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Chapter 239 Mutant Vines

The ground below the helicopter was covered with vines, some covered in snow, others sprouting from the ground. It was clear that they hadn't just appeared here, but had been there for a long time.

"Excuse my bluntness, but this doesn't seem like a zombie's superpower." Lu Yuan and Yang Xiao were pressed against the same window, looking at the vines on the ground, and the two whispered to each other.

“I think so too.” Yang Xiao nodded.

“It looks more like a mutated vine,” Lu Yuan added, expressing his opinion.

"How could there be mutated vines in the icy and snowy Northeast? Shouldn't this be something that only appears in Province Y?" When Yang Xiao mentioned Province Y, they remembered that Province Y was one of the first provinces in China to fall to the Japanese. At that time, in addition to attacks by animals and zombies, there seemed to be mutated plants, but there probably weren't many, so they didn't attract much attention.

Then came the period of extreme cold. Even in the equatorial region of the South China base, no one saw any green plants outside the base anymore, let alone such a large expanse of vines.

“No wonder there’s no sticky black liquid on these vines.” Pei Sihao also joined Lu Yuan and the others, observing and talking to them at the same time.

"Our team really needs a fire-type ability user." This is the problem that Lin Yun has been least willing to face lately. To be honest, even a low-level fire-type ability user would be a powerful figure in this apocalyptic world.

Their helicopter was still suspended by the thick vine, but the vine did not show any strong killing intent. At least for now, it did not throw Lu Yuan and the others out along with the helicopter. Instead, it just swayed gently, like carrying a small lantern.

“I feel like it’s playing with us.” Ji Lang tried to freeze the vines that were hanging them, but the vines were too thick, and perhaps because of the mutation, the frost melted as soon as Ji Lang’s frost touched them and the vines swayed.

Since Ji Lang's method was useless, they could only rely on Gu Nanfeng. After all, Pei Sihao's water-based ability level was not as high as Ji Lang's, and Lin Yun's wind-based ability was completely useless.

However, Gu Nanfeng tried to strike the vine with lightning several times, but at most it only produced a few small sparks, which were then extinguished by the other vines nearby.

Whether it was the lightning strike that stimulated the mutated vine, it suddenly jerked backward, pulling Lu Yuan and his helicopter upside down, causing the six people inside the cabin to tumble and fall.

In a daze, Lu Yuan quickly teleported everyone into a new helicopter, while the original helicopter disappeared.

They thought they had escaped unscathed, but then a vine sprouted from the new helicopter they were in. Perhaps this vine was more aggressive, because it completely wrapped up the helicopter and was about to smash it straight to the ground.

It all happened so fast that none of them had time to react before they felt a strong sense of weightlessness. If they hadn't been flying so high, it probably would have only lasted a few seconds.

"Lu Yuan, put away the helicopter and teleport us to the ground." Gu Nanfeng shouted to Lu Yuan as the helicopter was freefalling, entangled in vines.

Lu Yuan was completely stunned at this moment, feeling as if his heart was about to jump out of his mouth due to the intense feeling of weightlessness, but he still heard Gu Nanfeng's words and, just as he was about to lose consciousness, he retrieved the helicopter.

It's certain that Lu Yuan was genuinely dazed and confused. He only realized he had to retract the helicopter into his spatial dimension, but he hadn't anticipated the subsequent action of teleporting everyone to the car on land. Fortunately, they were already quite close to the ground, although they were still about six or seven stories high. But for people with superpowers, falling like that wouldn't be fatal.

When he landed, Lu Yuan had completely lost consciousness, but his mecha protected him, providing a buffer before landing, so he was not injured at all.

However, the others were different. The protective suits they were wearing were thin and offered no cushioning. Ji Lang and Lin Yun were alright because they were both soldiers and had experience with parachuting and extreme jumping. So after the helicopter disappeared, they both managed to adjust their center of gravity in the air and used other vines as footholds to stabilize themselves after a few rolls.

After regaining his balance, Ji Lang leaped over two more vines and grabbed the unconscious Yang Xiao. If he hadn't kept a close watch on Yang Xiao, the unconscious boy would have been killed the moment he fell headfirst.

Compared to Ji Lang and the others, Gu Nanfeng and Pei Sihao fell a few more times. Although they had always paid attention to exercise and often trained with the army during their holidays, they had become somewhat lazy during their university years. Even after the outbreak of the virus, they started to exercise more, but they were still relatively rusty.

Fortunately, everyone landed safely.

Of the five, all except Yang Xiao landed conscious, so they all landed relatively close together. They quickly found each other amidst the vines covering the ground. But Lu Yuan was nowhere to be found.

"Is this a single mutated vine, or a whole patch of mutated vines?" Looking at the dense, thick vines wrapped around his feet, Pei Sihao felt a bit of trypophobia.

"Yang Xiao has fainted. This area of ​​vines is quite large. We need to find Lu Yuan quickly." With Lin Yun's help, Ji Lang lifted Yang Xiao down and then carried him on his back.

Although they were walking, each step they took was on vines that were constantly wriggling, like walking through a snake pit. One person in front might step on a vine and pass by, while the person behind might miss.

"I just saw a ball of light falling this way; it must be Lu Yuan," Lin Yun said, pointing to the direction where he had seen the ball of light earlier.

"He has a mech, so he shouldn't be injured, but he must have passed out, otherwise he wouldn't have only managed to retrieve the helicopter." Gu Nanfeng wasn't worried about Lu Yuan being smashed to pieces, but they were currently inside the vines, and they really didn't know what kind of danger they would face.

"Let's go take a look first." Pei Sihao said, turning on the lighting on his protective suit. He and Lin Yun walked in front, while Gu Nanfeng and Ji Lang, who was carrying Yang Xiao, walked behind, heading in the direction Lin Yun pointed.

They hadn't gone far when the four of them saw tiny red lights flashing in the distance, and the Lu Yuan Starship system's voice came through their earpieces.

"Emergency help! We're trapped!" The system voice kept repeating this sentence. At first, they could only hear crackling electronic sounds, but as they got closer to the red light source, the sound became clearer and clearer.