Chapter 63 Fungal Remains Frenzy 24 Yu Wanyan.
Several metallic vines curled up obediently around Yu Wanyan, guarding her like a royal guard. But apart from these few, the other branches began to wreak havoc after they emerged, with mycelium rapidly extending from the branches and spreading deeper into the base.
Those entangled by the mycelium are like those in the church, quickly becoming withered parasites, wandering around and seizing their next prey.
Seeing Nanmen Jue's incredulous expression, Yu Wanyan covered her mouth and let out a clear, lilting laugh.
"Brother Jue, aren't you surprised? I'm not dead." Yu Wanyan's round, dark eyes curved into crescent moons, making her look innocent and sweet.
Nanmen Jue slowly stood up. "You...can control the Mother Tree?"
“The mother tree is very powerful. I only controlled these few branches, one, two, three… Oh dear, there are only five left.” Yu Wanyan’s two slender white legs dangled down and swayed gently. “I sent out two branches to attack you before, but they broke.”
Tonight, Nanmenjue cut down at least eight or ten vines, without even noticing any differences between them.
The situation has become more complicated. What was originally just danger has now become even more unsettling. Nanmen Jue underestimated Yu Wanyan's strength. Regardless of her level, the fact that she could turn a part of the mother tree into her puppet and coexist with it makes her far more dangerous than Cheng Xiuye.
Remembering the curse she had cast on him before being swept away by the mother tree, Nanmen Jue knew that this ordeal was probably going to be difficult.
"Can you ask the mother tree to stop attacking?" Nanmen Jue asked loudly. "It's too noisy here, I can't hear what you're saying."
Yu Wanyan swung her legs, "I already said, I only controlled these few. It's not easy to get the others to listen to me."
Nanmen Jue immediately realized that she said "not easy" rather than "impossible".
She looked up and saw Yu Wanyan staring straight at her with a smile in her eyes, her eyes burning with emotions that were not unfamiliar to her.
Before she learned to hide her face with her long hair, people would always look at her with disgusted eyes. It was as if they wanted to strip her naked. On the face of a beautiful young girl, Nanmen Jue didn't know whether she should laugh.
Considering the girl's cruel nature and strength, she couldn't bring herself to laugh.
With a slight movement of her lips, Nanmen Jue curled her lips into a smile without any real mirth. Even though she was somewhat disheveled from the battle, she still knew exactly how she looked her best.
"So what do I need to do to make it stop?"
Upon seeing her smile, Yu Wanyan stopped swinging her legs. Although she had the posture of a young boy, her expression was extremely profound at that moment. She stretched out her finger and traced the outline of Nanmen Jue in the air from a distance, then suddenly laughed.
"Brother Jue, when the Mother Tree swept me away, were you overjoyed, hoping I would die underground? Your eyes were full of murderous intent then. I've been here for so long, I couldn't have misjudged that murderous intent. Now that you see I'm still alive, are you very surprised?"
Nanmen Jue cautiously remained silent.
"I was so scared. It was so dark underground, not a single ray of light. You even crippled my puppet, leaving me, a frail little girl, all alone to face that terrifying mother tree. I almost died." As she recounted the perilous experience, the girl's smile grew even sweeter and brighter. "In the darkness, I kept thinking about you. I remembered how beautiful you were when you came out of the ruins that day, like you were glowing. And you were even angry with me because of those dead people. Wow, you were like an angel."
That's not right.
Back then, when Yu Wanyan discovered that Nanmen Jue was not the handsome wanted criminal who treated human life as worthless and took it upon himself to destroy the world, she still vividly remembered his crazy appearance when his idol image collapsed. So why is he now showing such infatuation and admiration?
What happened to Yu Wanyan during the process of transforming the mother tree that resulted in her brain being replaced with the mother tree's?
Seeing that Nanmen Jue remained silent, Yu Wanyan smiled brightly. She reached out and tapped on the branches of the mother tree, and the five vines around her suddenly stretched out, growing long enough to encircle the entire canopy and tightly lock the restless branches.
She actually managed to control the mother tree, albeit through physical means.
The half-digested mummies on the branches all opened their mouths and let out a deafening wail. Yu Wanyan's expression changed, and she said impatiently, "It's so noisy."
But she couldn't do anything about these mouths. She lowered her eyes and looked at Nanmen Jue.
"Brother Jue, I've got it under control. Come closer so I can take a look."
Now that things had come to this, Nanmen Jue wanted to see what she was up to, so she walked closer and looked up at the girl in the tree branch.
Yu Wanyan was taken aback. "Huh? Why are you so obedient? I thought you were still the same unruly person. Now the gift I prepared is useless again."
Nanmen Jue is now practically allergic to the word "gift," especially since it came from Yu Wanyan's mouth.
Her eyes twitched. "What have you done now?"
"How can you say it's 'again'..." Yu Wanyan lowered her face as if shy, then happily raised her head again, "You'll definitely like it this time!"
