Chapter 51, Chapter 7: Female Supporting Character in an Apocalyptic Novel
Yu Wanwan blinked.
"I thought you wanted to ask about the explosion!"
Xu Qingzhou remained silent for a few seconds.
"Okay, so what happened with the explosion?"
"..."
No, shouldn't he try a little harder?
So you changed the question so easily?
Can't you be a little more firm?
Xu Qingzhou looked at her.
What else?
Yu Wanwan choked up.
"Alright, since you've asked so sincerely, I'll tell you."
Xu Qingzhou sat up straighter, adopting an attitude of listening attentively.
Yu Wanwan hugged her legs, rested her chin on her knees, and looked back at him with a smile.
"Actually, I'm not from this world. I'm just here to undergo a tribulation. Once I've completed it, I'll go back!"
"..."
Xu Qingzhou's gaze became somewhat strange.
He looked at her carefully for a few moments, then calmly refrained from responding to her words.
"Let's talk about the explosion!"
Yu Wanwan blinked, looking somewhat unhappy.
"You don't believe me?"
Xu Qingzhou maintained his smile.
"letter."
Yeah, right!
"So, fairy, can you tell me about the explosion?"
Yu Wanwan wrinkled her nose.
"Perhaps when humans moved underground a hundred years ago, they didn't have time to take the weapons here with them. I stumbled upon them and used them to fight those monsters."
Xu Qingzhou nodded and didn't ask any further questions.
"Pack up, we need to go back."
"..."
Does this mean they believe it?
They don't believe the truth, but they believe fabricated lies.
That's absolutely amazing.
"Aren't you going to keep looking?"
Xu Qingzhou packed the things on the ground into his backpack one by one without turning his head.
"The explosion was so loud that the authorities will probably send someone up to check it out."
Yu Wanwan didn't say anything more.
Whether she's on the surface or back in the dungeon, it doesn't make much difference to her.
She didn't help him pack, so as not to disturb him as he secretly put some things that were inconvenient to take into his space.
As I was aimlessly looking around, my gaze suddenly stopped.
"Xu Qingzhou!"
Xu Qingzhou stuffed the pot into his spatial storage and walked over with his backpack.
"What's wrong?"
Yu Wanwan didn't notice his little actions, tugged at his clothes, and pointed to the riverbank.
"Do you see that?"
Following her finger, all I could see was a layer of dark red, unidentified species floating on the surface of the river.
Xu Qingzhou paused, a hint of doubt in his heart.
"I saw it."
Then what?
Yu Wanwan's eyes lit up slightly, and her tone carried a hint of excitement.
"Take them back!"
"???"
Xu Qingzhou lowered his head, slightly hesitant.
Are you sure?
He saw it as soon as he woke up.
He just didn't dare to get close.
The plants that still survive on the ground today have all undergone multiple mutations.
The more harmless something appears, the more dangerous it is.
If you don't provoke them, things will be fine, but if you do, the consequences will be dire.
Yu Wanwan nodded repeatedly.
"Of course!"
"..."
Looking into her bright, sparkling eyes, I felt a mix of emotions.
The way she looked at him had never been so bright.
Love and not love are very obvious.
So, Lin Xiaoman liking the original owner was just the original owner's own imagination, right?
Xu Qingzhou closed his eyes, brushing away these chaotic thoughts, took out a glass bottle from his backpack, resignedly got up and walked towards the river.
He'll get whatever the mission objective wants, no matter how dangerous it is!
The closer Xu Qingzhou got to the riverbank, the more vigilant he became.
He held an iron rod in his hand and tentatively poked at the dark red floating object.
Suddenly, a series of bubbles churned on the floating object, and a dark green vine burst out of the water, heading straight for Xu Qingzhou's face.
Fortunately, Xu Qingzhou was prepared and quickly retreated, smashing the iron rod in his hand at it.
Yu Wanwan squinted at the vines fighting Xu Qingzhou, and the more she looked at them, the more familiar they seemed.
[You were unconscious when it suddenly appeared and brought you here.]
it?
Wasn't it Xu Qingzhou who brought her here?
No, the male lead didn't wake up much earlier than you.
Yu Wanwan suddenly remembered where she had seen it before.
Isn't this the same vine I encountered in the woods before?
Looking at the things floating on the river, they are very similar to the gel-like substances clinging to them.
It seems it has brought them to its lair.
They were rescued, and they still wanted to take their belongings. That's really not very kind of them. No wonder it was so angry.
Yu Wanwan coughed, feeling inexplicably guilty.
This very low cough, which even Xu Qingzhou didn't hear, caused the vines to suddenly freeze and stop their attack.
It stopped, but Xu Qingzhou didn't dare to relax and slammed the iron rod down.
The vine twisted its branches and suddenly wrapped itself around the iron rod, completely encasing it.
Then……
Then nothing happened.
Caught off guard, Xu Qingzhou stared at the iron rod in his hand, which had turned dark green from being entangled in vines.
After watching for several seconds without any attack from the vines, he tentatively stretched out his tightly wrapped fingers and poked at them.
The vines and leaves swayed slightly, then fell silent again.
They neither left nor continued their attack.
Xu Qingzhou suddenly felt a little lost.
What's going on?
Yu Wanwan suppressed a laugh.
"Maybe it likes you and wants to go back with you!"
"???"
Xu Qingzhou's face was utterly astonished.
