"Die!"
Suddenly, a beautiful figure burst forth from the side.
While the Singer and Zhang Chen were confronting each other, Shirley and Mo Ran simultaneously launched attacks on Luo Tianyu himself.
Luo Tianyu smiled slightly and moved his left hand minutely.
Immediately after, his entire body vanished from his original spot.
The next moment, he appeared about fifty meters behind them.
He landed safely on the grass.
"Instant Flash? He can use Instant Flash too?"
"But... I can't feel any bio-energy within him at all!"
"How did he do it?!"
Shirley's face was filled with astonishment.
"He doesn't have much bio-energy within him, but the box in his hand does!"
"It's likely the result of the Progress faction technologicalizing bio-energy!"
Zhang Chen said calmly. Under his absolute vision, streams of light blue energy networks flowed continuously from the box. Unlike other creatures, all living beings have an energy core, and energy flows from the core to the limbs and extremities. However, the energy from Luo Tianyu's box was being transferred to his left hand out of thin air. It felt like remote charging, with no need for a wired connection.
"Another strange ability. It seems the Progress faction's technology has advanced further after leaving the walled cities!"
"But no matter how much it improves, they are still just food on the post-apocalyptic food chain!"
Zhang Chen sneered. If the Progress faction were powerful enough to dominate the apocalypse, reincarnation would have stopped long ago.
"Heh, you do have some skills, but in my eyes, you are just a bunch of ants!"
"It seems their evaluation of you was indeed an exaggeration!"
As Luo Tianyu spoke, he moved his left hand a few more times. Immediately after, Shirley instantly collapsed onto the ground, appearing to be in extreme pain. She seemed to be trying with all her might to stand up, but her body was firmly stuck to the ground.
"Master... I... I feel incredibly heavy..."
"I can't muster any strength..."
Shirley gasped, as if every word she spoke consumed a significant amount of energy.
"Can you hold on for ten minutes?"
Zhang Chen asked. It appeared the rings were indeed items used by the natives to restrain the reincarnators. They specifically added abilities like chatting, trading, storing items, and even summoning structures to make people reliant on the rings. For greater resources and a better living environment, powerful individuals would definitely kill other survivors to collect ring fragments. This way, as the powerful grew stronger, the rings that bound them would also gradually strengthen. Reincarnators with immense power but rings that hardly ever upgraded would almost cease to exist. In this manner, the ring became a growing fetter, serving as a tool for the natives to control the reincarnators at critical moments. Shirley's abilities were surely suppressed significantly by the ring. This is because gravity in the third phase of the apocalypse had returned to normal. And the gravity of the Water Blue Star was already much greater than that of Earth. It was already remarkable that Shirley could endure and not collapse to the ground.
"No problem, Master, even twenty minutes is fine!"
Shirley forced out a slight smile and said. She knew Zhang Chen was facing the powerful Singer. When the Singer was only level VI, it was already impossibly strong. Now, it had leveled up again to mutated VII. For infected entities and mutated creatures, each level increase brought a drastic change in strength. Although Zhang Chen had also become stronger, he would be under considerable pressure to defeat the Singer within ten minutes. Therefore, Shirley gritted her teeth, vowing not to let Zhang Chen be distracted because of her, even if her bones were to break.
"Don't worry, Boss, I... I'm also okay..."
Zuo Nan's voice came from behind. It turned out this guy was also struggling on the ground due to the ring. However, everyone was focused on facing the enemy, so he had been overlooked. Mo Ran quickly spat out silk threads and attached them to a large plant, forming a hammock. She then placed Shirley and Zuo Nan onto the hammocks. Due to the resilience of the silk threads, they could distribute the pressure caused by gravity, preventing Shirley from sustaining injuries from her hands and legs touching the hard ground. This was similar to how an air cushion bed can absorb the impact of a fall from a building.
"Oh, I almost forgot about you, little spider!"
"Although I don't have a suitable gift for you yet... someone has already arrived uninvited!"
"Hope you have fun!"
Luo Tianyu finished speaking and moved his left hand again. He vanished instantly. Invisibility! His invisibility could deceive most mutated creatures and infected entities, but it was completely ineffective against Zhang Chen's absolute vision. Zhang Chen didn't know how much information the natives had about him, but it seemed they had been watching him for a long time. Regardless, his true strength should not be revealed easily. Luo Tianyu was merely a maintenance worker in the logistics department, not even part of the research or security divisions. If he had to reveal all his trump cards just to deal with a logistics member, how would he face stronger opponents in the future?!
"Everyone, let's finish this quickly. I want to capture Luo Tianyu alive!"
Zhang Chen said calmly.
"Okay, Daddy!"
"Roar!~"
"Leave it to me, Daddy!"
Everyone responded. Xu Ruina was locked in a fierce battle with the mechanical bear and had no time to speak. Mo Ran could also see Luo Tianyu's location. After all, the [Absolute Vision] ability that Zhang Chen obtained initially came from the Spider Queen. Therefore, for Mo Ran, her innate physiological structure was absolute vision. Just as Mo Ran was pretending not to see Luo Tianyu and planning how to capture him, the forest not far away began to shake violently again. The intensity of this shaking was even more ferocious than when the building-sized mechanical bear appeared!
"Gek gek gek ji ji ji!"
Suddenly, a deafening sound echoed from the forest, reverberating throughout the mountains. Squawk... The huge flying birds in the distance were startled by the calls and flew away without looking back. As the forest continued to shake more violently, a giant spider the size of a small mountain appeared before Mo Ran. Clumps of sticky saliva dripped slowly from its greedy maw.
Name: Earth Spider Matriarch
Rank: Mutated VII
Skills:
[Spawn]: Earth Spider young do not require hatching. Upon detaching from the mother, they immediately transform into small Earth Spiders with mobility and combat capabilities. Earth Spiders gain rapid growth and combat power by devouring other creatures (sometimes even their own kind).
[Poisonous Silk]: Spits poisonous silk that causes paralysis and weakens bio-energy in the target.
[Infinite Vision]: The Matriarch can share vision with its young, rendering sneak attacks and ambushes ineffective.