Chapter 128: Conquer! (Third update)

Fang Yuxin thought of the terrifying mutant crystal orchid in her dream, and she didn't have time to think about it, so she pulled Shang Jinxiu and Fang Yuyang away. Fang Yuyang originally wanted to find that thing and get rid of it, but when he saw her face turn pale, he asked worriedly: "Xinxin, what's wrong? Is that thing very powerful?"

Fang Yuxin woke up instantly when she heard his voice. She sorted out her confused memories and suddenly realized that she was no longer in that weird dream. The apocalypse had only just begun. Even if it was that thing, its strength was definitely far inferior to the one in her dream. What was there for her to be afraid of?

As she thought about this, her mind became clearer and clearer, and she soon thought of more things. Since that thing chose to attack Shang Jinxiu when she was digging the crystal core, and even did not attack Shang Jinxiu, and escaped so quickly, then its current strength must be insufficient.

Otherwise, why would it hide so much?

Thinking of this, Fang Yuxin felt relieved, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel ashamed of his actions just now.

Her reaction was really over the top.

After reflecting on it for a while, Fang Yuxin said, "That should be a mutant plant. I'm not sure if it's the one I know, but we'd better be careful." She paused here and said to Shang Jinxiu, "Jinxiu, you are the weakest right now, so you have to be extra careful. According to what you said just now, that thing can easily smash the zombie's head, and it's very fast, which means it's very dangerous. You have to be careful of its sneak attack."

Shang Jinxiu nodded, she pursed her lips tightly, looking nervous and scared. However, she did not ask Fang Yuxin and Fang Yuyang to protect her, but clenched the dagger in her hand and said, "Don't worry, Sister Xin, I will be careful."

Fang Yuxin felt that it was not safe to leave her alone, so she said to Fang Yuyang: "Brother, you take her with you, and I will deal with the rest of the zombies."

Because it was Fang Yuxin who said it, Fang Yuyang agreed without hesitation: "Don't worry, it's no problem, just be careful yourself."

Fang Yuxin nodded, signaling Fang Yuyang to take Shang Jinxiu away, and then inserted the blade into the zombie's head. This time, she did not rush to dig out the crystal core, but quickly cut open the heads of other zombies. The strong smell of rot spread in the air. Fang Yuxin blocked her sense of smell and released her spiritual consciousness to search bit by bit.

However, the strange thing was that her spiritual consciousness could now be released a thousand meters away, but after she released her spiritual consciousness, she still couldn't find the location of the mutant crystal orchid. It was as if it had disappeared out of thin air, or it had never existed at all.

Fang Yuxin searched more carefully, but still found nothing.

However, at this moment, she suddenly discovered a strange energy fluctuation in the air, and then a slender white snake-like thing quickly emerged from the ground and shot towards a zombie.

Fang Yuxin channeled her spiritual energy into her eyes, and as her eyes turned a beautiful green color, she clearly saw the appearance of the thing.

The thing was as slender as a snake, pure white and crystal clear as jade. The leaves on its body were like scales, or like rotating blades, with very sharp edges.

It has a huge bud on its head. The bud is very beautiful, with scaly petals slightly open, and inside are circles of spiral teeth, which are also very sharp.

It was exactly the mutated crystal orchid that Fang Yuxin had guessed!

Its body wrapped around the zombie's head like a snake, gradually tightening as it wrapped around it. Then, with a "click", the zombie's skull shattered, and the huge flower bud moved closer, and as the teeth rotated, it swallowed the entire brain.

What's strange is that its crystal white body is not spotless, but instead emits a faint white fluorescence. At the same time, a faint fragrance appears in the air, making it look even more beautiful and dreamy.

What was even more bizarre was that even though it had clearly appeared in front of Fang Yuxin, Fang Yuxin's spiritual consciousness still could not sense it. It seemed as if there was nothing in the place where it was, and it could only be seen by the naked eye.

The whole process actually took only a few seconds, because it was so fast that Fang Yuxin had no time to react. After it successfully swallowed a brain, it raised its head and looked at Fang Yuxin vigilantly. Then, it still couldn't resist the temptation of food and shot at another zombie.

But just as it was about to rush to the zombie, a wind blade suddenly appeared and hit it, making a crisp sound.

The sound was like the collision of jade, very crisp and pleasant.

Fang Yuxin watched the whole process, and then she was surprised to find that the wind blade did not hurt it, but was easily blocked by the scaly leaves on its body.

Although it was not injured, Fang Yuyang's attack angered it. It suddenly raised its body, like a snake, and raised the flower bud high, with the spiral teeth inside pointing in the direction of Fang Yuyang.

The gears spin constantly, looking like they're ready to attack at any moment.

Fang Yuxin thought about it, and shot a ball of wood spirit energy the size of a soybean towards it. The mutant crystal orchid first turned its flower bud around cautiously, but as the ball of wood spirit energy approached, it seemed to sense something, and instead of dodging, it took the initiative to shoot out its flower bud and swallowed the ball of wood spirit energy.

