No strange things are allowed to evolve!

Chapter 78 I haven't even gotten on the bus yet!

Rat poisons are mainly divided into anticoagulants and central nervous system stimulants.

Anticoagulant poisoning manifests as bleeding in multiple sites, while central nervous system stimulant poisoning can cause convulsions and difficulty breathing.

When Jiang Shu was in the medical department, he saw some dangerous medicines locked in a cabinet and no one wanted them. So he prepared them for when he would use the Five Poison Lotus to buff himself and perform monkey tricks in the future.

Bromadiolone is one of them.

He remembered that Bai Lian had just said the target was a rat-shaped monster.

Even if this rat poison doesn't pose a fatal threat to such a large, strange rat, it should still have some effect.

As an anticoagulant, even oral administration can cause bleeding in internal organs and skin. Applying it to the Five Poison Lotus is like adding a bleeding label to the product.

Blunt force combined with bloodshed—just thinking about it is thrilling.

"Don't get it on yourself..."

The three of them moved to the side to avoid Jiang Shu bumping into them, and forgot to investigate why Jiang Shu's brass knuckles looked familiar to them.

Brass knuckles are all about the same size, so it's normal for them to look familiar.

"Don't worry," Jiang Shu reassured him, "I know what I'm doing."

But in fact, the moment he applied the first layer, the Great Wilderness Heart Firewall had already begun to detoxify him, and even the "All Five Poisons" attribute had been activated.

"Cheer up, everyone."

Bai Lian walked past the four people and headed straight into the forest: "I didn't call you here for idle chatter."

"it is good."

All four nodded and followed Bai Lian.

Less than a hundred meters into the forest, Coca-Cola noticed something was amiss.

"It's too quiet." He glanced around. "Such a large forest, yet there's not a trace of animal activity."

"No reaction from the Insight spell?" Da Vinci asked.

Coca-Cola nodded with a serious expression.

"Insight Technique?" Jiang Shu asked curiously.

Lei Bi explained to him, "Being able to sense every rustle of grass within a radius of 500 meters proves that there are almost no living creatures in this area."

"Five hundred meters? That's a huge range." Jiang Shu said with some envy, "That's an advanced skill."

"It's not a high-level skill." Coca-Cola shook his head: "It's just a true-level skill. The downside is that it can only sense things that move. If something doesn't move, it can't sense it."

"?" Jiang Shu realized: "So it's the 'Action Technique'?"

What FPS player skills?

At this moment, Bai Lian, who was walking at the front, called out, "Come here."

As the group approached, they discovered a deer carcass where Bai Lian had been crouching.

It was gutted and its body was covered in bite marks.

Lei Bi reached out and compared several fairly clear marks: "I've never seen these kinds of bite marks before."

“It must be one of those strange rats; rats eat like that,” Da Vinci said.

Bai Lian stood up: "It seems there are still living creatures, but they are all dead."

The group continued walking forward, and soon they found the mark left by the previous operator.

Upon seeing the mark, Bai Lian immediately explained its meaning.

"First marker: Eight minutes into this area, no immediate danger. Continue exploring northward."

Before Jiang Shu could ask how he figured it out, Lei Bi explained to him first: "This is a method of communication exclusive to the Bureau of Different Principles. A symbol is divided into four parts: top, bottom, left, and right. Each part conveys a different meaning. What it specifically represents is in the corresponding symbol execution manual. Every operator needs to memorize these."

"Oh," Jiang Shu replied knowingly.

“Then let’s follow his route,” Bai Lian said.

Da Vinci suggested, "Shouldn't we take a detour? Didn't they say he was surrounded up ahead?"

“No need.” Bai Lian shook her head: “The route he took and the things he encountered were at least not unknown.”

After thinking about it, the group understood what Bai Lian meant.

Taking a detour might actually lead to encountering something even more dangerous.

"Just try to be as quiet as possible, and don't disturb them like the last operator did," Bai Lian reminded them. "Avoid trouble if you can."

"learn."

The five continued deeper into the area.

A light mist began to rise in the forest.

After walking for another ten minutes or so, we saw the next marker.

"Second marker. Twenty minutes into this place, no danger yet. Continue exploring north." After identifying the marker, Bai Lian took a step forward and called out, "Continue."

"Okay." The three responded and were about to follow.

But Jiang Shu stopped in his tracks.

"Wait a moment."

The group turned around: "What's wrong?"

“If we’re heading north, shouldn’t it be that way?” Jiang Shu pointed in another direction: “The way you’re going is northeast.”

"How is that possible? We've been walking in a straight line ever since we entered this forest." Coca-Cola asked, puzzled. "And the compass is pointing this way too. Why do you think we'll suddenly head northeast?"

“Look at the tree canopy.” Jiang Shu pointed to the top of the dense trees: “We are in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are on the southern slope of this mountain, so the canopy on the south side receives more sunlight and is therefore denser. So the place with the fewest leaves is the north side.”

“This…” The group looked at the surrounding tree canopy: “It seems to make some sense.”

"Speaking of which, why do we still need a compass even though we're all evolved beings? Don't we have any other skills to determine direction?" Jiang Shu asked again.

Lei Bi replied somewhat awkwardly, "Yes, we do, but spiritual root points are so precious, why would we use them to level up such useless skills?"

