Chapter 5

The tempting fruity aroma lingered between my nostrils, and my stomach made a protesting sound again, breaking the somewhat eerie tranquility.

The next second, the plant with clusters of blue-purple berries disappeared from its original place with a "whoosh", without even leaving a hole.

Gu Qi's face turned even darker.

What made Gu Qi even more uncomfortable than not being able to touch the food and spiritual plants right in front of him was watching them run away!

Just one step away.

Gu Qi couldn't move forward any further.

The cave was temporarily forced to stay there, and her range of movement was limited to within a hundred meters around the cave, not even a centimeter more.

Originally, she wanted to try using magic to see if she could dig out this spiritual plant through the air and bring it back to the cave to plant it.

Now, who would have thought that this spiritual plant could grow legs and run on its own.

The aura was well concealed, without a trace of thunder or wood energy remaining. Only the original aura of the forest and the smell of rotting soil remained, making it impossible for Gu Qi to track it.

"wrong!"

Gu Qi suddenly reacted.

According to the classification of the end times, it is a fourth-level mutant plant, but if it is classified according to the spiritual plant system of the world of immortal cultivation, it is a first-level peak spiritual plant.

Level one spiritual plants only have the ability to disguise themselves; even some spiritual plants with special racial characteristics cannot move too far on their own.

Even if the mutated plants in the apocalypse are different, the difference would not be too big. Moreover, according to her understanding in her previous life, most mutated plants cannot move before level six. This is a characteristic of plants.

So how did the mutant plant in front of her disappear?

The most important thing is that for a level four mutant plant, a level one mutant should be a delicious snack. It would be fine if they didn’t pounce on and “eat” him directly after seeing him, but why would they choose to run away?

unless--

That's not a mutant plant at all!

Gu Qi moved her right hand slightly, and a dagger instantly appeared in her hand.

A faint sound of breaking air came from the right rear. Gu Qi did not move, but raised his dagger and blocked it, successfully blocking the sneak attack.

A groundhog.

After seeing its appearance clearly, Gu Qi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

It was a fat groundhog with a cluster of dark purple plants on its head, its fur was shiny and its mouth was moving as if it was chewing something.

Judging from the smell, it shouldn't be the flesh and blood of any living creature.

After confirming this, Gu Qi felt relieved. He moved his right arm, which had just been slightly numb from the shock, and then took the initiative to attack the half-human-height mutant groundhog.

As long as it wasn't flesh and blood, it would be fine. After all, if this groundhog ate people, then she wouldn't want to eat the fruits of the bushes above its head. No matter how tempting the fruits looked, they actually had a fishy smell that humans couldn't ignore.

However, this did serve as a reminder to her. While attacking, Gu Qi thought to herself: I have to find a way to collect some seeds and plant them in the cave. She has no interest in the fruits of those man-eating mutant plants.

At least when given a choice, Gu Qi still wants to eat something that grows normally.

"squeak!"

The groundhog screamed in disbelief. It was actually injured by this human who was weaker than itself!

The scream made Gu Qi's face turn pale and her ears felt buzzing. If this mutant groundhog was of a higher level, she had no doubt that her eardrums would be pierced by the scream.

This is level suppression.

Feeling the little spiritual energy left in his dantian, Gu Qi tightened his grip on the dagger, determined to find a way to end the battle quickly.

If she didn't have rich combat experience and hidden cultivation, and if the mutant groundhog was inexplicably restrained, let alone fighting it back and forth and taking the opportunity to injure it, an ordinary first-level mutant would probably have become a snack in its mouth as early as the first attack.

Looking at the groundhog whose attacks were getting more and more fierce in anger, but who was always worried about something, Gu Qi's eyes lit up.

Although the enraged groundhog still had some concerns, it no longer concealed it as well as before. Gu Qi naturally saw that what it was concerned about was the cluster of mutant plants above its head.

To be precise, this level three mutant groundhog was forced to take into account the cluster of level four mutant plants, and some of its stiff movements were probably related to the mutant plants.

Judging from the way the groundhog occasionally picks a berry and feeds it to its mouth, this mutant plant is both its weakness and its gain.

With a plan in mind, Gu Qi fought with the mutant groundhog at a faster speed, inflicting several more wounds on it, and at the same time he was inevitably hit by a claw.

Soon Gu Qi used up the last bit of his spiritual energy, and his supernatural powers were also drained away.

Realizing that she had no more energy to use, the mutant groundhog squeaked happily, then waved its claws to get rid of this troublesome little snack.

Seeing this, Gu Qi did not show any panic on his face, but instead slightly raised the corners of his lips.

"Bang!"

The mutant groundhog's claws failed to scratch Gu Qi, and instead she knocked him to the ground with a punch.

"Squeak?"

The mutant groundhog was a little confused.

Who is it? Where is it? What just happened?

How could it be defeated by a single punch from this human without any superpowers?!

