"We're out." Song Qing escorted Tang Anan and his group to the edge of the forest, then waved his hand and wanted to go back to the forest, but was stopped by Lu Jin.
"Is there anything else?" Song Qing looked back and saw a group of people looking reluctant to leave. "You guys?"
"Come back to the base with us." Lu Jin expressed his thoughts but saw that Song Qing was a little embarrassed.
"Sorry." Song Qing shook off Lu Jin's hand and said with a look of inferiority, "I may not be able to return to your base."
"Why? Won't you starve to death here?" Lu Jin wondered but saw Song Qing's lost expression.
"I won't be hungry, never." Song Qing described his situation with some emotion.
"Because I have small plants parasitizing my body, my nutrients don't come from food, but from sunlight, water, and some nutrients that plants need."
“Although it can eat, it cannot produce nutrients.”
"On the contrary, for the sake of the small plants, sometimes I need to consume some toxins, because they are the best nutrients for the small plants."
"And staying in the forest is the best. The corpses of the high-level zombies are still here, and this place has the best nutrients for plants."
"Where else can you find such a good toxin? And, and..."
Song Qing spoke haltingly, and it was obvious that he had something on his mind and didn't want to go back to the base with Tang Anan and the others.
But Tang Anan saw his problem and pointed out his concern succinctly and clearly: "Are you afraid to go to our base?"
"It's not that I don't dare." Song Qing turned his head and avoided everyone's gaze.
"That's the problem. Let's go. It's nice to be your guest." Lu Jin once again put his arm around his shoulders and wanted to take him to the base.
"Uh, well." Song Qing and the little plant on his neck both looked depressed. He smiled and said, "There's still a big difference between me and humans."
"After all, I'm not human anymore. It's not a good idea to go to a human base."
"Besides, you see, I want to live in symbiosis with plants. Although I don't need to eat, we need toxins. Isn't this strange?"
"If we go to the base, won't that cause trouble for you?"
"Why are you being so pretentious?" Lu Jin interrupted Song Qing's attempt to defend himself. "Do you think we care so much about our base?"
"Come on, we will need you." Tang Anan also stood aside to encourage Song Qing.
Song Qing looked at the group of people in front of him who were extending their hands to him, and his thoughts drifted back to the early days of the apocalypse.
In fact, this grass is not just a plant that saved him in the cave at the end of the world.
Song Qing raised this plant at the beginning of the apocalypse. Later, when the apocalypse came, the originally small plant grew rapidly and developed intelligence. The small plant liked to wrap around Song Qing. It had no ill intentions and was just wrapped around his waist.
But the world around them was full of malice. When many bases were inspected, they saw the grass wrapped around Song Qing's body and almost executed him directly.
After escaping from death many times from the base, Song Qing discovered that he had wood-related abilities, but in this doomsday world there are countless intelligent plants.
Controlling them is no easy task, and he was able to appease them only by cooperating with this small plant and truly pacifying a group of plants for his use.
Together they walked through the city littered with corpses, walked through the crisscrossing fields, ran through the wilderness, entered the forest, killed zombies, saved humans, had no companions, but were always looking for a place to stay.
Later, Song Qing gave up.
While lying on the test bench, Song Qing couldn't understand why. Why did the end of the world come? People's hearts were unpredictable. The people he and the plants had saved together actually sent him to a human experiment base for research. Why did people dissect the small plants? Why did they kill him just because he was different from others?
After escaping death with the little plant again, Song Qing calmed down. He didn't want to get close to humans and planned to live alone in a place where he couldn't see people, but it was a mistake.
When he was chased into the cave and his blood was sucked by the small plant, Song Qing thought, let it be. Dying like this is better than being hurt by other villains.
Unexpectedly, in the end the plant sacrificed itself to protect him.
The claims of parasitism and mutual benefit are all made up.
"Do you think you can trust them?" Song Qing asked the little plant in his heart. Feeling the force on his waist tighten a little, Song Qing raised his head again and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll go back with you."
The mission was completed with some ease, but also very thrilling.
"I tell you, if it weren't for Song Qing, we would have died there."
"Also, my son, Lu Chao, is full of vigor and vitality. What a good name, isn't it? Song Qing gave it to my son when he saw the sun rising."
Lu Jin's voice carried from the hall to the kitchen. Song Qing, who was directing the plants to work, shook his head with a smile. He felt a little embarrassed listening to Lu Jin and a large group of people loudly praising him.
"Now that we're at the base, tell us if you need anything." Tang Anan walked over to Song Qing and helped him wipe the table.
Song Qing waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I'm almost like a plant now. I don't need anything."
"But please be sure to take me with you when you go kill the zombies. I need to collect nutrients and food for the plants."
"Then we can't do without you." Lu Sikai also came to the kitchen to help. Seeing Song Qing directing the plants, he asked casually, "Can you treat it?"
"Yes, how did you know?" Song Qing turned to look at Lu Sikai, and seeing that he looked thoughtful, he said, "If you need any help, just let me know."
“You know Shen Yating, right? His son was just born and there’s no vaccine, so we don’t quite know what to do, so…”
"So I hope you can help take care of Lu Chao. I'll give you whatever I can give you." Shen Yating suddenly appeared at the kitchen door holding Lu Chao, interrupting Lu Sikai's words.
Song Qing scratched his head and said, "It's not a big deal. After all, I was the one who gave him the name Lu Chao. It's okay for me to help take care of him."
"Why are you so reserved, grown man?" Lu Jin patted Song Qing on the back and said, "From now on, we'll all protect you here."
"Don't brag." Song Qing pushed Lu Jin away with some disdain, turned around and teased Lu Chao again, saying, "Don't be like your father, bragging all day long."
"Oh, you guy." Lu Jin wanted to grab Song Qing but was slapped away by the small plant on Song Qing's shoulder that suddenly grew thicker. After that, he rubbed against Song Qing's clothes with disgust.
"Please don't rub the dirty stuff on me, okay? Please." Although Song Qing complained about the plant rubbing against him, he did not move it away in the end.
Then, they ignored Lu Jin together, leaving him alone in the kitchen, petrified.
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