Care Guide to Raising a Max Level Leaf in Apocalypse - 90

Can’t eat others’ things.

With purple signs that read “pancake” and “skewer,” the flickering purple light board struggled to maintain its last bit of power. Next to it, a mannequin in the adjacent clothing store was pushed down, and its clothes were stripped off. It stared blankly ahead.

Occasionally, a few mutant bugs emerged from the sewer, swiftly running by, carrying some scraps of meat.

The moist drizzle wet the cement streets, once a thriving metropolis now turned into a carnival of madness after the invasion of mutants. Vines from numerous plants blocked the roads.

Yu Feichen jumped out of the car and examined the thornballs on these vines, “Seems like mutant ears.”

These thornballs were each the size of a basketball and resembled cacti if not looked at carefully.

The car could not pass through these thornballs; they need to be cleared.

If one shot exploded, it will create sticky juice everywhere. This juice doesn’t harm awakened individuals but has an unpleasant smell.

Yu Feichen didn’t have time to worry; Ji Jiu has already gotten out of the car, his eyes brightening, “This is easy to clean up.”

The black mist silently transformed into small coal-like shape and opens its big mouth to those mutant ears.

Chomp, chomp, chomp.

Yu Feichen looked puzzled, “Is there some strange sound?”

Ji Jiu, concentrating on devouring, asked, “Is there?”

Golden Flame appeared again, nestled beside the black mist, watching it eat. Since it can now use its abilities precisely without causing harm, it likes to stick close to Ji Jiu. Sometimes it’s in a fiery state, and other times it’s just a pure golden light.

Every time Yu Feichen saw the sticky golden flame, he felt a bit uncomfortable looking at the expressionless Captain.

Moreover, it’s a dual-standard golden flame; others risk getting burned when they get close. This dual-standard matched exactly with its owner.

Chomp, chomp, chomp.

Yu Feichen inhaled sharply, “This really isn’t my imagination; there’s indeed a sound from the other side!”

With his voice, the other side becomes aware, instantly quieting down.

Captain Si got out of the car, “What’s wrong?”

He approached and suddenly acted; those vines instantly visibly wither at an eye-catching speed. The people on the other side, caught off guard, exposed themselves. He stepped back abruptly, “Who!?”

After seeing the faces clearly, an involuntary question was raised.

“Captain?”

“Og?”

Og put down his sword and saluted.

He’s someone who has had strict upbringing since childhood, even though Captain Si had emphasized that saluting is not necessary when they see him. However, each time, he unconsciously followed the habit.

Yu Feichen scratched his head, “Why are you here? I remember you didn’t go to that annihilated base…”

He suddenly stopped, the two locked eyes for a moment, then simultaneously said, “Are you also heading to H City?”

A bad conjecture emerged in everyone’s minds.

Ji Jiu directly exposed it, “Could it be that the Blood Sect is behind this base as well?”

The atmosphere instantly became solemn.

Yu Feichen gritted his teeth, “I must slaughter them all.”

Og’s face looked very unpleasant; he thought about it more and quickly remembered the recent wave of mutants at the base. Although casualties were minimized during that time, with the sudden drop in temperature, the base’s resources were scattered due to the battle. Unfortunately, survivors couldn’t endure the heavy snow.

Many people had the same idea as him. Captain Si’s expression remained unchanged, and the coldness in his eyes deepened, “Let’s go; the sooner we get there, the better.”

Although they have awakened individuals capable of instant teleportation, teleporting an entire Blood Sect is undoubtedly a considerable consumption. According to estimates, the awakened individual who could initiate such a large-scale ability again would need at least half a month.

So they must seize this opportunity.

With their addition, the speed of advancement noticeably increased, and the originally week-long journey was repeatedly shortened.

Og was very friendly towards Ji Jiu, who saved him in the “Dream Garden.” He heard that Ji Jiu’s appetite can surpass the werewolves in the guild. In the evening, he came over with a mutant roasted deer leg.

This mutant deer probably escaped from a nearby zoo, standing at two meters just by itself. Its body was snowy white, and even its antlers emit a faint white glow in the darkness, with a pair of red eyes on its forehead.

Staring at those red eyes for more than ten seconds gave a sensation of being burned by intense flames throughout the body.

Although there were no apparent external injuries, a few non-hunter awakened individuals still suffered burns.

Usually, rookies who leave the base for the first time have two mentalities: fear and excessive self-confidence.

The one injured this time was the latter, who, despite warnings, insisted on going to kill the deer and was saved by Ji Jiu when he saw it.

When Yu Feichen found Ji Jiu, he was holding a lychee twice the size of his head and gnawing on it. The lychee was juicy, a rare fruit in the post-apocalyptic world that hasn’t turned unpleasant due to mutations.

Og was stunned for a moment and looked down at the deer leg, smiling bitterly.

He did overthink; Captain Si has been very protective of the kid these days, and naturally, he wouldn’t let him starve.

Actually, the first time he saw Ji Jiu, he had some indescribable palpitations in his heart. Appreciating beautiful things is everyone’s instinct.

However, he looked too matching with Captain Si, so much so that he knew from the beginning who the young man belongs to.

He turned to leave and nearly bumped into someone. Ji Jiu, who was just obediently hugging the lychee and eating, somehow ran next to him. His big, round eyes staring straight at the deer leg.

With a somewhat pitiful look, he asked, “Is this meat delicious?”

Slurp, he hasn’t eaten deer leg before.

Og turned his head, and the giant lychee was nowhere to be seen.

Not even the pit was left.

