation.

“Xuan Yue, what are you doing here?” Nan Muran looked at the proud Xuan Yue with surprise in her voice, asking a rhetorical question.

Xuan Yue, seeing her smug expression, could only helplessly admit, “I came to find you.”

Nan Muran thought for a moment and replied, “You should call it seeking refuge, not finding me.”

Xuan Yue: “You decide, but what should we do now?”

Nan Muran looked around at the zombie wolves and the tide of zombies. These things moved aimlessly and slowly, even at night, they couldn’t catch up to the wolf pack’s speed. “Can’t you outrun them?”

Xuan Yue: “We can naturally outrun the zombie tide, but these zombie wolves are unaffected by speed. They’re even faster than most mutated beasts.”

“So, you’re saying we should just deal with these zombie wolves?” After hearing Xuan Yue, Nan Muran understood the key point.

It was clear that only by dealing with all these zombie wolves would they be able to deal with the other zombies as they usually did with zombie tides. When dealing with a large zombie tide, especially one numbering in the tens of thousands, it was foolish to fight recklessly. Running should be the priority.

“We need to hold out here for half an hour.” Nan Muran calculated the time it would take for Jiawu and the others to leave the service station and roughly figured out when they should leave.

Si Ye naturally understood her plan: “No problem.”

Nan Muran’s Xiao Bai and Xiao Liu also leaped out from her left wrist, happily circling around them. They were ready to skewer candied hawthorns. The crystal cores, especially those from beasts, were their favorites.

Xiao Zi: “Can we come out to help?”

Her tone was timid but filled with anticipation.

Xiao Fen: “I also want to help.”

Xiao Huang: “Mm, I want to too.”

Xiao Qing: “Let’s go find some crystal cores.”

Listening to their thoughts, Nan Muran nodded slightly: “Alright, you all come out and help.” After all, it was just her and Si Ye here; more little helpers wouldn’t hurt.

Looking at the center, where the enemies were multiplying and growing stronger, the zombie wolf pack clearly didn’t expect this. If they directly fought them, the zombie wolves might not win easily.

“Target: All these zombie wolves. They must all die here.” Nan Muran couldn’t explain why, but she had a vague feeling that even if she killed all the zombies in this wave numbering in the tens of thousands, it wouldn’t be a problem.

The strongest in the apocalypse were the ability users, and the deadliest aspect of an ability user’s combat was two things.

One was physical exhaustion, which could lead to defeat when unable to continue fighting. The other was the depletion of their ability power, forcing them to fight bare-handed.

Regarding physical strength, Nan Muran was useless in her past life, but in this life, her body was strong, not inferior to Si Ye and the others.

As for the easily exhausted ability power, ever since she collected the precious items from Mount Ling into her space, Nan Muran’s ability had remained full. To test whether it remained that way, she had subconsciously been using her psychic power to scan everything around her. Yet, her ability energy still seemed inexhaustible.

Even at this moment, she was still full of energy.

Almost in an instant, seven colorful vines burst out of Nan Muran’s body, swirling around them before attacking the surrounding zombie wolves and zombie tide.

They moved incredibly fast and all targeted animal crystal cores. None of them gave the enemies a chance to react. They quickly absorbed the crystal cores from the zombie wolves and zombies, continuing the process without pause.

On Nan Muran’s side, Si Ye formed a water shield, wrapping them both inside.

“Have you found the leader controlling the wolf pack and the zombie tide?” Nan Muran was also using her psychic power to scan all the surrounding locations but found no higher-level entities.

This situation was abnormal.

Si Ye shook his head: “I haven’t found it. How strange.”

“Wait, look at that zombie wolf with green eyes.” Suddenly, Nan Muran noticed a mutated wolf using the zombie tide as cover, retreating further into the back, away from their sight.

Si Ye followed her gaze and quickly locked onto the target. This zombie wolf was only level-three, but clearly different from the others. “It’s trying to escape.”

Without needing further communication, their teamwork was seamless. Almost instinctively, Si Ye launched ice blades, fireballs, and sharp blades toward the target.

The mutated wolf, realizing it had been spotted, showed no intention of fighting. It immediately turned to flee.

The situation here required it to report back to its master as quickly as possible.