In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Two hours later.

The Kunlun base military airfield was bitterly cold.

The deafening roar of the engine made my eardrums ache.

As soon as Su Ran walked onto the tarmac, she saw several familiar figures gathering at the boarding gate.

Bai Lu, dressed in a tight-fitting combat suit that accentuated her beautiful figure, had her eyes light up instantly when she saw Su Ran.

Ye Xiao carried two Tang swords on his back, his eyes were sharp, and his posture was relaxed but exuded a crazy energy.

Mo Yun, with his hands in his pockets, maintained his calm demeanor as a "strategist".

……

Upon seeing Su Ran approach, all four of them were taken aback.

"Advisor from Suzhou University!"

"Brother Su!"

"Get on the computer."

Su Ran spoke succinctly, stepping onto the gangway first, "There'll be plenty of time to catch up on the way."

Inside the cabin, besides them, sat a team of researchers dressed in white protective suits.

The young man leading the group saw Su Ran and immediately stood up excitedly.

"Advisor Su! We meet again!"

It was Zhou Jian.

He carried a silver-white metal box in his hand, his eyes filled with fervor. "Our teacher is still in seclusion researching awakening potions. I will be leading this operation by the Academy of Sciences."

"OK!"

Su Ran nodded, her gaze sweeping over the people in the cabin.

A squad of awakened individuals with a ceiling on combat power, an expert group led by a scientific genius, plus him, a reborn individual.

This configuration can be considered the highest-end lineup that can be presented in the post-apocalyptic era.

"Fasten your seatbelt."

Su Ran sat in the first seat, looking out the porthole at the sky over Sichuan and Chongqing.

"I'm really looking forward to it."

With a tremendous sense of acceleration, the transport plane suddenly lifted off the ground, pierced through the clouds, and roared towards the Sichuan Basin thousands of miles away.

……

Two hours later.

A transport plane painted with the August 1st Army emblem landed on the temporary helipad of the Bashu base amidst a huge roar.

The hatch slid open, and Su Ran jumped out first.

Following closely behind were Bai Lu, Ye Xiao, Mo Yun, and Zhu Jingye.

"Advisor Su! We've been waiting for you like the stars and the moon!"

Zhao Zhigang, the head of the Bashu base, was already waiting there. He rushed forward, his dark face filled with anxiety.

"How's the situation?" Su Ran asked bluntly.

"Still the same as always."

Zhao Zhigang gave a wry smile and led everyone quickly toward the command vehicle.

"That forest is still expanding, not quickly, but it hasn't stopped for a single second. Our people can only establish a buffer zone on the periphery; they dare not approach it at all."

Inside the command vehicle, on the huge electronic sand table, a strange dark purple area was slowly eroding the green area representing a normal forest, like cancer cells.

"Look."

Zhao Zhigang pointed to several red dots on the edge of the sand table, "This is the latest data. Its underground root system has already penetrated to within 50 meters of the outer wall of the underground city. We dare not use heavy artillery to clean up the ground anymore, for fear of causing this strange plant to grow further."

This confirmed Su Ran's judgment.

The situation is urgent, but it's far from being a matter of life and death.

At the very least, the main structure of the base is safe.

Su Ran's arrival lifted the previously oppressive atmosphere in the command center.

A person's name, a tree's shadow.

Everyone knows that this special advisor at the Kunlun base is someone who specializes in handling all sorts of "difficult cases".

Su Ran stared at the image of the dark purple forest and walked directly to the sand table.

"Then let me try it first."

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Su Ran slowly closed her eyes.

hum!

An invisible spiritual force surged forth from him like a tidal wave, instantly traversing several kilometers and enveloping the desolate, mutated forest.

The power of space!

Everyone present held their breath, and Zhao Zhigang's eyes widened instantly.

He had heard the legends of Su Ran and knew that she possessed unpredictable spatial abilities.

General Zhang Guomeng's heavy-armored brigade was previously surrounded by fungal carpet, and it was he who rescued it.

"Does Consultant Su intend to take this entire forest away?"

That was a colossal object spanning over ten kilometers in radius!

However, in just one second.

two seconds.

Three seconds passed.

The purple area remained completely still.

"Um?"

Su Ran suddenly opened her eyes, her brows furrowing tightly.

"It failed!"

The moment his spatial power touched the forest, he sensed a stubborn, chaotic resistance, imbued with the instincts of primal life.

Unlike fungal carpets, which, despite their large size, are essentially plants.

"As expected, the last containment creep was an accident, entirely due to the special nature of the creep itself."

And this forest...

The feeling Su Ran got from it was more like that of a complete "living thing" with independent consciousness!

"no."

Su Ran took a deep breath, shook her head, and said in a low voice.

"My spatial rules reject this complex life form."

A collective gasp filled the command center.

Bai Lu and Ye Xiao exchanged glances, not only not flustered, but also secretly excited.

If it were that easy to solve, why bother bringing them along?

"Brother Su, what should we do? Cut it down head-on?"

Ye Xiao gripped the hilt of the sword behind his back, his eyes filled with fighting spirit.

"Don't act impulsively."

Su Ran raised her hand to stop him.

"Conventional physical attacks have limited effectiveness in limiting their spread and may even further stimulate their expansion, as has been demonstrated at the Bashu base. We need to find other solutions."

He turned to Zhao Zhigang and asked, "General Zhao, does the Bashu base have any samples of this mutated plant?"

Yes! Yes!

Zhao Zhigang nodded quickly, "The biology lab has the original plant slices, as well as those damned companion insect samples."

"it is good."

Su Ran ordered, "Zhou Jian, first arrange for your people to examine the existing samples and take over the biological laboratory at the Bashu base."

"Understood! I'll arrange it right away!"

"Everyone, prepare your gear! Head to the front lines!"

Su Ran turned around and looked at Bai Lu and the others.

"Awakened members, go test the depth later and collect some of the latest samples while you're at it."