Chapter 75 Evolution Host: He Has Mutated
Spiritual energy is reviving.
It sounds impressive, but in practice, it boils down to just one thing.
—Grow flowers well.
Suanni was about to collapse from hearing this nonsense. He lay on the ground, holding his head with his two little paws: "Planting flowers, planting flowers, it's always planting flowers."
The system said calmly, "Don't you want to see what your exclusive food looks like?"
Suanni: "......"
Suanni: "Plant it then!"
Because the spiritual energy in the world has now successfully formed a cycle, we still need to water and turn the soil for the spiritual flowers in ordinary soil, depending on the specific condition of the flowers.
These are things you don't have to worry about when planting in buff farmland, so everyone is still a little unaccustomed to it for a while.
The system, in particular, was so busy it was practically blurry.
Every flower grows differently, even those of the same variety planted at the same time.
What the system needs to do is scan all the flowers, then generate independent data and archive it.
It's fortunate that they have a lot of points now; if they had done it this way before, the system would have been drained of points and forced to start over in no time.
Just as the Suanni finished turning the soil around a spiritual iris, a grain of rice was handed to its mouth.
He turned his head and saw it was Xiao Jiu.
The Suanni didn't stand on ceremony, and with a loud thud, it bit into the general-purpose grain block and chewed it with a crunching sound.
However, since he was in the form of a little white cat, the food was a bit too big for his mouth. He took a big bite and his cheeks bulged out, just like a hamster stuffing food into its mouth.
The system told everyone, "Hang in there a little longer. Once the spiritual energy concentration rises by two more points, we'll be able to awaken the Mountain Goddess."
Once Grandma Tai wakes up, the world will be bathed in sunlight.
The changes in temperature and airflow will also bring about a new natural cycle here. At that time, there will be day and night, wind and rain, and they will no longer have to go through all this trouble.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiu happily reached out her hand to Suanni.
The Suanni simply raised its head and gently placed its little paws in Xiao Jiu's hand, looking quite dignified.
...provided that his hamster cheeks are ignored.
Xiao Jiu grabbed the Suanni's little white paw and shook it: "Grandma, wake up soon! Yay! Yay!"
The Suanni puffed out its cheeks and mumbled indistinctly, "Mmm mmm mmm."
After feeding the Suanni, Xiao Jiu went on to feed the other furry creatures.
As for Qianchuan, because he eats much less frequently than others, he usually asks for food when he's hungry. Otherwise, no matter how much grain Xiao Jiu gives him, he'll eat it all even if he has to force himself to.
Several years ago, because of this, Qianchuan even suffered from indigestion and couldn't maintain his human form, which worried everyone for a long time.
So while everyone was eating, Qianchuan took out a few cups and bowls and started putting the edible dried flowers he had prepared earlier into the cups.
Perhaps because the flowers are grown in the buff farmland, most of the edible dried flowers have a special fragrance.
Just then, Qianchuan opened the small clay storage jar, and a fresh scent wafted out.
The Suanni turned its head to look and saw that Suanni was coming over with its cheeks puffed out.
Qianchuan: "Thank you for your trouble."
The Suanni flicked its tail and began to summon fire to boil water.
A few minutes later, Suanni squatted down next to Qianchuan, watching Qianchuan skillfully brew flower tea, its long tail swaying behind it.
As the flowers, in shades of light green, pale yellow, and pink, gradually unfurled as they were soaked in hot water, they floated in the small bowl shaped like a cat's head, looking absolutely adorable.
Suanni finally swallowed what was in his mouth. He tried to get closer to the edge of the bowl, and then steam directly hit his face.
Suanni: "Wow!"
Qianchuan was startled and quickly put down what he was holding to look at him.
After confirming that the Suanni had only been slightly fumigated and was otherwise unharmed, Qianchuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He said to the lion, "The water vapor is very hot, be careful."
Suanni licked the tip of its nose and grumbled, "That Taotie used to help me cool down the water, but now he doesn't care about me at all."
Qian Chuan was also curious: "What exactly is Taotie's ability? I remember you said before, Meow Meow, that it can control others with its voice."
According to the system's classification, Taotie sounds like a purely mental ability, so how could it cool down hot water?
The Suanni raised its head and let out a drawn-out "hmm".
"Well... I can't really explain the specific principles, but from what I understand, his ability is somewhat like directly controlling energy."
Qian Chuan's eyes widened slightly in surprise. "Controlling energy?" he asked.
Suanni: "Yes, to use the system's words, everything in the world is made of energy, so in terms of manifestation, it is similar to being able to control all kinds of tangible things."
That's amazing!
If the range of its application is unlimited, wouldn't that be the same as that of a god?
Sure enough, Suanni said next, "But this ability has many limitations, such as the range of its application, the duration, the degree of energy conversion... and, most importantly, the subsequent energy replenishment."
He waved his paw: "Anyway, it's really troublesome, and he doesn't like using it himself."
Although Qianchuan only heard the general outline, he could still grasp the key points.
Taotie is a rather special kind of monster. It can transform the evil spirits of the world into its own power, which is already quite cheating.
If one's abilities could be used indefinitely, it would not conform to the balance of the "Tao".
So Qianchuan thought for a moment and then asked only one more question: "So, that's why Taotie eats so much?"
Suanni nodded: "That's right."
At that moment, a peculiar fishy smell wafted over.
