Others looked at Zhuo Huan, hoping she would agree to leave early.
"What do you want to eat?"
Chong Yan started a fire and said, "Snake soup. I wanted it yesterday."
Zhuo Huan took the things from his hand and helped him process the snake meat.
"If you're in a hurry, you can go ahead. We'll catch up."
"Miss Zhao, we've been out for a day already. People in the team are waiting for us to return. Your parents and family are also..."
"It's okay," the girl ran over and helped with the processing. "It's been a day anyway, so another meal won't make much difference. Everyone help out, and we'll finish eating and leave quickly."
She was quick and efficient, helping to process the snake meat. Others wanted to go back quickly and initially stood still. It wasn't until the two soldiers reluctantly stepped forward to help that everyone pitched in to get things ready.
An hour later, Chong Yan finally got to eat the snake soup he had been craving. He drank the soup contentedly and smiled at Zhuo Huan, looking quite endearing.
Zhuo Huan patted his head, "Eat quickly, and then we'll go."
She herself hadn't touched it at all.
As this body gradually adapted to her soul, her spiritual energy could sustain everything, making food optional.
"Aren't you eating?"
"I'm not hungry."
Zhu Yu Jue, not far away, glanced at the two of them.
Zhu Xing Chen squeezed over, "Brother, what did you say to her last night?"
"Nothing."
"What about last night?" Zhu Xue Wei smacked her second brother. "Second brother, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing."
"You're lying to me! Something happened, why won't you tell me?"
"Because you talk too much," Zhu Xing Chen tapped her head. "Wei Wei, this world is not like it used to be. You need to control your temper from now on. If you continue like this, we may not be able to protect you."
He was just an ordinary person. If it were in the past, even if the Zhu family went bankrupt, he could still make a living with his looks. Now, he could do nothing.
Those bodyguards had worked for the Zhu family for a long time, and since Zhu Yu Jue could find those supplies, they continued to follow them to protect the Zhu family. But this situation wouldn't last long.
They would all leave. Then, he and his brother didn't know how they would protect this old and young family. The others were fine, but they knew Zhu Xue Wei's temper too well. At this moment, they wanted to discipline her a bit.
Zhu Xue Wei felt a little wronged.
Seeing the two people sitting not far away, she bit her lip and said with some jealousy, "I, I understand."
Why could those two live so carefree?
Looking at Chong Yan happily eating, and Zhuo Huan gazing at him tenderly, she didn't know who to be jealous of.
Perhaps feeling she had gone too far, Chong Yan ate quite quickly. The others also didn't dare to delay. They quickly finished their food. Chong Yan put the messy things into his spatial storage, and the group set off again.
They had traveled some distance last night, but they were still quite far from the highway. After more than an hour, they saw the spot where Chong Yan had killed the large snake yesterday.
There were still bloodstains here.
The young men in the back chatted a few words, while those in the front craned their necks to look around, and then suddenly their eyes widened.
"Snake!"
The bodyguard driving slammed on the brakes. The people behind, not reacting in time, braked and crashed into them. With a loud "bang," their eardrums ached.
Chong Yan shook his head, feeling dizzy and nauseous. He almost vomited the snake soup he had eaten that morning. He turned around, glared fiercely at the person who spoke, and retreated into Zhuo Huan's arms aggrievedly.
Zhuo Huan patted his back, "Are you okay?"
"Dizzy."
The others probably felt the same.
"Sorry, I was too rushed."
The snake the boy mentioned was not ahead, but in the nearby withered forest, about four to five hundred meters along the highway, like a snake valley, densely packed with snakes. Just looking at it was uncomfortable.
"How can there be so many?"
When they passed this place yesterday, only a few snakes had emerged from the woods. Today, it was dozens or even a hundred times more.
This was too terrifying.
"Don't mind them, keep going."
These snakes were clearly not all from this place; most of them came from another dimension. She didn't know what Luan Yu had done that these things were still not dealt with.
These snakes would definitely injure people, and she had the ability to solve them. However, the apocalypse had only just begun, and she didn't want to be too conspicuous or steal Chong Yan's limelight.
This person was lazy and pampered. It was really difficult to make him actively help others and earn merit points.
She certainly couldn't steal his thunder.
"They're so ugly."
"Then don't look." Let's find something else.
The driver said worriedly, "With these things here, people passing by in the future might be blocked, and who knows how many will die."
Another person said, "We'll report back to the army and see if they can warn everyone. This is indeed too dangerous."
Although they didn't see a snake as large as the one Chong Yan had killed among those snakes, the forest beside them was quite large, and there might be even larger snakes inside.
"Okay."
The snakes did not attack them actively. Perhaps they were not hungry at the moment, or perhaps they sensed that Chong Yan, who had killed one of their large snakes, was present. They drove their car over some small snakes, crushing them, and the others did not attack them.
After leaving the "snake valley," many people breathed a sigh of relief.
The rest of the journey was relatively quiet. Ordinary animals would not actively attack cars traveling at high speed, and they were scared away by the extreme speed. They safely exited the highway and entered a small town where the main camp had once been located.
Since they hadn't traveled for long, they didn't plan to rest. However, shortly after entering the town, something landed on their car.
The driver tried to remove it with the windshield wipers. After a brief struggle, the wiper broke with a "crack." The thing clung to the car window, its body slowly unfolding. A pair of very ugly wings stretched wider and wider, eventually blocking the driver's vision.
He had no choice but to stop the car.
The person in the passenger seat cursed, "What kind of stupid thing is this? Crashing into someone's car, trying to die!"
Saying that, he was about to get out of the car to pry off the monster.
"Be careful."
"It's fine."
Despite saying that, he still grabbed a gun.
As soon as he aimed his gun at the winged monster, the monster, which was clearly lying on the windshield, opened its mouth directly from the front. Its mouth, filled with sharp teeth, suddenly enlarged three times, biting down on his hand and the gun.
The man cried out in pain. Enduring the pain, he pulled the trigger. Only after firing a few shots did the monster let go. However, it was not dead, only injured in the mouth. Its gaping maw truly became a "bloody maw," and it lunged at him again.
Behind them, two other cars were also being attacked by these strange birds. Their initial forms were not large, with a wingspan of at most half a meter. However, when their entire bodies were stretched out, they could instantly grow three to four times larger, becoming enormous.