CHAPTER 603: CHAPTER 601: LUOHE

At night, they all rested in the vehicle, and Lu Chen gave them extra fuel to ensure there was enough heating throughout the night.

When the warm air started flowing from the air conditioning vents, everyone finally felt comfortable. They cracked open a small window and everyone rested.

During the night on the mountain road, the forests on both sides intermittently resonated with the roars of mutant creatures. Jianxiong and Lu Chen took turns to keep watch, and everything remained peaceful until morning when they casually had breakfast and set off again.

The secluded city of Luohe, nestled in the mountains, finally came into their sight.

The city’s entrance appeared right after descending the mountain road, marked by a stone tablet inscribed with "Luohe." The buildings were covered with green vines, not only on their facades but also on the ground, filled with unidentifiable plants with green leaves.

Su Mo saw nothing but green from within the vehicle; she saw no mutant creatures, only plants and buildings, giving the impression of an eerily deserted dead city.

After the Spiritual Superpower User in the vehicle behind them concluded his search within his range, Lu Chen’s walkie-talkie transmitted his voice.

No mutant creature or even a low-level zombie was found.

"It’s weird; such silence in this city seems unlikely without even a single zombie," Su Mo said, glancing around through the window. The vine-like plants had crept into the shops, and she could barely make out some corpse-shaped, green vine-wrapped odd shapes.

Lu Chen slowed down the vehicle, with everyone examining the surroundings. The bunker was located in the center of the city underground, making it somewhat difficult to find the entrance amidst all the green vines.

"Puchi."

The tire of the vehicle at the end of the convoy suddenly burst due to a sharp wooden spike.

Lu Chen had no choice but to stop the vehicle, still warning others through the walkie-talkie, "Watch your step."

Su Mo hopped down from the vehicle, the tire of the vehicle at the back completely deflated, thankfully they had a spare tire in the trunk. Other than a slight delay, it wasn’t too troublesome.

During the night, the hail that had fallen from the sky hadn’t melted much, many plants’ roots were smashed and broken.

Su Mo carefully navigated through the vines, the emptiness around was too profound, the city’s greenery obscuring the path. A person-shaped green plant hanging in front of a shop caught her attention.

The plant, wrapped in green as if containing a person inside, was strangely shaped. Su Mo approached, the object hung under a steel piece of a billboard. She circled the bizarre plant, thought for a moment, and then pulled out her Tang Blade, stabbing into the plant.

It was the distinct sound of a blade piercing flesh.

Su Mo’s heart skipped a beat and she directly used the blade to pry open the thick green leaves, inside was indeed a corpse wrapped up.

And it looked very intact, with a blade wound exactly where Su Mo had just inserted it into its forehead.

She removed the blade and stepped back to carefully observe the corpse, and finally severed the vine holding it, dropping the body to the ground.

The others were still installing the new tire; hearing the noise, Lu Chen came over.

"What did you find?"

"A wrapped-up corpse."

Su Mo stripped the vines away from the body, revealing a corpse dressed in a suit.

She expressed surprise at the freshness of the skin on the limbs of the corpse, "This body doesn’t look like it’s been dead for long!"

The exposed skin was still soft to the touch, and it rebounded when pressed with a finger.

Su Mo withdrew her hand and said, "This isn’t normal. If this person only just died, why are they still wearing a suit, which isn’t easy to run in?"

Her question was apt, and after careful observation, Lu Chen also showed confusion in his eyes, "Indeed, he hasn’t been dead for long."

Jianxiong spent a while searching before he saw Su Mo and another crouching under a store, and he shouted at them, "Little sister! The tire is fixed! Let’s hurry and hit the road!"

Lu Chen stood up and pulled her along, "Let’s go."

The eeriness of the corpse was pressed deep into Su Mo’s heart to avoid the tires being punctured by these unpredictable wooden spikes, and they chose to walk instead of driving.

Everyone walked cautiously; the gray weather became even darker under the canopy of dense plants.

Shortly after they left, the body that had been tossed on the ground moved, suddenly flipping over with its back facing the sky, and something seemed ready to burst out from beneath the suit...

From noon till dark, they still hadn’t found any activity of mutant creatures, and everyone was tired from the long walk.

There was a small convenience store nearby, and because the glass door was tightly closed, Jianxiong wiped the leaves away and found the inside to be clean. He forcefully tore those things apart and broke open the door to enter.

Inside, the shelves were nearly empty. The space wasn’t large, but it was enough for them to spend the night.

Jianxiong found a few shelves and counters to block the door, ensuring that the candle light inside the convenience store wouldn’t leak out before coming back to sit down.

Su Mo kept cooking something on the side while Lu Chen sat cross-legged on the floor, looking at the map and said coldly, "Not far now, we will arrive soon."

Eating the hot meals, everyone was somewhat silent.

After storing the pot away, Su Mo wiped her hands and said, "We’ve been quite lucky on this journey, at least there were no casualties."

One of the ten superpower users immediately responded, "Indeed, and we have to thank this Healing Superpower User, otherwise just that wave of virus-bearing giant moths would have been enough to deal with us."

Praised by others, Li He generously waved his hand, "It’s a snap of the fingers, your safety is the most important."

The atmosphere slightly relaxed, and someone mustered the courage to quietly chat, eventually the conversation turned to Li He.

"You are way too scrawny, the smallest I’ve ever seen among all the male superpower users."

A superpower user couldn’t help but say.

Li He was used to hearing this, he just smiled and said, "It’s just my constitution."

"You should eat more and gain some weight, otherwise you won’t have the strength to run in a fight."

Some expressed their concern advising him, to which Li He just responded with a smile, knowing these soldiers meant no harm and fully accepted their kindness.

Watching him interacting happily with others, Jianxiong felt a bit bitter inside; his face turned dark as he sat still not far from Su Mo.

When Su Mo turned her head and looked at him, she noticed his face full of jealousy.

She couldn’t help but laugh, still siding with Jianxiong she said, "It’s late, everyone should go to sleep. We need to leave first thing in the morning."

Everyone heeded her words, and the soldiers all found their own corners to rest.