Chapter 529: Fighting Under Illusions
"Roar! Roar!" One Mutant after another surged forward, leaping and charging. With limbs that were infinitely close to human, they performed movements that were infinitely close to wild beasts. They leaped and bounced among the trees and undergrowth, repeatedly opening their jaws wide to bite at Yi Mao and the others. When they got close, even the saliva they sprayed could splash onto their faces!
And what was truly despair-inducing was that during this time, Mutants that had come from who-knows-where in the jungle kept joining the fray. Looking from afar, the Mutants had almost formed a complete circle around them. They were already at the bottom of the circle, and the gap directly in front was moving forward at a speed exceeding theirs, making it utterly impossible to reach!
"Why are there so many Mutants here!" Yi Mao screamed, losing control, and actually aimed his gun at Jin Dong, who had been flying at a constant, moderate height. "He deliberately lured them here!"
Jin Dong, flying in the air, couldn't dodge. He could only block with the skateboard he had been given earlier. After barely blocking two shots, he was dragged forward by the kite string.
Xu Huo had already landed. He set up the "Emergency Shelter No. 101" in a position relatively far from the Mutants, took the skateboard from Jin Dong's hand, and threw the man inside. Standing at the entrance, he said to Liang Song and the others, "One item from each of you!"
Making such a demand in a critical situation was somewhat suspect of taking advantage of others' misfortune. However, Liang Song and the others had no room to bargain. They threw their items over from more than ten meters away.
Once Xu Huo got the items, he moved aside. Liang Song and the other man first threw Yi Mao and Wan Xiao over, then sprinted with all their might themselves, finally managing to jump into the refuge just before being overtaken by the Mutant horde.
"Bang!" As soon as the door closed, a dense but not overly loud barrage of impacts sounded from outside, washing over the shelter from all directions like raindrops.
It took Liang Song and the others, who were either leaning against the wall or lying on the floor, several seconds to regain their senses and take in the space.