Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in Apocalypse - 22
Si Yin Yuan’s eyes carried a hint of amusement, seriously saying to Ji Jiu, “In the future, stay away from such situations.”
Ji Jiu nodded, “Okay.”
Their tone was like discussing a mentally unstable person who could go crazy and attack others.
Fang Zhengzong was so infuriated that he couldn’t speak properly. But now, he was more concerned about what his deputy told him.
What do you mean by their base being overrun by a group of radical survivors???
And because he took away all the elite guards, those survivors had the advantage in numbers, making the situation extremely unfavorable.
Fang Zhengzong glared at Si Yin Yuan, then asked directly, “Did you do it!?”
Due to the escalation of mutation spread, a large number of survivors flooded in, causing a scarcity of resources. Given the situation where the resources in the base already tilted towards the awakened, more and more ordinary people joined the anti-ability special disposal coup, trying to gain benefits for ordinary people. This led to many radical demonstrations.
They listened to the Church and tried to instigate conflicts between ordinary people and the Hunter’s Association. How could it be turned against him?
The deputy of Fang Zhengzong looked cold, “I heard that someone wanted to take advantage of the celebration party and yesterday’s welcoming parade. So I had people release the list of attendees and organizers of last night’s event. As for why the Church’s materials were attributed to the Guards, I have no idea.”
Now, the outside was spreading the news that the Guards had held the celebration party for their own gain, even using the name of the Chief hunter. But in reality, they hadn’t even invited all the hunters who attended the mission to the party.
Fang Zhengzong wasn’t so foolish as to not understand the situation. He immediately realized that he had been betrayed. In an instant, all thoughts of avenging his son were thrown aside, and he rushed to the Guards, shouting, “Go back! Go back now!”
Unfortunately, it was too late. The radical survivors didn’t get suppressed in time by the Guards, and the situation had escalated to a degree beyond anyone’s imagination.
The accumulated dissatisfaction towards the Guards erupted at the moment their base fell. More and more people were encouraged to take to the streets, with parents carrying children and brandishing weapons.
Ji Jiu was a little curious, took a few steps to the side of the road, and was also handed a protest flyer. The young people distributing the flyers had a look of resentment in their eyes and said to Ji Jiu, “Join us.”
Protest flyers with white background and red characters were flying everywhere on the ground and in the air.
Ji Jiu lowered his head, and the words written on it expressed the demands of the survivors: they hoped the Guards would withdraw from the base’s seven major powers and not have the right to vote on any decisions in the base. They also demanded that the high-ranking members of the Guards, including Fang Zhengzong, be brought to trial.
One of the young people distributing flyers looked at Ji Jiu with astonishment and invited him again, “Join us in the protest.”
He mistook Ji Jiu for an ordinary person.
Ji Jiu touched his stomach hesitantly, “But I still want to have breakfast.”
Although he had already eaten the pancakes made by Si Yin Yuan before going out.
Now that the base was in turmoil, Si Yin Yuan was busy handling some matters and didn’t notice that someone was trying to take Ji Jiu away from him.
The young man saw him looking at the Hunter Association and revealed a knowing expression, “You’re a fan of Chief Si, aren’t you? Actually, I am too.”
At the age of youth, who didn’t aspire to heroes?
He quickly showed a somewhat dejected expression, “Unfortunately, we’re just ordinary people and have no chance to meet Chief Guard Si.”
Ji Jiu made an “Oh” sound and pointed ahead, “Your companions have already left.”
The young man pulled Ji Jiu, but found him not moving.
He looked at Ji Jiu with a gradually incredulous expression, “Could it be that you have the ability ‘Super Strength’?”
This is also an ability with a high repetition rate.
Ji Jiu shook his head, “No, I don’t want to go with you. I want to find something to eat.”
The owner seems busy, so he has to find food on his own.
He began to miss the days when he was still a little grass, waiting for the owner to water and touch his leaves every day. Unfortunately, now is not the right time to be honest.
The young man became anxious, “When you get there, there will naturally be something to eat!”
Their ultimate destination for this parade is the Church.
Every Tuesday, the Church provides free cakes with a strong sense of fullness but not easy to swallow for ordinary people who have difficulty eating. If you are their believer, you can also get an extra bowl of porridge. This is one of the reasons why some people join them.
Upon hearing about the food, Ji Jiu walked faster than the young man. He quickly left him behind and turned back to him, who looked puzzled, and said, “Come on.”
Ji Jiu doesn’t care about parades; he just wants to have breakfast quickly, so he soon separates from the crowd.
When he realized it, he had already entered the church’s sanctuary alone.
The chaos outside caused many people from the Church to go out to help, and Ji Jiu took advantage of this opportunity to sneak in. He looked around but couldn’t find any food.
He felt he was deceived by humans.
Humans are really bad, even deceiving a little grass like him.
He looked up at the top of the sanctuary, where a huge stone sculpture was placed, but Ji Jiu couldn’t tell what it was.
It looked like a large mass of tangled tentacles, as if something was about to break out of it at any moment.
Humans are strange; they fear non-humanoid mutants in the apocalypse, yet they worship such strange things.