“That’s why the operator got lost.” Jiang Shu shrugged. “He thought he was heading north, but he was probably just circling around until he was lured into a trap and swarmed by the strange rats, which made him think the whole mountain was full of those things.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Lian gave Jiang Shu a deep look.

"Then we'll do as you say. You lead the way, and everyone should be careful not to disturb them if possible."

"learn."

So, Jiang Shu became the one who led the way.

But after walking for less than five minutes, the ground suddenly began to shake slightly.

"What's going on?" Coca-Cola activated his Observation Technique to its limit, but still couldn't find any living creatures within a 500-meter radius: "With such a commotion, how could there be nothing?"

"Rats will burrow underground!"

As Bai Lian spoke, she suddenly plunged the short sword in her hand into the ground.

The short sword emitted a blue light and blasted a huge crater in the ground. A giant rat, headless and flattened like a rag doll, appeared at the bottom of the crater.

At the same time, several dark figures burst from the ground and swarmed toward the group from all directions.

With a sweep of his spear, Coca-Cola sent three or four strange rats flying: "Is this also part of the trap?!"

“No, the numbers are wrong. It’s not to the point where they’re everywhere.” Da Vinci said as he stepped on the strange rat’s head and pulled the axe off its neck.

Lei Bi cleaved several strange rats in half with a single slash, then said with annoyance, "I get it! Since they've been underground all along, they must have discovered us as soon as we entered the mountains. So making us circle around the perimeter wasn't to lure us into a trap, but simply to buy time so they could gather together."

Listening to his teammates' words, Jiang Shu pretended to smash a strange rat corpse with his fist: "Damn, how could it be so cunning?"

“This number is still easy, but if it doubles again…” Bai Lian glanced at Jiang Shu, hesitating to speak, “We need to start running. Since we’ve already disturbed them, there’s no need to be careful. Let’s rush over before they can organize themselves!”

"it is good!"

Jiang Shu heard the word "good".

When I looked up again, I could only see the backs of my teammates.

Judging by appearance, the speeds all seem to be at least 20 or higher.

Jiang Shu, whose speed rating was only 2, was instantly stunned: "I haven't even gotten on the bus yet!"

......

Strange rats would occasionally emerge from various treacherous corners.

While dealing with them, Coca-Cola wondered, "Why are there fewer and fewer obstacles the closer we get to the core area?"

"Was it because we were too fast that the strange rats that went out didn't have time to come back and keep up with us?" Da Vinci guessed.

“Possibly.” Lei Bi nodded.

"No, that's not right," Bai Lian denied. "The ground tremors just got more and more intense. I'm certain there are more strange rats hiding below than just these."

"What's going on?" Lei Bi asked, puzzled. "The vibration is weakening now."

"Is it possible that something even more threatening than us has appeared?" Coca-Cola analyzed. "I just noticed that when dealing with the first wave of monster rats, most of them ganged up on Sister Lian, and fewer of them bothered the three of us. However, almost none of the monster rats bothered Teacher La. It seems that they can distinguish between our strength and weakness."

When Jiang Shu was mentioned, the group of people suddenly paused in surprise.

"Speaking of which, where is Teacher La?"

"Damn it! With such weak combat power and such slow speed, where did all those points go?!" Without saying a word, Bai Lian turned around and ran back the way she came.

Lei Bi suddenly had a bad feeling: "Oh no, is he going to get bogged down?"

The three of them came to their senses and followed Bai Lian's footsteps back.

To their despair, they did not see any trace of Jiang Shu along the way.

The further back they went, the more violently the ground shook.

Upon seeing this, the three of them felt their hearts sink.

Lei Bi asked Ke Ke Le with a long face, "Didn't you say they would prioritize attacking the strong? Why are they picking on the weak now?"

"That was just speculation, I don't know either." Coca-Cola was upset.

They soon found their leader.

Bai Lian was standing far away on the back slope in front.

The three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Oh no, the Madwoman isn't moving at all. Has the Hot Teacher already started to smell bad?

When the three of them finally crossed the slope, they discovered that Bai Lian wasn't motionless because the hot teacher smelled bad.

She was so shocked that she didn't move.

Looking ahead, the three of them gradually opened their mouths wide.

Hundreds of strange rats are rushing towards the same direction from all directions.

In the center of that rat swarm, Jiang Shu was like a war god, slaughtering everything in his path.

He slammed his right fist into the ground, and immediately the strange rats within a ten-meter radius seemed to be struck, exploding and dying instantly.

A few who managed to pounce on Jiang Shu during a gap in his right fist were met with Jiang Shu's left fist. With one punch, their skin was torn open, blood flowed from their seven orifices, and they flew backward.

Each round of alternating left and right punches resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen strange rats, an efficiency comparable to the lawnmower in Plants vs. Zombies.

"This is too exaggerated..." Lei Bi was speechless.

Da Vinci swallowed hard, stunned, and said, "With that kind of skill, why were you slacking off just now?"

Coca-Cola regained his confidence: "I told you, these strange rats will prioritize attacking those who are strong."

But the three of them soon had a question: "If they have this kind of strength, why can't they keep up with us?"

“Because he’s only level three.” Bai Lian took a deep breath: “He probably doesn’t have any speed at all.”

"This is fucking level three?!"

Amidst the swarm of rats, Jiang Shu, who possessed the abilities of "high damage with the left fist and high damage with the right fist!" and was wielding the "Five Poisons" in full power, also spotted the four.

He gritted his teeth:

"You finally remembered me?!"