In a post-apocalyptic world, she was reborn and became the queen of the wilderness.

The rat king, whose name had been called, began to move.

They led the swarm of rats through the alien species, heading straight for the main vine of the Blood Vine like a surging tide.

The blood vine was not to be outdone, nor did it show any fear.

Its vines lashed out like whips, preventing the rats from getting close.

The foremost rodent-like creatures were repeatedly pierced, and blood rained down from mid-air like dense raindrops.

The gruesome and bloody scene did not frighten the rodent species; on the contrary, it aroused their ferocity even more.

The rodent-like mutants emitted sharp cries and, taking advantage of their numbers, launched continuous attacks on the blood vines.

The Rat Kings and the Level 2 Rat Xenomorphs used their special abilities to attack and attract the attention of the main vine.

Other first-level variants held back the branches of the Blood Vine.

The black rats took the opportunity to climb onto the main vine, densely packed together, and in a short time they overwhelmed the blood vine.

Their teeth, like sharp saw teeth, cleaved through the hard outer skin of the blood vine, producing a chilling chewing sound.

"Chirp!!!!"

The blood vine let out a sharp wail, and its huge body trembled violently.

The vine trembled violently, shaking off the other level-one mutants, and then lashed out at its own body, trying to whip the rats off.

However, the rats clung tightly to the blood vine, their sharp teeth digging deep into its body.

Despite the blood vine's efforts, only a small number of rats were whipped off.

But the vacant spot was quickly overwhelmed and occupied by even more rats.

Bright red sap gushed from the broken vine, and the blood, which had not yet been converted into energy, seeped into the earth along with the sap.

The power of the blood vine continued to weaken.

As the rats began to gnaw at it, its struggles lessened, and the vines gradually stopped swaying.

Before long, the blood vine stopped moving completely, its body devoured by the rats.

The blood vine arrives with overwhelming force, but dies tragically.

Lei Shi was very satisfied with the result.

'Swish swish swish---'

Before the Rat Kings could return with their swarms, strange noises came again from beneath the collapsed ruins.

All the alien species became alert again, staring intently at the ruins, fearing that another plant alien species as powerful as the Blood Vine might appear.

'Pat-pat-pat'

The heavy footsteps clearly reached the ears of the aliens from below.

Upon hearing this voice, Lei Shi narrowed his eyes.

The footsteps told it that what was below was not a plant species, and that it was quite large.

Suddenly, the footsteps disappeared, followed by a loud crash from beneath the ruins, and a giant red-striped scorpion lunged out from below.

Then came the second one, the third one...

After seventeen animals crawled out, there was no further movement below the ruins.

Because the giant red-striped scorpions pushed open the ruins when they came out, Nan Ruanruan's vision became clear again.

Including its hooked tail, the giant red-striped scorpion lying in front of her was four meters long, with a pair of pincers a meter long and a row of sharp barbs along the edges.

It can easily tear off the enemy's flesh and blood.

The scorpion's originally black shell was covered with dark red, semi-transparent protrusions, through which a viscous liquid flowed.

From a distance, you can see streaks of red.

'Chirp—'

The leading red-striped giant scorpion looked at the swarm of rats not far away and let out an excited hiss.

The giant red-striped scorpions behind it also excitedly waved their pincers.

They are just waiting for their leader to give the order, and then they rush up for a feast.

The rats were not afraid of the giant red-striped scorpions. Their scarlet eyes were fixed on them, and they were also waiting for their own alien king's command.

Meanwhile, the Rat Kings awaited Lei Shi's orders.

Lei Shi took a few steps forward, his gaze sweeping over the leader of the red-striped giant scorpions, before releasing a bolt of lightning to test its strength.

'Chirp!'

The leader of the red-striped giant scorpions suddenly spat out a ball of blackish water, which went straight into the lightning.

With a 'bang', the water ball was struck by lightning and exploded, scattering downwards.

The dark water droplets, still carrying wisps of lightning, were sprinkled onto the rats without spilling a single drop.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

The mice splashed by the water droplets suddenly let out a shrill scream, foaming at the mouth, and collapsed one after another, dying in the blink of an eye.

!!!

Seeing their companion die so tragically, the mice panicked.

Lei Shi's gaze towards the leader of the Red-Striped Giant Scorpion changed.

After its initial probing, it discovered that the red-striped giant scorpion leader's energy fluctuations were not strong.

In other words, this red-striped giant scorpion leader is not very strong, but its supernatural attacks are rather strange.

Nan Ruanruan also witnessed all of this.

She wasn't surprised that the giant red-striped scorpion could attack enemies with poison.

