They could hide from it, but where could they hide from it?
Luo Lan's mind raced. "Creeper vines are plants that like sunlight, right? Shouldn't we hide in the sewers using our old trick? "
As soon as he said that, everyone saw a manhole cover get knocked off by something. Then in front of them, countless vines crawled out of the sewers and started pulling the humans around the manhole cover into the sewers.
"Pretend I didn't say anything." Luo Lan gulped, turned around, and ran!
The slap in the face came too quickly, catching Luo Lan off guard. The creeper vines had already spread to where they were.
One-third of the stronghold had already fallen!
Zhou Qi, who was following him, snapped, "Is your brain not working? Didn't you say we could hide in the sewers? Fortunately, I didn't listen to you. If we went down with you, the creeper vines would be able to skewer us and play with us!"
Luo Lan said with a dark expression, "Think about it then. It's fine if you can come up with a solution!"
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "The creeper vines aren't afraid of bullets or water. Although they're afraid of fire, the area they cover is too large. Unless we burn down the entire stronghold, there doesn't seem to be anything we can do about it."
"Aren't you just spouting nonsense!" Luo Lan cursed, "I know what you're talking about! Everyone knows it! "
But just as he said this, Luo Lan felt a pain in his chest.
Zhou Qi was a supernatural being, while the others were either young and strong reporters or Kyung Clan soldiers. It was not too strenuous for them to run, but it was too strenuous for Luo Lan.
Earlier, his instinct to run for his life had made him forget about his fatigue. But now, his body could no longer take it.
Luo Lan clutched his chest and said, "Just keep running. Don't worry about me."
He stood there panting heavily. However, the Kyung Clan soldiers carried him up without any explanation. "If we're going to leave, we'll leave together. It's our duty to protect you. If you die, we might as well die in the line of duty."
Luo Lan panicked. "I haven't finished speaking yet. I'm not thinking. You guys are just ordinary people. Can you guys carry me? Zhou Qi, carry me!"
Just now, Luo Lan wanted to call for Zhou Qi, but he couldn't breathe, so the Kyung Clan soldiers misunderstood and thought that Luo Lan didn't want to slow them down.
Zhou Qi, who was running in front, had wanted to ignore Luo Lan, but since Luo Lan had spoken up, he could only run back and say with a dark face, "You have to pay more for this!"
As he spoke, Zhou Qi ran back and carried Luo Lan on his back. It was not difficult for him to run.
Very few people knew that Zhou Qi had actually awakened very early and was probably one of the earliest superhumans to do so. That was why his stamina was slightly better than most superhumans.
As everyone ran, Luo Lan, who was on Zhou Qi's back, came up with a plan. "Let me think, where is the safest place? Oh right, a place where money is protected is the safest! Hurry up and find a bank. The vaults in a bank must be the best sealed. Some vaults don't even have ventilation openings. If we hide in there, the vines won't be able to crawl in! Also, there'll definitely be gaps in the vaults, so we won't suffocate to death! "
After that, they passed by a Wang Clan bank. The entrance of the bank was packed with people. It turned out that everyone had thought of hiding in the safest place. But there were too many people here, so they couldn't squeeze in!
Luo Lan smacked his lips. "Alright, pretend I didn't say anything. Let me think about it …."
Zhou Qi said anxiously, "Hurry up and think! If you can't think of something, we'll all die here!"
The vines were getting closer and closer to them. The creeper vines' coverage of the stronghold had gone from a third of the stronghold to only half of it.
As they ran, the manhole cover in front of them was suddenly pushed open by the vines. But before the vines could reach Luo Lan, Zhou Qi frowned. In the blink of an eye, Zhou Qi extracted all the water from the vines.
The terrifying vines were withering at a speed visible to the naked eye. They no longer had the strength to grab onto anyone.
Luo Lan shouted excitedly, "That's right! Zhou Qi, can't you control the water in the vines? Let's get rid of them now. When that happens, I, Luo Lan, will be the benefactor who saved the Wang Clan's stronghold. Let's see if they still dare to target me then. If they do, they'll be scolded to death by the public!"
Zhou Qi clenched his teeth and said, "Enough nonsense. Why don't you see how many creeper vines there are? Do you think I'm a god? Even a god wouldn't be able to suck it dry! "
Therefore, when Zhou Qi saw the vast number of creeper vines, he could only run away.
"Your superpower isn't good enough." Luo Lan curled his lips and said, "Didn't you say you were the first to awaken your superpower? Why are you so weak?"
"Is this because I'm weak? It's because the enemy is too powerful, alright! "Zhou Qi was so angry he wanted to throw Fatty Luo to the ground!
Right behind them, the group of protesters was still chasing after them. At the beginning, these people were chasing after Luo Lan and beating him up when he was down. But it was different now. They were following Luo Lan purely because they felt they might be able to escape with their lives if they followed Luo Lan.
In their panic, they did not have much time to think. They only felt that since Luo Lan could sense the danger ahead of them, he might have some other way to escape.
At this moment, survival was already more important than the "principles" they were insisting on.
Luo Lan turned around and looked at these people but did not say anything. He was not someone who would be angry with these people over their lives. Whether they could survive or not would depend on their own fate.
"Wait a minute, those creeper vines don't seem to be spreading anymore!" When Luo Lan turned around, he inadvertently discovered that the rapidly growing creeper vines had stopped. After it drove all of the humans in the stronghold to the remaining half of the stronghold's center, it suddenly stopped moving.
Everyone looked at the emerald green creeper vines from afar and suddenly felt like they had been saved.
A protester wondered, "Why isn't it moving? Are we saved?"
A bespectacled protester gradually calmed down and said, "Everyone thinks that plants can grow indefinitely, but in reality, it seems that only woody plants can do that. Of course, I'm not a professional in this, so I'm just making a guess. Just like how trees can't grow indefinitely, the creeper vines might've also reached their growth limit."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Lan's faint voice drifted over. "Have you guys ever thought that it might not be eating us right now because it's keeping us alive for tomorrow?"
The protester was speechless.
But no matter why the creeper vines had stopped, they had finally stopped, and the humans in the stronghold could finally catch a breather.
"The Wang Clan Consortium's people must've already requested for help. Who knows, we might be saved soon!" the protester said.
But Luo Lan did not believe this nonsense. He said to Zhou Qi and the others in a low voice, "We've also deliberately observed them on the way here. Although we don't know where the Wang Clan's troops stationed in the various strongholds are, we know that there are no military bases near Stronghold 61. So it'll probably be three days before the Wang Clan's reinforcements arrive. Besides, can the military do anything about the vines? They can't bring out too many flamethrowers for the time being either.
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