Mutant Beast: Flying Mouse! Weirds Attack!

Hearing the system notification, Jiang He felt little reaction.

He had known the outcome all along.

He got up, brushed the dirt off his backside, and headed deeper into the woods.

He had just seen something strange. Now that he had finished leveling up, it was a good time to deal with it...

"Damn it! How did the apocalypse not wipe out these hateful things?"

Jiang He reached out and crushed a mosquito that kept buzzing around his ear, unable to keep himself from cursing in frustration.

He looked around and soon found the figure he was looking for!

On a huge rock not far away, a small figure stood with her back to Jiang He, her hands constantly at work.

But the hunched figure beside her had already disappeared...

One glance had been enough to tell that the old person had suffered from some serious illness and had only a few days left to live.

So Jiang He was not at all surprised by the old person's disappearance.

Besides, he had not come here to look for the old person, so naturally he did not give it any more thought...

He stopped, fixing his gaze on the huge rock ahead.

As early as an hour ago, Jiang He had noticed a small figure running back and forth through the woods, behaving very strangely.

Based on his experience in his previous life, it was clearly a human on the verge of mutating.

Having a Mutant Beast roaming around nearby was naturally very dangerous.

That was why he had come to eliminate her as soon as he finished leveling up!

Drawing the Bloodsucking Dagger from his waist, Jiang He slowly approached the huge rock.

Though he sympathized with the girl's plight, she had already mutated, so he naturally would not hold back.

"Why won't you give me a toy?"

"You all deserve to die..."

Before he could get close, a breathy voice reached his ears.

Jiang He's hearing was so sharp now that, even without the girl's vocal cords vibrating, he heard her words perfectly clearly!

"Sigh! Just as I thought!"

Jiang He let out a long sigh as red light gathered in the palm of his right hand.

[Ding]

[Level 1 Mutant Beast detected: Flying Mouse. Danger index: 20. Kill it to obtain system points]

The system notification rang out in his mind, signaling that the little girl had fully mutated!

Jiang He continued toward the huge rock, every step feeling impossibly heavy.

The first lesson the apocalypse taught humanity was to learn to control their emotions!

Because once their emotions spiraled out of control, they would mutate...

Just as he came within three meters of the girl, the little figure ahead finally noticed him and whipped around.

What appeared before Jiang He was an incredibly ugly rat's face.

Even though Jiang He had thoroughly prepared himself, he could not help feeling startled.

The girl's long, slender claws held a rat that had been tortured to death!

At the sight of Jiang He, it was as if she had found a beloved toy. Greed filled her eyes, and she flung the dead rat aside.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

Screeching, the Flying Mouse lunged forward, aiming straight for Jiang He's eyes.

"A Mutant Beast with a sonic skill?"

The sudden, piercing sound made Jiang He feel dizzy. The superpower in his body erupted, making his eardrums feel a little better.

He flashed aside to dodge the Flying Mouse's lethal strike, then burst into motion and put some distance between them.

Looking at the Mutant Beast's whiskered face, he knew the original girl was dead. What stood before him now was nothing more than a beast.

At that thought, Jiang He finally unleashed his full strength.

He kicked hard off the ground with his right foot, shooting forward like an arrow loosed from a bow and reaching the Flying Mouse in an instant.

Seeing this, the Flying Mouse tried to release another sonic wave to disrupt Jiang He's consciousness.

But how could a Mutant Beast that had only just awakened react as quickly as Jiang He, a level 2 Superpower Sequence user?

Before it could make a sound, it was struck by a tongue of flame and sent flying backward.

This move was the skill Jiang He had awakened during the day-Flame Jet.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

The merciless flames instantly engulfed the Flying Mouse's head.

It struggled and writhed in agony, trying to put out the fire.

But under the control of the Fire Control skill, the flames flowed like liquid, constantly dodging the Flying Mouse's attempts to beat them out.

Even when it tried everything it could, nothing worked...

In the end, amid its furious, unwilling roars, its head was completely burned to ash.

[Ding]

[Congratulations, host, on killing a level 1 Mutant Beast: Flying Mouse. Reward: 100 system points]

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang He quickly searched the place where the Flying Mouse had died and found that it had dropped nothing.

Though somewhat disappointed, he did not stop moving. He bent down and picked up the Flying Mouse's corpse.

Like a hare, he raced toward the bus at top speed!

The sounds coming from behind him told Jiang He that Eldritch Horrors had begun appearing here. He had to get out immediately!

It happened to be two in the morning.

It was when the survivors were sleeping most soundly. It seemed this group of Eldritch Horrors had been watching the place for a long time.

They had probably sensed that there were Superpower Sequence users in the group and had therefore chosen to launch a sneak attack...

His suspicion made Jiang He's back tense. The Eldritch Horrors in his previous life had also been powerful, but they had not developed intelligence this early!

Could it be that his rebirth had accelerated the Eldritch Horrors' evolution?

Or had he been incredibly lucky in his previous life and simply never encountered these intelligent Eldritch Horrors in the early stages?

Jiang He pondered the reason as he ran. Just as he was about to emerge from the woods, he saw a petite figure crouching in the grass.

The instant he saw the figure, Jiang He found himself questioning his whole life.

"Damn it! If you're here, who did I kill?"

That was right!

The petite figure before him was the very same little girl Jiang He had seen during the day!

She was curled up in the grass, trembling uncontrollably all over.

Only her big, black-jewel-like eyes were visible, staring fixedly in the direction Jiang He had come from.

This girl must have hidden here early on!

Listening to the terrifying sounds drawing closer behind him, Jiang He forced down his emotions.

He once again ran with all his might and reached the girl.

As if possessed, he suddenly scooped her up, tucked her under his other arm, and ran out of the woods.

By then, Liu Lu had also noticed something amiss in the camp. With no time to pack, Liu Lu rushed to the entrance of the neighboring tent.

"Qianqian, get up! Danger is coming!"

The shout woke not only Wang Qian, but many other survivors in the camp.

With no time to pack, everyone quickly got up, grabbed whatever supplies were within reach, and ran for the buses.

Naturally, they were not as fast as Jiang He. By the time Liu Lu woke Wang Qian, Jiang He had already rushed into his own bus with the little girl.

Without hesitating for a moment, he fed the Flying Mouse to the fully repaired bus.

Then he immediately started the engine!

Although it was a little difficult, the bus started moving at last.

He turned to look back.

When he saw that "Li Zhuang" had boarded the Rampage Group's vehicle, Jiang He's last trace of concern vanished.

Ignoring the people outside the bus calling for help, he drove swiftly past the survivors.

"Fuck you!"

"Fuck your mother!"

Although the people Jiang He had abandoned were cursing, they did not move slowly in the least.

Seeing that they could not count on this bus, they immediately turned and crowded toward the other buses.

Everyone knew what being left behind meant!