Everyone: "..."
What's with this guy impersonating Lu Sheng just to peep at someone peeping?
“This guy actually wants to sneak into the group and come with us.” Zhang Xiaojuan instructed the little mudman to pick up the fake item on the ground. “Doesn’t he realize that this kind of weakling will be exposed as soon as he gets in?”
Lu Sheng lowered his eyes and examined the counterfeit goods in front of him.
Aside from having the exact same appearance as Lu Sheng, his aura of power was very weak, and he seemed to have almost no superpowers.
Zhuangzhuang sniffed, "Without superpowers, he's definitely a weakling in combat."
“Luo Yuxuan,” Lu Sheng said with certainty.
He can shapeshift, yet he has no special abilities; there's probably no other person like him on this mountain.
Having her identity exposed, Luo Yuxuan revealed her true colors in grievance, clutching her stomach and leaning against a tree in pain. "How did you figure out that I was an imposter? My appearance is exactly the same as hers."
Zhang Xiaojuan proudly touched her hairline, "You're too civilized."
"If it were really Sister Lu, she would have punched me and hugged me when I said I would have to take responsibility if a girl saw us."
“You didn’t hit me or scold me, so I’m sure you’re not Sister Lu.”
Lu Sheng: "..."
What does that mean? She felt like she had suffered a thousand points of real damage.
Everyone: "..."
Zhang Xiaojuan's words made a lot of sense, and they couldn't refute them.
Han Rui scrunched up her face, seriously resting her chin on her hand, "I've been thinking about it, maybe it's not just one punch."
"It could also be two large pockets."
All eyes were on Luo Yuxuan, making the usually introverted girl feel like she was being pricked by thorns.
She mustered her courage, raised her head, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "Believe me, I really never meant to hurt you."
"Then why did you impersonate Sister Lu?" Zhang Xiaojuan looked at her like she was looking at an alien.
"I..." Luo Yuxuan's lips trembled, and it took her a while to utter a weak voice, "I'm so envious of her... having so many friends..."
Humans are very pragmatic creatures. Whether it's family, love, or friendship, it's often a disguised form of value exchange.
Before the apocalypse, beauty, education, wealth, and social status were considered valuable. Possessing these attributes made it easier to gain emotional affirmation in interpersonal relationships.
In the post-apocalyptic world, ability level is the only measure of value, and Luo Yuxuan happens to have none.
Thus, she became a dispensable and inferior member of the Luo family, with no relatives and no friends.
If it weren't for Sun Tiantian's unwavering support in her previous life, perhaps she would have been just as lonely.
“I’m so lonely… I want lots of friends too. I know you’ll find out sooner or later, so I just want to experience life with lots of friends before I leave. You can believe me…”
Luo Yuxuan burst into tears. "Can you take me with you? I have nowhere else to go."
Su Zheng's expression turned serious. "Why do you possess the ability to mimic fungal people?"
Luo Yuxuan swallowed hard and slowly recounted what had happened.
It turns out that she was attacked by a parasite infected with fungus while stealing mushrooms. She was about to die, but the fungal infection unexpectedly triggered her superpowers.
Like Xu Bing, she can control the growth of mushrooms and also possesses the ability to mimic appearances.
But apart from that, she didn't unlock any combat-related skills.
If she hadn't tricked Luo Cheng and the others into eating the mushrooms, she wouldn't have had the chance to wipe out the entire Luo family.
"Take me with you, and I'll produce mushrooms for you every day!" A glimmer of hope flashed in Luo Yuxuan's beautiful eyes. "Please, just take me with you, I'll do anything you ask."
Zhang Jiang felt sorry for her, seeing the bruises all over her body. "Our young lady is usually very kind, so perhaps..."
"It's too late."
Lu Sheng's eyes were indifferent as he used the tip of his knife to lift Luo Yuwei's clothes.
Luo Yuxuan looked down and his face turned as white as paper.
On her delicate, fair belly, clusters of small mushrooms had somehow sprouted!
After noticing something was wrong with her body, Luo Yuxuan's physical reactions, which she had been trying to avoid, became increasingly obvious.
Her abdomen ached as if being stabbed, as if the roots of mushrooms were taking root and growing recklessly in her internal organs.
"Help me..." Luo Yuxuan looked at Lu Sheng for help, as if she had grasped the last straw.
She's so capable, she must be able to find a way to save herself, right?
"Close your eyes," Lu Sheng said softly.
Luo Yuxuan closed her eyes expectantly.
The next instant, a flash of light appeared, and bright red blood spurted from Luo Yuxuan's neck.
Zhang Jiang took a few steps back in horror, never expecting that Lu Sheng's solution would be to kill Luo Yuxuan with a single blow.
Small, tender, white mushrooms rapidly sprouted from the corpse lying in the pool of blood, frantically absorbing the corpse's nutrients.
Xu Yi sprinkled the antifungal medicine on Luo Yuxuan's corpse and explained in a deep voice to the stunned crowd, "The fungus has already multiplied in her body, and she will eventually undergo a series of painful torments and become fertilizer for the mushrooms."
A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one.
Therefore, Lu Sheng chose to end her life with a single blow.
...
With Xu Bing dead, the Yaoguang Base quickly fell apart without a leader, and the so-called alliance naturally became nonsense. The eleven surviving bases quickly packed their bags and went home.
After saying goodbye to Su Zheng and the others, Lu Sheng and the others set off back to their base.
After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms to rest. Lu Sheng lay on the bed, casually fiddling with the green crystal core that had popped out of Xu Bing's head.
That crystal core was special; even though it had been separated from the mother body for so long, one could still sense a trace of energy within it.
Like a fine emerald, it emitted a dark green glow in the quiet night.
A faint weight came from Lu Sheng's shoulder as the little sunflower crept up on her, its tiny flower head rubbing against the crystal core with longing.
"Want it?" Lu Sheng teased it deliberately, touching the crystal core to the small flower plate.
"Chirp!"
The little sunflower was so excited that it almost barked like a dog.
"You'll be responsible for cleaning the rabbit's litter box for a month, and this will be your reward," Lu Sheng said in a seductive voice.
Why didn't anyone tell her that rabbit poop smells so bad?! She almost vomited when she entered the room that night!
How can this tiny thing poop so much?! The ground is covered in little pellets of poop!
She regretted it! She shouldn't have brought back a septic tank machine!
"Chirp!"
When the little sunflower heard that the crystal core could be given to it, it nodded eagerly and signed the child labor contract.
"It's a promise, okay? No going back on your word."
Lu Sheng handed over the crystal core with satisfaction.
The little sunflower held the crystal core in its arms with great affection and lay obediently on Lu Sheng's pillow.
The next morning, Lu Sheng was awakened by a soft, plump, and fleshy sensation.
When she opened her eyes, she saw a tiny mushroom, about the size of a fingernail, perched on the little sunflower's head and resting on her face.
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