Chapter 67 Chapter 067 Rewarding the world of nature and beauty for foodies...
What do flowers like?
Plants generally like sunlight, rain, and soil.
Ning Hanzhu took advantage of everyone's break to secretly open the information again, scanning through it quickly, trying to find something related to the Hundred-Change Gu Flower from this huge record.
Hey, it really exists.
In the year 3356 of StarCraft, relevant plant researchers discovered that the Ever-changing Gu Flower is very "picky" and prefers a warm and humid environment.
Where is warm and humid?
It is easier to find humid places along the river, but the warm condition is more demanding.
The edge of the jungle was home to low-level demonic plants and beasts, and the further in, the more dangerous it became. Ning Hanzhu didn't know much about the jungle, so she relied heavily on her seniors to guide her.
"Senior, do you know where the temperature is higher in the wild area?"
"Yeah, let me think about it."
Ning Hanzhu tilted her head and saw Qian Hanying watching her old live broadcast recordings. "!!!"
Qian Hanying didn't notice the flash of shock in her eyes. "I remember there's a natural hot spring in the west district. The temperature there might be a little higher. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Ning Hanzhu, "I suspect the Hundred Changes Gu Flower has gone to this place."
Qian Hanying frowned, "That place isn't suitable for magical plants to survive. I looked it up, and the Hundred-Change Gu Flower prefers shade, so it's unlikely to go to the west area."
Ning Hanzhu believed the information Xu Yuqing had given her, but she couldn't really argue with this senior. She couldn't just say her girlfriend had given her detailed information about the Hundred Changes Gu Flower. "Senior, we've been circling around here all day and haven't found any trace of it. Why don't we try a different route tomorrow?"
Qian Hanying didn't agree immediately. "Let's talk about it tomorrow after they wake up."
Qian Hanying was on guard all night, and she continued to catch up on the live broadcast recording. The more she watched, the more greedy she became, and her saliva was almost flowing from the corners of her eyes.
Ning Hanzhu fell asleep with a lot on her mind. Late at night, she heard the roar of beasts in her ears, which made her unable to sleep at all. However, when she saw the greedy look of her senior schoolmate smacking her lips and swallowing her saliva, she felt that the roars just now were all illusions.
Can this leaky safe house really stop the beasts?
Ning Hanzhu slept even more uneasily in the second half of the night. Her dreams were torn apart from reality. She even dreamed that a beast broke into the safe house and had a barbecue with Senior Sister Qian.
…
"School girl, wake up."
Ning Hanzhu looked and saw that it was past the usual training time, but it was still pitch dark outside. Everyone was already dressed and ready, as if they were waiting for her.
Ning Hanzhu quickly got up and packed up.
"Let's go, heading to the West District."
"Um?"
Ning Hanzhu looked at Qian Hanying in confusion. Qian Hanying, who had stayed up all night watching a food show, was still full of energy. "When you were still asleep, I mentioned it to them, and they all agreed to try looking in a different direction. It doesn't matter if we can't find it. After all, the last team spent half a month in the jungle before finding it, and it finally slipped away."
Ning Hanzhu, "..."
But she still breathed a sigh of relief.
Before going to bed, she was still worrying about what reasons she should use to impress them if they were unwilling to go to the West District. Now it seems that she doesn't need to move her girlfriend out.
The closer you get to the west, the more obvious the temperature change.
"Will the Hundred-Change Gu Flower really come to this place?"
“The plants are all wilted.”
Ning Hanzhu smelled a faint, fading scent of lavender in the air. "Do you smell anything?"
Everyone twitched their noses and then shook their heads.
Qian Hanying touched his chin and said, "Junior sister, your nose seems to be more sensitive than ours. What do you smell?"
Ning Hanzhu became more certain of her guess, "It smells like lavender, but it's very faint and is about to disappear."
Geng Le'an, "Is the Hundred-Change Gu Flower really here?"
Ren Qiu had already scurried up a nearby tree and, picking up his binoculars, began to peer through the air. "There aren't many animal species around here, nor are there any animal plants. Let's split up and search. If anything seems amiss, send a signal flare immediately. Don't stray too far."
