Chapter 1
"Gulu, gurgle, gurgle—"
In a damp cave, vines intertwined and a green lake was filled with fine bubbles.
In the dim light, a huge hexagonal shadow appeared. It circled the lake, making monster-like calls, as if searching for prey.
In this place full of strange rocks, there are only fluorescent mutated flying insects, armored monsters, and fungi - it seems that there are no edible plants.
Not long after, the monster's footsteps faded away and disappeared in the distance of the cave.
Everything returned to silence again.
A few seconds later, a small rose quietly poked its head out.
When the sound faded away, he pulled his green roots out of the soil and whispered, "It looks dangerous..."
After confirming that he was still alive and not crushed, Su Ran breathed a sigh of relief and shook off the water droplets on his body.
As an unformed rose, it is particularly important to avoid wild beasts in the wild, especially those ferocious monsters that eat plants.
Besides, he is still in the "childhood" of growing up.
If he doesn't grow up quickly and transition from childhood to adulthood, he will surely starve to death.
After experiencing twelve major distortions and thirty minor distortions of the Earth, the Rose Family needed, in addition to the necessary sunlight and spring water, a kind of irrigation called "nutrient beads" to help them survive their childhood.
But as a seedling, he is too weak and can be easily stepped on and turned into a flat flower.
Not to mention finding this kind of "nutritional beads".
Su Ran felt aggrieved when she thought of this.
It's just a small seedling that hasn't grown up yet.
Su Ran never thought that he would live independently one day, nor did he think about finding food by himself. Originally, he was just a small flower, following the Rose Elder, protecting him in his palm for fear of the sun and rain.
But ten days ago, an accident happened. An eight-eyed bird with six wings suddenly landed beside him, cried out, picked up his small flower seed and flew away.
He was extremely scared, but he didn't expect that the strange bird was also scared. It flapped its tenth and eleventh wings and flew for a long time. Before leaving, it patted its butt and left him in this cave.
What a bad bird!
Su Ran propped up the leaves and poked her little flower bud in anger.
But this feeling lasted only a few seconds before the wind from the cave blew in with a chilling chill. Su Ran shivered and quickly fled behind the vines, hiding behind them, leaving only a small bud visible.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
There was no movement.
In his limited field of vision, a huge, strange shadow was floating in the distance, and a green lake was emitting circles, gradually spreading and expanding from small to large.
In just a few seconds, the fungi, mosses, and animal skeletons that came into contact with it melted into black shadows and completely blended into the green lake water.
Su Ran stared at the lake for a few seconds. After making sure that the big monster was not coming over, he felt relieved and thought about the next countermeasures.
He decided to make a small temporary shelter - a small tent that could be moved around.
That way, if there were any monsters, he could hide inside.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Su Ran is a brave little rose. She won't be afraid..." He comforted himself as he stuck to the crack in the rock wall and pulled out the vines, repeating, "I won't be afraid..."
But before he could finish his words, Suman discovered that it was also dying of illness. Its trunk was trembling and it was at the point of running out of energy.
Mr. Vine also looks very weak.
Just like him without the nutrient beads.
Su Ran finally decided to help him.
As for how to help, he had already thought about it. He would use the ability that their Rose Family possessed after the last deformation, the "healing power".
He carefully picked the dry branches, packed them up, and tied them into bundles of hay.
For a young plant, its leaves were tiny, lush green and seemingly vulnerable to falling off at the slightest touch. As Su Ran used the leaves to roll up the vine, he puffed up the buds, his face showing an effort.
As soon as it touched the tip of the vine, small white flowers bloomed and instantly connected into a piece.
"Hello, Huahua." Su Ran poked the newly grown bud, "I'm sorry for giving birth to you here, but Mr. Vine needs this..."
As he spoke, he poked the main trunk of the vine with his leaf.
In just a moment, a miracle happened.
The old and dead vines regained their vitality, starting from the tip and constantly recovering upwards, and the vibrant green appeared again.
