"What are you looking at? Hand over what’s in your backpack right now! I saw you go into several stores!" Wu Dayong’s expression remained fierce.
The woman in front of him only had a long stick in her hand. The stick was thin enough to be broken with a little force. He was a man, and his strength was several times greater than that of a woman. Taking down this woman would be a piece of cake.
Wu Dayong didn’t take Lin Yun seriously at all, as if he already considered her an easy target.
Lin Yun rolled her eyes and swung the stem stick in her hand directly at him.
At the same moment, Ghost Vine moved as well, lashing out at Wu Dayong from behind while Lin Yun attacked from the front.
Wu Dayong nimbly dodged Lin Yun’s stick, but he couldn’t dodge the vines that Ghost Vine sent toward him.
"Ah—!"
Wu Dayong let out a scream and fell forward. He quickly looked back and saw a tall vine waving its tendrils behind him like a ghost.
And that damned woman didn’t even bother to warn me!
If Lin Yun knew what he was thinking, she would probably roll her eyes again.
You’ve already tried to rob me, and I’m supposed to warn you about the danger? It’s the apocalypse. Who do you think you are?
Lin Yun also understood the principle of striking first in chaotic times. She had no intention of letting anyone with malicious intentions toward her walk away unharmed.
She said directly, "Xiao Teng, just kill him. This is your lunch."
Upon hearing this, Ghost Vine instantly became excited.
The food it had eaten last night had long since been digested. It had originally wanted to catch a few mice to eat, but it had been busy helping Lin Yun complete missions.
Now, there was ready-made food right in front of it!
Wu Dayong was shocked. He never expected this vine to be connected to this woman!
She was also a survivor, so how had she obtained such an opportunity in such a short time?!
He looked at Lin Yun in horror, finally realizing that he had bitten off more than he could chew.
He had originally thought this woman looked gentle and weak and would be easy to bully. If he could even force her to submit to him, that would be even better.
But who would have thought that she somehow possessed a vine, and that the vine was completely obedient to her?!
Ghost Vine’s tendrils stretched toward Wu Dayong, who had just been knocked to the ground.
Food! It’s here!
Wu Dayong was terrified. The fruit knife in his hand had already fallen to the ground. He desperately crawled backward using both his hands and feet.
"No... No! I was wrong! I was wrong! Please don’t kill me! I’ll give you all the supplies I’ve collected these past two days! Please don’t kill me!"
But Ghost Vine had no intention of giving him a chance to escape.
Its vines quickly wrapped around his legs. With a powerful pull, Wu Dayong was dragged back toward it.
"Don’t kill me! I was really wrong! Please let me go!"
His terrified screams pierced the quiet street.
Lin Yun watched coldly, without the slightest trace of pity.
Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from nearby.
The survivors who had escaped from the mountain with Wu Dayong the previous day had come over after hearing his screams.
"Ah!"
One of Ghost Vine’s tendrils pierced through Wu Dayong’s neck.
He vomited mouthfuls of blood, unable to utter another word. He could only stare ahead in terror.
"Xiao Teng, hurry up and eat. We have to go."
Lin Yun frowned and retreated into a corner, disappearing from sight. She didn’t want to have any contact with these survivors.
When the survivors who rushed over saw Wu Dayong’s miserable state, they were stunned. Then, they immediately pulled out their weapons and stared warily at Ghost Vine.
They had originally thought Wu Dayong was fighting another survivor.
They never expected his opponent to be a mutated plant.
They knew how terrifying the mutated plants in this world were. The vine in front of them, which was sucking the flesh and blood from Wu Dayong’s body, was clearly a vicious mutated plant.
If it could devour Wu Dayong, it could devour them as well!
If this vine wasn’t dealt with, wouldn’t they have to live under its threat every day from now on?
What was strange was that after they established a shelter in the town yesterday and searched the surrounding area for supplies, they had passed through this place before.
Yet they hadn’t encountered this vine.
So where had it come from?!
Once this thought entered their minds, everything else naturally followed.
Yesterday, the group had gathered together and roughly surveyed the surrounding area.
There were several mutated plants near their shelter, but those plants were rooted in place. As long as they didn’t foolishly enter their territories, the mutated plants wouldn’t attack them.
But this mutated vine in front of them was clearly different.
It wasn’t rooted here.
It was more like it had come from somewhere specifically to hunt for food!
Such a mutated plant was probably even more difficult to deal with.
The survivors wanted to ask Wu Dayong what had happened, but his neck had already been pierced by the vines, leaving him unable to speak.
They already regretted coming to save him.
Now, whether they could even leave this place alive was uncertain.
With their mediocre skills and crude weapons, killing this vine was practically impossible. It was far more likely that the vine would knock them all down and eat them instead!
"Xiao Teng, are you finished eating? Let’s go."
Lin Yun couldn’t stand it anymore and finally spoke up.
Everyone turned toward the voice.
They saw a young girl standing in the corner, holding a white stick and wearing a black mask that concealed her face.
They didn’t know how long she had been standing there watching them.
But she was definitely a ruthless person!
Didn’t they hear what she had just shouted?
She had actually been talking to the vine!
Damn it! That vicious vine actually belongs to this young girl?!
This was... simply too terrifying!
Seeing the fear on the survivors’ faces, Lin Yun raised an eyebrow.
It seemed that saying nothing had created an entirely different effect.
But this was for the best.
Now that they knew such a vicious vine was around her, they would think twice before coming to the town to scavenge again.
Ah, it feels so good to borrow the tiger’s power.
Thank goodness I made that decision back then. Thank you, Xiao Teng!
Ghost Vine wrapped its vines around Wu Dayong’s withered corpse.
When Lin Yun checked the mission center again, she noticed the mission related to bones.
Ghost Vine remembered that bones could also be exchanged for points. Since they were its spoils of war, it decided to carry them for a while and exchange them for points for Lin Yun later!
It happily shrank down and ran toward Lin Yun.
[This can be exchanged for points!]
When Lin Yun looked at it again and wondered why it was still dragging Wu Dayong’s corpse around, Ghost Vine quickly explained.
Lin Yun’s eyes lit up with satisfaction.
How wonderful!
This little vine was truly so considerate of its family.
Once again, she was grateful that she hadn’t missed Ghost Vine back then.
Ghost Vine was truly one of the most amazing plants in the world.