Hearing Fatty's words, Duan Xue, who was lying face-up during the rolling, turned her head to look at him. She opened her mouth to say something, but her body suddenly shrank drastically, and she passed out at the same time.

Fortunately, Fatty had already activated his skill, "Come Over Here!", forcing all the mutated rats to attack him.

Therefore, although many mutated rats stepped on Duan Xue's body to rush towards Fatty, not a single one lowered its head to bite her.

At this moment, Tianya had also rushed over. After passing Fatty, he ran towards Duan Xue against the tide of mutated rats. Then, ignoring a rat that had just climbed onto her body, he reached out and pulled Duan Xue up, then turned and ran!

At this time, Fatty was even "fatter." The mutated rats completely submerged him, and he was completely invisible!

"I'm here!"

Running to the front of the off-road vehicle, Tianya shouted loudly, then disappeared with Duan Xue, returning to the multi-functional hall…

As soon as they returned, Duan Lei immediately came to the battle point at the front of the vehicle, coldly watching Fatty, who was already submerged by the rat swarm.

Fatty's talent ability also lasted for one minute, so Duan Lei was still calculating the time in his mind—Fatty had shouted the name of his talent ability earlier so that Duan Lei would have a clear time reference…

It had to be said that Fatty's skill for attracting hatred was truly powerful. As time passed second by second, a "pyramid" composed of rats appeared at Fatty's location.

According to Duan Lei's calculations, the number of mutated rats here had probably exceeded one thousand, and that didn't even include those they had killed earlier.

They had initially estimated that this should be a rat swarm composed of dozens to a hundred mutated rats, but now, the total number, including those they had killed, might break two thousand? Where did so many rats come from?

Duan Lei felt that all the rats in this entire area gathered together would probably only amount to one or two hundred at most, but now, a Shu Mountain—no, a Rat Mountain—had appeared before him!

Calculating that enough time had passed, Duan Lei took two steps forward, and then immediately activated Shattered Soul!

"Crash!"

As if a snow avalanche, the rat mountain that had buried Fatty instantly collapsed the moment Duan Lei activated Shattered Soul. All the rats didn't even have time to let out a final scream before their legs stretched straight out, and they fell to the ground…

Duan Lei immediately rushed forward, desperately picked up Fatty, and ran back. Although this guy was an Awakened One, his strength and agility were only ten points, just the limit of an ordinary person. It was indeed a bit difficult for him to carry such a three-hundred-plus-pound load.

Gray Bear also appeared at the front of the vehicle at this time, holding a grenade and swinging his arm, throwing it at the mutated rats behind them. Tianya, who had rescued Duan Xue earlier, reappeared on the roof of the vehicle, jumped off, and ran over to help Duan Lei pull Fatty back!

Finally, everyone safely returned to the vehicle, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, everyone had basically released all their skills and talent abilities, but fortunately, everyone was still alive. It was just that Duan Xue had suffered a lot of injuries, mostly on her face. After all, her skills and talent abilities didn't increase defense; they only increased strength to an abnormal degree.

However, under Xiaoya's treatment, Duan Xue's wounds had completely healed, and not even a scar would be left behind. It was just that because she had consumed too much mental energy, she was still in a weak state—just like Fatty!

"Damn it! Mutated beasts are really difficult to deal with. Isn't this the first time we've been so embarrassed?"

Gray Bear couldn't help but curse. He was the only one whose skill was still available, because his skill was useless against these rat swarms. His skill was used to kill bosses!

"Yeah! And it happened right after we got this Dark Night. I originally thought that with this thing, we'd basically be invincible!"

Fatty, who was slumped on the sofa, said.

"You should be glad that we were driving this instead of those two armored vehicles; otherwise, we'd probably be wiped out today!"

Tianya said:

"Also, it's fortunate that we didn't encounter a rat tide of this scale when we were leading the team; otherwise, even if we could escape, I estimate that none of the other survivors would be left. I bet that if that kind of situation really happened, it would leave a permanent shadow in all of our hearts!"

"Yeah!"

Everyone deeply agreed.

"Holy crap! Look! How… are there still so many? Is it another rat swarm? Did all the rats in the world come here for a meeting?"

At this moment, Gray Bear suddenly widened his eyes and looked out the window, exclaiming in disbelief.

"Huh?"

Seeing Gray Bear's expression, everyone turned their heads together. Even Fatty and Duan Xue, who were in a weak state, turned their heads to look. Then, everyone was shocked!

Outside the window, a sky-covering horde of mutated rats was rushing towards them, seemingly numbering in the thousands.

"…"

Even Duan Lei had a blank look on his face. Now that Li Chenzhou was unconscious, and the others were either in a weak state or had already used their skills and talent abilities, it was impossible to repeat the kind of joint operation they had just performed!

Moreover, the only one who could kill mutated rats on a large scale was Duan Lei's Shattered Soul, but the mental energy recovered in over an hour was simply not enough to activate Shattered Soul again.

The others did have skills that could cool down in ten minutes or an hour, but in this situation, they couldn't play a truly reversing role!

"Number One! Our armored vehicle's outer shell should be very strong, right?"

Duan Lei quickly asked.

"If the armor is enhanced, of course it's very strong, but this is a bare vehicle! You can imagine an ancient warrior without armor's defensive state!"

Number One answered relatively euphemistically:

"Also, the war chariot is not currently in defense mode, but in attack mode!"

"Then switch to defense mode!"

Duan Lei said immediately.

"Sorry! Changing modes can only be done with main permissions; secondary permissions require authorization!"

Number One replied.

"…"

Duan Lei looked speechlessly at Li Chenzhou. They had just exchanged for the vehicle, and there were still many things they hadn't set up when they encountered the rat swarm. Moreover, because Li Chenzhou had been upset earlier, he hadn't thought about solving some things on the road, and as a result…

"Please note that the mutated rats are gnawing on the war chariot's outer shell. According to the degree of damage, the war chariot will be shattered in approximately one hour and thirty-eight minutes, and the space inside the vehicle will enter a state that could collapse at any time!"

Number One's voice sounded again.

"One hour and thirty-eight minutes!"

Duan Lei looked at Li Chenzhou, and his heart sank to the bottom. He had said that his team was good at everything, but all the members were too prone to falling asleep, as if he were a druid.

And according to previous examples, the probability of Li Chenzhou waking up within one hour and thirty-eight minutes… was almost zero. Could it be that the first crisis they encountered would completely destroy their team?