Chapter 531 - Dawn of a mutation (1/2)
Chapter 531 Dawn of a mutation
On the night the Qing Consortium completely lost track of the Experimentals, no one noticed a Japanese creeper vine growing in a winding fashion along a wall in the corner of Stronghold 61 where the battle between the A-rank hitmen and the Pyro Company took place.
That creeper vine had been planted a long time ago, and the walls of the residences on the road were already fully covered by it.
Whenever someone passed by here in the summertime, they would get a refreshing feeling just by looking at the lush, green walls.
On the day of the battle, some members of the Pyro Company’s Dusk team had been killed under that wall. After they died, blood from their corpses seeped into the soil and mixed with the creeper vine’s roots.
When night fell, a fat rat crawled out of the sewers and cautiously scavenged for food. It was attracted to the creeper vine where the scent of blood was still lingering from before.
However, the creeper vine seemed to come alive as it reached out a small tendril and attempted to touch the rat with its feeler.
The rat hopped two steps back in fear and looked cautiously at the creeper vine’s feeler as though it were a human hand. But when the rat realized that it was only a plant, it became less wary and approached it again.
The creeper vine’s soft feeler caressed the rat on its head, and it felt like the plant was very curious.
This was probably the first time it was seriously trying to understand this world in its own way. As the feeler caressed the rat’s head like it was helping to scratch an itch, the rat squinted its eyes in enjoyment.
But a moment later, the creeper vine’s feeler suddenly splayed open and spiked into the rat’s body. In just an instant, the rat was pierced all the way through and dragged into the dense foliage of the creeper vine.
Before it died, the rat only had time to let out a squeak before falling silent. Meanwhile, the creeper vine spread across the wall still looked ever so quiet and beautiful.
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The tour group arrived at Stronghold 78 early the next morning. After getting their tires patched, they had immediately continued their journey. Just as Ren Xiaosu had guessed, the tour group reached Stronghold 78 before the vehicle recovery team even set off.
Fang Zhi finally took Zhou Yingxue’s suggestion and purchased another two off-road vehicles to temporarily store their supplies and vehicle maintenance tools. He even hired a local mechanic at a high salary to follow the tour group.
They had really been terrified by the incident last night.
What if they had not encountered that “repair team” but an even more ruthless group of robbers? Fang Zhi knew all too well that if they were stranded in a wilderness without rules, most men would be very interested in laying their hands on the female singer, Li Ran.
When they arrived at the stronghold, Li Ran brought Zhou Yingxue along with her wherever she went this time, and the two women looked to be as close as sisters. If Ren Xiaosu did not know what it was really like behind the scenes, he would probably have fallen for it.
Li Ran took Zhou Yingxue to various events and banquets as she did not want Zhou Yingxue to have any free time for herself.
At the same time, since Zhou Yingxue was participating in the events with Li Ran, Ren Xiaosu would have to tag along as her “assistant.”
At this moment, Li Ran proudly told Zhou Yingxue, “The main reason I came to the Zhou Consortium for a concert tour was to meet up with a movie director at Stronghold 73. I think he’s filming a new movie soon, and if I manage to get the lead actress role, I’ll push him to make you the supporting actress.”