"That mutant must be dealt with." Mu Xiao said jokingly, but with a hidden meaning, "You're the master of this high-end villa district, can't you even think of finding a safe place to hide?"

  An Rongruo's words shocked Mu Shao awake, and her anxious mood also calmed down slightly. If it weren't for the safety of herself and her daughter, she wouldn't have lost her composure and overlooked the advantages on her own turf.

  "There was a security system at the entrance earlier, which could detect anything. Originally, there should have been a metal door at the entrance that couldn't be opened from the outside. However, inside the Green Garden, there is a small suspended security room. Even if it has lost all its functions, with the defensive capabilities of the security room, it can withstand an impact of over 50 tons. I can hide in there. If you have time to repair the security system, we can monitor the entrance from the security room and maybe even find out about that monster's attack in advance." An Xiangru quickly calmed down and thought of a place to take cover, as well as preparations to guard against the mutated person.

  "Let's go to the security office first." Mu Xiao didn't hesitate much and sped up the motorcycle.

  Under An Rongru's guidance, they found the cylindrical security hall that looked like a tree trunk, with an area of over 100 square meters and three floors high, like a half-loaded giant tree branch.

  "Authentic Dark Gold!" Mu Xiao's eyes gleamed with fervor as he gazed at the metal with a dull, yet heavy color, "No wonder you said it could withstand a 50-ton impact! This is an extremely rare metal! It's a top-grade material for crafting weapons or defensive tools!"

  "Anti-shock is dark gold, and inside there are soft gel crystals that can reduce the impact...” An Rongru was slightly proud, after all, this was a villa area she had put a lot of thought into making, defensive architecture, naturally took a lot of effort.

  "You're indeed a rich lady..." Mu Xiao stopped the motorcycle, got off and flipped it over, a sly smile spreading across his face. "But using this metal and crystal in this place is really a waste of good material. When I have time, I'll dismantle all of them. Hope you won't be heartbroken then."

  Dark gold and soft gel crystals are late-game materials that are hard to come by, as the metal is extracted from Saturn, but since Earth has entered a dark age, who would have time to extract this metal, so it becomes increasingly rare and valuable.

  "Suit yourself, anyway I am..." An Rong Yu's face turned red and she didn't continue. She originally wanted to say "Anyway, I am your woman, everything of mine is yours", but halfway through felt it was too explicit, although it was already a fact, saying it out loud again would be very embarrassing, so she naturally stopped.

  Muxiao didn't care about what she was saying halfway, but instead walked into the security room that hadn't been closed, where there was apparently another bloody scene. It seemed that some of the security guards had undergone genetic mutations and a bloody cannibalistic incident had occurred. Muxiao was already used to such strange things.

  After detecting no zombies on the first floor with his spiritual power, Mu Xiao went up to the second and third floors without finding any either, before returning to the first floor.

  "Next, let's see if we can just repair the security system at the entrance." Mu Xiao walked up to a large machine with metal buttons all over it.

  "This is our security guard, but it seems that he can't be used anymore. Otherwise, when I came in, she would have transformed into him." An Rongru quickly closed the metal door as soon as she entered, afraid that the mutant would enter normally.

  Mushuo knew that An Rongru's 'her' was a virtual person generated by the intelligent light brain, so she didn't talk to her and ask what, but directly used her 'mechanical ability' to connect to this large machine to see if she could only repair the system at the entrance of the passage.

  "As expected, with my current mechanical data in a heavy state, I'm really powerless against this super-large machine." The data transmitted into the machine by Mu Xiao was instantly overwhelmed by the massive amount of viruses inside, and the mechanical data couldn't infiltrate it, so naturally, it couldn't be cleared.

  No matter what it is, once it reaches a certain quantity, it becomes a very troublesome thing.

  "Give me the grenade backpack." Mu Xiao took over the backpack that An Rongru had handed over, put down the useless backpack, picked up the weapon and some food, and then said to An Rongru: "You stay here and hide well. Whether we succeed or not in killing that mutant, I will be back in three or four hours. I won't delay until morning."

  "Hmm." An Rongru was somewhat dejected, knowing that no matter what she said, it would be useless because she didn't have the power to help the other person.

  Mu Xiao didn't say much and headed straight for the door, just as he was about to step out of the metal gate, An Rongru's gentle and sincere words echoed from behind him: "Be careful, and thank you."

  The metal gate closed again.

  Mu Xiao, who had been silent, had already walked out. Without Mu Xiao by her side, An Rong Yu felt a sense of emptiness and insecurity. The quiet room, filled with the faint smell of blood, seemed to have grown colder. She stood still, as if she had lost her soul, her heart feeling empty and cold.

  ……

  The trees shaded the bloody sunset, a gentle breeze blew from all sides, rustling the leaves, and the beautiful environment couldn't hide a strange atmosphere, giving birth to the illusion that flesh and blood were rotting.

  At this time, Mu Xiao drove the heat-powered motorcycle back to a location in the depths of the forest, and after using his spiritual power to detect that there were no abnormal aura fluctuations around him, he confirmed that the guardian variant had not yet arrived here, but it was also possible that it had already arrived, just hiding nearby, secretly looking for an opportunity to launch a sinister and venomous sneak attack.

