Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in Apocalypse - 12
When this sentence came out, everyone suddenly fell into a difficult silence.
Ji Jiu curiously peeked out with a strawberry-flavored nutrient solution in his arms, wanting to see what had happened.
But accidentally, he came face to face with the double-disc suction worm again. He quickly curled his leaves and hid himself.
Double-disc suction worm:……
The double-disc suction worm that had just played dead instantly began to thrash violently, even more vigorously than before.
However, it was different from when it had turned its head and tried to crawl into Feng Chuyao’s eye. Now, it was curled up and desperately trying to escape.
Feng Chuyao forcefully stuffed it into the cube and became vigilant. “Could there really be something nearby?”
Yue Chengren lowered his gaze and calmly said, “We will take turns keeping watch tonight, two people per group.”
He paused for a moment and added, “Except for Rumeng.”
She was already fast asleep in the car.
After becoming an awakened individual, not only did their physical abilities separate them from ordinary people, but even their sleeping time decreased.
Normally, an awakened individual only needed three to four hours of sleep, which was equivalent to eight hours of quality sleep for an ordinary person.
Nevertheless, they still chose not to travel at night.
The night brought not only darkness but also more killings.
Most mutant creatures did not need sleep, especially toxic mutant creatures, which tended to prefer hunting their prey at night.
…
With Ji Jiu secretly releasing black mist and stealing food along the way, there were hardly any foolish mutant creatures that dared to approach them.
With a heart that wanted to show off but nowhere to vent, Yu Feichen angrily swung his fist into the air and was about to say something when he was suddenly interrupted.
Si Yin Yuan opened his eyes coldly and scanned ahead. “We have arrived.”
Yu Feichen froze, gripping the steering wheel tightly. “But according to the intel, the address should still be half a day’s journey from here…”
Before he could finish his sentence, a pink boundary appeared in front of them.
It was as if an enchanting invitation was being extended to everyone who arrived here—a welcome to the “Dream Garden.”
He stepped on the brakes, his expression complicated. “I remember the intel about the ‘Dream Garden’ was from two months ago. How could it have expanded so much in just two months?”
Although it might not be effective, Si Yin Yuan still took out gas masks and had everyone put them on.
He approached the pink smoke and found that the particles seemed larger than he had imagined.
After observing for a while, he concluded, “This is not pink smoke; it’s pink pollen.”
These so-called smoke and the boundaries of the “Dream Garden” were actually composed of pollen.
Feng Chuyao lashed out at the pollen with her fiery whip, but it had no effect on them.
The strong wind brought by the whip only dispersed some pollen momentarily, and soon they gathered back together, forming a solid wall of pink.
They couldn’t see what was inside at all.
Rumeng felt worried, her voice muffled through the gas mask. “Are you really going in?”
The unknown was the most feared thing for humans.
Feng Chuyao patted her head gently to reassure her. “It’s okay. If we fall into a deep sleep, you can enter our dreams to wake us up.”
Like a gentle next-door sister, even though she was only 25 years old herself.
Rumeng nodded vigorously. “Yes, I will definitely wake you up!”
This task was also a challenge for her. Her ability had significant limitations, usually only allowing her to enter one person’s dream at a time. This was her first attempt to connect multiple dreamscapes, and within the area of the “Dream Garden,” there would be not only trapped individuals but also other creatures. If she entered the dream of some aggressive mutant creature, she might get hurt.
Yue Chengren took out three small balls and placed them on the ground.
His awakened ability was “Displacement,” which allowed him to swap the positions of objects, making it a highly practical ability in combat.
It was also their ultimate contingency plan for this mission. If Rumeng couldn’t wake them up through dream manipulation and they couldn’t come out on their own, Yue Chengren would forcibly drag them out of the “Dream Garden” based on his judgment.
However, “Displacement” was limited to objects he had come into contact with within the past 12 hours. In other words, he couldn’t forcibly swap objects inside the “Dream Garden.”
Yue Chengren touched the small balls and shook hands with each person who was about to enter.
None of them noticed that when the three of them stepped into the pink pollen wall, a sneaky little grass followed them in.
Ji Jiu silently entered along with Yu Feichen’s footsteps, trying not to make any sound that could startle the dormant mutant creatures. The three of them were tied together with a retractable rope to prevent them from getting separated.
Si Yin Yuan walked at the front, followed by Feng Chuyao, and Yu Feichen brought up the rear.
Just a couple of minutes after they started, the pink pollen became even denser, to the point where they could barely see their own fingers.
Naturally, they couldn’t see their teammates either.
Initially, Yu Feichen would occasionally pull the rope to ensure that there was tension up ahead. But when he pulled the rope for the sixth time, his hand suddenly felt lighter.
He panicked and yanked the rope forcefully, but what came back was just two empty sections of the rope, and the other end with the two people had disappeared.
