Feeling the strange gazes of others, Zhao Yali quickly wiped away her tears and lowered her head to hide her blushing face.
"Did you find out what ability you've gained?" Cao Ling asked, her eyes filled with envy and curiosity.
Feeling everyone's gaze on her, Zhao Yali didn't dare to raise her head. She looked at her hands and clenched her fists. After experimenting for about half a minute, she said softly, "I'm not sure either. It seems like I've become stronger, and there are some changes to my skin."
"Hey, your skin is so smooth! It's almost as smooth as Luo Yuan's now!" Wang Xiaguang said in surprise as she pulled Zhao Yali's hand.
Zhao Yali's face turned red and she quickly pulled her hand back.
Huo Dong and the rest sneaked a peek at Luo Yuan, wanting to see his expression. However, all they saw was an extremely calm face. Boss Luo was so strong that he was almost like a god. Why would he care about such things?
Seeing that Zhao Yali was slightly disappointed, Luo Yuan comforted her, "This is the performance of your body after evolution. It's not an evolved ability. Your strength has increased and your skin has become better, which means that your body is gradually changing under the influence of evolution. This kind of transformation will last for a long time.
Evolved abilities are usually hidden. You might not be able to find it, but when you don't look for it, it will appear unintentionally. Many people, including me, are like this. Not everyone can discover their own ability as soon as they evolve. "
Zhao Yali heaved a sigh of relief.
Under the licking of the flames, the meat had already been roasted to a golden brown. Huo Dong and the others stood up together and took down the entire mutated beast from the rack. They used leaves the size of palm-leaf fans as a cushion, then used a knife to cut it into more than a dozen pieces and placed them in front of everyone.
Although there was no salt, the roasted meat was tasteless and tasteless, it was not hard to swallow.
Luo Yuan chewed his food slowly as he carefully observed his surroundings. The forest was the most dangerous at night. Some predatory mutated beasts would choose this time to hunt and move around. The huge commotion caused by the landing of the transport plane had caused all the creatures to flee. However, after such a long time, the smell of the barbecue was enough to attract some bold predatory beasts to come closer.
In fact, pairs of eyes that resembled will-o '-the-wisps had appeared in the surroundings, emitting an erratic glow in the darkness.
They were either hiding behind trees or crawling on the ground. Some nimble ones were even hiding in the lush foliage. Under the cover of the darkness, they slowly approached.
Perhaps because of the environment, most of the creatures here were small.
Jiangnan Province was a vast expanse of flat land with sparse vegetation. All living things did not have much space pressure, so they were allowed to develop freely. But before the apocalypse, this place was a deep mountain forest. The vegetation was dense, and the tree trunks were thick and strong. The branches and leaves intertwined with each other, forming an impenetrable green net in the sky. If one wanted to live in such an environment, it would be impossible to survive without an agile body.
However, just because they were small didn't mean that they weren't dangerous. On the contrary, they were even more troublesome than some large and bloated creatures.
Most of these creatures were agile and moved like the wind. Moreover, they were extremely vigilant. The slightest movement or the arrival of a stronger predator would cause them to immediately turn and flee, quickly disappearing without a trace.
Before the apocalypse, the mountains here had not been burned and destroyed like the ones in Jiangnan. Therefore, there was a rich variety of species here, and the food chain was complete. The competition was extremely fierce and cruel. Those that could survive until now had evolved their own survival skills.
Cao Ling saw that the campfire was gradually getting smaller, so she got up and poked it. Sparks burst out, and the flames suddenly rose a few feet. A few mutated beasts that were hiding in the dark quickly took a few steps back, looking at the flames with hesitation and fear in their eyes.
This was the fear that was engraved in the depths of their genes. Following the forest fires, this fear had been passed down from generation to generation. Even if they had mutated and become stronger, this instinct could not be changed.
Seeing that these creatures were still afraid of fire, Luo Yuan was slightly relieved. If all the mutated beasts here joined in the attack, he would not be able to protect everyone.
"Do you think the military will send us a death notice this time? I wonder what will happen to my mother?" A soldier said with a sad face.
"You still have your mother, but I don't have anyone left," a soldier said in a low voice.
"I haven't been home for a long time. It's also a fallen area. I think it's gone too!" Another soldier sighed.
"At least we are still alive, but many of our brothers have died. We can't even find their bodies. It's terrible." A soldier's face flashed with a trace of pain.
It was forbidden to talk about such things in the military to prevent the morale of the troops from dropping. Commander Xia opened his mouth to stop them, but in the end, he sighed.
Huang Jiahui's eyes were a little red, as if she was thinking about her family. She gently hugged Chen Jiayi, thinking that her daughter would be around this age in a few years.