Su Ran: "Okay."
After the stinking bird flew away, his healing powers spread throughout the nearby caves and rainforests. Within a few days, many plants came to him, hoping that Su Ran could heal their withered roots, buds, and leaves.
Su Ran was happy to treat them.
Correspondingly, when his plant friends heard that he needed nutrient beads, they all said they would go back and get them for him.
So Su Ran became even happier.
But, but——
Ever since the big monster came, his plant friends have never appeared again.
Even the person who said he would give him "nutrition beads" never came.
This incident made him very sad, even now. Every time he thought of this, Su Ran would droop the little flower bud and support his head with two small leaves, which only added to his sadness.
The thought of leaving the cave came to mind again.
If he just leaves, will he be able to find the "nutrient beads" and bring his plant friends back? Or will he be able to grow up quickly and find his rose family again?
No need to be afraid of those big monsters anymore?
Thinking of this, Su Ran made up his mind.
Bring the tent with you to find the nutrient beads!
So he put down the healed vines and tried to climb up the mossy stone beside him. Only in this way could he see clearly where the exit of the cave was.
The soft rhizome was supported on the mud, and the water droplets on the flower buds pattered, going up a few centimeters and down more than ten centimeters. In the end, the vines on the side could not bear it anymore and took the initiative to roll up his slender rhizome and bring it to the largest stone.
Su Ran happily made the vine bloom a few more small flowers.
Under the power of healing, the old vine ended the "flowerless" distortion effect that lasted for more than a hundred years, allowing it to bloom again.
very beautiful.
Su Ran: "Great."
He wouldn't mind letting Mr. Vine bloom a few more flowers if the old man was happy with it.
At this moment, Su Ran's full attention was on the old vine, ignoring the rustling sound behind him, until he felt a cool touch against its roots.
Su Ran's body trembled, and he slowly turned around——
It's a giant beetle.
The colorful shell has pentagonal dots on it, and the emerald green horns make a "bang bang" sound, looking like they can easily cut off its roots.
The worst thing is that it’s only half a meter away.
Su Ran was completely stunned. He wanted to step back, but found that he couldn't move. The slender roots were stuck between the rocks and he couldn't pull them out.
Su Ran was so scared that she hugged her little flower bud.
And just as the sharp knife was swung towards him, it suddenly stopped above his head.
Su Ran: “?”
He was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, he felt the other party's sharp hook touching him lightly.
"You..." Su Ran opened his eyes a crack and asked in a low voice in surprise, "You won't eat me?"
The beetle didn't say anything, but just shook the hook left and right, turned around a few times, and looked very anxious. Finally, he had no choice but to turn around and sit down, as if he wanted to show him something.
With the dim light in the cave, Su Ran saw what was behind him - it turned out that the shell was not completely colorful. There was an area on the lower right side that had turned completely black.
"Do you want me to help you...treat the fading?" Su Ran asked.
The beetle shook its little feet in agreement.
"Can I?" Su Ran opened his eyes wide and asked in a low voice, "Do you really want me to use my healing power?"
After getting the beetle's affirmation, Su Ran was very happy. She waved the small leaves and turned around a few times, feeling so happy that she felt like small flowers would bloom immediately.
It turns out I don’t want to eat it.
Then I must perform well this time.
So Su Ran focused all his attention on the beetle.
Along with the white light, the veins of the rhizome turned into slender, bright white - just like the vines that had been healed just now.
After a few seconds, the vines came over and witnessed the healing process. They saw the black marks gradually fade and then disappear, and finally a pattern appeared on the beetle's shell.
Seeing this, Su Ran worked even harder. He rolled up the small leaf and covered the beetle's shell tightly. In the end, the beetle's shell came to life and turned into the colors of the rainbow again.
The beetle was obviously very happy. It waved its dozen or so little claws, grabbed Su Ran's leaves, and rubbed them affectionately.
And at this moment——
Click.
Su Ran heard a slight sound of dripping water.
