Survival of the Nation: My luck was a tiny bit worse.

Fei Ge sneered, "I'd like to see whether my gun or your knife is faster within three steps—"

Then the battle began.

As soon as Fei Ge raised his shotgun, Leng Ruolan closed in to within a meter of him.

At that distance, a shotgun simply wouldn't have enough time to aim.

Fei Ge instinctively tried to back away to create distance, but Leng Ruolan's left knife had already blocked his gun barrel, while her right knife slashed directly at his wrist where he was holding the gun.

when!

Fei Ge's teammates reacted quickly, inserting a unique tactical knife to block the blow.

But there's a reason why Omega gave Shadow Blade such a cringeworthy name—

The black mist on the blade exploded the moment it came into contact with the opponent's tactical knife, and the opponent's blade turned black and brittle at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Less than two seconds later, with a snap, the knife, which also looked like it had a significant origin, broke off like a piece of shattered ice.

"What the hell?!"

Fei's teammate immediately broke down, crying, "My knife! The knife I got from the purple supply crate! Oh my god!"

Leng Ruolan took a step back and said with a smile, "Your knife isn't very good quality. It's broken, so be it."

Fei-ge was indeed furious: "You son of a bitch!"

Damn it, we didn't have many decent weapons to begin with, and they just broke like that?!

He took the opportunity to create some distance, raised his shotgun, and said, "Your teammates ran away. You think you can hold off the three of us by yourself?!"

Leng Ruolan shrugged: "Who said I'm alone?"

And then the next second.

Fei suddenly felt something moving under his feet, something sticky and gooey, as if it were wrapped around his ankle.

He looked down and saw a thick vine that had somehow sprouted from the ground and was tightly wrapped around his right foot.

"What the hell is that?!"

Fei Ge kicked twice, but of course he couldn't break free. Instead, the two vine-like things were stimulated and tightened their grip.

And it wasn't just him; his two teammates behind him were also entangled in the vines.

"Brother Fei!"

"Brother Fei! We've been ambushed!"

Fei struggled desperately.

But the vine tightened its grip, and a sticky sap secreted from its surface, which immediately caused a numbing sensation when it touched the skin.

"Don't struggle, the more you struggle, the more excited it gets."

A lazy voice came from the side.

Ou Yun emerged from behind the stone house, carrying a bowl of unfinished fruit juice.

Leng Ruolan sighed, "Big brother, didn't we agree before that you would guard the front?"

"No rush, let me have some water first."

"..."

Ou Yun seemed to be in a good mood. He took a sip and pointed to the mutated plant in the experimental field next to him, which had grown to be half a person's height.

"Let me explain in case you don't know. This thing of yours grows up eating corpses. You probably stepped on its roots when you came over, so it holds a grudge."

Fei Ge suddenly looked down.

Sure enough, the purple seedling in the experimental field was swaying gently in the moonlight, and two vines emerged from the soil, wrapping around his legs like two nimble snakes.

And at some point, a row of fine serrations grew along the edge of its leaves.

It gleamed eerily in the moonlight.

Feige's pupils dilated in shock. "You guys grow this kind of thing in the camp?!"

"Oh, no, there isn't one. There's only this one in the whole field, so you've come to look for something."

Ou Yun finished the last sip of fruit juice and placed the bowl on the stone table next to him.

"Perfect timing, it hasn't had its midnight snack yet."

"..."

At this moment, Fei Ge finally realized that something was wrong.

He tried to break free of the vines, but the paralyzing toxins on them had already taken effect, and he had lost all feeling in his legs.

His two teammates were in even worse shape—one had his entire lower body entangled in vines, and the other was hanging upside down on a wooden frame next to the experimental field.

"You...you have no martial ethics!"

The one hanging upside down was still shouting, "Let's fight one-on-one if you dare!"

"Why didn't you talk about martial virtue when you were fighting three against one?"

Leng Ruolan's tone was neither warm nor cold.

"Besides, we didn't use any traps—this carnivorous plant was planted by ourselves; it's not a trap, it's a defensive structure."

"What kind of ridiculous theory is that?!"

"It's our camp, we're in charge."

Ou Yun squatted down beside the experimental field and even patted the leaves of the mutated plant in a serious manner, "Sweetie, don't eat too much, eating too much late-night snack will give you heartburn."

And that terrifying mutated plant, whether blown by the wind or something else, actually shook its leaves slightly, which looked quite convincing.

Fei Ge and the other two turned ashen-faced.

Their meticulously planned sneak attack!

They didn't even last two minutes in a direct confrontation?!

No, it didn't even qualify as a direct confrontation...

Because they were defeated by a plant.

Leng Ruolan asked directly, "Tell me honestly, who are the other two groups? How many more people are still heading this way from the forest?"

Fei Ge's eyes were bloodshot. He opened his mouth, but before he could speak, his teammate hanging upside down spoke first: "I'll talk! We're from the Southeast Alliance! Three countries formed a temporary team! Six people in total! The three of us will lead the charge, and the other three will provide support in the northeast!"

"Southeast Asian Alliance?"

Leng Ruolan frowned. "Which three countries?"

"Sava, Yadi, Banga!"

"Never heard of it."

"They're all small countries! You've probably never heard of them! But our captain said that as long as we take your camp, we can turn the tables—"

"What exactly is this White Pine Kingdom?"

"We...we didn't want to reveal our identities by making things up..."

"Even when it's just made up, it sounds awful."

"..."

Leng Ruolan waved her hand, "How long until your reinforcements arrive?"

Fei Ge's expression changed, as if he was hesitating whether or not to betray his teammates.

Just then, there was a thud from the side—

A majestic lynx leaped down from the watchtower like a randomly spawned NPC, landed in front of him, and licked its paws.

Fei-ge knew it; its name was Green Bean. It looked smaller and cuter than the lynx named Nanbei, but it was far more wicked than Nanbei in essence.

It's the one that does the scavenging of corpses—

Fei-ge made a quick decision: "About fifteen minutes! They'll rush over as soon as they receive the signal!"

"What signal?"

"A green signal flare."

Leng Ruolan turned around and glanced at Ou Yun.

Ou Yun had already taken out a new bowl of fruit wine from his spatial ring and taken a sip.

"Brother, stop drinking."

The older brother said this was the last bite, "Then wait fifteen minutes. The moonlight is nice tonight, let's collect a few more."

He looked at the terrifying mutated plant in the experimental field, swaying slightly in the night breeze, and revealed an even more terrifying smile.

"Harvest a few more... and we'll save on fertilizer for tomorrow."

The night wind blew in from the valley, carrying a faint smell of blood.

"..."

Fei was terrified.

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