Qin Jianqiang said "Oh" and turned around to continue playing football. Some of his teammates on the field noticed the commotion.

It was because those big boys were shouting too loudly, but Qin Jianqiang managed to pull them back.

"The boss said not to worry about it, as long as there's no blood, it's fine."

The bell rang for class. Hua Xiu Ning stood up from the ground, dusted off her skirt, tidied her messy hair, and, holding the torn rubber band in her hand, found Gong Lao Da, who was running towards the teaching building with a ball in his arms.

"Brother, braid my hair."

The little girl reached out and blinked her pitiful big eyes, looking at her brother with innocent eyes.

Not far from her lay the boys who had just bullied her, lying on the ground, their fate unknown.

Gong Laoda glanced at the group of boys, who were hidden by a clump of lush trees, with only their feet showing.

He didn't say anything, but pulled Hua Xiu Ning aside, braided her messy hair, and led her by the hand into the classroom.

Soon, the school took notice of the children's injuries and excessive blood loss.

When Hua Mi came to pick up her brother and sister, she saw Qin Zhen leading a group of secretaries from the management level into the school.

Not knowing what had happened, she hurriedly went up to ask.

"Mutant plants have appeared in the school," Shi Caixia said in a low voice.

Hua Mi frowned tightly, turned around and ran towards her brother and sister's office. Qin Zhen was also anxious and left the management team behind to rush to his son's classroom.

Hua Mi, who was ahead, said, "If mutated plants can appear on the surface, then the roots underground must have mutated as well."

They still don't know how serious the problem is, or why mutated plants have appeared in the Xiangcheng base.

There had been absolutely no prior warning.

If mutated plants have appeared even in such a safe place as the Xiangcheng base, it shows just how rampant the mutated plants have become outside.

Hua Mi and Qin Zhen had just run to the front of their child's classroom when Boss Gong, holding Hua Xiu Ning's hand, stood there with a group of younger brothers gathered behind them, obediently waiting for the parents to arrive.

Hua Mi immediately instructed Gong Laoda, "I've already notified your father. You take your brothers and sister and get out of the school immediately. We can't stay in this school anymore."

Gong Laoda nodded and did as his mother instructed, while Hua Mi turned and walked towards the flower bed where the plant had attacked the child.

Qin Zhen followed closely behind. Although she was terrified, she felt relatively at ease following behind Hua Mi.

"People near the school must be cleared out quickly. Have the children been evacuated yet? Search all the children currently in the school, especially those who commute to the Xiangcheng base every day, to see if they have any seeds of mutated plants hidden. Then their parents can take them home."

"Otherwise, if something happens at school, we can't afford the responsibility."

Qin Zhen nodded and followed behind Hua Mi, making phone calls as he walked, instructing his subordinates, as Hua Mi had instructed, to immediately evacuate the survivors near the school.

Hua searched the area near where the children had been attacked and found something strange. “Strange, these flowers and plants are just ordinary flowers and plants, without any mutations.”

Hua Mi pointed to the dark red vines on the ground. If they were mutated plants, they would have attacked her as she approached.

It's important to understand that plants spread much more covertly than animals and zombies; in fact, to mutated plants, everything is just soil for them to grow.

They can absorb nutrients day and night to grow stronger, and there is no difference between animals, humans, and soil to the mutated plants.

This is what makes mutant plants truly terrifying.

They may not be difficult to kill, but they are impossible for survivors to guard against. No one even knows if their own garden will mutate one day.

Hua Mi returned home with a headache, looking at the unusually thriving flowers and plants in her garden.

Because Qin Zhen was busy, Qin Jianqiang also went back to Gong Laoda's house. Now, the older brother, younger sister, and Qin Jianqiang are playing a game of cat and mouse in the garden.

Hua Mi rubbed her forehead as she went upstairs, then called Qin Zhen to ask if any of the children at the school had any mutated plant seeds in their pockets.

Qin Zhen said angrily, "We didn't find any seeds of the mutated plants. I've made a fuss here, and some parents outside are unwilling to take their children back. They went through so much trouble to send their children to the Xiangcheng base, how could they let their children go out and suffer again?"

Before she could finish speaking, Hua Mi heard a cacophony of voices and loud shouts coming from Qin Zhen's end.

She knew she might not be able to handle Qin Zhen, so she picked up her long sword and went downstairs.

Just as I reached the bottom of the stairs, my older brother came running up, his pretty little face beaming.

"Mom, what will we do if we catch that child who brought the mutated plant seeds to school?"

Without a second thought, Hua Mi sneered and threatened the child, "Of course, we'd hang him up and beat him to death."

Boss Gong's face turned ashen instantly, while Hua Mi merely patted Boss Gong's head haphazardly.

"You should stay home and take good care of your sister. Don't run around. The Xiangcheng base is in a mess right now. Be careful something happens."

"When your dad comes back in a little while, he should clear all the flowers and plants in the yard. If they mutate, we might end up as fertilizer for them while we're sleeping in bed without even knowing it."

After hesitating for a long time, Gong Laoda nodded. Only after Hua Mi's figure left the villa did Gong Laoda quietly take Hua Xiu Ning's hand. Qin Jianqiang followed, and the three children hid in the closet to have a meeting.

"This matter seems to have escalated a lot. Mom won't allow you to move your flowers and plants around. From today onwards, you'll have to control your flowers and plants."

Hua Xiuning blinked her wet eyes, unable to hold back her tears as they streamed down her face.

Qin Jianqiang patted his sister's back and said, "It's okay. We just can't let the flowers and plants inside the Xiangcheng base move around. But if we leave the Xiangcheng base in the future, we can let the flowers and plants outside move around just the same way, right?"

"Little sister, be good and don't cry anymore."

Qin Jianqiang comforted Hua Xiuning like a little adult, while Boss Gong, standing to the side, said seriously with a stern little face,

"I'm not joking. If Mom finds out that my sister's flowers and plants can move around, she said she'll hang my sister up and beat her to death."