Outside Stronghold 61, a large convoy of trucks suddenly arrived in town.
Wang Fugui was sitting in the truck and anxiously looking at the stronghold in front of him. He saw that the stronghold was just as the rumors said. There were countless creeper vines growing in the stronghold, and anyone who got close would immediately be attacked by the creeper vines' tentacles.
The Wang Clan troops who had arrived with them were discussing how to resolve the problem at hand. But in reality, no one had a particularly good idea.
In the end, someone suggested that there should be no survivors left inside, so they might as well burn down the stronghold. No matter how powerful the creeper vines were, they would still be afraid of fire.
This time, it was all thanks to Wang Fugui that the Wang Clan troops were able to arrive here ahead of time.
Previously, the army had assembled but wanted to set off at the last minute. Some of the military vehicles had not returned yet, so Wang Fugui suggested that they unload the goods at the barracks first before using his trucks to transport the soldiers. That way, the Wang Consortium's troops would not have to wait any longer.
As such, the commander of the Wang Clan troops stationed at Stronghold 62 who had arrived first was very grateful to Wang Fugui. He even started addressing Wang Fugui as a brother and repeatedly praised Wang Fugui for being a righteous and good person.
Wang Fugui smiled bitterly. It was not that he was righteous, but that he also had relatives who were probably in the stronghold right now. Therefore, he also hoped the troops could arrive as soon as possible so they might be able to save them.
When Wang Fugui heard the commander of the Wang Clan troops say they were going to burn down Stronghold 61, he panicked. "Sir, my family is still inside. You can't burn it down."
The commander, Wang Linlan, said with a wry smile, "Bro, even if your family is really inside, there's no way they'll survive. I've just received the latest order from the higher-ups. The entire stronghold has turned green on satellite imagery. No one can survive this catastrophe."
"Impossible!" Wang Fugui's mind went blank. Then he shouted, "He's different! He'll definitely survive! He managed to survive such a difficult situation back then, so this time —"
With that, Wang Fugui rushed into the stronghold. Jiang Wu, who was behind him, suddenly pulled him back.
Wang Fugui stiffly turned around. "Ms. Jiang, do you also think that Xiaosu will die?"
"No." Jiang Wu shook her head. "Stay here. I'll go look for him."
While they were arguing, someone exclaimed, "Look, why are the creeper vines at the stronghold's gate starting to wither?!"
Everyone looked over and was surprised to find that it was really the case. The originally lush creeper vines had really withered!
"What happened?"
"Did someone get rid of it inside?"
Wang Linlan frowned as she watched all of this. Right now, no one could determine what was happening inside. Was it the problem with the creeper vine itself, or was it someone inside that had dealt with the creeper vine? There was no way of knowing.
However, he suspected that there was probably no one in this world who could deal with such a terrifying creature, right?
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In a person's life, there would be dozens of springs, summers, autumns, and winters. In spring, all living things would sprout, in summer, verdant and lush, in autumn, leaves would turn yellow, and in winter, snow and ice would cover everything.
But at this moment, the thick and strange green color of Stronghold 61 was disappearing at an extremely fast speed and turning into a dull yellow color.
It was as though spring, summer, and winter had arrived in the blink of an eye. It was as though someone had washed away the paint on this oil painting with a wave of their hand and was waiting for the color to fade away bit by bit.
Ren Xiaosu was inexplicably shocked as he watched everything that was happening around him.
As the area was too large, the entire vast stronghold was undergoing such a drastic change. This made people feel that this was more like the power of nature.
At first, the creeper vine was growing normally until the battle between the Pyro Company and the Anjing House in the stronghold resulted in the blood of supernatural beings drenching its branches and leaves.
Later, it started eating the rats in the sewers. Following that, it started eating cats and dogs, and finally, humans.
At first, it ate humans sneakily, probably because it was also worried about being discovered by humans. Although it had low intelligence, it did not mean it had no intelligence. This creeper vine was actually more like a child. No one taught it how to get along with the world, so it grew up selfishly.
Were humans born good or evil? Ren Xiaosu felt that neither of these definitions matched his views. He felt that humans were born selfish, regardless of whether it was right or wrong.
Later, when the people in the stronghold discovered something fishy about the creeper vine, they tried to end its life with flamethrowers. The creeper vine was naturally unwilling to be destroyed by humans just like that. Moreover, it was clearly the stronger party, so it buried the entire stronghold in anger.
But none of that was important. What was important was that it had absorbed the energy from the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the stronghold, including even supernatural beings!
In reality, it required an extremely large amount of energy to slowly encircle the stronghold. However, it was precisely the hundreds of thousands of lives in the stronghold that provided it with nutrients that allowed it to expand so quickly.
It could be said that it had sacrificed an entire stronghold to complete its growth.
And now, the energy gained from sacrificing an entire stronghold was gathering towards Zhou Yingxue!
After the branches and leaves withered and broke, Ren Xiaosu saw Zhou Yingxue standing quietly on top of the creeper vine's roots with her eyes closed.
Her hand was placed on one of the creeper vine's main branches beside her. After the creeper vine's roots were controlled, it could only be controlled by Zhou Yingxue.
Countless amounts of green energy were extracted from the vines and channeled into Zhou Yingxue's body through her fingers.
Ren Xiaosu wondered if Zhou Yingxue had killed the creeper vine?
But what kind of supernatural being would a person who sacrificed an entire stronghold become?
In the entire history of mankind, Zhou Yingxue was probably the first person to experience something like this.
Although the maidservant in the past had a very good supporting role, she was still lacking in terms of combat strength. But what about after this?
That maidservant who liked to munch on melon seeds and had no image to speak of in front of Ren Xiaosu was now like a goddess in a stronghold who had control over the life and death of the stronghold.
A moment later, when all of the creeper vines withered, Zhou Yingxue also fell unconscious.
Ren Xiaosu walked over to Zhou Yingxue's side to check on her and found that her breathing and pulse were normal. Perhaps she had absorbed too much energy that she could not handle it.
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu had never experienced something like this before, so he did not know what to do.
At this moment, Zhou Yingxue's body was alternating between hot and cold, and the expression on her face kept changing. Ren Xiaosu hesitated for a moment before picking her up from the ground.
But all of a sudden, Ren Xiaosu realized everything around him had been enveloped by a layer of golden light. He turned around and saw Luo Lan getting up from the ground while his body was covered in a layer of golden light.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned on the spot. "You've awakened?"
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