Before he could retort, the vines trembled rapidly, as if responding to Yu Wanwan's words.
Xu Qingzhou's hand trembled, and he almost threw the iron rod away.
"It...understands human speech?"
He knew that many creatures had mutated after the apocalypse.
Are all mutated creatures this intelligent?
Yu Wanwan nodded seriously.
"It seems so."
She began to urge Xu Qingzhou on.
"Since it wants to come with you so much, why don't you take it back with you?"
Xu Qingzhou was tempted, but still refused.
"It's poisonous, and the situation in the dungeon..."
He can't keep living things in his space; if he wants to take it back, he can only keep it outside.
The situation in Zone E is already very bad; if the toxins on it spread further...
At that time, not only Area E, but the entire dungeon will be destroyed.
Yu Wanwan raised an eyebrow, then walked over to him, took off her gloves, and stroked the vines with her slender fingers.
Xu Qingzhou's brow twitched violently, and he instinctively grabbed her wrist and pulled her away.
"Are you crazy?!"
His usually calm and gentle voice carried a hint of urgent growl.
Yu Wanwan tried to pull her hand away, but couldn't. So she switched to her other hand and scratched the branch.
"Don't worry, it's not poisonous."
Xu Qingzhou was terrified by her, so he simply threw away the iron rod and gripped her hand tightly.
"Can't you just listen to me for once?"
I was so angry I was trembling all over, but I didn't know what to do. All I could do was take out the disinfectant and frantically wash her hands.
Looking at his lips, which were almost pressed into a straight line, and his tightly furrowed brows, Yu Wanwan felt somewhat bewildered.
After thinking for a few seconds, she suddenly stood on tiptoe, leaned forward, and kissed his exposed chin.
"It really isn't poisonous."
Xu Qingzhou leaned back, avoiding her kiss, his face extremely pale.
How can you be so sure it's not poisonous?
Yu Wanwan thought about it very seriously.
"Didn't you say I was a fairy? It's normal for fairies to have some extraordinary abilities, right?"
Xu Qingzhou was so angry he almost laughed.
With a dark expression, he carefully disinfected her hands before picking up the iron rod and returning to the riverbank without a word. He then squatted down to retrieve any floating debris for her.
Yu Wanwan wanted to go over, but after taking only one step, he looked back at her with a cold face.
"Don't come any closer."
A calm voice, yet authoritative without being angry.
He does have some of the qualities a male lead should have.
Yu Wanwan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't go over. She stood there with her head down, waiting.
【Wanwan, you're unhappy.】
Yu Wanwan remained silent.
Why? Because the male lead was mean to you?
There has still been no response.
[But it's normal for the male lead to worry about you since he doesn't know your abilities, so don't be upset!]
Yu Wanwan's eyelashes trembled, and then she suddenly burst into laughter.
What are you thinking? Why would I be unhappy about this?
Daoguo didn't say anything more.
Although it and Yu Wanwan have a symbiotic relationship, it cannot sense her thoughts unless she is willing.
Often, it didn't actually know what she was thinking and could only try to figure it out on its own.
Without the vines blocking his way, Xu Qingzhou quickly collected a full bottle of floating debris.
He didn't give it to Yu Wanwan either. He carefully sealed the bottle opening and, using the backpack as cover, put the glass bottle into his spatial storage.
Back beside her, Xu Qingzhou sighed and patted her head.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you just now, I just..."
Yu Wanwan subtly avoided his hand, cutting him off.
"This thing is called Purifying Moss. It is a type of mutated moss. It is non-toxic and can purify toxic gases and release oxygen. It likes to parasitize vines. It's just a pity that it is too difficult to cultivate. There are not many in the entire Area A."
The curve of her lips remained perfectly still, as if it had been measured precisely, and even the emotion in her eyes was one of tenderness.
Xu Qingzhou's hand fell empty, and his heart inexplicably felt empty as well.
Before he could even process the sudden panic, Yu Wanwan pointed to the iron rod he had abandoned on the riverbank.
"That vine is the same one that coexists with the Cleansing Moss. It's also non-toxic. Bringing them back to the underground city won't cause any trouble; in fact, it's a good thing."
She had wanted to explain, but his reaction was too strong, and she didn't have a chance to say it.
Xu Qingzhou knew she wasn't lying.
Just now, fearing something might happen to her, he threatened to use the mission to force the system to appear.
He had learned about the function of these mosses from the system.
However, his attention was not on that.
"Xiaoman, have you regained your memories?"
Before losing her memory, Lin Xiaoman worked at the research institute in Area A, so it's not surprising that she knew about the Pure Breath Moss.
But how could Lin Xiaoman, who is like a blank sheet of paper after losing her memory, know this?
Yu Wanwan remained calm and shook her head.
"It's probably instinct; when I see them, these things just pop into my head."
Xu Qingzhou was skeptical, feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
In the end, he had no choice but to believe her story, and went back to the riverbank to retrieve the iron rod entangled in vines.
He couldn't reveal the system's secrets, and to prevent her from becoming suspicious, he had no choice but to abandon the vines even though he knew they weren't poisonous.
Otherwise, he really couldn't explain why he had such a strong reaction just now, but in the blink of an eye, he was willing to wear the vines again.
Now he doesn't need to make excuses anymore.
only……
Watching the figure moving lightly through the woods with hands behind her back, Xu Qingzhou's gaze darkened.
I feel like something has changed.
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