Leaving the School, Terrifying Mutant Plants!

The moment Shen Yi spoke.

Xu Wanting and Jiangnan Yan no longer dared to argue.

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

She desperately wanted to say that she had never meant to be the other woman!

No, rather, she had never wanted to become Shen Yi's woman at all!!

But in the end, she still did not say it.

Because she was afraid of implicating Jiangnan Yan.

Jiangnan Yan had said before that if she made Shen Yi unhappy, Jiangnan Yan would be punished as well.

Jiangnan Yan had kindly helped her and given her food and water. If she caused Jiangnan Yan to be punished, could she still call herself human?

So, Bai Xinyi could only swallow her grievance and remain silent.

If she had known this would happen, she would rather have starved to death in the dormitory than come along.

But having accepted help without giving Jiangnan Yan anything in return was not in her nature.

And so, Bai Xinyi silently followed behind Shen Yi and the others.

In order to keep kind-hearted Jiangnan Yan from being punished, she did not even refute Xu Wanting when she called her cheap.

Little did she know, the innocent Teacher Bai had long since been turned by Jiangnan Yan into a pawn in her bid for Shen Yi's favor.

"Husband, someone is following us."

Jiangnan Yan moved closer to Shen Yi and quietly reminded him.

"Mm, I saw him. Let him follow. If we run into danger later, we can use him as a human shield."

After saying that, he touched the gun at his waist and continued downstairs.

Even without a gun, Shen Yi's physical strength was enough to deal with Blondie, who was following them.

That was right.

The person following them was Blondie.

Blondie had finished his food and water yesterday. He had already been hesitating over whether to risk going out to look for supplies.

Then he happened to see Shen Yi and the others preparing to leave.

His heart stirred, and he felt that this was the perfect opportunity!

If they encountered any danger, these people would be walking in front of him, so he could get away safely.

Maybe if Shen Yi had an accident and died, he could take the opportunity to get himself some women!

By the seventh day of the apocalypse, Blondie's mindset had completely changed.

No one was keeping him in check anyway, and no police would come arrest him. Couldn't he do whatever he wanted?

If he could kill Shen Yi, wouldn't these three women become his?

Then he could play with them however he wanted—maybe even have a threesome!

The thought alone made Blondie unbearably excited.

But he did not dare make a move himself. After all, Shen Yi knocking someone flying with one punch yesterday was still vivid in his mind.

If only some monster could eat him... Blondie thought darkly as he stared at Shen Yi's back.

"Um, where are you going?" After hesitating for a long time, Bai Xinyi finally asked carefully.

She wanted to go back to her own home.

But she did not feel comfortable saying it outright.

"We're going to my home first. It's in an upscale residential complex, so it'll be safer and more comfortable there," Jiangnan Yan replied.

They had discussed this that morning.

Shen Yi's ultimate goal was to return to the countryside to find his grandmother and younger sister, but the countryside was seventy or eighty kilometers from the city. Walking all the way back was clearly unrealistic, so they needed to find somewhere to settle first and then figure out how to get home.

Bai Xinyi hesitated before speaking. "Um, I... can I..."

"Husband, it sounds like there's something outside!"

Before Bai Xinyi could finish, Xu Wanting suddenly spoke up.

By then, they had reached the first floor of the dormitory.

Black Fog had already flooded this floor, reducing visibility to only a few meters.

Everyone stopped and listened carefully.

There really was a sound, like something was wriggling along the wall outside the building. It was very strange...

"The sound is still some distance from the entrance. Let's go out first. None of you make too much noise."

After his body evolved, Shen Yi's hearing had also been enhanced. After listening for a while, he made a decisive decision.

He drew the pistol from his waist and took the lead out.

Bai Xinyi's pupils contracted slightly when she saw the gun.

He actually had a gun!

This student—what had this student done before!?

In Xia Country, where gun control was extremely strict, ordinary people simply could not buy firearms!!

Jiangnan Yan and Xu Wanting were not too surprised, since Shen Yi had already shown them the gun that morning.

Thus, the group cautiously left the dormitory building.

The faint sounds persisted along the way, but they did not attack them. Instead, they seemed to be wriggling upward through the building.

Shen Yi and the others instinctively turned back for a look. The dormitory building shrouded in black fog was covered in dense, sprawling Boston ivy vines!

Those vines were exceptionally thick. Even the thinnest were as thick as an adult's thumb, and they seemed to be alive as they constantly crawled outward in every direction.

Everyone was shocked.

The Boston ivy that had once been so small had now become so dense!

And it was growing far too quickly!

If they had left the dormitory a few days later, the ivy might have climbed all the way to the sixth floor and covered the entire building!

By then, they probably would not have been able to leave even if they wanted to...

"This completely violates the law of conservation of energy. Without any food or water, how can Boston ivy grow this fast?" Bai Xinyi murmured in shock.

After watching for a while, Shen Yi said, "Jiangnan Yan, set up navigation. We'll go to your home first."