Was that just his illusion earlier?

No one can resist this kind of helpless kitten-like gaze. He instinctively pushed the deer leg forward, “Want to eat?”

Ji Jiu’s eyes instantly light up, “Can I!?”

Og’s originally sunny and handsome face showed a hint of shyness, “Of course.”

Then he watched helplessly as this deer leg, which can satisfy three adult men, was barely in the hands of the delicate and innocent-looking young man for less than ten minutes.

Despite eating fast, Ji Jiu doesn’t appear unsightly. It’s more like a refined cat feasting, very pleasing to the eye.

In the end, only the big bone was left. Og was about to reach out and help him, but then he saw Ji Jiu biting the bone as if he wanted to swallow it whole.

His heart jumped, and Og couldn’t help but shout, “Wait!”

Ji Jiu looked up, holding the bone in his hand, “Hmm?”

His mouth still had crumbs of grilled meat.

No matter how cute he is, it won’t change the fact that he wanted to swallow the bone directly.

At that moment, Captain Si returns

Ed after scouting ahead, timely stopping Ji Jiu from attempting to feed the bone to the black mist.

Og inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, “Captain, I’ll be going now.”

Ji Jiu happily waved goodbye, completely unaware that the man behind him, who possessed an intense possessiveness, had a gaze that had become unsettling.

Back at the tent in the camp, Ji Jiu was immediately held at the waist, preventing him from leaving.

Si Yin Yuan raised an eyebrow, “Didn’t I say you can’t eat randomly given things?”

Ji Jiu looked aggrieved, “But he…”

“A child who violates the rules needs to be punished.” Without waiting for him to finish, Si Yin Yuan had already bitten into his neck.

He sucked heavily, recoloring the almost faded love bite, creating a bewitching contrast with the fair skin.

Like a fierce beast enjoying its exclusive little prey, tirelessly marking its possession, letting the prey tremble and whimper underneath without letting go.

The feeling of being a meat being bitten off by a tiger appeared again, and Ji Jiu curled up, wanting to transform back to his original form.

The man, still filled with jealousy, had no intention of letting him go so easily. Shifting his lips from the battlefield, he said in a low voice, “Want a different punishment? Then no dessert after meals tomorrow.”

Dessert after meals was the favorite strawberry-flavored nutritional liquid.

Ji Jiu widened his eyes; he couldn’t do without that.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he maintained his human form, with a hint of a sob in his voice, “Then, then be gentler when planting little flowers, okay?”

Si Yin Yuan smirked, “Sure.”

Although he had endured for a long time, given the limited conditions in the camp, they had only helped each other once, and Si Yin Yuan had spared him. Until now, he hadn’t successfully claimed Ji Jiu. He had only used his hands a few times, and if he continued like this, he feared that one day he couldn’t resist and would truly eat the little grass.

Patience was key.

Si Yin Yuan lowered his gaze at the person with still moist eyelashes, pulled him into his arms again.

…

As expected, the base was actually next to “Laisain,” and the reason the map maker accidentally overlooked it was precisely due to the uniqueness of this base.

It was actually built underground.

Completely isolated from the outside world, relying on military supplies and various mutants underground for food, clothing, and other necessities.

Generally, the mutants hiding deep underground have relatively low combat power. This makes it convenient for the people in this base to hunt and domesticate them. Apart from being hard to swallow, they don’t have many issues, and they produce fewer toxins for ordinary people compared to the flashy mutants on the surface.

In a subterranean base like this, without suddenly experiencing this mutant tide, it wouldn’t have been wiped out at once, almost facing complete annihilation. Only a part of the people with potential for development managed to escape.

Og: “If we hadn’t brought a survivor from that base to guide us, we might have gotten lost.”

He turned to look at the frail figure of the person, “I’m sorry; you’ve just finished escaping. You should be resting.”

This subterranean base rarely communicates with other bases under normal circumstances. When the apocalypse arrived, each base fought with all its might to survive. Even sending people to contact others was rare. However, their base, due to the unique nature of guild hunters, often went on missions outside. Therefore, these medium to large-sized bases had heard about their base. When something happened, they all fled towards their base.

The survivor looked at the familiar monument, eyes reddening, “No, I want to thank you for being willing to accompany me back to rescue them and for being willing to take us in.”

Actually, before coming, he had many thoughts. What if this base refused to accept them? After all, there were more than a thousand people, and many were non-ability survivors. Each person’s supplies were scarce due to consumption and abandonment during the escape.

Or what if they only accepted awakened individuals?

He was also an awakened person, and his awakening was related to shields. Therefore, when the evacuation team categorized him, he was pushed out by the awakening group. His sister stayed in the base to continue resisting and fighting. He had to be responsible for his sister’s less than ten-year-old child. If this base only accepted awakened individuals, he wouldn’t want to survive alone.

Actually, more people than him had such thoughts at that time. Everyone was fleeing under pressure, witnessing companions die every day. Perhaps, a second ago, they were walking beside you, and the next second, a man-eating flower that appeared from who knows where bit off half of their bodies. The uncertainty and despair for the future could drive people insane.

Therefore, at the entrance of the base, they only waited for a little over ten minutes. When they heard from the guards that they could enter, all these more than a thousand people seemed to have awakened from a nightmare.

Ji Jiu felt the strong smell of human blood in the air and already sensed that the situation was not optimistic.

He tugged at his owner’s sleeve without saying a word. Although he still felt a bit confused about the strong sorrow emanating from the human, his conviction not to let the Ashes pass deepened in his heart.