Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in Apocalypse - 37
Here for you
The moment the voice sounded, Ji Jiu, like a suddenly startled cat, looked sharply towards the source of the sound, wearing an unfriendly expression.
Even though he had entered this room, he hadn’t sensed the presence of this person immediately. If this person’s awakening ability wasn’t responsible, then his strength must be considerable.
The other party even knew that he was a mutant.
Ji Jiu’s gaze gradually lost its innocence, revealing a hint of the ferocity characteristic of mutants.
If this were the time when Si Yin Yuan was here, he would notice that Ji Jiu’s entire aura had transformed, as though he’d become a completely different person, like a hedgehog with all its spines bristling, guarding against the outside world.
The man, on the other hand, not only didn’t get angry under this kind of scrutiny but also couldn’t help but tremble faintly—excitement.
Yes! That’s right! It’s this kind of gaze!
What a dazzling deity.
He’s his treasure alone.
He took another step forward, fully exposing himself.
Once Ji Jiu saw the man clearly, he furrowed his brows rarely, “It’s you?”
Surprisingly, it was the person in the black robe he had encountered at the church, the one who brought the Chinese Violet to the High Priest.
He did notice himself hiding in the ventilation duct back then. Why did he pretend not to see?
Thinking this way, he asked directly.
The man laughed darkly as he said, “How could I betray you?”
He spoke to himself, as if lost in thought.
His right hand hanging by his side twitched involuntarily.
How could i betray you? If it weren’t for you back then… Yes, that’s right! In this world, I’m the only one who will never betray you!
The man’s breath gradually became heavy.
“I don’t recall having any dealings with the Blood Sect’s people,” Ji Jiu raised his chin slightly, interrupting the man’s increasingly paranoid thoughts.
He looked like an aristocratic young master, exuding a faint sense of disdain in his gaze, yet it didn’t make him detestable. It was more like a languid Persian cat standing in a high place, swaying its tail.
“Do you know us?” The man, having been interrupted, regained his previous elegant demeanor as if his earlier nervousness had been a mere illusion.
He seemed like someone who could easily get lost in his own world.
He repeated, “You know us? You’ve been watching us? I know you recently visited the ‘Vanished Enclave,’ and you must have seen our work!”
Indeed, that base had been destroyed by the Blood Sect.
A slight anger welled up in him. He was a mutant, he shouldn’t feel sad for humans. But maybe it was because of the old man’s last look of sadness when he remained behind at the lighthouse, or perhaps it was the deserted streets filled with slogans of human hope, he suddenly raised his fist and punched the man in front of him, who was unprepared.
Somewhere along the way, black mist had already spread throughout the room, blending with the dim shadows. As long as this mysterious man dared to step back half a step, he would be engulfed by the black mist.
He could only stand still and take this punch.
In fact, he had no intention of avoiding it. Contact with Ji Jiu made him even more excited, trembling as if addicted, and his smoky gray eyes clung to Ji Jiu’s body. His gaze was like a sticky crawling creature, inch by inch, licking and caressing, as if his substantial gaze could see through the mask.
He almost didn’t conceal the chilling affection in his eyes.
Unfortunately, Ji Jiu only felt a sinister atmosphere in this emotion.
They had met twice before, and both times, Ji Jiu had worn a mask. This time, Ji Jiu punched him, and his mask was completely knocked off.
He turned his head and took off the mask that had been shattered in half on his face, exposing his true face directly in Ji Jiu’s line of sight.
Surprisingly young.
By human standards, this was a fairly handsome face. Gray hair and smoky gray eyes, with pale lips, giving him an exceptionally gloomy appearance.
Ji Jiu examined him for a moment. “The Blood Sect is rumored to be made up of half-human, half-mutant monsters, but you’re clearly a human.”
The man took out a new mask from his coat and put it on, confirming, “That’s what they think, but in reality, we’re all part of the Tower Devouring Civilization. Why segregate mutants and Awakened, when we’re all the same kind of failed species?”
Failed species.
This was the first time Ji Jiu had heard this term.
The black mist behind the man dissipated slightly, and Ji Jiu decided to let him stay for another two minutes.
“What do you mean by ‘failed species’?”
The man answered with a non sequitur, “Weixian.”
Ji Jiu paused for two seconds before realizing that was his name.
Weixian’s pale face revealed a faint smile. “I should be going. Oh, by the way, this room contains a gift I prepared for you.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a red array appeared beneath his feet, with a huge pentagram at the center and a circle of intricate runes beside it. The array looked crudely constructed, like an irregular circle drawn on the ground with chalk by a child playing house.
It was this playful-looking array that, when activated, instantly covered Weixian, who was standing elegantly with his hands behind his back, from bottom to top.
The black mist reacted swiftly, rushing forward in an attempt to shatter this ridiculous array and drag the person inside out, but it found nothing to latch onto.
With a flash of red light, the array had already transported Weixian away.
Only leaving three words resounding in air — please enjoy yourself.
Ji Jiu reluctantly retracted the black mist.
No wonder this person dared to act so recklessly in front of him; it turned out he had prepared an escape route long ago. If he had attacked with the intention of killing from the beginning, this person wouldn’t have been captured by him. At least now, there was some information left.
