Feeling the strange looks from others, Zhao Yali quickly wiped away her tears, lowered her head to hide it, and her face turned slightly red.
"Have you discovered what abilities you have gained?" Cao Lin asked, with both envy and curiosity in her eyes.
Feeling that all eyes were looking this way, Zhao Yali didn't dare to raise her head. She looked at her hands, clenched her fists, and tried for about half a minute before she said softly: "I don't know, it seems." My strength is stronger and my skin has changed a bit.”
"Hey, your skin has become so slippery. Now you are almost like Luo Yuan!" Wang Xiuguang, who was next to him, took Zhao Yali's hand and said with a surprised look on his face.
Zhao Yali's face suddenly turned red and she quickly pulled out her hand.
Huo Dong and others secretly glanced at Luo Yuan, wanting to see what Luo Yuan's expression would be, but everyone saw an extremely calm face. But thinking about it, how could a man as powerful as a god like Boss Yiluo care about such a thing.
Seeing that Zhao Yali was slightly disappointed, Luo Yuan comforted her: "This is a manifestation of the evolved body, not the ability to evolve. Your increased strength and better skin indicate that your body is gradually transforming under the influence of evolution. This transformation Will last a long time.
Evolutionary abilities are generally very hidden, and you may not be able to find them when you look for them. But when you stop looking for them, they appear inadvertently. Many people, including me, are like this. Not everyone can discover their abilities as soon as they evolve. "
Zhao Yali felt relieved.
Under the lick of the flame, the meat was roasted to golden brown. Huo Dong and several others stood up together, took down the entire mutated beast from the shelf, cushioned it with leaves the size of cattail leaf fans, and cut it into ten pieces with a knife. Put several copies in front of everyone.
Although the barbecue is bland and tasteless due to the lack of salt, it is fragrant and the meat is smooth and tender, making it easy to swallow.
While Luo Yuan chewed the food slowly, he carefully paid attention to the surrounding situation from the corner of his eyes. The forest at night was the most dangerous. Some predatory mutant beasts would choose this time period to move and hunt. In the past, huge explosions were caused by transport planes falling from the sky. The movement caused all the creatures here to flee quickly, but the passage of such a long time and the smell of food from the barbecue were enough to attract some bold predators to approach.
In fact, pairs of eyes like will-o'-the-wisps did appear around them, emitting an erratic and faint light in the darkness.
They either hide behind trees or crawl on the ground. Some of them are even hidden among the lush branches and leaves. They are slowly approaching here under the cover of darkness.
Perhaps due to the bad environment, most of the creatures here are small.
Jiangnan Province is a vast area with sparse vegetation and little space pressure for all organisms, so they are left to develop. But before the end of the world, this place was deep in the mountains and old forests. The plants were dense, the trunks were thick and hard, and the branches and leaves were intertwined with each other, forming an airtight green network in the sky. If you want to live in this environment, you don't have a flexible body. , obviously can't survive.
But being small does not mean that there is no danger. On the contrary, it is more troublesome than some large and bloated creatures.
Most of these creatures are agile, walk like the wind, and are extremely vigilant. If there is a slight disturbance, or a more powerful predator arrives, they will immediately turn around and run away, and soon disappear without a trace.
Before the end of the world, the mountains here were not burned, destroyed and repeatedly destroyed like in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, the species here are rich, the food chain is complete, and the competition is extremely fierce and cruel. Even those who are still alive today have evolved their own means of survival.
Seeing that the bonfire was gradually getting smaller, Cao Lin stood up and stirred the fire. Sparks burst out and the flames suddenly jumped several feet high. Several mutant beasts that were about to hide in the darkness quickly took a few steps back and looked at the flames. Some hesitation and fear.
This is a fear engraved deep in their genes. With forest fires again and again, this fear is passed from generation to generation. Even if it mutates and becomes stronger, this instinct cannot be changed.
Seeing that these creatures were still afraid of fire, Luo Yuan was slightly relieved. If every mutant creature here participated in the siege, he would not be able to protect everyone.
"You said, this time the military region will issue us death notices. I don't know what will happen to my mother then?" A soldier said with a sad expression.
"You still have my mother here, and I have none." A soldier muttered.
"I haven't been back home for a long time. It's also an enemy-occupied area, so it's probably gone!" Another soldier sighed.
"At least we are still alive, but many brothers are dead and we can't even find their bodies. It's so miserable." A soldier's face flashed with pain.
The troops were expressly prohibited from talking about these things to prevent the morale of the troops from being low. Captain Xia opened his mouth to stop him, but in the end he sighed.
It seemed that the soldiers had aroused her thoughts. Huang Jiahui's eyes were red, obviously thinking of her relatives. She gently hugged Chen Jiayi. Her daughter would be this big in a few years.
