Chapter 62
The shelter has recently added a lot of entertainment facilities, and with the population surge, the system has received rave reviews, driving the number of draws from the claw machine to soar.
Ye Qing had used up all the grabbing opportunities he had accumulated for hundreds of times, but this time he was extremely lucky and obtained 10 new fruit seeds, including durian pitcher, electric blueberry, dumb jackfruit, dragon fruit cannon, etc., and there were many more duplicates of each existing fruit.
Currently, two batches of fruit trees have been planted. The first batch has already borne fruit a few days ago, and the second batch is slowly blooming. There are no less than 20 fruit trees in the two batches.
Including the ones drawn today, there are a total of 50 fruit trees. If they bear fruit, it will be so abundant!
Ye Qing took out the seeds and left the funny little dolls in the glass display cabinet in the lobby of the complex building. She hurried to the outside of the protective shield. She planned to plant the newly pulled ones.
Just when he was halfway there, he ran into Uncle Li and Uncle Zhang who were coming towards him.
Ye Qing didn't have much time to take care of them carefully, so he recruited a few farmers who had planting experience before the end of the world to look after them. Uncle Li and Uncle Zhang were two of them.
He walked hurriedly, looking very anxious. He kept looking back at something while running and almost tripped several times.
Ye Qing hurried forward and asked, "Uncle Li, Uncle Zhang, what's wrong? Why are you so anxious?"
As soon as the two saw Ye Qing, they felt visibly relieved as if they had found their backbone. They gasped for breath, and they didn't even bother to wipe the sweat from their foreheads down to their cheeks.
Uncle Li's beard was trembling, his eyes filled with tears of heartache, and he was about to cry: "Boss, please go and have a look! Those fruit trees have mutated and are setting fire everywhere!"
"The red fruit explodes with incredible force! The yellow fruit spit out its skin. Brother Li accidentally stepped on one and nearly died! And the yellow one discharges electricity! This fruit tree is about to become a spirit. It's terrifying."
Uncle Zhang touched his chest tremblingly, his face filled with fear. "If it weren't for the patrolman who passed by and helped us, we would have died right there."
Explosion? Spitting skin? Discharge?
This strange and outrageous operation sounds like something mutant plants would do, but they are indeed much docile than mutant plants. If there were really mutant plants here, these two unarmed planters would probably be swallowed up on the spot!
After all, mutant plants and mutant beasts feed on humans. How can they come safely without food?
Seeing that Ye Qing didn't say anything, the two elderly planters were extremely nervous and felt extremely guilty.
They had outstanding planting experience before the end of the world, so they were chosen to take care of these plants.
When Ye Qing was here, he took good care of the fruit tree. It was lush and healthy. But he never expected that it would start to mutate just a few days after it was handed over to him!
Uncle Zhang pursed his lips, his mouth corners drooping. "I'm sorry, boss. This is all our fault. We should have reported it to you when we saw the facial features on the branches becoming more and more obvious. It's all our fault that we've ended up like this."
Ye Qing was thinking about something, and he kept walking forward with the two of them.
Logically speaking, the seeds given by the system will not mutate, so what is the mutation they are talking about?
She already had a preliminary conclusion in her mind, but it still needed to be verified with her own eyes.
The two old men followed Ye Qing closely. When they saw their boss suddenly stop and turn around, they immediately lowered their heads and dared not speak.
They are all sinners. They got such a good job but failed to do it well. Not only did they betray their boss's trust, but they also wasted such good fruit trees.
They all knew that there was no fruit in the shelter, and these fruit trees were the boss's most cherished treasures.
It is not only the boss's most cherished treasure, but also a project that everyone else in the shelter is eyeing. If you do something wrong, who knows how much the neighbors will spit at you.
Thinking of this, the two planters became even more dejected.
Ye Qing sighed and said comfortingly, "This fruit tree is just like this. Don't be too harsh on it."
After hearing Ye Qing's words, the two felt even more guilty. They both thought that this was an excuse for the boss to comfort them.
Ye Qing shook his head and strode forward.
The fruit trees were planted far away, and it was just morning here, so there were few people here except the planters and patrolling soldiers. Fortunately, there were few people, so no one was injured.
The first batch of fruits planted included five kinds of fruits, [Cherry Bomb], [Exploding Grapes], [Banana], [Lemon Mage] and [Beast Kiwi].
The red fruits that explode in Li Bo's mouth are cherries and grapes, and the ones that spit out the skin are probably bananas.
The cherry tree was full of red fruits, one by one and in bunches, hanging closely on the branches, and each cherry was exceptionally plump, the attractive red color shining brightly under the sun.
The same goes for the lemon trees and kiwi trees. When Ye Qing planted them, they were only a few meters apart. It was originally a normal spacing, but they were probably produced by the system. When they grew up, they were larger than normal varieties and seemed particularly crowded.
Perhaps there are too many fruits, and the tree is showing signs of bending.