Where's its superpower? Where's its strength? Where's the meat it worked so hard to earn? How could you all betray my trust?

Oh right! And what about that bad guy?

The mutant groundhog quickly raised its paw and touched the top of its head. After touching the familiar mutant plant, it felt a little relieved that the bad guy was still staying above its head.

Then he became angry.

He was even angrier than when he was beaten by Gu Qi just now, and kept making "squeaking" sounds, as if questioning.

You bad guy, you don't keep your word! You promised to protect my crystal core, you promised to provide me with food and energy, why did you suddenly seal my crystal core!

The mutant plant didn't respond to it at all, as if it were dead.

Just when the mutant groundhog was wondering if it was really dead, a thin branch hit its forehead with a "snap".

The purple-blue branches come from the mutated plant above the head, and it is obvious that it is not dead.

“Squeak!”

Why are you hitting me? If you have the guts, go hit that human!

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

If you have the guts to hit me, why don’t you have the guts to answer? You bad guy, why are you suddenly out of action? Can you do this?

The mutant plant paused, and then the branch that was originally whipping the mutant groundhog turned into several branches, all whipping the mutant groundhog's head, and the movement was almost leaving an afterimage.

[Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!]

Although her spiritual consciousness was damaged, Gu Qi could still roughly understand what the spiritual beings expressed. Watching the "communication" between a mouse and a plant made her laugh out loud.

The mutant groundhog that raised its paws to protect its head and the mutant plant that waved its branches heard the noise and both paused.

They vaguely felt that this human seemed to be able to "understand" what they were saying.

The mutant groundhog was still a little confused. It really didn't understand why it suddenly became like this and why its crystal core suddenly became unusable.

The mutant plant paused for a moment as if in deep thought, then it raised a branch and cautiously approached the corner of Gu Qi's clothes.

The thin branch was carefully wrapped around the corner of the clothes and swayed gently. [Great human, can you help me get rid of this idiot?]

Without waiting for Gu Qi to respond, it rolled up a few berries with a branch and handed them to him, "As long as you help me get rid of this idiot, I can bear lots of fruits for you to eat in the future!"

Its intuition told it that this seemingly weak human was very powerful, and perhaps she would be able to help it.

Anyway, it doesn't want to be tied to this idiot for even a second. It feels that if it continues to be tied like this, it will become stupid because of the idiot's infection.

Facing the mutant plant's request, Gu Qi, who was calmly recovering his spiritual power, nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

"Squeak?"

What's going on? Can someone explain this to Shushu?

The mutant groundhog was still confused. It could feel that the bad guy who always stole its energy seemed to have said something to the human, but why could it communicate with the human but refused to respond to it?

The mutant plant couldn't help but swing its branch and hit it again. "Fool! Foolish! Haven't you realized that the connection has been severed by that human by some unknown means?"

"Woo..."

The mutant groundhog, who was beaten again, fell to the ground, with some crystal tears in Hei Dou's eyes.

"Squeak..."

You are all bad guys, bullying Shushu!

The mutant groundhog rolled on the ground, forcing the mutant plant to loosen the branches that were wrapped around the corner of Gu Qi's clothes.

The branches of the mutant plant became wilted, and two branches covered their fruits as if covering their faces, looking as if they had lost all desire to live.

[I don't know this shameful guy!]

Gu Qi's smile grew even wider. He was not going to deal with the two as he had originally planned. He had some other ideas in his mind.

It just so happened that the cave was still short of spiritual plants, and if she wanted to plant something, she also needed someone to farm the land. The mutant groundhog with the ability to farm the land seemed to be very suitable.

Thinking of this, Gu Qi raised her hand and condensed a ball of pure energy, which contained transformed spiritual power and the wood-type supernatural power derived from her supernatural core.

As soon as this ball of green energy appeared, the mutant groundhogs and mutant plants instantly quieted down and turned their heads to look over.

For a moment, the mutant groundhogs and the mutant plants exuded the same desire.

Smells so good! I want to eat it!

Gu Qi shook the energy ball in his hand, which seemed to be tangible, and said, "I can solve the parasitic state you two are in, and I can also give you this to eat, but the prerequisite is that you sign a contract with me first."

“Squeak!”

Good, good, good! As long as I give you something delicious, whatever you say is fine!

“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”

Shushu, I haven't had good food in a long time. Can you let me have a bite first? Just one bite! Even a lick is fine!

The mutant groundhog stared at the energy ball with its black eyes, stretched out its claws and raised one, its eyes full of desire.

The mutant plant wasn't far behind, saying, "I can do the same. I can bear fruit for you to eat, and I can help you guard the gate. Oh, and I know there's a human-built warehouse nearby that has food you humans like! In short, I'm definitely more useful than that idiot!"

Spiritual Plant get√

Food get√

Farming Tool Mouse get√

Gu Qi showed a satisfied smile. The harvest of this trip was really good, far exceeding her original expectations!