Chapter 39

Just a few minutes ago.

The carnivorous plant arrived at a location several hundred meters away from the base and saw a large mass of dark clouds gathering on the horizon.

The surrounding weather was clear, so the presence of that dark cloud was clearly abnormal and most likely created by a human with superpowers.

The carnivorous plant stopped warily and hid on one side of the ruins, observing from the shadows.

Then, it and several plants that had poked their heads out saw a fireball hurtling towards a certain spot, concentrating its attack on that one place.

Carrot, estimating they were almost at their destination, woke up just then and came over: "Huh?"

The man-eating flower opened its mouth wide, and Qianhui, who had moved it to its teeth, pulled out her binoculars: "Are there humans there?"

All the plants were looking around, and at that moment, the mimosa nervously trembled its leaves.

The sunflower's rays conveyed a message: the mimosa told Qianhui and the other plants that it had sensed the scent of a rare and exotic plant.

The human superhuman over there... is likely attacking a supernatural plant.

"Huh?!"

What? !

Carrot reacted the fastest, patting its head and flicking out a carrot thorn that flew straight away.

Before leaving, it let out a "woof," signaling that the two vice-captains, the carnivorous plant and the chili pepper, would take charge, and it would go and check first.

The distance is too far to judge the situation there, but the mimosa's abilities are so outstanding that it is almost never wrong.

If it's a top-grade exotic plant, then it must be one I knew from the old courtyard!

The news came unexpectedly. Qian Hui was both surprised and extremely worried. She called out to Carrot's retreating figure, "Carrot, be careful! Be safe!"

Carrots were the first to leave, and chili peppers quickly arranged the next course of action.

The plants emerged from the carnivorous plant's mouth one after another, remaining by Qianhui's side without fighting, including the sunflower.

Still unsure of the situation, Chili felt they couldn't split up and had to go together until they encountered humans, while searching for Carrot and the other Superior Exotic Plant.

So, all the main damage dealers of the plant team gathered together and set off together.

Several plants waved to Qian Hui, and Nut was among them, turning its head and leaping quickly among the ruins.

The carnivorous plant followed, shrinking its size to stay at the very back. Once it left, the task of protecting Qianhui fell to Nan Tingjin.

Qianhui could only stay where she was for the time being, feeling uneasy and anxious, and continued to use her binoculars to observe the situation in the distance.

Meanwhile, the carrot had already gotten close to the dark cloud.

The wind was so strong in the air that it could barely open its eyes, and it saw the lightning gathering in the clouds about to strike.

The carrot, straining with all its might, quickly split into hundreds of radish thorns in one go.

The radish thorns, like raindrops, rushed against the flow from the side, crashing into the dark clouds at incredible speed.

"Bang--"

With a muffled thud, light flashed within the large mass of dark clouds, and the clouds were indeed partially dispersed.

The attack by the human superhumans below was forced to stop, and they exclaimed in shock, "What's going on?"

The carrot, finding this trick effective, split off another wave of carrot thorns that crashed into the dark clouds while searching intently.

Carrot paused for a moment when he saw a light blue cabbage running through the ruins.

It turned out to be cabbage...

It had no time to think further and manipulated the spikes in its hand to descend.

With ranged attacks coming from all directions, Cabbage was busy dodging and didn't notice anything above her head.

It was puzzled for two seconds. The dark cloud was so big and thick just now, so why didn't it come down?

Another fireball was thrown from the side. Cabbage dodged it and caught a glimpse of an orange object flying towards her.

It instinctively thought it was another ranged attack from a human with superpowers, so it swung its fist and tried to take the hit head-on.

Unexpectedly, the orange object moved. I dodged it for a moment, then hurriedly landed and stood still.

The carrot was very unhappy and shouted loudly, "Woo!"

Cabbage pulled back her fist, stunned: "Huh?"

Hmm... a carrot?

At that moment, some charred radish pieces fell from the sky.

The two plants stared at each other, both somewhat stunned.

Carrots and cabbages don't get along very well; they used to fight all the time in the plant garden.

They are both offensive plants, one specializing in melee combat and the other in ranged combat, so they are often grouped together to work together to resist the invasion of zombies.

Over time, they started to dislike each other. The carrot said the cabbage was as slow at boxing as an old lady zombie, while the cabbage said the carrot's thorns were as soft as overcooked noodles.

