Chapter 59

The little mushroom ate a few bites of shredded meat, then yawned and started to feel sleepy.

It didn't play around nearby for long before suddenly getting hungry and tired. The little bamboo shoot glanced warily at Yuanji.

But Yuanji just sat there and did nothing but say "hello".

The little bamboo shoot was keeping an eye on Yuanji and the other ability users around it, so it didn't see the little mushroom's movements clearly and assumed that the little mushroom was just bending down and fiddling with the grass.

The other plants are still busy, either moving bricks to build walls or helping to apply cement.

The little bamboo shoot turned its head to look around; Qian Hui was further away, together with Nan Tingjin.

So it tore open its own bamboo shoot husk, letting the little mushrooms and succulents crawl in, like an open little backpack, carrying them to find Qianhui.

Halfway there, the little mushroom fell asleep, and the little succulent quietly lay by its shell, reaching out to touch the grass as it passed by.

When the little bamboo shoots arrived at Qianhui's side, a wooden cabin had already been "built" at the foot of the mountain on one side.

The giant carnivorous plant raised its head and used its teeth to gnaw off excess branches from the roof.

Qian Hui stood outside the wooden house and looked it over: "Xiao Zi, it's ready."

He originally wanted a stone cottage, just like the one in the woods next to the plant garden, but unfortunately there were too few stones here, making it inconvenient to find one.

Nan Tingjin used the same method as before, moving dozens of trees to form a complete circle.

As for the remaining roof, I plan to have a few subordinates handle it and deliver some furniture and household items along the way.

The water source is a bit of a problem. Qianhui bought a whole set of tools for digging a well from the building materials store, but hasn't had time to see how to use them yet.

With our own base, we can no longer simply find a place to eat, drink, bathe, and sleep, as we did before, to accommodate more plants.

Recalling the layout of the Blackridge Mountain base, there were residential areas, training areas, rest areas... even the rooms and bathrooms were separate.

Plants don't need to be so meticulous, but basic conditions must be met. For example, Qianhui wants to dig a lake where plants can swim and bathe.

The walls and wooden houses are only half-built. Besides the lake, they also want a separate area for the plants to train and battle...

Less than half a day after the base was built, Qian Hui realized that building a base was not so simple or easy.

Nan Tingjin reassured him, "Don't rush, take your time. You don't have to stay here for now."

Once the walls on both sides are reinforced, the Black Ridge Mountain base will be right next door, always open to Thousand Fennel and the plants.

Furthermore, with the assistance of human superhumans, the base will be improved much faster.

Qian Hui hummed in agreement, then lowered her head and took Nan Tingjin's hand, listing the details: "After the wall is repaired, there will be huts, a well and a pond, a training ground..."

There are still many base-specific weapons that haven't been tested, and he promised to buy Potato a flying machine.

We'll select some transportation options and go outside to bring in new plants to the base.

Just as I was making plans, the little bamboo shoot arrived carrying two small plants on its back.

It waved to Qianhui, making a quiet gesture so as not to wake the sleeping little mushroom.

Qianhui approached and carefully picked up the three plants together.

The little bamboo shoot let out a soft "whoosh" and pointed in the direction of Yuanji.

It was still worried and wanted Qianhui to check on the little mushroom's condition.

"What's wrong?" Qian Hui noticed the worry in Xiao Zhusun's eyes and opened the encyclopedia.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that Little Mushroom's skill bar had changed from gray to white.

There were some words written on it, but the color was very light and they were not very clear.

Is it time to resume?

Qianhui tensed up and quietly touched the small mushroom curled up inside the bamboo shoot husk.

The body temperature is normal, and the condition shown in the encyclopedia is good, so there shouldn't be any problems.

The carnivorous plant shrank in size and came closer to take a look.

“Don’t worry,” Qianhui whispered, “Xiaofen is fine.”

The little bamboo shoot felt much more at ease and stopped bothering Qianhui and the man-eating flower. It prepared to go for a walk in a quieter place.

Qianhui gave it a mana-restoring potion, which it could eat after the little mushroom woke up.

The little bamboo shoot took the pill, tied it with grass roots and hung it on its body, waved goodbye to Qian Hui, the man-eating flower, and Nan Tingjin behind it, and left around the wooden house.

At that moment, Nan Tingjin's communicator beeped.

He looked down at it, his brow furrowing slightly: "A bell pepper?"

Qian Hui immediately turned her head: "What?"

Earlier, they encountered Sweet Pepper's subordinates and reported the encounter to their captain. The captain first led a team to the location where Sweet Pepper had appeared but found nothing. Feeling that things might not be so simple, he quickly contacted Yuanji and Nantingjin.

Yuanji also received the message and wondered, "A masked... sweet pepper?"

I don't think there were any bell peppers among the plants that came in last night, right?

But since they are exotic plants, he'll treat them all as guests for now and leave them alone.

Yuanji stood up, took a medicine bottle from his pocket, paused for a moment, and then put it back.

I rested for a while and seem to be feeling much better.

On the other side, Qian Hui anxiously checked the information on Nan Tingjin's communicator.

The red bell peppers with their faces covered... if I'm not mistaken, they are the plants from the old courtyard.

Just then, a radish thorn flew through the air.

The carrot hung there, calling out loudly to Qian Hui: "Woo-woo! Woo-woo!"

The sunflower went to the other side of the wall to replenish the energy of the plants building the wall. Qianhui didn't know what the carrot was saying, but she could hear the anxiety in its voice.

The carnivorous plant beside him immediately looked up, its round eyes wide open.

What... the bell pepper has taken the chili pepper hostage?!

