Synopsis: Apologies in advance! Character traits: prone to foolishness and occasional bouts of madness. Skilled in groveling apologies and dealing with an overbearing, cold-hearted demon lord. Feat...
Chapter 8 You are a Little White Flower Outside, the sky was bright and clear…
It was bright outside, and it was really inappropriate for her to sleep in. The Vermilion Bird Flame should have been taken back by Qin Wenxue, and the room had already become dark, but the warmth had not dissipated. She was sleeping naked on the ground and was not cold at all.
The Qiyun Palace looked even emptier during the day, but because of its high location, she could see the vast grassland outside the palace as soon as she stepped out, which looked very inviting under the sun.
I often hear rumors that someone is itching to act.
She didn't know why her hands and feet wouldn't obey her commands. After her limbs went through a series of twists and turns, hopping and skipping, she finally reached the edge of the grass.
Shi Wenzhe was already sweating profusely from exhaustion. His bizarre posture amused him, and he sat on the ground, panting for a long time.
There was a fence around the edge of the meadow. It wasn't very noticeable last night. The fence was crooked and tattered. It wasn't high, but it was long enough to enclose the area in front of the palace gate. Shi Wenzhe felt like a sheep that had escaped from the pen. The fence was the gate. She wanted to cross the fence and run wild in the meadow.
Shi Wen flew up and pounced, leaving a flustered but joyful silhouette in the sunlight. She faced the earth, her back to the blue sky, and had an intimate encounter with the soil.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey." Shi Wenzhe spat out the mud in her mouth, her head spinning and confused. The remaining sensation was incredibly pleasant. At this moment, the earth's attraction to her was comparable to a luxurious Simmons mattress. A primal impulse from her genes controlled her.
She involuntarily straightened her head and chest, facing the sun against the fierce wind, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Shi Wenzhe: "..."
"At the very least, a person shouldn't be unable to control their own body." Tears streamed down her face, but that was the truth. She was like a manipulated puppet, stuck in the ground and turned into a scarecrow with outstretched arms embracing the earth.
Finally, in her silent cry, her body seemed to draw full of energy, and with a "plop," Shi Wenzhe transformed into a delicate, pure white flower in the gentle breeze.
The little white flower trembled and shook its leaves twice, as if it were in a panic.
Shi Wen unfolded her delicate leaves, looking left and right. The expressionless flower stood there innocently, bewildered, revealing immense unease and confusion. But even in her unease and confusion, she couldn't help but stretch out her leaves and begin...photosynthesis.
"Aa ...
"Waaaaah, how did I become like this? Who am I? Help! Heavens and earth, why am I not human anymore? Why am I a thing?" Shi Wenzhe screamed in despair. A gust of wind swept across the quiet and peaceful grass, leaving behind ripples.
"Little white flower! Little white flower la la la la la, it's Little White."
"The silly boy is back! Come and see!"
"Where? Where? Did the little fool bring any new flower and grass seeds?"
"Don't call her 'little fool,' that doesn't sound nice. She's a little girl, call her 'Little White,' that sounds nice."
"Little White, Little White, are you back from the Pure Water Pool? Did the wolf demon give you new seeds?"
"Little White, I'm so hungry. Please put some spirit stones in my soil, thank you."
"Silly boy! Why are you spacing out again! Hurry up, there's so much malevolent energy emanating from the soil of Yunmengze again, my feet hurt so much." A blade of grass stretched out its roots and came to Shi Wenzhe's face.
Shi Wenzhe… Shi Wenzhe’s mind went blank and was rebooting. She suddenly remembered what 001 had said: her true form was the Spirit-Crossing Flower, so…
She stretched out her slender leaves again to examine it, and the large-faced flower seemed to be frightened, remaining motionless for a long time.
Shi Wenzhe sighed, somewhat dejectedly: "So this is what the Crossing Spirit Flower looks like. It looks very... ordinary." Like the wildflowers that can be seen everywhere by the roadside in his hometown, it has no special features. The only difference is that the flowers are very large, like peonies, and the whole flower is as white as jade, which makes people dare not look directly at it in the sunlight.
Shi Wenzhe was still excited as she held the flowers. It was her first time being a flower, and everything was new and exciting to her. She stretched out her leaves freely, and the chattering noise around her was inescapable, but it was all out of kindness and curiosity. She looked around and watched the various flowers, plants and trees slowly gathering, and a sense of warmth and closeness rose in her heart for no reason.
Like today's sunshine, it warms you up so much you feel almost drowning in it.
"Sizzle... sizzle sizzle sizzle. Host triggered keyword detected! Sizzle sizzle—la ———————— sizzle!" "Bang!" Shi Wenzhe was struck by lightning. The little white flower was struck by lightning and withered on the ground. Its whole body was emitting blue smoke. The surroundings were silent for a moment, then burst into noisy concern and laughter. Shi Wenzhe looked so pitiful among the noisy plants.
Shi Wenzhe: "..."
Shi Wenzhe had already given up. The little white flower struggled to prop herself up with her leaves, almost melting into a puddle of water. Her voice was low and weak as she slowly asked, "001, is striking me a condition you have to fulfill every time you appear? I don't know if you can feel some pain in my mind. You probably can't, but please think of me for me. I'm just a mortal. When the lightning struck, I was really about to die." Shi Wenzhe heard the long, short-circuiting sound of the system in his mind and sighed silently.
