Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse - Chapter 951: 951: Green Tree Village
Chapter 951: Chapter 951: Green Tree Village
“Sister Xiao Jin, some people in here are about to die,”
Mao Qiqi whispered into Su Jin’s ear.
Su Jin, who was following behind, immediately changed her expression upon hearing this. She looked at the lush fruit-bearing green trees and instantly thought of something.
“Can you pinpoint the location?”
Su Jin asked.
Seeing Mao Qiqi nod, Su Jin also looked ahead with determination. It seemed she must meet this so-called camp leader in person.
Outside a four-story villa, a family was asked to wait by Hu Wenbin, but the group who went in with Hu Wenbin never came out.
“You bastard, how dare you bring anyone in here? Don’t you know who the Heart Talk Team is?! That’s the Heart Talk Team!”
A man with a full beard and thick eyebrows whipped Hu Wenbin on his lower back.
Li Yushan feared nothing, except the Heart Talk Team, especially the wood element ability user named Su Jin within it.
Because he was also a wood element ability user, he dreaded the rumored Su Jin, who could control mutated plants.
“But boss, didn’t you successfully control an S-level team last time as well? I thought the Heart Talk Team was strong, but they also have a lot of supplies! Just now, that brat was drinking soda and eating meat in the car.”
Hu Wenbin tried to persuade, believing that Li Yushan was so powerful that, once he made his move, even the strongest team would have to submit.
“Stop blabbering, when I meet them later, you better not stir any ideas. Just take them back the way you brought them, don’t provoke them, do you understand?!”
Li Yushan raised his wooden whip again, scaring Hu Wenbin into nodding immediately.
They could be sent back, but before they left, he had to at least scam that kid…
When Li Yushan saw the Heart Talk Team waiting outside the door, he felt an unusual feeling, similar to Hu Wenbin’s. It seemed as if that group was watching him with ill intentions.
“So you all are the Heart Talk Team, nice to meet you. My name is Li Yushan, and I’m also from this village,”
Li Yushan said politely.
“Hello, we are the Heart Talk Team,”
Lu Hao replied.
Looking at the cold-faced man opposite him, Li Yushan inwardly lamented; this should be the Level Eight Fire Element user, Lu Hao. Yet, he maintained a calm smile and said:
“I heard from Xiao Hu that your vehicle broke down? That’s no problem; bring it out, and I’ll have someone fix it right away.”
“Mr. Li, there’s no need to be so courteous. We were just passing by and found this picturesque place surrounded by mountains. We’ll leave the vehicle with you to be fixed; we’re not in a hurry to leave, and we have time to explore,”
Su Jin waved and brought out the broken-down RV. She could tell that Li Yushan seemed eager to have them leave, unlike Hu Wenbin.
But perhaps he hadn’t heard the saying: inviting gods is easy, sending them away is hard.
“Haha, there’s nothing much to see in our little village. Why not come to my place? I’ll have someone prepare some food to entertain you,”
Li Yushan signaled to Hu Wenbin with his eyes; he just wanted to send these people away now.
“Yes, yes, our new cook is quite skilled, and it’s nearing meal time…”
Hu Wenbin didn’t know why Li Yushan was so afraid of the Heart Talk Team, but recalling that wooden whip, he immediately echoed Li Yushan’s invitation.
“No need, I ate too much in the car just now and need to take a walk. Leave the car to you for repairs; we’ll come back to pay with crystal cores later, no worries,”
Lin Xiuyuan waved his hand and directly led the family forward.
“Stop!”
Li Yushan blurted out, then with a smile, approached and said:
“Since you’d like to tour our village, why not let Xiao Hu show you around?”
The family didn’t refuse, pretending not to see Li Yushan’s meaningful glances at Hu Wenbin. They had heard Su Jin and Lu Hao’s suspicions; if Su Jin’s guess was correct, they couldn’t just casually leave.
Hu Wenbin coughed twice, not expecting the situation to turn out this way, even Li Yushan, usually fearless, wasn’t acting like his usual self.
The family frowned as they surveyed the seemingly peaceful village. People were moving about, but they all looked malnourished.
In the apocalypse, malnutrition or emaciation was common, but upon closer inspection, none of those people’s lips had any color, unlike the people who came with Hu Wenbin before.
Seeing the Heart Talk Team’s members, those people only lowered their heads with blank expressions, as if apathetic to everything.
“There’s nothing much to see here, let me take you back,”
Hu Wenbin said after leading the family only a short distance.
“Aren’t you afraid of zombies invading with walls as low as these?”
Su Jin asked deliberately.
“Hey, beauty, didn’t you see what’s outside the walls? Those are the mutated plants our boss cultivates. As soon as zombies approach, those plants will drive them out,”
Hu Wenbin said proudly.
Indeed, they were mutated plants.
Su Jin glanced at the green trees surrounding the village and said something to Mao Qiqi, who nodded, leading the family in a different direction.
“Hey, you’re going the wrong way. We’re supposed to go that way,”
Hu Wenbin noticed the Heart Talk Team heading in a different direction, and his expression changed; that direction…
The family followed the path Mao Qiqi indicated, which seemed like a winding alley surrounded by bungalows, but at the end of the alley was a vast green field.
But the green field wasn’t grassland; it was dense with layer upon layer of green vines.
“Hiss, my trypophobia is acting up again; these layers upon layers…”
Huang Yunxiang had never found vines disgusting before—after all, Su Jin was also a wood element ability user—but these overlapping, pitted vines made her avert her gaze.
“Someone is following us,”
Mao Qiqi shook Su Jin’s arm and said.
“Come out,”
Lu Hao stopped and called toward a spot.
It was Wei Jinghang, while Hu Wenbin’s whereabouts were unknown.
“Why are you following us?”
Lu Hao asked, his tone not displeased when addressing the person who had warned them earlier.
“Have you met Li Yushan?”
Wei Jinghang asked. He had indeed been following this group from afar until he saw them heading there, drawing closer.
“We have. Why did you warn us earlier?”
Su Jin knowingly asked.
“It’s dangerous here. Li Yushan is a wood element ability user; he implanted demonic seeds in all of us, so we couldn’t leave. Weren’t you implanted?”
Wei Jinghang asked with wide eyes. Previously, anyone entering the village would be controlled by Li Yushan immediately.
“Sister Xiao Jin, they can barely hold on,”
Mao Qiqi said anxiously, looking at the faintly glowing little dots.
