262: Chapter 262 Still a Woman

Just what exactly had happened beyond this mountaintop.

Why were there teru teru bozu—things they simply couldn't comprehend—existing here.

"Wh-what... what on earth are these things..."

Kong Ziyi's eyes revealed shock, and his voice trembled as he spoke.

The Little Leaf and Xiao Lü before him, along with that unnamed wooden doll, had clearly exceeded Kong Ziyi's scope of understanding.

But then he thought, in this world, what wouldn't happen?

It was just that Kong Ziyi could never have imagined that even a small teru teru bozu could become a spirit.

No wonder they used to forbid animals and plants from becoming spirits—it was to prevent this kind of thing from happening.

Kong Ziyi stared at Xiao Lü and Little Leaf, momentarily unable to process it.

He stood there dumbfounded, rooted to the spot.

Finally, Ye Qingqing couldn't bear the serious and awkward atmosphere any longer.

She directly began the introductions.

"Alright, everyone, stop standing around. Let me do some introductions."

"These two floating here are manifestations of mutated plants, but they've now recognized me as their master."

"Oh, and these two, a tiger and a lion, are mutated animals I recently took in."

"As for this lady with the crew cut over here..."

Ye Qingqing was thinking about how to introduce Leng Qingyue to everyone. After all, she couldn't very well say this person had actually tried to rob her before, and even attempted to emotionally blackmail her into helping raise a child.

After pondering it back and forth, Ye Qingqing came up with a brilliant idea.

"This is a friend I met on the road, Leng Qingyue. As for the wooden doll behind her, naturally, it's her mutated plant."

Hearing Ye Qingqing's words, everyone looked at her with astonishment. Hadn't they only been on this mountaintop for a while...

But why...

Why had the world outside changed so much?

Wang Xiaochun's gaze was fixed intently on Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu.

Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu seemed to sense something as well and walked directly over to Wang Xiaochun.

They rubbed against Wang Xiaochun's side with great affection.

The corner of Ye Qingqing's mouth twitched.

She wondered if this was a case of like attracting like.

Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu only showed this kind of expression when Ye Qingqing took out mutated animal meat or when Ah Huang used his Superpower to grill meat.

But now, Wang Xiaochun hadn't done anything, yet Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu were showing this expression.

For a moment, Ye Qingqing suddenly felt rather embarrassed...

When Wang Xiaochun saw Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu, her expression seemed to hold a touch of nostalgia, as if she were looking at her own children.

Meng Hangfei was somewhat surprised by this. After all, Wang Xiaochun had been in a gloomy state recently, but now, upon seeing Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu, she showed such an expression.

However, Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu were still very sensible.

After rubbing against Wang Xiaochun for a while, they immediately returned to Ye Qingqing's side. After all, Ye Qingqing was their master, and she was the one who gave them meat to eat.

After returning, Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu even gave Ye Qingqing an ingratiating look.

They wanted Ye Qingqing not to hold it against them.

Ye Qingqing mentally rolled her eyes at Xiao Guang and Xiao Hu but didn't say anything.

After all, Wang Xiaochun's Superpower was the White Tiger. To some extent, they were half the same kind.

However, when Ye Qingqing thought of this, she couldn't help but shift her gaze to Deng Jiayu.

If the previous base hadn't been destroyed, would there be more beast-transformation Ability Users now?

But these thoughts, Ye Qingqing only kept to herself. Perhaps it was a good thing that the base was destroyed and those Beast-Transformation Superpower serums were destroyed along with it.

"Alright, stop standing around. I've been traveling all this way and I'm exhausted. Can I go rest?"

Ye Qingqing had finished speaking quite a while ago, but Lu Huan and the others were as if under a paralysis spell, standing rooted to the spot, not moving an inch.

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.

What is all this... what's the deal with this.

Huo Sixian let out a soft chuckle, his voice carrying a sense of relief.

"Qingqing, let's ignore them. Come on, I'll show you the house I built."

"I guarantee you'll like it!"

Only after Huo Sixian spoke did everyone snap out of it.

Lu Huan even walked directly over to Leng Qingyue.

However, Leng Qingyue's expression remained icy.

Upon seeing Lu Huan, a look of wariness appeared on her face.

This made Lu Huan involuntarily scratch his head.

"Um... I'm Lu Huan. I'm here to take you to find a place to stay. Don't worry, it's very safe here. As long as the boss is around, no one will bother us."

Leng Qingyue's brows remained cold, but after hearing Lu Huan's words, she glanced over at the wooden doll beside her.

Only after confirming the wooden doll showed no signs of aggression did she relax.

However, when she spoke, her voice was still icy: "Thank you."

Lu Huan couldn't help but stare a little.

He had never seen such a cold person before... and what's more, she was a woman.

At this moment, Leng Qingyue had no idea that her wariness appeared as something entirely different in Lu Huan's eyes.

Meanwhile, Ye Qingqing, Deng Jiayu, and the others stored the recreational vehicle in their space.

Then, swaggering along with three mutated animals, they walked across the mountaintop.

Huo Cunsheng keenly noticed that the number of humans remaining now was truly very few.

Only one-tenth of the population from the previous Official Base remained.

Seeing this, a pang of sorrow welled up in Huo Cunsheng.

It was as if this calamity had always held humanity's fate in a stranglehold, never letting go.

As if this Post-Apocalyptic World would only end after humanity was completely extinct.

Huo Sixian walked beside Huo Cunsheng. Actually, Huo Sixian could also sense the change in Huo Cunsheng's mood.

But Huo Cunsheng couldn't do anything about it, so he could only silently stay by Huo Cunsheng's side.

Sometimes, silent companionship is more timely than any words of comfort.

On the way, Ye Qingqing discovered that the current mountaintop was like a large village.

People here had built houses of various sizes based on claimed plots of land.

The appearance and sturdiness of the houses were constructed according to the strength of the base.

"Huo Sixian, haven't the surrounding bases come looking for trouble?"

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but ask Huo Sixian.

Huo Sixian looked straight ahead.

"They have, but none were major problems."

But at this moment, Kong Ziyi couldn't hold back.

"They have! They used to come often arguing over territory divisions."