Lu Manman was just as shocked as they were, looking at her hands in disbelief. "I...I don't know either."
The crowd couldn't help but start discussing it.
"We've been disconnected from the world for so long, losing so much information. Perhaps this amazing ability always existed in the world, but we just didn't know it."
"Yes, yes, take mechs for example. We can't seem to pilot them, but there are so many mech junks here. That's a kind of magical power."
“Young people today are different from us. Look at the child, he’s quite short and his chest isn’t flat.”
"Sigh! I've been living in seclusion for too long. I really want to see what the world is like now."
"..."
After a lively discussion, everyone concluded that these abilities were simply normal interstellar capabilities, and that the inhabitants had degenerated due to food shortages and prolonged isolation in the Zerg-occupied territory.
Hmm! That sounds reasonable too, and Lu Manman tacitly accepted this explanation, while becoming even more curious about the outside world.
While listening intently, Lu Manman made a wish for all three injured grandfathers, Chen Hua, Shi Tu, and Feng Zhi, and said that they were all healed now.
"Child, you are truly our lucky star. You brought back so many fruits that can also cure diseases. You are truly a treasure bestowed upon us by heaven." Gu Lin said gratefully, tears streaming down his face, as he looked at Chen Hua and the others who were completely unharmed.
Feng Zhi: "Yes, that's really great. We're all better now, and no one else will die."
Zhong Lizhong, however, suddenly seemed to realize something and said, "Should we dig Guji out and try to save him?!"
Upon hearing this, Qu Fu immediately slapped him hard, saying, "What are you thinking? Don't you know that the dead can't be brought back to life?"
Zhong Lizhong was unconvinced, "Maybe the outside world is different."
"this……"
Everyone's gaze turned to Lu Manman once again.
Lu Manman touched her nose guiltily, "Then shall I give it a try?"
She wasn't sure, but it would be wonderful if she could really save Grandpa Guji's life.
...
A moment later, everyone returned to the infirmary covered in mud. Qu Fu gave Zhong Lizhong another big slap on the shoulder, saying, "I've already told you that the dead cannot be brought back to life."
Zhong Lizhong didn't refute. To stop the conversation, he pointed to the red berries and finally remembered to ask where they came from, "Child, where did you pick these berries?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Lu Manman again. Lu Manman carefully explained the route and process of picking fruit, thinking that it was to provide them with a food supply point so that they could pick fruit themselves next time.
The more everyone listened, the more their brows furrowed. Gu Lin even slammed his hand on the table. "Nonsense! This is too dangerous. Most of the plants outside the road are highly poisonous. No one who goes in ever comes out alive. We've been taught since childhood not to step into the land on either side of the road. We can only carefully explore along the road."
"No way, I don't feel anything at all," Lu Manman said with her big eyes full of doubt. Then she retorted, "Maybe your information is inaccurate. Now, because you haven't been inside for so many years, there are a lot of fruits inside. I can go pick some more next time."
"No! It's too dangerous. Our elders wouldn't lie to us." Gu Lin refused without even thinking.
Zhong Lizhong coughed and quietly tugged at Gu Lin's sleeve, "Could it be related to the child's constitution? After all, she has miraculous healing powers."
"That...that seems to make sense," Gu Lin hesitated for a moment, but quickly and firmly refused, "It still won't work. Even if her physique is different from ours, mutated beasts won't care about that. Haven't we seen enough mutated beasts these past few days?"
When the topic of mutated beasts came up, everyone fell silent. In the past, they could hunt some mutated beasts for a treat, but now they were just grateful if they weren't eaten by star beasts.
Lu Manman: "Why are mutated beasts so powerful?"
Shi Tu: "Actually, it's not that they're powerful, but that we're too weak, so weak that we can only eat grass. Back in the day, we did have meat, but..."
Zhong Lizhong continued, "But now we've become their prey."
Recalling the past, everyone felt a pang of sadness, and they couldn't help but swallow hard as they reminisced about those days.
Gu Lin continued, "Actually, they really have become stronger. The main reason is that they reproduce very quickly, giving birth several times a year, and each time they have a large number of offspring. We are outnumbered."
"Yes! That's right, that's exactly it!" Everyone nodded in unison. They tried to outmaneuver the mutated beasts by focusing on quality, but the mutated beasts tried to outnumber them. They couldn't win, they really couldn't win.
Zhong Lizhong: "If we could reproduce at that rate, it's hard to say who would be afraid of whom now."
"Yes, why can we only reproduce through artificial wombs?" Lu Manman asked, puzzled, as they said it was difficult to have a healthy child this way.
Qu Fu sighed, somewhat regretfully, "We don't know either; many things have been lost to us."
As she spoke, she picked up a red fruit. "Just like these fruits, we clearly ate them when we were little, but now we can't remember what they looked like."
Lu Manman also picked up a fruit and examined it carefully. It was round and red. Was it hard to remember?
"If these fruits could be grown, that would be great, so that everyone could keep seeing them and always have something to eat."
Qu Fu shook his head. "Impossible. We can't even grow grass, let alone fruit."
"Ah, ah..." Zhong Lizhong patted Qu Fu in disbelief and pointed at Lu Manman, saying, "You, look!"
Lu Manman was equally shocked. How could the perfectly healthy red fruit have sprouted?
Qu Fu stepped forward and examined the sprouting red fruit closely. "Such healthy sprouts!"
The crowd's gazes unconsciously shifted between the long road and the sprouting red berries.
Qi Chao, who had been mostly silent, suddenly slapped his forehead. "I know! The child's ability isn't healing, it's making his wishes come true!"
All eyes turned to Qi Chao, which seemed to make sense, yet it was so hard to believe.
Chen Hua swallowed hard. "Child, why don't you give it a try and see if these red fruits can grow?"
Lu Manman thought the idea of wish fulfillment was a bit far-fetched; if it really existed, she wouldn't have been suffering from amnesia for so long.
But now the fruit in my hand has truly sprouted...
Lu Manman nodded, silently chanting in her heart, "Grow red berries, lots and lots of red berries."
The red fruit that had sprouted in the palm of the hand quickly grew and eventually fell to the ground, becoming a tree laden with red fruit.
Everyone: ...
Lu Manman: "...Could it be true?"
Can she really have her wishes come true?!
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