My neighborhood has time-traveled.

Chapter 82 Surrounded by Enemies on All Sides

"husband!"

Liu Xueqin seemed to see her husband's death; she reached out her hand and stared wide-eyed.

Too many people have died since she came into this world, and she often dreams at night that her husband will suddenly leave her.

I wake up in tears every time I dream.

In this unfamiliar world, only when she lay in her husband's arms at night could she feel a sense of warmth and security.

Her husband is her safe haven; with a husband, there is a home.

And now, the monster is about to take her husband's life.

Those terrible dreams were confirmed, and they happened right before my eyes.

Her husband is dying!

It is about leaving oneself.

Her world collapsed.

Do not!

She let out a desperate scream.

In an instant, an invisible spiritual force burst forth from her body and struck the giant armored tortoise.

The giant armored tortoise's movements visibly faltered, and the light from its six red photosensitive organs became chaotic.

This delighted Liu Xueqin.

"Husband, run!" she shouted.

Wang Yiqiang dodged the giant pincers of the giant tortoise and ran wildly out of the swamp without looking back.

Overjoyed, Liu Xueqin wiped away her tears and led her team members to fly out as well.

The giant armored tortoise behind him let out a deep roar, like a ship's whistle, and pounded the ground, splashing up a lot of swamp mud.

However, they did not pursue them beyond the swamp area.

It slowly sank into the swamp, leaving behind only huge bubbles and ripples.

"Honey, are you alright?"

With red eyes and a red nose, Liu Xueqin came down to Wang Yi, who had already deactivated his transformation. She stared blankly at Wang Yi, whose face was covered in mud, and reached out to wipe it away for him. Tears welled up in her eyes again.

She threw herself into Wang Yi's arms and burst into tears.

"I'm fine." Wang Yi patted her back.

"What just happened? Why did that monster suddenly stop moving?" Wang Yi asked, his face full of confusion.

Liu Xueqin stepped out of his arms, wiped away her tears, and said, "It's me. I think I've awakened some kind of mental ability."

A smile appeared on her face. "When I saw how dangerous you were just now, at that critical moment, I felt a special power suddenly grow in my head."

Before Liu Xueqin could finish speaking, a large amount of blood flowed from her nose, eyes, and ears, and she fainted.

"Wife!"

"team leader!"

On the other side, to the west, are hills.

Zhao Meng led several team members flying in the air.

Below them, the entire hilly area was "wriggling".

It wasn't an earthquake, but countless thick vines sprouting from the ground!

These vines are dark green all over, and their surface is covered with suckers and barbs. The smallest ones are as thick as a thigh, and the largest ones are over two meters in diameter!

They are like living giant pythons.

Several mutated beasts were entangled by vines, their bones were broken, and thin, sharp vines pierced into their bodies, drawing out streams of blood.

The vines grew like water pipes, rising and falling.

Before long, the mutated beasts turned into dried corpses.

The vines dragged the dried corpse underground.

These vines seemed to have senses and noticed Zhao Meng and the others in the air.

Several vines suddenly lashed out, like a whip hundreds of meters long.

"Get out of the way!"

While dodging, Zhao Meng hurriedly shouted to the other team members.

The female team members were very agile; they all flew upwards and dodged the attack.

More vines sprouted, and the demons danced wildly.

"Go to hell!"

Zhao Meng couldn't stand this insult, so the Thunder and Lightning King unleashed his power.

Crackle, crackle.

Streaks of blazing white lightning shot out from his hand, striking the enormous vines one by one.

"Bang bang bang".

The lightning struck the vine, causing it to explode and break apart.

This did not cause the vines to retreat; instead, it provoked fury.

The entire mountain range was shaking.

More and larger vines lashed out at Zhao Meng in the air.

"Run!"

Zhao Meng shouted.

He couldn't do anything about these strange things.

Zhao Meng led several team members forward, flying out of the area controlled by the vines.

"Gah!"

Three enormous, strange birds were circling in the distant sky.

With a wingspan of over 100 meters, its feathers are not ordinary bird feathers, but rather patches of black and red scales resembling metal.

Its head resembles that of an eagle, but the edges of its beak are serrated, and its eyes are a burning orange-red.

Instead of attacking immediately, they hovered high in the sky, emitting a piercing, metallic screech.

"Captain, it seems we've entered that strange bird's territory again."

One of the female team members looked at the three giant, strange birds over there, her face showing some fear.

They were just small Karami, no match for these powerful mutant beasts.

"Don't disturb them, let's go back."

Zhao Meng glanced at the three-headed strange bird and felt a little scared.

The outside world is truly fraught with danger; powerful mutated creatures lurk everywhere.

"Yes," the female team members quickly replied.

An anxious smile appeared on his face.

The flight speed has increased significantly.

They couldn't wait to go back.

The group knew they were weak; outside, they would at best be prey for those mutated creatures.

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At dusk.

Community meeting room.

Wang Hao sat in the main seat.

Zhang Xiaonan, Wang Yi, Zhao Meng, and others were sitting in the two rows below.

As Wang Hao listened to their reports, his expression grew increasingly grave.

Zhang Xiaonan mentioned the mutated monkey troop and the ape king.

Wang Yi described the terror of the giant armored tortoise in the swamp.

Zhao Meng described terrifying vines and mutated birds.

This is not good news for their community.

"In other words, with Dawn City as the center, powerful groups or individuals of mutated creatures are entrenched in the four directions of east, west, south, and north."

"Um."

The three nodded.

Wang Hao concluded, tracing his finger across the desktop map, "The only good news is that they all have a clear sense of territory and won't easily leave their own territory."

"But they won't allow us to expand either."

Zhang Xiaonan added, "Our exploration today has actually touched the boundaries of their territory. These mutated creatures have a very strong sense of territory."

"The swamp to the south... is inhabited by monsters."

Wang Yi said with a wry smile, "Without the strength of Captain Li Hao, it would be impossible to kill it."

Zhao Meng added, "The mutated vines are even more difficult to deal with. They are connected to the entire mountain range and have extensive root systems, making it almost impossible to kill them."

The roots of the mutated vines are in the soil, so even if he breaks the vines, he still cannot cause them fatal damage.

In his view, even if Li Hao were to deal with it, the result would be the same.

After all, the root system hidden underground is interconnected and cannot be completely eradicated.

Silence fell over the meeting room.

Previously, Dawn City's main enemies were the occasional otherworldly creatures and scattered mutated beasts.

Everyone thought that with Li Hao's strength and the cooperation of everyone else, it was only a matter of time before they could clear the surrounding area.

But now they've discovered that the world is far more dangerous than they imagined.

Those powerful beings lurking deep in the wilderness are all no weaker than the Golden Behemoth, and some are even stronger and more difficult to deal with.

"The good news is that they seem to be keeping each other in check and balance, and have not actively attacked the community."

Zhao Meng analyzed, "The bad news is that we've been 'confined' in this area."

To acquire more resources and expand our living space, we must wage war against them.

"In a one-on-one situation, apart from Captain Li Hao, none of us are confident."

Wang Yi said with a wry smile, "And they all have their own groups or special abilities, while we are too few in number."

They are still too weak.

At that moment, the conference room door was pushed open.

Li Hao carried in a huge, dark red mass of flesh.

The lump of flesh was about two meters in diameter, its surface slowly wriggling, emanating an unsettling aura of life.