The four words - shut-in, fair-skinned, short, and weak - perfectly describe Mo Shuwan.
Until one day, she boarded the mysterious dimensional bus and gained a group of变态 teammates...
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This time, Liu Dongcheng and Yangzhou were on guard for the first half of the night. Mo Shuwan did not go to sleep immediately. She looked at the map for a long time before lying down on the warm sand at Wen Zuo's urging. She held up the map and quickly gave half to Wen Zuo. They each held one side of the map.
"Look, the monsters have stopped. They've stopped at this oasis where the previous batch of monsters stayed. If all the oases disappear, then based on the time it took for the last batch of monsters to leave and the time this batch has been in the oasis, it will only take half a day at most for the oasis to reappear."
Mo Shuwan put the map away and handed it to Liu Dongcheng, who was on night watch. She turned to look at Wen Zuo beside her and whispered, "I hope the oasis will reappear when I wake up."
Wen Zuo smiled and covered Mo Shuwan with the warm sand beside him, silently answering, "Yes."
The night was calm and peaceful. The two groups of monsters had moved to another oasis. It was clear that they were moving in a loop within the oasis, and they would probably return here soon.
After greeting Chen Jiaxu, Mo Shuwan and Wen Zuo went to what should have been an oasis. They walked around the sandy area separately and were about to return when they caught a glimpse of a tender shoot breaking through the sand. Having experienced something similar before, Mo Shuwan immediately called Wen Zuo over and ran over.
A few minutes later, she had another bright red fruit in her hand, and the two of them returned to the place where Liu Dongcheng and the others were resting with the fruit.
"Another one?"
Mo Shuwan took out another fruit from the storage space and compared it with the fruit she had just picked. She noticed some subtle differences.
"Captain, doesn't this look like...?"
Turning to look at Chen Jiaxu, who suddenly seemed conflicted, Mo Shuwan narrowed her eyes and continued, "Doesn't it look like a house?"
"Yes!" Chen Jiaxu clapped his hands excitedly and said, "It looks just like a house!"
The fruit that had just been picked had a house-shaped mark at the bottom. The three people who were still awake reached out and touched it, but they didn't feel any bumps. It looked like it had grown naturally.
Wen Zuo: Actually, this fruit will grow into a house?
Chen Jiaxu turned to look at Wen Zuo, and said in bewilderment, "I didn't realize you had such a vivid imagination, Wen Zuo."
Wen Zuo smiled.
Mo Shuwan, however, felt that Wen Zuo's words made some sense. She said with a conflicted expression, "What if the two fruits really grow into a house? Or something else, and then I pick them..."
Wen Zuo: Not necessarily. The fruit is still there. Don't put it in the storage space yet. Just put it on the sand and see if there are any changes.
Mo Shuwan and Chen Jiaxu had no objection to Wen Zuo's suggestion, but to prevent any accidents from happening along the way, the two fruits were placed far apart, one on the left and one on the right.
Time flies. Two days have passed since they arrived at this lost oasis. During these two days, they encountered monsters, but fortunately, they did not encounter any groups of monsters. And the two fruits have finally changed a little during these two days.
"Look, you guys!!! Holy crap!!! A house actually grew out of it!!!"
Upon hearing Chen Jiaxu's roar, the group immediately stood up and rushed over, watching in shock as a small house slowly grew larger. However, their shock was quickly replaced by panic.
"Quickly! Stop them!"
"Wow, I didn't know that was possible!"
The five people rushed down the steep slope in a panic. They had been resting on the slope and had left two fruits there. Now that the house was finished, it actually rolled down the slope...
They finally had a place to sleep, but then this bizarre blunder happened. When the five of them chased after the house that had fallen to the ground, a feeling of utter speechlessness welled up inside them.
"This is truly the most outrageous move I've ever seen."
They couldn't help but laugh.
Mo Shuwan rolled up her sleeves. "Let's help him up first."
Wen Zuo reached out and grabbed Mo Shuwan.
Wen Zuo: Wait, let me go and take down the other fruit first, so that this situation doesn't happen again.
"Okay, go ahead."
As Wen Zuo climbed the steep slope to retrieve another fruit buried in the sand, Mo Shuwan and the other four walked to the side of the house to straighten it, which was leaning against the sand. However, they quickly exchanged glances and silently looked at the house in front of them.
...The dilapidated house was stuck to the sand and couldn't move at all.
Mo Shuwan coughed lightly, "Never mind, let's leave it at that and go in to take a look."
However, because the house rolled down at an angle, and now the front door is facing the sky, they have to climb onto the house to get in, which is indeed a rather unusual way to enter.
The house isn't big, and although it's leaning, it can still comfortably house five people.
"Luckily, there's still a window here, so we can go out through it."
With Wen Zuo's situation on her mind, Mo Shuwan glanced around the room, then opened the window and climbed out. She immediately saw Wen Zuo walking over, looking dejected.
"What happened? Is there a problem with the other fruit too?"
Wen Zuo: No, but I didn't have time to take the fruit down. Come out and see.
After Mo Shuwan finished reading the message she sent, Wen Zuo reached out and took her a few steps to the side. A giant tree had appeared where the fruit had been, and it was full of fruit. This was something to be happy about. She was wondering why Wen Zuo looked so disappointed when she saw the tree falling in their direction.
Mo Shuwan exclaimed in alarm, "Quickly, go and prop it up! Otherwise, it might grow horizontally on the sand!"
Wen Zuo wasn't there and didn't know exactly what had happened, but seeing how anxious Mo Shuwan was, he didn't ask and immediately followed her up the steep slope. The two of them managed to stop the tree before it completely fell.
Hearing the shouts, Chen Jiaxu and the others rushed out and saw the tree falling down. Shocked, they quickly quickened their pace and rushed over.
The five people worked together to prevent the tree from falling straight down.
Looking at the 'bent tree', Mo Shuwan felt complicated. No one expected that just to avoid any accidents caused by the two fruits would result in such a bizarre outcome.
"Ahem, are the fruits on this tree edible?"
"I don't know." Mo Shuwan reached out and picked a fruit, examining it carefully from all angles. She didn't find any trace of a house like before, but she was worried that it might be some other kind of table or chair, so she didn't dare to eat it.
They know nothing about anything in this desert right now.
"Never mind that for now. At least we have a small house and a tree. Let's wait and see. If the oasis reappears, we'll definitely build a city here." After saying that, Mo Shuwan buried the fruit she had just picked back into the sand.