Chapter 396: Drain
"It's okay. I'll go take a look." After comforting An Xiang, Pan Lizhi raised his hand, and an ice cone gradually formed in the palm of his hand.
Then he slowly approached the vines, his eyes fixed straight ahead.
If there is any unusual movement, he will withdraw immediately.
However, Pan Lizhi did not notice that as he got closer to the vines, the vines deep inside began to move quietly.
As Pan Lizhi approached step by step, the people behind him held their breath and focused their attention on his back.
Finally, Pan Lizhi came to the tangled wall of vines.
He slowly stood still, even his breathing became cautious, for fear of disturbing the other person.
However, time passed minute by minute, and after half a while, nothing happened except heavy breathing.
Pan Lizhi swallowed his saliva, hesitated for a moment, and finally plucked up the courage, stretched out a trembling hand, and gently touched the vine with his fingertips.
The moment he touched it, he seemed to feel an indescribable chill that quickly spread from his fingertips to his whole body, causing him to involuntarily pull his hand back.
But even so, the vine still maintained its original posture, without any abnormality, as if everything Pan Lizhi had just felt was just an illusion.
Seeing this scene, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and their tense nerves finally relaxed.
An Xiang couldn't wait to speak: "Since it's blocking the way, just cut it off, don't waste time."
As he said this, he was about to step forward to help.
However, at this moment, Xiao Jin, who had been remaining highly vigilant, did not relax at all.
She could feel that as An Xiang approached, an unusual aura seemed to permeate the air, causing alarm bells to ring in her heart.
Sure enough, high-end hunters often appear as prey.
Just when everyone was about to let down their guard, the vines that had been motionless suddenly began to twist violently, releasing bursts of low and strange sounds.
"Be careful!" The shout came from a wood-type mutant not far away. He was sensitive to plant energy and was the first to discover the abnormality.
While giving the warning, he also did not forget to use his special powers to quickly make the seeds take root and sprout.
He tried to summon plants to pull the two people back from danger.
In front of us, two thin but extremely sharp branches, like long-lurking poisonous snakes, suddenly shot out from the hidden vine wall.
With the sound of breaking through the air, the target was directly aimed at An Xiang and Pan Lizhi who were not far away.
The branches were moving at an astonishing speed, almost beyond the limits of what the naked eye could capture. They drew silver tracks in the air and were about to mercilessly pierce through the bodies of the two men.
An Xiang was immersed in his own thoughts and was unaware of the sudden death threat.
On the contrary, Pan Lizhi, who had been worried all the time, heard his companions' shouts and said to himself as if the dust had settled in his heart: It's finally here.
He subconsciously threw the ice cone in his hand towards the vines, but unfortunately Pan Lizhi was too close and his hand was a little slow.
Just then, Xiao Jin behind took action.
In contrast to the screaming wood-type mutant, she had already flashed when the vines moved, and instantly squeezed next to the stunned Xiao Guo.
He grabbed him without any hesitation and threw him next to Cen Nian accurately as if he was throwing a heavy object.
Then, Xiao Jin turned his wrist slightly, and the shadow spear was quietly grasped in his palm.
Then Xiao Jin aimed the dagger and threw it out with force. It turned into a silver lightning and hit one of the two deadly branches directly.
There was a crisp "clang" sound, and the shadow thorn collided violently with the vine, making a low hum of metal touching.
What was surprising was that the vine, which was clearly just a plant incarnation, only trembled slightly and was not cut off by the shadow thorn.
But at least it changed the direction of its attack, and the branch that was originally going to pierce Pan Lizhi's head only scratched his arm.
"Hiss——" Pan Lizhi took a deep breath after escaping.
Because when the vines and branches were passing through his body, Pan Lizhi could clearly feel as if some invisible force was frantically pulling the blood in his body, trying to suck it dry completely.
His face turned pale in an instant, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and fear flashed in his eyes.
Pan Lizhi tilted his head and his eyes fell on his arm.
A long and thin wound had appeared there at some point, and the edge was a strangely pale color.
What is even more frightening is that not a single drop of blood came out of the wound.
Seeing this, Pan Lizhi looked at Xiao Jin with gratitude. If it weren't for her, he would have been sucked dry!
There was only one shadow spear and everything just happened too fast, so Xiao Jin could only save Pan Lizhi, who was closer to the vines and in more danger.
As for An Xiang, although he was pulled back by the plant-based mutant, the vine hit his face, leaving a long bloody mark in an instant.
All the blood in An Xiang's brain was absorbed by the vines, which means that they only rescued a corpse.
Comparing them, the difference is obvious. Xiao Jin rescued Pan Lizhi, who was closer to him, safely.
"Fuck." The plant-type mutant cursed and hammered the pipe wall hard with gritted teeth.
Pan Lizhi's eyes were red and he was tearful when he saw An Xiang silently.
His voice was hoarse and sad: "An Xiang..." He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deeply into his palms, as if this could alleviate the pain in his heart.
Although the two have known each other for only a short time, they are teammates who support each other after the apocalypse.
Now he died just like that, right in front of me...
Xiao Jin had no time to care about Pan Lizhi's overflowing sentimentality. The noisy sounds around him had already disturbed the group of zombies sleeping in the office building below.
They seemed to be pulled by invisible ropes, emitting deafening roars one after another, and then like hungry beasts, they pounced towards the source of the sound.
When these zombies sensed the scent of fresh flesh and blood emanating from Xiao Jin and his group, their excitement became difficult to contain.
They all set their sights on the high pipeline passage and began the difficult climb.
Unfortunately, the zombies were unconscious and could not climb the wall, so they could only wave their withered arms below.
But some zombies that were accidentally pushed down became stepping stones for other zombies to climb up. Seeing that the zombies were getting closer and closer to the pipe entrance, everyone discovered that the crisis was not just that.
Over there, the attack of the mutant vines was also coming closely.