Chapter 115 Each Has Its Own Difficulties

Two-thirty in the morning, in the southern part of Jinye City.

A small, white-furred creature, resembling a plush bat, pushed open the door. It tiptoed to the backyard and quietly picked up a small kettle. The small backyard was overflowing with fruits and vegetables: crisp, sweet cucumbers, tender red tomatoes, and many newly planted kumquats, all high-quality fruits beneficial to the children's healthy growth.

"Bo... Bo bo..."

Gulibo, the little white-furred creature, grumbled nervously. Growing good fruit requires daily care; a day of dryness or a day of drought will affect the quality. As a certified Level 2 Professional Gardener and Level 1 Plant Cultivator from Jingsha City-State, Gulibo meticulously cares for plants, even the small potted plants he's temporarily assigned to.

But this afternoon, he was unlucky enough to be frozen, and didn't warm up until almost midnight. With Bosheng suffering such misfortune, what else could he say? He could only water the plants in the middle of the night...

It carefully finished its work, and seeing the patrolling monsters outside hadn't come, it quickly slipped back into its room. But in its haste, the kettle slipped from its grasp and dropped to the floor, making a clanging noise. Gulbo's already pure white fur turned even paler with fear, and he screamed, "It's over, it's over! I'm going to be eaten by the monsters!"

"It's so noisy..." "What's wrong?" A vague noise came from the small door at the side.

"It's okay, I just dropped a pot!" Gulibo fluttered around, "Everyone, don't worry! Sleep well, Bo!"

"It's Gulibo who's making all the noise..." "Gulibo is so noisy~" "Be careful, or you'll be caught by monsters."

The children complained for a while, then fell asleep. Seeing that the monster outside hadn't come in, Gulibo breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his kettle, and groped his way through the darkness. He came to the toy corner where the children played during recess, crouched beside a particularly large flower pot, and cried heartily, "I can't hold on any longer! I really can't hold on any longer! Master Sacred Tree, when will someone come to save us?"

The big flowerpot - which looked like it didn't have any plants in it, but was just a strange thing with a brown football stuck upside down in the soil - didn't move, but a mysterious force moved the dust on the ground, forming faint words.

Be patient and have hope.

Gulibo cried even louder: "Master Shenshu, what did you say? I can't see without turning on the lights!"

【……】

Shizhong stretched out his spiritual vines with great effort, finally reaching the switch. The light illuminated the writing on the ground, as well as the children's building blocks, dolls, and unread extracurricular books.

As we all know, the growth of stone species requires positive emotions such as hope, love, and courage, as well as a stable order. In addition, it is best to avoid a harmless environment that avoids fighting. After a lot of hard work, Gulibo finally found a place that perfectly meets his requirements, which is -

Jinye City No. 3 Experimental Primary School!

The number of adults contaminated by society is minimal, and the innocent children are full of hope! Everyone attends and leaves classes on time, and everyone obeys their teachers, making the school's order impenetrable! 90% of the creatures are elementary school students, making them a near-zero threat! And because this is an experimental elementary school, the children are all very hardworking. This progressive atmosphere is the perfect cradle for nurturing stone species!

After much persuasion, Gulibo finally managed to get a job as a school janitor, allowing him to bring his "favorite football toy" to the toy corner. Unfortunately, the school salary wasn't enough to buy high-quality soil, so he had to work at a family restaurant downtown during his breaks to properly serve the sacred tree. While others had their days off after work, he had to work after work...

As he thought about it, Gulibo felt a surge of grief, an unwavering sadness. A month ago, he'd been doing well at his bookstore, catching up on manuscripts and tending to his potted plants. His life was vibrant and colorful. Who could have imagined that a simple delivery job would lead to a shipwreck? Who could have imagined that after finally drifting out, he'd be picked up by pirates? Who could have imagined that the floating garbage he'd picked up while cleaning the deck would turn out to be stone?

What else can I do now except run away?

I thought taking care of the Stone Seed while dodging pirates was tough enough, but I never imagined a bunch of psychopaths would come to Golden Leaf City and start a rampage. How can I get through this? Where are you, store manager and editor? Please show me your magic and save me!

Don't be afraid, we are never alone.

[Yes, me too!] Dome wrote cheerfully.

"Boom!" Gulibo jumped three feet high, turning 180 degrees in mid-air to spot the giant egg that had rolled in unnoticed. He leaned against the flowerpot and panted for a moment, "Next time... please say hello..."

You are too timid. How can you be a Jingwei bird like this?

The little animal protested softly, "Who is Jingwei Bird? I already said I'm Gulibo from the Gubo tribe."

The giant egg rolled over to the building block area and started to build blocks with its eggshell claws.

"I have good news for you. The pirates you were worried about were dealt with by Mr. Chu, who invited me to dinner today~"

Gulibo was overjoyed: "Great, they are finally locked up."

[No, the leader was shot dead.]

"That's terrible."

[Another piece of news, neither good nor bad.] The giant egg placed its hands on its hips with several eggshell claws... seemingly at the waist. [To coordinate with your disguised operations, Lü Bu has been making a big show of moving around the city for the past two days.]

