Chapter 46
When Carrot heard Qianhui's voice, he thought something had happened.
It immediately glided over on its radish thorns, cautiously looking around: "Huh?"
The carnivorous plant also arrived quickly. It crouched on the grass, raised its head, and looked at Qian Hui. Seeing his trembling breath and undisguised excitement, it vaguely guessed what had happened.
It slowly opened its eyes, stepped forward and hooked the hem of Qianhui's clothes with a leaf, making a low "woo-woo" sound in its throat.
Qian Hui bent down and squatted down, hugging the man-eating flower and carrot tightly, and then called over the other three top-grade exotic plants.
When all five plants came to their side, the chili pepper and corn were very curious and came closer to take a look, wanting to know what had happened.
The sunflower, with its keen senses, had already noticed Qianhui's emotions, but only the nuts and cabbage remained oblivious.
Until Qianhui gave the order, the man-eating flower lowered its head and spat out a small clump of withered leaves from its throat.
The cabbage sat next to the nuts, gently sniffed them, and looked puzzled.
Then, it saw Qianhui carefully unfold the leaves, revealing a small, lifeless figure.
Cabbage was startled, then suddenly stood up, her clenched fists creaking.
Nuts was stunned, frozen in place like a stone, his eyes slowly shifting away, then shifting back again, as if unwilling to believe what he was seeing.
Fortunately, with Sunflower's explanation and comfort, Cabbage quickly calmed down.
Its mood fluctuated wildly, from shock and anger to joy and eagerness, which overshadowed the sadness of learning about the little mushroom's accident.
The nut was still a bit stiff, and the cabbage next to it accidentally bumped into it, but it still didn't move.
Qianhui held the small mushroom in her hands, as if comforting the plants, and also as if talking to herself, "It's okay, it's finally okay..."
After so long, the accumulated balance of 300,000 yuan felt like all the previous efforts had been for this moment.
Qianhui placed the small mushroom on the leaves of the carnivorous plant and took out the resurrection bean from her game backpack.
The resurrection bean is very small, green in color, and its shell emits a faint halo.
The method of use is very simple: just place the revival bean on the target's body and the function will be activated automatically.
Qianhui followed the game instructions carefully and placed the green bean on the little mushroom's chest.
The plants around him watched his every move intently.
A moment later, the resurrection bean emitted a dazzling light, completely covering the little mushroom's body.
As the light slowly faded, the small mushroom on the carnivorous plant's leaves turned into an egg the size of a palm.
At the same time, a notification popped up in front of Qian Hui's eyes.
[Resurrection Beans used, current progress: 1%. Estimated time: 23:59:59]
The instructions also mention that the effective time of the resurrection bean depends on the specific circumstances of the target, such as when they died, their size and weight, and ensuring that their body is intact.
A whole day... that shouldn't be considered slow.
Qian Hui gently picked up the egg to examine it. The eggshell was a translucent white, and inside there was some shimmering liquid that looked crystal clear in the sunlight.
Through the eggshell, you can see the little mushroom inside, enveloped in liquid, its dried body quickly filling out and regaining its pale pink color.
It had its eyes closed and was swaying slightly inside the eggshell, looking as if it were asleep.
The progress jumped to 20% at once, then slowed down again, probably because the body's appearance was repaired first.
"We have to wait a little longer," Qian Hui murmured, stroking the eggshell. "It'll be successful soon."
When the little mushroom wakes up and finds many friends around it, it will be very happy.
The plants were all very excited and came over one by one to touch the Easter egg containing the little mushroom.
Nut, having no hands, jumped into Thousand Fennel's arms and snuggled close to the Easter Egg, gently rubbing against it.
The carnivorous plant happily spun around in place, while the cabbage, having learned some of what had happened from the sunflower, secretly wiped its eyes with its boxing gloves.
The carrot, being slightly more composed, also excitedly flew half a circle in the air.
