Zhou Ming was driving, and congratulations were sitting in the passenger seat.
There was a pile of clothes on the back seat behind them, all of Dr. Max's belongings.
As for Dr. Max himself, he was professionally cleaned and isolated (congratulations on the use of talismans). He is now naked, with congratulatory yellow paper talismans stuck all over his body, barely protecting his vitals, and covered with plastic wrap
It was wrapped around the whole body, making it look quite miserable.
However, this did ensure that the leakage of Dr. Max's breath was greatly reduced, and he continued to run northeast under the protection of Whale Shark, Qin Wumeng and Xiang Zenan.
Zhou Mingze reunited with Congratulations, who had left the group first, and headed northwest with all Dr. Max's belongings.
The previous ambush set up by three people had two actual purposes.
The first is that if you can kill the ultimate mutant, you must spare no effort to kill it.
The second is if the gap between the two sides is too big and they cannot beat each other, then look at what the ultimate mutant relies on to track the target.
If the opponent comes to chase Zhou Ming's team instead of the Whale Sharks' team, it means that they rely on taste, and the Samsaras have more room to operate.
Otherwise, they can only continue to find ways to fight against the ultimate mutants until they reach Xandar City.
It's just that they didn't expect that the result of that battle was neither that they killed the ultimate mutant nor that they were killed by the ultimate mutant, but that they had the upper hand, but the ultimate mutant escaped.
Under this situation, whether to continue to divide the team has become a matter of dispute among the team.
In the end, it was Zhou Ming who made the decision to continue dividing the team without changing the plan.
Now that the ultimate mutant's vitality is severely damaged, a complete team is likely to scare it away and not dare to show up.
And split into two teams, then no matter which team the ultimate mutant is tracking, there is a possibility of taking action after weighing the strength of both sides.
Zhou Ming always believed that the ultimate mutant would never give up revenge so easily. Judging from the brief but impressive enough contact, it was a pure zombie with enough wisdom and unswerving determination towards its goal.
"But if that ultimate mutant is intelligent, it might control zombies to attack us, right?"
"Ordinary zombies are fine, but if they are super mutants, we will be divided into two teams. It will be very risky to deal with them."
Congratulations for raising your question.
"It's not that it might happen, but it will definitely happen."
Zhou Ming looked at the desolate scene outside the window and said calmly: "Believe in our teammates, they still have a lot of room for growth, and fighting is the best catalyst for growth in strength."
Just six hours later, the conversation between the two became a reality.
"We encountered an ambush!" Xiang Zenan shouted hoarsely on the communication channel.
"Damn, these zombies have learned how to use tactics, pocket formations!"
"Super mutant, such a big super mutant, it overturned our car! Zhou Ming, Brother Ming, Master Ming, where are you?!"
"Shut up!" Qin Wumeng shouted coldly, followed by a muffled "bang" and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
Qin Wumeng's voice continued: "We will be able to break out of the encirclement soon. The whale shark is having a fierce battle with an advanced mutant. I will call him back, but the direction of travel may have to be changed."
"Try to go as close to Sandar City as possible. Have you encountered any super mutants?" Zhou Ming asked.
"Not yet, maybe there are none nearby, the ones from far away haven't arrived yet, we must retreat immediately!"
"We will rush to join you in the shortest time. Hold on, avoid it if you can. It doesn't matter if you take a detour, don't be held back by them! By the way, Xiang Zenan just..."
"I knocked him unconscious."
"...well done."
After hanging up the communication, Zhou Ming immediately changed direction and rushed toward the northeast.
"Shall we meet up?" Congratulations asked tentatively.
"Well, super mutant tracking has nothing to do with smell. It's still locking Dr. Max. These clothes are useless."
Zhou Ming said, lowered the window, and threw out all the clothes on the back seat. The clothes fluttered in the wind and flew in the air.
"Hmm..." Congratulations hesitated and said, "Is there a possibility that Dr. Max actually wants to put on clothes?"
Zhou Ming: "..."
Two hours later, they received Qin Wumeng's second call.
"We encountered a super mutant, and the whale shark was injured. The super mutant is not dead, and is still chasing us."
Qin Wumeng's usually cold voice was unusually urgent.
"Can you come in our direction?" Zhou Ming asked hurriedly.
"I'll try my best, but I need to make a big circle." Qin Wumeng sighed: "I'm sorry, the direction we are running in is completely opposite to your direction."
"I will catch up with you." Zhou Ming said.
His voice was not very impassioned, but seemed very calm, but it had a powerful magical power that made people trust him, which calmed Qin Wumeng's originally anxious heart.
Three hours later, Zhou Ming and Qin Wumeng spoke on the phone for the third time.
"We took out that super mutant."