In fact, they are both quite powerful. The carrot has a wide attack range, while the cabbage disdains to hide behind the nut and often stands at the forefront to prevent any zombies from getting close.

Whenever the two plants get into a fight, Qianhui will come over to mediate and coax them both.

After arriving here, Qianhui was nowhere to be found, and the plants in the courtyard all went their separate ways. The carrot and cabbage were never seen again.

The carrot glanced over and scanned the cabbage from head to toe: "Hmph."

Its eyes seemed to say, "It's been so long, how did you end up like this?"

The cabbage, not to be outdone, raised its boxing gloves and gestured next to the carrot: "Huh?"

She's still as thin as a noodle, barely as thick as her fist. Has she been starving for a long time?

For a moment, the two plants glared fiercely at each other, just as three or four wind blades flew in from afar.

Cabbage reacted faster, pulling Carrot behind a low wall.

Once the second wave of radish thorns was exhausted, the dark clouds overhead began to gather again, pressing down heavily.

Now is not the time for reminiscing. Carrot patted Cabbage on the shoulder, telling it to follow him; the team must be on its way.

The cabbage asked in confusion, "Huh?"

Team? What team?

The carrot grunted a few times, meaning it would understand once the cabbage saw it.

It slapped its forehead a few times, and the third wave of radish thorns that split off circled around it and spread out in all directions.

The human superhuman on the other side is very cautious. The distance is too far, and the hit rate of the carrot spikes will decrease, but it's enough for now.

Cabbage nodded, picked up a stone slab for self-defense, and followed closely behind Carrot.

Although it used to always argue and fight with carrots, it was still very happy to see the plants in the yard again.

Especially since the situation was so critical just now, it's no wonder the lightning didn't strike for so long. This time, the carrot came to its rescue.

The cabbage was even more curious about the "team" mentioned by the carrot.

The two plants traveled together, with the carrot identifying the direction and guessing which way the plant team would come from.

The radish thorns' counterattack slowed down the human superhumans' offensive considerably, and they traveled together, moving among the ruins.

Before long, Cabbage spotted a familiar figure in the distance.

It exclaimed in delight, "Woo!"

It's a man-eating flower!

Wait, there seems to be more than that...

Beside the carnivorous plant, a brown object kept growing larger until it became a medium-to-large nut, which then stood in the ruins.

"Bang--"

On the other side, after the nut grew larger, it lay down and rolled half a circle, forcibly forcing back the human ability user opposite it, and even crushing one person's right foot.

After a group of plants arrived, they discovered a small team of humans nearby.

The base dispatched three teams to guard different directions, with each team having no fewer than twenty members to ensure that Cabbage could not escape.

Without delay, the man-eating plant immediately grew larger and was the first to rush forward.

The human team carried energy detection equipment and detected extremely high energy levels. They mistook it for a cabbage approaching and didn't notice anything behind them.

By the time they heard the commotion, it was too late.

The giant carnivorous plant swung its stem and bit two or three people in one go.

The other plants followed closely behind, launching a series of ranged attacks.

The team quickly retreated, while simultaneously informing the other two teams of their encounter via real-time communication.

Although the incident was sudden, they were numerous and well-prepared, and were able to hold off the attack for the time being.

"It's those exotic plants from Blackridge Mountain!" the captain exclaimed. "They actually came here!"

The assignments had already been sent to various bases, but for two or three days in a row, no one had provided any clues, so they could not find out the whereabouts of the alien plants, and no one expected them to move so fast.

And the instructions given by Wen Jue did not mention it either...

Isn't his superpower supposed to be precognition? Why does he repeatedly fail in front of these strange plants?

Many people in the three teams had thought of this, but no one dared to be the first to bring it up.

After a brief discussion, the three team leaders quickly made a decision: everyone should immediately retreat and return to base.

Those alien plants, working together, wiped out Zhao Xing's thirty-man squad...

They were more numerous this time, but scattered in three different directions, so it might be too late for them to get there in time.

Moreover, in order to capture Cabbage alive, almost everyone in the base was mobilized, and no more reinforcements could be sent.

This place was originally just a branch of the Sky Base, and it also supported a small number of staff members without superpowers.

