Black Tiger Base

Michal was startled.

Such a powerful enemy!

He hadn't even seen where it was, and he was already captured!

This was definitely a super powerful superhuman!

Just then, the woman next to him spoke in a weak voice:

"This tree has mutated and has learned to use its vines to capture prey and absorb nutrients. I'm sorry, it's all my fault. If I hadn't called out to you for help, you wouldn't have been captured,"

A tree?

Hearing the woman's words, Michal was shocked.

He had thought that only humans turned into zombies after the apocalypse; he hadn't expected that plants could mutate too.

And this tree didn't just capture humans, but even zombies as well? That was too fierce!

As Michal was thinking this, the tree began to extend a more tender, tentacle-like vine, aimed directly at Michal's heart and stabbed!

The vine shot towards Michal's chest.

However, in that instant, Michal wrapped himself in a layer of ice shield, and the vine didn't penetrate his ice shield but instead hit the thick, hard ice wall. The entire tree seemed to feel the pain and immediately trembled, its leaves falling off rapidly.

The dark red tender vine instantly retracted, no longer daring to attack Michal.

Then, the four vines binding him were also eroded by the ice, becoming very stiff and fragile.

Michal yanked his hands.

"Snap!"

He instantly broke the four vines and, with a perfect backflip, landed on the ground.

Seeing Michal free himself, the female survivor's eyes widened. "You, you made it?! Please save us, save him first! He's about to die!"

"Okay." Michal, now on the ground, pulled the katana stuck in the earth and with a few swift leaps, cut the man's vines.

The man fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Then Michal leapt again, cutting the vines on the woman, who also instantly fell but was caught by Michal in a princess carry.

This woman was extremely beautiful. Holding her, Michal could feel her slender waist, and she had a perfect figure without an ounce of excess fat.

From a close distance, he could see her skin was delicate, her features refined and beautiful without a single flaw, even comparable to Tina!

Definitely a beauty one in a million!

After rescuing the two, Michal swung his sword again, this time chopping it into the trunk of the tree, thick enough for two people to embrace.

"Boom!"

The huge mutated tree instantly fell.

At the same time, dark black blood flowed from the smooth cut.

Michal was somewhat astonished.

This sword was incredible!

A tree that thick, he had thought he would need to hack at it a dozen times to cut through.

But it split with one slice, as if cutting through tofu!

Truly a remarkable blade, a great sword worthy of a hero, one that in ancient times would have been paired with a great general to wield its power.

"He, he's not going to make it, sob, please save him," the woman said after landing, looking at the man on the ground with teary eyes.

Her words snapped Michal back to reality.

Michal shifted his focus from the sword.

"Who is he?" Michal asked.

If this was the woman's boyfriend, he definitely wouldn't save him.

Saving him, how would he play the villain?

"He's my brother! Sob! We've relied on each other for survival in the apocalypse, and we didn't expect to be captured by this mutated tree," the girl broke down crying, tears streaming down her face like rain.

Oh, it's her brother.

Why didn't you say so sooner!

Michal quickly rushed to the man's side.

He found the man had regained some consciousness since coming down from the tree, his eyes open.

But a dark red vine had pierced his heart, and now that Michal had cut it, bright red blood continuously flowed from the severed vine.

"I... I'm not going to make it, you take care of my sister, this sword, my last and most precious possession, I give it to you, make sure to protect my sister well!"

"Brother! Brother! No, don't go!" The woman burst into tears.

"Nancy, don't cry, in this apocalypse, I've long been prepared for this day, I'm not afraid of death, my only regret is that I can't continue to protect you anymore... cough, cough!!"

The man said, coughing up a mouthful of fresh blood.

Eventually, his hand fell heavily, and he was completely silent.

"Brother! Brother!" Nancy called, clutching her brother's hand, but there was no response anymore.

"He's gone. Don't be too sad. The most important thing now is to survive," Michal comforted Nancy.

"Woo woo woo! He was the only family I had left, he was my brother, my real brother!" Nancy cried her eyes out, devastated by grief.

Seeing her crying so hard, Michal hugged her tightly, patting her back to comfort her.

Then, Michal's gaze shifted to the dark red vine on Nancy's chest.

Michal looked puzzled and said, "Strange. Your brother was pierced through the heart by a dark red vine, and even rescuing him from the tree was useless. But you were also pierced by the vine, how come you're unharmed?"

"Ah? Me?" Nancy finally realized, noticing a vine hanging on her chest, though it was already severed and looked limp and powerless.

She opened her clothing to check.

Suddenly, a glimpse of spring was revealed, dazzling Michal.

Wow!

Even better than Tina!

Tsk tsk!

Her breasts are so big,If she became a mother, she'd definitely not starve her children—she could feed quintuplets at once!

Nancy did not notice Michal's gaze; she discovered that although the vine had pierced her outer garment, it was blocked by her thick bra, not yet having pierced through, and Michal had rescued her just in time.

"Ah, this..."

Watching this scene, Michal was somewhat speechless.

If her brother had also worn a bra, maybe he wouldn't have had to die?

Only then did Nancy notice Michal's gaze. Her face blushed instantly, she grabbed the vine and yanked it out, then quickly buttoned up her clothes.

After this little interlude, she was not so sad anymore.

"You... hello, my name is Nancy, thank you for saving me. What's your name?"

"My name is Michal. I was out looking for food and just happened to see you guys. It was nothing, really. Now, let's bury your brother's body, lest zombies see it and not even a whole corpse remains," Michal said.

"Okay," Nancy nodded tearfully.

They found a spot and dug a hole to bury her brother's body.

Though Nancy was heartbroken, she understood that in the apocalypse, there wasn't much time to mourn.

"From now on, follow me. Since your brother gave me his great knife, I'll take good care of you. Let's find food first, then I'll take you to a safe place!" Michal said, holding a samurai sword towards Nancy.

"Okay," Nancy nodded and followed Michal. The two headed to the supermarket, chatting along the way.

Michal asked Nancy, "Where are you from? Where were you planning to go?"

"My brother and I came from Black Tiger Survivor Base, looking for a new refuge, but who knew we'd run into trouble on the way..." Nancy started sobbing again.

"Black Tiger Base? Is it far from here? What were you and your brother's roles, and how did your brother have such a good weapon?" Michal frowned.

If this so-called Black Tiger Base casually had survivors as strong as Nancy's brother, that was not to be underestimated.

And clearly, the weapon her brother had was no ordinary weapon.

Even in the peaceful times of the 21st century, it would have been difficult for anyone to forge such a sharp knife.

Let alone in the apocalypse!

Black Tiger Base is about 20 kilometers from here, not exactly close; it took us three days to get here!

"I am a freshman at the police academy, and my brother was a retired special forces soldier. We were both survivors at Black Tiger Base, but because of me, we had to leave..." Nancy told Michal.

"Police academy freshman? Such a beautiful police academy student, you'll at least be a police flower after you graduate, right?" Michal showed interest, smiling broadly at Nancy.