Chapter 170 - 163: Harvest

Chapter 170: Chapter 163: Harvest

Xia Yu.

After quietly leaving the Mist Event, she went straight to the unfinished building and stayed the night.

In the morning.

Hong She’s mother had prepared breakfast.

Everyone gathered together, discussing their thoughts and experiences from the Mist Event while they ate.

As the team grew, the once deathly silent unfinished building became a bit more lively.

Xie Shaokun was talkative and liked to boast from time to time. Little Nannan and Hong She weren’t the quiet types either, and Xia Yu would also offer a comment now and then.

Only Little Flower stood to the side, silent.

"Nan, you’re getting more and more incredible. You deserve the title of master sharpshooter! In the future, you should just grab a sniper rifle and become a sniper."

"Yeah. I’ve actually been thinking about that. A sniper rifle has more power than a standard rifle, which is good for picking off Red-eyed Mutant Beasts. But I don’t plan to specialize only as a sniper. I want to be a well-rounded gunslinger."

"Awesome!"

"Truly impressive."

...

The group chatted and laughed.

Their discussion was lively and spirited.

Xia Yu glanced at Hong She. Having learned about his actions during the ’Commercial Street’ Mist Event, she instantly saw through his intentions.

It further impressed upon her the convenience of working with intelligent people.

Mainly, it wasn’t mentally exhausting.

Hearing the topic of Xie Shaokun and the others’ discussion shift elsewhere, Xia Yu lost interest and began to summarize the gains and losses from this Mist Event.

’Gains:

First, five Mutant Crystal Cores.

Second, the Soul Ganoderma, which increased my soul strength. Moreover, because the Soul Ganoderma contained pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power, it also increased my overall strength.

In addition, this Mist Event lasted for nearly two hours, allowing me to absorb a large amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power to temper my body.

As of now, I’m 32% of the way through the First Grade Spiritual Ability Realm.

The dual enhancement of my soul and body has led to a significant increase in my combat power.

Third, Little Flower completed its fourth transformation and has begun its fifth, which is already 80% complete!

Fourth, Nai’er’s husband’s strength has surpassed its previous peak, comparable to an expert at the Second Grade Spirit Ability Realm. His combat power has increased enormously, but... whether this is a blessing or a curse remains to be seen.

Fifth, I learned something: a person’s resentment isn’t constantly emitted. It’s only released during emotional fluctuations. This is also why that janitor didn’t emit extremely strong resentment at the beginning.

This also shows that person has extremely fine-tuned emotional control.

Shortcomings:

I didn’t anticipate that after Nai’er’s husband absorbed the resentment of the Resentful Corpse in pajamas, he might become too strong and break free from Little Flower’s control.

This caused the timeline for Nai’er’s husband breaking free of control to be advanced by a great deal.’

Additionally, Xie Shaokun’s group of three also had a bountiful harvest.

They obtained nearly twenty Mutant Crystal Cores!

Four Mutated Beast Crystal Cores.

And one Red-eyed Mutant Beast Crystal Core.

Suddenly...

"CHIRP CHIRP."

A shrill bird cry rang out.

"!!!"

The expressions on Xia Yu and the others changed, and they immediately rushed toward the source of the sound.

A bird’s cry was normal.

But why was it filled with such terror?

"This..."

Soon, the group saw a bird being devoured by Big Flower and froze in place.

They could only watch as...

Big Flower opened its gaping maw, its sharp sunflower seeds acting like vicious teeth, instantly crushing the struggling bird.

In just two seconds, the bird stopped struggling, and its screeches ceased.

Just like that.

It was brutally devoured by Big Flower.

To Xia Yu, this scene was perfectly normal. The corners of her mouth even turned up slightly, quite satisfied with Big Flower’s growth rate. ’After all, didn’t I raise Big Flower and Erhua to have them guard the house?’

As for Hong She and the others, their faces were filled with terror.

’Who could have imagined that the sunflower they had planted could actually eat living things?’

