Chapter 145

Liang Zhaoxi scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, “Miss Lin, we probably have to feel our way forward. No one who went in before has ever come out, so…” He was visibly nervous, the knuckles of his hand gripping the steel pipe were faintly white.

Lin Qianhuan reached out and plucked a leaf from a low-hanging branch, crushing it between her fingers, the green sap staining a small patch of her skin. “So, your base leader sent you to die with me?” She raised her eyes, her gaze full of mocking laughter. “I thought you were important to Gu Liansheng, but in the end, you’re still someone he can discard at will?”

A bitter smile escaped the corner of Liang Zhaoxi’s lips, his gaze disappearing into the depths of the dense forest. “The base leader, he saved my brother’s life. He’s a great benefactor to us brothers.”

“You have a brother? How come I’ve never seen him?” Lin Qianhuan was a little puzzled, throwing away the crushed leaves from her fingertips, feeling that the dark green sap faintly reeked of blood.

Liang Zhaoxi sighed, “He disappeared during a mission to hunt zombies. In the apocalypse, disappearing means death, I guess there’s not even bone scraps left now. We are both bitter people, I just want to repay the base leader’s kindness, so I’m eking out a living in this world.”

He looked up at the sky, a smile different from his usual mask stretched across his face. This smile was very real, not the mask he usually wore. “When the Freedom Base stabilizes, I’ll go down and look for my brother. Our parents left early, since he’s gone, I should reunite with him sooner rather than later. Lest the silly boy be lonely on the road to the Yellow Springs alone.”

Lin Qianhuan’s eyes flickered slightly, “I think your brother definitely hopes you can live well. But, ultimately, it still depends on your own choice.”

She raised her foot and walked into the dense forest, beckoning to Liang Zhaoxi. “Follow behind me, your power isn’t very offensive, if you get lost, I can’t protect you.”

“Okay, then I’ll trouble Miss Lin.” Liang Zhaoxi gripped the steel pipe tightly and cautiously stepped into the dense forest, but after walking a few steps, he felt dizzy. “Miss Lin, don’t you think these branches are moving? It makes me want to vomit, I’m a little dizzy.”

He raised his hand to support the rough tree trunk beside him, feeling only dizziness and a surge of stomach acid. There was no path in the dense forest, but the towering trees around him were constantly rotating, twisting, moving, and growing… His eyes were a mess, only feeling that the dense branches covered the sky and the sun, making people dizzy.

“Miss Lin, are you okay? Do you want to stop and rest for a while?” Liang Zhaoxi stood up, enduring the nausea, but when he looked up, there was no sign of Lin Qianhuan. He was a little flustered. “Miss Lin? Miss Lin, where are you? Miss Lin! Can you hear me?”

He shouted loudly, but the only response was the rustling of the wind blowing through the leaves.

At this moment, Lin Qianhuan vigilantly wrapped herself tightly with a mental barrier. From entering the dense forest to now, she had only taken 16 steps forward. But looking back, there was no shadow of the wide road, all that could be seen was lush greenery.

“A level 3 Wood-type power user can do this, it’s really amazing.” Lin Qianhuan gripped the Tang sword in her hand, cutting off the branches and vines blocking the way ahead. The fractured area did not overflow with the fragrance of trees, but with the fishy stench of blood and rotten corpses fermenting.

How strange. Spreading her mental power out, Lin Qianhuan successfully detected the position with the strongest power fluctuations. But looking up, the road leading there was blocked by thick tree trunks, making it impossible to move forward even half a step.

“Don’t want me to go over there?” She smiled, putting the Tang sword into the space, and taking out a big guy. A chainsaw. “I want to see if my chainsaw is better, or your ability is better.”

Lin Qianhuan moved her wrists and ankles, and started working with the chainsaw. The mental blade and the chainsaw were dispatched together, and soon, the sound of trees falling echoed in the dense forest. One tree, two trees, three trees… The fishy smell became more and more intense, suffocating Lin Qianhuan.

“You think this can stump me?” She took out a gas mask and put it on in a few strokes, continuing to cut down trees.

Not knowing how long it had passed, with the collapse of the last tree, a small house completely covered by moss and vines appeared in front of Lin Qianhuan. “Can’t stop me, can you?” She chuckled, glanced at the chainsaw covered with dark green sap, and threw it aside with some disgust. This smell, can’t be kept.

Raising her foot and coming to the front of the shop, the first thing Lin Qianhuan saw was an orange-yellow light. The light was a little dim, but it seemed very warm. “A guest has arrived, please come in.”

A man with messy hair and a beard walked out of the house. He was wearing a black short sleeve, his bare feet stepping on the cold floor tiles. “You made quite a commotion, I’ve lived here for almost a month, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone as interesting as you.” He chuckled and raised his chin towards the inside of the house. “Come in and have a glass of water, you must be tired after working for so long, right?”

Lin Qianhuan took off the gas mask, sniffing vigilantly, but found that there was only a faint musty smell in the house, but no fishy smell from the dense forest. Acceptable. She raised her foot and walked into the house, the house was cleaned very cleanly, and many fairy lights were hung on the wall, which seemed particularly abrupt in the dim environment.

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