68: Chapter 68 The Mother Vine for Limb Extension

Chapter 68: Grafted Mother Vine

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Wang Ting locked eyes with the distorted monster, his heart immediately jolting as a sense of instinctive vigilance instantly surged into his mind.

That was a monster no weaker than him—the Grafted Mother Vine.

"Definitely a leader-tier individual!"

Although it was his first time encountering a leader-tier individual, Wang Ting still believed in his inner intuition: only a monster far more powerful than the Vine Skulls and Vine Spider Nurses could control them like this.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle—"

The Parasitic Fungus Vines had already rushed in front of Wang Ting, and he immediately manipulated the vines to intercept them.

The vines surged, and countless large hands rose from the ground, entangling the Parasitic Fungus Vines that wanted to approach him and firmly dragging down their bodies.

Wang Ting directly activated the Earth Vine Spike, causing a large number of thorns to rise from the ground and pierce the bodies of the Parasitic Fungus Vines.

These spikes looked like tombstones driven into the earth, separating Wang Ting from the army of Parasitic Fungus Vines.

He decisively used two moves, instantly intercepting all the Parasitic Fungus Vines rushing at the very front, and screams rose one after another.

However, even with Wang Ting displaying such methods, looking into the distance, those Parasitic Fungus Vines were still pouring over continuously from the surrounding weed patches and abandoned factories.

They gathered around the Grafted Mother Vine like surging green waves.

Over a thousand Parasitic Fungus Vines converged together, and that terrifying momentum felt as if it wanted to overturn Wang Ting onto the ground, just like waves smashing a reef.

At this time, the Vine Skulls were still one to two hundred meters away from Wang Ting, and the Vine Spider Nurses on both sides were only about 300 meters away from him. For them, this distance was just a matter of a sprint.

Wang Ting took a deep breath, made a prompt decision, turned around, and quickly evacuated.

He had only broken through to a Tier 1 lifeform, and he wasn't immortal.

If he were besieged by these several thousand Parasitic Fungus Vines, it wouldn't be long before he exhausted his strength and died, not to mention there was also an anomalous monster with the strength of a leader-tier individual.

If he didn't have Vibration Perception to detect in advance that these monsters wanted to surround and kill him, then even if Wang Ting wanted to leave now, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy.

After all, if he were surrounded by hundreds or thousands of Parasitic Fungus Vines, it would be absolutely impossible to fight his way out to a path of survival.

However, it was different now. The monsters had not fully closed in yet, and Wang Ting had already retreated.

His figure was extremely fast, quickly moving away from the Industrial Zone, and before long, he had left the Parasitic Fungus Vines behind.

A roar of unwillingness sounded behind Wang Ting, sounding like a monster crawling out of the abyss.

Wang Ting did not look back and continued running all the way.

He also did not walk toward the supermarket, but instead detoured toward another direction on the north side.

After running three or four hundred meters like this, Wang Ting gradually stopped his footsteps.

Looking back behind him, those Parasitic Fungus Vines seemed to slowly retreat into the depths of the Industrial Zone like an ebbing tide as that roar gradually died down.

The source of the perceived vibration was constantly moving away.

Wang Ting found a relatively tall building, climbed up to the third floor, and looked out at the Industrial Zone in the distance.

The Parasitic Fungus Vines crowded around the Grafted Mother Vine, slowly hiding themselves among various buildings in the Industrial Zone.

Vines still covered everything, as if nothing had happened, but only Wang Ting knew that monsters were densely packed throughout this Industrial Zone, which could be described as fraught with danger.

[Grafted Mother Vine cataloging progress: 7%]

The Grafted Mother Vine did not lead the monster army to charge out, but instead retreated back to the factory area.

This made Wang Ting heave a sigh of relief. It wasn't that Wang Ting was afraid of the Grafted Mother Vine.

If it were one-on-one, Wang Ting had the confidence to fight it and even defeat it.

What Wang Ting worried about was a large number of monsters posing a threat to the camp.

If this magnitude of Parasitic Fungus Vines ran rampant, and then dragged along the Parasitic Fungus Vines from other areas of Vine Town, it would form an extremely terrifying vine army.

Let alone their current stronghold, even if all the combat members of the entire Scarecrow Town were brought over, I'm afraid it would still be difficult to stop the pace of these vine monster legions.

Their individual strength might not be strong, but their terrifying numbers were enough to crush everything.

"Vine Town is far more dangerous than Scarecrow Farm. If this Grafted Mother Vine is not dealt with, I'm afraid all construction will be in vain."

