Reborn One Week Before the Apocalypse

Chapter 138: Chapter 130: Someone’s Finally Here

Jingjing’s body was tiny, so healing it was definitely far easier than healing a human.

But this giant beast was a different story. It was so enormous that healing a real injury would undoubtedly take a great deal of effort.

’If I can use this mutant beast as my own test subject,’ Tang Mo thought, ’it would be the perfect way to train my healing abilities.’

And to heal this mutant beast, she first had to injure it.

Obviously, getting close was out of the question.

However, a problem that might stump others was no challenge for Tang Mo.

Besides healing, the very first skill she had learned was materializing her spiritual power for attacks, and now was the perfect time to put it to use.

And so, a bizarre scene unfolded.

Streaks of Wind Blades shot from Tang Mo’s fingertips, cutting into the giant beast’s body.

A single Wind Blade might not mean much to a mutant beast with such a tough hide, but what about ten? What about a hundred?

The giant beast was immobile. It could only watch helplessly as she attacked, unable to even dodge.

After a few minutes of continuous attacks, Tang Mo would stop and use her spiritual power to heal the giant beast.

Her healing was incredibly precise; she could even restore the beast’s outer skin to its original, unblemished state.

The sheer size of the beast, combined with the need for such meticulous healing, placed immense demands on Tang Mo’s control over her spiritual power.

This was far more difficult than healing a person.

Tang Mo was delighted with her own ingenuity as she performed this incredible feat.

’This way, I can train my spiritual power materialization and my spiritual power healing at the same time. It’s killing two birds with one stone.’

Once she could heal this giant beast with ease, healing people would be absolutely no problem at all.

Jingjing watched from the side, completely stunned. The little creature began to reconsider things. ’I’ll never be afraid of these mutant beasts again,’ it thought. ’Tang Mo is so much more terrifying than they are. She’s the real Devil!’

Obviously, Tang Mo’s expenditure of spiritual power wasn’t limitless. After about half an hour, her spiritual power was completely depleted, and she had no choice but to sit down and rest.

Since she disliked restoring her energy by absorbing Crystal Stones, Tang Mo’s spiritual power recovered very slowly.

Seeing that the terrifying human had finally stopped, the giant beast’s eyes turned red.

It now understood completely. ’This woman must have been sent by Sand Town to torture me.’

’Is she even human?’

’She’s worse than a beast!’

But just as the giant beast heaved a sigh of relief at the end of its torment, it saw Tang Mo get to her feet again.

Tang Mo suddenly remembered something she’d read in some text—she couldn’t recall which one—that pushing yourself to consume a little more spiritual power right as you’re about to run out helps you break through to the next level faster.

’Your greatest potential is only unlocked at your absolute limit,’ she thought. ’I have to try it!’

She knew it wouldn’t be easy to find such a perfect training ground and subject again. She didn’t want to waste a single second.

People lose all track of time when they’re completely focused. She didn’t know how long had passed—perhaps half a day—before her stomach started to grumble loudly.

Food is essential; skip a meal and you’ll be starving.

Tang Mo was burning through a massive amount of energy and got hungry quickly, so she needed to eat a lot at every meal to recover.

She sat down and began to lay out a fragrant meal. Taking a bite of a fluffy white steamed bun, she was filled with a satisfying aroma that brought immense contentment.

When it came to food, Tang Mo never compromised.

Nearby, Jingjing continued to gnaw on the Crystal Stone it was hugging, while the mutant beast tilted its head back, silently trying to mend its psychological scars.

Amidst this ”harmonious” scene, the tendril of spiritual power Tang Mo had left outside as a sensor suddenly detected a strange fluctuation.

’Someone’s opening the door!’

Tang Mo reacted instantly. She swept everything on the ground into her Space, snatched up Jingjing, and in a flash, she was behind the battlement that could conceal her.

Tang Mo had just gotten into position when the distant door began to swing open.

A sharp Wind Blade materialized and rose from behind the giant beast, hovering just above its eyes.

It was the weapon Tang Mo was using to keep the giant beast’s mouth shut.

The beast knew full well what would happen if it said anything it wasn’t supposed to.

”Have you brought my food?”

This giant beast must have seen it all; even with a razor-sharp blade hanging in front of its eye, it could still speak calmly.

Down below in the clearing stood seven or eight plainly dressed men and one woman holding a child.

The one in the lead was a middle-aged man in his fifties, and the others clearly deferred to him.

To the middle-aged man’s right stood a young man in his twenties with a complicated expression on his face.

”Erniang, bring the child over.”

Lin Shourong gave the woman a look, and Erniang stepped forward, holding the little girl in her arms.

”Put the child over there.”

The spot Lin Shourong pointed to was right near where Tang Mo was hiding.

”Town Leader, let’s just call it off! Trust me, just give me a little more time. We don’t need this Fu Qi’s help!”

The young man finally couldn’t hold back any longer. He stepped forward and spoke to Lin Shourong.

’So that strange-looking mutant beast is called Fu Qi,’ Tang Mo silently noted.

Perhaps because of the commotion, the sleeping little girl suddenly woke up.

She rubbed her drowsy eyes with her tiny hands and looked around, only for her gaze to fall upon the enormous mutant beast.

”WAAAH... Brother! Brother! Hold me.”

The little girl, who looked to be only three or four, was scared into tears and instinctively reached her arms out to the young man.

The man’s face was filled with anguish. He started to reach out, but Lin Shourong struck his hand back with a cane.

”Lin Yu, a man who wants to achieve great things can’t get bogged down in sentiment. There is no gain without sacrifice. I shouldn’t have to teach you this again. Step back.”

”But...”

Lin Yu’s face was a mask of internal conflict, but in the end, he retreated.

He gave the wailing little girl one last, heartbroken look before turning his head away.

”Brother, brother! Hold me...”

A three-year-old child was too young to understand the finality in that last glance.

”Erniang.”

Lin Shourong called out again. The woman named Erniang immediately understood. She took out a handkerchief, held it over the little girl’s mouth and nose, and the child quickly passed out.

The entire clearing fell silent.

Erniang carried the girl to the spot Lin Shourong had indicated, set her down, and quickly departed.

Tang Mo pressed her back as tightly as she could against the wall. Fortunately, the woman named Erniang didn’t seem to look in her direction and left quickly.

”Just this little thing? That’s not even a mouthful,” Fu Qi snorted.

Lin Shourong’s expression turned grim. To feed this giant beast, Sand Town no longer had any children between the ages of three and ten.

If that weren’t the case, he wouldn’t be sacrificing Lin Yu’s own little sister.

Lin Yu was Sand Town’s genius, and it was highly likely that his little sister would have also possessed great Talent when she grew up.