Chapter 130: The Little Servant Z3

Sang Chu couldn’t believe it. She hurried to check elsewhere, but Ying managed to crawl back by herself and then transformed back into her original form.

Although Xiao Qi could survive, he was in so much pain that when he looked at Sang Chu, his eyes were filled with blood. “Don’t! I’m not going to die, okay? I’m sorry, alright? You’re an adult, why are you fussing with a kid like me?”

Sang Chu was both angry and amused. “You really don’t know, do you? If you bite someone, they’ll turn too! If I really was like you, I wouldn’t have been bitten!”

The little servant muttered, “There’s nothing bad about it. You can wake up and not die. The world is so boring anyway.”

He tried to get up, but when he saw Sang Chu take a step closer, his whole body shrank back. “What are you doing? I’m warning you, don’t chop me again! I really can’t die!”

Sang Chu said, “Then I’ll just chop you into pieces, and before you can pull yourself together, I’ll scatter your parts in different places. Let’s see if you can put yourself back together then.”

The little servant’s eyes widened in horror. “You’re so cruel! I’m warning you, don’t come any closer, or—or I’ll have my men kill everyone here!”

“Go ahead, use their lives to threaten me. I think it’s worth it!” Sang Chu replied, walking towards him with a half-smile.

Pei Zhao quickly hugged her and shouted, “Brother Lin Z, run! She’s gone crazy!”

But suddenly Lin Z’s expression changed. “Retreat! Quick, retreat! That damn thing is coming!”

As soon as he finished, he didn’t waste any time. He teleported, grabbed Pei Zhao, and ran off without stopping.

Sang Chu frowned slightly. When she turned around, she saw the mutated plant growing larger.

Under the blood-red moon, the giant plant and the speeding vehicles merged together and then shot up from the ground.

The vehicles, like wild beasts, tried to escape but crashed into an invisible barrier, unable to get out. Sang Chu could even see a bloody mark left on the shield around one of the vehicles.

Sang Jingwen and the others came over to Sang Chu after getting out of their vehicle.

Looking at the group of people trapped and frantically smashing at the vehicles, Yi Ping couldn’t help but ask, “What are those people doing?”

Sang Chu pointed to the sky above Qingliu City. “Look.”

At that moment, all the light from the blood moon was focused on the mutated plant. Its branches reached out over the city, stretching in different directions, and everything it touched was sucked into its ‘mouth.’

Its invisible eyes were fixed on Sang Chu and the others, as if it was greedily eyeing its prey, devouring everything in a frenzy.

The wails that came out chilled everyone to the bone.

Sang Jingwen said, “Isn’t that the same sound Mu Xue heard before?”

Sang Chu replied, “I’m afraid so. Before, it must have been feeding at a higher altitude, so I couldn’t see it.”

Lu Minli said, “This plant is practically a demon. It’s herded all of Qingliu City’s survivors together, separating the powered from the ordinary people. It eats the high-level powered ones, uses their energy to strengthen itself, then uses their crystal cores to turn more people in the city into powered ones. Then it lets the ordinary people kill the new powered ones, takes out their crystal cores, and repeats the cycle again and again. It’s a closed loop.”

Sang Chu said, “Look!”

Everyone looked where Sang Chu pointed.

The mutated plant absorbed both powered and ordinary people into its body, and the crystal cores were spat out like eggs, dropping back into Qingliu City. The process repeated endlessly; the mutated plant was clearly very intelligent.

Ning Song said, “So that’s how the crystal cores are made!”

It was his first time seeing the entire process of crystal cores falling from above. Old Yan followed his gaze and said, “The part of the plant above ground is big, but the underground part is even bigger. I’m afraid there’s no way out.”

He had originally thought that once they left the base, they’d be free. Now it seemed that even the survivors were still trapped by the plant, and escaping was even harder.

Sang Chu said, “Not necessarily. I’ll head back first. The crystal cores are too precious to waste. If Yan Ze and the others want to escape, let’s discuss it together and figure out a way.”

Lu Minli saw her sister standing there in a daze and hurried over. “Ah Chu, what’s wrong with my sister?”

“It’s nothing, she’ll be fine in a bit. I’m going to find your niece. You go back and wait for me.”

Lu Minli nodded. “Okay. Be careful.”

After that, he helped his sister back into the city. Ning Song wanted to leave too, but seeing everyone with Sang Chu heading back into the city, he gritted his teeth and said, “I’ll go back too.”

Yan Hao asked, “Dad, what about me?”

“Go with her.”

After everyone left, Sang Chu turned to Tu You, her tone serious. “How did you get caught? Was it the servant?”

“His spatial ability is too strong. My shield couldn’t stop him. Let’s go to his base first and find Lu Minli’s family. Once we find them, we’ll leave. Do you have any world-altering abilities that can cure that plant?”

Tu You blinked. “You have to be prepared—there might not be any, and even if there are, it’ll be very dangerous!”

“It’s fine. Money can be earned again. At worst, I’ll start over. But if we lose our lives, that’s the real tragedy. We can use all the crystal cores and jade stones we have. I’ll bring my brother along too. While I’m treating the plant, everyone can cultivate together. At the very least, we need to raise our overall strength before we go back.”

The people in Qingliu City were all very powerful. If her own strength didn’t increase, it would be hard to control the situation. That’s why Sang Chu was stalling for time.

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When Pei Zhao followed the little servant back to the base, she saw her father and grandfather and immediately let go of Lin Z’s hand. “Dad! Grandpa! I missed you so much!”

Pei Yiwen was both happy and worried to see his daughter. He asked in a low voice, “Zhao Zhao, why are you alone? Where’s everyone else?”

Lu Yi saw his daughter and granddaughter and was also anxious. “Zhao Zhao, why are you alone?”

The more Pei Zhao was questioned, the more uneasy she felt. She stiffly turned to look at Lin Z. “Brother Lin Z, why didn’t you bring me with you?”

Lin Z glanced at her indifferently. “That mutated plant is too dangerous. Wait until it settles down, then you can look for your friends. For now, just behave. All my men are gone. If you want to die, go ahead, but I won’t save you!”

After the arrogant man finished speaking, he turned and left. He needed to check how many of his men were left at the base.

That giant plant was a real scourge; every time it ate a bunch of people, his underlings had to recruit new ones. This time, he’d finally gotten a group of high-level underlings, but they’d all been eaten!"