The other plants gathered around, wanting to take a look as well.
Looking at the little pink mushroom inside the egg, Potato whispered "Wow," and couldn't resist reaching out to touch the eggshell before quickly pulling his hand back.
At this moment, Chili came to Qian Hui's side and nuzzled his arm.
It noticed that Qian Hui's face was a little pale, and thought that he was still sad and upset because he remembered what the little mushroom had gone through, so it wanted to comfort him.
Qian Hui, clutching the resurrection egg, turned her head slowly and said, "I..."
He had been feeling unwell, and now he felt even more dizzy.
Before she could utter a single word, everything went black, and she lost consciousness completely.
Chili pepper cried out in panic: "Waaah!"
Nan Tingjin was nearby and immediately took the unconscious Qian Hui into his arms.
The plants, unaware of what was happening, gathered anxiously around the two.
The Easter egg was temporarily entrusted to the carnivorous plant for safekeeping. The sunflower immediately lit up and tore off two petals, stuffing them into Qianhui's palm.
As the light healed her, Qian Hui's complexion improved slightly, but she was still very pale.
His skin was bloodless, and his finger joints were visibly bluish-gray.
Nan Tingjin frowned, touched Qian Hui's forehead and palm to check their temperature, and glanced at the resurrection egg that the man-eating flower was holding.
Nan Tingjin never asked about Qian Hui's secrets, but his sudden coma and changes in physical condition were likely related to the egg.
If he wasn't mistaken, Qian Hui wanted to bring a strange plant back to life, and no matter what method he used, the price he would pay would certainly not be easy.
Several plants were getting anxious. Seeing that Qian Hui still showed no signs of waking up, the sunflower unleashed its skill, enveloping him in energy.
But there was too much energy, and Qianhui simply couldn't absorb it all.
This seems to be the limit of his physical condition; no matter how hard he tries, he can't get any better.
Left with no other option, the plants could only continue to wait anxiously.
Fortunately, half an hour later, Qian Hui finally opened her eyes.
Staring at everything before him, he was dazed and subconsciously asked, "Where's Little Pink...?"
The carnivorous plant quickly stepped forward and showed him the Easter egg it was holding.
Qian Hui leaned against Nan Tingjin's chest, reached out and touched the eggshell. Seeing that the game progress was increasing, she felt a little relieved.
Carrot looked worried and whimpered as she clung to his sleeve.
Qian Hui reassured her, "I'm fine, I'm feeling much better now."
He should be fine. He feels very tired right now, has little energy, and speaks softly.
Especially when I first woke up, my consciousness was sluggish and blurry, and it took me a while to remember what had happened.
Xiao Baocai brought food to Qian Hui, and Nan Tingjin fed him a little bit and then he drank half a bottle of water.
Nan Tingjin held Qian Hui's cold hand and asked, "What did you use to exchange for that egg?"
He was unaware of the game's existence, yet his question was remarkably accurate.
Qian Hui hesitated before answering, "I saved them up... I saved them up for a long time, resurrection beans are really expensive..."
He explained haltingly, and Nan Tingjin guessed that the supplies he usually took out were also obtained by exchanging the currency he had saved.
However, the currency required for "Resurrection Beans" is extremely high, far exceeding that of ordinary resources.
He resurrected a strange plant, seemingly at the cost of draining his own life force.
This is somewhat similar to the loss of consciousness symptoms experienced by human superhumans. If their superpowers are overused and they do not receive timely treatment and comfort, they will eventually die because of their own superpowers.
Nan Tingjin's expression was cold and hard. He asked again, "Is there any way to save up some more as quickly as possible?"
Given the current situation, we can only hope that Qian Hui's physical condition is indeed related to the amount of currency; otherwise, we don't know when he will recover.
Qian Hui had only said a few words when she became tired and sleepy again.
He said weakly, "Zombies...kill them."
Then, Qianhui closed her eyes and fell asleep again.