Zhong Chuqiang and Deng Chao looked at Chen Jiayi in Huang Jiahui's arms with envy. They could obviously feel that Chen Jiayi was more liked by everyone along the way.
The night was getting late. The mountain wind was howling, and the wolves were crying and ghosts were howling.
Finally, a mutated beast lost its patience. Taking advantage of the cover of the wind, it stepped out of the darkness with soft footsteps and walked towards them silently. Its body was slender and light, and its limbs were strong and strong. It looked like an enlarged black deer. It walked silently, its shadow indistinct, as if it had blended into the darkness.
Even Luo Yuan did not notice it until it was about 20 meters away from him.
But at this time, it had already stopped and started its final attack. The muscles all over its body flowed like mercury, and in the next moment, it suddenly stomped on the ground. Its light body instantly crossed a distance of 20 meters, and its target was one of the children in front of it, Zhong Chuqiang.
This was the hunting instinct of a wild beast. It always chose the most energy-efficient and least likely to get hurt. In its eyes, besides the one it was hugging, Luo Yuan was the weakest one.
From accumulating power to kicking off to landing on the ground, the whole process took less than a second. Zhong Chuqiang only felt a gust of wind at the back of his neck. Other than feeling goosebumps, he didn't have any reaction at all. Then, it lowered its head, opened its densely packed sharp teeth, and bit at Zhong Chuqiang's neck.
Other than Luo Yuan, no one else had noticed it.
He slammed the ground hard. His body that was originally sitting on the ground suddenly stood up without warning. The next moment, his body seemed to be elongated, and he directly jumped over the fire. The Zhanmadao at his waist was quickly pulled out and extended along his arm into a straight line.
The mutated beast opened its mouth, but Luo Yuan had already stood up. He lowered his head less than an inch, and the cold tip of the Zhanmadao pierced through its chin, through its upper jaw, and finally through the back of its head. Its mouth was stuck by the Zhanmadao, and it could no longer move.
The mutated beast twitched a few times, and its pupils gradually dilated.
Only then did Zhong Chuqiang react. He turned around and looked at the twitching mutated beast stuck by Luo Yuan's Zhanmadao. He was so scared that his face turned pale and he collapsed to the ground.
Deng Chao, who was next to him, was also scared, but he stared at Luo Yuan with admiration.
Luo Yuan pulled out his Zhanmadao, grabbed its fur, and threw it next to the fire. "Be careful, everyone. It's not safe here."
Everyone was scared, and their backs were drenched in cold sweat. The mutated beast had gotten so close to them, and they had not even noticed it. If Luo Yuan had not noticed it in advance, there would have been more casualties.
… …
After this incident, everyone would be on high alert whenever there was any movement, and they would look behind them from time to time. Although most of them were just scaring themselves, they managed to scare off a few low-level mutated beasts that tried to attack them.
The night passed quickly, and the sky gradually brightened. The hunting mutated beasts also gradually dispersed.
Other than Luo Yuan, everyone looked tired. They had been tense the whole night, and it was more tiring than a day of hard work. However, it was obviously not the time to rest. Everyone started to get busy, cooking and collecting firewood, but they did not dare to go too far.
The forest there had become extremely strange and dangerous. It was no longer the same as before the apocalypse, and every step they took was filled with hidden dangers. Everyone tied their trousers tightly and wrapped them with a few layers of leaves before they dared to walk outside.
Of course, Luo Yuan was not one of them.
The forest in the early morning was filled with a clear but rotten smell.
In the bushes, a strange little beast with golden stripes on its back was vigilantly watching its surroundings. It carefully poked its head out of the cave, its ears slightly flapping as it listened to its surroundings. Seeing that there was no danger after a long time, it quickly jumped onto a branch of a big tree, picked up the tender leaves with its furry hands, and quickly nibbled on the tender stems and leaves. Its movements were agile and efficient. In just a few seconds, all the tender leaves on the branch had entered its stomach.
As Luo Yuan approached, its whole body quivered, and its fluffy hair instantly stood up. It quickly jumped down from the tree, and after a few leaps, it quickly drilled into the bushes and did not move again.
It was located in a valley, and the air was filled with moisture. Luo Yuan's nose smelled the humidity in the air, and he kept walking forward. After a few hundred meters, Luo Yuan heard the sound of water splashing. Not far away, there was a three-meter-wide stream. It was so clear that the bottom could be seen, and it was gurgling.
There were many fish in the stream, and most of them were half a meter long.
Luo Yuan was in a good mood when he found a water source. He planned to use a spear to catch a mutated fish and go back. At this moment, he heard a scream from afar. It seemed to be Zhao Yali's voice. His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly increased his speed, going back the way he came. When he returned, he saw that everyone was gathered together, and their faces were solemn and filled with a trace of fear.
His heart sank.
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