Chapter 199 Seeds

Actually, Mu Qingyu didn't intend to refuse him. It wasn't a fight to the death, and Mu Qingyu wasn't in a hurry.

It's nothing more than listening to the other party talk. If Fang Jingnian makes any request, Mu Qingyu might even agree if it's not too unreasonable—she didn't have the chance to take care of her grandfather, and her grandfather doesn't have many friends left in the world.

Therefore, Mu Qingyu agreed to talk to Fang Jingnian.

Fang Jingnian and Gao Yingwei asked for a quiet place.

“Let’s go with the warehouse we were chatting about the day before yesterday. Nobody goes there, and my men are always guarding the corner. Usually, nobody goes near there,” Gao Yingwei said.

Mu Qingyu nodded and led Fang Jingnian to the warehouse where the van had been parked the day before yesterday.

Fang Jingnian didn't hide it from others either; Attorney Zhou and his wife, along with Fang Rushi, went along as well.

In the warehouse where no one else was around, Fang Jingnian sincerely apologized to Mu Qingyu: "Xiaoyu, I'm very sorry. Because of what I did before, I am not worthy to speak to you as your elder."

Mu Qingyu chuckled: "It's all in the past. Grandpa Fang, is there anything else you want to say?"

“Yes,” Fang Jingnian nodded, his expression turning serious. He extended his right hand to his grandson, Fang Rushi: “Xiaoshi, give me the box.”

Fang Rushi had no objections and obediently handed over the box he had been carrying all the time to Fang Jingnian.

After taking the box, Fang Jingnian carefully pushed it in front of Mu Qingyu: "I want to give this to you."

Mu Qingyu naturally did not accept it. Although she could tell that this thing seemed to be very important to Fang Jingnian, she had no idea what it was, so she would not easily reach out to take it.

"What does Grandpa Fang mean by this?" Mu Qingyu asked, puzzled. "If it's just a thank you, there's really no need for that. I just wish Grandpa Zhou peace and good health, and he also wishes you all peace and good health."

She was telling the truth, and that's why she did so much—without bias.

“It’s not just gratitude.” Fang Jingnian sighed, “Before the apocalypse, I thought I was going to die, but I survived the freezing night and I actually came back to life. I awakened a plant-based superpower.”

Through conversations with others over the past few days, Fang Jingnian gradually learned about the classification of superpowers, and realized that his superpower was not particularly special.

Mu Qingyu wasn't surprised; she had already guessed that Fang Jingnian was a superhuman, but she didn't know what his ability was.

“I can revitalize a dormant seed.” Fang Jingnian’s eyes suddenly lit up as he said this: “This box contains a very, very precious seed.”

Upon hearing about Fang Jingnian's special ability and the precious seeds, Mu Qingyu finally became interested.

"This seed was unearthed from an ancient tomb. It came from a friend of mine in the archaeology field. When he obtained it, more than a thousand years had passed, and the seed had long since lost its viability. However, it had been carefully preserved in a special container."

"I was initially curious about this seed because a friend told me about the records related to its discovery. Legend has it that this is a seed that can create heaven and earth, and it can grow into a tree with its head reaching the sky and its feet firmly planted on the ground. Its lush branches and leaves will purify everything in the world."

"It can purify the soil for the new world, bring new life to the earth, and bring sweet rain and dew to people, nourishing the new world."

"This sounds like an ancient myth," Mu Qingyu couldn't help but interject. This kind of story is similar to the legends found in classics like the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* or *In Search of the Supernatural*.

Fang Jingnian nodded in agreement: "That's what I thought at first too. But what I just said was my summary, while in fact, there are very detailed records in the related documents unearthed with it."

"At first, I treated the information as mythology. Later, an old friend asked me if there was any possibility that the seed, which was well preserved, could still germinate?"

“Normally, after so much time, this seed would have died long ago. But because of those legends, I was also very interested in this seed, and after discussing it with an old friend, I left it in my lab,” Fang Jingnian said.

His family was very well-off, so Fang Jingnian's research lab was located in his own villa.

"Later, due to my serious illness, my research came to a standstill. Until the end of the world, I suddenly gained amazing superpowers!"

"When I had nothing else to do, I nurtured this seed. It really came alive; I could feel its vitality and its restless energy. I even—" Fang Jingnian became excited as he spoke, "I could even feel that it contained a universe within it."

"Can you understand that feeling?" Fang Jingnian stared intently at Mu Qingyu: "That feeling of vitality bursting forth to the point of creating a new world... I don't know how to describe it..."

"In short, after that, I believed those accounts of the seed that were like myths! I began to imagine that those accounts were true."

“But…” Fang Jingnian’s agitation gradually subsided: “At first, I poured my supernatural power into it every day, and I could feel it gradually regaining its vitality. But later, it was like… like a bottle filled with water… already full, and you could just keep adding water, but the water inside couldn’t get out… Can you understand that feeling?”

Fang Jingnian looked at Mu Qingyu expectantly.

"You mean, no matter how you try to stimulate it later, it just won't sprout? But it's clearly recovered and plump, yet it just won't sprout, is that right?" Mu Qingyu said.

“Yes.” Fang Jingnian nodded, utterly dejected: “After that, no matter how hard I tried, it never made a sound again. But I had already come to believe in the legend.”

“With the apocalypse upon us, it becomes even more precious. If… if the legends are true, then this seed, the tree it grows into… could save the world!” Fang Jingnian’s eyes shone brightly, but his voice lowered.

“I don’t know why it stopped developing. It shouldn’t be a problem with my ability. I’ve tried stimulating other plants or seeds, and they all grow like crazy… but this one just won’t… I still don’t know what went wrong…”

“I remembered my old friend who works in archaeology. He went back to the capital before the apocalypse. He was the one who dug up this seed, and I think he must have more information about it. So, after meeting Captain Gao and his group, I decided to head north!” Fang Jingnian said through gritted teeth.