Perhaps, this creature, like Pompeii, was a rare super mutant from Originium.
It's a pity it didn't have foresight; otherwise, if it had lived for a few more centuries, it might have truly developed intelligence, like the giant beasts that once existed on the land of Terra, leaving behind its own legend.
After observing for a while and confirming that the creature was completely dead, Kanna chose to leave. Soon after she left, the smaller loaches that hadn't caught up earlier surrounded the giant corpse and quickly devoured it.
On the way, Kanna had planned to use the Thunderbolt Wedge to transfer to the convoy, but she realized that she had used all the Thunderbolt Wedges during the battle. The last one, which she had transformed into, was in the air and not on the vehicle at the moment of transformation, so the Thunderbolt Wedge was not carried away by the vehicle.
She wanted to use the communicator to tell Uncle ACE that the danger was over, but she found that her previous attack was probably too powerful, and the communicator couldn't withstand it. Besides its outer appearance, none of its functions worked.
Left with no choice, she had to flap her short legs and chase after the direction the convoy had left.
Fortunately, the convoy's speed was not fast due to the heavy rain, and she successfully caught up after chasing for just over a kilometer.
This type of off-road vehicle considered the possibility of being hijacked by scavengers in the wilderness, so the doors could only be opened from the inside while driving. She couldn't open the door from the outside, so she had to knock to get Uncle ACE to let her in, which led to the scene from earlier.
After listening to Kanna's explanation, Uncle ACE stroked her head. "You're not allowed to be so reckless again."
Kanna nodded.
"I know, it's just that there were so many loaches at the time. If we stopped, it would easily cause losses. I had the Thunderbolt Wedge, right? I thought if I couldn't beat them, I could still run, which is much better than a group of people waiting to die in this Calamity. Besides, that loach couldn't beat me at all; it was just hiding behind the smaller loaches, and I couldn't see it. See? As soon as it showed its head, I took care of it."
Just as Kanna was speaking proudly with her hands on her hips, Uncle ACE noticed that Kanna seemed a little different from before. When he looked at her eyes, the chilling sensation he had felt not long ago suddenly rushed back to him.
"Kanna, your eyes..."
"My eyes? What's wrong with my eyes?" Kanna touched her head, a little confused.
She turned to look at the car window, using the dark outside as a mirror, and also noticed the condition of her eyes.
"Ah! How can this be? My eyes, they don't look good like this!" Discovering her eyes had become vertical slits like a snake's, Kanna covered her face.
"Why don't you rest, Kanna? As far as I know, some races on Terra can experience a 'reversion to ancestry' type of mutation when stimulated, but for most people, that mutation gradually disappears once they calm down," Provence from the front row suggested.
"Alright! Kanna will sleep now, I hope my eyes will be back to normal when I wake up tomorrow." Kanna quickly closed her eyes after hearing this, ignoring her soaked condition, and prepared to sleep as soon as her eyes were shut.
However, it was clearly impossible to sleep while completely drenched, and the space inside the car wasn't large. She couldn't guarantee that using electricity to generate high temperatures to evaporate the water in such an environment wouldn't harm the people next to her.
Fortunately, no other incidents occurred on the road afterward, and the convoy quickly drove out of the Calamity's range.
After leaving the heavy rain area, Kanna darted out as soon as Uncle ACE nodded.
After a series of crackling sounds in front of everyone, Kanna walked back, looking refreshed.
Just as the convoy was about to leave, two heads peered out from not far away.
Seeing the two Cautus suddenly appear nearby, the Operators responsible for security in the team immediately became tense.
Fortunately, Provence noticed them. She walked over and brought the two into the convoy.
"Phew! It's a good thing you two didn't go in; it's really too dangerous in there. If something had happened inside, I would have committed a great sin." Provence seemed very happy to see the two and brought them to Uncle ACE.
"Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Uncle ACE, a rescue specialist I invited from Rhodes Island, and his team. And this is Reinhardt, a fellow Calamity Messenger, and his partner Ayers. Didn't I mention before that I told other Calamity Messengers about this matter before going to Rhodes Island? I was talking about these two."
The two parties shook hands briefly. Reinhardt surveyed the convoy and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it contained not only young people but also many elderly and women and children.
"After you gave me that information, Ayers and I rushed over here, but the rain was too terrifying. We tried several times but couldn't get through. Ayers already saw your convoy when it passed earlier and guessed that if you picked up people, you would definitely choose to return the same way, which is why we waited here." Although both looked young, the blond Reinhardt was clearly in charge. He calmly explained their previous actions to Provence.
"Yes! This torrential rain is too terrifying. Without professional equipment, it's impossible to travel inside, and there are other lives within the Calamity."
"What? There are other lives within the Calamity! This is a big topic. Did you see them with your own eyes? What did they look like?" Although Reinhardt's research direction was in minerals and blasting engineering, he was very interested in everything within the Calamity, especially creatures that could survive and even move freely under the Calamity. So, his ears immediately perked up.
"Uh! To be honest, the visibility was too poor, and we were in a hurry to break through. Everything I saw wasn't very clear. The only one who saw the opponent clearly and even had contact was that little friend..." Provence felt a bit embarrassed hearing Reinhardt's words.
The environment at the time was too oppressive. Even when breaking through, they rushed out of the encirclement and ran over several loach corpses, but no one was in the mood to observe at the time. Provence could only recall a rough shape now.
Reinhardt followed the direction of Provence's finger and saw a little girl sleeping soundly on the back seat. "Her?"
Provence saw Reinhardt's look of disbelief and nodded helplessly, "Although I don't want to admit it, that little girl's strength is beyond my comprehension. Let's put it this way, she was the only one who could move outside the vehicle without any protective measures in that environment. I saw it with my own eyes, so there's no doubt."
Although Reinhardt and Ayers' expressions were incredulous, it was the truth. Of course, if she hadn't seen all of this with her own eyes, she probably would have had the same expression if someone else had told her.
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