Chapter 18 Plant-based Superpower Master.

The man frowned, feeling that all his hard work had been in vain. He had thought he could get another crystal core, but it turned out to be a person.

Mo Qi turned to leave, but the person lying on the ground woke up at that moment and grabbed his trouser leg, pleading, "Please, save me!"

Upon hearing this, and looking at the creature on the ground that resembled a blood gourd and had its head covered in various colors, I realized...

Mo Qi's first reaction was: Ugly rejection!

I really don't know what's wrong with this person, and what's with the color on their head? Did a colorful caterpillar come to life?

In the cultivation world, the strong are always respected. From another perspective, cultivators are more indifferent and less concerned about life and death than ordinary people.

Therefore, Mo Qi wouldn't just go and save someone who asked for help on the street.

Whether it was because the person lying on the ground had an excessive will to survive or something else, he actually grabbed onto Mo Qi's trouser leg and wouldn't let go.

Moreover, it seems that the other party is not as seriously injured as they appear to be.

The other person scrambled to his feet, wiped the blood off his face, and said to Mo Qi, "Please, brother, help me out!"

I just injured my leg and accidentally fell to the ground. I... I have plant-based abilities! I can grow fruit!

After hearing what the people on the ground said, Mo Qi did not leave immediately this time.

He had heard of plant-based superpowers, but he had never seen them.

This person can force plants to grow, so having him around is like having a mobile vegetable and fruit station in the apocalypse. This person is definitely useful!

However, Mo Xiu quickly realized that the other party's urgent plea for help wasn't just because of injury. Because soon, two zombies were chasing after them from a short distance away.

Speaking of which, these two zombies and the person lying on the ground have something in common: the two zombies also have rather unique hair colors.

One with green hair, one with blue hair, and the rainbow-haired guy on the ground—they're practically the three brothers of the Funeral Love Family.

Perhaps the reason these two zombies are here is related to this person.

The people on the ground noticed Mo Qi's gaze, and when they saw the two zombies, a trace of sorrow flashed in their eyes.

He said to him, "They are my good brothers whom I met a few days ago on my escape route. We got along very well and even agreed to fight together in the apocalypse."

Who knew that yesterday we would unfortunately encounter a horde of zombies, and they were all bitten..."

As the man spoke, he wiped the blood from his face. Mo Qi then realized that the man didn't look very old, at most sixteen or seventeen years old, still a teenager.

If what this person said is true, these two zombies shouldn't have been able to follow us to this area.

Therefore, it is more likely that the young man on the ground did not abandon the two people after they were bitten by the zombies.

However, no matter how unwilling they were, tragedy still struck. The spread of the zombie virus ultimately robbed them of their sanity.

The rainbow man underground had no choice but to abandon them and run away, but he was accidentally injured on the way.

Having guessed this, when the two zombies pounced on them, Mo Qi raised his hand and absorbed their demonic energy from a distance, causing the two zombies to fall back down and become ordinary corpses.

"What's going on?"

Rainbow Head stared in shock at the scene before him, feeling as if the person in front of him possessed magic, simply waving his hand and the zombies had stopped.

"What kind of superpower is this? It's amazing!" the boy exclaimed in amazement.

Seeing his appearance, Mo Qi curled the corners of her lips: "You seem to be in a lot of energy right now."

Upon hearing this, Rainbow Head scratched his head, staring at the two zombie corpses on the ground, and felt like crying.

But just as his tears were about to fall, Mo Qi said impatiently, "Hold them back."

Then, the people on the ground reflexively held back their tears.

Why can't I even cry when my good brother died...?

Rainbow Head pouted and gave Mo Qi a somewhat resentful look. However, he knew that the other man had saved him, so he quickly said gratefully, "Big brother, thank you for saving me!"

I'm not seriously injured. I just tripped and fell, and hit my face. It still hurts a lot.

"By the way, my name is Cheng Cheng. Big brother, what's your name? That move you just made was so cool! Um, can I follow you?"

The other person spoke one sentence after another, like a machine gun; it was clear that they were a chatterbox.

Mo Qi repeated the other person's name, and seeing the young man nod, he scanned the person around and said, "You said before that you have plant-based superpowers."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Cheng immediately nodded vigorously and took out a small seed from his pocket, the nature of which was unknown, and began to encourage its growth.

Unfortunately, despite all the effort, only two leaves sprouted.

Looking up, Cheng Cheng noticed the somewhat disdainful look in the man's eyes, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Eager to prove himself, he put in another effort and finally managed to produce a small yellow fruit.

"Brother! Look! I've forced the fruit to grow! You should try it. It's a local specialty from our area called 'Gentle Plant,' and it's so sweet!" Cheng Cheng said, showing off his prize.

