Chapter 62 Mutant Rose, On the Eve of the End

This guy had actually gone back to complain and call for backup. That was really taking things too far.

[By the way, why are you able to run around everywhere? Aren’t plants supposed to stay in one place?]

Lin Yun’s lips twitched.

So Ghost Vine had gotten its vines torn off simply because it could run around everywhere?

While distracted, Ghost Vine quickly changed the subject.

[That’s because of Youyou! It’s because of my Youyou that I can run around like an animal. How about it? Jealous?]

[I’m not jealous.]

[It’s so nice to just lie here and do nothing. What’s so fun about going outside? It’s much better to lie here.]

The mutated rose was merely curious. As for being jealous?

Not at all.

[?]

Ghost Vine was stunned.

How could any plant not be jealous?

[But don’t you want to go see other places?]

"I’m not going. I don’t want to move. I just want to lie here."

Lin Yun: "..."

Her fist tightened.

She really couldn’t stand creatures with such a strong desire to give up.

[Again! Hurry up and register it! Take it with you! Don’t let it keep lying around!]

Ghost Vine immediately cried out, begging Lin Yun to take the mutated rose away. It then rushed forward, shouting as it tried to tear off the rose’s leaves.

"Good idea."

Lin Yun grinned and took out the Contract Directory again.

This thing was separate from her other belongings and didn’t take up any space in her backpack.

[Register? What’s that? Little Vine, why don’t you take the humans somewhere else to play? I’m going to sleep.]

The mutated rose clearly wasn’t interested.

All it wanted was to give up.

Lin Yun took two steps back.

What an overwhelming aura of giving up!

Still, she was only joking and had no intention of actually registering it.

She casually stuffed the mutated rose leaf into her pocket and continued searching for other mutated plants.

[Mutated Kumquat: Edible, but not particularly tasty. It seems to possess several special abilities.]

Lin Yun didn’t quite believe it.

She picked two kumquats and stuffed them into her mouth.

The next second—

Whoosh!

A burst of fire came out of her mouth.

"Meow..."

The tabby cat was stunned.

Lin Yun quickly poured some water into her mouth and finally recovered.

[Fire-Breathing Kumquat: After eating it, you can breathe fire! Just drink a couple of mouthfuls of water afterward.]

[Little Green Man Kumquat: After eating it, your entire body will turn green. The effect lasts for four hours.]

[Little Red Kumquat: After eating it, your entire body will turn red. The effect lasts for four hours.]

[...]

Good stuff.

I’ll save these.

Lin Yun had discovered that plants capable of producing fruit tended to bring even more surprises.

It seemed she would have to spend the next few days exploring the mountains more thoroughly.

After searching through the flower market, Lin Yun collected several mutated plants that produced seeds, and their effects were all... quite peculiar.

After returning to the mountain and resting for one night, Lin Yun got up early the next morning and took Ghost Vine with her to explore the mountains.

Not long afterward, the tabby cat came looking for her by following her scent.

Lin Yun still had some sunflower seeds, but she felt that they weren’t enough.

She wanted to find more sunflowers and stock up on them.

"Huh? These are the explosive grapes from the previous mission, right?"

"What a pity. I’ve already reached the mission score cap."

That didn’t stop her from stockpiling them, though.

She simply collected them all.

There were quite a few of the explosive grapes, and Lin Yun immediately gathered a large quantity and took them back with her.

She planned to cultivate them on a large scale.

I wonder if survivors can run businesses and open shops to sell their own products, with customers paying points directly?

That way, they wouldn’t have to let the system middleman take a cut. Wouldn’t that be great?

Lin Yun sighed again.

The possibility was probably very small.

The system probably wouldn’t allow survivors to accumulate too many points. Otherwise, wouldn’t the system lose its source of income?

[August Explosion: It looks delicious, but it has mutated and is no longer edible. Eating it will cause your body to explode!]

Lin Yun’s eyes widened.

Could this "August Explosion" really be that terrifying?

Not only was it inedible, but eating it would actually make your body explode?

It truly lived up to its name.

Lin Yun remained silent and focused on recording its information.

It was a pity that she didn’t know much about herbs.

Otherwise, she could have searched for some medicinal plants, just in case she needed them later.

After wandering through the mountains for three days, Lin Yun finally stopped exploring.

She specifically asked the Monkey King about the mutated peach tree.

The Monkey King said it was up to her. They weren’t lacking food in that area anyway, so Lin Yun took the mutated peach tree away.

Unfortunately, she still couldn’t find the sunflower she wanted most.

After thinking about it, Lin Yun decided to try cultivating one herself and see whether she could grow more sunflowers from the sunflower seeds.

After all, the explosive sunflower seeds were extremely useful.

The second-to-last day of survival.

"Tuantuan, let’s talk."

Lin Yun stopped Tuantuan, who was preparing to go hunting.

Recently, Tuantuan often went hunting on its own. It would eat half of whatever it caught and leave the other half for Lin Yun.

"Awooo."

I’m not leaving! I want to follow you.

I already told you that I don’t hate you anymore, so you can’t leave without me.

"The places I’m going next are dangerous. I could suddenly die at any time."

"Awoo."

That’s okay. I’m not afraid.

Just take me with you. Put me in your Contract Directory, and I’ll go with you!

Tuantuan’s attitude was firm.

It was determined to follow Lin Yun.

In this world, aside from its foster father, the only people it knew were Lin Yun and the others.

If it didn’t follow them, it genuinely didn’t know where it could go.

It had grown up in a zoo and was accustomed to living around humans. Deep down, it was actually afraid of being left alone in the wild.

"Tuantuan, think about it carefully."

"I’m going to leave this world and travel to other worlds. If you come with me, you may never be able to return here."

"This is your home, so you need to think it through carefully."

Lin Yun sighed.

She had seen Tuantuan’s behavior during this period.

And now that she had the Contract Directory, it wasn’t impossible to take Tuantuan with her.

Tuantuan froze.

Going to another world... and never coming back here?

Lin Yun didn’t disturb it.

She let Tuantuan think about it on its own.

There wasn’t much else to do that day, so Lin Yun planned to go down to town for a stroll.

If she happened to run into Lu Jingnian, she would chat with him.

If not, she would simply leave it at that.

She was quite unlucky.

The moment she arrived in town, she stumbled upon a shootout.

Lin Yun immediately hid behind a nearby house and cautiously observed the situation.

It was Lu Jingnian and his group, but she didn’t recognize the people they were fighting.

The battle ended quickly.

The other side was defeated and fled.

Lu Jingnian didn’t send anyone after them. He was worried that the retreat might be a trap and that they could be leading them into an ambush.

"Brother Lu, are you busy?"

After the fighting stopped, Lin Yun slowly emerged from behind the house.

Lu Jingnian turned and looked at her.

"With such a big commotion happening here, you still dare to come out?"

"Aren’t you afraid of getting accidentally hurt?"

Lin Yun touched her nose.

"How about we make a deal?"

"About the peaches?"

Lu Jingnian couldn’t think of anything else.

Lin Yun nodded.

Lu Jingnian gave Xiao Fei a few instructions before walking with Lin Yun toward a secluded corner.

"Are you willing to tell me where that tree is?"

"Give me some common medicines, and I’ll tell you where the peaches were picked."