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

"Well done, leave the rest to me."

Su Ran pushed his right hand flat, his eyes calm and still.

"Space cutting!"

There were no violent energy fluctuations, only an extremely thin, light-devouring black crack that appeared out of thin air.

"boom!"

The armored rhinoceros, which was charging wildly, collapsed to the ground without warning. Its massive body slid forward due to inertia, carving a furrow in the ruins and raising a cloud of dust.

This behemoth, whose size is comparable to that of a main battle tank, has had all four limbs detached from its torso.

The incision was as smooth as a mirror; the misalignment created by the spatial cutting sealed off all blood vessels in an instant.

"roar……"

The armored rhinoceros let out a deep, mournful cry, its massive horn pounding the ground with all its might.

Its massive body writhed wildly, but it could no longer stand.

Su Ran withdrew her hand, her palms glistening with a fine layer of sweat.

He killed a peak third-tier opponent with a single blow, seemingly effortlessly, but in reality, he drained nearly 80% of the opponent's energy reserves.

To deal with these mutated creatures that have maxed out their defenses, the goal is to eliminate them quickly without damaging their brains.

Apart from using rules-based spatial segmentation, conventional methods simply won't work.

"strength……"

Su Ran clenched her fist and muttered to herself,

"In this apocalypse, only the power of absolute suppression can control the situation."

With a thought, Su Ran threw out a specially made ultra-high molecular restraint net, tightly binding the incapacitated behemoth.

Then he released the containment pod and turned to Ye Xiao, saying...

"Old Ye, push it in."

Ye Xiao stepped forward, carrying his Tang sword, and tapped the broken leg bone of the armored rhinoceros with the scabbard, producing a dull "bang bang" sound.

"Brother Su, is that all? Does that mean Jingye and I are just spectators watching the show?"

With that, Ye Xiao delivered a powerful kick, and with a muffled thud, he kicked the mutated beast, which looked like a wrecked tank, into the containment pod.

This was the second time Ye Xiao had seen Su Ran display this incomprehensible spatial power.

Without any physical contact, just by raising a hand, a peak third-tier overlord was reduced to a human stump.

Add to that Bai Lu's invisible and intangible mental strangulation, and Mo Yun's all-encompassing poisonous mist that can corrode everything...

"They're all fucking freaks... I'm the only normal person in this group."

Ye Xiao muttered angrily, then suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, and so is dedication."

"This sample has an extremely high level of brain development and is very precious. This is the safest approach."

Su Ran shook her wrist and explained.

At this moment, Zhu Jingye walked over, rubbing his numb shoulder, and swallowed hard as he looked at the struggling armored rhinoceros on the ground.

"If a second-tier awakened being had taken that charge head-on, it would probably have been smashed to pieces."

Ye Xiao didn't rush to leave; he looked down at the tactical terminal on his wrist.

On the screen, the red dots representing high-energy reactions are flashing regularly.

"Brother Su, the Pangu System shows that there is another guy with a decent level of reaction 15 kilometers north of this mine."

Ye Xiao looked up, swiped his finger across the screen twice, and brought up the holographic projection.

"A third-tier mutated zombie."

He pointed his thumb behind him, his tone revealing an eager excitement.

"Since we're already here, wouldn't it be a shame to bring back just this one? Shouldn't we have as many experimental subjects as possible from Bai Lu's side?"

Su Ran glanced around and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll clean it up while I'm at it. But..."

"Brother Su, you don't need to do anything from now on. Just leave it to me and Jingye."

Ye Xiao immediately interrupted, patting his chest and assuring him,

"Just so you can see how much we've improved lately."

"Okay. Take it easy, don't smash your brain."

Su Ran took a half step back and instructed,

"Once the brain is broken, it's just a pile of useless flesh."

"Alright!"

Ye Xiao turned around and called to Zhu Jingye, "Come on, Jingye, let's get to work."

For the next period of time, this abandoned mine became their exclusive hunting ground.

Facing that third-tier mutated zombie with two bone spurs on its tail.

Ye Xiao did not choose to outsmart them, but instead confronted them head-on.

He maximized the mobility of a third-tier awakened being, his entire body becoming a blur, his twin blades targeting joints and tendons.

In less than a minute, a highly threatening Tier 3 zombie was reduced to a lifeless stick, only able to unleash its impotent rage.

Su Ran watched the entire battle from a high vantage point, only using the spatial barrier to slightly adjust the situation when the two were about to lose control, ensuring that the test subject's brain was not damaged.

An hour later.

Four heavy containment pods are suspended beneath the Xuan Nu fighter jet.

It carried four half-dead, third-tier mutated creatures, cutting through the snow and wind of the northern desert, and flew straight to the Kunlun base.

……

Three underground floors house a special biological isolation laboratory.

Upon receiving the news, Zhang Qian, along with several key assistants, waited in the loading and unloading area early on.

The airtight door opened, and the tracked vehicle slowly transported four huge alloy life support chambers into the room.

"Good heavens..."

Zhang Qian strode forward and observed the monster inside, which was tightly bound by restraints, through the bulletproof glass.

Especially the armored rhinoceros at the very front, which had lost all four limbs. Even though it was just a torso, you could tell from its eyes that it was not a lifeless creature.

"Perfect...absolutely perfect!"

Zhang Qian frantically urged his assistant.

"Quick! Connect the number three EEG cable to its frontal lobe area and immediately inject a small amount of sedative. I need to see the most up-to-date data feedback!"

"That armored rhinoceros is a high-level third-tier beast, just one step away from the fourth tier."

Su Ran took off her snow-covered coat, tossed it to the guard next to her, and strode to the main control panel.

"It took some effort to prevent its brain from being damaged; now it's up to you."

The testing instrument ran at full power, and the results came out in less than two minutes.

A three-dimensional structure of the armored rhinoceros's brain was quickly constructed on the large screen.

Zhang Qian pointed to one of the areas.

"Advisor Su! The pineal gland in this sample is abnormally developed, and the density of neuronal synapses is three times that of a normal third order!"

This is precisely the perfect material embodiment of the spirit of Comrade Bai Lu!

He turned around and assured Su Ran,

"With this batch of materials, our research results will definitely achieve considerable breakthroughs in a short period of time."

Su Ran looked at the researchers in the laboratory who were working so hard they were practically flying, but her expression showed no sign of relief.

"Hurry up. The situation outside waits for no one."