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Chapter 672: Chapter 672: Guan Shouzhong’s Thoughts
Tian Yongyi, who was running ahead, thought it was the ice breaking and couldn’t help but look back, "It’s not broken."
"The exhaust vent, they might fly out through there."
Lu Hao shouted. Although it wasn’t completely dark yet, they had just startled those mutated bats, so he couldn’t guarantee they wouldn’t burst out.
Indeed, following the first mutated bat that crawled out from the exhaust vent, several others followed suit!
"Damn! Hurry and get on the vehicle,"
Lin Xiuyuan effortlessly picked up Mao Qiqi and ran towards the vehicle without looking back.
Su Jin, sitting in Lu Hao’s lap, targeted several of the approaching mutated bats with her fast-moving leaves.
The leaves moved so fast they were nearly invisible, and the bats in front were instantly cut in half and fell to the ground.
The remaining bats shockingly all pounced on the corpses of the dead bats and began to cannibalize them.
Su Jin sighed in relief, glad for the time gained.
More and more mutated bats crawled out of the exhaust vent, but by then everyone had already reached the vehicle and closed the doors tightly.
"Drive fast, they are catching up!"
Nie Qing said while looking behind, fearing the mass of large bats flying towards their vehicle and doubting if it could withstand the attack.
Boom!
Lu Hao opened a slit in the window and released his fire element ability behind them. Although he successfully burned several bats, a large flock was still in pursuit.
Bang, bang, bang!
A few bats slammed into the rear window, thankfully, Rong Yuan had previously reinforced it with a metal grille, so it held up.
"We still need to retrieve the man-eating flower,"
Su Jin said with a frown, indicating they would still have to stop shortly.
"What’s that?"
Xiang Sanjin asked puzzledly, having not seen the man-eating flower when Su Jin had stimulated its growth inside the factory compound walls.
Su Jin couldn’t afford to answer, as Lu Hao was still using flames to attack. The fire was effective, but it felt as if the bats were unending.
"Uncle Nie, that move you and my uncle used before, can you do it with me this time?"
Su Jin asked, pointing out how tough it was to deal with the bats individually, noting it would be easier if they could be gathered together.
"Wind Rolls Stones Away?"
Nie Qing asked, recalling they even gave their move a stylish name at the time.
Su Jin nodded, this time it would probably be called ’Wind Rolls Flying Knives.’
Nie Qing’s eyes brightened, immediately grasping Su Jin’s intent. The two of them then moved to the window, cracked it open just enough to allow their special abilities to be released.
"Tian Yongyi, slow the vehicle down a bit,"
Lu Hao then told Tian Yongyi, who was in front.
"Okay!"
Although he didn’t know why, Tian Yongyi knew he just had to follow the instruction.
A massive whirlwind formed outside the vehicle, and as the whirlwind spun rapidly, Su Jin created one leaf after another, tossing them into the whirlwind. It slowly absorbed the leaves, and upon receiving a signal from Su Jin, Nie Qing exerted his strength and directed the whirlwind towards the direction of the bat swarm.
Everyone inside the vehicle watched anxiously as the whirlwind began to spin faster and grow larger. Soon, the bats were all swept into its vortex.
Su Jin quickly controlled her wood element ability, turning the whirlwind into a gigantic blender, stirring the ensnared bats without a fixed direction.
The once colorless whirlwind slowly turned into a swirl of flying blood, and Lu Hao had already signaled Tian Yongyi to temporarily stop the vehicle.
Tian Yongyi, shocked, watched the scene in the rearview mirror, seeing all the bats blended into the tumult!
"Amazing, wind element can be used like this too!"
Having seen the power of the wind element ability combined with other abilities for the first time, Tian Yongyi remarked, and Nie Qing’s wind element ability seemed to be more than just Level Five.
Several minutes later, the path where the wind had passed was blood-red, with all the mutated bats shattered on the ground, no longer flying towards the people.
"All set, they don’t seem too scary,"
Nie Qing said with a sense of achievement.
"It was my daughter-in-law who reacted quickly and came up with a good idea,"
Lu Guanhai gave Su Jin a thumbs up, knowing his future grandchildren would definitely be clever babies too.
While they were talking, the car had already reached the vicinity of the factory they had passed earlier. Tian Yongyi knew the family would stop here a bit longer; he had prepared himself mentally, but he hadn’t heard the zombies’ howling from before.
"There are still over three hundred,"
Mao Qiqi didn’t need Su Jin’s reminder to inform everyone about the situation inside.
What’s going on?
Xiang Sanjin looked at Guan Shouzhong and then at the family, wondering how there were only over three hundred left when there had been tens of thousands from the sound of it before?
"Old Guan, come and open the gate,"
Lu Hao called out.
"I’m coming too; I want to see,"
Xiang Sanjin also curiously followed the family down.
Lin Cheng removed the stone wall, revealing the big gate inside, it seemed there were no high-level zombies inside; they hadn’t destroyed the two walls after they left.
Guan Shouzhong opened the big gate effortlessly, and Lu Hao waved his hand, burning a batch of zombies that lunged at them. The rest were quickly dealt with by the swift and agile family.
Tian Yongyi also ran over and, along with the others, stared at the scene inside the factory, instantly stunned.
A few huge mutated plants were still chewing incessantly, and in their floral organs were zombies?
"This, these are mutated plants eating zombies?"
Guan Shouzhong asked, puzzled why mutated plants would eat zombies.
"They are mutated plants controlled by Su Jin, and they only eat zombies,"
Lu Hao explained.
Once the man-eating flowers had finished chewing, Su Jin smiled and retracted them while Xiao Cui was just thanking her cutely.
"Wood element ability can also control mutated plants?"
Xiang Sanjin asked, wondering why the wood element ability users in their base didn’t have such abilities.
"Only in this family,"
Su Jin smiled.
Alright, the three no longer pondered; throughout this journey, Captain Lu and his team had shown them too many incredible things. Now, though the giant mutated plants had disappeared into Su Jin’s hands, the trio managed to remain composed.
"We really can’t thank you enough for today,"
Guan Shouzhong sincerely thanked them on the way back.
"Just don’t forget the mission rewards,"
Lu Hao also felt they had been a great help, with so many supplies that would sustain the base for a long time.
"Captain Lu, why don’t you come over to our base and be the base leader? I think you could definitely lead this base further,"
Guan Shouzhong said earnestly.
"No,"
Lu Hao replied decisively. He and Xiao Jin were just fine leading their family; he certainly didn’t want to be responsible for so many unrelated people and even lose his freedom.
"..."
You’re not even going to think about it?
Instead, Guan Shouzhong laughed. He remembered when Lu Hao had been forcibly recruited as the captain by the chief back in the team. Even now, he remembered how reluctant Lu Hao had been, still the same Captain Lu!
