Traveling through the new apocalyptic era

Chapter 275 275 Mutated Plants
Everyone was shocked. Yin Ling reacted the fastest, but she did not rush to the source of the sound. It was because she was only at the second level of Qi training and her strength was too low. When encountering an accident, she would naturally focus on self-protection. However, she still threw the two hares in her hands aside as soon as possible and drew her crossbow to prepare for an attack.

Hong Yu was the closest and reacted quickly. When he saw Yang Beijia's palm pierced by the plant, he threw two steel needles to push the blood-sucking vine attached to his hand away. Then he took two steps forward and a knife appeared in his left hand, and he chopped at the retreating vine. Unfortunately, the vine was too fast and he missed it.

In just a few seconds, Yang Beijia fell to the ground, screaming in pain and holding her hand. Seeing this, the others immediately stepped forward to check on the situation.

"It hurts so much!" Yang Beijia's face turned pale and she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.

Zhou Yi, who was standing by, only took one look at the bloody hand, his face turned pale, and he immediately looked away and took a step back. Although Xu Jing and Fu Gang were relatively calm, they had never experienced this before and were at a loss for a moment.

Li Qi quickly took out a roll of gauze from his backpack and wrapped it around Yang Beijia's hand without saying a word. Perhaps because the movement was painful, Yang Beijia subconsciously began to struggle.

"Hurry, help me hold her down! We have to leave quickly, it's not safe here!" Li Qi hurriedly called for help, and did not forget to glance at Hong Yu who was still entangled with the vines. Zhang Wu was on guard at the side.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jing immediately stepped forward and held down the struggling and crying Yang Beijia. Fu Gang also lent a hand. Yin Ling was observing the surroundings vigilantly, while not forgetting to look at Hong Yu. He saw him wielding the scimitar with such ferocity that the vines dared not approach.

Ordinary green vines, I have seen countless of them along the way. There are vines of this plant everywhere on the rock walls and trees. This one seems no different from the others except that it has flowers.

Li Qi bandaged the wound very quickly and roughly. "I'll lead the way in front, you guys follow with her. Zhang Wu, you and Hong Yu will follow as soon as you finish dealing with the vines."

Hearing this, everyone started to move. Fu Gang directly carried Yang Beijia on his back, Xu Jing and Zhou Yi took care of her on both sides, and Yin Ling followed behind.

The group had only taken two steps when several vines shot out from all directions, blocking the way. The pool of blood where Yang Beijia was originally was also crushed by a vine, and the blood immediately faded wherever it passed.

"Get out of the way!" Li Qi used a steel stick to knock away two vines that suddenly appeared in front of him. When he looked back, it was already a mess.

Fu Gang's ankle was grabbed by the vines that appeared from behind him. He staggered and fell to the ground. Yang Beijia, who was on his back, also fell to the ground and was dragged backwards by the vines.

Xu Jing was swinging his hiking stick left and right, while Zhou Yi followed him, screaming and waving the stick as well.

Only Yin Ling reacted quickly and fired a crossbow to nail the two vines in front of him directly to the tree, and another arrow shot off the vines wrapped around Fu Gang's legs.

Zhang Wu and Hong Yu were also entangled.

"Everyone come towards me, form a circle, and don't make a mess." Li Qi shouted as he retreated.

Fortunately, everyone was close to each other and quickly gathered together. Only Yang Beijia fell to the ground without making any sound.

Zhang Wu waved his hand and a dry vine emerged from his hand. He dragged Yang Beijia back while struggling with the vines, but he had no time to check the situation and had to fight with the vines that surrounded him again.

"They are gathering their companions, retreat quickly!" Just as Li Qi finished his words, Xu Jing beside him was hit by the vines, the wooden stick in his hand fell immediately, and blood immediately appeared on his hand.

"Go this way!" Yin Ling had a vacuum in front of her. She pinned five or six vines to the ground, and Qiao Qiao crushed the vines on the ground with her claws. The crushed vines stopped attacking and retreated into the bushes instinctively. Hearing this, everyone did not stay for long, and retreated while walking. Yang Beijia was carried on Fu Gang's back and walked in front.

In just two minutes, everyone was covered in bruises, with marks on their hands, legs, and backs from being whipped by vines.

Fortunately, with the help of Li Qi and the other three practitioners, the group slowly withdrew from the encirclement of the mutant vines.

"How is she?" The group stopped in a slightly flat patch of grass.

"She has temporarily fainted due to excessive blood loss and pain." Li Qi said as he changed the gauze on Yang Beijia's right hand, took out a bottle of medicine powder from his bag, sprinkled it on her right hand and bandaged it again. "Everyone, bandage the injured areas. We need to get down the mountain as soon as possible."

Yin Ling gasped in pain as she looked at the two bloodstains on her hands. After using up all the crossbow arrows, she could only take out an inconspicuous small dagger. She could not use her ice power blatantly, which is why she was attacked at close range.

Fortunately, she was helping secretly, so she didn't have to be attacked from behind. Looking at the multiple wounds on Xu Jing's hands and back, a grown man grimacing in pain while applying medicine, Yin Ling was somewhat relieved. And Zhou Yi was covering her head, dizzy and crying in pain, with a mark on her scalp from being hit by the vines, which would definitely leave a scar.

It took the group of disabled people more than three hours to get down the mountain. Fortunately, they did not encounter any danger afterwards.

When they returned to the base, the sun had not yet set, so the group went directly to the nearest small clinic.

The large hospitals in the base had long been evacuated, and the clinics here were just private clinics that could only treat simple injuries. This was why not many people stayed here. Without public basic services such as medical care and education, most people were unwilling to stay.

The most serious injury was Yang Beijia's palm. After debridement and suture, the person is still in a coma, but is not in danger of life. As for the palm, it depends on its later recovery.

The others were also cleaned and bandaged one by one. In the end, Zhou Yi and Yang Beijia were more seriously injured and stayed in the clinic for check-up. The others just needed to change the dressings regularly.

Li Xiu'e was scared to death when she saw that everyone was covered in injuries. Then she looked again and found that someone was missing. She almost thought that someone was in danger and died. Fortunately, Yin Ling explained in time.

"Don't go there in the future. You are not allowed to go to the nearby mountains either. It's too dangerous!" The old lady said a lot of things, all of which were about how the world is unsafe and you shouldn't run around alone.

Yin Ling nodded obediently without saying much. She had no plans to go for the time being. She was too weak and would just be a waste of time if she went.

However, Li Qi and the other two went out to inform everyone of the situation, and they also wanted to work together to go into the mountains again to eliminate the mutated plants.

After this, Yin Ling became more anxious and meditated in her room until dawn. She was now at the second level of Qi Refining, just getting started. She could barely release her spiritual power to condense ice needles, but the maintenance time and attack power were very weak. The only good thing was that she was stronger than ordinary people.

After swallowing a drop of spiritual liquid that had just condensed in the space, Yin Ling continued to meditate and practice. She now wished she could practice twenty-four hours a day. Fortunately, everyone was injured yesterday and could rest and recuperate at home today without having to work in the fields.

Grandma Li Xiu'e was busy stewing meat early in the morning to provide nourishment for everyone.