Am I going to be sacrificed too?

Chapter 17 The Redemption of the Blood Lion

Cheng Feng describes himself as an ordinary traveler.

Wang Yu looked at him. He had no weapons, no companions, only a small amount of supplies. She didn't believe that an ordinary person could cross the wilderness alone relying solely on faith, unless he possessed some unknown means, such as…

"There are extremely subtle fluctuations of divine power emanating from him."

Although it was just a fleeting fluctuation, it was captured by Wang Yu's Eye of Truth.

It's not surprising that pilgrims can become extraordinary.

Cheng Feng is undoubtedly an extraordinary individual. The fact that he can conceal his divine power to this extent shows that his strength is by no means simple.

As for the other party choosing to lie and conceal the truth.

Lies are the most common lubricant in the wasteland; regardless of everyone's true intentions, they can maintain a fragile balance by relying on lies.

Wang Yu didn't expose the lie. To be honest, she didn't care about the man's true purpose. As long as he wouldn't affect her, that was fine. Every wastelander had their own secrets, even scavengers would hide the good stuff they found so that others wouldn't see it. The only ones who would really investigate were their enemies.

Moreover, Wang Yu was also very curious about the situation in other parts of the wasteland.

Two days later.

Leader Chen Quan, carrying all the supplies from the settlement, officially set off.

Moving a large group of nearly two hundred people is no easy task.

Although the wilderness of Qishi Province is desolate, the road conditions are quite good, mostly consisting of compacted rock and soil. If there are only a few people, Chen Quan can reach the more than 200-kilometer journey in just one day.

Because the White Rock settlement does have vehicles, although they are just three dilapidated pickup trucks, not as good as Harkley's modified motorcycles, but they are enough to make do.

He often drove to Qishi City to trade goods; otherwise, if the people in the settlement were to scavenge, where would they get so many goods to use?

However, more than two hundred people really exceeded the load limit; even if they were all bread people, they couldn't fit inside.

So they had to drive ahead and clear the way, while the others followed on foot. If nothing went wrong, they estimated they could cover 30 to 40 kilometers a day and reach Qishi City in a week.

"Since everyone is willing to follow me, those who stay here are all part of the settlement. Once we reach Strange Stone City, I will definitely..."

Before leaving, Chen Quan stood on the car and spoke to everyone, offering nothing more than words of encouragement and rallying their spirits.

Finally, he directed the other guards to board the pickup trucks. Only one of the three pickup trucks was fully loaded with valuable supplies; the other two were filled with armed guards who were responsible for clearing the way and ensuring safety.

"Everyone, keep your spirits up these next few days and work hard. Things will get better once we get to Qishi City."

The situation has changed too quickly recently. As the leader of the settlement, Chen Quan couldn't help but feel exhausted. In fact, he didn't want to repeat these meaningless words.

But with so many mouths to feed, any mistake he makes could have serious consequences in order to maintain this hard-won peace.

This is the end of the world for ordinary people.

……

At this very moment, somewhere in the wilderness, a Blood Lion is hunting.

But few people know that the Blood Lion was actually a lion kept in a laboratory, and it was the kind that had not mutated.

Although its body did not show any obvious changes, its soul was inevitably affected by the abnormal environment of the apocalypse, and it gained a more intelligent intelligence.

It grew up in an experimental area from a young age. Although the environment in the experimental area was not very good, it was fed by two-legged creatures at fixed times every day. It lived a life of eating and sleeping, and occasionally the two-legged creatures would do some strange things to it.

At first it resisted a lot, but after being beaten up, it became completely obedient.

This situation continued until one day more than two weeks ago.

It waited in the experimental area for a long time, as no two-legged creatures had come to feed it for three consecutive days.

It's hungry!

Although it could still see two-legged creatures passing by outside its "territory," those creatures just stared at it intently, but did not offer it food as usual.

Why are you all just watching?

It noticed that the two-legged creatures were constantly reaching out their hands and were emitting a strange, unpleasant odor.

When it was a cub, two-legged creatures would often come and pet it, but they stopped interacting with it as it grew up.

If it's for food, then it's not impossible... it thought to itself.

So it slowly brought its head closer.

however……

Stab it!

Instead of a gentle caress, I felt a painful tearing sensation on my head.

what!

Upon feeling the pain, it immediately reacted, entered its round-headed form, and with one claw, tore off the arm of the two-legged beast.

After launching an attack, it retreated to the deepest part of its "territory".

Oh no! I've messed up!

Because it gets beaten up every time it accidentally scratches a two-legged creature.

It huddled in the corner, trembling, and sure enough, the two-legged creature outside let out an even more frantic roar.

Pfft!

That was the sound of something falling to the ground.

The two-legged creatures outside noticed the commotion at the lion's location. They piled up on top of each other and actually managed to climb over the fence and enter its territory.

After entering the area, it staggered toward the lion, its grayish-white pupils devoid of any consciousness, its body swollen and twisted, and large pieces of rotten flesh would occasionally fall off as it moved.

The lion was unaware that the people before it had already been transformed into mindless monsters due to some accident.

The lion dodged for a while, and was attacked twice more, but finally chose to attack the two-legged creature.

Just because a lion doesn't roar doesn't mean it's a sick cat!

It was, after all, a fierce lion!

With a whoosh, it bit off the head of a two-legged creature.

Ugh~ It tastes awful, like a corpse that's been rotting for days.

Even if it's a lion, it doesn't like to eat rotten food.

Unfortunately, it had no other choice; there was no food available, and it would die if it didn't eat.

After eating only half a meal, it lay back down, but an accident still occurred.

Whether it was because it ate something wrong or because of the wounds from the two-legged creature's attack, it also developed infection symptoms, and the lion became weak.

More and more two-legged creatures were falling outside, but it was getting hungrier and hungrier, and gradually, its body began to rot.

I'm not getting enough to eat! I'm not getting enough to eat at all!

Why can't I get enough to eat?

Finally, after chewing up the head of a two-legged creature, in its fading consciousness, a sudden change occurred in its body!

Its body was swelling! Growing taller and taller! Its rotting skin was torn open, revealing the hideous flesh beneath.

My head is a little itchy, like something is about to grow out!

*Pfft! Pfft!*

The mane on its neck gradually came to life, transforming into hundreds of tentacles.

So what grew out were tentacles. I thought they were brains.