"Gourd Girl? What a strange name!" Mo Qi said, picking up the small, round, golden fruit from the other person's hand and popping it into his mouth.

I must say, it's crispy, sweet, and has a refreshing aroma; the taste is really quite good.

After finishing the fruit, Mo Qi smacked his lips, feeling somewhat unsatisfied, and continued to ask Cheng Cheng, "Is this all you can make?"

If such great effort only yields such a small amount of fruit, then this person seems rather useless; it would be better to just leave them here.

Cheng Cheng seemed to understand what Mo Qi meant from his expression and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He could usually summon quite a few, but he had already run a long way. To stop the two zombies, he used his supernatural ability to summon many more vines to block them.

So now, his body is almost completely drained of his superpowers.

But since his newly recognized elder brother had said so, he couldn't afford not to behave well. Otherwise, leaving him alone in this terrifying apocalypse would be too dangerous.

So Cheng Cheng tried again and finally managed to grow five or six more small fruits. He then held them up in front of Mo Qi and said, "Big brother, here you go!"

"I'm not feeling too well right now, but once my powers are fully restored, I'll give you fresh fruit to eat every day!"

Cheng Cheng smiled ingratiatingly, and Mo Qi nodded. If that was the case, then his effort to save him wouldn't have been in vain.

Sure enough, rescuing someone with plant-based superpowers is somewhat useful. With fresh fruits and vegetables to eat every day, Mo Xiu will definitely be happy.

As Mo Qi was pondering this, he heard footsteps approaching from not far away. However, he didn't feel nervous, because the sound and the person's aura had already given him a clue as to who it was.

Turning around, I saw a familiar face, a young man with an anxious expression on his face.

"Mo Xiu, you've arrived!" Mo Qi waved to him with a smile.

Before Mo Xiu could respond, she rushed to the man and carefully examined him. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was unharmed.

Only then did they notice Cheng Cheng, who was still sitting on the ground, looking quite disheveled.

"Who is this?" Mo Xiu asked, scanning Cheng Cheng up and down with a scrutinizing look in her eyes.

Seeing the friendly manner of the two people opposite him, Cheng Cheng guessed that they must be friends of his newly acquainted elder brother. He scratched his head and politely replied, "Um, hello, my name is Cheng Cheng."

"Cheng Cheng?" Upon hearing this name, Mo Xiu paused for a moment.

If he remembered correctly, in his previous life there seemed to be a very powerful plant-based superpowered expert named Cheng Cheng.

Soon, Mo Xiu noticed the two zombie corpses on the ground and frowned, asking, "What's going on here?"

Cheng Cheng followed Mo Xiu's gaze and saw his two good brothers who had died with their eyes wide open after only a few days of knowing each other, and he felt like crying again.

His doomsday ambitions, his brotherhood, his dreams of the stars and the sea—all ended before they even began!

Looking at the boy on the ground with two streams of blood from his nose, crying and looking ugly, Mo Xiu even doubted whether she had made a mistake.

Will the plant-based master who will rise to prominence in the next two years really be this greenhorn, seemingly immature punk in front of us?

However, Mo Qi quickly spoke up, "Mo Xiu said he is a plant-type ability user."

Mo Qi now speaks as if a normal person is speaking at 0.5x speed, and he still occasionally stumbles. Fortunately, Mo Xiu has always been very patient with him.

"A plant-based ability user?" Now even the abilities match up. Judging from this, Cheng Cheng is probably the same person as that big shot from his previous life.

I just didn't expect it to look so immature now.

“Mo Xiu, fruit.”

Mo Qi ate the first ground cherry she got from Cheng Cheng. She thought it tasted good, so she put the rest away, thinking of saving them for Mo Xiu.

"It's been a long time since I've had this."

Mo Xiu was pleasantly surprised and, without being polite, took one and put it in her mouth.

Seeing the man opposite her looking at her expectantly, she smiled and patted his head, saying, "Did you save this especially for me?"

"Yes!" Mo Qi nodded.

Hearing this, Mo Xiu's smile widened even more. It felt quite nice to be genuinely cared for.

He ate two more fruits and then stopped, feeding the rest to Mo Qi.

Cheng Cheng, who had been sitting on the ground, watched the interaction between the two people in front of him and felt that something was wrong. But he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

His crippled leg was still aching, but the injuries on his face were minor, barely enough to disfigure him; he didn't care. However, it was getting late, and they couldn't stay in the woods forever—it was far too dangerous.

After a moment's hesitation, Cheng Cheng finally spoke up: "Um, brothers, are you finished?"

Mo Qi, somewhat annoyed at being interrupted, glanced at him before asking Mo Xiu, "So? Should we take him back?"

Although he himself felt that having another kid with plant-type abilities would be useful, if Mo Xiu didn't like it, then forget it.

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