Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 154: Chapter 154: The Apocalypse - I Am Not the Holy Mother 61

When the old man fell down, Lin Shuangshuang was facing away from him and fighting the insects, unable to save him in time. The people on Red Jade’s back were also trying to stabilize themselves to avoid being thrown off as Red Jade fought the insects. Doumi was biting the insects on the other side, and for a moment, no one was free to save the man.

Seeing the man about to fall off Red Jade’s back, the small spiders in Red Jade’s abdomen suddenly swarmed out. Countless little spiders connected together, catching the falling old man and then returning him to Red Jade’s back.

There were seventeen or eighteen of these disgusting mutant insects, killing them wasn’t difficult, but their disgusting nature and strong Life Force meant it took multiple kills to solve one.

After killing all the mutant insects, a lot of time had passed. The bodies of those insects became food for Red Jade and the little spiders. Everyone sat together tiredly, seizing the time to rest. Now the base’s walls were drafty on all sides, and it was very likely there would soon be another intrusion by mutant creatures.

After a brief rest, Song Yuhang brought over many compressed biscuits and water, distributing them to Lin Shuangshuang and the others, explaining, ”These are compressed biscuits made from Dr. Ma’s newly discovered mutant plants, mixed with mutant insect meat, and some mutated fungi and wild vegetables. They taste really good; everyone should try them.”

Lin Shuangshuang took a bite and indeed found it delicious. Things altered by mutation were inherently tasty no matter how they were cooked, and since the person making these was a well-known chef, the taste was naturally even better.

However, in times like this, everyone was so tense they didn’t care how the food tasted in their mouths.

After distributing the compressed biscuits, Song Yuhang didn’t care about his image and sat heavily beside Shuangshuang, took a bite of the biscuit, chewing furiously, ”Shuangshuang, do you think there’s any hope for humanity? Looking at this development, it seems like the damn heavens just don’t want us humans to live!”

Song Yuhang gazed into the distance, his eyes unfocused, his tone numb and desperate, mixed with a hint of bitterness.

He had been under immense pressure lately; he was the leader of the team and his father’s son. He needed to be strong and not weak, to be calm and composed in helping his father defend the base, doing his utmost to protect the people in the base.

Yet Song Yuhang’s heart was always uncertain, unable to see the way ahead or light. He dared not be weak but was constantly restless and anxious, until Lin Shuangshuang came with him here.

Perhaps from the first sight, he knew Lin Shuangshuang was strong, so subconsciously, when facing Lin Shuangshuang, he revealed his inner uncertainty and fear.

”We haven’t reached the end yet. Although the heavens haven’t given us direct mutant Physical Ability, at least we humans can enhance our strength through exercise. Before the world changed, could you imagine your strength being as powerful as it is now? And how much time did it take for you to gain such strength? End of the road? We are far from that!” Swallowing the food in her mouth, Lin Shuangshuang answered calmly.

Song Yuhang looked blankly at Lin Shuangshuang’s calm profile. Since the day he met her, he had never seen any sign of panic on Lin Shuangshuang’s face, no matter what difficulties she faced, even against an opponent as cunning as Li Man, she showed no panic. Infected by her calm demeanor, Song Yuhang felt his restless heart seemed to settle down.

Thinking about his physical fitness now, a sense of pride rose in Song Yuhang’s heart, ”That’s right! We are far from the end. Humans are originally the spirit of all things; we won’t be easily toppled by these disasters!”

Hardly had these words of pride been spoken before they were interrupted by a wave of intruding mutant insects. Even though he spoke bravely, the reality was very grim; their location belonged to the central area, now frequently invaded by mutant creatures, indicating that repairs on the walls had started falling short and unable to fend off.

During this battle, Doumi stayed by Wei Min and Lin Hai’s side. Its main responsibility was to protect the two elder masters; Doumi was very obedient, killing any potentially harmful mutant creatures that could hurt Wei Min and Lin Hai.

The pressure of combat wasn’t very intense for everyone at the moment, mainly because Red Jade’s Attack Power was incredibly strong. Large swaths of spider silk were thrown out, tightly binding these mutant insects and smaller mutant animals, immobilized. Then they were directly piled to the sides as food for Red Jade and the children. With the existence of Red Jade, this great lethal weapon, everyone’s pressure was significantly reduced.

After a day of fighting, everyone was exhausted to the core, it was almost as intense as the grueling training Lin Shuangshuang conducted. Even with mutant creature meat to recover their strength, the mental fatigue made them unwilling to move.

But it couldn’t be helped; the mutant insects and mutant animals attacked regardless of day or night. Only a portion of people could take turns sleeping and resting while another portion fought. When the resting people recovered their strength, they replaced the fighters to rest. In such a noisy place, quick rest was not easy, but without proper rest, clear-headedness, quick response, and normal physical ability couldn’t be guaranteed.

Initially, everyone found the environment uncomfortable; it still held that humans are the quickest to adapt to environments. Soon, after tasting the hardship of sleep deprivation in such tense and noisy surroundings, they forced themselves to adapt swiftly to falling asleep promptly at such times.

In such critical moments of combat, those like Ma Yuan who weren’t fighting, were researching the reasons behind the world’s mutation. Their conclusion was that the planet beneath humans was growing bigger silently, but as the ground grew, buildings inevitably were being torn apart. The reason the houses and walls hadn’t collapsed entirely was that the speed of the ground expanding wasn’t very fast every day.

Louise Shuangshuang expressed that she already knew this long before these experts came to their conclusions after days of serious research. She couldn’t care less about what the doctors and experts were currently researching.

Continuous combat day and night had lasted for more than half a month. Due to the long duration of fighting and mental tension, the subordinates brought by Sister Hong and Zhang Ling sisters began having issues, psychological ones: war-weariness, despair, many negative emotions, even appearing to want the mutant insects to kill them for relief.

No wonder they felt this way; with such pressure, even Song Yuhang, a professionally trained soldier, sometimes experienced confused emotions, let alone these ordinary people. At this moment, two people lay on the ground, lifeless, waiting to die, refusing to get up, while Sister Hong and Zhang Ling were trying to persuade them.