Apocalypse King System

Several enormous, gray-white vines, each as thick as a small car and blocking out the sky, violently extended from a distant skylight. In the horrified gaze of Han Yan, these terrifying vines plunged straight into the ground.

The ground within dozens of meters instantly cracked open, creating folds and cracks that dispersed in an instant. A violent tremor made Han Yan struggle to maintain her balance, as if experiencing an earthquake. The seismic waves naturally reached the surrounding green ocean.

Before Han Yan could recover from the shock caused by the gigantic gray-white vine, she witnessed the nearby walls of the green ocean suddenly surging. Like long green serpents, covering the walls, corridors, and fences, the densely packed green vines seemed to come to life all at once. They collectively surged toward the direction of the skylight where the gigantic gray-white vine was.

"Ah, ah..."

The slender Wen crawled desperately next to Han Yan, shaking her vigorously.

"Run!"

Finally snapping out of the shock and fear, Han Yan and Wen ran for their lives, trying to get as far away as possible from that skylight.

When Han Yan and Wen finally sprinted to a relatively intact building, hundreds of meters away from the gray-white vines, Han Yan trembled in fear.

"Damn, what kind of monster is this?"

Trembling all over, Han Yan had seen, while they were sprinting for their lives, the green vines covering the walls seemed to be commanded by something, surging toward the gigantic gray-white vine.

Wen, who had consumed the zombie crystal, wasn't much better off. With enhanced hearing and an unusually keen sense of higher-level organisms, he couldn't escape the terror.

He could clearly sense that the gray-white vines, several hundred meters away, were constantly emitting a violent oppressive force, as if acting on the soul, making him involuntarily feel the urge to kneel down in fear.

"We can't stay here; we need to get out," Han Yan thought. Fortunately, the walls and buildings covered by these vines were exposed, and as long as they found the main gate, they could definitely exit the botanical garden.

Enduring the intense trembling of the earth and the fearful sensation brought by the colossal vines, the two carefully navigated through the space revealed by the receding vines, searching for a way to exit.

At this moment, the gray-white giant vines inserted into the ground were slowly rising and breaking through the soil. At the tips of the gray-white vines, several struggling men were bound.

Hearing the distant cries and gunshots, Han Yan's pupils contracted—the familiar sound of shotguns. These were firearms produced within the base, due to outdated production lines and a lack of technical talent, only these crude old-fashioned shotguns could be manufactured.

Their advantage was significant firepower, but the drawbacks were slow reloading and extremely poor accuracy. They didn't even have rifling, and the gunshots were exceptionally loud, often heard several kilometers away.

Unless absolutely necessary, people rarely used them outside to avoid attracting zombie hordes.

Han Yan knew very well that the gunshots must be from Wang Meng's group. She didn't dare to look back, running straight toward the direction of the botanical garden gate.

On the other side, on the incredibly sturdy gray-white vines, several survivors who were bound and wailing incessantly were swiftly pulled back into the skylight.

"Ah..."

Wang Meng watched as the wall above him was forcibly broken open, and then several unimaginably colossal gray-white vines reached in, grabbing and taking away the majority of the group as if plucking small chickens.

The remaining survivors were frightened out of their wits, frantically crawling forward through the sewer pipe, completely ignoring the large hole that had been forcefully torn open by the vines behind them.

Fortunately, there were only four giant vines, so even though they took away half of the people, the other half managed to survive.

At this moment, although continuing down the sewer pipe was very dangerous, returning to the surface might be even more terrifying. The densely packed, small vines resembling a green sea were terrifying enough, and adding the colossal creature that looked like a giant, who knew what else might emerge.

Wang Meng probably also guessed that the gray-white vines that suddenly reached in earlier were undoubtedly the same colossal creature they had seen in the skylight before, towering dozens of meters in height.

Such a monster, if alive, would be impervious to their small, old shotguns. Even if they used explosives, it probably wouldn't have much effect.

Facing this botanical garden full of strangeness, he had lost any desire to explore and just wanted to escape this hell as quickly as possible.

The remaining few men were fleeing for their lives, afraid that a few vines would pierce the ground several meters deep and bind them, taking them away.

"How... how could this happen!" Han Yan looked at the scene before her in shock.

They had finally passed through the decayed ruins, reaching the back door of the botanical garden, hoping to escape from there. However, they found a dense horde of black zombies not far away, rushing toward them. The distance was less than a few dozen meters.

Han Yan could even clearly hear the roars of the zombies and their excited footsteps, eager for fresh blood. Like a tide, they surged forward, tearing apart anything living in their path.

Han Yan's body shivered, and with just a fleeting glance, she sensed that this wave of small zombie horde had at least several thousand zombies.

For them, facing such a small zombie horde was nothing short of a disaster.

Caught between a rock and a hard place, they had to decide what to do.

"When we explored this place earlier, there were no zombie hordes nearby for several kilometers. Why would so many zombies suddenly appear?" Han Yan lamented silently.

If it were just a few isolated zombies, even if there were a dozen, she, who had survived in the apocalypse and been through numerous battles, could handle it.

However, a zombie horde of over a thousand formed an unparalleled force of impact. Dealing with such a massive horde would be extremely challenging, even if they were to attack Tianhe City's gathering point.

The densely packed zombie horde, fearless and unyielding, capable of crawling forward even with broken legs, was enough to crush the morale of anyone.

The desire for survival momentarily overcame the fear of the monsters in the botanical garden. Han Yan gritted her teeth and ran in the opposite direction.

Young Wen was momentarily stunned but quickly followed behind Han Yan.

The two of them ran back towards the direction of the giant vines in the skylight.

Next, the two witnessed the most shocking and terrifying scene of their lives.

Densely packed, like an ocean, the green vines surged towards the giant vine in the skylight, seemingly parasitizing it. The skylight where the giant vine was located was completely covered by the sea of green vines.

The enormous tentacles extending from the giant vine relentlessly attacked, smashing into the green vine sea with simple swings, smashes, and twists.

Sections of the green vine sea were crushed into countless green fluids, mixing with the soil on the ground.

Before long, accompanied by a deafening sound, the skylight where the giant vine was located completely collapsed during its battle with the green vines, revealing the entire scene.

After the dust settled, Han Yan desperately widened her eyes, watching this awe-inspiring scene.

The ocean-like green tide seemed intent on enveloping and covering the giant vine layer by layer, attempting to parasitize and erode it.

The giant vine, in turn, struggled against the assault. Its grayish-white body inexplicably solidified, and its massive tentacles relentlessly pounded and struck the green tide attempting to cover it. Each strike caused the nearby ground to tremble.

The small vines constituting the green tide were completely shattered, turning into debris and fluids. Subsequently, new vines covered the remnants, and a relentless wave of green vines surged toward the giant vine.

The green vine ocean, seemingly infuriated, became even more frenzied. Almost as soon as the front vines were shattered, the vines behind wriggled and crawled over. Many green vines even entwined around the tentacles of the giant grayish-white vine.

On the tentacles of the giant grayish-white vine, numerous green lines appeared, creating an extremely eerie sight.