Apocalypse: I rescued the big boss with millions of supplies

Chapter 170 A Strange Fragrance

"Mr. Fu, have you made any discoveries?" Han Yi asked, looking up.

Fu Muyu carefully examined the marks on the ground. Even a level nine ability user couldn't possibly take away a level seven ability user silently. Could it be an all-around spatial ability like Yangyang's? And at least level seven?

"It smells so good." At this moment, Shi Qing suddenly spoke up.

"Hmm?" Fu Muyu turned around and walked to Shi Qing's side. "What's that scent? I didn't notice it. What about you guys?" Fu Muyu looked at Han Yi and the others.

Han Yi shook his head. He didn't smell anything fragrant. Han Yi looked at the others, and everyone shook their heads. Obviously, apart from Shi Qing, no one could smell the fragrance.

Fu Muyu seemed to be deep in thought. Shi Qing wasn't human, so her sense of smell was probably different from that of humans. That's why none of them noticed the fragrance, but Shi Qing did.

"Do you know where the fragrance comes from?" Fu Muyu asked.

Han Yi and the others looked at Shi Qing with suspicion. They hadn't smelled any fragrance, but this person...? Could it be a scent that only a level nine ability user could detect?

Fu Muyu, unaware of what Han Yi and the others were imagining, gestured for Shi Qing to lead them following the scent. Guided by Shi Qing, the group wandered further and further into the secluded woods.

"This forest..." Han Yi walked into the forest, his brows furrowed. After the apocalypse, almost all the plants that had not mutated had died.

Even if the mutated plants did not awaken any special abilities, they still awakened all sorts of strange abilities, and the surviving plants all grew lush and verdant.

The forest in front of us, with only bare tree trunks remaining, was rather eerie.

"Mr. Fu, is there something wrong here?" Han Yi stopped and looked warily into the woods. The silent forest stretched before him, and for some reason, Han Yi felt a sense of disorientation as he gazed upon it.

The next second, Han Yi regained his senses, as if the daze of the previous second had never happened.

This was also the first time Fu Muyu had seen a withered forest after the apocalypse, and he became wary. "Shi Qing, is the fragrance coming from the forest?"

“It’s most concentrated inside,” Shi Qing replied. His inherited memories contained no such record, so he didn’t know what was inside. “I sensed life fluctuations.”

Fu Muyu looked at the withered tree, which did not look like it was still alive. As for the others, there were indeed supernatural energy fluctuations in the forest, and most of them were at level five or six, with some at level seven or eight.

"Let's go in and take a look." Fu Muyu took the lead and walked into the woods.

As soon as Fu Muyu entered the woods, he felt a dense array of gazes. But just like when he came in, despite the presence of supernatural energy fluctuations, there was nothing but withered tree trunks in front of him.

Could it be the ability to become invisible? Invisibility is extremely difficult to detect, making it a perfect ability for assassination, and it's impossible to defend against. However, the highest level of ability I sensed here was only level eight.

Logically speaking, an eighth-level invisibility ability shouldn't be able to hide so many ability users.

"Be careful," Fu Muyu warned. It shouldn't be an invisibility ability. He just didn't know what was hidden in this forest.

As the group ventured deeper into the area, one of the people at the back suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Ma!!!"

The man rushed to Han Yi's side and said, "Brother Han Yi, something bad has happened! Brother Ma is gone! He was right behind me, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared."

One person had disappeared, so Han Yi quickly ordered his men to stop and search the area. "Ma Wei's footprints end here, and then they stop."

"What happened? It's a ghost!! How could Brother Ma just disappear like that!" The person who discovered Ma Wei's disappearance exclaimed in shock, and hurriedly asked the people who had been walking next to him and Ma Wei, "Have you seen Brother Ma?"

The others shook their heads; they really hadn't noticed that Ma Wei was missing.

"How could someone just vanish into thin air?!" Han Yi exclaimed. "Something must be up to something. Everyone be careful, work in pairs, and alert each other immediately if you spot any problems."

Upon hearing Han Yi's words, apart from Fu Muyu and Shi Qing, the rest of the people quickly divided into groups of two, with some even tying themselves and their teammates together with strips of cloth.

As the group ventured deeper, the path became increasingly difficult to traverse, and the tree trunks grew ever drier, creating a deathly atmosphere.

"Yanzi, Dashan? Have you seen Yanzi and Dashan?" Just then, news suddenly came from the group that someone else was missing. "No, Mao-ge and Shengzi are missing too!!"

Han Yi turned around and found that four people were missing. Apart from Fu Muyu and Shi Qing, he had brought a total of ten people, and now half of them were gone.

At this moment, Han Yi's face was solemn, unsure whether he should continue. They hadn't even left the woods yet, and five people had already gone missing. Most importantly, none of them had noticed when they disappeared; it was all too bizarre.

"Things in the woods should have the ability to reduce perception." Fu Muyu and Shi Qing also didn't notice when the person disappeared.

“The fragrance here is even stronger,” Shi Qing said. Fu Muyu couldn’t smell the fragrance Shi Qing was referring to, but since Shi Qing brought it up specifically, Fu Muyu had a guess.

"Is it related to this fragrance?" Could it be that the fragrance Shi Qing mentioned is reducing their ability to perceive the outside world? Fu Muyu looked at the somewhat flustered expressions on Han Yi and the others' faces and asked, "Do you want to continue? Or go back?"

Regardless of whether the other party returned or not, Fu Muyu decided to thoroughly investigate the forest with Shi Qing, regardless of whether Han Xijun was here or not.

Looking at the quiet forest again, Han Yi felt as if it were a gaping, unknown beast silently waiting for them to walk into its trap. "You..."

Personally, he intended to continue. With the team members disappearing one after another, Han Yi was certain that it was related to Han Xijun's disappearance, but he couldn't make the decision to let these people take the risk with him.

"Brother Han Yi, let's continue. We've come this far, and we also want to know why the others went missing. Besides, even if we turn back now, how can we guarantee we'll get out of the woods?"

"Da Ya is right, Yi Ge, let's continue. We have to rescue our brothers." Many of our brothers have just gone missing, and they might not even be dead yet. As long as we find the murderer, we can bring them back.

Seeing that everyone had decided to stay, Han Yi said to Fu Muyu, "Mr. Fu, let's continue." However, this time, for safety reasons, Han Yi had the remaining people hold hands as they moved forward.

Of course, Fu Muyu and Shi Qing did not do that. Shi Qing was Fu Muyu's contracted beast, and their direct contract was more certain of each other's location than holding hands.

Fu Muyu stopped in his tracks. No matter where they went, the aura of supernatural power was omnipresent. Since that was the case…