"Why is it so far?" More than half an hour had passed since they turned around to the northeast, but the distance between the two dots had only been shortened by half, even though the car was going at full speed.
"Sightseeing bus boarding point?" Dozens of sightseeing cars parked in the same spot caught Shen Muyu's attention.
Of course, it wasn't just these cars; the most important thing was the corpses on them.
Because the weather here isn't that hot, they didn't turn into mummies directly, but rather into decaying corpses that had already started to leak liquid.
The stench of corpses started appearing as soon as we left the villa hotel area, but it wasn't as widespread or concentrated as it is here. The stench of corpses could be smelled into the car from a great distance, and even the air circulation system couldn't keep up.
Shen Muyu pinched her nose and gagged twice. If it weren't for needing to observe her surroundings, she probably would have already hidden in the dimensional space.
"There really isn't a single zombie or living person here," Shen Muyu thought to himself, trying to distract himself.
She passed several service points and game areas along the way, but there was no sign of any living people, nor any trace of mutated zombies.
However, things were different in Shen Muyu's mental world. At least the number of corpses was reduced by more than half, but the state of the corpses was exactly the same.
Along the way, Shen Muyu released some spiritual energy from time to time, but the human-faced flower never appeared, nor did the zombies.
If the space she is in now is a place where energy is discarded, then where did the zombies in the spiritual world and Xiang Dong go?
Shen Muyu silently drank a few more milliliters of energy liquid. Since her superpower was upgraded, her digestive ability has been further improved, and the upper limit of her feeling full has also increased.
"Master, there's no road going any further, only a small path leading up the mountain," Xiao A said, slowing down the car.
Before me stretched a continuous mountain range, where the flat land abruptly ended. The narrow path leading up the mountain, likely built for tourists and sightseeing vehicles, was extremely narrow and surrounded by a wooden fence, making it look quite unsafe.
Shen Muyu estimated that the car could barely drive in, and she herself definitely wouldn't dare to do it.
"Let's go up, little A." At this moment, the little dot representing Shen Muyu had moved to the bottom of another dot, and as expected, they still had to go up.
Xiao A maintained a low speed and steadily climbed upwards. There was a section of the road that was ridiculously narrow, probably due to the difficulty of construction. Shen Muyu had no choice but to synthesize some steel plates and place them on the side. Even the wooden fence was pushed down.
The loud clang made Shen Muyu's heart tremble. He silently replaced the recycled steel plate, not daring to look down at all.
At this point, the two dots got closer and closer, and finally merged into one halfway up the mountain.
Actually, it's not really halfway up the mountain, but rather the junction of two mountains. However, one of the mountains is relatively low, so the scenic area has built a platform there.
Although the platform is a bit narrow, it is very long, and it should be able to accommodate dozens of sightseeing vehicles, like those at the foot of the mountain.
Although he didn't know the exact time when the apocalypse would begin, Shen Muyu guessed it would be when the sightseeing bus first departed, because there were no other vehicles on the road up the mountain except for some scattered corpses, and there were none on the platform here either.
Based on the body in the car, Shen Muyu made a bold guess, which would also fit the situation that there weren't many people in the scenic area.
Looking at the empty platform, Shen Muyu released his spiritual power.
"Good heavens, so all the zombies are here!" Seeing the densely packed zombies of various sizes on the platform, Shen Muyu's trypophobia was about to kick in.
Unlike the zombies I've seen before, the zombies here are unusually quiet. They aren't moving around and are all facing the same direction.
Shen Muyu followed their gaze and saw a beautifully shaped pine tree standing on the mountain next to them.
The pine tree is about ten meters off the ground. It is probably surrounded by a soft wire fence to prevent people from climbing up and damaging it, but it does not affect the view.
"The shape is truly beautiful, but why is the color so eerie?" Shen Muyu couldn't help but shudder when he saw the pine tree.
The pine needles, which should have been emerald green, were now half black and half white, as were the tree trunks, as if there was a clear dividing line between them. If you looked at them for a while, you could almost feel a misty haze rising up.
Moreover, when Shen Muyu investigated, he found that the closer the zombie was to the pine tree, the higher its level. The one in front was already level five, and there was a wisp of black mist swirling in its impure crystal core.
"Why does this zombie look like it's dead?" Usually, when Shen Muyu probes into a person's body with his mental energy, the living people scream in terror, and even the zombies used in previous experiments would struggle on the spot.
But the zombie just stared straight at the pine tree without making a sound.
Shen Muyu tried a few more zombies, and they were all the same. Each one was like a statue, and there was a trace of black mist in their crystal cores.
Having explored the area sufficiently, Shen Muyu decided to examine the tree. However, as soon as she approached, she felt a powerful pressure blocking her from getting any closer.
"It looks so familiar, it's just like the one at the entrance of the scenic area."
Withdrawing her mental energy, Shen Muyu looked at the environment of the world she was in. Although she could multitask, she was still not used to seeing two scenes at the same time, and it made her feel dizzy.
There are pine trees in this world too, but this one is much more normal, a vibrant green, and very pleasing to the eye.
"It seems the key lies in this pine tree, but my mental power is completely insufficient to reach it. I need to think of another way." Shen Muyu pondered to himself as he looked at the pine tree.
"Try this first." Shen Muyu climbed back to the control tower and pointed the gun at the lush green pine tree in front of him.
A laser beam flew toward it, but was blocked by something invisible a second before it could hit it. Its energy was then continuously consumed until it disappeared.
"Zhan Yi, go and try cutting down that tree." Shen Muyu refused to believe that the tree couldn't be destroyed.
Upon receiving the order, Zhan Yi jumped out of the car and headed towards the pine tree. When he got close, he used the tree for leverage and jumped up, swinging his laser sword in the process.
Bang!
Zhan Yi was launched backwards and flew out, crashing heavily to the ground without any warning.
The ground on this platform was actually quite well-maintained; even with such a strong impact, it only wore off a thin layer. Brilliant sparks erupted as Zhan Yi rubbed against it.
"Are you alright, Zhan Yi?" Shen Muyu called out as he rolled down the car window, looking at Zhan Yi lying on the ground.
Zhan Yi stood up nimbly, turned around and waved to Shen Muyu, but his other hand, which was silently wiping the dirt off his body, looked somewhat desolate.
Awkward? That's hilarious! Robots don't feel awkward!
Zhan Yi silently returned to the car, indicating that he couldn't cut through it.
"It's okay, so what if you can't cut it? Everyone can." Shen Muyu looked at Zhan Yi, whose back was now covered in cement and nothing else, not even a scratch.
Patting Zhan Yi on the shoulder, Shen Muyu went straight back into the dimensional space.