The two children, Zhong Chuqiang and Deng Chao, looked at Chen Jiayi in Huang Jiahui's arms with envy. They clearly felt that Chen Jiayi was more popular with everyone along the way.
The night is getting deeper, the mountain wind is howling, wolves are crying and ghosts are howling.
Finally, a mutated beast lost its patience and took advantage of the cover of the wind to quietly walk towards this side with thin and gentle footsteps from the darkness. It has a slender body, a light body, and thick and powerful limbs. It is like an enlarged black spiritual deer. It walks silently and has a faint trace, as if it has merged into the darkness.
Even Luo Yuan didn't notice it for a while. It wasn't until it was close to twenty meters that his perception caught it.
But at this time, it had stopped and started its final attack. The muscles in its body flowed like mercury. The next moment, it suddenly kicked hard, and its light body crossed the distance of twenty meters in an instant. The target was it. One of the children directly in front is Zhong Chuqiang.
This is the hunting instinct of a beast. It always chooses the method with the least effort and least vulnerability to injury. In its eyes, apart from the one it is holding, he is the weakest one.
From accumulating strength, kicking, and landing, the whole process took less than a second. Zhong Chuqiang only felt a gust of wind on the back of his neck, and felt a wave of goosebumps. There was no reaction at all. Then he lowered his head and opened his densely packed sharp teeth. Then he bit Zhong Chuqiang's neck.
Except for Luo Yuan, no one here noticed it.
He slapped the ground hard, and stood up without any warning from where he was sitting on the ground. The next moment, his body seemed to be elongated, and he jumped directly over the fire. The sword on his waist was quickly pulled out, and it extended along his arm. A straight line.
The mutated creature opened its sharp mouth. Luo Yuan had already stood up. He lowered his head less than an inch when the cold tip of the knife instantly penetrated its chin, quickly passed through the upper jaw, and finally penetrated through the back of its head. Its mouth was immediately stuck by the blade. Stay, can't move anymore.
The mutant beast twitched a few times, and the pupils of its eyes gradually expanded.
Only then did Zhong Chuqiang react. He turned around and looked at the twitching mutated beast behind him that was stuck by Luo Yuan's sword. His face turned pale with fear and he collapsed on the ground.
Although Deng Chao next to him was also scared, his eyes were staring at Luo Yuan with a look of admiration.
Luo Yuan withdrew the knife, picked up its fur, and threw it to the fire: "Everyone, be careful, it's not safe here."
Everyone was frightened for a while, with cold sweat running down their backs. They were all touched by the mutant beast, but they didn't even notice it. If Luo Yuan hadn't discovered it in advance this time, there would have been attrition here.
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After this time, whenever there was any disturbance, everyone immediately became highly vigilant and looked behind their backs from time to time. Although most of them were scaring themselves, they also scared off many low-level mutant beasts that tried to attack them. .
The night passed quickly, the sky gradually became brighter, and the mutant beasts hunting around gradually dispersed.
Except for Luo Yuan, everyone looked tired. They had been tense all night and were even more tired than after working all day. However, it was obviously not the time to rest yet. Everyone started to get busy, cooking and collecting firewood. They collected firewood, but they didn't dare to go far.
The forest here has become extremely strange and extremely dangerous. There is no longer anything familiar before the end of the world, and there is even a hidden danger at every step. Everyone tied their trouser legs tightly and wrapped them in several layers of leaves before they dared to walk outside.
This naturally does not include Luo Yuan.
The forest in the early morning was filled with a clear and corrupt smell.
In the bushes, a strange little beast with golden stripes on its back paid careful attention to its surroundings, and cautiously poked its head out of the cave. Its ears flapped slightly, and it listened to the surroundings. Seeing that there was no danger for a long time, it He quickly rushed to the branch of a big tree, held up the buds of the leaves with his fluffy hands, and quickly nibbled on the delicate stems and leaves. His movements were flexible and efficient. In just a few seconds, everything on a branch was The young leaves have already entered its belly.
As Luo Yuan's footsteps approached, its whole body trembled, and its fluffy hair instantly stood on end. It quickly jumped down from the tree, and after a few jumps, it quickly got out of the bushes without any movement.
This place is located in a valley, and the air is filled with water vapor. Luo Yuan sniffed the smell of moisture in the air and kept walking forward. Before walking a few hundred meters, Luo Yuan heard the sound of splashing water. Unexpectedly, In the distance, there is a creek about three meters wide, crystal clear and gurgling through here.
There are many fish in the stream, many of which are half a meter long.
The discovery of the water source put Luo Yuan in a good mood, and he was planning to catch a mutated fish with a spear on the spot before going back. At this time, he heard a scream in the distance, and the voice seemed to be Zhao Yali. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly speeded up and returned to the original route. When he returned, he saw everyone gathering together with heavy faces. With a hint of panic.
His heart couldn't help but sink!