Animals that are already poisonous retain their poison after mutating into a different species, and can continue to use their toxins to attack.

To her surprise, the leader of the red-striped giant scorpion was able to fuse its poison and its alien energy into one, achieving a 1+1>2 effect.

This was the first time she had seen such a situation.

Nan Ruanruan's gaze returned to the giant red-striped scorpion in front of her, or more precisely, to the viscous liquid contained in the dark red, semi-transparent protrusions on its back.

Could this viscous liquid be the same as the toxin carried in the Red-striped Giant Scorpion leader's ability?

If so, she wants to collect some.

A gleam of excitement suddenly flashed in Nan Ruanruan's eyes, and her gaze toward the red-striped giant scorpion became exceptionally intense.

The giant red-striped scorpions suddenly felt a chill.

They felt as if they were being watched by something terrifying, and a chill ran down their spines. Feeling uneasy, they looked around nervously.

Apart from the nearest rodent species, there were no other creatures around them.

These weak rodent species do not yet possess the power to cause them any unease.

'Chirp chirp—'

What is it? What is it?!

An inexplicable unease made the leader of the red-striped giant scorpions restless, and it suddenly pounced on the nearest rat king.

Other giant red-striped scorpions followed closely behind, brandishing their enormous pincers as they charged into the rat swarm, viciously killing the rats that pounced on them.

Nan Ruanruan selected a fire-type red-striped giant scorpion, her eyes fixed on the liquid inside the dark red, semi-transparent protrusion on its back.

If its attack reduces the amount of viscous liquid inside, then her guess will be correct.

There are just too many different species of rodents.

Each of the red-striped giant scorpions was covered in black rats.

Nan Ruanruan could only see darkness; she couldn't see the changes in the bulges on the back of the giant red-striped scorpion at all.

Fortunately, the black rats all opened their mouths and tried to bite the dark red, semi-transparent protrusion on the back of the giant red-striped scorpion.

If the mice die from getting the sticky liquid on them, that would also prove that the liquid is poisonous.

The giant scorpion, unaware that the rats were tearing at its protruding red-striped body, continued to swing its pincers to strangle the rat-like creatures around it.

Suddenly, a small jet of water gushed out with a 'pfft pfft' sound.

Nan Ruanruan's eyes lit up; the protrusion had broken!

'Squeak'

The black rat, sprayed with a mouthful of sticky liquid, groaned in pain and fell to the ground one after another from the red-striped giant scorpion.

"it is good!"

That viscous liquid was indeed poisonous!

Nan Ruanruan suddenly clapped her hands together and let out a short, excited cheer.

While keeping an eye on the situation outside, she pondered how to transfer the viscous liquid from the protrusion of the giant red-striped scorpion into her spatial dimension without anyone noticing.

"Master, let me do it, I have a way!"

Just as Nan Ruanruan was pondering whether to risk rushing into the rat swarm to transfer the giant red-striped scorpion into her spatial dimension, Tuanzi, guessing what Nan Ruanruan was thinking, poked her leg.

"You have a way? What way do you have?"

Nan Ruanruan immediately squatted down, patted Tuanzi's little head, and asked.

"Let me out, and I'll have a plan," Tuanzi said confidently, shaking her head.

"No."

Nan Ruanruan rejected it without hesitation, saying, "Either tell me your idea and I'll see if it's feasible, or I'll figure out a solution myself."

She would never let Tuanzi go out and risk her life on her own.

Okay, okay, I'll tell you then~

Knowing that Nan Ruan Ruan meant what she said, Tuanzi had no choice but to reveal her own solution.

I can compress my power and return to a soul state, but only for five seconds, and only once every three days.

Five seconds may sound short, but it was enough for it to go out and collect the venom from the two scorpions and come back.

These scorpions aren't very strong; they've managed to hold off the rat swarm for so long entirely thanks to their venom and hard exoskeleton.

In its spirit form, it is immune to all physical attacks, and poison is ineffective against it.

In addition, it only needs the venom inside the dark red, translucent protrusions; it doesn't need to attack their shells.

As for the dark red, semi-transparent protrusion that even a first-class rodent species could easily bite through, that's nothing to worry about.

"But Master," Tuanzi looked up at Nan Ruanruan, "you need to give me a container that can withstand the corrosive effects of the venom for at least five seconds."

Nan Ruanruan thought for a moment, then raised her hand and activated her three elemental abilities (water, earth, and wood), using the energy to condense a five-liter bowl.

"Using this, it should last for thirty seconds."

Nan Ruanruan handed the energy bowl to Tuanzi, then asked again, still not entirely convinced, "What you said earlier was all true, right? You weren't lying to me, were you?"