It's nice here. Even though things didn't go smoothly at the beginning, Shi Wenzhe liked it here and wanted to survive. The system and the missions shattered her beautiful fantasies and made her unable to indulge in them. She could no longer stay in her safe haven and was driven to take steps forward towards the unknown future.
"Buzz—The system is reconnecting. Please wait patiently."
Sometimes I hear the sound of holding my breath, and the sound of flowers and grass being blown by the wind is like the rolling of ocean waves.
"Crack! Connection successful." The inorganic electronic voice rang in his mind again, and at the same time, a blue light screen the size of a computer monitor appeared in front of him. The screen displayed the system's main interface, with the words "Half-dead System" in Microsoft YaHei font size 2 in the upper right corner.
Shi Wenzhe stared speechlessly at the six large characters spinning and jumping on the screen.
"The system has detected the host's trigger keyword 'white flower' and is now issuing the host 1 fragment of information from this world."
The little white flower raised a leaf in surprise: "This doesn't fit your system design. Shouldn't you be a cold-blooded, rigid, and boring system? Why are you being so kind today, 001?"
"You—ah!!!" Shi Wenzhe's voice split open, and his scream reached the sky. The swaying flowers and plants stopped in the wind at the same time, and the whole scene looked strange and terrifying.
“001…” Little White Flower was covered in black smoke: “Why is this happening? Why is this happening? I only said a few extra words, and you’re going to chop me up? How can you be so heartless and ruthless? You really are… you really are.”
She gave up. It seemed the system wasn't an easy person to talk to. She'd just consider what the system had said as mere self-talk.
"Information Fragment X1 has been issued. Please check it promptly, host." The electronic voice was indifferent and cold.
Shi Wenzhe awkwardly shut up and muttered softly, "Then don't be so fierce, it sounds kind of scary."
Shi Wenzhe stretched out a leaf that touched the light screen, but passed right through it. She asked in confusion, "How am I supposed to see this, 001?"
001 replied, "Instruction by thought."
Shi Wenzhe was waiting for 001 to continue, but the other party was aloof and arrogant, acting like she was something special. Shi Wenzhe curled the corners of her mouth, and although 001 couldn't see it, her rebellious nature made her give the other party a perfectly fake smile.
Although 001 is not very reliable, what he says is indeed useful. When Shi Wenzhe activates his mind, his brain issues a command to check the information, and an email appears on the screen in bold Microsoft Yahei font, size 5.
The first line of text read: "[Trigger Purification Skill]". Shi Wenzhe stared at the six lonely characters, speechless. Really? This information came just in time. Heh, she didn't care about it at all now.
The second line of text loaded slightly slowly, and she waited patiently, her heart itching with anticipation.
Once the information was loaded, the text on the light screen appeared as if particles were gathering and then dispersing, finally taking shape and freezing.
[Timely news:]
Background: The only remaining Spirit-Crossing Flower on the Zhaoyao Continent.
Age: #*&*%*Unknown
Gender: #*&*%* Female
Personality: Gentle and timid by nature, but very curious and unafraid of death (perhaps not knowing what death is, hence the lack of fear).
Abilities: Purifies malevolent energy (may also absorb malevolent energy), Plant affinity (planting flowers yields melons, planting melons yields any plant).
Skills: All things grow (may grow wildly), cleanse oneself of impurities (to prevent over-washing from making one stupid).
Birthplace: Sea of Delusion
Residence: Yunmengze
Advantages: Virgin Mary
Disadvantages: #*&*%* Sizzling sounds...too many to list, please discover them yourself, host.
Shi Wenzhe: "..." "This isn't a world message, it's my message, 001, are you sure you didn't send it to the wrong person?"
A period appeared silently on the screen:
Shi Wenzhe: "So aloof? Can you explain what you meant by the 'crashing' thing just now? Do I have that many flaws?"
“.
Shi Wenzhe took a deep breath, and the little white flower stretched out its thin leaves to pat the ground in protest: "001, you are insulting me."
system:"."
Shi Wen scratched at the flower and muttered softly, "Actually, I don't care much about myself. Give me some other information."
001:“.”
"001? 001? Why aren't you answering?" Shi Wenzhe asked repeatedly.
The system crashed momentarily, and when it spoke again, it sounded as if relentlessly pursued by something, desperately trying to be caught and strangled. It quickly issued the following tasks: [1. Please fill Yunmeng Marsh with greenery. 2. Please use every means possible to survive!]
As soon as the words were spoken, the light screen shattered into dust in mid-air, turning into countless specks that scattered everywhere.
The little white flower stared blankly at everything that was happening, its leaves drooping in a daze.
"You want me to... plant all over Yunmeng Marsh?" Shi Wenzhe looked at the barren land stretching for thousands of miles beyond the edge of the grassland and slowly formed a question mark in her mind. The barren land was just a line with the sky. If you were just appreciating the vast scenery, that would be fine. But if you asked her to plant all the greenery here, she was afraid that she would never finish planting it in three lifetimes or even for eternity.
I often heard Zhe laugh heartily.