Even though they had already seen terrifying existences like Mutated Plants and Mutated Beasts, they were still deeply shocked.

"Um... Yu, it won’t attack us, will it?"

Hong She glanced worriedly at his mother in the distance and couldn’t help but ask.

"Mix blood with water and feed it daily."

"After a while, they naturally won’t attack you."

Xia Yu said, "For the specific method, just ask Little Nannan. She’ll teach you."

"Okay."

Hearing this, Hong She breathed a sigh of relief.

He became increasingly aware of Xia Yu’s power and, by extension, the power of this team.

_Phew._

Little Nannan gently patted her chest and said, "I didn’t think these two sunflowers could really eat living things, much less in such a way."

Xie Shaokun had accompanied Xia Yu to the ’Orchard Mist Event’ and had seen the sunflowers eat living things before, so he was the first to recover, saying, "Nan."

"These are Mutated Plants that Yu carefully selected. And they’re fed Crystal Cores. They’ll get even stronger in the future."

"Devouring a living person will be nothing to them."

"They’ll even be able to devour Mutants!"

Little Nannan and Hong She fell silent again.

’Devour Mutants?’

"RING RING RING."

Just then, Xia Yu’s phone rang.

’Zhao Guohui?’

’Calling at this hour... has the Blood Spirit Gu arrived?’

She glanced impassively at Little Nannan and Hong She, who were not under her ’control,’ and answered the phone.

"The Blood Spirit Gu is almost here."

"However, something has come up, and we need your help."

Zhao Guohui knew Xia Yu didn’t want to expose her identity over the phone, so he quickly explained the situation with the blood-colored lizard in one breath, then asked, "You can predict information about Mist Event outbreaks and you could foresee the coming of the Apocalypse. You should be able to predict the Red-eyed Lizard’s location too, right?"

"Even a general area would be a huge help!"

Hearing this, Xia Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly.

’The Red-eyed Lizard?’

A related memory surfaced in her mind: ’In my past life, around this same time—I forget the exact date—a village near my school, Huayang University of Technology, was wiped out.’

’It must be related to that, right?’

’After the Apocalypse began, I heard from a warrior that the Red-eyed Lizard was later killed by artillery fire, and there was a secondary explosion.’

’A secondary explosion?’

’It must have been because of the Crystal Core in its brain, right?!’

Zhao Guohui, unaware of Xia Yu’s thoughts, continued, "This matter is of grave importance. If it’s not handled properly, a large number of civilians could be killed or injured."

"I hope you can help."

"If you don’t know the Red-eyed Lizard’s location, could you let Xie Shaokun, Little Nannan, and Hong She participate in this operation and help us surround and kill it?"

"We’re severely short on skilled personnel over here."

Xia Yu hung up the phone.

She understood Zhao Guohui’s meaning.

It was just...

She really didn’t know the Red-eyed Lizard’s exact location.

In fact, even if she did, it would be useless. After all, due to her influence in this life, the country was pursuing the Red-eyed Lizard much more aggressively this time around.

Who knew if the Red-eyed Lizard had changed its location?

"Xie Shaokun."

"Little Nannan."

"Hong She."

After a moment of contemplation, Xia Yu spoke. "You need to help them hunt a Red-eyed Mutant Beast that escaped from a Mist Event."

"!!!"

Hearing this, the expressions on Xie Shaokun and the other two changed. "What the hell are they doing over there? How did they let such a terrifyingly dangerous creature escape?"

"If it’s not captured and killed soon, a lot of innocent people are going to die."

"When do we leave?"

"Now."

Xia Yu stood up to leave.

"Mom, you stay here."

"And don’t go near these two sunflowers."

Hong She instructed his mother, but still feeling uneasy, he added, "If there’s any danger, just hide in the car and don’t come out."

Seeing this, Xia Yu said coolly, "Don’t worry."

"Little Flower will stay here."

"Nothing will happen."