Without popularity points, she's just a useless martial arts practitioner.

She was speechless. Fortunately, she still had some of her special ability left in her dantian. Lin Yiran tested it internally and felt that it should be enough.

Let's give it a try.

Lin Yiran's self-made curved knife was recalled, and after a brief rotation, it was now spinning in her hand, like the core of a high-speed machine, rotating at several revolutions per second. If someone were to stick out a finger at this moment, it would probably cut cleanly, even down to the bone—it was incredibly lethal!

Lin Yiran remained standing where the mutated eggplant tree had been, constantly observing the rows of eggplant trees in front of her.

It was very quiet. Without anyone stimulating them, they were as quiet as normal plants, lazily stretching their branches and leaves in the sun, and then slowly dancing in the breeze, even the leaves were happily shaking.

They were living a very uncomfortable life.

They were clearly unaware of the impending danger.

Lin Yiran was still looking for an opportunity. She had angered the mutated eggplant tree when the blade touched it, causing it to shake wildly and preventing Lin Yiran from making a move.

Therefore, Lin Yiran is now preparing to change her strategy to deal with these mutated eggplant trees. Since they grow in rows like wheat, they look like they are easy to harvest. Lin Yiran plans to use a boomerang to cut off their roots when they are not paying attention.

Things would be much easier if we could cut them off before they even noticed.

Without hesitation, Lin Yiran made the curved blade in her hand spin rapidly, reaching a speed of over 10,000 per second. Then, she bent down and made the curved blade close to the ground in a very low posture, and then slowly approached the leading mutated eggplant tree.

Find the right angle, prepare for a single, fatal blow!

The mutated eggplant tree remained oblivious to Lin Yiran's curved blade, which was already close to its vital point. It swayed its body, still dancing gently in the breeze, looking quite carefree.

However, their death was imminent. Lin still turned the scimitar's rotation speed to the maximum and then commanded it without hesitation to cut off the roots of the mutated eggplant trees one after another.

"Crack, crack, crack!" In an instant, wherever the curved blade passed, the roots of those mutated eggplant trees broke one after another, and some eggplant trees died on the spot before they even had a chance to react.

Just when Lin Yiran thought she could harvest all the mutated eggplant trees in the row with a scimitar, the scimitar "clanged" and got stuck in the root of the third-tier mutated eggplant tree.

This attack drove the mutated eggplant tree into a frenzy!

It swayed its leaves as if it wanted to destroy everything around it, even its own kind. The nearest mutated eggplant tree was also damaged by it, losing many leaves and leaving deep wounds of various sizes on its trunk.

Lin Yiran: Wow, is a third-order mutated eggplant tree really that powerful? It's ridiculously powerful!

The mutated eggplant tree next to it was powerless to fight back; in no time, all its leaves were plucked off.

Lin Yiran withdrew her gaze, ignoring them, and continued to manipulate the scimitar to sever the roots of the third-tier mutated eggplant tree.

Unexpectedly, it went into a frenzy and let out a cry that sounded like a bird's lament.

Then all the mutated eggplant trees went berserk as if they had been summoned!

They attack any species that comes near them without exception!

This scene.

Lin Yiran seemed a little crazy, but luckily I was far away, she said belatedly.

If I were close enough, they'd probably strip me naked. No, they'd even shave off all my flesh, like deboning pork, leaving only bloody bones.

Thankfully, she didn't go over there.

The mutated eggplant trees have all gone berserk, which is a serious problem. In Lin Yiran's view, all the mutated trees are going mad.

Only a chaotic dance of demons could describe the scene she was witnessing.

Each one was going berserk in a different way. Lin Yiran tightened her curved blade without hesitation and silently cut off the roots of the third-tier mutated eggplant tree. But this still didn't stop so many mutated eggplant trees from going berserk.

Lin Yiran, who thought they would lie quietly and let her harvest them, was wrong.

Now things are a bit tricky.

Having no other choice, she pulled out a large cleaver over a meter long from her spatial storage, and went straight to the center of the mutated trees. With swift movements of her cleaver and the power of the curved blade, she quickly dispatched several mutated eggplant trees.

Lin Yiran breathed a sigh of relief: As long as it works. However, at the same time, she also remembered a problem that she had never been able to change: she really relied too much on her superpower, which made the martial arts she had honed in the apocalypse completely useless.

I remember before she awakened her superpowers, she still single-handedly stormed into a zombie horde with a large knife and returned unharmed.

She is very strong herself, but after gaining superpowers, she relied on them too much and almost forgot how she survived without them.

The battle at this moment has awakened her past memories, and her fighting spirit has been ignited!

………………

It can be said that this battle was extremely satisfying.

After cleaning up so many mutated plants, Lin Yiran, carrying her large knife, let out a long sigh of relief. Looking at the corpses of mutated eggplant trees scattered all over the ground, she felt incredibly satisfied.

It feels so good to build your own empire, it's absolutely awesome! Isn't that better than those who rely on family connections to get ahead?

In her previous life, Lin Yiran fought zombies single-handedly and built the most powerful mercenary group in the apocalypse all by herself. Her mercenary group had been at the top of the rankings for many years and had never fallen off.

At that time, Lin Yiran even designated a villa area amidst a vast zombie horde as her base. The base wasn't large, but it was the wealthiest and safest. Many refugees wanted to come to her, and she also intended to expand her base.

To everyone's surprise, when they turned around, they saw the zombie king self-destruct.

She was blown away.

Alright, nostalgia over. Lin Yiran, holding a curved knife, cut off all the fruits from the mutated eggplant tree and piled them all into the Star Brain, making a small mountain as high as it was.

This will provide enough eggplant for a long time.

But that wasn't enough; she needed to continue searching for food, as well as plants that could be used as seasonings. Without lingering there, Lin Yiran, carrying her large machete, ventured deeper into the Forest of Hope.

Much later, Lin Yiran checked the time, felt a little tired, and sat down on the ground to rest for a while, reflecting on the day's gains.

They found a lime tree and harvested 23 limes, a bay leaf tree and harvested 10 jin of bay leaves, and a cumin tree and harvested 20 jin of cumin.