Wen Kai agreed, "Okay."
Qian Hanying is in a group with Ren Qiu, and Ning Hanzhu is in a group with Geng Le'an and Wen Kai.
Geng Le'an saw her squatting down and touching the ground from time to time, "Xiaomei Ning, what are you doing?"
Ning Hanzhu felt the damp warmth of the soil through his gloves. "I'm wondering where the Hundred-Change Gu Flower will choose to take root."
The message Geng Le'an received was, "It likes shade, but—"
All of this information was heard from the previous tasker, and its accuracy has been broken. For example, now, the place they had ruled out early on has traces of the Hundred-Change Gu Flower.
Ning Hanzhu walked towards the hot spring. In addition to the humidity in the air, she smelled the familiar scent of lavender among the slight smell of sulfur.
"Senior, senior, it should be this direction."
"Sure?"
“The aroma is stronger.”
Ning Hanzhu followed the scent and the three of them quickened their pace.
Geng Le'an looked at the thick fog ahead with caution, "Everyone be careful, don't get separated."
Ning Hanzhu suspected that this was due to the spreading of the mist from the hot spring, which reduced visibility. The order of the three of them was also adjusted, with Wen Kai taking the lead and Geng Le'an bringing up the rear.
Ning Hanzhu was sandwiched in the middle and continued to rely on the smell to identify the direction.
As she walked, she suddenly felt something was wrong. The footsteps behind her disappeared without a trace. "Senior?"
"Senior, it seems that the senior is lost."
"ah?"
Wen Kai was confused and scratched his head. "So what should we do now?"
Ning Hanzhu turned on the optical computer. As expected, the signal was as bad as usual. It was probably impossible to contact the person. "The signal flare is in the hands of the senior sister. Something is wrong. She should send a signal flare to contact Senior Sister Qian and Senior Qiu. So we continue to look for the Hundred Changes Gu Flower."
"Senior, let's walk side by side."
"good."
Ning Hanzhu thought carefully and could not remember when Geng Le'an's footsteps disappeared. Thinking of the bloody murders recorded in the previous files, she was terrified. "Senior, don't take off your mask and gloves at any time."
Wen Kai, "Okay, junior sister."
Ning Hanzhu started to chat for fun, asking questions about this and that, as if she wanted to ask about everything about the four of them. Wen Kai was the kind of person who usually didn't give any advice and just did whatever he told him to do.
Ning Hanzhu asked and he answered.
The two chatted along the way.
"Senior, I think I saw a hot spring."
"There's the sound of water."
Wen Kai seemed to see a flower emitting a halo. The flower looked very similar to the Hundred Changes Gu Flower. "Look, the Hundred Changes Gu Flower."
After saying that, he ran over with a "DuangDuangDuang" sound.
Ning Hanzhu shouted twice, "Wait, don't come close", and then looked carefully, and Senior Wen, who had been running away so fast that his flesh could be pulled out, suddenly disappeared.
At this moment, the hot spring ahead looked like a cannibal grave.
There was no other sound besides the sound of the hot spring trickling.
Ning Hanzhu's scalp tingled.
Could it be possible that this dense fog could 'eat' people?
She carefully recalled what they had done along the way. Geng Le'an and Wen Kai led the way while the other was on guard. On the contrary, she had a lot of mud on her gloves when she was assessing the soil temperature. In addition, she also touched the tree trunks and picked up leaves on the ground.
Ning Hanzhu stood there thinking for a long time without any result. She had no idea why her seniors had disappeared. However, the flower in her vision became clearer and clearer.
This flower really has long legs, doesn’t it?
Why did she feel that the distance was shortening?
Ning Hanzhu still didn't move, and even held his breath. The alarm bells were ringing like crazy in his ears, making his ears and eyes clear.
The mist around her dissipated, and a large hot spring appeared clearly in front of her, along with the flower that was getting closer and closer, and the patterns on the petals were clearly visible.
Ahhhhh.
This flower really moves.
Ning Hanzhu appeared calm on the outside, but she was panicking inside. The flower came to her on its own. Should she catch it or not?
