Most of the attacks were blocked by Lu Dangui, with only one or two "bullets" occasionally landing on Xia Chuhe. The bullets did not penetrate clothing or skin, but they were very painful.
Xia Chuhe found a bullet on the ground; it turned out to be a sunflower seed.
Xia Chuhe squeezed the sunflower seeds open with force; they were hollow, without any kernel.
The sunflower seed offensive did not last long.
As soon as the attack stopped, Xia Chuhe guessed that they must have run out of sunflower seeds, and she immediately got up: "Chase them!"
A group of small sunflowers, each looking like it had eight legs, ran wildly across the open field, kicking up long plumes of dust.
Li Qiusheng immediately crawled under Xia Chuhe's feet and ran with her.
Li Qiusheng was already the fastest among them, but she could only watch helplessly as the distance between herself and the Little Sunflowers grew wider and wider.
Seeing the little sunflower running further and further away, Xia Chuhe had a sudden inspiration—
Sunflowers!
If the sun is out, things will be much easier!
Looking up, the sunlight was dim, almost negligible.
Xia Chuhe raised his hand and created a large fireball on his head.
As the flames reached a certain temperature, they gradually emitted a white light. The light grew brighter and brighter, almost surpassing that of the sun.
The noisy dust seemed to have been frozen in time and fell silent.
Li Qiusheng slowed his pace.
The dust slowly settled on the ground, revealing the sunflowers that had remained in place.
The sunlight was dim, and the air was hazy.
Rows of sunflowers stood quietly facing Xia Chuhe, their small yellow heads gazing at the fireball above Xia Chuhe's head, like loyal believers awaiting divine judgment.
Li Qiusheng slowly stopped: "Boss... are we still going forward? These plants are weird, they're giving me the creeps."
"Don't be afraid, their nature is to face the sun." Xia Chuhe squinted, and as far as his eyes could see, a sunflower was running wildly without looking back.
It was the real culprit, but unfortunately, the fireball pretending to be the sun couldn't fool it.
Faced with the sunflowers that remained rooted to the spot, Xia Chuhe ruthlessly swung his sickle, slicing off sunflower heads one by one.
After harvesting the sunflowers, Xia Chuhe randomly picked up a sunflower head, rubbed off the small flowers, and revealed the seeds inside.
Fresh sunflower seeds typically have shriveled seeds in the center and relatively plump seeds on the periphery.
Xia Chuhe picked out a lot of sunflower seeds, but they were all empty shells.
Xia Chuhe numbly tossed the sunflower head into the farm, intending to go back and find Li Yue, who should be able to accurately identify the sunflower seeds with kernels inside.
After processing this batch of sunflowers, Lu Danggui and Zhao Maomao caught up.
The four of them quickly ate the half-cooked corn and continued their search for plants, engaging in a battle of wits with them.
Along the way, the group encountered a series of things: plantains that would suddenly appear and trip them up, foxtail grass that would whip them with its tail if they were caught playing hide-and-seek, and pine trees that would remotely shoot needles...
Fortunately, apart from the giant carrot they encountered at the beginning, the other plants were just as dangerous as the sunflowers, and none of them were injured.
When Xia Chuhe encountered a certain plant, he would submit a report requesting weapons, and each time he would manage to obtain five bullets.
By the afternoon, Xia Chuhe had collected a total of fifty bullets.
Xia Chuhe looked at the newly lit map, feeling utterly exhausted. Today's amount of exercise was more than running seven days' worth of dungeons!
"Should we stay out overnight?" Xia Chuhe asked the others for their opinions.
Lu Danggui was the first to object: "No, the wasteland is very dangerous at night."
Li Qiusheng and Zhao Maomao did not express their opinions. They slung their arms over each other, their heads hanging low, their backs bent, and their body language fully expressed their physical exhaustion.
Xia Chuhe pulled out the tractor: "Get on, let's go home!"
Li Qiusheng and Zhao Maomao were visibly invigorated.
Although the tractor is not fast, it is much faster than a person's two legs.
Sitting on the tractor, the sky gradually darkened. The distant, sunless sun, burning itself out with all its might, finally brought a touch of crimson tenderness, unique to twilight, to the world.
A gentle breeze blew, lightly dispelling the fatigue of the four people who had been traveling all day.
A round, fluffy little ball floated over, and Lu Dangui stretched out her hand, the fluffy little ball dancing joyfully on her fingertips.
Xia Chuhe's eyes were gentle: "Dandelion. I love every stage of its life cycle. When it's tender, it's best steamed. It's also fun to play with when it's mature; you can blow on it."
Lu Dangui pouted, and the fluffy little ball seemed to dodge for a moment.
Lu Dangui spread out his palms: "Forget it, it begged me not to blow on it."
Xia Chuhe: "..."
Xia Chuhe: "Give it to me."
Lu Danggui cupped the fluffy little ball in her palm and carefully presented it to Xia Chuhe.
Xia Chuhe examined the fluffy little ball from every angle and confirmed that it was indeed a dandelion.
Xia Chuhe pinched the small, protruding stem of the dandelion and gave a wicked smile.
Suddenly, a small, soft voice came from beside my ear: "Please, don't blow on me, okay?"
Xia Chuhe remained unmoved.
The voice grew even softer and sweeter: "Please, please, let me go, okay? I'll dance for you~"
The cold-hearted Xia Chuhe remained unmoved; the smile on his lips was colder than the fish he had killed at RT-Mart for twenty-five years.
Xia Chuhe pouted and exclaimed—
The last words Xia Chuhe heard were: "How annoying, you bad person! I curse you to have nightmares!"
The fluffy ball burst open, and fluffy particles floated around Xia Chuhe. Xia Chuhe rubbed his slightly itchy nose.
The tiny downy hairs grow slowly, becoming larger and rounder, eventually growing into countless round, fluffy dandelions.
Dandelions filled the sky, adorning the four people against the backdrop of a blood-red sunset, creating a scene of serene beauty.
Xia Chuhe casually picked up a dandelion, and whoosh—
This dandelion is very ordinary; it can't speak, it won't beg her, and it certainly won't curse her.
The next one, too...
Xia Chuhe lowered her eyes. Ah, it seems she really did something terrible.
The four of them made it back to the station before dark.
When she exited the station, a butler saw her off, and Xia Chuhe didn't pay any attention to the station's name. Now, as she entered the station, she realized that its name was Tianya Station.
"Is this the furthest station in the base?" Xia Chuhe asked casually.
Lu Dangui replied, "Yes, once we leave from here, the base won't be able to control us."
"There won't be another Cape Station, will there?" Xia Chuhe asked jokingly.
Unexpectedly, Lu Dangui nodded seriously: "Yes."
Xia Chuhe was about to ask more questions when Zhao Maomao had already completed the formalities and rented a car.
Lu Dangui said in a low voice, "Let's go home first, I'll talk to you when we get back."
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