Chapter 71

One piece of wood is fine, but a whole bunch of wood pieces thrown at you looks quite menacing.

Lettuce quickly stabilized the aircraft and ascended to avoid the attack of the wooden chips.

What's going on?!

Lettuce told Rose to wait for her outside the woods, then opened the transparent dome of the aircraft and jumped down.

It plucked a leaf from mid-air, crumpled it into a ball, blew on it, and quickly made a leaf ball.

The leaf-like bulb cushioned the speed of the fall, and the lettuce ran a few steps on the canopy before disappearing into the woods.

Despite her deep concern, Rose obediently turned the aircraft around and headed towards the ruins outside the woods.

In the woods, the lettuce landed steadily, cautiously glancing around.

It initially thought the wood chips were thrown by cat's tail grass, but the surrounding area smelled very mixed, definitely more than one plant.

The surroundings were quiet. Most of the wood chips that had been scattered earlier had been thrown away, with some still lying scattered among the weeds.

Lettuce took a careful step, when suddenly, a rustling sound came from all directions.

A daisy suddenly leaped out of the grass, clutching a sharp thorn in its hand, with a mint plant beside it.

Then, more plants appeared one after another, including ivy, sunflowers, baby's breath, azaleas...

More than a dozen plants surrounded the lettuce, most of them flowering plants, which looked colorful at first glance.

The plants were on high alert, as if ready to attack at any moment, and it was the intruder.

Lettuce scratched her face, wanting to introduce herself first: "Um..."

Just then, another familiar figure appeared in the distance.

Lettuce's eyes lit up, and she quickly waved her hand, "Whoa!"

The figure slowly approached; it was a uniquely shaped cat's tail grass.

Its round body is wrapped in many leaves, like a palm-sized green ball, wearing a wide pink headscarf, with two pointed leaves sticking out from the top.

Below are a few more leaves, which are short arms and legs, with a fluffy pink "tail" waving behind them.

Upon seeing the cat's tail grass, the surrounding plants all stepped back slightly.

Lettuce had a vague sense of foreboding and greeted Cat's Tail Grass again: "Woof..."

It tried to explain its purpose for coming here, but the cat's tail grass ignored it and instead picked up a piece of wood from the ground.

Cattail Grass glanced at the characters on the wooden piece, then tossed it to Lettuce: "Hmph."

Lettuce caught the piece of wood and cautiously asked, "Huh?"

It wasn't wrong; the cat's tail grass was indeed still in the forest, and it found the other plant quite easily, but...

Cattail Grass has already seen what's written on the wooden piece. Isn't she going back with me?

Cattail wagged its tail, indicating its refusal: "Woof."

Lettuce was a little disappointed, but she didn't give up and wanted to try to persuade him again.

The current plant garden is completely different from before; it is a true base and exclusively for mutant plants.

Cattail Grass, however, said that this place was also a "base" with many members, all of whom obeyed his orders.

With a flick of its tail, the Phalaenopsis orchid beside it quickly trotted forward, raised a large leaf, and gently fanned it.

Lettuce remained silent for a while; it was clear that cat's tail grass was doing quite well here.

Many plants prefer to live alone and do not allow other plants to enter their territory, but cat's tail grass is different.

It doesn't need companions, but it does need "subordinates." Lettuce can almost imagine how it subdues and tames all the plants in the entire forest.

If only I could bring all these plants back with me...

Lettuce persisted, continuing to persuade him.

The carnivorous plant nuts are all at the base, and so is Chihiro... Chihiro is back.

He had only recently met Qian Hui, who had been searching for the plants that used to grow in the courtyard, hoping that the cat's tail grass could return.

Upon hearing this, the cattail grass remained silent for a moment, then snorted and flicked its tail.

Lettuce waited anxiously, and Cat's Tail Grass spoke again indifferently: "Hmm."

He'll think about it and decide in a few days.

Lettuce breathed a sigh of relief; as long as she wasn't directly rejected, it meant there was a chance.

Moreover, it could understand that since the cattail grass hadn't seen everyone for so long and had a new place to live and companions, it wasn't realistic for it to immediately agree to let it go back after its sudden appearance.