Under Nanmen Jue's gaze, Yu Wanyan patted the branches of the mother tree again. The dried corpses and mycelium on the trunk were intertwined and wriggling. The scene was indescribably disgusting, but Nanmen Jue had no time to pay attention to it. He vomited out two people between them.
Ji Chengying, and Zhang Zhi, who was being held tightly in her arms.
The two women were covered in an unknown slime and mycelium. The mycelium moved and burrowed into their bodies. Nanmen Jue's eyes flickered, and he immediately rushed over and used his bone knife to cut off all the mycelium.
"Ji Chengying, Zhang Zhi!"
Nanmen Jue placed his fingers on the sides of their necks and, sensing that they were still breathing, felt reassured, but then became even more stern.
"So you know them." Yu Wanyan tilted her head and looked at them. "I thought you would be happy to see this mission target, but you still don't seem very happy."
At this moment, the bound mother tree trembled, and the vines that Yu Wanyan was controlling began to tighten, as if they were about to break free.
Nanmen Jue looked up at her. "What exactly do you want?"
She asked this question sincerely, because she really couldn't figure out what Yu Wanyan was up to.
To kill her? That doesn't seem likely. To continue idolizing her? That also doesn't seem likely.
Yu Wanyan was looking at the mother tree, which was trying to break free of its restraints, with displeasure when she heard this, she laughed again, "I want you to come with me."
"And then turn me into one of those puppets?" Nanmen Jue said.
Are you scared?
Nanmen Jue chuckled, "That's a novel question."
Hearing her say that, Yu Wanyan's eyes lit up even more. "That's right, I like this kind of spirited attitude. Don't bow your head, Brother Jue. If you admit that you're scared, I'll be very, very disappointed."
She stared at Nanmen Jue, her desire and murderous intent so obvious and undisguised. Nanmen Jue was indeed terrified, but not because of the danger Yu Wanyan revealed.
Yu Wanyan was only sixteen years old.
It's not easy to survive in this kind of world at this age. And if you do survive, will you end up like this? At this moment, Nanmen Jue actually had a moment of distraction. It seems that none of the strong people she has encountered are normal.
Nanmen Jue glanced at the branches that were trembling more violently and said, "How did you turn a person, or even this tree, into a puppet?"
"You want to know?"
"Just satisfy my curiosity," Nanmen Jue said with a tempting smile. "I think you're amazing."
Yu Wanyan was overjoyed. "I have an orange item called 'Vermilion Contract'. As long as I defeat him, I can unilaterally sign a contract with him and make him my puppet."
Nanmen Jue sensed something was wrong. "This cinnabar contract can transform the form of matter?"
The puppets she had encountered before, and the mother tree that was now under her control, were all in metallic form. If she hadn't known what they were beforehand, she would have thought they were mechanical creations.
"Oh, this?" Yu Wanyan said lightly, "Mechanical bodies are more robust and durable, so I modified them a bit."
Nanmen Jue's expression revealed undisguised shock. "You modified all of these yourself? What did you exchange them for?"
"I learned some mechanical engineering and artificial intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future." Yu Wanyan blinked. "Was that difficult?"
"..." Nanmen Jue fell into a shocked silence.
She really didn't expect that these mechanical products were actually made by this little girl. According to what Deng Erhuai said before, everyone in the space thought that her props directly transformed carbon-based organisms into silicon-based organisms.
If she were a girl who grew up normally in a peaceful world, it's hard to imagine what amazing achievements she would make in the future.
“Modifying these things takes a lot of time, and bringing puppets in also costs a lot of points. I also have to maintain my Cinnabar Contract. I’m always so poor.” The girl complained sincerely, seemingly very troubled by this. “So, to save points, I usually bring my toolkit in and then make new puppets in the current world.”
Nanmen Jue asked slowly, "So who was the one I saw before?"
“I am a purple-named reincarnator in this world,” Yu Wanyan replied matter-of-factly.
Nanmen Jue paused for a moment, then asked, "What's his name?"
"What's your name?" Yu Wanyan was taken aback, puffed out her cheeks and thought for a moment, then gave up. "I don't remember. Does it matter?"
Nanmen Jue suddenly laughed, "In your eyes, nothing else matters except your own life, is that right?"
Yu Wanyan stared at her and laughed, "What's wrong with you? You're the number one murderer in the entire space, so why are you acting like a kind-hearted saint in front of me? You know perfectly well that I don't like it..."
"Don't you like it?" Nanmen Jue said. "I think you like me a lot."
Yu Wanyan narrowed her eyes. "How annoying, you found out."
She stood up on the branch and declared loudly, "Nanmen Jue, you can only be mine. You either become my person or my puppet. You have no other choice."
Nanmen Jue just smiled, but the killing intent in her eyes grew stronger. Suddenly, she sensed another presence. Without turning around, Mo Gui's carefree voice rang out behind her.
"Wow, what a great declaration! Luckily we made it back in time, otherwise we'd never hear something like this again in our next life."
It's a bit blurry, but still very distinctive.
Then came Wei Chongru's voice: "Keep your voice down!"
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Author's note: I feel like my period is coming soon, and I'm a little restless and a bit thin.
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