Chapter 02

"Hello, new neighbor. First of all, thank you for the fertilizer last time. Then, I want to confirm whether your abyss really eats, eats, eats people..."

Lin Ling held a bunch of beautiful white flowers in his arms and practiced in front of a tree in front of his house, but every time he recalled the scene of being swallowed by the abyss, he began to tremble and stutter.

After all, as a little flower demon, seeing that the huge hole in the abyss can even eat up the land in one bite, it is simply the nemesis of plants!

"Why not just forget it?" The parrot on the tree nearby clamored, "Yes, yes, that's too dangerous."

Because of yesterday's rain, the three parrots that said they were going to leave came back somehow. After listening to Lin Ling's explanation of the whole story, they immediately gathered around and started to talk badly.

"What do you know!"

The parrot head in the middle used its beak to tap the heads on the left and right, then said mysteriously, "I heard from humans that the abyss has existed since the beginning, but it was just dormant and only became active in recent years."

"All the mutants start to become active with only two things in mind: looking for food and courting mates."

The parrot in the middle looked at Lin Ling, lowered its voice, and said with a very firm tone while carrying the little flower demon on its back, "The abyss didn't hurt the little flower demon and gave him food. Isn't this a courtship behavior?"

Feeling the admiring gazes of the two heads next to it, the parrot head in the middle puffed out its chest proudly: Well, how should I put it? After all, it is an original brain, not like these distorted ones.

"Lin Ling, just go and find your new neighbor with confidence." The three parrots seemed to have reached some kind of consensus and said to Lin Ling, "He won't hurt you. After all, you are so beautiful."

Little Flower Fairy:……?

Although he didn't understand what this had to do with good looks, he was still struggling with it, but when he saw the three parrots were so confident, he became bolder.

Isn't it just a matter of asking the new neighbor for clarification? He is a polite little flower fairy, and the new neighbor is also easy to talk to, so it's okay.

After Lin Ling brainwashed himself, he set out happily, "Then wait for my good news!"

The little flower demon's elation did not last for ten minutes before he collapsed. Just as he reached the vicinity of the grove, he saw from afar that the abyss seemed to be expanding, and he turned around and ran away in fear.

Help——The abyss seems to be expanding again!!!

The little flower demon ran while looking back. In the peripheral light, he saw his new neighbor who was holding something in his hand.

Of course Shi Changyuan also saw Lin Ling, and was a little confused as to why the little flower demon was hiding and unwilling to show up. When he was about to follow her, he suddenly saw a bouquet of flowers placed on a stone beside him, which was extremely conspicuous.

The bouquet looked carefully prepared, with the same small white flowers as before, with a small vine wrapped around the flower stems and tied with a beautiful bow.

It was placed upright, without any flower wilting due to pressure, and some even had small water droplets hanging on them. It looked as vibrant and energetic as the person who gave it.

This is a gift.

Shi Changyuan suddenly realized and imitated the little flower fairy. He placed the fertilizer and water in his hand on the stone, then picked up the bouquet and turned around to bring it back to the abyss.

At the deepest part of the abyss, Shi Changyuan placed the bouquet in his hand into a vase. Placed side by side with the vase was a transparent glass jar and a flowerpot with soil.

The transparent glass bottle also contained the small flowers that Lin Ling had given it before, and the flowerpot with soil seemed to be something even older. The soil in the middle was a little concave, as if something had been planted in it before.

In addition, there are a lot of things scattered in every corner of the space, including various fertilizers, sprinklers, flower pots, shovels... It looks like they have been piled up for a long time and have not been used.

When Shi Changyuan saved the bouquet and came out of the abyss, he spotted the little flower fairy who had returned at first sight.

Lin Ling was peeking out from the bushes not far away, observing secretly. He had a wreath on his head, trying to blend in with the bushes he was hiding in. But on his head, in addition to the wreath, there was also a colorful, deformed parrot.

"Do you really think that my new neighbors will get along well with me?" Lin Ling asked in a low voice.

Just now, three parrots flew over to observe and confirmed that the abyss was not expanding, but Lin Ling still felt a little uneasy.

"Don't worry." The three-headed parrot is a little noisy, but it always considers itself reliable.

It looked at the man who was looking at it, suddenly flew into the air, stretched out its claws and pushed Lin Ling on the back, pushing Lin Ling out of the bushes in one go, and looked at its new neighbor not far away in surprise.

The little flower fairy opened her mouth, but seemed to have no idea what to say, and her ears suddenly turned red.

In the silence between the two, the little flower demon's new neighbor took the lead in looking away and looked away. Lin Ling also looked over and saw a familiar big rock, but before, there were flowers placed on it by Lin Ling, but now it was replaced by a can of familiar fertilizer and water.

The little flower demon immediately understood what the other party meant, and quickly waved her hands and said, "No, no need, I still have some."