They even call it the “Holy Lord.”
Ji Jiu noticed a small crack leading to a deeper area. The size of the crack was just enough to accommodate a three-centimeter tall grass.
He hesitated for a few seconds and then transformed back into his original form to squeeze through the crack. Successfully entering the interior of the church, he wandered through the sanctuary.
Only high-level believers could enter this place, and Ji Jiu took advantage of his small size to walk nonchalantly along the wall.
His color blended with the green murals, and when he stayed still, he looked like part of the wall’s original pattern.
Cunning humans must have hidden the food.
He could already smell it.
Following the scent, he climbed up a pipe and found a spacious room.
In the middle was a reduced-size replica of the strange stone sculpture outside, and beneath it were chinese violets all over the place.
The fragrance was coming from the flowers, and Ji Jiu curiously moved his leaves.
Two people were talking below, and he recognized the person in the white robe as the high priest. The other person in the black robe, however, was someone he had never seen before.
The high priest’s anger could not be concealed in his voice, “Why did you only send such a small amount of chinese violets?”
Chinese violets looked no different from pre-apocalyptic times from the outside, but they had a hallucinogenic effect that could lower people’s psychological defenses.
Usually, they would add chinese violets to the cakes distributed for free to the masses, while using it as an opportunity to promote the church and attract more people to join.
The voice of the person in the black robe sounded unexpectedly young: “The Aster Flower has been rioting recently, and our plan to create a god has been hindered. As for your failed plan this time, not only did you lose allies, but you also made the security team even stronger…”
“This is an internal matter within our base, and you don’t need to worry about it,” the church leader snorted coldly. “Allies? The security team is nothing but the church’s lackeys.”
Aster Flower?
Hiding in the ventilation duct, Ji Jiu’s little leaves trembled. He remembered that it was mentioned by the Parasitic Spine King when he was caught before.
What exactly is it…
He was thinking too seriously, and suddenly lowered his head, finding his gaze meeting with the person in the black robe.
That gaze seemed to pierce through the ventilation duct and directly fall on him. For a moment, Ji Jiu thought he had been discovered, but he quickly looked away, pretending nothing happened.
As if that glance was just his imagination.
…
Half an hour had passed since they lost sight of Ji Jiu. As Sun Yin Yuan had to attend the emergency meeting for the protest, he could only instruct a few reliable hunters to look for Ji Jiu and closely monitor the various snack stalls.
Those were the most likely places to find Ji Jiu.
This meeting required the current leaders of all the forces to attend, except for the Guards who couldn’t make it.
The dean of the Research Institute was too old to attend, so Hu Yan came with his assistant, Chen Ke.
The only purpose of this meeting was to decide whether the Guard would stay or leave among the seven major forces in the base. The non-ability Affairs Director had an ugly expression; just now, under Fang Zhengzong’s lead, the awakened members of the Guard injured many protesting civilians and even killed a few.
If the Hunter Guild hadn’t intervened in time, there would have been even more casualties.
Regardless of radical or peaceful factions, in the eyes of the Affairs Director, all ordinary people fell under their protection.
The Affairs Director slammed the table fiercely: “It’s ridiculous. The Guards, the Guards, were originally intended to protect the survivors within the base and maintain order, but they actually injured survivors on the streets? Who are they serving? Fang Zhengzong? Today, it must be disbanded!”
The Judiciary also knew that the Guard’s situation was grim, and in such times, those who were usually flirting with each other dared not say a word.
Fang Zhengzong couldn’t even attend this meeting, and being expelled was already a foregone conclusion for him.
What surprised everyone was that the first person to raise their hand in agreement with the Affairs Director’s words turned out to be the church leader who had arrived late. A voice came from under the white eerie mask, “Of course, I agree. The Guard has completely lost the trust of the survivors. Some of our church’s followers were also injured in this protest.”
The Judiciary looked shocked. They knew that all of this was orchestrated by the church to provoke a conflict between the ordinary people and the Hunter Guild, but they never expected to be outplayed. However, the church’s move to place all the blame on Fang Zhengzong was too decisive, making people shudder at the thought that he might have already planned an escape route from the very beginning. Sacrificing the entire Guard was merely a trivial matter to him.
Sensing his gaze, the church’s followers beside the leader instantly sent him a warning look. He, too, was an awakened individual and had always been responsible for the leader’s personal safety.
A truly loyal and devoted dog.
The presiding officer withdrew his gaze, not daring to say a word. He feared that the next Fang Zhengzong could be himself.
In the end, the meeting was passed by the whole assembly, and the seven major forces in the base became six.
Si Yin Yuan was in a hurry to find Ji Jiu, so as soon as the meeting ended, he headed outside but was stopped by Hu Yan.
“Do you have a moment?”
Hu Yan’s expression was unusually serious. “Hmm, I want to talk to you about your little boyfriend.”
After speaking, he took two reports from his assistant, Chen Ke, and handed them to Si Yin Yuan.
One report was about Fang Sheng’s injury examination, and the other was a preliminary research report on the “Dream Garden” entity.