12dz Chapter 16 Mutant Rat Swarm
Chapter 16 Mutant Rat Swarm
one day.
Two days.
By the third day, the acid rain had become very light.
Just as the rain was about to stop, Yu Yao looked at the yellow dot that had suddenly appeared on the map and finally understood where her unease came from.
In Yu Yao's minimap, she appears as an orange dot.
Teammates are green, ordinary people are blue, superhumans are purple, zombies are red, and mutated animals and plants are yellow.
Unfortunately, the map cannot reveal the opponent's exact identity until the opponent's true form is encountered.
However, just look at the moment this point of light appears.
It was already more conspicuous than the psychic zombie that Luo Mei had attracted, and it even showed a tendency to continue to grow larger.
Yu Yao knew something was wrong.
If this light spot continues to grow rapidly like this, she might not be able to cope with it given her current abilities.
Luo Mei's expression also became serious, and she unconsciously came behind Yu Yao and stood with her back to her.
He looked around warily, his eyes deep and thoughtful.
"Ayao, I don't feel well. There's an energy that's making me very uncomfortable growing stronger, but I can't grasp it with my mental strength."
Yu Yao said, "It should be a mutated animal or a mutated plant. Use your mental power to probe B-3 and see if you can find anything."
Luo Mei calmly accepted Yu Yao's reaction without any hesitation or doubt.
He used his mental energy to probe directly towards the villa B-3 that Yu Yao had mentioned.
Located in the very center of the villa area, B-3 is more exquisite and grand in appearance than other villas, and it is undoubtedly the king of the villas here.
Luo Mei used her spiritual power to probe inside and discovered that there were still living people inside.
A young woman of above-average looks with an arrogant expression and a handsome, refined, and melancholic older man—the atmosphere between them was ambiguous and strange, indescribably odd.
However, she was too lazy to investigate the relationship between the two people.
Instead, they tried their best to follow Yu Yao's instructions and search for any strange mutated animals or plants in the area.
The owner of this villa must really enjoy growing flowers.
The front and back yards are filled with various precious flowers, and the villa also has a dedicated sunroom.
However, most of them were almost destroyed by earthquakes and acid rain, and Luo Mei looked at them from left to right but couldn't see any that were different.
After exploring the surface without finding anything, she decided to look underground.
Unexpectedly, as soon as her mental energy probed a little into the basement, she felt an indescribable pain in her mind.
Luo Mei gasped in surprise. Before she could instinctively withdraw her mental energy, she saw a pair of scarlet eyes.
Noticing that Luo Mei was not in a good condition, Yu Yao quickly supported her.
All that could be heard was Luo Mei exclaiming, "A rat! It's a rat! A huge rat!"
"Oh no, let's go!" Yu Yao gasped and replied instinctively.
Rats are not scary, mutated rats are not scary either, what's scary is rats with such strong energy, and even those that are still getting stronger.
This is the Rat King, the Rat King who can command countless rats!
If it manages to gather enough rats, the consequences will be dire.
Therefore, the most important thing to do now is to leave before this rat king gathers other mutated rats, and never provoke it!
As Yu Yao spoke, she helped Luo Mei run quickly outside.
As he ran, he pulled up the hood of his clothes and took out a new one to drape over Luo Mei, covering her body and head.
She tried it when she had the chance, and the basic equipment in the store could temporarily block the corrosion of acid rain.
Perhaps it's due to the automatic cleaning function, or perhaps it has a certain level of defensive capability.
In short, it can remain intact for ten minutes.
Their task was to move into the car within those ten minutes.
The rain has now become very light, like a drizzle.
Even though acid rain can corrode cars and tires, as long as you change them frequently, they won't get wet.
If her memory serves her right, this acid rain should stop soon. Hang in there, she'll eventually get through it!
Upon entering the courtyard, Yu Yao violently broke down the gate with a knife and selected a modified, sturdy off-road vehicle from the warehouse, which she then threw at the entrance.
He placed the pale-faced Luo Mei into the passenger seat, and then got into the driver's seat himself.
The moment the car started, Yu Yao hesitated for a second, then turned around and arrived outside Villa A-2.
As he sounded the horn as a warning, his eyes met those of Ji Yan, who was standing by the window.
Seeing this, Yu Yao quickly lowered the window and gestured to Ji Yan, who was opening the window, while calling out, "Ji Yan! Let's go!"
Seeing Ji Yan's sudden change in expression, Yu Yao was sure he had heard her. She waved and placed a well-equipped modified car outside their gate before stepping on the gas and speeding away!