Not far away, the little mushroom also heard the name of the bell pepper.

It opened its eyes groggily, but was too sleepy, so it turned over and went back to sleep.

Half an hour ago.

Carrot returned to the low building with the durian and chili peppers, preparing to take the backpack and some other items left upstairs to the back mountain.

Before going to the back mountain, no one expected the base to be built so smoothly, and they started building the perimeter wall right away.

The backpack contained many things, such as the cabbage shells from the small cabbage, several helmets that the plants had shed, and binoculars, which it also wanted to take with it.

Originally, Carrot only brought chili peppers, but Durian wanted to come along too, saying that her electromagnetic gun and helmet were hidden in the corner of the room and that they couldn't find them.

The carrot scolded it all the way, telling it not to hide its weapons randomly in the future, lest it lose them and a bad guy pick them up.

If you're worried about mixing them up, you can wrap them up separately with a leaf.

Durian remained obedient and silent throughout. Upon entering the low building, she went straight to the bedroom and rummaged through the gap at the edge of the wardrobe to find a small piece of helmet armor and an electromagnetic gun pendant.

This time, it obediently put the things into its backpack and "woofed" as it apologized to the carrot.

Chili was engrossed in organizing her backpack when suddenly something flashed before her eyes.

A red shadow flashed past the door, so fast that even Carrot didn't have time to react.

The backpack landed with a "thud," and the chili pepper disappeared from its spot.

The carrots and durians looked up again, and there stood a masked bell pepper on the coffee table.

The bell pepper, with a fierce expression, captured the chili pepper with one hand and held an assembled knife to the chili pepper's neck.

It looked at the carrot, then glanced at the durian, and gave a heavy "humph".

Durian was horrified: "Waaah!"

It doesn't recognize bell peppers, and when it sees chili peppers as dangerous, it immediately flings out several sharp spikes while rummaging through its backpack to pull out an electromagnetic gun.

The bell pepper, along with the chili pepper, easily dodged the thorns while simultaneously throwing two chili seed darts.

It moved extremely fast; the carrot pulled the durian back just in time, and the chili seed dart hit the door behind it, embedding itself halfway in.

Seeing this, the carrot's leaves trembled: "Whoa..."

How could it be you... When did you arrive? And you turned on stealth again, I couldn't even smell a trace of you.

Upon discovering that the carrot and this unfamiliar plant seemed to know each other, the durian paused for a moment, then moved closer to the carrot.

Bell pepper didn't answer, turning her head to look around the room.

The chili pepper was still in its hand, and its body was stiff, afraid to move.

The carrot quickly loosened the bell pepper's grip, trying not to damage it.

Upon hearing this, the bell pepper became even more displeased and grabbed the chili pepper, jumping out of the window.

The carrot immediately pulled out its thorns to chase after it, but the durian grabbed its foot in time, and the four plants left through the window one after another.

Sweet pepper, clutching the chili pepper and having to avoid the human superhumans in the base, moved much slower.

Even so, the carrots could only keep up with them, but they couldn't catch up with them.

The bell pepper ran around, looking at the chili peppers and sniffing them.

Only intermediate level... that's pretty average.

But this chili pepper is of such a low grade, and I feel that the sweet pepper might have something special about it.

Thinking of this, the bell pepper stopped and released the chili pepper.

It proactively handed the chili pepper another small assembly knife, beckoning with its hand: "Whoa!"

Come on, let's fight!

Chili quickly shook her head and cautiously asked if sweet peppers were also plants in the yard.

It couldn't smell the sweet pepper's scent and wasn't sure if it was a premium-grade pepper.

The courtyard? This chili pepper even knows about the courtyard!

The bell pepper got upset again, glaring at the chili pepper and insisting on giving it the knife.

At this moment, the carrots and durians finally arrived in a hurry.

Seeing the two plants chasing after it, the bell pepper seized the chili pepper again, its eyes threatening.

"Woo!" It made the carrot call over the nuts, carnivorous plants, and other plants, knowing they were there.

When they all arrive, in front of all the plants, it will fight the chili pepper to see who is stronger!

The carrot was a little angry, so it told the bell pepper to release the chili pepper first, and then it would explain to the pepper properly.

Bell pepper wouldn't listen, saying that she would leave immediately after hitting it and would never appear again.

The carrot got even angrier: "Huh?"

Really? Okay, okay, it'll go get reinforcements right away!

The bell pepper scoffed and gave a light snort.

Among the output-type plants in the courtyard, its combat power is not very high, but it is agile and extremely fast. Its chili seed darts are almost always accurate, and it is not afraid of one-on-one battles or group battles.

It sat on the ground, the knife still pressed firmly against the chili pepper's neck, watching the carrot leave the durian behind and glide away alone using its radish thorns.

The durian had grown a little bigger and was keeping a close eye on the bell pepper to prevent it from escaping again.

The chili pepper was the calmest of them all. It tried to communicate with the bell pepper, but before it could even make a sound, a hard piece of dough was stuffed into its mouth.

"Woof woof!" The bell pepper threatened it to behave, broke off another piece of dough, and took two bites of it itself.

Soon after, some human superhumans passed by in the distance, seemingly noticing the anomaly, but none of them approached.

As Bell Pepper ate his pancake, he finally spotted the man-eating flower more than ten minutes later.

The giant carnivorous plant swung its stem, quickly traversing the base's streets, with carrots flying back in mid-air and a string of plants hanging at its feet.

And on the back of the man-eating flower's neck sat a silver-haired, red-eyed boy.

"Thud—"

Bell Pepper's eyes were glazed over, and the dough and knife in his hand fell to the ground.