Simulation: Starting from Under One Person

As the car drove along the highway out of the city, Zhang Chulan shook his head forcefully, trying to clear his mind of the random thoughts and recall the mission briefing…

Simply put, what's happening in the city serves as a reminder, drawing the attention of the "company" and others to the outdoors...

After all, there are more animals and insects, more lush plants, and more abundant special energy in the wild.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will be more and more mutated animals and plants in the wild, and they will be more powerful.

As for how powerful it is...

It is an unknown number.

Therefore, the "company" dispatched small teams to conduct investigations. Some large, lush forests were handled by stronger teams, while smaller forests were handled by weaker teams.

In addition, the "company" plans to send a team to Biyou Village to ask the "immortals" some questions.

Regarding the matter of mutated animals, some people think that "immortals" are more appropriate, since the other party is also an animal and may possess some important information.

Initially, the "company" selected Liao Zhong and Chen Duo, since the two were quite familiar with Biyou Village. However, Chen Duo is currently very busy and it is impossible for her to go to Biyou Village.

Liao Zhong said he was worried about Chen Duo and refused to carry out the mission.

Zhao Fangxu didn't force him. He presented the alternative plan and assigned the task to Zhang Chulan and the others, because Zhang Chulan had a connection with one of the leaders of Biyou Village.

Therefore, after completing the mission of investigating the mountains and forests, Zhang Chulan and the others will go to Biyou Village to carry out their second mission.

As the car drove out of the city, the noise gradually faded away, and the surroundings became quiet.

The forests on both sides of the highway gave him a strange feeling, a feeling he hadn't had just two or three days ago...

Is it just psychological?!

Maybe yes.

Thinking this, Zhang Chulan withdrew his gaze, slightly raised his head, and saw the scene in the rearview mirror. Bao'er was focused on eating potato chips, her eyes fixed on the phone screen. Judging from the sound, it should be a popular historical drama recently.

How wonderful! No worries!

Do not……

As if remembering something, Zhang Chulan paused for a moment, silently thinking to himself: She too has her sorrows.

Since the location of this mission is Biyou Village, let's ask Fang Rui while we're at it!

His intuition told him that Fang Rui probably knew something about Bao'er's background, but hadn't said it.

and……

Zhang Chulan slightly closed his eyes, recalling the conversation between Fang Rui, Baron, and Xia Liuqing.

Go find Ruan Feng.

Ruan Feng, one of the Thirty-Six Thieves, was a participant in the Jia Shen Rebellion and may have met Bao'er.

Even without a mission, he estimated... he wouldn't go to Biyou Village, but he would call to inquire.

If he were there, he would go.

If he's not available, we'll see!

Thinking this, the car suddenly slowed down, startling Zhang Chulan from his reverie. His gaze turned to the window, where lush green trees came into view, and the overly fresh and sweet air filled his nostrils...

"The abnormality of the air is even more exaggerated than that of Longhu Mountain!" Zhang Chulan sighed softly.

He could already foresee the future; there would definitely be a bunch of mutated animals waiting for them in the forest.

"Where are the others?" Zhang Chulan asked.

Xu Si looked at his phone screen and said, "I'm on my way. Wait a bit!"

"No internet~" Feng Baobao's voice came from the back seat as she held up her phone, which displayed the words "Loading..." in the center of the screen.

Moreover, the cell phone signal is also somewhat weak.

Seeing this, Xu Si took out a mobile phone from the glove compartment and said, "Luckily, I was prepared."

"As expected of Fourth Brother, he has quite the foresight!" Zhang Chulan praised.

"What about the other equipment?" Zhang Chulan's gaze swept around the car for a while, but he didn't find any other items.

"It's in my storage ring."

He took out a backpack from his storage ring, opened it, and then took out several items, such as a flashlight and a GPS navigator...

"You're very well prepared!"

Looking at the contents of his backpack, Zhang Chulan sighed once again.

After some time, the other members of the team arrived at the location one after another.

There were three people in total: Xiao Zizai, Lao Meng, and a strange stranger named Xiao Li.

Chapter 237 The Special Valley

After discussing for a while, the group set off into the mountains and forests...

As we proceeded along the rugged mountain road, the scenery along the way was rather ordinary. Nourished by an extremely rich and special energy, the trees were lush and verdant, their canopies quite abundant, swaying gently in the cold mountain breeze, like demons dancing...

rustling... rustling...

Zhang Chulan and the others remained vigilant, moving slowly as they carefully surveyed the area along the way.

Based on the energy concentration, there should be quite a few mutated plants in the mountains and forests. We also saw quite a few trees guarded by animals along the way, and...

Based on the behavior of those animals, it can be confirmed that they are all mutated animals. Their strength is currently unknown, but considering that they live in an area with such abundant energy, their combat power should be much stronger than that of the mutated animals in the city.

"...a large number."

The speaker was Xiao Li. He was the weakest in the temporary team, but he was the fastest. He was sent there so that if Zhang Chulan and the others were trapped for some reason, someone could bring them out.

He was wondering if he could escape from the encirclement and pursuit of hundreds of mutated animals if he used all his innate abilities.

