“Black robe, this woman is definitely not simple. I advise you to be more cautious,” a cold, low voice said. It was Chen Shuhan, a person who had disappeared for a long time.

But the Chen Shuhan before them was no longer the refined and gentle young man he once was. Dressed in a black down jacket, the phoenix eyes behind his gold-framed glasses were filled with a chilling malice.

Standing next to him was Ouyang Yun from the Ouyang family. Wrapped up in a khaki down jacket, she shuddered as she watched Chen Shuhan speak.

Since the incident in the valley outside Lan City where they lost the mutated fruit, the Chen family had been punished by the organization. Not only were the family resources that had been painstakingly accumulated before the apocalypse stripped away, but Chen Shuhan himself had been taken to an underground laboratory where no one knew what had happened to him.

Ever since then, Chen Shuhan had changed completely. It wasn’t that his actions had become abnormal, but Ouyang Yun just felt that this Chen Shuhan in front of her was definitely not the same person as the one she had once shared a bed with.

Compared to the noble-born, elite-educated Chen Shuhan, the one before her now seemed more like a demon that had crawled out of hell, constantly glaring at everyone, as if ready to devour them at any moment.

The man in the black robe looked at Chen Shuhan with clear disdain.

It was Chen Shuhan’s mistake that had caused the Chen family’s survival resources to be taken away and their position in the organization to plummet, and now he had the audacity to question his decision.

Did he think everyone was as foolish as he was?

Chen Shuhan naturally knew what the man in the black robe was thinking. After all, he had experienced much in the past few days but had been powerless to change anything. He only regretted his mistake, which had brought him low and allowed these pawns to mock him at will.

Just as both sides were in an unpleasant standoff, two streaks of light, green and brown, swiftly shot towards the black-robed man’s feet. They quickly wrapped around his legs and pulled him to the ground with terrifying speed.

“Black robe…” Chen Shuhan’s face changed dramatically as he watched the black-robed man being dragged away from his original position.

After wrapping around the man’s legs, the Little Willow and Tree Person began to expand rapidly.

Branches as thick as a person’s arm and willow tendrils cleared a path ahead. Any zombie that touched them was immediately skewered, and then the path was cleared to drag the man towards Nan Muran and Si Ye.

Their movements were incredibly fast, and the zombie army in front didn’t even have time to react before their crystal cores were taken.

Although Chen Shuhan and Ouyang Yun were both ability users, their levels were not high enough to offer any support in this situation.

The black-robed man, dragged on the ground, felt like his entire body was falling apart, his skin scraping the ground and blood quickly spilling out.

The scent of blood quickly attracted the zombie army from both sides. The black-robed man hastily took out a bottle of green liquid and poured it over himself.

At the same time, he began adjusting his stance, trying to break free from the control of the Little Willow and Tree Person. However, he found that his abilities couldn’t harm them, which was highly unusual.

“What are you waiting for? Save him!” Chen Shuhan, realizing the situation, shouted to a group of ability users in the eastern direction.

Nan Muran, who had been keeping an eye on the situation, immediately scanned in the direction Chen Shuhan had pointed. She saw more than fifty people, some of them ability users, in a mountain pass far away.

However, some of these people appeared pale and weak, as though they hadn’t seen the sun in a long time.

Nan Muran was very familiar with their appearance. In her past life, both Si Ye and herself had looked just like them when they were trapped in the underground laboratory.

Hearing the order, the ability users quickly adjusted their attack positions and began targeting the Little Willow and Tree Person.

Though the abilities of the attacking group wouldn’t harm the Little Willow and Tree Person, they required enough mental energy to resist these forces. As they moved closer to the city wall, their speed began to slow down.

On the city wall, Nan Muran kept a tight watch on the situation.

Si Ye also constantly adjusted his range. As soon as the Little Willow and Tree Person entered the range of his time manipulation, he whispered, “Now.”

In an instant, everything around Nan Muran and Si Ye froze, and at the same time, Nan Muran used her mental pressure to pierce the black-robed man’s skull. Blood splattered, and the black-robed man lost his head.

Then, everything returned to normal, and the battle continued. The exhausted Little Willow and Tree Person smartly shrank their forms and burrowed into the soil, heading straight towards the ability users in the mountain pass.

At the back of the zombie army, Chen Shuhan looked at Ouyang Yun in disbelief: “Did you see that?”

“What?” Ouyang Yun felt dazed for a moment. It seemed like in an instant, everything in front of her froze, and in that moment, she saw the black-robed man’s head explode into a beautiful blood flower.

Nan Muran had made up her mind when she decided to have Si Ye act—everyone had to be eliminated.

So, Chen Shuhan and Ouyang Yun didn’t get another chance to struggle. Almost instantly, both of them felt a sharp pain in their heads, stumbled, and collapsed, never to rise again.

As they breathed their last, Chen Shuhan’s pupils widened, unable to die with his eyes closed. The humiliation he had suffered, the hatred he had accumulated over the past days, and the revenge he had yet to exact—all of it remained unresolved. How could he die here so suddenly, without warning?

Ignoring the situation, Nan Muran then turned her attention to the ability users in the mountain pass.

These ability users had also witnessed the bizarre scene earlier and had seen how Chen Shuhan and Ouyang Yun had met their gruesome ends.

“Run!” One ability user, quicker than the others, shouted, warning everyone.

But as soon as they moved, a white light blocked their path. They retreated, only to find that a green and brown light had appeared behind them, blocking their escape.

Then, the more than fifty ability users began to experience indiscriminate slaughter.

Some were pierced through by the glowing vines, willow tendrils, and branches, while others had their skulls burst open, turning into red fireworks without heads.

The Little Willow, Tree Person, and Little White became excited as they sensed the crystal cores nourished by human blood, their previously exhausted energy rapidly recovering.

Little Willow: This energy is so similar to Muran’s vitality.

Little White: I don’t like it, it’s dirty.

Tree Person: Let’s go back.

The three little ones quickly transformed into small beams of light and burrowed back into the earth, leaving no trace. But during their approach to Nan Muran, the three little ones didn’t forget to pick up crystal cores, especially high-level ones.

The zombie army, now out of control, wandered aimlessly beneath the base’s defense wall.