[Really, really!]

With one hand holding the bowl and the other patting her chest, Tuanzi vowed, "If I'm lying, I'll never eat bamboo shoots again."

Bamboo shoots are its favorite food, so its owner should believe it now, right?

"Okay, I'll send you out of the space."

Nan Ruanruan did believe it, because she was able to bring Tuanzi back to the space as quickly as possible when it was in danger.

The moment the dumpling touched the ground, it began to compress its strength and rushed forward.

When it rushed up to the rodent aliens and the red-striped giant scorpion, it controlled the power compression progress bar at 99%.

It pressed down on that last 1%, flung out a dozen vines from its hand, and controlled them to pierce all the protrusions on the backs of the three giant red-striped scorpions.

The other end of the vine was attached to the bowl. With a thought, the viscous liquid inside the dark red, semi-transparent protrusion of the giant red-striped scorpion was drawn into the bowl.

The rats and the giant red-striped scorpion, who were fighting fiercely, were stunned for a moment when they saw the black and white ball of flesh that suddenly appeared.

After realizing what was happening, it attacked the dumpling.

Nan Ruanruan's heart jumped, and she instinctively tried to leave the space.

Master, don't be impulsive!

Tuanzi called out to her, and her body became transparent in an instant.

[5.4...]

Tuanzi looked at the viscous liquid in the bowl and counted down.

As it counted to two, it suddenly turned back to where it had been, [Master, let me in quickly!]

Thousands upon thousands of rodent species, including level two rodent species, and five level two red-striped giant scorpions are frantically attacking this area.

Once it reveals its true form, it will be immediately beaten into a dead panda.

Nan Ruanruan, who was always watching Tuanzi, put it into her space before it made a sound.

As soon as it entered the space, Tuanzi took on a physical form.

The attacks from the rodent species and the giant red-striped scorpions all landed where it had been just a second before.

With a loud 'boom,' countless fragments of stone turned into dust, rising into the air and obscuring the view.

After the dust settled, the rodent species and the giant red-striped scorpions looked around, but they couldn't find the black and white ball they had just seen.

'squeak--'

'Chirp—'

If we can't find it, we won't look for it!

The rodent-like mutants clashed with the giant red-striped scorpions once again.

'Roar--'

Lei Shi, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation, was getting impatient and increasingly dissatisfied with the rat swarm that was unable to deal with the red-striped giant scorpion.

'Squeak squeak squeak'

Upon hearing Lei Shi's voice, the rat kings were filled with fear and kept emitting short, urgent cries, urging the rats to launch a more ferocious attack.

As the rat swarm's attacks grew increasingly fierce, the giant red-striped scorpions gradually became exhausted, especially the three whose venom had been drained by the dumpling.

Their abilities carry less and less venom, and it's almost no longer enough to kill the rats that attack them.

The continuous swinging of their pincers caused them to lose strength rapidly, leaving them visibly fatigued and barely able to withstand the attacks of the rat swarm.

The rodent species also noticed this and launched a frenzied attack on the three of them.

Kill it while it's sick!

Finally, after completely exhausting its venom, one of the red-striped giant scorpions was torn in two by the two level-two rodent aliens that attacked it together.

Its death also made the giant red-striped scorpions consider retreating.

'Chirp—'

The leader of the red-striped giant scorpions curled its tail tip forward and poked the rat king directly in front of it several times.

After driving away the rat king, it used the barbs on its pincers to hook more than twenty rat species, then turned and ran away.

Seeing this, the other red-striped giant scorpions followed suit, using their pincers to grab several plump rat-like carcasses before turning and running away.

They plunged into the ruins, were thrown into a burrow under Nan Ruanruan's watchful gaze, and quickly escaped.

The rat kings hurriedly led their swarms in pursuit.

He was really afraid that Lei Shi would think they were too useless and kill them in a fit of anger, and then choose a new king for the rats.

Just as they moved, the sound of flapping wings came from behind a building not far away.

It made quite a commotion and approached the rat swarm at an extremely fast speed.

[Master, a large number of Type II mutants are approaching!]

Just as Tuanzi placed the venom in a spot out of reach of the cubs, she suddenly sensed a strong energy fluctuation.

It, which usually gets excited at the sight of a Type II Xenomorph, now looked solemn.

Nan Ruanruan sensed from its unusually serious tone that something was amiss.

She held her breath and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

The rats were restless, their tiny, beady eyes fixed on the back of the building.

The Rat King and the Level 2 Rat Xenomorphs darted into the swarm of rats immediately, using the swarm to their perfect concealment.

If there is danger, Class I rodents will risk their lives to protect them.