The smell wasn't exactly pungent or unpleasant, but it was a little strange to Suanni and Qianchuan.
The Suanni said, half complaining and half envious, "Ah! He's eating his special food again!"
Looking into the distance, Qian Chuan saw Xiao Jiu acting like an emotionless grain-making machine, constantly stuffing materials into the void in front of him, taking out grain bags, and then taking the grains out and putting them into the large basin in front of Taotie.
That basin was almost as big as the pot they usually use for cooking.
A thought suddenly popped into Qian Chuan's mind: the Taotie's appetite seemed strangely large.
They've been together for over ten years. Before, when Taotie ate his special food, he would stuff it into his mouth, but he never ate so voraciously.
But when Qianchuan thought of what Suanni had just said, he put his doubts out of his mind.
Perhaps Taotie is storing up energy in advance for using its skills?
The flower tea in front of Suanni and Qianchuan gradually cooled down, while Taotie in the distance had also finished eating.
A short while later, Xiao Jiu came over carrying Taotie and Xiao Xue.
He placed the fluffy balls in front of their special bowls, then sat down and began to sip his flower tea from his own small cup.
The raw material for flower tea is made from the local specialty, the spiritual flower, which contains far more spiritual energy than vegetables.
Furthermore, after being soaked in the Moon Spring, the abundant spiritual energy brings a taste like mead upon tasting it.
Xiao Jiu's body was originally only capable of absorbing blood mist, so every time he drank flower tea, the excess spiritual energy would seep out from his skin.
A few years ago, when he drank flower tea for the first time, he drank so much that his whole body was steaming, and the way the mist was rising startled everyone.
Therefore, at this moment, Suanni and Qianchuan immediately noticed Xiao Jiu's abnormality.
"Xiao Jiu, you're not going to start smoking anymore?"
When asked, Xiao Jiu blinked and said, "Mmm!"
His eyes were wide open, staring straight at the Suanni, almost as if he was about to say, "Praise me."
Seeing Xiao Jiu's expression, Suanni's curiosity was immediately piqued.
He and Qianchuan only took a nap. What exactly happened during those two hours?
Suanni: "You—"
"Meow!"
The system suddenly appeared, directly interrupting Suanni's words.
After saying that, it walked up to the Suanni and blinked rapidly at it.
Although Suanni didn't know what the system was up to, he didn't ask any further questions when he saw the system's constantly flashing ring-shaped eyes.
Just as the atmosphere was becoming a little awkward, a broadcast suddenly sounded above their heads.
The crops are almost ripe; please proceed to harvest them.
Xiao Jiu, the robot that received the instruction, immediately put down the bowl and stood up: "Xiao Jiu, go harvest!"
After saying that, he turned and ran away.
Meanwhile, Taotie, who had been chugging herbal tea next to Xiao Jiu, mumbled incoherently, "Glug glug..."
Suanni: "......"
Suanni: "Take your face out of the water when you talk!"
Qian Chuan, however, was puzzled. He looked at the system and asked, "What did Xiao Jiu plant?"
System: "We've run out of sweet potatoes, the special food for the gluttonous beast."
The Suanni also found it strange at this moment: "It's being used up so quickly?"
Taotie lifted his face from the bowl, his face covered in wet fur: "Waaah, I'm hungry."
Suanni: "...Alright, alright, eat, eat as much as you want."
He muttered under his breath, "When you get as fat as a ball, I'll pat you and play with you."
Without saying a word, Taotie picked up its bowl and swallowed it whole, tea and all the flowers in it.
He curled the bowl with his tongue, gently set it down, and then bared his teeth at the lion: "Come on! Let's see who's taking the picture!"
After saying that, he immediately hopped off to chase after Xiao Jiu on his short legs.
"Xiao Jiu, I'm here to help you."
The intonation was so varied that it could almost be drawn with a tilde.
The Suanni silently turned its gaze back to the system: "Alright, they're all gone. Tell me, what happened?"
The system stopped teasing: "You guys remember the announcement from before, right?"
Suanni: "I remember, huh? What? Did you find the answer in the short time we were even taking a nap?"
Suanni had only meant to tease the system, but he was quite surprised when the system said "yes".
The Suanni stared at it in disbelief: "When did your efficiency become so high?"
Given the system's past unreliability and slow pace, shouldn't it have taken several months of repeated troubleshooting, scanning back and forth, and then half a day of testing and comparison before it could be figured out?
The system paused for a moment upon hearing this, but immediately retorted fiercely, "With such a sharp tongue, you could poison yourself to death with just one lick!"
Suanni: "Yoho!"
The Suanni stuck out its tongue and licked around its mouth, then shook its beard: "Look, it licked it, it's not dead."
system:"......"
The system didn't want to deal with him anymore.
It directly projected a very detailed hologram.
Suanni and Qianchuan's expressions immediately turned serious upon seeing this, and they asked in unison, "What's wrong with Xiao Jiu?"
The hologram floating in front of them at that moment was clearly Xiao Jiu's.
The image, composed of silvery-white dots and rays, resembles a child. The figure in the image is lifelike, and the system displays everything, with the veins inside the child's body clearly visible.
What's even more striking is that in the image of the child's brain, there is a bright, star-like spot of light.
The system said first, "Don't worry, the host is fine."
After Suanni and Qianchuan relaxed upon hearing this, it said directly, "However, the host has mutated."
Suanni and Qianchuan: ? ? ?
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