This time it was Xiang Zenan who spoke, his voice deep and full of fatigue and frustration.
"The whale shark was seriously injured. Qin Wumeng used the method of pressing the bottom of the box and lost strength and passed out."
"The good news is that we have escaped from the zombie horde and are approaching you."
Having said this, Xiang Zenan's voice paused, and then sounded again.
"Zhou Ming, come on, we really can't hold on any longer."
Zhou Ming slammed on the brakes, causing the car to come to a sudden stop. The tires made a screeching sound as they rubbed against the ground, leaving long tire marks.
"Hey! What happened!" Xiang Zenan on the other side of the communicator heard an unusual braking sound and asked in shock.
In the car, Congratulations looked at the sky with horror on his face, as a tall figure with wings on his back slowly descended.
It was a demon-like super mutant that was about three meters tall with wings spread ten meters long. Its eyes were filled with violence and the desire to eat, without any hint of wisdom.
"Nothing, I'll go find you right away." Zhou Ming's voice remained calm, he hung up the communication, and his two cold eyes fell on the unique super mutant.
"I'm in a very bad mood right now, so everything I do to you next is just to vent my anger."
"Be patient, don't cry."
…
More than an hour later, Xiang Zenan finally saw Zhou Ming, who had been looking forward to it for so long, and the congratulatory man who followed Zhou Ming with a pale and depressed face.
This is in an abandoned suburban farm. Qin Wumeng is still awake, and the whale shark is seriously injured and difficult to move. Xiang Zenan has no choice but to bring them here to recuperate.
Dr. Max was not injured, and he also found some clothes in the farm. Although they were a little old and dirty, they were still much better than yellow clothes and plastic wrap.
"You look quite embarrassed. You were beaten badly?" Zhou Ming handed a bottle of medicine to the whale shark lying on the sofa and said teasingly.
"Who cares how the battle goes? I live and it dies. This is the way to victory."
The whale shark took the potion and drank it without hesitation. Soon, some color returned to his face.
"What a powerful effect!" Whale Shark said in surprise: "What kind of potion is this?"
"You can find it yourself when you return to the Lord God Space." Seeing that he recovered quickly, Zhou Ming stopped worrying and turned to check on Qin Wumeng's condition.
"Uncle Gong, what's wrong with you? You're in such bad spirits and you encountered a difficult battle on the road?" Xiang Zenan asked curiously, looking at the pale Congratulations.
"I would rather it be a difficult battle." Thinking of Zhou Ming's unilateral killing of super mutants not long ago, Congratulations had a look of pain and nausea on his face.
"Uncle Gong, do you have any talismans there that can restore energy or make people wake up?" Zhou Ming, who was checking Qin Wumeng's condition, called out.
"Let me take a look." Congratulations hurriedly ran over to check and said: "Miss Qin has consumed too much and has hurt her spirit. It is not appropriate to wake her up in a short time. I have a spirit nourishing talisman here that can speed up her recovery.
"
With that said, Congratulations took out a yellow talisman and stuck it on Qin Wumeng's head.
Zhou Ming carefully observed the yellow talisman, but he saw that the yellow paper was just ordinary yellow paper. The talismans on it were written like dragons and snakes, but there was nothing special about them.
But since the congratulations say it is useful, I would like to point out that there are huge differences between different cultivation systems, and it is normal for you not to be able to tell the truth.
"Then let her continue to sleep. Let's go on the road!" Zhou Ming stood up and announced to everyone.
"Leaving so soon?" Everyone was a little surprised by Zhou Ming's decision.
Everyone hopes to take advantage of the time when there are no chasing troops to recuperate here and at least restore some combat strength. Otherwise, when they face the zombie army later, their counterattack will only become weaker and weaker.
"Well, this is not a good place to rest. 'It' won't make us so comfortable."
Zhou Ming looked from the window to the window, seeming to penetrate all barriers and see another pair of cold eyes filled with hatred.
"There are no zombies to surround us now. The most likely possibility is that it is constantly accumulating strength and mobilizing more and more powerful super mutants from further away."
"That guy has suffered heavy losses at our hands, and has continuously sent troops to pursue and intercept it, but to no avail. It will not attack easily again. Once it attacks, it will be thunderous and will completely crush and bury us with its absolute power."
"So we must seize every minute and every second to reach Sandar City as soon as possible. The earlier we arrive, the earlier we will be safe."
"Furthermore, our quick action is also to disrupt the plan of the ultimate mutant, so that it cannot safely accumulate strength and can only continue to send troops to stop us."
"That's what I want, to keep consuming its power until it stands in front of us in person, or until we enter Xandar City first."
"This is a game about time. Whoever moves faster will win, but no matter who loses or wins, there will be a battle between us and it!"