Around them came the heavy breathing and sobbing of the young boys.
"Queen, think of something!" the Telekinesis Master shouted.
Chu Fu was also getting anxious.
Her eyes searched around until she finally spotted her target.
"Creeping vine, quick, head to that patch of grass over there," Chu Fu said, pointing at a clump of weeds in the vegetation.
The Druid, known as Druid Chubby, immediately started running with all his might.
[Plant Mutation]
Chu Fu instantly activated the creeping vine, forcing it to grow, bloom, and bear fruit, finally dropping new seeds.
At this point, apart from the coaches who were restraining and escorting the girls, everyone else was closing in.
But Chu Fu's speed-germination took time.
The opposition approached step by step, even carrying riot shields and electric batons.
"Let's fight them!" yelled the Telekinesis Master.
Just then, Chu Fu finally ripened the creeping vine seeds, grabbed a handful, and threw them.
The seeds only landed about two meters away.
Crap, she forgot she only had 1 point in Strength.
But it didn't matter—they had gotten close enough.
Chu Fu used Plant Mutation.
Instantly, the creeping vine seeds took root in the ground and grew at an astonishing speed.
Covering an area of 2 meters.
Extending up to 3 meters long.
Like venomous snakes, they lashed out and wrapped around the coaches and teachers.
"Ah!!!"
"What the hell is this? Ghosts!"
"Sorcery! Black magic!"
Their faces twisted in terror.
The creeping vine's armor-piercing thorns were dense and sharp. As the vines tightened, the wounds inflicted were pierced deep; the spikes entered the skin without drawing blood, but the pain was excruciating.
Now that Chu Fu had succeeded, the young boys surged forward, seizing weapons and beating down the coaches.
"Stop fighting! Go rescue the others!" Chu Fu shouted.
Everyone howled and charged toward the instructors who were holding back the girls.
Because the girls were using dirty tactics—pulling hair, scratching, biting—the coaches they attacked couldn't subdue them alone, leaving a full eight instructors occupied.
Seeing that he had been bitten, a coach erupted in fury and slapped a girl to the ground with such force she fell.
Who said these bastards wouldn't use violence?
When it came to attacking someone weaker, they had no hesitation.
Chu Fu gave chase. She had invested 3 points into Agility, bringing her total to 4, but she was still much slower than the other boys.
Fortunately, another boy came over, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and sprinted off.
Chu Fu wanted to yell that she could walk on her own!
But she really couldn't keep up in speed.
Soon, carrying Chu Fu, he reached the instructors who had captured the girls.
Then, all the boys looked at Chu Fu with hopeful eyes.
Chu Fu took out more creeping vine seeds, and with another toss, threw them to the ground.
[Plant Mutation]
The creeping vine seeds grew rapidly, wrapping tightly around several instructors.
"Insanity! This world has gone mad!" The instructors finally caught on, their worldview shattered.
Had those kids been telling the truth before?
Was the game really about to invade reality?
Was the world going to be destroyed?
Did they have to find the answers in the game and prevent this catastrophe?
So these teenagers were supposed to be the future heroes, and they were the ones blocking them?
No. Why?
They wanted this power too.
And if only a select few could possess it, why couldn't they be the first?
Now, looking at the vines again, deep inside them, fear was joined by excitement and greed.
"Grab that girl! Get her—sell her to the big corporations. Dissect her. We could make a fortune."
"That's right. The steward would surely want her."
"No wonder that steward's brat sent these people here. He mentioned that using abilities consumes mana and has a time limit. We just need to stall!"
Chu Fu and the others turned their gaze to the Telekinesis Master, all glaring with reproach.
Why did you tell them everything?
That boy, now frantic, said, "I was just trying to make them believe!"
No one had imagined it would turn into a leak of information.
Chu Fu couldn't attack now—she couldn't exactly use dandelions to saw off their legs.
"If they're not blocking us, we leave!" Chu Fu shouted immediately.
There was no time to waste here.
Everyone pulled the beaten girls along and ran toward the gate.
The instructors followed them, staying twenty or thirty meters away, having clearly figured out the range of Chu Fu's creeping vine attack.
Unfortunately, Chu Fu hadn't collected any climbing ivy seeds, or she could have tangled them up again.
It was too late for regrets now.
Soon, they reached the gate of the internet-addiction "boot camp."
The gate was made of iron, incredibly heavy.
"I suggest you don't touch that gate. It's electrified—the whole wall is live," the instructors sneered as they followed behind. Some of the injured ones, after Chu Fu left and the mutated vines went uncontrolled, had managed to break free.
Their clothes were torn, their skin damaged, and they were howling in pain, burning with hatred for Chu Fu.
Chu Fu ignored them and tossed out dandelion seeds again.
The dandelions instantly mutated into a chainsaw dandelion, spanning 2 meters in diameter.
Buzzzz!
The chainsaw dandelion spun and smashed into the iron gate.
Amid a blinding shower of sparks from clashing metal, the gate was sliced open, leaving a large semicircular hole.
Whoa!
The boys cheered wildly and rushed out.
But as soon as they all bolted outside, they froze.
The place they were in seemed to be on a slope.
Outside, there was only a single dirt road wide enough for one vehicle.
On both sides were endless cornfields.
The wind blew gently, and the rustling of the plants wasn't just soothing—it could have hidden wolves or tigers.
And the fields stretched as far as the eye could see.
That boot camp was built in the middle of nowhere.
Everyone had arrived here unconscious—brought by their parents after drinking a glass of milk or milk tea and falling into a deep sleep.
They had no idea what was out there.
If this was what they were up against, could they even escape?
"What are you standing around for? Run! I've already called the police. My brother will come to rescue me—but we can't let those guys catch up. My trial card only lasts three hours," Chu Fu said in a low voice. "And my mana is running low. I can only force-grow and control four plants now!"
If the pursuers caught up to them, they truly wouldn't escape.
With that, the boys bit down and started running again.
But soon, they heard the sound of engines behind them.
The instructors were chasing them with cars.
Chu Fu immediately placed a dandelion in the middle of the road, force-growing it to a height of 2 meters to block them.
As if a pack of hungry wolves was hunting them, everyone gasped and sprinted for their lives.
But the vehicle was an off-roader. Seeing the chainsaw dandelion, it just drove straight into the cornfield beside the road, bypassed the obstacle, and came after them again.
It slowed them a little, but it wasn't enough.
The pursuers' goal wasn't to catch them.
They just wanted to trail behind, keep them from getting away, and outlast them.
Chu Fu and the others were already exhausted.
What were they going to do now?
