The next day, as the sun rose in the east, the green vines that had covered the entire hospital slowly faded away.
Gu Mingyue raised her hand to shield her eyes from the sunlight streaming in through the window and removed the gas mask from her face.
I took a closer sniff, and sure enough, the sweet, cloying scent that could lull one into a drowsy state was gone from the air.
Their eyes swept around, and Zhou Yanli and the others were already dressed in their gear. Everyone had a serious expression as they looked at the strange tree in the center of the hospital.
“Miss Gu, we have now determined that the reason this oasis was formed is because these two strange trees are protecting it.”
"Would you like to join us and help us subdue these two monstrous trees?"
Zhou Yanli, seeing that she was awake, extended an invitation.
Gu Mingyue opened the thermos and sipped the warm water.
Zhou Yanli smiled as he looked at her sitting on the edge of the bed, but he felt a little flustered inside.
Although this woman had long legs, a slender waist, and a beautiful face, from a distance she looked like a pampered rich flower in the apocalypse.
In reality, she is an extremely powerful and ruthless superpowered individual, likely even stronger than him. Moreover, she has yet to reveal her abilities, making her a very difficult person to understand.
"What are your conditions for cooperating with Zhengjiabao?" Gu Mingyue asked lazily as she slowly closed the insulated lid.
Zhou Yanli was taken aback, his smile freezing on his face. His words had actually been a test to see if Gu Mingyue wanted to join their Nirvana Chamber of Commerce.
But Gu Mingyue didn't answer that question. Instead, she asked him about the conditions for cooperating with Zhengjiabao.
They killed the only son of the Zheng family yesterday. Before the apocalypse, the Zheng family made a living by earning dirty money. After the apocalypse, they had tens of thousands of followers. How could this woman not feel a little worried?
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yanli finally stated his conditions. He had a feeling that the benefits this woman would bring him in the future would be even greater than those from Zhengjiabao!
"100,000 jin of grain, 10,000 jin of pork..."
These were all food and daily necessities, the things people in the apocalypse craved most, yet Gu Mingyue had plenty of them in her space.
“I don’t want any of these.” Gu Mingyue pointed to the two trees in the center of the hospital. “If we really succeed in subduing them, I want one of those two trees.”
This time it was Zhou Yanli's turn to tactically drink water. His grip on the mineral water bottle tightened slightly. This woman hadn't even made a move yet, and she was already asking for a tree. She was even greedier than the people from Zhengjiabao!
For a moment, he doubted whether he had made the wrong move by extending an olive branch. Did he really want to offend such a powerful force as Zhengjiabao for the sake of these two people?
"Don't worry, Chairman Zhou. Compared to the Zheng family, cooperating with me, Gu Mingyue, is definitely a win for you." Gu Mingyue revealed a mysterious expression and began to persuade him.
"Does the base know? Jiang Shenglin, the son of their base leader, is currently at our base having tea and discussing cooperation."
"As far as I know, criminal gangs like Zhengjiabao have always been disliked by Hope Base. Does Chairman Zhou only want to do business outside the base?"
Gu Mingyue said with a smile, revealing the drawbacks of his cooperation with Zhengjiabao.
The profit-seeking nature of merchants is difficult to change even after the end of the world.
Before the apocalypse, Zhou Yanli sold all his assets and invested them all in food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, based on the live broadcast of "Flying Thief". In the apocalypse, he also started a business of collecting crystal cores and buying and selling information and goods.
The more chaotic things are, the more money you can make.
However, his extremely profit-driven business association is not well-liked by the major bases. If he could get on the good side of Hope Base, wouldn't other smaller bases also open their doors to cooperate with him?
He believed in his abilities; once he opened up sales channels in all the major bases, the Nirvana Merchant Guild's name would eventually resound throughout the entire Blue Star.
"Alright, if we can subdue those two strange trees today, I can guarantee you one of them."
Hearing this, Gu Mingyue laughed even more happily.
Because her memories from her past life told her that Zhou Yanli would subdue those two strange trees.
Not long after, he produced a large amount of ordinary grain using the strange tree. He then used this grain to climb up the ranks of Hope Base. Soon after, Nirvana Merchant Guild's premium grain appeared on the tables of leaders of various bases.
She's completely getting something for nothing!
Gu Mingyue, accompanied by Xinghe Little Wolf and Little Snake, followed Zhou Yanli downstairs.
Seeing that Dr. Li and the others were also carrying several bottles of unknown solution, Gu Mingyue glanced at them slightly.
This week's banquet was quite something; he actually managed to coax these people who worshipped the strange tree as a sacred tree into coming out and working for him.
As soon as Dr. Li and his team went outside, they began to sprinkle an alkaline solution along the edge of the grass, and then slowly led the way forward.
The solution made a sizzling sound as soon as it was dropped onto the grass, and the lush green grass withered instantly.
The strange tree noticed a very unpleasant smell coming from its roots. The roots began to stir, and the entire hospital building started to shake.
Gu Mingyue leaned against the wall, barely managing to steady herself. The others were not so lucky; some fell, spilling the strong alkaline solution they were carrying, and screamed in agony as they were corroded.
Some were whipped into the sky by the frantically attacking vines, then thrown down and smashed into a bloody pulp.
Seeing this, Dr. Li conjured up green plants to surround the hospital survivors with vines, and Xinghe also released his spatial domain, and the group gradually gathered together.
"Fire, ice, lightning, and metal elemental ability users, all of you go to the edge of the Star River barrier to fight those wreaking havoc vines and tentacles outside."
"The rest of you should hold onto the strong alkaline solution in your hands. When you get near those two strange trees, throw it at them together."
Following Zhou Yanli's instructions, everyone proceeded in an orderly manner and somehow made their way to the vicinity of the strange tree.
Is the Killer Tree, who was so elusive yesterday, really so easy to deal with today?
Gu Mingyue looked up at the strange tree. The vines of the strange tree had been pushed to the other side by the spatial barrier of the starry river, and now they were densely packed like a group of snakes crawling on the large cover above her head.
The translucent, emerald-green leaves reflect a mesmerizing shimmer.
Although Zhou Yanli had subdued these two S-Trees in her previous life, she heard that she had suffered considerable losses. At least, she hadn't heard of Zheng Yu, Wang Yanan, or anyone else since she went blind.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little panicked. When the strange trees entered her mental domain, she couldn't help but release her bio-currents for mental exploration, intending to test the level of the two strange trees.
She was terrified when she finally investigated.
It turns out that not only humans can disguise themselves, but mutated plants can too!
The group was about to reach the center of the two strange trees. They all stood at the edge of the barrier of the starry river, holding alkaline solutions, looking confident.
"Attention all psychic beings: when that strange tree is corroded and weakened by the alkaline solution, you must invade its consciousness," Zhou Yanli continued, outlining his plan.
Four level one and two psychic abilities held daggers to their wrists, waiting for the S-Man Tree to show a vulnerable side so they could take advantage of it.
"Stop attacking! Everyone run! That S-tree is a mutated plant of the space system. Its level is above mine and Xinghe's. It may be level four or level five. Xinghe's space barrier is useless against it."
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