We still have to catch him.
Their mission this time is to bring this magic plant back.
The petals of the Hundred-Change Gu Flower swayed again and again in front of her, and the leaves curled slightly, as if greeting her. Ning Hanzhu looked at her nose with her eyes, and her heart with her nose, always remembering what Xu Yuqing reminded her: don't smell, don't touch, and don't come into contact.
The ever-changing poisonous flower circled around her.
Ning Hanzhu even felt the corner of his clothes being pulled.
This reminds her.
She happened to have a container on her. When they were divided into groups just now, she and Qian Hanying each took one. This container was made of a special material and was specifically used to capture magical plants and living beasts.
When the Hundred-Change Gu Flower came in front of her again, Ning Hanzhu quickly took out the container and covered her head with it. The door under the cover closed automatically.
The flowers in the container were motionless, even the curled leaves were frozen, as if they were stupid.
Ning Hanzhu tapped the outside of the container with his fingers, and then the Hundred-Change Gu Flower seemed to be stimulated by something, twitching left and right, and its outstretched leaves flapped wildly.
So fierce.
It just ran over here on its own.
She didn't touch, feel, or make contact.
Ning Hanzhu felt a little relieved and held the container in his arms, letting it clang and snap, sometimes hitting it with its leaves, sometimes poking it with its flower buds, which looked very anthropomorphic.
Ning Hanzhu made sure that the container was not cracked and started to walk back. The fog that had brought her here had disappeared, making it easier for her to find someone.
But after searching around, she still couldn't find Geng Le'an and Wen Kai.
“That’s strange.”
"It's obviously not far away."
Especially Senior Wen Kai, who was only about fifty meters away at the time, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. Ning Hanzhu used the most stupid method: footprints.
Fortunately, the soil in this place was relatively soft, so she actually found a few messy footprints. She followed the footprints all the way.
Finally, Geng Le'an was found lying under a tree with a bleeding head, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.
Ning Hanzhu, "!!!"
At this moment, her hair was about to explode.
She remembered that Senior Geng was a good fighter. What could possibly hurt her?
She looked around. There were no beasts or magical plants. Even the Hundred-Change Gu Flower in the container had died down. She even worried that this was a trap and threw a few stones.
"Senior, senior, wake up quickly."
"Hmm."
I'm glad you're not dead.
Ning Hanzhu slapped the person awake with force. Geng Le'an squinted his eyes and finally recognized her. Then he was attracted by the flowers in the container in her arms. She wanted to take a closer look, but was blocked by Ning Hanzhu's hand.
"Quick, flare."
"Oh, yes."
A few minutes after the flare was sent out, Qian Hanying and Ren Qiu came over and asked, "What's going on with you? Where's Wen Kairen?"
Ning Hanzhu had no choice but to tell them how the three of them had been separated along the way. Geng Le'an covered his forehead and said, "Wait, wasn't it an S-rank beast that separated the three of us on the road?"
Ning Hanzhu was shocked, "We didn't encounter any beast species?"
The two of them stared at each other, wary of each other.
Ren Qiu looked at them suspiciously. "Le Le, you said you saw a beast species, and because you had to deal with it, you let them go first. Did you get this injury from fighting the beast species?"
Geng Le'an was still a little dizzy, "Yeah."
"Xiaomei Ning, you said you haven't encountered it?"
Ning Hanzhu also nodded.
Ren Qiu touched his chin and said, "This is weird no matter how you look at it."
Qian Hanying stood by silently, "It seems that we can only find Wen Kai first to find out which of you two lied."
Ning Hanzhu, "..."
Geng Le'an, "..."
The group returned to the original road and searched in the direction Ning Hanzhu pointed. They soon found Wen Kai. Wen Kai was standing in front of a tree, his muscles tense and his eyes looking straight ahead, looking like a lone man blocking a thousand enemies.
"Senior."
"Sister Ning, don't go over there yet."
"ah?"
Ning Hanzhu saw Ren Qiu throw a stone, which hit Wen Kai and then bounced back. "Wen Kai seems to be fighting."
Ning Hanzhu, "???"