As soon as the conversation started, the atmosphere between the two people immediately became natural. Lin Ling stepped forward to hand over the fertilizer and water, but the new neighbor just glanced at them without saying anything or taking any action. His meaning was very obvious.

"Then... thank you, thank you?" The little flower fairy said while secretly observing her new neighbor. When the other party saw Lin Ling thanked him and accepted it, he nodded slightly.

What a good person! The little flower demon, whose eyes were glued to the fertilizer, immediately stamped the other party.

It is said that those who eat from others are the most vulnerable, and those who take from others are the most tender-handed. The little flower demon touched herself all over before she found something that could be used as a return gift.

He quickly ran to his new neighbor, took off the wreath on his head and handed it to him.

"It's a gift for everyone!" Lin Ling's eyes were full of sincerity and his smile was brilliant. "This is for you."

This wreath was originally a prop that he had secretly hidden. It was made mainly of green leaves with only a few small flowers scattered on it. But when he handed it to his neighbor, the wreath suddenly burst into numerous small flowers in Lin Ling's palm and between his fingers. There were so many small flowers that they overflowed and the petals fluttered in the air.

The vine branches are entwined between the white and slender fingers, surrounded by clusters of flowers, and the young man with delicate eyebrows and eyes stands among the flying petals, like a flower elf.

Beautiful and dreamy.

Seeing that his good neighbor just stared at him with his eyes downcast without any reaction, Lin Ling bravely reached out his hand, stood on tiptoe, and put the wreath directly on his head.

The other person's figure seemed a little too tall, and the little flower fairy was worried that he didn't like contact with people, so she put it on a little bit crookedly the first time.

Seeing the other party's indifferent look, Lin Ling stared at him for a long time with a little compulsion, then stood on tiptoe again and quickly adjusted his position.

"Okay! That's right!"

Lin Ling clapped his hands with bright eyes, looking at the new neighbor in front of him.

The other person was wearing a mysterious and majestic black robe, but on his head was a beautiful wreath that seemed to be one size smaller. Although it looked a bit out of place, the wreath was really too cute, and with this cute background, the sharp features of the new neighbor suddenly became soft.

The little flower demon looked at her masterpiece and was very satisfied. "By the way, I don't even know your name yet."

"I don't know where you moved from, and I don't know if you have language barriers. But it doesn't matter, I can speak many foreign languages!" Lin Ling looked proud.

【Shi Changyuan.】

The man opened his thin lips in a low voice. Under Lin Ling's expectant gaze, he uttered a very ancient language, like a low chant of a magic spell, mysterious and... incomprehensible.

Lin Ling, who just said that he knows many human languages: "..."

Oops, I have touched upon my blind spot in knowledge.

After the apocalypse, the base officials have unified most of the languages, but Lin Ling has also seen many people who insist on using their own language.

Seeing Lin Ling's bewildered face, Shi Changyuan stretched out his hand and suddenly a book appeared out of thin air. With a wave of his hand, the book automatically turned to a certain page.

The man pointed to three of them.

The little flower demon had been among humans since he was a child, so he could recognize quite a few words. He leaned forward and slowly identified the words in order, "Shi, Chang, Yuan..."

"Shi Changyuan?"

"Is this your name?" Lin Ling raised his head and looked at the tall man beside him with sparkling eyes.

The other party nodded.

"So what's your relationship with this big black hole?" Lin Ling followed closely behind this new neighbor named Shi Changyuan and asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

His new neighbor paused, as if he had not expected Lin Ling to ask this. When he was thinking about how to answer him, he heard the little flower fairy making a bold guess.

"Is that your territory? To prohibit others from entering that kind of territory."

Shi Changyuan shook his head.

"That's your protective layer? It's like some distorted plants that produce miasma."

The other party also shook his head.

"Ah..." The little flower demon seemed to be at a loss, and said casually with his eyes closed, "That can't be your true form, right?"

"Yeah." Shi Changyuan nodded and replied.

He seemed to be trying to speak Lin Ling's language. Although it was a little slow, his pronunciation was very standard and he gave the little flower demon the most accurate answer.

Lin Ling's brain suddenly went offline, and she asked in a low voice, "...what did I just say?"

Under Shi Changyuan's calm gaze, the little flower demon also fell silent.

It seemed that he had never imagined that the new neighbor who was so kind to him could be the terrifying Abyss.

In his mind, the abyss is a huge deformed creature, but so far, Lin Ling has never seen a deformed creature with a human form.

The little flower demon was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. He couldn't tell friend from foe. He just felt like a lamb being targeted by a wolf. He stammered and babbled, "Then, then you give me fertilizer and water the plants..."

"Is it to fatten me up that I eat again?"

The more the little flower demon thought about it, the more it seemed possible. All of a sudden, her eyes became tearful and she was so sad that the flower seemed to wither.

“…No, QAQ.”