As for the gift he mentioned…
Ji Jiu wrinkled his small nose.
Hmm, the fragrance was still there.
He turned his head towards the wall where the scent was the strongest. The world is big, and he wanted to have a feast!
Thinking of what his owner had said about being a polite and obedient little plant, Ji Jiu gently knocked on the wall. “Is anyone there?”
Three seconds later.
Boom—
Ji Jiu withdrew his hand, looking surprised at the gaping hole in the wall.
He had only wanted to make a visible hole to assess the situation, but he didn’t expect the wall to be completely hollow, and he had smashed open an entire passage for someone to enter.
The scene inside the wall was even more eerie.
It was filled with bones, the bones of various mutants piled up. These white bones were all suspended by green vines, like eerie wind chimes, making one wonder if they had accidentally entered a forest of corpses.
Within this not-so-large space, everywhere you looked, there were green vines, and in the center, there was a gigantic flower bud.
It was currently pulsating slightly, like a heart.
Ji Jiu could even hear the faint heartbeat coming from the flower bud.
He held his breath, his gaze slightly dazed as he approached this flower bud.
“It’s calling for me…”
“Ugh!”
Suddenly, a painful moan snapped Ji Jiu out of his entranced state. He lifted his head to look at the source of the sound.
A human was actually here?
Upon seeing the person clearly, Ji Jiu’s expression turned disdainful. “What are you doing here?”
Lan Fei was in a pitiful state, with tears and snot streaming down his face. He was tied up like a dumpling, and his mouth was sealed shut with vines. When he saw Ji Jiu finally being drawn over, he cried even more miserably.
“Mmmph!”
Lan Fei desperately wanted to grab Ji Jiu and beg him to help him get out. His eyes were filled with gratitude, just like the look one would give a lifesaver, with none of the arrogance from before.
His mask had long fallen off, revealing a face with a comical red mark from the vines.
If it weren’t for the fact that his clothes and scent hadn’t changed, Ji Jiu would have had a hard time recognizing him.
But why was he here?
Ji Jiu pondered for two seconds and suddenly realized, “Are you here for food like me?”
This person was so wicked, trying to snatch everything from him.
Snatching his owner and now food? Unacceptable!
Ji Jiu secretly calculated how to throw him out.
Lan Fei’s struggling came to a halt for a moment, and he almost couldn’t catch his breath. Snatching food? Who would come to the VIP second floor just to eat?! He didn’t know what Ji Jiu was referring to as “food,” but he felt even more wronged.
He had only heard the waitstaff downstairs mention that the VIP section upstairs lacked someone to accompany drinks and play. He had taken the opportunity to volunteer, but he ended up in the wrong room, and then he fell into a state of extreme terror. When he finally realized what had happened, he already had his hand on that mutant, and he was subsequently tied up.
Recalling that addictive-like state he was in earlier, Lan Fei couldn’t help but itch all over. He pleaded with Ji Jiu, hoping he would rescue him.
As expected, Ji Jiu walked over, grabbed the vines that bound Lan Fei, and effortlessly tore them apart, no matter how much they struggled.
When Lan Fei’s mouth was freed, he urgently exclaimed, “Quick, let’s run! Tell the awakened that there are mutants here… No, wait, we need to find a Hunter! They know how to deal with mutants!”
His voice cracked on the last three words.
Ji Jiu, showing disdain, grabbed his collar and forcefully dragged him out. This human was really too noisy, disrupting his meal.
Lan Fei was full of gratitude, tears smearing his face. “How did you know my legs were weak, and I couldn’t walk?”
Ji Jiu gave him a strange look, opened the room door through the wall opening, and tossed him outside.
Lan Fei was horrified. Due to inhaling too much fragrance, he was disoriented and couldn’t see the disdain on Ji Jiu’s face. In his semi-conscious state, he thought, “He actually faced the mutant alone so that I could escape!”
Under the influence of the intoxicating fragrance, Lan Fei’s mind conjured up various images. Tearfully, he stood up and shouted, “I’ll get help for you right away!”
After saying this, he stumbled and ran away.
Ji Jiu didn’t hear this statement. His heart and eyes were filled only with the mutant. Their purple and white petals were tightly wrapped.
Three times, the fragrance couldn’t hypnotize Ji Jiu again. Curiously, he reached out to poke the heart-like bud. The enormous flower bud, taller than he was, trembled slightly.
It continued to beat, but this subtle movement was difficult to detect, indicating extreme weakness. If you were to compare the flower bud to a heart, then its current rhythm was in a very precarious state.
The reason for this weakness was the lack of sufficient nutrients.
Ji Jiu affectionately caressed it. “You poor thing, about to bloom yet malnourished.”
The next moment, he couldn’t help but swallow saliva. “This way, you won’t taste as good.”
Ever since he entered this place, he noticed that the bones hanging around looked scary but were actually just some common mutant meat raised in the base, almost devoid of Gama concentration. They were even picky eaters, refusing to eat bones.
It was like a bad habit that someone had indulged them in.
The little grass, who was pampered the most by his owner in the post-apocalyptic world, was completely unaware of his double standards, as he pointed and gestured at the Luminous Lilies flower bud.