End of the World Cycle

It was only three o'clock in the afternoon when Xie Qin and Shui Liqing returned to the camp.

After a closer look, everyone came back. It seemed that they had met someone else. Xie Qin had told us to turn back if we met someone and not to expose ourselves.

When several people saw Xie Qin coming back, they came forward and began to explain the situation.

"Boss, there is a group of ten people in the northeast with hot weapons. Ah Hua was injured by them." Xu Yangyang spoke first. Her eyes were a little red. It seemed that the little girl had shed tears. Xie Qin couldn't help but worry about Ah Hua's situation.

Xie Qin said nothing more and walked quickly towards the tent. Huang Yuanyuan had already treated Ah Hua's wound. The big and strong dog was lying on the platform, sticking out his tongue. When he saw Xie Qin wagging his tail excitedly, he wanted to jump down.

Fortunately, Huang Yuanyuan was quick and held down Ah Hua with all her strength.

"Ahua, don't move! The wound will split!" Ahua understood what Huang Yuanyuan said and really stopped moving. She just looked at Xie Qin and wagged her tail.

Seeing that Ah Hua was fine, Xie Qin turned around and asked.

"Were you discovered?"

"No, Ah Hua and Ah Wu were leading the way. When they met some people, they only saw Ah Hua and thought she was a mutant, so they opened fire. Later, Ah Ha and Ah Wu led those people away, and Uncle Liu Bo and I brought Ah Hua back first."

"Aha and Awu haven't come back yet?"

"I'm back. I'm tired from running so I slept in the pickup truck."

"Well. What about you? What happened?" Xie Qin turned and asked Shui Limu.

"Troops, thirty, all with special abilities. Level three. Five level four. Nine kilometers northwest."

"Official people? All thirty of them are psychics?"

"Maybe." After saying that, Shui Limu took out his mobile phone, played the photo and handed it to Xie Qin.

Xie Qin took a look and saw that they were indeed official people, wearing the uniforms of the Central Military Region. All thirty of them were Level 3 or above Psychics. To be honest, if we didn't count these few people, those thirty people would be terrifyingly strong no matter who they faced.

It will take a long time before plants mutate on a large scale. If we want to find high-level mutated plants now, we can only find them in places with lush primeval forest vegetation.

There were only three primeval forests in the entire northern continent where they were. The other two were too far away, one in Yue State and the other in Fan State.

Let alone other countries, Xie Qin couldn't go there rashly just because she didn't know the situation outside. Therefore, she didn't want to give up this forest.

From what they had discovered so far, there were at least three groups of people in the jungle, and there was no guarantee that they would not encounter them, so Xie Qin planned for the eight of them to act as one.

The place where they are now is a flat land without any obstructions. Anyone who can detect from the air will be able to see them.

Although Xie Qin was not afraid of being discovered, he also wanted to be discovered as late as possible. After all, it was easier to operate in the dark. For example, if he robbed the two third-level crystal cores today, he would definitely be in trouble, but it would be much easier to take them secretly.

Xie Qin packed up the RV, leaving only the necessary equipment for each person. He looked at Huang Yuanyuan, who was carrying a huge medical kit. The little girl had no special abilities, so she must be the most exhausted. Miao Zhe already had a computer on his back, and a few signal base stations in his messenger bag.

"Uncle, follow Doctor Huang after you go in." Xie Qin said to Liu Bo, and pointed to the medicine box on Huang Yuanyuan.

Liu Bo nodded with a smile and took the medicine box off Huang Yuanyuan. When Huang Yuanyuan wanted to refuse and say that she could do it herself, Miao Zhe grabbed her hand.

"Listen to the boss. If you can't keep up with us, it will slow down the overall speed."

"But.."

"Don't worry about it. Since the boss brought you out, it proves that you are worthy of being brought out. Don't think too much. Let's go." Miao Zhe saw the frustration on Huang Yuanyuan's face and comforted her.

Huang Yuanyuan didn't say anything, but nodded obediently. Xie Qin had already walked forward with the three dogs.

The forest is very large. They have been there for two days, but the drone has not been able to survey the entire forest. They are now only in the southeast corner of the primeval forest.

The people near Fusanjue should have come from Langyue City in the northeast. The group of people Xu Yangyang met should be a team of psychics from the small base. Judging from the direction, they should have come from Muxi Town in the west.

Then there were the officials that Shui Limu met. There was a camp in the middle of the rainforest. It seemed that they had been here a long time ago. It was just that this place was too big and they had never met them before.

The people near the Alsophila spinulosa should return to Langyue City. After all, the things they wanted to study were gone, and it was dangerous to live in the rain forest at night. So at this time, if they went directly to the north of the rain forest from the east, they would not encounter anyone. What they were not sure about was the situation in the north. All the mutant plants that were worth looking at around here had their cores taken.

If there was nothing left in the north, Xie Qin planned to lead his men away and try their luck in other mountain ranges.

It was relatively smooth going forward. Shui Liqing and Shui Limu walked in the front, very quickly. They could get a good understanding of the surrounding situation by going back and forth.

After that, Awu and Aha walked on both sides of Xie Qin, Liu Bo walked behind Xie Qin holding Ahua's hand and carrying a lot of things, and Miao Zhe and Huang Yuanyuan walked side by side in the middle.

