Chapter 139: Subduing the Abnormal Ivy
Several people looked at Lu Weiyi tacitly.
At this moment, Gu Qingji frowned and pressed his solar plexus, and said uncertainly, "I seemed to hear... a scream."
Lu Weiyi looked at him in surprise. Being able to sense the emotions of plants was an incredible talent. It seemed that there was still hope of recovering this thing.
It was rare to come across a mutant plant, so Lu Weiyi definitely hoped to be able to use it for Gu Qingji. If that didn't work, he could only dig out the crystal core. He glanced at Li Zhuang beside him and said, "Look for the roots underground."
Li Zhuang nodded and moved closer, frowning for a moment, "There are roots everywhere, including... the ones that were just cut off by Antonio."
Everyone was surprised and looked carefully. The branches that Antonio had cut off before were still in the same state as when they were broken, but if you look closely, you can find that the segments close to the ground have gone deeper. Lu Weiyi walked forward.
"Hey, don't..." Li Qing was about to stop him, but he saw the leaves that Lu Weiyi stepped on moved, and then there was no reaction. There was no sign of the vine cage they had seen last time. He shut his mouth awkwardly and watched silently.
Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Weiyi walked to the branches that were broken by Antonio, stretched out his hands and pulled a few branches. Then the branches twisted as if alive, and after a moment he pulled up a piece of soil, revealing a palm-long root.
"This..." It has been less than two minutes since Antonio took action, and the roots have grown so long.
"It can't be killed, can it?" asked Antonio.
"..." It cannot be cut to death, which means that even if it is cut off, it can still take root anytime and anywhere...
Lu Weiyi stood up holding a few broken vines. Before he could go back to examine them in detail, the small green branch on his wrist quickly extended a section and cut the vine in his hand into pieces with a few swipes like a sharp knife.
Lu Weiyi had never seen Xiao Luzhi being so domineering before. After all, if he wanted to kill a zombie, he couldn't even penetrate the bones, he had to get through the cracks.
The distance was not close, and the small green branch was too thin, so many people present did not know what kind of special ability Lu Weiyi had. They saw the vine turned into powder in his hand in a few seconds, and they stared at him in surprise, waiting for his next move.
However, Lu Weiyi did not think of continuing. He turned back and looked at the other five people, "Antonio and Li Zhuang will work together. One will cut and the other will make sure that it will not take roots. Liu Rui will burn what they cut off."
After saying that, the three of them immediately started to cooperate. They all had B-level abilities, but there was a slight difference in their strengths. After trying twice, they developed a tacit understanding.
In Li Qing's team, several fire elements wanted to help burn together. When the fireballs came out and touched the vines, there was no reaction at all.
"It seems that only B-level fire system can do it." Li Qing looked at the vines everywhere in his sight, "It will probably take a long time at this speed."
Of course, Lu Weiyi didn't expect them to destroy the vines in just a few attempts. This was just to attract some of the vines' attention. Seeing that they were cooperating well, he continued, "I'll take Gu Qingji to find the main root. You guys do it here. Lu Xi will be on guard for them. If you need support, I'll contact you."
"Be careful," said Li Zhuang.
Lu Weiyi left them a bag of one hundred crystal cores and looked at Gu Qingji, "Follow me closely."
Covering the two of them with his mental power, Lu Weiyi took Gu Qingji and set foot on a specially reserved road to "strengthen the supernatural power in the feet."
With the help of supernatural powers, the two of them ran and disappeared in an instant.
Li Qing and the thirty or so people around him looked at each other in disbelief and asked, "They... just went in like that?"
"You weren't attacked?"
"Then last time we..."
A young child who didn't believe in evil also took a few steps forward along the road.
"Come back!" Li Qing scolded.
"Captain, everything is alright." The young boy looked back at Li Qingxiao and walked forward a few steps. Suddenly something unexpected happened. The vines on both sides of the road instantly attacked the young man. Before he could react, he was entangled.
Antonio quickly directed a flying knife to cut off the vines that were wrapped around the young man. Liu Rui then threw a fireball around him, and the other soldiers took the opportunity to pull the man back.
Liu Rui's fireball was extremely hot, and even though it didn't touch the skin, the young man had burn marks on his body. Coupled with the blood lines left by Antonio's knife, the whole person looked quite embarrassed.
Li Qing was so angry that he wanted to scold him, but seeing his appearance, he couldn't say anything harsh. So he decided to punish him. In this situation, he had nowhere to run even if he carried a load and ran cross-country. He didn't know how to punish him for a moment.
There was only one road left, and Lu Weiyi and Gu Qingji arrived at the place where Li Qing was attacked last time in a short while. Naturally, they also saw the mutated fruits hanging in the distance at a glance.
"It really is a peach tree," Gu Qingji said, "What is the other one?"
