116: Chapter 116 Frontline Base! These aren't weeds, they're clearly tentacle monsters!

With Chu Ling's punch to establish dominance, the rest of the journey became exceptionally quiet.

Captain Lei Zhan, who originally had many complaints about Su Yang's "tour group," now even stepped on the gas pedal with a lighter touch.

Fearing that he might jolt the "great-aunt" in the backseat who could kick a wild boar like a ball with one hand.

Half an hour later.

The convoy drove out of the winding mountain road, and the view before them suddenly opened up.

In a huge valley, stood a fortress cast from steel.

Surrounded by ten-meter-high high-voltage electric grid walls, mounted with heavy machine guns and flamethrowers, with searchlights sweeping the surrounding jungle like sharp swords.

Inside the base, busy soldiers and researchers in white lab coats were everywhere, the atmosphere suffocatingly tense.

"This is our frontline command post."

Lei Zhan parked the car at the entrance, his tone filled with a bit more awe.

"Consultant Su, please get out of the car for inspection."

Although he knew Su Yang was powerful.

But the necessary procedures still had to be followed.

Su Yang got out of the car with the three women.

As soon as they entered the gate, they attracted countless strange gazes.

After all, in this place filled with the smell of iron, blood, and gunpowder, the sudden appearance of such stunning beauties who looked like they were here for a fashion show was simply too eye-catching.

"Is this the support sent from above?"

A slightly mocking voice came from the side.

Su Yang turned his head to look.

He saw a group of people wearing cyan taoist robes and carrying long swords standing at the entrance of the command post.

The leader was an Old Daoist Priest with a goat beard, sharp eyes, and faint Spiritual Qi fluctuations around his body; he was clearly a cultivator with real skills.

Behind him followed several young and strong Disciples, each with their noses in the air, looking at Su Yang and the others with disdain.

"I am Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan."

The Old Daoist Priest flicked his horsetail whisk, his gaze lingered on Su Yang for a second, then quickly locked onto Chu Ling and Su Qingcheng, his expression sinking instantly.

"Captain Lei, what is the meaning of this?"

"This is the frontline for resisting demons and evils, how could you let just any questionable things in?"

"Not only bringing female companions, but actually keeping a zombie and a fierce ghost?!"

"This is outrageous! It's simply nonsense!"

Lei Zhan looked troubled and was just about to explain.

"Old mongrel, who are you calling a questionable thing?"

Mary elegantly closed her parasol, but the tip of the umbrella was intentionally or unintentionally aimed at Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan's throat, dangerous red light flashing in her beautiful eyes.

"Do you believe this Princess will drain your blood right now?"

"Audacious Prodigy! How dare you act presumptuously in front of me!"

Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan was furious, drawing his sword from behind with a "clang," the blade shining with a cold light, clearly not an ordinary item.

"Today, I, the Daoist, will act for heaven and slay you, Vampire!"

Seeing both sides at daggers drawn, about to fight at the base entrance.

"All of you, stop!"

Su Yang spoke lazily.

He walked in front of Mary, pressed her umbrella down, and then looked at Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan with a half-smile.

"Daoist, right?"

"As you said, this is the frontline for resisting demons and evils."

"Everyone is here to work, can we have less prejudice?"

"Regardless of whether it's a black cat or a white cat, a cat that catches mice is a good cat. Regardless of whether it's human, ghost, zombie, or monster, a good teammate is one who can kill monsters."

"Besides..."

Su Yang glanced at the Disciples behind Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan.

"With these misfits you brought, once we're really inside, I'm afraid they won't be as useful as my Prodigies."

"What did you say?!"

Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan was so angry his beard trembled.

"I am the orthodox successor of Mount Zhongnan! These Disciples are all Foundation Establishment Stage experts! How dare you compare them to demons and monsters?!"

"Alright, alright, stop bragging."

Su Yang waved his hand, not wanting to waste words with him.

"Whether they are experts or not, we'll know in a while."

"Captain Lei, arrange accommodation. I'm hungry, is there any late-night snack?"

Lei Zhan quickly smoothed things over, separated the two groups, and arranged them into different barracks.

Night fell.

The night in the Qinling Mountains was exceptionally quiet, so quiet that there wasn't even the sound of insects, only the occasional strange cry of an unknown beast, which was hair-raising.

Su Yang sat in the barracks, wiping his seven star dragon abyss sword.

Chu Ling and Mary were leaning on the window, curiously watching the huge searchlights outside.

"Woo woo woo—!!!"

Suddenly, a shrill alarm sounded throughout the base!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"It's a level one beast tide... No! It's a plant tide! Plants are attacking!"

The observer's panicked roar came over the radio.

"Let's go, let's go check it out."

Su Yang sheathed his sword and rushed out of the barracks with the three women.

As soon as they stepped out, they were shocked by the scene before them.