He was pinching the beetle's claws and was stunned for a moment, then turned around subconsciously.
Snap, snap—
In the distance of the cave, fungi were flowing with a strange green color, gradually covering a layer of shadow.
Su Ran took a step back.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the vines also retract their tips and quickly hide under the rocks.
The small tent that had just been set up was also recycled.
Su Ran: “?”
Why, why did you leave?
He's still here!!
Almost in an instant, Su Ran turned his head and faced the shadow deep in the cave.
Su Ran: “!”
Oh no.
This time it really is the big monster that was patrolling just now!
If you are seen, you will be eaten!
Su Ran felt that he couldn't escape.
He was just a little rose seedling that fluttered with every step it took.
Su Ran broke off the leaves and the flower buds stuck to the rock and quickly slid down from the rock.
He was not careful and fell to the ground.
Su Ran let out a "Woo-wah" and looked helplessly at the shadow not far away growing taller. At this moment, everything - arthropods, plants, and even the mayflies in the green pond - had hidden themselves.
It's over.
Before he could find the nutrient beads, he was about to be swallowed by the monster.
Oh, no, no.
He can't think like that.
As a little rose, you must cheer up!
Su Ran encouraged himself and ran to the opposite position with a click.
He was still more than ten meters away from the entrance of the cave. There were two forks in the road. One was full of deformed fungi, and the other, where the monster had just passed, had a lake that could spit bubbles.
Without much hesitation, Su Ran chose the first fork in the road.
Just as he stretched out his leaves and tried to crawl into a group of purple mushrooms, the little beetle followed him.
Su Ran asked in a surprised voice: "You want to... help me?"
The beetle didn't say anything, but simply pulled up Su Ran's small leaf and dragged it onto its back.
Its back felt very cold. Su Ran's slender rhizome lay on the tail of the little beetle, wrapped with leaves. The wind whistled past him. He closed his eyes and followed the beetle all the way to the fork in the road.
But the monster's voice was getting closer.
Su Ran was so frightened that she lost control when she ran away, causing the old vines on the wall to bloom with small white flowers.
*
On the other side, the C-112 heavy armored vehicle.
Qiao Ran sat in the front cockpit, monitoring the situation in the cave through the monitor.
"When the base transforms this ugly monster back into an armored vehicle, I believe we'll be able to collect a large number of aberrations." Qiao Ran complained, then turned to the tall man beside him and said, "Look here, how many aberrations have been scared away."
"This is the latest model of camouflaged vehicle." The man said calmly, "Please find the base for your suggestions."
Hearing Qiao Ran's helpless sigh, he opened the cabinet expressionlessly and took out the black combat suit.
Qiao Ran looked at him: "Colonel Si, do you want to get off the car?"
"Investigate the situation."
"what happens?"
The man whom Qiao Ran called Colonel did not answer directly. He lowered his head and put on the combat uniform hanging in the cabinet, revealing his perfect muscle lines.
The moment the wristband was put on, a line of text immediately appeared.
[Colonel Si Chengyan, welcome to the Ability Detection System]
[Current ability value detection value: 80]
[Distortion Object Distance: Within 150 meters]
"It seems the aberrations haven't been completely scared away." Qiao Ran shrugged. "There's a lone one nearby."
Si Chengyan: "Be careful of the flowers on the cliff."
"Are you talking about these cute little white flowers?" Qiao Ran pulled the armored vehicle's iron door shut, and the lights flashed. He glanced at the value on his wrist—which had just risen from 80, the reading from inside the vehicle, to the full 100.
"It looks like this is the ability possessed by a very high-level mutant, and it is extremely dangerous." Si Chengyan picked a white flower, and a faint white light immediately enveloped the edge of his gloves.
Qiao Ran tutted and stopped the armored vehicle at the cave entrance. After glancing at the messy vines and petals, he turned and asked, "Do you want to go in and explore, Colonel Si?"
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Little Rose: I’m not dangerous!
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