Chapter 145
Uncle Liu was overjoyed to find half a vat of water.
After all, water was a precious resource to them. They had to bring it back. Even if it was contaminated, it was still essential to keeping them alive.
But just as he turned around, he felt something snag the hem of his clothes.
He tried to walk forward, only to find that he couldn't move at all.
He swung his flashlight toward it. In the beam stood a child-sized mud figure beside him, one hand clutching his collar.
An Aberration!
One look was enough to make Uncle Liu's legs buckle in terror, and he collapsed onto the floor.
"Play with me..."
In the flashlight's beam, the mud doll reached for Uncle Liu, even wearing a faint, smug smile.
But just before it could touch Uncle Liu, Lin Yi reached over from the side.
Smack!
With one slap, the mud doll's head flew off and slammed hard into the wall.
As a Sequence Seven, Lin Yi had considerable strength in his hands. A single slap finished the mud doll off, and he reached down to help Uncle Liu up.
"Just a Tier One Aberration. Nothing to worry about."
Lin Yi spoke as though it were nothing.
But Uncle Liu had been badly frightened. This was a Tier One Aberration. Even the few Sequence Transcendents in the Convoy would have needed a long time to figure out how to deal with it.
And yet?
Lin Yi had slapped it to death?
It was dead, wasn't it?
"Son, is that monster... dead?" Uncle Liu asked uncertainly.
Lin Yi nodded. "It's dead. It didn't seem all that dangerous. It was weaker than the Tier One Aberrations I've encountered before."
The mud doll really hadn't been much of a threat. Of the