Wang Ting's expression was solemn. He naturally knew that the retreat of the Grafted Mother Vine was only temporary.

If the Outpost Camp wanted to develop, then the factories and machinery in the factory area had to be taken down.

Even if those things were dilapidated and very old, having them was better than having nothing.

Besides, how could he allow others to sleep soundly right beside his bed?

The Grafted Mother Vine had the strength to control monsters; this was its original sin.

If it didn't die, then no one in the entire Outpost Camp could block its sharp edge.

Wang Ting quickly thought in his mind for a way to solve the Grafted Mother Vine.

Under the encirclement of so many monsters, if he wanted to solve it, I'm afraid he could only take the path of assassination or gradually prune away its wings, exterminating a large number of Parasitic Fungus Vines one by one, and finally trapping and killing the Grafted Mother Vine.

However, neither of these two points was as easy as imagined.

"With Feng Bo and the others providing firepower suppression, they can hold back a portion of the monsters, but anything above elite individuals will have to be handled by me. It seems I must exchange for the Bloodthirsty Poison Web and Vine Spider Spine. If that still doesn't work, I'll add a vine shield. I refuse to believe that with this kind of power, I can't kill a single Grafted Mother Vine."

Wang Ting had a plan in mind. He observed from this rooftop for another half an hour, then identified the direction and walked toward Jiafule Shopping Center.

Since the Grafted Mother Vine wouldn't pursue him in a short time, he had to complete the cleanup mission at the fastest speed and clear out the rear.

Wang Ting returned to Jiafule Shopping Center. Those gathered Vine Parasite Corpses and Parasitic Fungus Vines had not yet dispersed at this moment.

Because their umbilical cord vines were broken, the Vine Parasite Corpses had all fallen into a frenzy.

A portion of them had their aura gradually declining, while another portion was still extremely crazy, almost knocking down all the shelves throughout Jiafule Shopping Center onto the ground.

When Wang Ting suddenly returned, they immediately locked their targets onto Wang Ting, their scarlet gazes particularly terrifying.

There were about forty or fifty of these Vine Parasite Corpses, and combined with the Parasitic Fungus Vines, it already exceeded a hundred monsters.

Wang Ting was holding back anger in his heart right now. Seeing these Vine Parasite Corpses and Parasitic Fungus Vines surrounding and killing him, a sneer immediately appeared on his face.

The vine skull tyrant blade in his hand slashed out viciously. Every cut was like a hot knife cutting through butter, and wherever the blade passed, the remains of the monsters were bound to be split in two.

Wang Ting felt that slashing with the tyrant blade wasn't satisfying enough.

He manipulated the vines to pull over those Parasitic Fungus Vines and Vine Parasite Corpses one by one, either directly breaking their bones and tearing their bodies apart, or fixing their shapes and then suddenly launching the Earth Vine Spike, with sharp spikes piercing all these monsters without exception.

The monsters in the shopping center were slaughtered completely by Wang Ting.

The tall vine tree seemed to have accepted its own offerings; in front of the mountain-like piles of monster remains, huge fruits condensed one by one on the vine tree.

Some fruits condensed to the size of a basketball and suddenly split open, revealing the supplies inside.

Some fruits turned the size of a suitcase and then slowly split open.

The supplies here were bizarre and varied. There were shotguns that had refreshed before, a brand-new large loudspeaker, machetes, quilts, and sound systems, looking like a hodgepodge.

Wang Ting counted slightly, and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly upward.

"Over thirty. It seems the more monsters killed, the more supplies refreshed. It's a pity that Vine Spider Nurse didn't die here. I wonder if killing it can refresh supplies, or if it must be a monster nurtured by the vine tree."

The supplies refreshed by the vine tree must be related to the monsters being killed.

However, Wang Ting was not sure whether kills within the area could refresh supplies.

So he ran outside Jiafule Shopping Center, directly captured a Parasitic Fungus Vine alive, and dragged it here to slaughter.

After killing one, the vine tree had no reaction.

He repeated this a few times, and the vine tree still looked just like before.

Only then was Wang Ting convinced that only by killing the monsters nurtured by this plant itself could supplies be refreshed.

He killed all the monsters, used vines to block the other entrances of Jiafule Shopping Center, and then returned to the cafeteria building.

He explained the situation of the shopping center to Feng Bo and the others, and explained the matters of the Industrial Zone to them clearly together.

Upon hearing this, Feng Bo's expression changed drastically: "How can there be a leader-tier individual? This is already no less than a Tier 1 Transcendental."