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Chapter 1163 The Amnesiac Black Panther and His Poor Little Beauty (45)

The Amnesiac Black Panther and His Poor Little Beauty (45)

Song Ning was the first to notice what was inside the firelight. He exclaimed, "That looks like some kind of plant?"

He could barely make out a little bit of what was inside from close up, but he still wasn't sure because the things inside looked too strange.

Liang Anlin pulled him back a step, and several agile-looking men behind them shifted positions and pressed forward. One of them quickly extended a retractable baton, clearly already in combat mode.

However, to their surprise, the kerosene from the kerosene lamp spilled all over the ground, landing directly on the howling, twisting plant. The plant frantically stretched out its dark branches to try and put out the fire, but to no avail. After nearly twenty minutes, the entire plant slowly burned to death under everyone's watchful eyes.

No one made any rash moves, but the big cat at the front jumped back and rubbed against Song Ning.

Song Ning quickly checked the big cat over, then asked in a low voice, "Are you alright? Did the fire burn you?"

Black Panther shook his head, patted him, pointed in the direction of the plant, and then patted the ground to indicate.

Song Ning guessed for a moment before she understood what the big cat meant.

"...So, there's more than one of these plants over there? And those people were killed by this plant?"

This truth sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

They had only encountered a few scattered zombies all day, so many in the group had let their guard down. Last night, they had even just found a place that looked relatively safe to set up camp and sleep. Although some people were responsible for night watch and patrols, seeing the scene here now, they couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow and lingering fear.

Liang Anlin gasped. "Those who have the ability to get the searchlight can't all be naive fools. And yet they were all wiped out? This plant is just too terrifying."

Taking off her gloves, Song Ning stroked the big cat's fur with her fingertips, seemingly worried about the cat but actually trying to ease her own inner tension and fear.

He said thoughtfully, "Actually, it doesn't necessarily have to be terrifying. It wasn't hard to see just now that although this plant can hide in the dark, it can actually make sounds, and its weakness is that it can't move when it's in the fire. If we just use fire, it shouldn't cause such great damage."

After he said that, everyone fell silent.

Everyone guessed that the group was probably attacked suddenly in their sleep, and the strange plant was quite frightening at first glance. It is estimated that no one expected to be attacked by a plant, and they lost their lives in panic.

The young man who had been called by Liang Anlin to exchange kerosene lamps suddenly couldn't help but say, "Could it be the team that exchanged kerosene lamps with us? Without kerosene lamps, they have no fire..."

Liang Anlin rebuked him sternly in a low voice, "Don't make guesses without evidence. And do you really think that a team capable of coming down underground has no way to deal with even the slightest fire?"

Song Ning's fingers, which were stroking the big cat, paused slightly, and she looked in the direction of the young man with a complicated expression.

It's already the apocalypse, how can anyone still be like this...?

He couldn't say what it was, only offering his opinion in a low voice.

"There are many dangers underground, so we need to be more careful in the future. As for what happens to others, the most we can do is tell the patrol team when we run into them and ask them to pass the message on to others. That's all we can do."

Liang Anlin nodded in agreement. “What Boss Song said makes sense. The incident has already happened, and we have no way to verify what exactly happened. All we can do is do our part. We can’t let our guard down, otherwise we might end up like them, falling into an unfamiliar trap.”

The young man realized that there was something wrong with what he had just said, and quickly nodded in agreement. However, he felt a sense of frustration dissipate because of Song Ning's words.

Mr. Song is right. There's no point in dwelling on what's already happened. If he sees the base's patrol team later, he'll tell them about it and hope that no one else will get into trouble because of this.

After everyone sorted out their thoughts, Song Ning put on his gloves. He was just about to ask Liang Anlin if he had any ideas about the searchlight when the big cat next to him suddenly leaped out.

The agile creature landed swiftly on the previously burned ground before they could even react, startling Song Ning so much that he broke out in a cold sweat and jumped up, ready to rush out.

The next second, the big cat lowered its head, grabbed the searchlight, and quickly returned to his side.

"you!"

Song Ning was blinded by the searchlight, and his eyes welled up with tears. Ignoring the glare, he reached out and hugged the big cat.

"Are you alright? We just burned that area, are your paws injured?"

The human, wrapped up tightly except for his eyes, came over with red eyes and tears streaming down his face and wanted to hug him. The black panther could only helplessly reach out his paw to turn off the searchlight and let the human hold him in his arms.

The solid feeling in his arms made Song Ning breathe a sigh of relief. After checking that the big cat had no wounds at all, he realized that he had actually been worrying for a bit too much.

Just as Liang Anlin said before, big cats are much more sensitive to danger than humans. If there is real danger, big cats will never go there casually.

Having figured it out, Song Ning breathed a sigh of relief, only then noticing the searchlight that had been turned off beside her.

"Why did you decide to bring this over?"

He picked up the searchlight and examined it briefly, only to find that it was a rechargeable lamp. However, judging from its brightness, the battery was clearly very durable.

As for what to do if the battery runs out, Song Ning had an idea. He figured he could talk to those two people at the rental e-reader stall and maybe it would work. In that case, the spotlight would be quite a treasure.

However, Song Ning didn't take it for granted that the item was his. He turned to look at Liang Anlin and asked, "This searchlight..."

Before he could speak, Liang Anlin waved his hand and said, "This searchlight was a supply that Leopard risked his life to bring back. We didn't do anything. In fact, we only found out about this danger thanks to Leopard. So this searchlight doesn't count. Boss Song, you can just take it."

Although the agreement stipulated a 90/10 split, Liang Anlin wasn't stupid. Judging from today's situation, they were fortunate to have partnered with Song Ning and his group, as this tragic scene could very well be their future.