Chapter 103 Apocalyptic Fall, Zombie Siege 14
Zhao Qingshu used several spatial blades to cut away most of the sprawling plants in the iron gate frame. With their branches and leaves cut off, these plants, as if alive, trembled and shrank back into the ground. In no time, most of the area was empty.
The ground was littered with broken branches and leaves. Those watching Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu were shocked to see the state of Zhao Qingshu after he used his superpower. This person was definitely at the fourth level.
The Glorious Base is one of the four major bases, and there are only a handful of experts above the fourth rank. Unexpectedly, this young man who suddenly intervened has already reached the fourth rank.
Dude, who came with Luo Shu and the others, wiped his face hard. Tsk, this man must be at the fourth level. Luckily, he didn't make a move. The strange plants on the iron gate frame were all at the third level. He destroyed most of them with one move. How terrifying!
Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu ignored what others thought. The exotic plants on both sides of the road parted the sea like Moses parting the sea, making way for them. These plants now had the ability to think, and they all passed on messages to their leader: two powerful things were coming.
They could tell that Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu were not human, and they could also feel the fifth-order pressure released by Zhao Qingshu, a feeling they had only ever experienced from their leader.
Messages flowed along the roots and veins of the plant, converging on the most beautiful rose in the center. Its buds grew larger and larger, soon becoming as big as a human body, with its slender branches almost invisible. The two together looked deformed and somewhat eerie.
Luo Shu and the others walked in at a leisurely pace. From afar, they could see the gorgeous rosebuds, which were extremely large, even larger than before. The petals were slightly open, as if they were about to bloom. A rich fragrance of roses permeated the surroundings. The scent was so strong that it made people feel dizzy.
The two zombies, Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu, naturally didn't have this problem. Just a step away from the rosebud, thousands of tiny green thorns attacked them. The inconspicuous flower stem revealed its ferocious face, and many more thorns split off from the stem in the blink of an eye, filling the gaps left by the thorns that were shooting at Luo Shu and the others.
Zhao Qingshu took the lead, creating an air barrier. The spikes that shot towards Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu could not advance any further and all stopped in mid-air, blocked by something unseen.
The rose was now at level six, with the intelligence of at least a ten-year-old boy. Seeing that its plan had failed, it became increasingly wary of the two zombies. Then, the huge rosebud slowly bloomed, and the rose petals unfolded one after another. Inside was not the stamen, but a pile of bones. At a glance, there were human bones and animal bones.
It seems these roses have eaten quite a few people! They've probably become carnivorous plants.
The flower buds descended upon Luo Shu, enveloping her completely. Zhao Qingshu dodged in time, avoiding the petals. With a powerful leap, he landed on a tall pine tree, which was only one level high and no different from any other normal plant.
The rose didn't bother with him after he ran away; the energy inside its bud was extremely abundant, and it wanted to absorb it first.
Luo Shu was enveloped by a rosebud, and then the petals began to secrete a liquid, presumably to corrode the prey. A drop accidentally got on Luo Shu's skirt, immediately tearing a small hole.
She poked at the petals with her cane, and the tip of the cane was quickly corroded away. Tsk, this rose is quite ferocious after it mutated. Luo Shu no longer hid, and mobilized a tiny bit of golden flame at her fingertips, which burned outward from the inside.
Zhao Qingshu saw the rose in front of him twisting its branches and leaves wildly, and the buds trembling violently, as if trying to get out what was inside. But for some reason, its petals could not open and could not release what was inside.
The petals were eroded by specks of golden flame, turning into ash and scattering on the ground little by little, until the huge flower bud turned into a smooth stem, and Luo Shu's figure was clearly visible.
He knew that the rose would be a piece of cake for the king, and sure enough, the king got it in no time.
"Don't kill Rose. Rose has many followers. I can help you hunt humans. Don't kill Rose."
The rose screamed. It already knew it was no match for the two zombies, but it didn't want to die. It had devoured so many zombies, humans, animals, and plants. Now it was being told to die? It didn't want to die!
Ignoring its roars, Luo Shu's fingernails grew rapidly, instantly piercing the thick stem and pulling out a crystal core that was half red and half green. Unlike the usual gaudy red and green color scheme, this crystal core was beautiful, like a rose blooming freely.
Removing the crystal core was tantamount to killing this sixth-tier rose plant. The surrounding rose vines instantly turned yellow and withered, and the dry leaves fell one after another. The other third-tier and fourth-tier plants wished they could shrink into the ground, fearing that these two ferocious zombies would also go crazy and dig out their crystal cores.
Generally, where there are high-level mutated plants and animals, there will be a power gap. For example, in this botanical garden, there is a sixth-level rose, but no other fifth-level plants. The reason for this is that resources in a place are limited. Generally, supporting a sixth-level rose will exhaust all energy. Of course, after a long time, fifth-level plants will appear, but at that time the sixth-level plants will only be higher.
Natural selection and survival of the fittest are the essence of this principle.
All that remained of the rose was a patch of black ash. Suddenly, a lone rose appeared on top of that ash. Sensing its presence, it was merely a first-tier mutated plant. It was likely of the same origin as the previous rose, but it was no longer the same rose.
Luo Shu stretched out her jade-white fingertips and gently touched the delicate flowers. The rose vines seemed to have a spirit, winding up her fingertips and arm, and diagonally inserting the flowers behind her ear.
The beautiful young woman wore retro brown glasses, and her silver chain swayed gracefully. A gentle breeze lifted the hem of her black skirt, and the fiery red roses added to her beauty, making her look like a peach blossom in full bloom, dazzling and radiant.
Mutant plants can survive without soil, not to mention that this rose's origin is a sixth-tier plant, which is much stronger than a first-tier plant. Luo Shu can also feed it with crystal cores. It looks very beautiful, so let's take it with us.
Luo Shu and Zhao Qingshu turned and walked out of the botanical garden. The path they had walked along was silently taken over by the mutated plants again. Once the two figures had completely disappeared from the gate, the mutated plants in the botanical garden suddenly became lively, with each pheromone being transmitted to the other:
Those two zombies are gone, so their crystal cores won't be extracted from them anymore!
Vines danced in the air, leaves fluttered in the breeze, and everything flourished.
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