Behind them were Xie Ran and Xu Yangyangyue. Miao Zhe's position allowed him to open his absolute spiritual field at any time to protect everyone. Xie Ran was the last one to leave, and his strong and sharp mental power meant that nothing behind the team could escape his eyes.

Although this team was formed not long ago, even Liu Bo, who was not very smart, cooperated well with everyone. Along the way, they did not encounter a single mutant plant with a crystal core. After walking for three hours, it was dark. They had not yet entered the northern area of ​​the dense forest.

After clearing two plots of land, Xie Qin took out two containers and packed them up a bit, one for the man and one for the woman with her three dogs.

I had a box lunch of stir-fried pork for dinner. The rainforest was damp and cold, but after eating the hot meal, my body warmed up and I didn’t feel cold even without a fire.

There were only two simple air mattresses put together in the container. Except for Xu Yangyang and Xie Ran who were still growing teenagers, the others were arranged in groups of two to keep watch.

After a peaceful night, Xie Qin and his group packed up and set off when the sky was just getting light. The further north they went, the more humid the air became, and the more lush the vegetation became.

Xie Qin stopped in front of a second-level Sky-Watching Tree. Looking up, he couldn't see the end at all. What was even more annoying was that the crystal core of this thing was actually at the top of the tree.

Shui Liqing on the side was already preparing to climb, but Xie Qin held him back.

"Forget it. This is at least 150 meters. How long will it take to climb it?"

Almost with this Parashorea chinensis as the boundary, all the plants further north have become more than twice as large as normal.

"Amu, you explore the northeast, Ranran, you explore the northwest, and I'll explore the north, until we reach the limit."

"okay."

The three people faced three directions, closed their eyes, and the fourth-order mental power spread out instantly, probing towards the distance. The speed of spread was very fast, and the mental power consumed was also very large.

Ten minutes later, the three of them were so tired that they leaned against the tree trunk.

"There's no one in the north, but there are many more mutant plants than in the previous place. My mental power only reaches one waterfall, and it can't go any further."

"It's also in the northwest, but I haven't reached the bottom yet. It's still a long way to go."

"Northeast, people, hundreds of them."

"What? So many?" Xie Qin was surprised. Shui Limu nodded in confirmation.

"Correct."

"The crystal core is important. Go in from the northwest and talk to people when you meet them."

"it is good."

After Miao Zhe selected a location, assembled the signal base station and hid it, the group set out and entered the denser forest from the northwest.

As soon as he entered, he saw three second-level mutant plants. It would be a lie to say that he was not excited. With such a high density of mutant plants, Xie Qin couldn't help but wonder whether there would be plant crystal cores of the fourth level or above in here.

If he could find a crystal core of level 4 or above, he would have no problem upgrading his abilities. Most of the plants in the rainforest were ones he had never seen before. Whenever he found a plant he didn't recognize, Xie Qin would stop and wait for Mu Zhe to find the corresponding information from the database before taking the crystal core based on its habits before it mutated.

Although it was a waste of time, it was safer. They dealt with the second-level plants they saw while walking, and by noon, they had already obtained twenty second-level crystal cores. This speed was something she could never have imagined in her previous life. It really was necessary to have teammates, and to have a team.

There was no one around, so Xie Qin didn't plan to settle for a mediocre lunch. After setting up the table, Xie Qin found the red bean and barley soup that her mother had cooked to remove moisture. Except for the two brothers from the Shui family, everyone else drank a big bowl of it.

A lot of hot Sichuan dishes were brought out one after another, each one was spicy and tasty, and the smell made me want to eat it. The six of us ate two bowls of rice for the meal.

The dog still eats wild rabbit meat. After Huang Yuanyuan roasted it, Xie Qin tasted a little. The meat was sour, but the taste was good. Xie Qin planned to get a few live ones back to try before leaving. If they are easy to raise, he will ask people to come here to catch them.

After eating, the team rested for an hour and then continued to go deeper. After walking for about thirty minutes, they smelled a very special fragrance.

The scent was faint and pleasant, but it was hard to tell what it was. To be on the safe side, several people put on gas masks. Following the direction of the scent, Xie Qin led the group over.

After crossing a dense forest, everyone was stunned by the scene before them.

In the green jungle, there was a cluster of giant pink and white flowers. It was roughly an arc shape, with a diameter of about ten meters. Judging from the shape of the flower, it should be a rhododendron. Xie Qin wondered why a rhododendron grew here, and watched the flower tremble and grow a little bigger.

This alpine azalea was mutating, or more precisely, upgrading from the second stage to the third stage.

Xie Qin was happy. It looked like it wouldn't take long for this flower to reach the third level. She had to wait. She would not let go of this third-level plant that she had finally encountered.

"Let's camp here." After saying that, Xie Qin looked at the dog and saw that there was no problem with the scent of flowers, so he took off his mask.

After adapting for five minutes and feeling that there was nothing wrong with his body, he let others take off their masks.

After clearing a flat area of ​​about 50 square meters, placing the container, and setting up a tent, Xie Qin planned to hunt for crystal cores nearby first, and then continue north after the alpine azalea advanced.

After everything was done, everyone's eyes fell on the beautiful azalea. Beautiful things are attractive, but no one noticed that on the shady side of the azalea, there was a small light blue flower ball that was also emitting a faint floral fragrance. . . . .