"...The murderous aura is quite strong."

Xiao Zizai slowly raised his hand, gently pushed up his glasses, and his pupils turned slightly red.

“Your murderous aura is even stronger,” Xu Si complained. “Tone it down a bit. We’re here to investigate, not to exterminate mutated animals. Don’t unleash your murderous intent.”

“It looks delicious…” Feng Baobao’s eyes darted among the birds, rabbits and other animals, her hungry gaze startling the mutated animals into baring their teeth.

"Sister Bao'er, tone it down a bit, tone it down a bit!" Zhang Chulan urged from the side...

He had a premonition that, with the efforts of their two top provocation specialists, the mutated animals would sooner or later roar in battle and launch an attack...

"...Communicating with them is relatively easy."

Old Meng's tone was somewhat serious. His ability was to communicate with animals using Qi and then control them. The difficulty of communicating with animals was directly proportional to their intelligence, while he could not communicate with primates. The effort required to communicate was inversely proportional to their intelligence.

He expended relatively little energy communicating with those mutated animals, which means that the mutated animals are quite intelligent. Moreover, the process of establishing communication was relatively easy, which also proves that the mutated animals are quite intelligent.

"Be careful, they're very smart!"

As they spoke, the group headed deeper into the forest, and the concentration of "spiritual energy" gradually increased, while the mutated animals guarding the mutated trees grew larger and larger.

The gray wolves lying at the tree roots were as big as vans, and the green snakes coiled around the tree trunks had bodies as thick as buckets. The apes, each over three meters tall and imposing in stature, were large enough to be described as having "a person standing on their shoulder and a horse running on their arm," sitting cross-legged beside the tree roots, their breathing rhythmic and methodical, as if they were...cultivating?!

Zhang Chulan and the others exchanged glances for a moment, and all of them could see surprise in each other's eyes.

Along the way, they had seen many mutated animals, but their cultivation method was practically nonexistent; they simply immersed themselves in rich "spiritual energy" and passively absorbed it.

For example, it's like pickling vegetables, waiting for "spiritual energy" to "infuse" them with flavor.

The monkey troop, however, actively absorbs the "spiritual energy" in the form of Qi refining.

In comparison, it is more efficient and becomes stronger faster.

Compared to other mutated animals, the mutated apes are several levels stronger.

At this moment, as Zhang Chulan and the others stepped into the territory of the ape group, the apes that were cultivating opened their eyes one after another. Their eyes were all bright and piercing, and the gazes they cast at Zhang Chulan and the others were not very friendly.

"Roar--"

Suddenly, a monkey roared. It was a little larger than the other monkeys, and the others, hearing its roar, also started to call out...

Immediately afterwards, one after another, the monkeys leaped up and disappeared from the spot.

At the same time, Zhang Chulan and the others sensed the danger and immediately took countermeasures.

A crimson light surged into Xiao Zizai's eyes. He raised his hand and struck forward with a palm strike. The illusory handprint flew from his hand, expanding to the size of a millstone the instant it left his palm. It then sped forward, smashing trees and rocks in its path, and sending monkeys flying...

Golden light enveloped his entire body, blocking the apes' claw attacks. Zhang Chulan raised his arms in front of him, but the combined force of the attacks sent him staggering back several steps.

Xu Si stood behind Zhang Chulan. Attacks from the front were all blocked by Zhang Chulan, and attacks from the left and right sides were easily neutralized by him.

Her slender fists were wrapped in dense Qi, and as she swung them rapidly, a sharp sound of wind being torn apart rang out. One after another, monkeys were struck by her and sent flying back at an even faster speed.

Li, whose ability to fight head-on was questionable, vanished from his spot in an instant and reappeared a hundred meters away the next second, causing the monkeys' attacks to miss.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Chulan and the others launched a counterattack. Instead of charging directly into the monkey troop, they maintained their distance as much as possible to avoid being surrounded and to prevent the group from being scattered...

The teamwork between the teammates was at a decent level. Zhang Chulan and Xiao Zizai used long-range, wide-area attacks to break up the ape's charging formation and repel more than half of the apes.

The ones who slipped through the net were the responsibility of Feng Baobao, Lao Meng, and Xu Si, while Xiao Li would act as a guerrilla, scouting out the surrounding area as well.

"...The beasts are gathering."

Xiao Li suddenly appeared beside Xu Si, recounting the information he had gathered.

Xu Si punched an ape, sending it flying, and said, "It was expected. It would be strange if the nearby mutated animals didn't react at all after we made such a commotion here!"

"Moreover... in my opinion, the monkey troop is the absolute tyrant of the forest, and when something happens to it, there will definitely be no shortage of animals coming to join in the fun!"

Xiao Li: "…………"

Why are you so calm about such terrible news?

Tell me the solution quickly!

If you don't have a solution, tell me quickly, and I'll take you away!

"So..." Xu Si said, catching his breath, "Quickly lead us away, deeper into the mountains..."

Xiao Li: "…………"

Did you say something wrong?!

Shouldn't they be fleeing out of the mountains and forests?!