Looking at the two people struggling to survive in the deep pit, Zhou Ziqi couldn't help but sneer and said, "How could I really put myself in such a deadly situation? It's just an experiment."
"Among mutated plants, mutated animals, and zombies, only mutated plants are the most unique. They control other mutated plants and expand their own root systems by absorbing nutrients. This is different from the suppression between zombie levels; it comes from within themselves."
Zhou Ziqi was less explaining to the two people in the pit and more talking to himself, recounting his research findings.
He looked at the glass test tube in his hand and smiled, "So, if we can analyze this suppression that comes from instinct and genes, can we also control mutated plants?"
"I don't need to become them; I just need to analyze the part of them that controls their kind, and I can get what I want."
Li Dongmei vaguely heard Zhou Ziqi's words, and she couldn't help but shout, "You're really crazy! You actually want to control them? That's impossible!"
"In my research, I'm about 30% certain."
Zhou Ziqi casually remarked, and the next moment he actually drank the liquid in the test tube. Blood gushed from his mouth and nose instantly. He subconsciously leaned against the tree trunk and slowly bent down, as if he was in so much pain that his very bones were howling.
Despite this, the smile on his face remained unrestrained and maniacal: "Thirty percent, that's enough, hahaha—"
Li Dongmei was so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood.
You fucking think 30% is a lot? Is 30% a lot?!
Zhou Ziqi looked as if he had been pulled out of a sea of blood, but the smile in his eyes did not diminish at all: "Dying in your own experiment is much better than being bitten by a disgusting creature like a zombie."
"...This guy is just...unbelievable."
Seeing Zhou Ziqi's frantic state, Zhang Si felt increasingly desperate. Because he had overused his speed-type ability, his legs were now in excruciating pain.
Li Dongmei is also nearing her breaking point.
They all have to die here...
But at that moment, the wildly surging roots and vines suddenly stopped, as if a pause button had been pressed.
Before Zhang Si and Li Dongmei could even react, a slender vine suddenly stretched out, wrapped around Zhang Si, and hung him upside down on the strange tree with the human face, while Zhou Ziqi, who was standing to the side, suddenly straightened up.
He was covered in blood, but his eyes shone with a faint light.
"Looks like I succeeded..."
"Wh-what?"
Li Dongmei was completely stunned. Then she saw Zhou Ziqi move his hand and point at her. The next moment, the mutated plant behind Zhou Ziqi, which should have torn him to shreds, surged towards her as if it were his own arm!
Li Dongmei screamed and instinctively ran away.
However, mutated plants controlled by humans are far more powerful than plants that act on instinct, and at this moment they are as leisurely as a cat playing with a mouse.
Zhou Ziqi then looked at Zhang Si. His upturned phoenix eyes still held a gentle smile like a clear breeze and bright moon, but the gleaming, small scalpel in his hand sent a chill down Zhang Si's spine.
He was trembling all over: "What, what are you going to do..."
"When you and this woman were chasing after each other and plotting against each other, you didn't seem to have considered that this might happen, what a pity."
Zhou Ziqi said softly, as if chatting, but the next moment he changed the subject: "No way, I can't let you go. Although it's fun to play with you, it's not as fun as my little Ruan."
"So, you have to die."
"Speaking of which, since none of the ability users sent to the research lab have had such a low-level speed-type ability as you, right? I've always been curious whether there's any unusual change in your legs."
Li Dongmei had already fallen to the ground and was completely unable to run anymore. Hearing the voice coming from the tree trunk above, she angrily shouted, "Go to hell!"
"Interesting. Weren't you the ones eager to kill me?"
Zhou Ziqi scoffed, too lazy to play along with them anymore. He put away his scalpel, and the vines that were wrapped around Zhang Si suddenly stretched upwards and then—easily snapped his neck.
"Zhang Si!!!"
Li Dongmei screamed shrilly, "You demon, you madman, you killed them all!"
Zhou Ziqi's smile faded slightly.
He sat kneeling on the tree trunk, with a dense canopy of mutated plants behind him, while Zhou Ziqi was half-hidden in the shadows, like an unfathomable abyss, making one tremble with fear.
"No, you're the ones who're courting death."
Li Dongmei realized what was happening. She clung to the edge of the pit on all fours, instinctively trying to escape, but just then—
A gust of wind swept through the air.
Li Dongmei stared blankly as she looked up and watched as the girl, who should have been dead, nimbly leaped among the vines and roots, holding a long knife in one hand, as light as a swallow.
She half-squatted on the thick vines, then exerted force, and landed easily and gracefully, standing right in front of Li Dongmei.
037: [Strange, isn't that that woman?]
"Looks like they know who's behind this."
Ruan Qing'an frowned, the blade slightly turned, the tip pointing diagonally to the ground—she had finally managed to escape from that side, so what was going on now?
Li Dongmei, as if seeing a savior, grabbed Ruan Qing'an's trouser leg impatiently: "Save me, please save me! Your boss has gone mad! He actually wants to associate with mutated plants!"
"He's a madman! He can control all these things now, he's not human anymore! Take me away, please take me away!!!"
"Mutant plants?"
Ruan Qing'an was slightly taken aback. She subconsciously looked up and met a pair of smiling phoenix eyes. Zhou Ziqi was standing on the tree trunk, and Zhang Si, who was almost broken beyond recognition by the vines, was standing next to him.
Li Dongmei was still pleading, "He's not human, he's not human at all, please take me away..."
"Besides, he's a space-type ability user. He has the ability to escape on his own, but he didn't care about you at all. He just abandoned you and ran away. Don't listen to him anymore!"
Li Dongmei screamed with all her might, as if she had used all her strength. She knew she couldn't escape on her own, but Ruan Qing'an, who had managed to get here by getting rid of the mutated plants, must have a way to escape!
But Ruan Qing'an didn't move for a moment, she just looked up at Zhou Ziqi, and the man who was looking at her had his eyebrows slightly curved.
Zhou Ziqi hadn't expected Ruan Qing'an to survive. Even though he was surprised, his slightly effeminate handsome features still had that same romantic air about him, as if he were an actor. He was clearly indifferent to love, but his eyes were overflowing with tenderness.
He said softly, "Are you going to run away, Xiao Ruan?"
"I'm a good boss, you know. If it were you, I could give you a chance to run away, and you could even take her with you."
Zhou Ziqi smiled, and as he turned his back, his fingers twitched slightly.
—How could that be?
Any unusual movement would cause the surrounding mutated plants to tear the petite girl in front of him to shreds in an instant. Little Ruan, who was uninteresting and would lead others to escape, held no interest for him whatsoever.
Unbeknownst to Ruan Qing'an, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and with her eyes half-closed, she concealed a madness and amusement that she herself was unaware of.
037: [Ancestor, you and the male lead are truly evenly matched...]
She didn't answer the little system's question, but answered Zhou Ziqi first.
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