"If we come across a supermarket on the way, we'll stop in and gather supplies."

"Mm-hmm!" Jiangnan Yan quickly set the destination in the navigation.

There was no time to marvel at or study the mutated Boston ivy. They needed to hurry while it was still light.

Although the black fog made visibility poor even during the day, they could at least see a little. Once night fell, they would barely be able to see the road at all!

They quickened their pace, remaining cautious all the way.

Along the way.

They vaguely heard other people moving about in the black fog as well. They did not know whether they were students who had come out to look for supplies or students trying to escape the school.

However, as they walked, Shen Yi and the others suddenly heard cries for help and screams coming from the black fog...

Those sounds clearly were not caused by monsters attacking. They were people attacking other people!

They could even hear obscene sounds of men and women having sex. Someone was actually doing that kind of thing in the black fog!

And it sounded like several men were forcing themselves on a girl!

The world had completely descended into chaos!

Hearing the girl's screams and pleas for mercy from within the black fog, Jiangnan Yan and Xu Wanting moved closer to Shen Yi in fear, terrified that they might be abducted too.

They suddenly felt fortunate that they had found a man who could protect them.

Otherwise, they probably would not have fared much better than the girl being forced in the black fog.

Bai Xinyi bit her lip tightly. She seemed to want to help the helpless girl, but seeing that Shen Yi did not care at all, she forcibly held back her kindness...

She could not drag Jiangnan Yan into this!

Yet she still could not understand it. It had only been a few days—how had these students, who normally obeyed the rules and laws, become like this?

Forcing themselves on a girl in broad daylight—they were no different from animals or beasts!!

Shen Yi merely listened for a few moments longer and did not meddle.

The strong preyed on the weak. That was the law of survival now!

After more than ten minutes, Shen Yi and the others left the school. When they saw the scene outside, they were startled as well.

Many ownerless vehicles were parked on the main road outside the school. Those abandoned cars were all entwined in dense mutated plants, and the entire road was carpeted in vegetation!

On both sides of the road, rows of trees that had originally been only a few meters tall had now grown over ten meters high, their lush branches and leaves blotting out the sky.

"Ah, th-there's a monster!" Xu Wanting suddenly cried out.

A huge mutated orange cat had appeared not far away.

It bared a mouth full of sharp teeth and let out a threatening sound, apparently treating Shen Yi and the others as prey.

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

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The gunshots were exceptionally loud!

Shen Yi's marksmanship was poor, but he fired enough shots that some were bound to hit.

After seven or eight shots, one bullet struck one of the orange cat's front legs. It let out a shrill scream and immediately leaped onto the nearby tree trunk.

Although it had mutated, it still retained the habits it had in life. The moment it encountered danger, it fled to higher ground.

Shen Yi exchanged for another gun from the System Space, aimed again, and prepared to blanket the area with firepower.

But just then, several branches suddenly shot out, piercing straight through the Mutant Orange Cat's body. It let out wave after wave of miserable screams as all kinds of fluids and organs spilled across the ground...

The orange cat struggled with all four limbs, still trying to run, but with its body pierced through, it quickly stopped moving.

Even Shen Yi could not help swallowing at the sight.

These mutated plants seemed to have come alive. They were actually fiercer than mutated animals...

Shen Yi looked up and discovered the corpses of Mutant Cats, Mutant Dogs, and other animals hanging from some of the branches, long since dead...

Vaguely, he seemed to spot human corpses as well.

A faint smell of blood permeated the air.

Deep and terrifying!

Shen Yi observed for a while. Seeing that the plants showed no intention of attacking them, he took out a bottle of water from the System Space and threw it out to test the way ahead.

The mineral water bottle hit the ground with a sound, but the Mutant Giant Trees lining both sides of the road showed no reaction.

He threw another bottle of water at one of the tree branches. The instant it touched the branch, several thick limbs shot out and pierced through the bottle.

Just as expected!

Like the Mutant Boston Ivy outside the dormitory building, the mutated trees had no desire to attack proactively.

Only when something touched them would they attack.

Once he understood this, Shen Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't stray too far from me. Keep moving."

The three women followed with tense expressions.

That Mutant Orange Cat had frightened them badly just now!

The tree that killed the orange cat had scared them so badly that their entire bodies trembled!

If Shen Yi had not stood in front of them with a gun, the three women would have long since run around screaming...

They now deeply understood the dangers within the Black Fog. Any ulterior thoughts they had vanished completely, and they clung tightly to Shen Yi's side, not daring to fall even half a step behind.

Bai Xinyi did not dare mention going home again.

If she left Shen Yi, she might not even last ten minutes!

However, after they had not gone far, Shen Yi, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and grabbed Xu Wanting, who had nearly fallen into a pit.

There, right beneath their feet on the road, was a pitch-black fissure more than ten meters wide, stretching beyond sight and plunging into unfathomable depths!

And from within that fissure, dense Black Fog slowly billowed out...