They saw that outside the high-voltage electric grid surrounding the base, the originally empty buffer zone was now filled with countless crazily growing green plants!

That was not ordinary weeds.

But a huge vine as thick as a bowl, dark green all over, and covered with sharp thorns!

They were like conscious tentacle monsters, crazily whipping the electric grid, even if they were scorched and smoking from the high-voltage electricity, they still came one after another.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

The electric grid couldn't bear the load and emitted explosive sparks.

Some vines even learned to "build a bridge," with hundreds of vines entwined together, forming a green slope that went directly over the ten-meter-high wall!

"Flamethrowers! Burn them! Don't let them in!"

Lei Zhan commanded hoarsely on the wall.

Several fire dragons spewed out, igniting the vines that had climbed in.

But these plants seemed not to know pain, and the flaming vines instead became even more terrifying weapons, crazily whipping the surrounding soldiers.

"Ah!"

A soldier was wrapped by a vine around his ankle and dragged directly out of the bunker.

The sharp thorns on the vine instantly pierced into his flesh and began to crazily suck blood!

In the blink of an eye, a strong man shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a dried corpse!

"This... is this a Blood-Sucking Vine?!"

Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan, who arrived, saw this scene, and his face changed drastically.

"Form a formation! Quickly form a formation!"

He rushed forward with his Disciples, waving his long sword, Sword Qi crisscrossing, cutting off several vines.

But the vitality of those vines was extremely tenacious, the severed halves were still twisting crazily on the ground, and could even spring up to hurt people.

And the number was just too many!

The overwhelming green tentacles surged like a tsunami, instantly forcing Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan's few Disciples into a panic, in a precarious situation.

"Help! Master, save me!"

A young Disciple was entangled by three vines at the same time, looking like he was about to be dismembered.

"You monster! How dare you!"

Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan wanted to rescue him, but was entangled at the waist by a thicker main vine, unable to even take care of himself.

Just at this critical moment.

"Swish—!"

A blood-red light flashed by.

The three vines entangling the Disciple were instantly cut off neatly, the cuts smooth as a mirror.

Mary held a table knife, stood in front of the Disciple, elegantly turned around, her skirt flying.

"This kind of rude way of eating is really embarrassing for us Vampires."

She kicked away the broken vines on the ground with disdain.

"Let me teach you what real... harvesting is."

Before the words fell.

"Boom!"

On the other side, Chu Ling also made a move.

She didn't use a weapon, just a simple and brutal punch.

That punch carried purple corpse Qi and slammed hard onto the main vine that was entangling Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan.

Bang!

That vine, which was strong enough to snap steel bars, was directly smashed into pieces by this punch!

Green juice splashed everywhere.

Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan landed on the ground in a sorry state, looking at the petite JK girl in front of him, his old face turning red and white.

"You're welcome."

Chu Ling blew on the green juice on her fist, looking innocent.

"Old grandpa, you are old, you should leave this kind of physical labor to us young people."

"Boss said, we must respect the old and love the young."

"You..." Pine Master of Mount Zhongnan almost couldn't catch his breath.

And at this time.

Su Yang was standing on the highest watchtower, not in a hurry to make a move.

His gaze passed through this chaotic battlefield and looked towards the direction where the vines were surging—the depths of that pitch-black primeval forest.

"It's not an ordinary mutation."

Su Yang narrowed his eyes.

"Although these vines are crazy, they advance and retreat in an orderly manner, with clear division of labor."

"There is something commanding behind them."

"And..."

He took out a Spiritual Qi sensing compass exchanged from the System from his pocket.

The needle was spinning crazily, and finally pointed firmly to the northwest.

"There is an extremely powerful wood-type Spiritual Qi fluctuation there."

"It seems that is the main body of the so-called Ancient Earth Core Tree."

Su Yang put away the compass, looking at the situation below that had been stabilized by Mary and Chu Ling, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Since the main culprit has shown its face, don't blame me for rooting it out."

"Qingcheng, go help them, let's end this quickly."

"I want to catch a live one and ask for directions."

"Yes, Master."

Su Qingcheng turned into a red shadow and drifted down.

With the addition of this thousand-year-old fierce ghost, the battlefield situation instantly became one-sided.

Red silk flew all over the sky, and wherever it passed, the vines withered one after another.

In less than ten minutes, this seemingly dangerous plant frenzy was forcibly suppressed by these three female Devil Heads.

Only one thickest purple vine, obviously at the "commander" level, remained, being stepped on by Chu Ling, struggling desperately but unable to escape.

Su Yang jumped down from the tower and walked to the vine.

He squatted down, reached out his hand to press on the vine, and closed his eyes.

"Soul search... no, Spirit search!"

Hum!

A huge Divine Sense extended along the vine towards the deep mountains tens of kilometers away.

After a moment.

Su Yang opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance in his eyes.

"Found it."

"So this is not a tree."

"But a... underground labyrinth made of plants!"