Hearing this, the carrot nearby immediately waved its hand and cried out, "Woo!"
What are we waiting for? Let's go kill the zombies!
The plant team responded immediately and quickly gathered together.
But now that there are more plants and Qianhui is not feeling well, it would be more troublesome to bring them all along.
In order to save time, Carrot only planned to take the original team members out, leaving the Carnivorous Plant and Sunflower with Chihiro, as well as the remaining plants and Nantingjin.
Without delay, the carrot pulled out its thorns and prepared to fly, while the nut, unable to move easily, was scooped up by the chili pepper with one hand.
Seeing that Potato was about to leave, Big Cherry leaned closer and eagerly expressed that she also wanted to go.
The carrot looked at it and hesitated for a moment.
Big Cherry's diet is special; it's estimated that it has never been full before. After being fed by Potato, it became much more obedient. After breakfast today, its loyalty level jumped to 80%.
The carrot, unaware of any concept of loyalty, noticed the cherry becoming obedient and intuitively felt its strength must be considerable, so it nodded.
Big Cherry jumped for joy, only to be lifted up by Carrot with one hand.
The remaining plants were gathered together in order: cabbage, peppers, nuts, potatoes, corn, bamboo shoots, carrots, and cherries, and then quickly flew away from the forest.
This forest is a high-risk area infested with strange plants, and there are still too few zombies. We need to go look over at the ruins...
The carrot flew through the air, looked around, and chose a direction.
Inside the forest, all the remaining plants stood guard beside Qianhui and Nantingjin.
The carnivorous plant, clutching the resurrection egg, curled up to the side.
The succulents and tulips nestled into Qian Hui's arms, finding their own spots to lie down.
Nan Tingjin sat on the grass with Qian Hui in his arms, and lowered his head to stroke his soft hair.
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Meanwhile, the plant team quickly arrived at the city ruins. They deliberately made some noise to attract the zombies wandering around.
Cabbages can be crushed with a single punch, and nuts can grow to two meters tall, which can be directly trampled over by jumping.
However, these zombies are too scattered and their level is not high. They are quick to kill, but you probably won't be able to accumulate much of the "currency" that Qianhui needs.
But where can we find a large horde of corpses...?
Suppressing his anxiety, Carrot led the plant team to fly to even more distant places to search.
Time passed by, and before we knew it, it was afternoon.
The team stopped to rest. Cabbage took off the backpack on her back and took out food and some panacea.
Fortunately, Qianhui had prepared these in advance, so they could take them with her and be replenished in time while she was away.
Carrot squatted on a high spot in the ruins, munching on a biscuit and constantly looking around.
So far, the team has killed a total of 12 low-level zombies and 4 mid-level zombies.
This is the other side of the high-risk zone. The air here smells even more murky; there should be even more zombies here.
However, it was very quiet around, and it wasn't the time for zombies to hibernate yet, so why weren't any of them coming out?
Carrot sensed something was wrong and perked up, urging the team to continue.
After bypassing several abandoned buildings, they searched through the ruins and finally spotted two zombies.
Cabbage asked more questions, her eyes lighting up – it was high-class!
Normally, high-level zombies do not act alone; they will always have low- or mid-level zombies by their side to command.
The cabbage and carrot exchanged a glance and silently followed, intending to scout out the situation first to avoid alerting the enemy.
Carrot waved to the team behind him to follow, glancing at the cabbage with a mixture of amusement and exasperation: "Waaah..."
Don't eat so much next time, I'm so heavy from the flight!
Cabbage snorted, picked up a brick, and easily broke it in half.
The plants in the group all tried to conceal their presence and followed secretly.
Unaware of their presence, the two advanced zombies continued leaping and bounding through the ruins, their steps unwavering.
A few minutes later, the zombie arrived at a ruined street.
Carrot stopped and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw a lot of zombies gathered at the street intersection, at least twenty or thirty of them.
