The two fought for a while before finally drawing Chu Jin's attention.
Confirming Chu Jin had received the information and hints, Su Ling and Shang Qi returned to their personal space.
The temperature inside the giant python was terrifyingly high, and its foul-smelling miasma was equally dreadful.
Even with their protective suits and gas masks, they could still feel the intense heat and miasma gnawing at them.
After removing their protective gear and masks, Su Ling collapsed onto a chair, drenched in sweat.
No matter how strong or capable humans were, they were ultimately insignificant before the creatures nurtured by nature.
Dealing with other ability users or zombies was relatively easy for the two of them.
However, this giant python was the first colossal creature they had encountered in their two lifetimes. If she hadn't had her personal space and the phoenix fire, even if they managed to kill the python, she, Shang Qi, and Chu Jin would have either become its meal or suffered severe injuries, if not death!
Regarding the appearance of this giant python, neither Shang Qi nor Su Ling could understand what was happening.
Chu Jin's every move was being broadcast on the monitor. Su Ling, dripping with sweat, looked at Shang Qi. "Shall we take a bath?"
Shang Qi grunted. Before he could say anything else, they both appeared in the deep sea the next second.
The seawater washed away the sticky sweat. Su Ling dove into the water, watching the schools of fish swim by. When her oxygen ran out, she surfaced and looked at Shang Qi. "Did this giant python exist in our past life?"
In the timeline, at this point in their past lives, Su Ling had long since left A City to find Shang Qi. She hadn't paid much attention to the events in A City, nor had she heard any tales of a giant python.
"It didn't exist in the past life; it seems to be a change in this life," Shang Qi said, pulling Su Ling closer into his embrace. "I'm wondering if it's the butterfly effect of our rebirth, something brought about by us that we need to resolve ourselves?"
Even five years after the apocalypse in their past life, they had never seen such a massive creature.
Moreover, this was still the early stage of the apocalypse in this life. It was impossible for such a colossal creature to mutate in such a short period!
The only explanation was that their rebirth had brought the mutated creatures from many years into the apocalypse of their past life into this one!
Su Ling narrowed her eyes slightly. Shang Qi's words reminded her of many things. She suddenly looked at Shang Qi. "A Qi, I'm wondering if it's because you sacrificed yourself for my rebirth, disrupting the order, which caused a rift in the space-time tunnel, leading to the appearance of this giant python?"
Regarding the concept of the space-time tunnel, Su Ling's reasoning stemmed from five years after the apocalypse in her past life. A top expert among the survivors, in a bid to save humanity and prevent extinction, had researched space-time tunnels.
The final conclusion of their research was that space-time tunnels existed, and they could travel through them to the past to find the source of the apocalyptic mutation and eradicate it before anything happened.
However, it was regrettable that they only survived five years after the apocalypse. They had no idea about the future progress of the space-time tunnel research!
They didn't know if it was successful or if it remained in the research phase.
Shang Qi listened to Su Ling's words and narrowed his eyes, as if a thought struck him. "It seems that before we head to the southernmost region, we need to visit the location of the survivor base you established in our past life and take a look."
He then explained, "I sacrificed myself there in my past life to open the space-time tunnel for your rebirth. So, I believe if the space-time tunnel hasn't closed, it must be in that location."