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Chapter 358 - 356: It Needs No Sympathy · Nov 15, 2026

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353 Chapter 353 - 351: Internal Troubles and External Threats in the National Capital Safety Zone 2026-11-15
354 Chapter 354 - 352: Human Bomb 2026-11-15
355 Chapter 355 - 353: He Can Actually Instant Teleport 2026-11-15
356 Chapter 356 - 354: Her Thunder Also Struck Nothing 2026-11-15
357 Chapter 357 - 355: Awakening Memories 2026-11-15
358 Chapter 358 - 356: It Needs No Sympathy 2026-11-15
359 Chapter 359 - 357: Sending a Sheep into the Tiger’s Mouth 2026-11-15
360 Chapter 360 - 358: She Can Only Take a Beating 2026-11-15
361 Chapter 361 - 359: Mirror Image 2026-11-15
362 Chapter 362 - 360: Have to Admire Xu Anguo’s Mind 2026-11-15
363 Chapter 363 - 361: He Really Died? 2026-11-15
364 Chapter 364 - 362: This is Pretty Useless 2026-11-15

Chapter 358: Chapter 356: It Needs No Sympathy

Chen Xing remained silent, so Song Yiguo continued, ”He didn’t say anything else, just that he absolutely has to see you!”

Having not seen anyone for years, Chen Xing was wary of everyone.

Even Lu Haoran was no exception. Besides, he was just another lab rat from the Research Institute.

”Just tell him you can’t reach me!” Chen Xing didn’t want to meet Lu Haoran rashly.

She also postponed her original plan to arrive in the Capital City tomorrow.

’I want to see what Lu Haoran will do when he can’t find me through Song Yiguo.’

”Alright!”

After hanging up, Chen Xing turned her full attention to her surroundings.

Because... ever since she woke up, she had sensed something was wrong.

There was something in the darkness in the distance.

That thing had been staring at her for some time with bloodshot, bloodthirsty eyes.

If it were a monster or a zombie, it should have lunged at her on sight. It wouldn’t just stare without moving.

But... a person?

’A person couldn’t have red eyes, could they?’

’If the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move.’

So Chen Xing stared back at the red eyes, motionless.

The standoff between the two sides lasted for no less than five minutes.

The strangest thing was that the eyes seemed lifeless, not even blinking once.

Chen Xing was incredibly frustrated.

So, she simply brought Meng Hu out from her space.

To her surprise, the moment Meng Hu appeared, it let out a roar toward the darkness and began anxiously clawing at the door.

And Meng Hu’s roar finally had an effect.

The red eyes finally moved.

But they only shifted slightly, with no major change.

Chen Xing had never encountered such a patient species.

’Fine!’

’A contest of patience? We’ll see who outlasts whom.’

Chen Xing calmed Meng Hu down, then returned to her motionless standoff with the eyes in the darkness.

Time ticked by, and nearly an hour had passed.

’If it were a person, they wouldn’t be able to stand this, right?’

’This bastard!’

If that thing hadn’t actually moved because of Meng Hu’s roar earlier, she would have thought she was going crazy.

’Let’s just wait it out!’

And so, locked in their staring contest, another hour passed for the two parties.

Even the greatest patience has its limits.

Chen Xing admitted defeat. Just as she was about to move...

...the other party, having completely lost its patience as well, moved first.

But... it didn’t charge at her. Instead, it slid downward and vanished into the darkness.

Chen Xing: ”...”

’I want to curse!’

With a flicker, she used her Jiezhi Space to instantly give chase.

But... despite her instantaneous speed, the thing was already gone.

She circled the area suspiciously, searching, but... it was as if it had vanished into thin air. There was nothing there.

Actually, it wasn’t that there was *nothing*. Chen Xing noticed a lot of plants around.

The heat had persisted for two days, causing the plants to grow exceptionally lush.

A few large trees nearby were especially thick and sturdy.

As she got closer, Chen Xing could sense that these trees possessed Spiritual Energy.

She reached out to touch a trunk, but before her hand could make contact, the large tree recoiled like a person.

Chen Xing: ”...”

She was certain now. This was the species with the red eyes.

’But... why would a plant have blood-red eyes?’

She had never heard of mutated plants developing something like this.

Since the tree had Spiritual Energy, Chen Xing naturally wanted to absorb it all.

’Leaving this thing here will only harm people.’

After several attempts, Chen Xing finally managed to touch the trunk as she’d intended.

It took quite a bit of effort, though.

The instant her hand touched the trunk, she was completely stuck to the large tree.

Chen Xing: ”...” ’So, instead of me absorbing the tree’s Spiritual Energy, it captured me?’

After Chen Xing was successfully trapped, the large tree suddenly began to unfurl.

Its branches and leaves, like a giant net, instantly enveloped her.

At the same time, the pair of red eyes suddenly appeared before her.

They were human eyes, scarlet and terrifying.

But there were no other body parts.

Just a single pair of eyes on the tree’s trunk, approaching her with sinister arrogance.

Chen Xing suddenly recalled the octopus monster from the Research Institute.

The octopus monster had a human head, but its lower body was an octopus.

’Could these trees be like the octopus, a fusion of human and plant?’

She looked at the eyes with a sorrowful gaze.

It seemed to take offense.

The eyes stared fiercely at Chen Xing.

It was as if it didn’t need any sympathy.

In its rage, the vines binding Chen Xing tightened.

Just as the eyes were gleaming with pride and arrogance, declaring their victory...

...the vines around Chen Xing instantly fell to the ground, hacked to pieces, and she stood there, perfectly unharmed.

The nearby eyes sensed the danger and immediately retreated.

Now, Chen Xing could see clearly that the eyes were moving by sliding on the sap of the trunk.

They moved extremely fast, sliding rapidly downward until they burrowed into the ground and disappeared.

Chen Xing gave a cold smile and patted the trunk.

The trunk couldn’t help but tremble.

It was a fear that came from its very core, as if she were a Devil.

The next second, it knew. This woman *was* a Devil.

She vanished from the surface in an instant, parting the soil and entering the earth.

As a Full Level+ Earth Element Superpower User, she could even control creatures within the soil.

’And that’s not even mentioning... the Wood Element Ability she also possesses?’

Following the roots downward, Chen Xing saw the pair of red eyes at their very end.

’This thing is truly scared. It actually hid at the very bottom.’

It thought it would be safe there, but little did it know, the enemy it encountered could not only part the earth but also absorb all of the tree’s Spiritual Energy.

The reason she hadn’t acted yet was that she wanted to study how these two things had merged into one.

At the very bottom, Chen Xing saw the tree’s roots embedded in the head of a human body.

The body was withered to skin and bones, with only its eye sockets empty.

’So... the tree successfully absorbed the eyes into its body and made them its own?’

Chen Xing wasn’t sure if her understanding was correct.

Although looking at the corpse was unsettling... this was the apocalypse, and she had seen all sorts of test subjects in the Research Institute, so it wasn’t particularly strange.

”Kill me...” Only when a voice, so low it was almost inaudible, came from the withered mouth did Chen Xing realize the person was still conscious.

He seemed to be in extreme pain, only wanting to die.

Chen Xing’s gaze swept past the withered corpse and landed on the base of the tree’s roots.

They were growing out of the top of the man’s head.

Chen Xing reached out, intending to grab the roots.

To her surprise, the roots, along with the person, shifted to the other side.

’This tree is pretty smart!’

Chen Xing struck out repeatedly, trying to seize the roots.

As it moved, Chen Xing discovered that there wasn’t just one withered corpse beneath the roots.

Like potatoes on a vine, numerous withered corpses dangled from the roots, swaying along with them.

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