Lettuce nodded and put the wooden piece back down.

Coordinates are engraved on the wooden piece. Cattail Grass can come anytime, and it will also come to check on things every now and then. The base has a flying vehicle, so getting around is very convenient.

The cattail wagged its tail, indicating that it understood.

It turned to leave, showing no intention of keeping the lettuce any longer.

The lettuce tactfully left, bidding farewell to the cat's tail grass and waving to all the surrounding plants.

It looked back every three steps as it walked towards the edge of the woods.

Once out of the woods, the rose bush was waiting nearby, so we quickly landed the aircraft.

It also picked up the pieces of wood that had been thrown out of the woods, so it could scatter them in other places along the way.

Lettuce praised it for doing a good job, but then sighed as it sat in the cockpit.

The rose looked towards the woods and guessed what was going on.

Before long, the lettuce regained some of its vitality.

It was mentally prepared for this outcome, but finding the cat's tail grass was still a significant step forward.

Lettuce piloted the aircraft into the sky, took one last look at the forest, and slowly drove away.

In the woods, the little daisy picked up a piece of wood from the ground and tilted its head curiously.

When the wood chips were scattered into the forest, they were all quite bewildered. When they saw the cat's tail grass throwing out its wood chips, they quickly followed suit.

Is the plant base... bigger than this place?

The little daisy sidled up to the cat's tail grass, wanting to ask if the leader would take them along: "Huh?"

Cattail Grass looked at the wooden piece in Daisy's hand, flicked its tail, and hummed: "Hmph."

I'll think about it some more; I'm not really keen on going.

The daisy didn't ask any more questions, casually tossed the wood chip aside, and followed behind the cat's tail grass.

It's only six in the morning. Usually, at this time, Cattail Grass is still sleeping and was woken up by the noise of the aircraft and the wooden pieces.

Cat's Tail Grass ventured deep into the woods, jumped onto the soft bed built above the bushes, stomped around, and then lay down.

The plants all quietly left, not daring to appear and disturb the leader's rest.

However, after lying down for a while, Cattail couldn't fall asleep, its tail twitching intermittently.

Half an hour later, the cat's tail grass let out a "woof".

From the bushes to the side, a white hydrangea peeked out in response.

Not long after, the hydrangea arrived carrying a bowl made of leaves and placed it under the bushes.

There were some freshly picked wild berries in the leaf bowl. Cat's Tail Grass jumped down and buried its head to eat them slowly.

After finishing its breakfast, it lay back down, its fluffy tail dangling down beside its crib.

The hydrangea came closer, took a small piece of metal, and carefully repaired the small fork on its tail.

After the repairs were completed, the hydrangea put away the metal sheet, and the cat's tail grass suddenly turned over.

It stared at the hydrangea for a while, then its tail moved quickly, slicing off a portion of the hydrangea petals in a few swift movements.

Cattail grass examined it more closely, then wagged its tail with satisfaction.

At this moment, almost half of the white hydrangea's petals have been cut away, and the bottom has some strange forks, making its shape look...

It is somewhat similar to human hair.

The hydrangea touched itself, then carried away the leaf bowl.

Although it looks uglier now, it's okay, it's just a few petals that fell off. As long as the boss likes it, that's all that matters.

The woods were quiet, and the warm sunlight gradually streamed down.

Cattail stretched, jumped off the little bed, and prepared to go to the lake to sunbathe.

It stopped halfway there, changed direction, and came to the "warehouse" on the other side of the woods.

On the grass, several broken sections of wall formed a "tent" filled with many items, all of which were spoils accumulated by cat's tail grass and other plants.

Cattail Grass, annoyed by the excessive dust, summoned an iris to help rummage through the storeroom.

The iris searched diligently for a long time before finally finding what the cattail grass wanted.

A solar-powered communicator and a thick, stacked map were both found on a human with superpowers, or perhaps stolen along the way.

Iris flowers spread out a map on the ground, and cat's tail grass approached to examine it.

The map was large and had very detailed markings. Following the coordinates on the wooden piece, Cattail Grass found the location of the "Black Ridge Mountain Base".

