"Are these monsters connected to these stone statues?"
Zhang Wenwen tilted her head, looking at the closest monster bug.
Rather than being like a centipede, it was more like a house centipede, its numerous legs making it uncomfortable to look at.
Especially its face, which resembled a human's.
Monsters in the apocalypse were also strange and varied, but their attributes were normal; they were just monsters.
However, the monsters in this world seemed to have a connection with humans.
It was possible that they had human genes within their bodies.
It was a pity that Mo Pai wasn't here. Otherwise, he would have been overjoyed, perhaps even deciding to settle here permanently.
Hiss...
These insects seemed to sense that Zhang Wenwen was not an ordinary human and was not to be trifled with.
Therefore, they did not attack immediately but slowly released red gas from their bodies.
One, two, ten, hundreds of insects released red gas simultaneously, engulfing Zhang Wenwen in an instant.
"Is this... a hormone-based energy?"
Zhang Wenwen sniffed and suddenly recalled what Mo Pai had said before.
There were also creatures in the apocalypse that released similar hormones, which could increase the combat power of monsters of the same constitution for a short period.
However, for other creatures with different constitutions, it would neutralize a portion of the energy within their bodies.
"The creatures here can actually use this thing. They're quite extraordinary."
As Zhang Wenwen spoke, her figure flashed, and she instantly appeared beside an insect, grabbing the disgusting creature in her right hand.
A ball of energy flame appeared, instantly incinerating the bug into ashes...
"As expected, these bugs are most afraid of energy attacks, which can destroy them along with their internal energy cores!"
Zhang Wenwen nodded and said.
Suddenly, her expression froze.
"Strange, this bug actually has an energy core too?"
Zhang Wenwen was accustomed to living in the apocalypse and knew that everything in the apocalypse had an energy core, whether it was humans or other apocalyptic creatures.
Only now did she suddenly realize that the creatures in this world also possessed energy cores.
The red hormone swirled around Zhang Wenwen for a few turns, and she absorbed quite a bit of it.
However, it had no effect at all. The main reason was that the energy in this world was too scarce. If the same hormone were in the apocalypse, Zhang Wenwen would definitely not have treated it so lightly.
Rustle rustle...
In an instant, the surrounding insects immediately fled.
Zhang Wenwen felt a tickle on her back, reached out to scratch it, and removed another bug.
This bug had likely crept onto her while Zhang Wenwen's attention was elsewhere, and she hadn't felt anything.
It seemed that the creatures of this apocalyptic world had also evolved perfectly.
No wonder they could easily annihilate human armies equipped with thermal weapons.
Zhang Wenwen casually flung the bug away.
Whoosh!
The bug flew hundreds of meters away, slammed hard against the wall of a building, and was flattened into pulp, sticking to it.
"Where are the humans in this world?"
"Without finding humans, it's impossible to find the origin of the energy fluctuations!"
"In such a vast world, where do I even begin?"
Zhang Wenwen leaped onto the rooftop of a building, hands on her hips, looking around helplessly.
Everywhere was dead silent and desolate.
Occasionally, strangely shaped creatures darted through the buildings.
This world was not like the ultimate apocalypse, where there was a complete ecosystem, with plants, insects, omnivores, carnivores, and of course... carnivorous plants...
Even without humans, they could maintain ecological balance indefinitely.
But this world was different.
There was no vitality at all.
Without plants, it meant there would be no herbivores, so what would carnivores eat?
Eat humans? What would they do if humans ate them all?
Or... live on energy? Where did that energy come from?
This world truly held too many secrets.
It was difficult to uncover the truth behind it just by observation.
With this thought, Zhang Wenwen gently crushed a low-grade luck card.
"Let's see where the humans are..."
Zhang Wenwen said, closed her eyes, spun around a few times, and then suddenly leaped forward in a certain direction.
Although she couldn't fly, in this world with weak gravity and sparse energy, she could temporarily achieve flight just by jumping.
Having randomly chosen a direction, she could now open her eyes.
Zhang Wenwen leaped quickly between the tall buildings, running through more than a dozen blocks, and arrived at the outskirts.
She continued running for another dozen kilometers when suddenly, the wreckage of a huge spaceship appeared before her.
"Is this... a spaceship?"
Although this spaceship, in terms of both volume and technological level, was far inferior to the mothership.
Seeing a spaceship in this world still made Zhang Wenwen feel very surprised.
Bang bang bang!
Tuk tuk tuk!
Gunshots echoed from the other side of the spaceship.
"Someone's here?"
Zhang Wenwen rejoiced, leaped lightly, and jumped onto the top of the spaceship, then sprinted towards the other side.
Soon, she saw the scene on the other side of the spaceship.
Dozens of soldiers were fiercely pouring gunfire at an unknown monster, and nearby were external armor pieces similar to armed mechs.
Not far away, a group of laborers were desperately loading large crates onto trucks.
It seemed that these survivors had gone into the spaceship to find supplies but had encountered a monster attack here.
The monster attacking them was also very strangely shaped, with six legs, a long tail behind it, a retractable neck like a turtle, and stripe-like tentacles on its head resembling dreadlocks.
Its size was not large, only about the size of an SUV.
"This species' gene mixing is too messy..."
Zhang Wenwen curled her lips.
She still couldn't sense any strong energy from this monster.
The reason bullets had difficulty penetrating this monster was simply because the bullets' attacks were too weak, containing no energy attacks, only pure physical damage.
This level was far from enough to fight monsters. Even a casual awakened person who only cleaned toilets in the apocalypse—that level was only fit for cleaning toilets—could withstand bullets.
Dense bullets hitting the monster's body were instantly neutralized by its energy, and the monster's internal energy core flickered in and out of brightness.
It seemed that the monster's strength was also mediocre; offsetting the damage from bullets made its energy core unstable.
Seeing more and more monsters appearing and humans falling back, Zhang Wenwen felt it was time.
She leaped lightly, jumping from the top of the ten-story spaceship towards the battlefield.