Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable Chapter 180: The Apocalypse - I Am Not the Holy Mother 87

Ever since Lin Shuangshuang acted as a psychological counselor for Chi Shaolong, the distant aura Chi Shaolong used to exude had noticeably diminished. However, his face remained as expressionless as a glacier, a trait that seed unchangeable. Even Lin Shuangshuang found it hard to make both her facial expressions and language more expressive.

After seven days of travelling with Li Man, Monkey finally reported to Zhang Ling that Li Man had made contact with soone. The person who ca was adept at using the trees to conceal their movents and presence. If Monkey, born in the forest and skilled in hiding, hadn’t been so observant, they wouldn’t have been discovered.

Li Man t this person at noon, under the pretense of answering nature’s call. Although Monkey was more intelligent and perceptive than so particularly mutated creatures, it wasn’t human and couldn’t comprehend what Li Man and the person discussed or did after their eting.

Luckily, Monkey’s task wasn’t to understand; Zhang Ling had instructed Monkey to identify who Li Man was eting and then locate their ho base.

Monkey accomplished Zhang Ling’s instructions smoothly. The person’s concealnt abilities were indeed formidable, such that many mutated creatures wouldn’t notice them, but Monkey was an exception. By tailing this person, Monkey easily found their base, which was quite a distance from Lin Shuangshuang’s group, about ten miles away!

Having located these people’s base, Monkey could now record their aura and track their movents, ensuring that their side wouldn’t be caught off guard by an ambush.

In the following days, Li Man cautiously refrained from contacting that person again, but Monkey already knew the exact location of the other party and could locate them at any ti. So, it didn’t matter if Li Man contacted them again or not.

The path ahead grew increasingly difficult, and Li Man ntioned that they were not far from the energy stone. The group also noticed that the mutated creatures ahead were becoming more challenging to deal with, indicating that Li Man might be telling the truth this ti.

After defeating another wave of mutated creatures, the group set up their mobile safety fortresses, eating and resting while Zhang Ling sketched out their path forward on the ground, saying to the others, "We are now at the entrance of a basin. To reach the energy stone’s location, we must pass through this basin."

During rest tis, they always set up two mobile safety fortresses—one for their group and one for Li Man and Jia Shuyi. The fortresses could block sound and presence, so everyone felt secure in their discussions and deliberations.

Zhang Ling pointed at the depiction of the basin on the ground, "Li Man once ntioned that inside this basin lies a sea of flowers, within which are specially mutated bees and mantis swarms. Yet she never disclosed what dangers lie here, rely stating that beyond the basin, three particularly formidable mutated creatures guard the energy stone. She lost her teammates here, but I suspect the only misleading part of Li Man’s information might be here."

"Those mutated mantises are likely awakened with superpowers, and these mantises’ powers must have special attributes, such as the ability to coordinate group attacks or disguise and launch surprise attacks. All these are possibilities!" Lin Shuangshuang analyzed following Zhang Ling’s words. These superpowers were not imagined out of thin air but sothing Lin Shuangshuang had truly witnessed in her previous life.

"As for the area around the energy stone, Li Man probably underestimated the truly formidable mutated creature. Although mutated creatures have evolved so wisdom, they still possess animalistic thoughts, lacking the concept of sharing or cooperation. It’s improbable for three mutated creatures to peacefully coexist guarding the energy stone. It should be an extrely powerful mutated creature guarding the stone, with these three serving as the second or even third line of defense!"

Lin Shuangshuang believed the most likely scenario was that these three mutated creatures ford the third line, and inside there might be two more lines of mutated creatures guarding the energy stone.

Given Li Man’s nature, it’s entirely probable for her to orchestrate such a layered trap, where after dealing with three prepared mutated creatures, another one could unexpectedly appear.

The group, if unprepared, could face a loss. Even if they remained vigilant and defeated the next mutated creature that appeared, they might lower their guards, believing it to be the final challenge.

When they let their guard down to retrieve the energy stone, they could encounter an even more powerful mutated creature! At that point, the group could either perish alongside the final mutated creature or secure a grim victory. Then Li Man could easily resolve to eliminate them and take the energy stone herself.

Zhang Ling fully agreed with Lin Shuangshuang’s analysis and even considered sothing more severe. "Sister Shuangshuang’s assessnt is most likely, and I think the actual mutated creature guarding the energy stone might also have the ability to command other mutated creatures."

"If it gets to the place you all described, and once it’s confird we’re in the trap, Li Man and Jia Shuyi should try to leave us," Song Yuhang said, biting into grilled at wrapped in mutated green vegetables.

"Is Li Man planning to escape during the chaos when fighting with the mutated mantises outside or inside the basin?" Li Wenxuan asked, turning the grilled at in his hand.

"No, Li Man will likely accompany us through the basin," Lin Shuangshuang believed that Li Man wouldn’t feel at ease leaving until she was sure they had fallen into the trap.

"Why? If there are indeed mantises with special abilities in the basin, won’t she expose herself by not telling us the truth? Isn’t she afraid we’ll kill her!" Li Wenbo found it unreasonable for Li Man to stay.

"Exposure?" Lin Shuangshuang sneered, "It’s just that the mantises’ abilities inside the basin don’t match what she said. Having chosen to face the dangers with us, she can easily backtrack, saying, ’I never encountered such formidable mantises or particularly mutated ones during my last visit, and had no idea these mutates were so fierce! If I knew, I would have said so. Besides, I’m entering with you; if I knew the dangers, would I have entered at all?’"

Seeing that Li Wenbo hadn’t thought of these, Lin Shuangshuang continued, "If Li Man is ruthless enough to injure herself a bit, by then, with nothing to substantiate, how could you prove she deceived us! She can completely shrug it off as re misinformation."

Lin Shuangshuang thought that with Li Man’s character, who does anything for profit and dares to take risks, there’s more than a ninety percent chance she would do this!

"So, when do you think she’ll decide to leave us?" Li Wenbo clicked his tongue but remained silent, while Chi Shaolong, seldom sitting among the group, looked at Lin Shuangshuang to ask.

"It’s quite possible she will leave when we, as she ntioned, finish battling those three mutated creatures and are suddenly attacked by another or more mutated creatures, leaving us in disarray!"

Lin Shuangshuang considered Li Man’s temperant and felt that this would be the most likely ti for her to leave, the mont she could be sure they were caught in the trap.

"Since Li Man is most likely to leave at that ti, Sister Shuangshuang, Brother Chi, you two need to pay special attention to Li Man and Jia Shuyi when that mont cos, and you can’t let those two escape! Daring to sche against us this way, we must make sure to leave her behind here this ti!" Zhang Ling said with a tone that had already turned ruthless by the end of her statent!