Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland: The Female Protagonist Has Become a God

Chapter 130 Underground Passage

With two heavy thuds, Cang Xingyue and Lu Siyan crashed onto the cement ground along with the clods of earth.

Lu Siyan was the first to sit up, looking at Cang Xingyue beside him and reaching out to help her up, "You wretched woman, are you alright?"

Lu Siyan was sulking with Cang Xingyue, but he couldn't help but care.

Cang Xingyue nimbly rolled over and got up, dusted herself off, glanced at Lu Siyan, and said leisurely, "Very good."

The two looked around and realized they seemed to have fallen into an underground passage. The walls and floor were made of concrete, and the motion-activated lights flickered in response to their voices.

I never imagined that there was an underground passage hidden beneath this withered garden. I wonder where this passage leads.

Cang Xingyue looked at Lu Siyan, "Want to go for a stroll?"

Lu Siyan stood up, shook the dirt off his clothes, glanced elsewhere, and said nonchalantly, "Whatever."

Cang Xingyue walked ahead first, with Lu Siyan silently following behind her, his resentful gaze almost piercing through her.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm not going to coax you." Cang Xingyue noticed his gaze and said coldly.

Hearing this, Lu Siyan became even angrier. He walked right past Cang Xingyue and said angrily, "Who needs you to coax me?" Then he took a few quick steps, leaving her far behind.

Cang Xingyue silently watched his departing figure and muttered, somewhat speechlessly, "Childish."

"Star Moon, I've detected the energy of the Meat Rock Mushroom nearby!" the system said excitedly.

"Really? Did you detect it exactly where?" Cang Xingyue asked hurriedly.

"At the end of the left passage, I felt a very strong energy."

Cang Xingyue glanced back; it was going in the opposite direction from where they were now.

With the meat rock mushroom spotted, Cang Xingyue couldn't wait to get there. She wanted to call Lu Siyan to come with her, but when she looked inside the passage, he was nowhere to be seen.

"Lu Siyan!" she called out, her voice echoing through the empty corridor.

After waiting for a while without seeing him, Cang Xingyue called out a few more times but still didn't see him appear.

She thought, "She probably went back angry."

Even though she thought this way, she still left with the words, "Lu Siyan, I'm going to the left."

After saying that, he ran towards the location indicated by the system.

The light shone above her head and then went out behind her.

Finally, she reached the end of the road.

Before me stood a large iron gate, with a three-finger-thick iron chain wrapped around it again and again, and dense infrared beams on both sides.

"Xingyue, back up quickly and don't get too close to the door. Getting swept away will trigger the alarm and the mechanism," the system warned.

Cang Xingyue obediently took two steps back. "Would it be feasible to destroy it directly?" she asked the system, looking at the iron gate.

The system appeared beside her and shook its head: "No, I detected that there is a powder inside that can cause people to lose their superpowers. Once the iron door is broken, the powder will immediately be released."

"Then I'll just teleport in directly." With that, Cang Xingyue entered the space.

The system quickly stopped her, "Wait, we don't know what's going on inside, it might be dangerous for you to go in rashly."

The system raised its hand, and specks of light emerged from its palm and floated toward the iron gate. Soon the iron gate became transparent, and the scene behind the gate was clearly visible.

Cang Xingyue left the space and stood next to the system again.

"This X-ray vision can only last for ten minutes. Let's take a look first."

Cang Xingyue nodded and began to observe the scene behind the door.

The room was spacious, with a huge stone table in the middle. On the table was a round glass container, about three meters wide. Inside the container was a large, dark mass of flesh that looked like a rock at first glance. The light shining on it reflected colorful light.

The lump of flesh resembled a beating heart, and as it contracted, clear mucus seeped out, slowly dripping onto the container.

"This is the fleshy rock mushroom. The transparent part on the outside is the oil it secretes. Inside, there are two substances: one can be converted into its own nutrients, while the other will cause it to gradually wither."

"Self-produced, self-consumed, this meat-rock mushroom is quite convenient, huh?" Cang Xingyue joked.

"That's true for it, but it has its advantages and disadvantages for others. The sudden appearance of superhumans and zombies among you humans is inextricably linked to these two substances."

Cang Xingyue nodded.

The system continued, "Under normal circumstances, the Flesh-Bottle Mushroom cannot survive for long, but this one has grown so big..."

Just then, two people entered, and the system immediately stopped talking and stared intently at them.

The newcomers had white hair, withered faces, and thin bodies. One carried an iron bucket, and the other carried an iron ladle. They came to the meat rock mushroom together. They stood straight and moved nimbly, not at all like elderly people.

They scooped up the oil secreted by the rock mushrooms and poured it into a bucket. When they scooped it out again, their elbows touched the edge of the glass container, and with a slight sway, the oil spilled onto the back of the hand of the person holding the bucket.

The moment it landed on the back of the man's hand, his skin wrinkled up quickly.

"Be careful," he warned in a hoarse but calm voice.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The person holding the ladle looked guilty and distressed. He quickly put the ladle down, took off his clothes to wipe the back of his hands, and kept apologizing.

His voice was just as hoarse.

The man with the bucket sighed helplessly, "It's alright. We're already like this, so we're not afraid of getting even older. It's better to die sooner and be free."

He pressed down on the hand of the person wiping him, "Hurry up and pack, they're coming to inspect soon."

The two scooped out all the fat from the meat-filled mushrooms and left.

Cang Xingyue watched the two leave, and seeing their appearance and hearing their voices, she couldn't help but think of Shu Yin.

Like Shu Yin, the two men had aged faces and hoarse voices, but Shu Yin was in a better condition compared to them.

"System, can you detect their age?" she asked instinctively.

The system lamented, "One is sixteen, and the other is eighteen."

"What?!" Cang Xingyue was shocked. The two young men, who were in the prime of their youth, now looked like old men.

"This is also a drawback of the fleshy rock mushroom. Direct contact will quickly cause the contact area to age, and even without direct contact, long-term companionship will have an impact."

The system felt deeply remorseful, blaming itself for its negligence that had caused others to suffer such tragic fates.

"I'm going to destroy it while no one's around!" The longer this thing stays, the more people will be harmed.

"Wait a minute, here's something for you. Sprinkle this withering powder on the meat rock mushroom and it will immediately dissolve and evaporate, leaving not a trace."

The system took out a bottle and handed it to Cang Xingyue.

Cang Xingyue took it, "Then I'll go."

"Okay." The system returned to Cang Xingyue's mind.

As Cang Xingyue entered the space, she was about to teleport in when she saw a familiar face enter, followed closely by more than a dozen guards in black uniforms.

That man was none other than the guard captain, Chen Chen.

At this moment, the perspective on the iron gate also disappeared.