  The distance between the lawyer's building and the villa area is not too far, at the speed of Mu Xiao's driving just now, it won't take five minutes to return, but the mutated guard hasn't arrived yet, Mu Xiao secretly feels a bit strange.

  Suddenly, Mu Xiao's eyes lit up as he gazed at the sky and exclaimed: "So this guy plans to attack after sunset when the sky is completely dark! By then, it'll be a bit troublesome to kill him!"

  Night is the most active time for all monsters, and their ferocity will also increase. Now that the sky is gradually darkening, defending against mutants is just waiting for this favorable moment. At the same time, Mu Xiao guessed that the defender of the mutant might have grasped an ability to lock him or An Rongruo, so they didn't rush to find them.

  Before, when the Guardian Variant was chasing after Moksha from behind, because Moksha had to focus on driving the motorcycle and avoiding obstacles while defending against attacks from behind, there was no spare time for probing, so it's unclear how many times the Guardian Variant reached genetic resonance, making it impossible to gauge its actual strength.

  But judging from Mu Xiao's gaze, the speed and attack power displayed by the Variant Human in pursuit of him must be higher than his own, and if he adds the advantageous time at night, the combat effectiveness of the Variant Human will become even more brutal. So now he has to carefully consider how to kill this cunning Variant Human.

  "I only hope his abilities aren't attack-based, or I might have to use my mental powers. " Mu Xiao took out some food and began to replenish her energy while observing the surrounding forest, setting up traps and finding a favorable position for herself to lie in wait.

  This greenway is actually a lush forest.

  In a large forest, there are all kinds of tall trees growing crisscross, forming the branches and leaves that cover the sky above. If something is hidden above, without the help of lights or exploration systems, it can't be seen at night. Moreover, on both sides of the path, there are dense layers of fresh flowers and green grass, forming a plant barrier about one meter high, which is also a good choice even if buried on the ground.

  In such a lush little forested area, Mu Xiao can easily find a secluded place.

  Although the forest was a good ambush spot, Mu Xiao understood that if the guardian of the variant had locked onto their position, its ability to defend against variants would likely be a mental system, in which case ambushing it wouldn't be very useful.

  Muxiao could only set traps.

  He has a radium gun, mechanical armor, thunderfire cannon, high-frequency electromagnetic military knife, and a backpack of hand grenades, including a sensor grenade that can be deployed among the surrounding trees and bushes to form an explosive minefield.

  After roughly understanding the terrain, Mu Xiao began to install induction bombs on the branches of large trees, and secretly buried multiple high-explosive grenades in the grass. Once the induction bomb explodes, the high-explosive grenades will also explode, increasing the destructive power.

  He carefully laid out a bag of explosives to form a defensive line, and Mu Xiao sat down at the center of the large tree within the defensive line. He used himself as bait to lure the Guardian Mutants into a sneak attack. No matter which direction the Guardian Mutants attacked from, as long as they stepped into the defensive line formed by the explosives, they would inevitably suffer a wave of intense bombing, and Mu Xiao would have the opportunity to heavily injure the Guardian Mutants.

  ……

  Night falls, and the swaying trees seem eerily entwined with ghostly spirits.

  A strange, hoarse howl echoed from the dark expanse, accompanied by a series of eerie wails that rose and fell like ocean waves, sometimes high, sometimes low. The unknown, terrifying sounds sent shivers down one's spine, making one's heart tremble with fear, as if countless demons and evil spirits were lurking in the darkness.

  Mù xiāo bì mù wú dòng yú zhōng zuò zài shù xià, yǐ chī yòng de shí wù yǐ jīng quán bù luò rù tā dù zi lǐ, xiàn zài zhǐ shèng lái lín de liè wù shàng bu shàng gōu.

  English Translation:

  Mu Xiao closed his eyes and sat motionless under the tree, having already eaten all the food he had brought with him, now only waiting to see if the prey would take the bait.

  His spiritual power was like a spider's web, covering a range of twenty meters, wandering in the darkness, constantly detecting and searching. His physical muscles and blood had reached their peak at this moment, and the calm and silent killing intent that had been sealed within his body also became tranquil. When he didn't move, it was as if nothing existed; when he did move, it was shocking, bursting forth with a demonic aura that surpassed his own strength.

  Rumble!!

  Suddenly, a huge impact sound came from behind the wooden fence. The moment he heard this huge sound, he stood up suddenly like someone had stepped on his tail, with a look of horror on his face. He rushed across the bomb defense line, quickly rode the hot motorcycle and sped towards the direction of the loud noise.

  The place where the loud noise came from was the security room where An Rongyu was hiding.

  It was clear that Bao Wei had discovered Mu Sheng's strength surpassed An Rong Rou, so she became the first target of attack for Bao Wei.

  Eating the weak first is a common tactic, but Mu Xiao overlooked this point.

  "Damn it! I underestimated the intelligence of the early-stage mutants, and didn't expect them to evolve to such a level in such a short period of time..." Mu Xiao gritted his teeth and muttered to himself. He realized that he had underestimated this time, leading to such a low-level mistake, or rather, he had looked down on the first generation of mutated monsters from the early stage.