The giant beast sniffed the air, carefully trying to distinguish the scent of humans.

As it did so, it suddenly paused.

Why did it smell like a human was heading up the mountain?

What was going on?

Never mind. It could think about that later. After all, once it had eaten its fill, it would have to return to the mountain anyway. It could investigate then.

The giant beast sniffed the air again, carefully following the scent until it locked onto a direction.

It had already chosen its meal for the day.

Following the scent to the place where the humans had disappeared yesterday, the giant beast did not rush forward to alert its prey like it had the day before.

Instead, it found a nearby hiding place, curled up, and patiently waited for dawn.

It would simply wait for its food to come out on its own.

After getting up, Yao An’an quickly washed up and tidied herself.

She still needed to hurry to meet Chen Anna. They had agreed to go pick corn together today.

They didn’t know when that girl from yesterday would arrive, so they had to get there early and wait for her.

However, the moment Yao An’an stepped out of her shelter, she suddenly felt as if someone was watching her.

Her entire body broke out in goosebumps, and the hairs on the back of her neck stood on end.

Her sixth sense was telling her that something was definitely wrong.

Yao An’an immediately retreated into the shelter and didn’t dare to step outside again.

Although the gaze was faint, she could still sense it.

After being selected by Infinite Survival, Yao An’an had been placed near the town, unlike Lin Yun and the others.

Their group of survivors had been dropped not far from the town, with the city behind them. They had watched helplessly as mutated animals passed by and rushed toward the city.

Yao An’an remembered the scene clearly.

There had been quite a few mutated animals in the area.

Many of them had stared at the survivors with fierce, bloodshot eyes, as if they were looking at prey.

Yet, strangely enough, none of them stopped to attack.

Instead, they simply bypassed the survivors and continued toward the city.

For some unknown reason, it seemed as though all those animals had been drawn toward the city by some mysterious force.

Those bloodshot eyes, fixed on them like they were food, had given Yao An’an nightmares for two whole nights.

So when that familiar gaze appeared again, she noticed it immediately.

A chill ran through her.

Could the mutated animals that had rushed into the city have returned?

If so, the survivors in this town were in danger!

Mutated plants were still somewhat manageable. After all, they were rooted in place and generally couldn’t leave their territories.

Mutated animals were different.

They could run, jump, and chase their prey wherever they wanted.

That made them far more terrifying.

Then Yao An’an suddenly remembered Chen Anna.

Chen Anna had invited her to go pick corn today!

But now that she knew a mutated animal was watching her, she couldn’t leave the shelter.

And she had no idea whether there were even more mutated animals lurking outside after returning from the city.

The more she thought about it, the more worried she became.

Yao An’an paced anxiously inside the shelter.

Outside, the giant beast watched as its chosen prey suddenly retreated into the shelter and disappeared.

It couldn’t help feeling annoyed.

This human had absolutely no awareness of what it meant to be prey!

The giant beast stopped hiding and emerged from the shadows, curious to see where its food had gone.

It searched around the place where the human had disappeared, but no matter how carefully it looked, it couldn’t find anything.

The giant beast stared intently at the shelter entrance.

Then, after a while, it quietly disappeared back into the darkness.

It had plenty of time.

It could afford to wait.

Inside the shelter, Yao An’an was suddenly overwhelmed by an immense sense of fear.

It felt as though an invisible hand had tightly gripped her heart.

She knew it.

There was a mutated animal outside watching her!

Had it... discovered her?

No!

She was inside the shelter!

The system had already told her that the shelter was absolutely safe.

As long as she didn’t lose her mind and recklessly open the door, the mutated animals outside couldn’t hurt her.

Even so, Yao An’an couldn’t suppress the fear in her heart.

She curled up in a corner, trembling as she hugged herself.

At the same time, she couldn’t help worrying about Chen Anna and Lin Yun, the two people who had saved her life.

Lin Yun and Chen Anna were completely unaware of what was happening on Yao An’an’s side.

After getting ready, Lin Yun poured the water she had brewed with star tea tree leaves the previous day into a portable water bottle and put it into her backpack.

She also took two large basins from the department store, filled them with water, and put them into her backpack.

These were the basins of water she had promised to bring to the camphor tree.

Lin Yun then took the unopened packages from her backpack and placed them inside the shelter.

She also brought in the clothes that had been drying outside before preparing to leave again.

Before leaving, she didn’t forget to take out the solar panels and have Ghost Vine’s main vine arrange them outside to charge.

As Lin Yun walked toward the town at the foot of the mountain, she spent four points at the points mall to buy two steamed buns.

She was quite lucky today.

One of the buns was filled with meat, while the other contained seaweed.

Ghost Vine was perched on Lin Yun’s shoulder.

The moment it saw the food, it immediately stretched out a vine and poked her.

Lin Yun had no choice but to break off half of one bun and give it to Ghost Vine.

Ghost Vine was instantly delighted.

After arriving in town, Lin Yun headed straight toward the department store she had visited the previous day.

From a distance, she spotted Chen Anna peeking out from inside the store.

Lin Yun glanced at the time.

It was only a little past 7:30.

This girl had arrived quite early.

When Chen Anna saw Lin Yun emerge from around the corner, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief and waved for her to hurry over.

Lin Yun noticed that Chen Anna’s expression seemed unusual.

She frowned slightly and quickened her pace.

The moment Lin Yun entered the department store, Chen Anna anxiously spoke up.

"Yao An’an is in trouble!"

Lin Yun paused.

Chen Anna hurriedly explained, "I forgot to tell you what time we were meeting yesterday, so I didn’t know when you would arrive. I arranged to meet Yao An’an here at seven this morning, but it’s already been half an hour, and she still hasn’t shown up!"

"Yao An’an isn’t usually late. She’s been gone for so long... something must have happened!"

Lin Yun frowned.

After hearing Chen Anna’s explanation, it really did seem as though Yao An’an had encountered some kind of trouble.

After all, the two of them were supposed to go pick corn today.

In a town where food was so scarce, no one would willingly give up an opportunity to collect food.

Chen Anna noticed Ghost Vine swaying gently on Lin Yun’s shoulder.

She hesitated before speaking nervously.

"I... I know this is an unreasonable request, but could you please come with me to find Yao An’an?"

She wasn’t sure whether Lin Yun would agree.

Her hands were already sweating from nervousness, but she had no other choice.

She couldn’t just leave Yao An’an behind.

"I’ll give you half of the corn I found!"

Chen Anna hurriedly raised her offer.

"No, two-thirds!"

"Whether we find Yao An’an or not, and whether we manage to save her or not, I’ll give you two-thirds of the corn!"

Lin Yun raised an eyebrow.

"Two-thirds?"

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