Chapter 261

After a simple breakfast, everyone packed up the tents, pots, and other utensils, storing them in the designated supply vehicle.0

Following that, they split into groups to carry out their respective tasks.0

Since supplies were of great importance to most people, nearly every team sent someone to oversee the process.0

This ensured mutual supervision and prevented anyone from secretly hoarding supplies.0

Especially in the various bases, those with spatial abilities would avoid suspicion and were assigned to other tasks.0

For collecting supplies, Yun Xiaoxiao sent Tao Mi'er, Liu Tao, and Lei Ming.0

Lu Chen led Xiao Feng and Nie Yizhou to clear out the remaining zombies in the city.0

Meanwhile, Yun Xiaoxiao, Ling Jing, and Zheng Yuner headed up the mountain.0

"Xiao Xiaoxiao, Yuner, let's go together," Zheng Xin'er caught up to them, greeting them warmly.0

With her joining, the atmosphere instantly became livelier.0

Together, they walked toward the mountain cottages.0

Suddenly, Ling Jing glanced toward a large tree to their left.0

His eyes narrowed, and he summoned a dark mist, hurling it toward the tree.0

The trunk shook.0

"Ouch!"0

Two figures suddenly fell from the dense branches, landing on a thick layer of dry leaves.0

They looked almost identical.0

Seeing this, Yun Xiaoxiao and the others quickly approached.0

Information about the two automatically appeared in Yun Xiaoxiao's mind.0

One was named Hua Ye, the other Hua Bai.0

Hua Ye had a stern expression and possessed the abilities of invisibility and venom.0

Hua Bai, on the other hand, looked clear-eyed and innocent, with abilities of long-distance vision and enhanced hearing.0

Despite their abilities, both were at the lowest level.0

It was clear they hadn’t consumed anything to enhance their powers.0

"What are you two doing sneaking around in the tree?"0

Seeing they were humans and not zombies, Zheng Xin'er raised an eyebrow in confusion.0

"We weren’t sneaking, we just wanted to see you..."0

Hua Bai started to explain but was quickly stopped by Hua Ye.0

Hua Ye eyed Yun Xiaoxiao and the others warily, refusing to answer and instead asking,0

"Who are you, and why are you coming up the mountain?"0

"You’re survivors from the town below, aren’t you?" Ling Jing saw through their identity at once.0

"Yes, how did you..." Hua Bai smiled brightly.0

"Idiot!"0

Hua Ye yanked him behind him.0

"Don’t just blurt everything out. How do you know if they’re good or bad?"0

"We mean no harm. We’re just here to clear out the zombies," Zheng Xin'er explained.0

"Clear out zombies?" Hua Ye frowned.0

Coming all the way up the mountain just to kill zombies?0

"You must have seen us yesterday, right?" Yun Xiaoxiao smiled faintly.0

With Hua Bai’s long-distance vision and sharp hearing, he must have noticed when they broke through the bridge and entered the town the day before.0

That’s why they were here waiting as soon as Yun Xiaoxiao’s group arrived.0

As ​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‍soon as Yun Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Hua Bai looked behind him.0

Then, faint rustling footsteps could be heard in the distance.0

Yun Xiaoxiao and the others also looked up.0

A large group of people, about twenty or thirty, was quickly descending from the mountain forest.0

Leading them was a capable middle-aged woman.0

They stopped beside the Hua brothers.0

"What’s going on?"0

The middle-aged woman, Aunt Long, looked at them with concern.0

Hua Ye glanced at Yun Xiaoxiao and the others but said nothing.0

Hua Bai, however, answered earnestly, "Aunt Long, they’re the group from below. They said they’re here to kill zombies."0

Hearing this, Aunt Long turned to Yun Xiaoxiao and the others, her eyes filled with surprise.0

Then, she spoke kindly, "Everyone, we’ve already cleared out the zombies in this area of the mountain."0

In truth, she was deeply wary of Yun Xiaoxiao and the others.0

She feared they had ulterior motives for coming up the mountain.0

So, she said this not only because it was true but also to signal that there was no need for them to go further.0

"Let’s go."0

Understanding Aunt Long’s true intentions, Yun Xiaoxiao turned around first.0

Since there were no zombies left, there was no point in wasting time here.0

Thus, the group of several hundred people began descending the mountain.0

Seeing them actually leave, Aunt Long and the others were slightly stunned.0n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Hua Bai murmured, "It seems they really were just here to kill zombies."0

Hua Ye frowned. Had he been mistaken?0

"Ahhh!"0

"Help! Someone help!"0

At that moment, several screams suddenly echoed from further up the mountain.0

Aunt Long and the Hua brothers froze, quickly turning their heads toward the direction of the cave.0

"Something’s wrong!"0

Aunt Long’s expression turned grave as she hurried back the way they came.0

The Hua brothers and the others followed closely.0

Yun Xiaoxiao and the others also heard the screams.0

Everyone stopped in their tracks.0

"Should we go check it out?" Zheng Xin'er asked.0

"If it’s zombies causing trouble and we don’t stop it in time, there’ll be even more zombies."0

Everyone agreed with her reasoning.0

So, they also hurried toward the source of the screams.0

They quickly made their way up the mountain through the forest.0

Soon, they came across a cave hidden among the trees.0

In front of the cave was a flat area, with stones piled on either side of the entrance.0

Outside the stones was a wooden fence, but it was unusual—it was studded with sharpened wooden stakes.0

The only way to access the cave was by two thick ropes hanging directly in front of the entrance.0

Clearly, this was designed to keep zombies out, as ordinary zombies couldn’t climb ropes.0

Now, screams continued to echo from inside the cave.0

Many panicked people were rushing out, their faces filled with terror as they scrambled to grab the ropes.0

Those who couldn’t reach the ropes even frantically climbed down the cliff face with their bare hands.0

It was clear how terrified they were.0

"What’s going on?" Hua Ye grabbed one of them and asked urgently.0

By the time Yun Xiaoxiao and the others arrived, they saw this scene.0

Though Hua Ye’s group had started first, both parties reached the cave almost simultaneously.0

But now, Hua Ye and the others had no time to question why Yun Xiaoxiao’s group had returned.0

Seeing their companions in such a state of panic, they were too worried.0

"There’s a flower in the cave that’s eating people! Run, or we’ll all die!"0

The person’s voice trembled with fear.0

A flower eating people?0

Hearing this, not only Hua Ye and the others but even Yun Xiaoxiao and her group were shocked.0

Yun Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows.0

Could it be that plants had mutated early?0

No, the acid rain hadn’t fallen yet.0

Plants shouldn’t have undergone large-scale mutations.0

Then it must be... like Little Cutie and Big Beauty, only certain plants with unique traits had mutated.0

As she pondered this, Aunt Long, the Hua brothers, and about a dozen others had already rushed toward the cave entrance.