They seemed to be carrying something, and further away, there were two modified human vehicles parked.
The modified car was damaged, clearly having been in an impact, and stained with dark red blood; the people inside were likely in grave danger.
But the carrot didn't have time to pay attention to that; its eyes were fixed on the huge horde of zombies.
After assessing the opponent's overall strength, Carrot thought they could win and called to Cabbage, "Woof!"
The two plants immediately prepared to lead the charge, but the cherry suddenly grabbed the carrot.
It looked excited, glanced at the potato, then pointed to itself at the carrot: "Woof!"
Big Cherry felt its chance to shine had finally arrived, and told Carrot that one cherry was enough.
The carrot didn't believe it and looked at the big cherry: "Huh?"
You?
Big Cherry patted her belly, her eyes shining.
The carrot, recalling the bomb that had swallowed a nuclear bomb whole and eaten so many potatoes, seemed lost in thought.
So the plant team held their positions for the time being, and the carrot, following the cherry's instructions, flew over alone with it.
Two plants rapidly approached the street in mid-air, arriving beneath the horde of corpses.
The advanced zombies also spotted them immediately and roared incessantly.
The carrot seized the opportunity, grabbed the cherry's hand, and sent it flying away quickly.
The big cherry fell downwards, shouting "Awoo!" with its eyes closed.
Its body swelled up twice, and just before it landed, it spat out a ball of white light.
"Bang--"
A deafening explosion, as if a powerful nuclear bomb had detonated amidst the horde of corpses.
The carrot in mid-air was lifted by the airflow and almost fell. It steadied its sharp spines, turned its head, and stared wide-eyed.
"..."
Good heavens!
Big Cherry mostly spits out all the nuclear bombs she ate in one go, and is able to control the range of her skill casting.
After the smoke from the explosion cleared, a huge crater appeared at the street intersection.
Almost all the zombies that had gathered in the street were dead, except for one high-level zombie that managed to escape after being injured.
The hiding plant team quickly caught up, and the zombie was hit by nuts a few times and had its neck twisted by a cabbage.
Potato rushed to the giant pit and found the exhausted Cherry in the center of the pit.
Big Cherry's eyes were closed and its body was covered in dust. Potato felt sorry for it and fed it two large landmines, then grabbed the handles and carried it on his head.
Cherry's abilities mostly need to be accumulated; once she uses one, she'll need to consume many more bombs to recover.
Thanks to its assistance, the battle was quickly resolved.
Chili peppers and bamboo shoots dug out all the crystal cores, while carrots carried corn and cabbage to a more distant location, where they killed two or three lone low-level zombies.
As dusk approached, and estimating that their day was about over, the team prepared to return to the woods.
On the way, Chili counted the crystal cores in her backpack, still looking worried.
More than forty zombies... I don't know if that's enough.
Following the direction they came from, a string of plants hanging on the radish thorns quickly flew away.
Shortly after the plant team left, a small, high-level zombie appeared nearby.
It approached the giant pit, sniffed around, and detected the residual scent of the alien plants. It then raised its head and roared.
The two advanced zombies sent a signal before they died, but the alien plants escaped too quickly, and they arrived too late.
Atop a distant high-rise building stood an unusually tall figure.
The familiar black skin, scarlet pupils, and flattened skull—it was Zombie King 03.
Its lips moved, and a low, muffled sound came from its throat, summoning the advanced zombie back before turning and leaving.
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Just as the explosion rang out, in another high-risk area in a neighboring region, a giant pea heard the noise and turned its head to look.
It was fighting a high-level zombie, playfully creating many copies of itself, with a total of twenty identical giant peas scattered all over the ruins.
The zombie picked one of the fake peas, raised its claw and swung it, and the fake pea exploded like a ball when it was injured, while making a "hehe" sound.
The fake peas didn't have much killing power when they exploded, but the "hehe" sound was incredibly annoying.
More peas rolled over, and the zombies frantically swung their claws, surrounded by "hee hee".