There was actually a hint of impatience in his movements.

As the wood energy was swallowed, it aimed the flower bud at Fang Yuxin. Then, Fang Yuxin felt a faint and vague thought: "I want... I want more..."

Although the mutant crystal orchid is still a saprophyte, its growth is also inseparable from the wood-type spiritual energy. After swallowing the ball of wood energy just now, it discovered the benefits that wood energy brought to itself, so it greedily wanted to get more.

After Fang Yuxin felt the weak thought, her spiritual consciousness was finally able to sense it. She once again ejected a ball of wood energy the size of a soybean, and at the same time sent out a spiritual consciousness, conveying her thoughts to the mutant crystal orchid: "Recognize me as your master, and I will give you more wood energy."

However, although this mutant crystal orchid had a little consciousness by chance, it was very weak, not even as strong as a one-year-old baby. It could not understand Fang Yuxin's words at all. Fang Yuxin communicated with it for a long time and ejected several balls of wood energy before he finally succeeded in subduing this mutant crystal orchid and signed a contract with it.

She pierced her fingertip and squeezed out a drop of blood. Then she used her mind to draw the drop of blood into a blood talisman. As the blood talisman sank into Shui Jing Orchid's body, the contract was completed.

Then, the mutant crystal orchid's body shrank rapidly, and finally turned into a beam of white light and shot towards Fang Yuxin, intersecting head and tail and wrapping around her wrist. After the mutant crystal orchid shrank, it looked like a mutton-fat jade bracelet because of its crystal white body. The scaly leaves on its body also became smooth, like the delicate carvings on the bracelet.

The bracelet was cool and gave off a refreshing plant fragrance. It was indescribably suitable for Fang Yuxin to wear. Looking at it like this, no one could have guessed that it was a ferocious mutant plant.

Even Fang Yuyang and Shang Jinxiu, who witnessed the whole process, found it unbelievable!

The two walked quickly towards Fang Yuxin. Fang Yuyang walked in front. Before he even reached Fang Yuxin, he asked nervously, "Xinxin, is it okay for you to wear it like this?"

After witnessing the mutated crystal orchid devouring the zombie's brain, Fang Yuyang became a little more wary of it and couldn't help but worry that it would hurt Fang Yuxin.

It was not known whether it was because Fang Yuyang's hostility was too obvious, or because this mutated crystal orchid was too sensitive, but it actually sensed Fang Yuyang's displeasure and conveyed a feeling of dissatisfaction and grievance towards Fang Yuxin.

Fang Yuxin herself was actually quite surprised. She didn't expect that the flower of death that made the survivors shudder in their dreams had now become her spiritual pet.

The thoughts conveyed by the mutated crystal orchid made her feel unreal. The thoughts of this terrifying flower of death were as childish as those of a child.

She thought about it and sent a message to the mutant crystal orchid: "Can you call me Lan Ruo from now on?"

Affected by the contract, it quickly understood Fang Yuxin's intention this time, and sent her a happy thought: "You must...you must call...Lan...Lan Ruo...like it..."

Fang Yuxin stretched out his fingers and gently stroked it, and the wood energy overflowed from his fingertips and sank into Lan Ruo's body. Fang Yuxin generously gave it a lot of wood energy this time, and it was almost at the limit of its absorption, so he stopped sending it.

As the wood energy entered her body, Lan Ruo underwent tremendous changes. The scaly leaves spread out, the buds lifted, and the petals opened slightly. At the same time, her aura continued to rise.

After a long while, the energy fluctuations on Lan Ruo's body became stable again, and the opened leaves and buds closed again, and it turned into a bracelet again. But this time, it seemed to be reborn, its body became whiter and more crystal clear, and the fragrance became a little stronger, full of vitality, refreshing.

It conveyed its joyful thoughts to Fang Yuxin, who touched it again but did not continue to give it wood energy. The wood energy just now had not been completely refined, and continuing to give it would be disadvantageous to it.

Lan Ruo did not make any request, but instead told Fang Yuxin that it was going to deal with the zombies.

Fang Yuxin's mind moved, and he soothed it with his fingers, then conveyed his thoughts to it: "Are those zombies your food?"

Lan Ruo's thoughts were still intermittent: "Eat... you can eat... food..."

Fang Yuxin said, "You can eat the zombies, but you have to keep the crystal cores, okay?"

Lan Ruo was obviously a little unwilling: "Lan... Lan Ruo... wants... wants..."

Fang Yuxin thought about it and simply proposed to exchange wood energy for crystal cores, and finally got it to agree to the deal. To it, the wood energy Fang Yuxin gave it was much better than the crystal core!

Fang Yuxin breathed a sigh of relief, and then she was filled with joy. With Lan Ruo's help, her strength would be greatly improved!

(End of this chapter)