Chapter 115

Chapter 115

“Gre… Green Bubbles?” Lin Junruo was the first to notice the anomaly, her voice trembling with shock.

Mu Xin was crawling right beside her. Hearing Lin Junruo’s voice, she immediately shifted her gaze in the same direction.

Back at the beach, the Green Bubbles had spread from the seawater onto the sand. The time after that, they hadn’t been close enough to observe the source, so they didn’t know where the Green Bubbles came from. But this time…

A scene was clearly etched into Mu Xin’s pupils.

Perhaps because it was early morning, the leaves were covered in water droplets. Now, those droplets were suddenly bursting. As they popped, they transformed into clusters of Green Bubbles. The moment these Green Bubbles landed on the leaves, they began to spread across the entire tree at lightning speed.

The Green Bubbles reached the base of the tree in an instant and began crawling through the grass beneath their feet.

At this moment, the Green Bubbles were surging through the thicket toward them.

“The Green Bubbles are coming! Get to the foot of the mountain, fast!” Mu Xin shouted a warning.

Lu Jing heard Mu Xin’s cry. He glanced at the distance between himself and the foot of the mountain. At his speed, he could definitely make it, but the problem was the enemies still in front of him. If he broke into a run now, he would likely end up dead under their gunfire first.

Lu Jing quickly suppressed his thoughts. He didn’t want to think about the Green Bubbles at all. Right now, his only goal was the group of enemies firing at them.

Qin Weiyi was the closest to the foot of the mountain.

Realizing that crawling was far too slow, he simply arched his back and lunged forward.

This move was much faster than crawling, and at least half his body reached the base of the mountain. However, the sensation of his body slamming against the rocks was far from pleasant.

Qin Weiyi couldn’t afford to care about the pain. He scrambled forward to grab a rock and, using it for leverage, quickly hauled himself into the rocky area.

Once inside, he spun around and reached out to those behind him.

Mu Xin and Lin Junruo were right behind him.

Qin Weiyi reached for Mu Xin first.

Mu Xin immediately grabbed his hand. Between Qin Weiyi’s pull and her own frantic efforts, she soon made it into the rocky area as well.

After pulling Mu Xin over, Qin Weiyi immediately reached out for Lin Junruo. Mu Xin followed his lead and began helping the people behind them.

Following them were Jian Fan and Qi Shuping.

Jian Fan and Qi Shuping were also relatively close to the rocks. With help from those ahead, they managed to enter the Safe Zone. Although they also turned back immediately to help the others, it was…

Too late.

The Green Bubbles were already rushing toward them. At their current pace, it was impossible.

This wasn’t like the first time at the beach where the bubbles spread from the shoreline. They were in the middle of a forest with trees all around them. Once the Green Bubbles dropped from the trees to the ground, they began spreading rapidly from the base of every tree. This meant they had very little time left.

Yellow Hair clearly realized this as well.

Seeing the Green Bubbles right in front of him, he no longer cared if there were guns behind him. If he got shot, he might live; if he was swallowed by the Green Bubbles, there would be no hope at all.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Yellow Hair scrambled up from the ground and bolted toward the foot of the mountain.

Yellow Hair reacted quickly. A split second before the Green Bubbles could catch him, he leaped into the rocky area. Although he ended up slamming face-first into the stones, making his nose bleed, he had at least made it to safety.
When he rolled over to look back at the situation behind him, he saw the Green Bubbles catch up to Orange Hair.

“Wang Yeyi!” Yellow Hair cried out in shock.

Amidst his cry, Orange Hair looked up and flashed him a smile. A moment later, he was instantly swallowed by the Green Bubbles, vanishing completely.

Yellow Hair watched his long-time partner disappear before his eyes in the blink of an eye, his body trembling uncontrollably. The others, however, were unable to feel much of a stir over Orange Hair’s death because the Green Bubbles had already begun to move against the rest of them.

Xia Zeqin was the most composed.

When he saw the Green Bubbles heading toward him, he stopped moving forward. Instead, he spread the Down Jacket he had exchanged for on the ground and sat directly on top of it.

The Green Bubbles could swallow a Down Jacket, and Xia Zeqin was naturally not foolish enough to think the jacket alone could isolate them.

The key wasn’t the Down Jacket, but rather the large pile of sand wrapped inside it.

The group clearly hadn’t expected Xia Zeqin to have such a preparation. No one even knew when he had gathered the sand. Furthermore, he had carried such a heavy load of sand all this way.

However, Xia Zeqin’s foresight clearly saved his life.

Although the Green Bubbles consumed the Down Jacket, they automatically avoided the sand once they encountered it. Sitting on the sand, Xia Zeqin remained perfectly safe.

Qian Xing clearly didn’t have such good luck.

His death appeared unremarkable.

No one showed any emotion over his passing. Even Xia Zeqin, whom he had always followed, only spared him a faint glance, watching calmly as he was swallowed.

In his final moments, Qian Xing suddenly wondered: had he been wrong?

From the moment Jian Fan and Xia Zeqin had their falling out, he had been wrong. He should have chosen Jian Fan instead of this Xia Zeqin, who had long since become unrecognizable.

But he no longer had the chance.

The Green Bubbles swallowed him whole in the next second.

Aside from Lu Jing, only Qin Nan remained in the vegetation zone.

“Qin Nan.” Jian Fan didn’t care about Qian Xing’s life or death; his gaze was fixed tightly on Qin Nan.

The Green Bubbles were also very close to him, and he was the furthest from the rocky area besides Lu Jing. Unless he was also immune to the Green Bubbles, he had no hope.

Qin Nan heard Jian Fan calling his name.

At this moment, his eyes reflected the overwhelming swarm of Green Bubbles surging toward him.

He didn’t want to die, but what else could he do? The only secondary medium that could be found nearby was stone. Could he possibly create a third medium?

Qin Nan gave a bitter smile.

To think he was going to fall here so soon.

Just then, Qin Nan suddenly realized the weight on his back. Remembering something, he abruptly pulled off his backpack.

Inside the bag were some biscuits and three bottles of water, half-consumed.

Qin Nan sat up straight on the ground. At this point, things like guns were completely out of his consideration. He sat in a way that occupied the smallest possible area, then opened the water bottles and poured the water directly around himself. For good measure, he even splashed some on his own body.

Just as he finished doing this, the Green Bubbles arrived at his side.

Jian Fan clenched his fists, watching Qin Nan without blinking.

Not just him-everyone else was also watching Qin Nan’s every move.