Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 172: Chapter 172: The Apocalypse - I Am Not the Holy Mother 79

After inspecting the area where humans had once settled, everyone entered the mobile safe fortress. The expressions on their faces were not relaxed, even Chi Shaolong, who usually showed no emotional fluctuations, furrowed his brows, his face turning even colder.

Song Yuhang played with the military knife in his hand, looking serious, ”The humans we encounter here might be here for the same purpose as us. If we meet them, it might be difficult to distinguish enemies from friends!”

”It’s not difficult to distinguish; they are definitely enemies, not friends!”

As Zhang Ling peeled a fruit, she interjected. Recently, the group had abundant fruit supplies, all thanks to Zhang Ling’s monkey helpers who were now frolicking and chasing around in the mobile safe fortress.

”Why do you say that?” Lin Shuangshuang casually placed the peeled fruit into the plate in front of Zhang Ling and picked up another fruit, peeling it while asking.

”It’s simple. The group of people before us hid their traces very well. If it weren’t for Brother Song and Mr. Chi, both being military experts skilled in tracking, we would never have discovered traces of human survival here.”

Biting into a large fruit, a satisfied expression appeared on Zhang Ling’s face, then she continued explaining, ”We’ve been dealing with mutated creatures long enough to know that ordinary mutated creatures have the same level of intelligence as before their mutation, without much growth. Special mutated creatures have evolved intelligence, but it’s not high enough. They are as confused as a three-year-old child, unable to find traces of human survival. So the only reason for hiding traces would be to guard against fellow humans!”

”According to you, these people must have also deduced the situation about the energy carrier and came here specifically for it!” Li Wenbo reached out and snatched a fruit coveted by Zhang Ling from her grasp.

Ever since knowing that Zhang Ling loved fruits, it became a childish hobby for Li Wenbo to snatch fruits she was interested in and watch her reaction.

The main thing is, Zhang Ling, despite her young age, never lost her temper. Her face was always adorned with either a subtle smile or a gentle smile that made people feel like spring breeze, which Li Wenbo, who appeared refined yet had a fiery temper inside, found particularly unbelievable, often intentionally provoking her.

Of course, Zhang Ling never minded Li Wenbo’s antics. If he snatched a fruit, she simply chose another one. She was a fruit lover, not stingy enough to get mad over someone eating one!

Lin Shuangshuang watched Li Wenbo acting recklessly again and felt grateful more than once that Zhang Ling was good-tempered and didn’t hold grudges; otherwise, her shrewdness could really torment Li Wenbo!

Seeing Zhang Ling didn’t get angry, Li Wenbo felt slightly disappointed and shrugged, ”Since we’re all here for the energy carrier, it’s inevitable we’ll cross paths with them. I wonder if a fight will break out!” His tone noticeably elevated at the mention of fighting.

”Perhaps, like us, they are also here on a mission to explore the place and accidentally deduced the matter about the energy carrier, who knows!” Li Wenxuan hoped not to confront fellow humans; he was swift against mutated creatures but found it increasingly sorrowful to fight fellow humans in these times, yearning for unity rather than mutual hostility.

”Impossible, if they were like us, there would be no need to hide their traces; we’ve been eager to encounter survivors,” Zhang Ling did not comment on Li Wenxuan’s naive thinking, and Lin Shuangshuang directly shattered Li Wenxuan’s hopeful guessing.

”They should be from a private base you mentioned earlier!” Chi Shaolong, who had been silent until this point, spoke up, ending in silence with Li Wenxuan and Li Wenbo looking at him quizzically!

”Mr. Chi deduced this from the mobile safe fortress?” Zhang Ling looked at Chi Shaolong, who nodded.

”They don’t have a mobile safe fortress,” Lin Shuangshuang methodically peeled the fruit skin, interjecting.

”Indeed, the mobile safe fortress takes up a lot of space when set up, leaving significant marks that are hard to hide. Evidently, the traces left by those people showed no sign of setting up such a fortress. All government and military bases provide mobile safe fortresses for those on missions to ensure safety, whereas private bases don’t have these,” Song Yuhang inserted a piece of fruit using his knife.

Lin Shuangshuang had a feeling these people were likely led by Li Man. Liu Ze previously mentioned Li Man brought people here, and in her past life, Li Man never visited government or military bases, only private ones.

Moreover, Lin Shuangshuang harbored a particularly ominous guess that she could not voice; she always suspected Li Man might be reincarnated. If so, what unknown information does Li Man possess?

Being reincarnated herself, Lin Shuangshuang knew many things others didn’t, but if Li Man were also reincarnated, it would mean Li Man’s past life memories included newfound information inaccessible to Lin Shuangshuang.

Lin Shuangshuang boldly speculated if Li Man’s prior knowledge included anything about the Southern Tropical Rainforest—even understanding what the energy carrier here actually was and how it could offer substantial benefits.

Li Man was willing to take risks for benefits, yet in Lin Shuangshuang’s past life memory, Li Man never planned to come to the tropical rainforest, indicating its inherent danger making Li Man unsure of escaping unscathed, thus avoiding the place entirely to pursue the energy carrier.

Recalling how Chi Shaolong became the top fighter in her past life, Lin Shuangshuang hypothesized that he possibly took the energy carrier from here!

Yet Lin Shuangshuang never heard of others staying with Chi Shaolong here, insinuating Chi Shaolong might have been the sole survivor who left with the Superpower Carrier while others perished here!

Because he took the energy carrier, Chi Shaolong gained considerable esteem from the Capital Base, and he was much more formidable in the past life than now, potentially suggesting that Chi Shaolong trained near the energy carrier due to significant accomplishments!