Chapter 117: Chapter 10: The Queen Returns (10)

However, that fish suddenly blew a huge bubble towards them.

Li Shuning didn’t believe that bubble was an ordinary one. At this moment, Li Qing’s superpower was exhausted, and Shen Yue had no superpower, which seemed quite troublesome.

This strange fish, at first glance, was not an ordinary fish and definitely not an ordinary mutant.

The group stumbled as they dodged, with Li Shuning directly using her spiritual power to stab at the strange fish, yet the fish was completely unharmed.

Li Shuning was somewhat dazed. Strictly speaking, zombies were already dead objects. The previous spiritual-type zombie had spiritual power too, which allowed her to emulate that spiritual zombie, and when encountered, she could handle it.

Mutants were a result of the world mutation, meaning the strange fish naturally didn’t have human-like intelligence.

After so many tasks, this was the first time her spiritual power was of no use.

Li Shuning’s forehead was starting to sweat, with more and more bubbles surrounding them, blocking their path.

Originally, there were one or two small trees along the road, but wrapped by those bubbles, they withered directly, which showed the bubbles’ power.

Li Shuning thought for a moment and took out a handgun, something the Li Family did not lack.

She fired continuously at that strange fish.

Fortunately, it seemed to have some effect.

Li Shuning then took out a rifle and a handgun, handing them to Li Qing and Shen Yue.

Coming from a family of soldiers, shooting was a natural skill.

The three acted together, and though the fish dodged frequently, some scales were blasted off, and green liquid seeped out.

The strange fish started howling, and its sound was quite terrifying.

Li Shuning’s expression turned even grimmer. She sensed more strange fish appearing on the other side of the river.

“Dad, Mom, more strange fish have appeared over there. What should we do?”

“Find a place to hide, or else, we’ll be attacked from both sides without cover, which puts us at a disadvantage.”

Li Shuning looked around and noticed a large boulder on the side of the road ahead.

“Dad, over there.”

The three quickly ran toward the large boulder.

The strange fish, a bit bewildered from their attack, lay on the ground, continuously howling. Meanwhile, strange fish from the river appeared successively on the ground.

As soon as those fish came ashore, they started blowing bubbles. The three didn’t dare touch those bubbles, but fortunately, the boulder provided cover. However, even so, the boulders showed signs of corrosion where the bubbles touched.

They didn’t dare get into the car.

Once in the car, if the car got enveloped in bubbles before it started, they would be doomed.

With their firepower, those strange fish didn’t dare come near, and considering the fish’s slow movement, no strange fish appeared in front of the boulder.

Li Shuning felt a sense of powerlessness.

She had completed numerous tasks.

But in this world, she truly felt somewhat powerless, feeling her abilities were of no use.

Her spiritual power was ineffective, the Qiankun Ring was ineffective, and the hovercar was ineffective.

She dared not use the hovercar.

If she used the hovercar, how would she explain its origin to Li Qing and Shen Yue?

Would they suspect her identity?

After going through so many things, she couldn’t bear to abandon the original master’s parents.

Initially, she was an ordinary person in everyone’s eyes without superpower. Li Qing and Shen Yue didn’t hesitate to give up a safe convoy to take her away.

If not for Li Qing and Shen Yue, she could have hidden in the hovercar.

Even if the hovercar was not an option, she could escape into the Task World.

But how could she watch Li Qing and Shen Yue die?

Shen Yue suddenly said, “Ningning, if we can’t do anything else, use your abilities to escape. Don’t worry about us.”

Li Shuning shook her head, “Mom, don’t say that. We still have hope.”

Li Qing smiled, “Ningning, don’t deceive yourself. After the incident with your sister, we were disappointed, but you didn’t let us down. Your mom is right. Of the three of us, only you have the chance to escape. If things get worse, leave. Don’t worry about us.”

Li Shuning shook her head, racking her brain for a solution. What should they do?

Suddenly, Li Shuning’s eyes lit up.

They were fish, albeit mutants, and although they had left the water, they should still fear fire, right?

“Dad, Mom, I’ve thought of a plan. Don’t worry.”

Li Qing seemed a bit stunned but looked at Li Shuning with appreciation.

Shen Yue felt the same way.

Li Shuning quietly released the hovercar and then controlled the barrels of oil from the Qiankun Ring into the hovercar using her spiritual power, and opened the lids of the barrels.

The fish gathering together made them a concentrated target.

Li Shuning controlled the hovercar to fly above them, then threw out those barrels of oil one by one.

Li Qing and the others weren’t surprised; they thought the appearing oil barrels were due to Li Shuning’s superpower control.

There were about a dozen oil barrels, and Li Shuning felt a bit heartbroken but knew that it was time to use valuable resources.

Some oil even flowed into the river.

Li Shuning suddenly took out a torch, which was custom-made. In today’s world without electricity, alternative light sources like torches were necessary.

Li Shuning lit the torch and then threw it with force.

The torch fell to the ground, where there was oil, and ignited, even spreading toward those strange fish.

The strange fish seemed to sense danger and started retreating one by one.

However, the fire spread quickly, and even in the water, some oil floated, causing the fish to emit ear-piercing screams as they burned, causing the three’s eardrums to ache.

Slowly, one by one, the strange fish lay on the ground, charred black.

The fire, however, did not diminish.

The group, hiding behind the boulder, could still feel waves of heat.

Despite such a big commotion, no one was drawn over, indicating that the fish in this river had likely eaten many people; otherwise, it wouldn’t be so deserted around here.

It wasn’t until an hour later that the fire was finally extinguished.

All the strange fish had been burned to death, even those that jumped back into the river. Apart from a few lucky ones that escaped, a dozen or so lay dead on the ground.

Li Shuning recalled from the story that some mutants contained crystals. She wondered if these strange fish had any.

“Dad, I remember seeing younger sister enhance her abilities by digging out crystals from zombies. Do you think there might be something useful in these strange fish?”

Li Qing’s expression changed a bit, recalling Li Shuyan. His heart ached unbearably. Today’s events were all caused by that rebellious daughter, weren’t they?

Shen Yue patted Li Qing’s hand, and his expression eased slightly.

“Ningning, just do what you have to do. Dad trusts you.”

Li Shuning took out the Tang Blade and walked towards those strange fish.

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