In such a critical moment, he couldn’t afford to stay quiet and shouted, “Captain? Feng Chunhua?”
He took a few quick steps forward, but all he saw was the endless pink.
Even if they had temporarily gotten separated, they couldn’t have gone far in such a short time. There were only two possibilities: either they couldn’t make any sound or they couldn’t hear his calls.
He endured his anxiety and continued forward, his index and middle fingers extended straight, thumb pointing up, and ring and little fingers folded down, forming the shape of a handgun, ready to defend against any potential mutant creatures that might approach.
Everything around him was covered in pink mist, and he couldn’t see what lay ahead or how much pollen was left. All he knew was that he had to keep going.
After about five more minutes, faint light appeared ahead, and the pink mist around him became thinner.
He quickened his pace, his expression growing even more tense. Just as he was about to break through the mist, he heard a familiar and surprised voice.
Yue Chengren widened his eyes in astonishment. “Feichen, how did you come out so quickly!?”…
Si Yin Yuan was the first to pass through the pollen mist. Although he couldn’t discern directions within the pink haze, his path remained straight, as if measured with a ruler.
He had considered using his golden flame to burn away the pollen, but considering that there were still hunters inside, he abandoned the idea.
“Vitality – Extraction” was an overwhelmingly powerful and almost cruel ability, but its extensive use carried high risks.
While passing through the mist, he mentally prepared himself for encountering many strange scenes.
He might see the mutant creatures he had killed in the past or a world completely dominated by mutant creatures. He might even see a new world where humans had achieved victory, a world without mutant creatures.
But he never expected that the first thing he would see… would be Ji Jiu, smiling at him.
Ji Jiu saw his expression and chuckled, “Sir Si, your mask is so cool.”
Seeing that Si Yin Yuan didn’t respond, Ji Jiu boldly approached and tried to take off the gas mask. “Can I borrow it to play with?”
Si Yin Yuan remained silent and allowed him to take off his own gas mask.
Having obtained his beloved toy from the man, Ji Jiu couldn’t help but touch and attempt to wear the mask on his own face. But in the end, it was loose and couldn’t fit properly, so he angrily took it off.
Bored, he looked up and asked, “Sir Si, can you take me back? I don’t want to stay here.”
They were currently standing in an endless field of flowers, where there was no horizon in sight. Clusters of large and colorful flowers made it difficult to find a place to step, forcing them to tread on these vibrant-colored flowers that reached up to their waist. It was a suitable place to hide certain things.
Just as Ji Jiu’s smile began to show, a cluster of golden flames suddenly appeared on his body.
Si Yin Yuan’s golden eyes reflected the eerie flames, and his thin lips twitched. “Get lost.”
In an instant, the person was incinerated.
Even though he knew it was fake, the veins on his hand surged up instantly. The previously expressionless face now displayed obvious signs of hostility.
He strode forward, soon encountering the second illusion.
It was a pitiful Ji Jiu lying on the ground, bleeding.
The moment he saw Si Yin Yuan, his eyes lit up, and he reached out with a whining tone, “Sir Si, please help me.”
The golden eyes showed no warmth, and in the next second, the golden flames ignited once again.
In the following hour-long journey, he encountered dozens of Ji Jiu illusions.
Some questioned why he had killed them, while others pretended not to recognize him…
The most striking one was an illusion that immediately launched an aggressive attack upon seeing him. The punch was weak and flimsy, followed by an act of panic and explanation, “Sorry, sorry, I thought you were fake. I’ve seen so many of you here…”
Before he could finish explaining, he was struck by a ball of golden flames.
The deep-seated hostility in his heart grew stronger. It was as if a behemoth trapped in the abyss of his soul for three years had moved its claws, and the idea of destruction, even if only for an instant, was terrifying enough.
Si Yin Yuan couldn’t understand why all the illusions he encountered were Ji Jiu, but he knew that his anger was not directed at anything else.
It was because he had personally killed so many things that looked exactly like Ji Jiu. Even though he was aware that they were all fake, rough imitations.
Until he “killed” the fifty-fifth Ji Jiu, he finally didn’t see that familiar yet unfamiliar figure when he looked up next. Instead, the clusters of flowers about a hundred meters away began to move.
It was as if a soft little creature was hiding among them.
It might have been his imagination, but that particular area of the flower field seemed sparser, unlike other places that were dense with flowers.
Si Yin Yuan raised his standard-issue combat gun and silently approached in that direction, like the most exceptional hunter in the natural world, quietly approaching an innocent and oblivious prey.
Pushing aside the flowers, his golden eyes trembled intensely. Si Yin Yuan fell into silence at the scene before him.
He actually saw a pitiful Ji Jiu squatting on the ground, happily eating these flowers!