"I don't know the scientific name, I heard some villagers call it papaya before. It's not the papaya we eat. It's like coconut, with a thick skin on the outside and small balls inside. It tastes like tender walnuts when you peel it open." Lu Weiyi had seen this thing in his previous life, and he heard it from an old farmer in the team, "After processing, just dig up the roots."
"Can we eat these out-of-season foods?" Gu Qingji asked.
"This is a mutated fruit. Usually, it is either a mutated tree itself, or it is affected by the energy of the mutated plants around it. The energy inside it is relatively mild and is very good for ordinary people's bodies," said Lu Weiyi. "When the time comes, take it back for everyone to try."
The two walked a little further back, and more mutated plants appeared in their sight, including seasonal jujubes and hawthorns, as well as apricots that were out of season. Lu Weiyi slowed down and said, "Pay attention to the wood energy around you. Wherever it is strongest should be where the crystal core is."
"Everywhere?" Gu Qingji was not even at the late stage of level one, so the places he could sense were limited, but now he was facing the entire mountains and plains.
"Yes, my abilities are limited, so you have to hurry, otherwise we will both be surrounded. I am not good at dealing with mutated plants." Lu Weiyi said this with a calm expression, as if he had just said what he had eaten in the morning.
This made Gu Qingji feel pressured. After all, there was another life at stake besides his own, and he didn't want to die. Gu Qingji nodded, and while observing the surroundings, the two of them continued to jog inside quickly.
With Lu Weiyi's mental support, the surrounding vines ignored their existence.
The two men's special powers were constantly being consumed, and they ran for several kilometers relying on crystal cores to replenish them, but they still couldn't find the place, so they returned the same way they came.
"My powers are exhausted. We'll continue in the afternoon," Lu Weiyi said without waiting for Li Qing to ask. He recalled that more and more mutant fruits appeared as he walked further back, so he confirmed again, "There are still a lot of fruits in the back. All of them belong to me, right?"
Li Qing was stunned for a moment, "Yes" anyway, they obviously couldn't help.
Lu Weiyi smiled immediately, his eyes were shining with light, his fair skin made him look much more dazzling, "I'll give you some to try when the time comes."
The other four people looked at Gu Qingji and thought to themselves what a great bargain he had gotten. After all, they had taken away so many supplies from Li Ji and he didn't have any strong reaction. This also proved that the fruit must be good stuff.
After getting confirmation again, Lu Weiyi and Gu Qingji, who had also exhausted his superpowers, went back to the truck to rest.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Weiyi took Gu Qingji out again. This time, they finally arrived at a small village, and Gu Qingji had a vague feeling.
It was a small farmyard. Vines had climbed directly onto the roof, and the view inside the yard could not be seen clearly. "Go and take a look, but try not to step on them."
The two of them walked carefully towards the yard, and soon they saw the situation in the yard covered by vines. There were vegetables and fruits planted everywhere, and there were even a few oranges planted in pots. Without exception, they were full of fruits and full of vitality. Just by looking at this situation, one can judge that they are very close to the mutant plants.
Leaning over and entering the yard, the vines above my head seemed to have woven a web, but this web was alive. From time to time, when small flying insects touched it, a very thin vine would stretch out and slap it. It looked like a cow using its tail to slap the flies on its body.
Gu Qingji held his breath and followed Lu Weiyi, pointing towards a place.
There was a specially built pergola there, with a vine root as thick as a wrist growing next to the frame. The vine grew along the frame. This should be a place deliberately built to cool off.
This is definitely the place.
"Here?" Lu Weiyi pointed to the location of the roots and asked Gu Qingji.
Gu Qingji nodded.
It seems that the level will not exceed A level. The higher the level of the mutant plant, the more it will hide its crystal core. It may not be at the root, sometimes it may be on an inconspicuous leaf.
Lu Weiyi took out two knives from the space, handed one to Gu Qingji, and took one for himself, "Input the supernatural power into the blade. We will cut from the upper and lower directions at the same time, and cut off the part with the crystal core. After cutting it off, you input the supernatural power into it. I don't know what the process feels like, but just keep inputting it until you feel you can control it, then it will be your mutant plant."
Lu Weiyi took out a few packets of crystal cores and handed them to Gu Qingji, "Buy on credit" and reminded him, "It seems that powerful mutant plants will control people if they cannot be subdued. You have to be careful. If you feel that you can't do it, dig out the crystal cores immediately."
"I understand." Gu Qingji held the knife and took a deep breath, "Let's start."
Lu Weiyi had psychic abilities that isolated the two people's auras, and Ivy didn't even notice their presence.
The two of them used their special abilities at the same time, and with two coordinated strikes, the surrounding vines attacked towards the roots like crazy. In just a moment, the section with the crystal core was cut off, and the vines immediately fell limply to the ground.
Lu Weiyi used small green branches to clear out a small area for Gu Qingji, and he collected all the lush plants in the yard into the space, even the weeds.
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