In short, leaving as soon as possible is the most important thing. The base walls have more sophisticated defensive equipment and weapons that can withstand these alien plants.

After receiving the order, everyone abandoned their attack on the cabbage and began to retreat to the base, including the squad that was being attacked by the plants.

Sensing that the human team was trying to escape, Nuts couldn't hold back any longer.

The surrounding area was full of ruins, providing ample cover. It hadn't originally been assigned to combat; Chili had it stay in the back and assess the situation later.

Nuts, unafraid of attacks, simply jumped to the highest point of the ruins to help keep an eye on the surrounding area.

It waited patiently for a while, and finally found an opportunity, then suddenly jumped out.

Medium to large nuts are several sizes smaller than giant nuts; they may not be at their peak, but they are still quite formidable.

They watched helplessly as a large nut jumped over, blocking their retreat and rolling forward.

The team hurriedly retreated, only to bump into the carnivorous plant again.

Caught between two attacks, with ranged attacks following closely from the flanks, only one direction remained to escape.

However, a moment later, a layer of radish rained down, injuring several people.

Amidst the ruins, a light blue cabbage clenched its fist and charged forward, followed by a carrot.

The captain, who was leading the group, was the first to encounter the cabbage. The leaf-shaped boxing gloves looked green, but they seemed to be wrapped with heavy iron blocks. One punch broke his nose.

Upon seeing this, the carnivorous plant shook its flower stem and growled, welcoming the arrival of the cabbage.

—

Within half an hour, all the human superhumans in the team were eliminated.

These people were from the Sky Base and often participated in the capture and domestication of alien plants. The man-eating plant showed no mercy and killed the last person.

Unfortunately, the remaining two squads were far away and should have already escaped back to base.

Carrot didn't plan to linger in the vicinity for too long. He didn't know what the situation was inside the base yet, so he went back to find Qianhui first, then found a safe place to rest and think about how to rescue the imprisoned alien plant.

Led by it, the plant team left as quickly as possible. The carnivorous plant shrank its size and followed at the very back of the team, sweeping away the traces left on the ground with its flower stem.

Along the way, Cabbage looked left and right, its thirst for knowledge evident.

Not only are carnivorous plants there, but nuts are too!

It casually touched the nut's head, but the nut dodged it.

There were also a few plants I hadn't seen before: green peppers, potatoes, corn...

They were all intermediate-level, but their performance in the battle just now was very brave, unlike the intermediate-level alien plants that Cabbage remembered.

There was also a small bamboo shoot and a durian nearby. The durian seemed to get along well with the carrot, trotting along closely behind it while nervously eyeing the carrot, as if wondering if it was injured.

Unfamiliar plants are quite friendly; when they make eye contact with a cabbage, they wave and say hello.

The cabbage turned its head to look at the carnivorous plant at the very back, then moved closer to the carrot and nudged it: "Woo? Woo? Woo?"

It wanted to ask, are these plants the team that the carrot mentioned earlier? Where did it find them?

And when did Carrot encounter the carnivorous plant and the nut? Did it encounter any other plants in the yard?

The carrot, getting a little impatient with the barrage of questions, nudged the cabbage and shoved it away: "Hmph."

It still didn't say anything, letting the cabbage see for itself in a while.

The cabbage scratched its head, then suddenly seemed to sense something and looked ahead.

A very familiar figure appeared in the distance, and Cabbage suddenly stopped and rubbed her eyes.

Confirming that it wasn't seeing things, it took a step and quickly ran forward.

Qianhui, holding the sunflower in her arms, waved to the returning plant team.

Upon seeing the cabbage running towards him, he exclaimed with delight, "Little Cabbage!"

[The seventh faction conflict has ended. Congratulations to our side for the victory! Reward: 50 Prestige Points]

[We have already acquired a premium mutant plant, "Cabbage"!]

[The loyalty of "Cabbage" has increased dramatically, reaching 100%!]

Little Cabbage was also in Qian Hui's arms, peeking out from behind the sunflower leaves.

That unfamiliar, top-grade exotic plant must also be Qianhui's friend. What kind of plant is it...?

As the cabbage ran closer and the little cabbage saw what it looked like, it froze, its eyes widening: "Eh—?"

It hesitated, then looked down at itself.