The apocalypse struck, and I became a druid.

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Wow wow~

The foul blood mixed with broken tissue kept surging upwards.

"Not dead yet?"

Han Ning stirred the minced meat repeatedly, but the energy still didn't fly out.

Just when he felt very strange.

puff!

A soft-bodied creature, about the thickness of a thumb and generally pale in color, suddenly emerged from the corpse's abdomen.

It had no eyes, no mouthparts, and its smooth body was covered with a layer of translucent mucus, like a roundworm magnified countless times. As soon as it was separated from its host's corpse, it twisted wildly and, propelled by the water flow, shot like an arrow into the depths of the white mist.

"Want to run?!"

Han Ning snorted coldly.

The vines tore through the water, and though they came later, they arrived first!

puff!

"squeak!"

A strange, high-pitched scream rang out.

The pale insect's body was instantly blasted apart by the terrifying penetrating force of the vines.

A thick, milky-white liquid spread from where the worms died, creating a small, murky, misty area in the water.

Swish!

A tiny, exceptionally concentrated, luminous white dot, no bigger than half a grain of rice, suddenly shot out from the bursting insect nectar.

It was faster than sight could capture, ignoring the murky water, and disappeared into Han Ning's brow.

Druid growth progress +7

[Swamp Crocodile Lizard Growth Progress +1]

[Spiritual power +0.1]

[Mental Strength attribute activated, current level: 0.7]

"This is……"

Han Ning's body trembled.

A strange, cool yet exceptionally clear energy flow entered the brain.

It wasn't the warm current of energy, but rather an indescribable clarity.

The world before my eyes seemed to have been veiled off, becoming exceptionally clear.

Suddenly, he could even hear the subtle differences in the raindrops hitting the water's surface from further away, and see some even finer stains in the murky water.

A semi-transparent career panel automatically unfolds before your eyes.

Below the [Spiritual Power: 12/25], a line of small text, shimmering with a faint silver light, quietly appeared:

【Mental Power: 0.7】

"Mental strength... it really is related to the mind." Han Ning suddenly realized.

"So... this is what was causing all this trouble!"

He let out a long sigh of relief, his tense expression relaxing slightly.

"It's not a ghost, it's still a monster with a physical form."

"It looks like an insect that can parasitize living organisms, release special mental fluctuations, create terrifying illusions, and lure prey," Han Ning speculated.

To be honest, what Han Ning fears most is encountering strange things that have no physical form.

...

A hundred meters away, behind the cracked windows of the half-submerged hotel building.

The sturdy man slowly lowered his military binoculars, revealing a faint smile.

He turned his head to look at the jacket-clad man beside him, whose face was grim, his tone clearly sarcastic:

"See? I told you so, didn't I? Your three live chickens are mine now."

He held up three fingers and waved them in front of the man in the jacket.

"Actually, you guessed part of it right; he didn't last 10 minutes."

"Humph."

The man in the jacket snorted coldly, his face full of displeasure.

He stared at Han Ning in the distance, his eyes filled with a complex and unreadable expression.

There was both resentment and a hint of undisguised astonishment.

"Damn it..." the man in the jacket spat out a mouthful of saliva, "You're lucky, kid, you stepped in dog shit!"

After a brief moment of annoyance, the irritation in his eyes quickly faded.

He stroked his chin, re-examined Han Ning, and said with great interest:

"However... this kid is indeed quite strong, he's interesting."

"Not only can it break through the mirage worm's troublesome mental illusions on its own, but it can also accurately pinpoint its true form in such a short time and kill it with a single blow... This is an ability that ordinary awakened beings cannot possess."

He paused, his tone becoming serious.

"With this kind of ability, you are qualified to join us."

"Let's go down and talk to him."

Before he could finish speaking, the man in the jacket swayed, his body moving like a ghost, and slipped out through the crack in the broken window, landing lightly on a piece of floating billboard debris below, splashing a small amount of water.

The stocky man shrugged, put away his binoculars, and followed closely behind.

Like two shadows blending into the rain, the two moved silently and swiftly towards Han Ning's location, stepping over floating debris.

...

Han Ning snapped out of his daze, still reeling from the surge in his mental energy.

This strange-looking insect-like creature was the second type of monster he encountered in this world.

He glanced at the area of ​​white mist surrounding him in the distance, thought for a moment, and decided that it would be better to return to a safe place first and make further plans.

Having experienced such a bizarre battle, he wasn't sure if there were even more terrifying creatures inside.

What if even natural blessings are ineffective if one's mental strength is too great?

"Um?!"

But just as Han Ning turned around...

Something in his brain seemed to jump without warning.

Han Ning's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly looked to his right front.

One second later.

Two human figures slowly emerged from the rain in the distance.

They easily gained leverage from the floating trash on the water's surface, appearing as two black lines rapidly approaching from afar.

In a few blinks.

Two dark figures had already traversed a distance of tens of meters, leaping to the waters not far in front of Han Ning.

pat!

One person landed precisely on a road sign.

He stood tall and straight, his hands hanging casually at his sides. He wore a faded work jacket, his medium-length hair was simply tied back, with a few stray hairs sticking to his cheeks, and his eyes were sharp as a hawk's, casting a scrutinizing gaze down at him.

Another person was silently crouching on top of a rusty lamppost.

He was wearing a drab gray hooded windbreaker, with most of his face obscured by the brim, revealing only a section of his slightly rounded chin.

Seeing that they were two normal people, Han Ning did not lower his guard at all and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

Chapter 37 Recruitment and Requirements

In response to Han Ning's question, the man in the jacket standing on the sign did not answer directly, but instead asked in return:

"Brother, where are you from?"

Han Ning frowned slightly.

The moment these two appeared, they adopted a condescending and scrutinizing posture, and their tone was far from friendly, so he naturally wouldn't easily reveal his secrets.

Seeing that Han Ning didn't answer, the man in the jacket didn't seem to mind. Instead, he chuckled, breaking the tense atmosphere:

"Those who have survived to this day are not stupid; it's normal to be a little wary."

“My name is Chen Feng, and his name is Lu Yunping. We are survivors from the ‘Biyun Bay Resort’ in the east.”

The man in the jacket briefly introduced themselves, then asked,

"You probably want to go to Egret Harbor, heading for the ships, right?"

Han Ning nodded slightly, which was taken as acquiescence.

"really."

"Bailugang is deep in this fog. If you want to get in, you'll be committing suicide without knowing the tricks of the trade."

“We have information about this fog, including the activity patterns of some of the monsters inside.”

"However..." Chen Feng changed the subject.

"To learn about this information, you must join us. We do not accept people who lack ability. To join us, you must pass our ability test and gain our approval."

"I have no interest in joining any organization." Han Ning shook his head. He was used to being alone, especially in this post-apocalyptic world where order had collapsed.

Moreover, his previous experience joining Liu Feng's team had brought him some bad experiences.