16: Grass Leaf Knife Mountain!

Ye Su immediately noticed Li Qing's abnormality.

"Damn it!"

"Everyone, run!"

Ye Su shouted and ran directly back the way they had come.

Forget about the light orbs.

The mutation was the most terrifying part.

The spring rain fell.

Animals and plants mutated.

Animal mutations were never as fast as plant mutations.

Because plants were constantly absorbing the underground water system.

God knows what they would mutate into.

Ye Su constantly kept in mind the sentence from the letter from the future;

[In the Early Stages, mutated animals and plants will be the most difficult enemies to deal with!]

Therefore,

He made a prompt decision to abandon those light orbs and leave.

The crowd followed Ye Su and left quickly.

But during this process, someone left the group.

It was the young man who had accused Ye Su earlier.

He had a look of joy on his Face.

With Ye Su gone, the light orbs would be his if he went to get them.

Even by the rules of the new era, this was perfectly acceptable.

"Idiot!"

Ye Su cursed under his breath.

The blades of grass were like knives.

And they were still mutating.

You really are brave!

The people behind him let out soft groans; the knife-like grass blades were already able to cut through their pants and wound their calves.

If...

If they became even more fierce and pierced straight through their shoes...

Then someone would be left behind.

Ah!

A scream of agony.

The young man who had left the group to touch the light orbs let out a scream of pain.

His sole had already been pierced through by a blade of grass.

Even worse,

The blade of grass was growing visibly, like a long sword, gradually widening the wound it had made through his foot.

He was pinned to the spot.

Before long, he would be pierced by ten thousand 'swords'!

Everyone who heard this sound felt their scalps go numb.

Compared to this level of threat, the previous wolf pack wasn't scary at all.

No one knew to what extent the grass would mutate.

The unknown.

That was what made it even more terrifying.

Seeing him leave the group, some others had also entertained similar thoughts.

Now,

Those few people only wished they had grown more legs!

"Ye Su!" Li Qing shouted.

Everyone's Physique was different.

Ye Su and Hei Hu, who had just completed their Class Change, were the strongest.

Then came the Professionals.

Finally, there was Hu Hai and the rest of the rescue team.

If they really started running at full speed, Hu Hai's team would be in trouble.

"Hei Hu, get to the front!" Ye Su shouted.

Hei Hu glanced at Li Qing and only ran to the very front after seeing Li Qing nod.

"Everyone, reach out and grab the person behind you."

"Captain Hu, don't talk to me about Face right now. Throw away all your weapons and equipment, and grab the hand in front of you tightly!"

Ye Su shouted;

"Letting go means death! Give it every ounce of strength you've got!"

While shouting, Ye Su reached out and scooped someone up.

He scooped up Li Qing.

His Physique was already as high as 13 points.

And as the Spirit Medicine digested in his body, his Physique was still slowly increasing.

Combined with the power of Blood Qi.

His physical strength was already more than a level above those Professionals who hadn't changed classes; tucking a person under his arm wasn't a big problem.

And after Ye Su's reminder,

The entire team had formed an arrow shape.

Ye Su and Hei Hu were at the very front.

Ye Su tucked one person under one arm and grabbed Hei Hu with his other hand.

He suddenly began to exert his strength!

One person pulling twenty!

As his Blood Qi surged, Li Qing felt Ye Su's body become burning hot.

Yes.

Ye Su had already begun to mobilize his Blood Qi.

The knife-like grass was radiating out from the depths of the forest.

As long as they fled fast enough, they could escape this area.

"The vehicles are just ahead... We—"

Hu Hai said, at the risk of his lungs bursting.

But just as Ye Su approached the vehicles, the sound of tires bursting rang out.

The knife-like grass had arrived!

Hu Hai shut up.

Screams also came from others in the team.

The mutation was fierce!

"Grit your teeth and bear it!" Ye Su shouted;

"If you're pierced, you're pierced! Even if your soles are stripped to the bone, bear it!"

"If you stop, you die!"

The sound of teeth grinding echoed through the team.

Someone's Face was dampened by droplets.

It wasn't rain.

It was the blood from the feet of the person in front!

At this moment,

It was all about a single breath of Qi.

A breath fueled by a mad surge of adrenaline, ignoring all pain.

Once this breath was let out,

It would be all over!

Perhaps a few Professionals could escape.

But Hu Hai's team would be doomed!

"Mo Xiaoyu!"

Ye Su's senses were very sharp.

The condition of the team behind him was deteriorating rapidly.

Suddenly, Ye Su let go of Hei Hu's hand, turned back, pulled Mo Xiaoyu out of the group, and tucked her under his other arm.

Then he returned to the front and let Hei Hu pull him.

"Don't just stand there, activate your healing power," Ye Su said to Mo Xiaoyu.

The situation behind them was already quite gruesome.

If they weren't careful, they really would end up with skeletal feet!

"Ah... ah!"

"I... okay!"

Mo Xiaoyu was already numb.

Only after being reminded by Ye Su did she truly snap out of it.

Then,

She turned back and grabbed Hei Hu's hand.

Support-type [Raincaller] talent skill activated!

There was no light, only a warm current!

This warm current began to spread backward from Hei Hu's hand.

Everyone behind them was instantly jolted.

It was like a long-awaited rain after a drought.

Their parched bodies absorbed the nutrients, repairing the wounds on their feet.

Although they would soon be cut open again,

At least there was hope.

"Ye Su, how are you guys doing!" Zhang Hui's voice rang out.

Over at the main camp, none of the liaisons could get through to the Professionals; they could only hear heavy breathing like a broken bellows through the headsets.

"Helicopters! Helicopters!"

Ye Su shouted;

"The grass on the ground has turned into blades! We are escaping that area."

"But... I don't know how much longer the people in the back can hold on!"

"Understood, the helicopters have already taken off!"

Zhang Hui said.

He was almost becoming numb himself.

If helicopters took off at night, they would be attacked by birds of prey.

But there was no other choice.

Li Qing, Ye Su, and a large number of Professionals.

They couldn't just let them die in the wild.

These were the Suzhou and Hangzhou's most precious group of people; if they were wiped out, the Suzhou and Hangzhou's Late Stage strategy would be almost finished!

In addition to the helicopters taking off, tracked tanks and infantry fighting vehicles were also roaring.

Grass blades like knives.

Let's see how they fare against steel.

At this point, the camp commander already regretted not letting the rescue team take tracked armored vehicles for the rescue.

Mo Xiaoyu had solved the immediate crisis.

But this girl's physical strength was limited; Ye Su could already clearly feel her body going limp.

This kind of large-scale continuous healing was practically her limit.

She wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

"The radiation speed of the knife-like grass is almost a little faster than our walking pace," Ye Su thought to himself.

'If I abandon some people, we should be able to make it out.'

Whoosh—Li Qing suddenly gripped Ye Su's clothes tightly.

Ye Su looked at him.

He was shaking his head.

Li Qing was truly clever; he could see through Ye Su's thoughts.

They couldn't do that.

However— "rescue team, hear my command!"

"Let go!"

Hu Hai shouted.

The team directly disconnected.

The front section sped away, while the back section remained in place.

Quietly awaiting death.