Chapter 566

No, there is still one person.

When everyone had hidden inside the vehicle, using various methods to block the breathing holes to temporarily avoid the Ying Guang Lu's edge, there was still one person, likewise facing the wind and snow outside.

Countless Blood Crystals were piled up into a high tower; Chi Jinan stood atop it, and the moment those silvery-white mushrooms sprouted, he sensed something was off—the Blood Crystal had lifted him to a place higher than the mushrooms.

He watched those Ying Guang Lu spores, which like heavy snow had already covered the entire ground, his brows furrowing even tighter.

Chi Jinan also saw the message in the Team Channel; shortly after he had left the team, it seemed the convoy had encountered further mishaps.

Fang Zhiyan......?

His dark eyes narrowed slightly; the place where Chi Jinan stood was high enough, so he would not be obscured by the ground's Ying Guang Lu, but this could not continue.

Aberrant Species are also divided into Aberrant Plants and Aberrant Beasts, and for Chi Jinan, Aberrant Plants are clearly more troublesome.

Especially this kind, an area almost entirely occupied by Aberrant Plants.

Chi Jinan was still considering his next move when suddenly he sensed something was wrong.

Those spores writhed at the base of his Blood Crystal tower, like a group of worms not yet fully formed.

Silvery-gray mycelium had already climbed up the sides of his Blood Crystal; wherever it passed, the Blood Crystal grew darker, and those mycelia were eroding the energy within the Blood Crystal that belonged to him.

Tsk.

Chi Jinan narrowed his eyes dangerously; seeing that those spores were the same Ying Guang Lu color as Ying Duo's hair, his mood worsened.

He casually swung a claw in midair; the mycelium still corroding upward was severed, and at the cut a Ying Guang Lu fluid oozed out, dripping onto the Blood Crystal, sticking to its surface without falling off, instead becoming even more firmly attached.

Really disgusting.

Having already felt how troublesome these mycelia were, seeing them rush toward him at great speed, Chi Jinan simply jumped down from the tower top, his body moving through the Ying Guang Lu spores, only able to catch a fleeting glimpse of a blood-red shadow amidst the sea of Ying Guang Lu.

The Blood Crystal tower behind him collapsed, its fragments falling from above and scoring many notches on the surrounding silvery-gray mushrooms.

Then, even more Ying Guang Lu-colored fluid flowed out.

Red was completely submerged by green.

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"We can't stay hidden here long-term."

Shen Zexi frowned, looking outside through the window; those spores were spreading quickly, and in just a short while they had already submerged half of the vehicle's tire.

Moreover, to prevent too many spores from entering, they had sealed the exhaust vents as best they could; continuing like this, this place was no longer suitable for them to stay for a long time.

"This light pollution...... I feel like I'm about to see illusions before my eyes."

Meng Kexin had even reached the point where prolonged gazing out the window caused her some discomfort; Xie Jingyan nodded in agreement, obviously finding this environment quite unbearable as well.

Even the usually carefree theatre person had waned, and it was unclear whether it was due to the recent blow or an inability to adapt to this light pollution.

"I feel I'm actually okay......"

Qi Hengyu scratched his head, watching the spores outside pile higher and higher, also unable to think of any countermeasure.

Perhaps because of Ying Duo's presence, he and Shen Zexi had somewhat developed some resistance, so when faced with such a field of Ying Guang Lu, they could still tolerate it......

Shen Zexi nodded silently.

Could it be that Ying Duo's torment of them was actually preparing the ground for this moment?

Actually, for this environment, Luo Jinyou might be more familiar with it than they are, after all, he too had lived long-term with Ying Duo.

That is indeed true.

Luo Jinyou's shins were basically covered by spores, so he chose to jump onto the vehicle roof, clearing the piled spores there while checking the Team Channel status.

They were all trapped inside the vehicle, but aside from Luo Jinyou, only Chi Jinan remained somewhere unknown in the distance.

Ying Duo opened the mini-map, located Chi Jinan's position, which was some distance from them, but Chi Jinan's condition was not good.

Although the Blood Bar was still normal, the Blue Bar was slowly dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It looks like they've run into trouble.

But they did not see any red dots representing enemies near Chi Jinan.

Rather than there being no enemies, Yang Yixie would rather believe his other speculation.

That is, every place they can see with the naked eye, whether the silvery-gray mushrooms that could serve as a backdrop or the spores carpeting the ground, are all enemies.

If the number of enemies is already countless, would they still be marked on the mini-map?

No.

It's just that the entire mini-map would turn red.

But the premise of all this is that the other side truly harbors killing intent toward them.

Ying Duo glanced at the apocalyptic-like scenery outside; rather than saying it was a deliberate killing trap aimed at them, it was more like a natural disaster that just happened to occur when they arrived.

Is it a natural disaster...... or a man-made calamity?

Fang Zhiyan happened to disappear at this very moment, claiming there was no sign of the other side's hand in this; Ying Duo could not possibly believe that.

His understanding of Fang Zhiyan seemed to come almost entirely from others' evaluations; even though he repeatedly reminded himself of her danger in his heart, it was still hard to match up with reality.

At this moment, he seemed to sense something: Bai Mu Yun's fear of Fang Zhiyan.

"Is there a road this way?"

Shen Zexi suddenly called out to Ying Duo, placing the Team Channel's mini-map in front of him and asking.

After all, this is Ying Duo's ability; no one knows it better than him.

Yang Yixie glanced up, seeing that they had now fallen into a large pit; if the surroundings were all dirt, then what the mini-map showed should also be a completely closed line segment.

But, at one point the line segment showed a widening trace.

Generally speaking, this means there is an entrance to another place at this location, only it's blocked or requires some mechanism to trigger before it can be activated.

After receiving Ying Duo's affirmative reply, Shen Zexi immediately began drafting a plan, figuring out how to notify the others, and then they would evacuate together in that direction.

Luo Jinyou also saw the message sent by Shen Zexi and the others, immediately sprang into action, first heading to the place suspected of having a passage to investigate.

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Has he completely lost all self-awareness?

The rock face was covered with Ying Guang Lu-colored ore, yet at that moment the air briefly twisted.

After the distortion, Fang Zhiyan's figure slowly appeared; he did not approach, merely Observation Key the situation from afar.

"Indeed, such a miracle isn't something that can happen so easily..."

He couldn't help shaking his head; Bai Mu Yun still guessed wrong a bit.

At least, he wasn't the first target Fang Zhiyan had his eyes on.