Without hesitation, it turned around and fled the dangerous place as quickly as possible.

But Ghost Vine was faster. Its tendrils instantly wrapped around the rat’s legs, and Lin Yun’s stem club followed closely behind, striking the rat’s body.

The rat, in pain, struggled frantically, its sharp claws trying to tear apart Ghost Vine.

However, Ghost Vine’s vines were exceptionally tough. Instead of being torn apart, they tightened their grip even more. The rat squeaked in anger and fear, but to no avail.

Under Lin Yun’s repeated blows, the rat reluctantly breathed its last.

It regretted not running away immediately, but instead eyeing the human who clearly wanted to eat it. If only it hadn’t rushed out then.

Seeing that the rat was finally dead, Lin Yun realized what she had done and quickly took a few steps back.

She smashed the rat’s head to pieces with the stem club in her hand, leaving it a bloody mess.

If Lin Yun hadn’t been mentally strong, she probably would have screamed at the sight.

She suppressed the nausea rising within her and quickly called Ghost Vine to leave.

She hadn’t forgotten that the world had changed. The stench of blood was extremely strong here, and if she didn’t leave soon, there was a high chance that a new, more powerful predator would arrive—or that another Survivor would hear the commotion.

She found a relatively intact house and had Ghost Vine go inside first to check the situation. After confirming that there were no problems, she then hid inside.

She suddenly felt like an idiot. How could she have forgotten to pick a few leaves from the Star Tea Tree? If she had even one leaf, she might feel much better now.

After a while, Lin Yun took the water from her backpack and drank a couple of sips, finally suppressing the nausea.

She wasn’t in a hurry to leave. The self-built house was three stories high, and she planned to go up to the third floor to find a window from which she could observe the town.

[Youyou, are you alright?]

Ghost Vine thoroughly inspected the self-built house from top to bottom and only returned to Lin Yun’s side after confirming there were no problems. Seeing that she was still sitting in the same spot, it quickly asked what was wrong.

Lin Yun shook her head to indicate that she was fine, then asked about the situation on the upper floors.

After receiving an affirmative answer, she got up and went upstairs.

She found a window on the third floor with the curtains still in place and hid behind them, with only her eyes showing.

A man appeared on the street covered in green. He was the Survivor who had been drawn there by the rat’s screams.

When he heard the rats screaming, he immediately realized that there were Survivors confronting them. He thought he could go over and take advantage of the chaos.

The man cautiously and furtively crossed the street, then stopped in a shady spot, peering around warily. The sound he had just heard was coming from this side, so why had it suddenly stopped after he came over?

Just yesterday, after the group of Survivors escaped from Ghost Vine, they had all run frantically in this direction for their lives.

They didn’t dare approach the forest again, fearing that the vines might catch up with them unnoticed and kill them all.

Aside from that strange vine, no one knew what else was on the mountain—perhaps a ferocious beast or some other unknown threat.

These Survivors preferred to settle in towns overrun by plants rather than risk going any closer.

They feared that once they stepped into the forest, they would become prey for unknown creatures in the mountains and be mercilessly torn to pieces.

Within the towns, where they were at least familiar with human structures, they could survive longer in this dangerous world as long as they were careful.

Therefore, they all tacitly avoided choosing houses near the forest.

The man listened carefully to his surroundings. It was very quiet, as if the squealing of the rats he had heard earlier had never happened.

Since there were no other Survivors nearby, the man gritted his teeth, emerged from the shadows, and began cautiously feeling his way forward.

Squeak...

Squeak...

A slight noise suddenly came from a house not far away.

They had just heard their companion’s screams. Their companion was in danger!

Lin Yun didn’t notice the rustling sounds not far away, but Ghost Vine did. However, since those things didn’t approach, it remained silent.

Lin Yun lowered the curtains again, sat down by the window, and opened her personal panel to enter the [Mission Center].

It was still early, and she didn’t want to run into the man below, so she decided to check the missions in the Mission Center first.

Daily Mission: Submit 10 Rats

Mission Difficulty: E

Reward: 10 Points

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Wait a minute! Did she just miss out on an easy ten points?!

Lin Yun’s eyes widened. She should have checked the Mission Center before leaving the house!

She scratched her head in frustration. Was it too late to go back and retrieve that dead rat and submit it?

Ghost Vine nudged Lin Yun and whispered,

[What’s written there?]

"Little illiterate, it says ten rats for ten points."

[Really?! There are so many rats outside. Do you want me to catch them? I’ll catch them for you!]

Ghost Vine suddenly became excited. It had just noticed a large number of rats coming this way.

"So many... rats? Now?"

Lin Yun suddenly had a bad feeling.

[Yes.]

Just as Ghost Vine finished speaking, a man’s scream came from outside.

"Ah—!"

Lin Yun and Ghost Vine exchanged another glance. Lin Yun immediately stood up and went to the window, looking outside through a gap in the curtains.

Not far away, a group of giant rats was frantically rushing toward the man. He was holding a steel pipe and waving it wildly, trying to drive the rats away.

But there were simply too many rats. They kept getting past his defenses, leaving bloody scratches across his body.

The man’s screams grew more and more agonizing, and soon they were drowned out by the rats.

Lin Yun’s face turned pale again.

These rats were terrifying, but when she thought about the mission and the points, she couldn’t help feeling tempted.

There were simply too many rats, and they were quite large. She roughly counted about a dozen.

Having no combat experience, it would be a lie to say she wasn’t flustered when suddenly faced with so many rats.

However, recalling the explosive and ice sunflower seeds in her backpack, Lin Yun came up with a new idea.

While the rats were still gnawing on the man’s corpse, Lin Yun took out several more explosive sunflower seeds.

"Little Vine, you know what I mean, right?"

Ghost Vine stretched out its vines and caught the explosive sunflower seeds.

Although it could fight, there were indeed too many rats, and it was worried that some might escape. Since Lin Yun had a ready-made weapon, of course it was going to use it.

Ghost Vine quietly climbed out of the window and landed on the ground without making a sound.

Lin Yun took out the stem club again, gripped it tightly, and tiptoed downstairs, trying not to attract the rats’ attention.

Ghost Vine crept closer, but the rats were too busy gnawing on the corpse to notice it.

By the time they realized what was happening, the explosive sunflower seeds had already landed among them.

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