"Oh, what's the result?" Gulibo asked excitedly.

[(^ω^) As expected, no one thinks I'm a stone type. ]

"I knew it!" Gulibo wailed, "How could any idiot mistake a four-meter-tall egg for a seed?"

[I think the description is very similar...] Shi Zhong wrote unwillingly.

Why does the dome always appear without anyone noticing and blend into the battlefield?

The answer is right here.

Long before this great battle began, it had already contacted the Stone Seeds. Spreading false information, gathering intelligence, slightly pushing the situation, and forcing the unsuitable ones to withdraw first—this was part of the unilateral agreement it had reached with the Stone Seeds, but the Stone Seeds had no confidence to refuse the agreement.

"I've looked around and don't see anyone coming for you, so don't worry for now." The giant egg said, "Don't worry, Bu always keeps his promises. Since Shizhong has promised to help Yishu, I, Feijiangjun, will naturally ensure your safety."

"Every time you speak in this tone, I get super worried!" Gulibo lay on the ground, "Master Shizhong, are you really not going to reconsider..."

Shi Zhong's thinking was clear: [The enemy is numerous and we are few, the enemy is strong and we are weak, our only way out is surrender!]

"What a loser!"

How can we stand by and watch others in trouble? Shi Zhong began to educate them, saying, "An egg and a person are both equally living beings. We can't only consider the life of the person and not the life of the egg. Such thinking is biased. You must love both the person and the egg. This is our true love."

"ZZZ." Gulibo blew a snot bubble. He was too tired today and fell asleep while listening to nonsense.

[Alas, this child.] Shi Zhong said, [Lü Bu, have you achieved your goal?]

[What a bounty!] The dome swayed. [I've found my destined person. All that's left is to wait for the right moment. Fufufufu, I'm really looking forward to it!]

[Could you please tell me Mr. Chu's full name?]

[His name is Chu Hengkong.]

The stone seeds in the pot shook.

[As expected. Thank you.]

The dome shook, as if nodding, and then silently rolled out into the corridor. Before departing, new writing appeared on its back.

【(ω)By the way, just to be on the safe side, I’d like to give you a heads up.

Don't have any random thoughts, or I'll eat you.

Feeling helpless, the stone species decided to appeal to his emotions and reason with him: [You should be able to sense that the power of darkness is stirring. The sign of misfortune is about to come!]

【()I just feel that the room is very dark.】

The giant egg rolled into darkness, leaving only the intermittent snoring of Gulbo inside the room. Shizhong used his spiritual vines to touch Gulbo, not disturbing its sleep. This child, constantly worried and frightened, was truly taking its toll on him.

Gulibo slept for nearly four hours, and was suddenly awakened in the early morning by a strong force. He looked around hurriedly and saw a line of stone writing on the ground:

[The terrifying cold wave is approaching, the crisis is right beside you and me! ]

"Boo!"

Gulibo perked up at a glance and whispered, "Shall we run away?"

[The terrifying cold snap is about 18 meters left from the main entrance of the school.]

"Then why are you running?!"

Jinye City No. 3 Experimental Primary School is a boarding primary school. Hundreds of children are resting in the dormitory. If someone runs away at this time, who knows what bad things someone with malicious intentions might do.

Gulibo ran to the backyard, picked up a cucumber and two tomatoes, and trembled with fear as he hurried to the front door. The teachers would be back soon, and he had to find out what was going on before surrendering, or the consequences would be disastrous.

When it left, it didn't see any gray fog. It seemed the monsters, tired after a night of struggle, had returned underground. Gulibo turned nervously and saw a slovenly, blue-skinned man sitting on a bench 18 meters to his left.

—It’s those turbid tears! This time it’s really over!!

Gulibo's entire body quickly turned gray and white, foreseeing its own hopeless future from this unfortunate experience. It would undoubtedly be frozen into a block of ice, then made into Gubo-flavored ice cream, and then swallowed by the bully in one gulp, stirred and melted in its frozen stomach, turning into freezing fertilizer...

Please don't! At least give me a good death!

In fear of death, the blue-skinned man turned his head, stretched out his rough palm, and called out with a cry as terrifying as a crow from hell.

"come over……"

Gulibo jumped over tremblingly, jumping and shaking like a zombie.

Iceman Sethron grabbed it and pressed it down with his other hand like a lid. Gulibo's eyes darkened, and he thought to himself that his previous prediction was too idealistic. This time, it wouldn't even have a chance of becoming a popsicle; it would turn into crushed ice!

But after waiting for a long time, he did not feel the pain he had imagined. Gulibo bravely opened his eyes and found that he was lying safely in the palm of the ice man's hand, and the big hand just kept brushing against his head.

"Good boy..." Saislun said, "Little mouse, you're so cute..."

"That..." Gulibo said in a low voice.

Sethlun was so frightened that he almost fell off his chair.

"The mouse...spoke?!"

"I'm a Gubo, not a Ratbo!"

(End of this chapter)