Below that is a string of numbers, which is the communication channel number; it's unclear whose it belongs to.

The communicator had been sitting for a long time, and it was uncertain whether it would still work, so Cattail Grass tossed it to a sunny spot to dry.

The iris saw it and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity what it was for.

The cat's tail grass replied, "Woo."

The iris was very surprised. It had never known that its leader could use human writing. It was amazing!

The cat's tail grass raised its head, gently swayed its tail, and turned to go to the lakeside.

—

Before 9 a.m., the plant team and the lettuce team returned to the base one after the other.

Potato and Cherry were the first to return. Along the way, Potato fed Cherry landmines, and Cherry had recovered some of her energy and went to catch up on her sleep.

Thanks to it, the raid was completed perfectly, and the Sky Base was captured with ease. Only the nut suffered minor external damage, while the rest of the plants were unharmed.

Although everyone knows that this was because of the surprise attack, Sky Base had captured Big Cherry before, but they were unaware of its abilities.

They don't know if Wen Jue will escape to other branch bases, and if there is another surprise attack, they will definitely take precautions in advance.

But these are not things to worry about right now. The main base of Sky Base has been reduced to ruins, and the pharmaceutical factory has been destroyed, which is a huge blow to them.

Qianhui praised each of the plants, and with the large amount of prestige points she received as a reward, she bought a modified car and three flying machines.

There's been some progress with the cabbage and lettuce, the wood chips have been scattered, the pomelo should be visible, and the cat's tail grass is still under consideration.

Qianhui picked up the lettuce and comforted her, "It's okay... as long as the cat is alright."

He hid his disappointment, thinking that it was alright if the cat's tail grass didn't want to come back; there were many plants around it, and it was safe to stay in the woods over there.

As for the pomelo, I'll go check it out again in the next couple of days and try to find some.

Having gotten up too early in the morning and constantly on high alert, the plants were tired but excited, and followed the carrot to the lake to bathe and play in the water.

Peanut and several other plants were nearby, listening to Corn vividly describe the battle.

Giant nuts, a rain of carrots that signaled a secret, and most importantly, huge cherries...

Big Peanut was so excited that he wanted to volunteer to join the plant team on the spot and participate in the battles in the future.

But it hesitated and couldn't say anything, looking enviously at the two weapon pendants around the corn's neck.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

A modified car without any markings was parked in a secluded spot. The subordinate turned to ask, "Sir, where are you going?"

To the left is one branch of the base, and to the right is another base. The leader is on very good terms with Wen Jue, so he will definitely be willing to take him in temporarily.

In the back seat, Wen Jue said with his eyes closed, "Whatever."

It doesn't matter where they go; the main base and pharmaceutical factory were destroyed, and they didn't even have any stockpiled of the drugs that could alleviate the symptoms of disorientation elsewhere.

He was indeed careless this time. If he hadn't made the decision to leave immediately, he would probably be a corpse by now.

The modified car started moving. Wen Jue opened his eyes, staring at the scenery outside the car window, a hint of suppressed emotion in his eyes.

His special abilities seemed to be blocked from anything related to Nan Tingjin and Qian Hui, preventing him from obtaining any information. Otherwise, how could the main base have been so easily destroyed?

But Wen Jue also understood that even if they knew in advance and made sufficient preparations, they might still not be able to withstand the attack of the alien plants.

Those plants grew stronger, possessing even greater power.

In the apocalypse, strength is the key to ending everything.

Wen Jue lowered his eyes and looked at a box at his feet.

The box contained another kind of potion that could greatly enhance human abilities for a short period of time, unleashing a charged attack similar to that of alien plants.

This was something Wen Jue asked the factory to rush to produce some time ago. There were quite a few of them, and I didn't expect them to come in handy so soon.

Through various means, Wen Jue also learned about the current condition of those exotic plants.

They actually have a base over at Blackridge Mountain, and there's even a strange plant among them that seems to have the ability to cure disorientation, though more specific details are still unclear.

Whether it's true or false... we'll know once we catch that strange plant.

The modified car drove quietly, turning several corners and weaving through the empty, ruined lanes.