After the earthquake, there are very few usable cars left in this villa area.
Without cars to block the acid rain, they would be harmed by it even if they ran out, so it's pointless.
Considering they had previously helped her and were fellow alumni, she wouldn't mind helping them this once.
Seeing Yu Yao's series of actions, Luo Mei, sitting in the passenger seat, smiled faintly and asked, "So you know someone here?"
“Fellow student, when you were unconscious, they were the ones who helped me clear out the zombies.”
"Repaying a favor?" Luo Mei asked.
"That's it."
Hearing Yu Yao say that, Luo Mei's eyes brightened slightly, and she chuckled softly.
Yu Yao gave her a strange look, then heard Luo Mei say again, "You know what, young people react quickly, huh? They chased after us!"
Yu Yao glanced at the rearview mirror and, sure enough, saw Ji Yan and his group catching up behind.
Besides them, several other groups of people also ran out, perhaps because they heard Yu Yao's voice and sensed something was wrong, so they followed.
Luo Mei raised an eyebrow and continued, "There are quite a few who react quickly."
Yu Yao said, "Who doesn't want to live? Just follow along."
They drove very fast, and within minutes they were far from the villa area, speeding away in the rain.
However, the matter was not resolved simply because they left in time.
Yu Yao looked at the yellow dots that were rapidly gathering on the map and thought to herself, "Oh no."
"We've gathered together!"
Luo Mei's pupils contracted, and she turned around abruptly, enduring her headache as she released her spiritual power once again.
Immediately, his face turned even paler.
"They've caught up!"
Perhaps sensing Yu Yao and the others' movements, the Rat King had gathered countless mutated rats in advance to intercept them.
After all, in its eyes, the fattest people in this villa area, besides Yu Yao and Luo Mei, are Ji Yan and Ye Ziang.
But these four pieces of fat meat just left like that, how could it not be angry?
Although acid rain is terrible, it doesn't care about that anymore, since it's the little mice below that are getting hurt anyway!
All we need to do is grab those four pieces of fat before they're melted away by the acid rain!
......
Yu Yao sensed the dense clusters of yellow lights getting closer and closer to them.
He gritted his teeth, feeling a slight tremor from running alongside a large group of enormous mutant rats, and said, "You drive!"
"it is good!"
The two clasped hands and quickly switched positions.
Although Luo Mei was attacked by the Rat King and her mental strength was damaged, she had a headache that felt like someone was stirring her brain with chopsticks.
But he gritted his teeth and drove incredibly fast.
Yu Yao, fully armed, resolutely opened the car window and nimbly slipped out.
They flipped over to the car roof, which was riddled with holes from acid rain corrosion.
She crouched on the roof of the car to steady herself, gazing intently at the gray-black ocean that was getting closer and closer to the last car, her eyes filled with seriousness.
Without hesitation, he quickly purchased a recurve bow and dozens of basic explosive talismans from the store.
The explosive talisman is extremely powerful; one is equivalent to ten hand grenades.
It offers the best value for money against mutant rats that are not only fast but also have abnormally high defense.
......
She reached out and summoned a longbow and quiver. As she nocked three arrows onto the longbow, she also used her mind to fix three explosive talismans onto the arrowheads.
A moment later, under the shocked and puzzled gazes of Ye Ziang and the others in the following carriage, he calmly drew his longbow and decisively released the arrow.
Three arrows whistled through the air and slid into the front half of the mutated rat swarm like meteors.
boom
boom
boom
Three loud explosions rang out in succession, and countless mutated rats were blown to pieces, falling everywhere mixed with acid rain, mud, and rocks.
Some of the impacts hit the roofs of the vehicles, making loud thuds.
However, when these fragments reached Yu Yao, they were all blocked by a transparent light shield.
This was a mental shield that Luo Mei had created with all her might to protect Yu Yao from being hit, barely enough to keep her body from being injured.
Ye Ziang, who was in the car behind, looked at Yu Yao calmly drawing her bow again and exclaimed, "Yu Yao is a fire-type ability user?"
A boy named Jiao Yang in the back seat leaned forward and couldn't help but say, "It doesn't look like it. Did you guys see what's on her arrow? Doesn't it look like a yellow talisman?"
"A yellow talisman?" Ye Ziang exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that Yu Yao is really some kind of reclusive master?"
Jiao Yang sighed, "How can you be sure? The apocalypse has come, and there are zombies now. I would believe you even if you told me there are gods in this world!"
After saying that, he listened to the continuous explosions behind him as Yu Yao moved, and exclaimed sincerely, "So cool!"