But now is not the time to marvel at how cute the little tiger is. Chu Jiangyue hugged the little tiger, moving closer to the two big tigers.
The little tiger saw its parents and got excited, roaring several times in their direction.
Although it was small and its voice was tiny, the fierce-looking actions paired with its small stature made it appear adorable.
Both mutant tigers heard the little tiger’s roar and responded with roars towards the little one.
The two mutant tigers did not attack, and Shen Zhigui and the others wisely stopped their attacks and backed away.
If they had known the truth—that these people stole the mutant tiger’s cubs—they wouldn’t have joined the battle.
But once involved in the fight, leaving is not so easy.
When Chu Jiangyue shouted that these people stole the mutant tiger cubs, they began to fight perfunctorily.
The little tiger ran to its parents, whining about something, and the two mutant tigers did not attack Chu Jiangyue and the others anymore.
However, those who stole the tiger cubs were not so easily spared.
The two adult mutant tigers each swiped at those people’s chests, and because the attack was sudden, they couldn’t evade, leaving deep gouging wounds.
The individuals screamed in agony, collapsing and wailing on the ground.
One mutant tiger roared at Chu Jiangyue, then the two adult tigers with the little one leapt away.
『What does that mean?』
Chu Jiangyue couldn’t understand the animal language, so she sought a translation from the Little Fox.
「The little tiger told them you’re a good two-legged beast, and the big tiger expressed gratitude.」
Though it was just a word of thanks, Chu Jiangyue knew she could count the mutant tigers as allies.
Next time they meet, surely they won’t actively attack her.
"Chu... Boss Chu, help!"
Those swatted by the mutant tigers dared to speak only after the tigers left.
They weren’t familiar with Shen Zhigui and the others, so they turned to Chu Jiangyue for help.
After all, Chu Jiangyue is the owner of Jianglin Hotel, and they are guests of the hotel.
"I don’t have any medicine, Deputy Captain Ren is behind us, he should be here soon, hang in there."
Chu Jiangyue had a bad impression of those who stole the tiger cubs, and although her Wood Element Ability was somewhat healing, she was unwilling to assist.
Those chosen to construct roads were basically superpower users, a little scratch wouldn’t kill them.
Just as Chu Jiangyue mentioned Ren Jie, Ren Jie’s convoy appeared, and seeing the gruesome battlefield, he was a bit dumbfounded.
"What happened here?"
Ren Jie looked at Chu Jiangyue, wondering if they were enemies of those people.
"They were attacked by mutant tigers, we don’t have medicine."
Jiang He stepped forward, briefly explaining the reason.
Ren Jie was helpless, what kind of luck was this.
But those constructing roads belong to the base, he couldn’t just stand by indifferently.
"Get them to a safe passage and do some basic bandaging first."
They didn’t bring much medicine, just enough to cover applying it and bandaging those people.
Besides, since they’re injured, he’ll have to notify the base to send other people to continue the construction work.
"Our vehicles are full, decide amongst yourselves who’ll use navigation with a car."
Using a vehicle with navigation service required paying fees according to time, and the one navigating had to worry if others would honestly share the cost.
Thus, choosing who uses navigation has its considerations.
"You take your time here, we’re leaving."
Chu Jiangyue didn’t want to waste too much time on this matter, so seeing no immediate danger to life, she planned to leave.
Ren Jie really wished Chu Jiangyue and the others would wait, but knew there was no reason for them to do so.
He could only muster a smile, saying a few farewell words like "Bon voyage" to Chu Jiangyue and her group.
After the pleasantries, Chu Jiangyue and the others continued their journey.
The road ahead lacked a safe passage, and before long, they encountered zombies.
However, the vehicle provided by navigation does have some zombie-shielding capabilities, apart from the zombies, their bigger concern was mutant animals and mutant plants.
After about 10 minutes from the safe passage’s end, Chu Jiangyue frowned at the surroundings.
Yellow sand everywhere, the sun scorching, a truly inhospitable environment for humans.
"Screech——"
The urgent sound of brakes snapped Chu Jiangyue back to reality.
"There’s a group of mutant dogs up ahead, but they seem different from those two mutant tigers."
Jiang He reported what he saw to the people behind.
Chu Jiangyue knew that whether mutant animals or plants, there are two directions of mutation.
One is normal mutation, the other is zombie-like mutation.
Just like humans, there are zombies and superpower users.
"Attack from a distance if possible, don’t let them bite you."
Zombie-like dogs are similar to zombies in nature.
Being bitten or scratched would infect with the zombie virus, a problem with no solution.
Shen Zhigui and the others trusted Chu Jiangyue, positioning beside the silver off-road vehicle, attacking the zombie dogs with their abilities.
But long-range attacks were more lethal with Shen Zhigui’s Thunder Ability and Chu Jiangyue’s Wood Element Ability.
Like zombies, zombie dogs don’t feel pain, only driven to attack.
To kill zombie dogs, aiming for their heads was the only way.
The zombie dogs, smelling the living’s scent from Chu Jiangyue and the others, stubbornly pushed forward.
However, Chu Jiangyue and Shen Zhigui’s attacks kept eliminating the foremost zombie dogs.
In a prolonged stalemate, neither side managed to close in or retreat further.
Their abilities were limited, and this standoff was very disadvantageous for them.
"Roar!"
Just as Chu Jiangyue was devising ways to break the deadlock, a familiar beastly roar sounded.
The two big tigers sprang from somewhere, using their massive bodies to crush a zombie dog.
Each zombie dog trampled ended as a pile of minced meat.
Chu Jiangyue used vines to extract the crystal cores from the zombie dogs’ heads.
Letting Xie Silin deploy Ice Ability to create some ice which quickly melted into water, rinsing them clean.
Dozens of zombie dog crystal cores were piled on the large leaf conjured by Chu Jiangyue’s ability.
Everyone received their share based on contribution, leaving around 30 zombie crystal cores in the big leaf.
Chu Jiangyue handed the crystal cores to the big tigers.
One big tiger raised a paw, touching the large leaf Chu Jiangyue held, making all the crystal cores disappear.
Chu Jiangyue: !!!
Even tigers have space ability now?
It was said space ability users were scarce, but it didn’t seem so to her.
"Thank you, next time you come by, enjoy the hospitality at my hotel!"
After speaking, Chu Jiangyue daringly reached a hand out to touch the raised paw of the big tiger.
Wow! Fluffy, she just wanted to squeeze it!