—

News of the attack on Sky Base spread quickly.

Qi Yue did not betray Qian Hui's trust. They did receive the distress message from Sky Base immediately, but pretended not to see it.

He also arranged for several teams to guard the vicinity and forbade other bases from hearing any commotion and going to investigate.

As a result, many people also learned that Yunchuan Base had chosen to stand on the side of Heterogeneous Plants.

Faced with numerous questions, the person in charge openly admitted that they had received help from the alien plants, and all the superhumans at the base had recovered their health.

Many recent developments and news have gradually become known to more people.

Another person sent by the base approached Black Ridge Mountain after Qi Yue, also wanting to buy the "antidote," but was injured by Nan Tingjin because his attitude was still questionable.

In the end, they couldn't buy the medicine, but one of the superhumans in the group had rather severe symptoms, so Nan Tingjin forced him to drink a mouthful of the pink liquid from the bottle.

The superhuman recovered on the spot and did not experience any side effects after returning home.

So the base's team came again, this time with a complete 180-degree turn in attitude, bowing and scraping to Yuanji and his subordinates, practically begging on their knees.

The captain in charge was very sensible and brought a lot of supplies, including food, weapons, and a large box of stored crystal cores.

Yuanji glanced at the number of crystal cores, then gestured for them to be moved and taken to the plant garden.

Only crystal nuclei are what the plants currently need, as Qianhui mentioned to Yuanji yesterday.

In the past two days, more and more bases have been contacting us proactively.

Little Mushroom prepared five more bottles of potion and temporarily entrusted them to Yuanji for safekeeping.

Yuanji inquired about the situation at their base from the captain and provided the dosage for one bottle.

At the same time, Qianhui in the courtyard received a game notification.

[Lake City Base will become an independent friendly faction. Do you agree to form an alliance?]

[Already linked with "Lake City Base", you can view it in the map guide~]

[“Lake City Base” becomes your independent friendly faction, rewarding you with 3000 faction points and 1000 prestige points~]

Qianhui opened the encyclopedia. Next to the newly lit friendly faction, there was a place called "Chaojiang Base," which she had visited yesterday.

The Chaojiang base and the Yunchuan base are on good terms, and the base is also familiar with Qi Yue. Communication is very smooth. They took away one and a half bottles of medicine and promised to send two boxes of crystal cores tomorrow.

Progress in this area has been very smooth; Qianhui has gained faction points and prestige points with almost no effort.

Faction points can be exchanged for a balance, so there's no need to go out and hunt zombies in the short term.

But recently, Qianhui still plans to go out.

He told Lettuce that he wanted to go looking for pomelos together the day after tomorrow.

Lettuce was trying out a deck chair woven from small cabbages when she suddenly stood up.

"Woo woo!" It shook its head violently, indicating that it wouldn't do it.

It's too dangerous outside. Wen Jue is nowhere to be found, and the zombie king's giant corpse is nowhere to be seen either. The base has the highest level of defense, and there are people from Black Ridge Mountain nearby. Qian Hui is safest here.

“But,” Qianhui hesitated, “I also want to go find Yuzu.”

It's not that he doesn't trust lettuce, but if a pomelo is lost outside, it might not be able to be brought back.

Qianhui felt that the chances of success might be greater if she went to find it herself.

Lettuce hesitated, glancing at Nan Tingjin beside Qian Hui.

With the protection of Nan Tingjin, it's not impossible...

They can drive two modified vehicles and take a trip to the surrounding area to find more plants.

Lettuce nodded and prepared to ask Carrot for his opinion.

—

In the afternoon, amidst the desolate ruins of the city.

The pomelo, covered in leaves, disguised itself and concealed its scent, pushing aside a stone blocking the exit of the "room".

It had just peeked out when it realized it was raining, so it immediately withdrew.

Oh dear, it's raining...

Then the flying machine that used to scatter wood chips will definitely not appear again.

Yuzu hesitated for a moment, shook off the leaves, and went back to sleep.

Never mind, let's wait until the rain stops before we talk about it.

Maybe... they really will come to pick me up?

Yuzu dreamed and shook her head, then sighed and lay down.