Chapter 91: Two Safe Routes

Tears streamed down Liu Yun’s cheeks as she suppressed her nausea and forced herself not to vomit.

However, the moment she saw the face in the giant tree’s trunk suddenly wrap the deflated black sack with its black vine and swallow it whole, she couldn’t hold it back anymore and vomited.

"Blergh!" As Liu Yun was vomiting, the System suddenly sounded a warning.

[Warning! Warning! Warning!]

[Life-threatening danger has been detected! The Player should evacuate immediately!]

The second Liu Yun heard this, she spat on the ground, wiped her lips, then ran away from her hiding spot.

Whoosh!

Just after she left her hiding spot, a black vine struck the ground, creating a deep hole where Liu Yun had been squatting.

Crack!

Hearing the sound of the ground cracking, Liu Yun turned around. When she saw the deep hole, chills ran down her spine.

Clenching her jaw, she looked away and ran even faster while calling for the System.

’System, help!’

Being called by her, the System’s mechanical voice echoed in her mind.

[Player, are you calling me?]

Liu Yun never expected that the System’s emotionless mechanical voice could sound so pleasant to hear.

Nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, she quickly said, ’I’m being chased by the black vines! Help me, please!’

The System fell silent for a second when it heard Liu Yun’s words. Just when Liu Yun thought it was pretending to be dead again, the System finally spoke.

[Player, do you want to escape or continue the mission?]

Liu Yun didn’t have time to consider the options. As she kept glancing behind her, she quickly answered, ’Of course, continue the mission!’

She had already found the giant tree. Giving up at this moment and letting the Black Tiger Rescue Team be annihilated never crossed Liu Yun’s mind.

After she gave her answer, a notification appeared.

Ding!

[Generating a new safe route.]

Ding!

[Two safe routes have been generated. Player, please make your choice wisely.]

When the notification appeared, two lines appeared on the map floating in front of Liu Yun. She looked at the map and saw one orange line and one transparent line.

Liu Yun knew that the orange line represented mid-tier-level danger. But what about the transparent line?

Unable to guess the meaning of the transparent color, Liu Yun asked, ’System, what does this transparent line mean?’

Liu Yun waited for two seconds, but the black vine chasing her didn’t give her the luxury of wasting time. As she stepped on a twig and broke it, the black vine struck again.

Whoosh! Crack!

"Heaven!" Liu Yun exclaimed in horror as the black vine struck the ground where her left foot had been a second ago.

Seeing how deep the hole was, she swallowed hard.

Cold sweat slid down her chin as she screamed inwardly in fear, ’Grass! If that attack had hit my leg, I would have been crippled on the spot!’

At this moment, Liu Yun finally realized that this Apocalypse World was not a fictional game world as she had thought before. This Apocalypse World was real, and she really could die here if she wasn’t careful.

Breathing heavily, Liu Yun kept running while glancing at the map.

’Since the System didn’t give me the answer, then I’ll find the answer myself!’

Determined to find the meaning of the transparent line, Liu Yun changed direction and followed the transparent line’s path on the map.

Behind her, the black vine was still attacking her from time to time.

Whoosh! Crack! Crack!

Liu Yun ran for her life for more than fifteen minutes and began to feel tired. As sweat slid down her neck, she knew that her Stamina Points were beginning to run low.

Glancing behind her, Liu Yun suddenly realized that the black vine had stopped chasing her.

’Eh? Where is the black vine?’

Unable to see the black vine, Liu Yun slowed down, then stopped running. The second she stopped, her legs gave out, and she slumped to the ground covered by thick vegetation.

Thud!

"Huff! Huff! Huff!" Panting heavily, Liu Yun tried to catch her breath. She rested for a while, then opened her status panel.

[Stamina Points: 10/120]

Seeing this, she quickly opened her inventory, then took out two bottles of Energy Water. Without wasting any more time, Liu Yun opened the cap and drank one bottle of Energy Water in one breath.

Ding!

[Consuming Energy Water x1. Stamina Points +10. Successfully removed minor fatigue.]

After the bottle disappeared, she drank the last bottle of Energy Water, then let out a sigh of relief.

Ding!

[Consuming Energy Water x1. Stamina Points +10. Successfully removed minor fatigue.]

She then looked at the screen and checked her Stamina Points.

[Stamina Points: 30/120]

Liu Yun had just consumed her last two bottles of Energy Water. Thinking about what she had just experienced, she glanced at her money balance shown in the lower-left corner of the inventory.

[Celestial Stones: 498,301,112]

[System Points: 84]

[Farmer Points: 514]

’I still have 84 System Points. I better buy some Energy Water just in case.’

Having made up her mind, Liu Yun closed her inventory and opened the System Store. With familiar practice, she clicked on the Energy Water icon, then bought ten bottles of Energy Water at once.

Ding!

[Thank you for your purchase, Player. The items have been delivered to your inventory.]

After spending 50 System Points on the Energy Water, Liu Yun closed the System Store, then got up from the ground.

She looked at the map, then scanned the surroundings for a moment. After making sure that she hadn’t run in the wrong direction, Liu Yun took a deep breath, then continued to follow the transparent line.

While Liu Yun was on her way, the soldier who had been saved by Lian Tianci finally found the other soldiers.

Pushing aside the vegetation blocking his path, his eyes lit up when he saw the soldiers still fighting the black vines at the village entrance. Gritting his teeth, he pushed his tired legs to keep moving.

As he ran out of the bushes, one soldier spotted him from a distance.