Some of the fruits fell from the tree due to the weight, and there was a loud "bang" when they hit the ground.
Unexpectedly, the power of this exploding cherry was quite strong. A half-meter-high deep pit instantly appeared where it fell. There were no less than ten deep pits of various sizes around the fruit tree.
And on the outskirts of the deep pit, there are many huge banana peels spread on the ground. The banana peels are extremely smooth. If you step on them, you will definitely fall flat on your face.
Due to the power of the banana peel, the patrol soldiers stood cautiously on the periphery for fear of accidental injury.
When the patrolmen saw their boss, they all came to her side.
Ye Qing asked with concern: "How are you? Are you injured?"
The patrolman in charge replied, "Thank you for your concern, Boss. We are all fine. We just don't know what to do with these fruit trees."
The last sentence has a rather regretful tone.
Food has always been precious, and they have been looking forward to these plants for a long time. It is heartbreaking to suddenly hear that they have to get rid of them because they have mutated.
Ye Qing didn't say anything, but just carefully observed the fruit trees.
There are two types of fruits on fruit trees. One is normal-sized fruits, which are the majority, and the other is fruits with mutations.
The fruits did not fall directly to the ground according to Newton's law of universal gravitation, but flew around in a disorderly manner.
For example, the bombs thrown by the cherry tree were thrown at the bananas, and the peels from the banana tree were thrown at the grapes. They were thrown far and near, and it looked like a fight.
As soon as this word came out, Ye Qing suddenly had an epiphany. Yes, they seemed to be fighting!
These are fruit trees produced by the system. Don't think they will be as quiet as ordinary fruit trees. They must be fighting for something.
It was indeed as Ye Qing had guessed. Since they grew up, the fruit trees have been particularly unhappy with their neighbors next door.
When they were young, this black land was spacious for them to live in, but now that they have grown up, it has become extremely narrow. In addition, they all have quick tempers, so a fight can happen in a matter of minutes.
[Cherry Bomb] really can't stand the [Ba Wang Banana] next door. It shows off its tall and thin figure every day, saying that it is short and fat.
[Cherry Bomb] It has always considered itself the leader in the high-end fruit market, so how could it be belittled by a hateful banana tree? It cursed and threw two bombs.
"You skinny bastard, watch out!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Qing's ears moved and he looked over. It turned out that these plants could speak.
[Ba Wang Jiao] was not a tough guy. He snorted disdainfully, threw out a piece of banana peel to block it, and bounced it back to the kiwi.
Unlike the other beasts, the Kiwi couldn't attack from a distance. When attacked, it could only bared its teeth and claws and screamed, "Ah! You accidentally hurt me, you hairless guys!"
"Who do you say has no hair?"
[Lemon Wizard] has been annoyed with the kiwi fruit next door for a long time. It likes sour things, while this kiwi fruit likes sweet things. The two of them have incompatible personalities.
In addition, every time Ye Qing went to feed the kiwi fruit "Jade Liquid" and "Universal Organic Fertilizer", this wild kiwi fruit would always be eager to grab the food. It was originally delicate in appearance, so how could it compete with the kiwi fruit that was like a beast.
They steal its food and space, and now they are belittling it for being hairless. If it doesn't show its power, it's not a lemon wizard!
In an instant, lightning struck and bombs flew.
After listening to the whole thing, Ye Qing roughly understood the reason. She glanced at the two planters who were following behind timidly. They were just being implicated.
Ye Qing waved his hand, and a long row of exquisite small bottles appeared in the air.
With a "pop" sound, the cork was neatly pulled out and fell to the ground, and a fresh fragrance wafted out from inside.
This is a fatal temptation for plants. Sure enough, these fruit trees slowly stopped what they were doing and looked at the big boss who was feeding them.
The Beast Kiwi was the most greedy. The furry face on the tree trunk suddenly softened, and its eyes lit up at the row of small bottles: "Wow, so many! I need to drink an extra bottle today!"
[Lemon Mage] immediately started to retort: "No, you stole my food before, you can't eat it today."
"Why not? Who told you to eat so politely? You're such a hypocrite!"
[Lemon Mage] immediately took out his staff: "You're looking for death!"
When the scene became chaotic again, Ye Qing spoke.
She stood in front of a row of fruit trees, her voice cold and her eyes unquestionable: "No more quarrels, no more bottles!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene suddenly became quiet. The fruit trees all put away their claws obediently like little children who had been caught doing something wrong by their teacher. The only sound in the air was the rustling of the wind.
Uncle Li, Uncle Zhang and the patrol soldiers were all startled. They looked around suspiciously, but there was no one else around. Who was he talking to?
They looked at each other, and saw doubt in each other's eyes, but they all remained silent and stared at Ye Qing.
The boss never does anything in vain. She must have her reasons for doing this.
And this is definitely effective. The chaotic scene just now calmed down instantly.
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