Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 286 - Mutual Learning

Chapter 286 -286 Mutual Learning

Mutated Plants?

Upon hearing Su Jin’s words, everyone inside the vehicle grew serious.

Although Liang Jiuhui and others had not yet encountered mutated plants, a guard squad that had suffered heavy losses before mentioned that they were overwhelmed by a type of plant which could entangle a person and couldn’t be cut loose, resulting in severe casualties during their fight with zombies.

Moreover, teams that had gone out on missions these past few days also reported that not only had there been an increase in mutated zombies, but even previously common plants had begun to exhibit man-eating tendencies.

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“Xiao Jin, could it be mutant animals?” Lin Tianzhen asked.

“The likelihood of mutated plants is higher because if it were mutant animals, this place wouldn’t be this clean, not even bones would be left,” Su Jin replied.

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So that was it, Lin Tianzhen realized.

“Everyone, be extra careful,”

After the bus came to a stop, Lu Hao reminded everyone.

One by one, the group got off the vehicle, with Xiao Liu the driver following suit. Although he was Liang Jiuhui’s driver, due to often accompanying Liang Jiuhui, he had also developed a knack for killing zombies.

After clearing the zombies surrounding the vehicle, the group proceeded along the hospital’s pedestrian pathway.

The hospital indeed had plenty of green belts, with not only many old trees but also lawns that seemed to have been yellowing for a long time.

“Could it be these trees that are the problem?” Lin Cheng looked up and said.

Su Jin shook her head; based on her understanding, mutated trees had territorial awareness, meaning that when a person or zombie entered their territory, they would attack. But at the moment, they were all standing under this tree without any attack happening.

Just as everyone was doubting the trees, Su Jin’s attention was drawn to the stairs leading to the second-floor lobby of the hospital ahead.

The lobby of this hospital was on the second floor, and the stairs leading to it were wide and long, divided in the middle by a flowerbed that separated the left and right sides. The plants in the flowerbed looked lush, and they were blooming with purplish-red flowers.

“Such beautiful flowers,”

Lin Tianzhen couldn’t help but exclaim, reminding her how long it had been since she had seen fresh flowers after the apocalypse started.

“This flower is called Rhododendron ‘Lei’, also known as Bougainvillea. It’s very hardy, and autumn is just the right season for it to bloom. I used to have several varieties on my balcony,” boasted Lu Guanhai, a real aficionado when it came to gardening.

“Dad, you’d better keep away from it,”

Su Jin pulled Lu Guanhai back from the edge of the flowerbed.

“Is it a mutated plant?”

Xu Shi couldn’t help asking as it looked perfectly normal, and this type of plant was common in many areas of the city.

“I don’t know, but it’s possible; I suggest everyone stay alert,”

Su Jin also couldn’t be sure, after all, you can’t tell just by looking at Mutated Plants.

The group didn’t head up the stairs to the second floor but prepared to search for the pharmacy on the first floor instead.

Lu Hao grabbed Su Jin’s hand and walked forward with everyone else. Liang Jiuhui and the others thought it was because Lu Hao was worried about Su Jin.

Only their family and Liao Yifan’s group knew that this was Lu Hao consciously worrying about himself, given that the hospital corridors indeed looked a bit too many…

Nie Qing couldn’t stop looking around the place. So this was the hospital he had seen on TV before. It was truly huge. Could it be that before the Apocalypse, so many people were ill? The largest medical hall he had seen before was probably not even as big as one of these corridors.

“There are a lot of Zombies in the lobby ahead, about 300,” Mao Qiqi said.

Sheng Jing discovered that Mao Qiqi’s observational range was much larger than hers. She had to advance through the corridor to sense the Zombies in the lobby. This made her look forward even more to acquiring the Mental Element Ability.

If someone had seen the scene in the lobby at this moment, they couldn’t help but feel their skin crawl. Black bloodstains covered the walls and floor, and unidentifiable human body parts were scattered everywhere. The approximately 300 Zombies Mao Qiqi mentioned stood quietly in the hall, motionless.

It wasn’t until a Zombie heard footsteps in the distance, or perhaps smelled the blood and flesh they had long craved, that the Zombies in the entire hall started to boil with excitement. The group, still as still as dead water, suddenly came to life, swarming in one direction.

The shutter door of the first-floor lobby was locked to the ground by someone unknown, and the door smeared with dark blood banged loudly under the Zombies’ impacts from inside.

To get to the pharmacy on the first floor, they had to go through this lobby. Seeing everyone ready, Guan Hong immediately used his Metal Element Ability to open the shutter door.

The door was barely opened less than a meter when Zombies began to crawl out from underneath, desperately. But before their bodies were completely out, they were neatly decapitated by a row of Wind Blades from Xue Wanyi.

As the door fully opened, all the Zombies in the hall surged forward. Lin Cheng activated his Earth Element Ability, creating an earthen wall on the side in front of Lin Tianzhen and others. This allowed Lin Tianzhen and the rest to release their Special Abilities from behind the earthen wall, significantly increasing the safety margin.

Su Jin and Lu Hao had already charged into the midst of the Zombies. Vines sprouted around them, keeping nearby Zombies at bay, and those close to them fell in circles.

Lu Hao did not use his Tang Sword; simple Small Fireballs were enough to easily kill an Ordinary Zombie. Liang Jiuhui and the others were surprised by Lu Hao’s candle-like attacks. How could his Special Ability Fire burn a Zombie’s skull to ashes in just a few seconds?

Xu Shi, who also had the Fire Element, was quite envious. He only dared to use such attacks on distant Zombies. Those close by could still lunge at him before their heads burned, but Lu Hao didn’t have this problem. Some Zombies even fell down the moment his Fireball hit them.

Su Jin and Lu Hao also saw Liang Jiuhui’s Thunder Element Ability for the first time, and it indeed seemed much more powerful than Su Xiangzhe’s.

During combat, Liang Jiuhui seemed to be filled with thunder and lightning. Zombies barely touching him were repelled by the electric charge covering his body.

Moreover, a simple Thunder Ball from him would spread to the Zombies around upon contact, and it seemed as if he controlled the paralyzed Zombies with a Thunder Line in his hand. A strong current flowed down the line, and those Zombies fell down, bodies charred black!

“Wow, so cool!”

Lin Xiuyuan, with an Ice Shield in one hand and Ice Spikes in the other, fought the Zombies while looking over at Liang Jiuhui. He truly was a man capable of being a Base Leader!

“Don’t touch me, you guys, I want to try this too,” Su Xiangzhe said as he tried to cover his whole body with electricity. Bursts of electrical light spread from his arms to his body and legs. He looked entirely electrified.

“Old Su, Old Su, don’t forget to electrify your head too, safety first!” Nie Qing reminded from mid-air.