Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in a Apocalypse

Ch. 77: Inside the stomach

The road ahead is devoid of any mutant, with the ground littered with animal bones. Occasionally, a few seemingly intact human skulls fall, and the path is very narrow, only allowing one car to pass. On both sides of the road were rows of closely spaced cement houses, without any gaps.

Several larvae could be seen as they emerge from the bone fragments, their shriveled skin folds rich, quickly disappearing into the damp soil.

"The road here doesn't seem right," frowns Si Yin Yuan.

This is their third day out, and according to the plan, they should have seen the high school after bypassing a small county.

Si Yin Yuan, propping up the car window, looks outside with some disdain. "The smell of blood is so strong."

Using its fourth hand, Guan Yin chased away an larva. "These larvae usually like to parasitize in moist corpses, but here, there are only bones, yet so many insects."

As the car accelerates forward, the pervasive stench does not dissipate.

This odor is not particularly strong for humans, but for delicate Ji Jiu and sensitive Awakened individuals, it is piercing.

Ji Jiu coverd his nose with his hand. "It smells like blood and something else fermenting."

Not just the smell of blood.

Yu Feichen shoots a larva, annoyed. "I haven't seen the source of the smell yet."

Although they have a keen sense of smell, the smell is everywhere here, making it difficult to determine the direction.

The surroundings are eerily quiet, with no sound except for the occasional daring larva approaching them.

Si Yin Yuan steps on the brake, stopping the car.

"Boss, why did you stop?" Yu Feichen looks puzzled.

"The source of the smell is the ground beneath us," Si Yin Yuan says casually.

The ground beneath their feet is not moist but rather fertilized by blood, fermenting into a sticky substance.

Yu Feichen is startled, pulls out his combat stick from his waist, and stabs the soil, stirring it. The soil seems to come alive and starts to ripple.

Feeling the movement, the iron combat stick immediately senses a strong suction force. Yu Feichen tightens his grip, preventing the stick from being sucked into the soil. If a person stepped in or other small creatures entered, the outcome would be evident.

Yu Feichen pats his chest in lingering fear. "Our car is fine?"

This place is like a swamp that devours humans. It makes sense why the larvae survive here; it's a blood-soaked land.

Ji Jiu: "This land may be conscious. It can sense that the car is relatively large, judging it as a difficult prey. It chooses to exhaust our energy before swallowing us. If it were a lighter creature, it might have been directly eaten."

He paused, looking at the owner for encouragement, then continued, "You can see it from these larvae. The land chose not to eat them but let them grow. Most likely, these insects, unlike the car, haven't met its consumption standards yet. So, it plans to wait until they grow up before consuming them."

He paused again, glancing at the owner, receiving a kiss.

After taking on so many tasks, Ji Jiu's starting to think from a human perspective. Yu Feichen gets his IQ beaten, and now he's being fed dog food by two people.

Guan Yin asked weakly, "Then can't we speed up and leave this blood-soaked land?"

Wouldn't it be more dangerous to stop the car?