The explosion drew the attention of both the zombies and the peas.
Big Pea instinctively turned its head to check, and it was this action that gave it away.
The zombie saw a pea move in the distance and immediately pounced on it.
The giant pea nimbly dodged, collected all its clones, and its newly grown leaf-like foot slammed into the zombie's head.
It was surprisingly good at close combat, casually grabbing two bricks and slashing the zombie's legs a few times before spitting out a green pea.
The green pea seemed to weigh a ton, smashing the zombie to the ground. The pea then leaped in and dug out its crystal core.
The zombie immediately stopped breathing. Pea wiped the crystal core with disgust and didn't eat it right away.
It looked again toward the source of the explosion, its expression displeased.
Who is it that's making such a commotion... otherwise I could have played a little longer.
Big Pea kicked away the zombie at his feet, humming a song as he turned and walked in the opposite direction.
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It was already evening when the plant team returned to the forest.
Seeing the faint lights by the lake, Carrot controlled its spikes and swooped down. It was so fast that it tumbled into the grass with its team.
The plants turned over and got up, and when they saw Qianhui had woken up, they sat down under the tree.
Qian Hui's energy had clearly recovered, and she exclaimed with delight, "Radish! Little Curly!"
He stood up to greet them and hugged the returning plant team tightly.
Chili asked worriedly, "Huh?"
Qianhui stroked its head: "I'm really feeling better."
He woke up again to a message from the game indicating that the ninth faction conflict had ended and he had won, and his balance had increased by more than 60,000.
Qian Hui then learned that the plant team had gone out to kill zombies for his sake.
And they should be doing well, as the status in the encyclopedia shows that they are not injured, except for Big Cherry, who is suddenly exhausted and in urgent need of replenishment.
With potatoes around, it ate some landmines and its condition recovered somewhat, but its skills were temporarily unusable.
Carrot touched Qianhui's palm and found that her body temperature was gradually returning to normal, and finally felt relieved.
Next, the plant team went to the carnivorous plant to visit the little mushroom in the Easter egg.
The Easter egg is currently 60% complete; the shell has become opaque, making it impossible to see inside.
The man-eating flower was the most anxious, constantly seeking Qianhui's help to find out how Little Mushroom was doing.
Qianhui held it and the egg in its arms, comforting it, "Don't worry, Little Mushroom will wake up tomorrow morning."
The other plants stood quietly to the side, filled with curiosity and anticipation even though they didn't recognize the little mushroom.
At night, the carnivorous plant burrows into the cabbage shell early in the morning with its eggs.
It doesn't need to take turns patrolling today; that task will be temporarily handed over to carrots and cabbages.
There's also a cabbage bowl placed next to it; the plants are all ready to rest, and they can sleep on whichever side they want.
Qian Hui was the only one not there; he went to a nearby place and met with Nan Tingjin.
This was requested by Nan Tingjin, so that he could check on Qian Hui's condition at any time, prevent any further discomfort, and feel more at ease keeping him by his side.
Qian Hui lay on the soft grass, curled up in Nan Tingjin's arms, and was kissed on the cheek.
He put his arm around Nan Tingjin's waist and said sleepily, "Little Jin, goodnight..."
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The next day, Qianhui and the plants woke up early and guarded the Easter egg together.
In one corner of the game interface, the countdown has reached its final minute, and the progress is displayed at 99%.
Qian Hui held his breath, and the other plants, sensing his emotions, waited nervously as well.
finally--
The progress bar is at 100%, and a notification pops up.
[Resurrection Bean successfully used!]
The white egg was held in Qian Hui's hands, and with a "crack", a crack appeared.
Immediately afterwards, the gaps began to widen, and then a large piece of eggshell fell off with a "thud".
A small pink mushroom stood inside, yawning.
It reached out and rubbed its eyes under the umbrella hat, then tilted its head and looked over: "Hmm?"
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