Qian Hanying on the side rushed over without saying a word and attacked Wen Kai. Wen Kai instinctively blocked him and even showed a smug smile.
As if very proud.
Qian Hanying retreated and said to Ren Qiu, "We have to attack together. Wen Kai looks very confused. He didn't react to the negative information I just mentioned about him, but he fought instinctively. I suspect he may have been attacked before."
Ren Qiu immediately retreated, "I can't do it."
Ning Hanzhu also silently stepped back, but failed to retreat.
Ren Qiu pointed at her and said, "Xiaoxuemei, you can go ahead. Your attack power is one of the best in our team. And asking me to fight Wen Kai, isn't that putting me in a difficult position?"
Wouldn't it be difficult for her to go up?
Ning Hanzhu had no choice but to hand the Hundred Changes Gu Flower in his arms to Ren Qiu. Ren Qiu took it but didn't move it. "Don't worry, I will take good care of it."
Ning Hanzhu was not worried about Ren Qiu, she was worried about this suddenly quiet and fickle poisonous flower, which had just looked like it was going to smash the cover.
There is a saying that goes.
If a child is quiet, he is bound to make trouble.
"Senior Qian, give me your mask too."
Qian Hanying didn't even ask and just threw it to her.
Ning Hanzhu put another layer of cover on top of her own. Fortunately, these covers would automatically shrink in size according to the objects. However, she was still worried, so she took off her clothes and covered herself with the cover.
"Senior, this Hundred Changes Gu Flower is a little weird. Don't touch it, don't look at it, don't touch it. In short, don't do anything, and don't be curious."
"good."
Ning Hanzhu and Qian Hanying attacked Wen Kai. Ning Hanzhu wanted to kick him, but when he remembered that the opponent was not one of those annoying NPCs in the game, he quickly retracted his foot. While Qian Hanying was fighting with him, he took advantage of the situation and punched Wen Kai in the side of the face.
“Ouch—”
"School girl, you you."
"It hurts more to hit this spot, and it tends to make people sober."
Ning Hanzhu's fists were sore from pounding.
Qian Hanying suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."
Then she imitated Ning Hanzhu and punched Wen Kai with her backhand, knocking his face a little off-center. Wen Kai quickly woke up after being punched left and right by the two of them.
"Why are you hitting me?"
"Senior, are you awake?"
Wen Kai's face had turned into a pig's, but he was quite conscious. He had to be conscious, otherwise he would get beaten. He bared his teeth and said, "Just now I think I saw the Hundred-Change Gu Flower, and it waved at me."
Ning Hanzhu, "..."
"LeLe, what are you doing!"
Ren Qiu suddenly shouted, and at the same time rushed out two meters away. He looked at her warily. Geng Le'an's attention was all on the mask wrapped in clothes in his arms. "I, I just want to take a look."
Ning Hanzhu hurriedly separated the two of them. "Senior Geng, do you want to open the cover and take a closer look, or touch its petals and leaves?"
Geng Le'an nodded. She did think so for a moment just now.
Ning Hanzhu said it all, "I suspect that Senior Sister Geng and Senior Brother Wen were both bewitched by this demonic plant and did things that went against their nature."
Others, “???”
Ning Hanzhu looked at Wen Kai first, "Senior, tell me why the senior sister suddenly disappeared just now."
Wen Kai told everything he knew. The first half was almost the same as Ning Hanzhu's, about the lack of beast species. But at the end, after seeing the Hundred Changes Gu Flower, he said, "If you want to take the flower, you have to defeat the flower guardian. My junior sister asked me to go, so I did."
Ning Hanzhu, "..."
She didn't wow.
She couldn't wash herself clean even if she jumped into the Yellow River, but luckily she was fully prepared.
Geng Le'an couldn't believe it. "How is that possible? We clearly encountered the beast species together."
Ning Hanzhu opened his laptop and said, "Let me show you a video of our journey."
The video clearly records what the three of them said and did along the way after they were grouped, including the scenes before and after Geng Le'an and Wen Kai disappeared.
After watching it, everyone was silent.
Qian Hanying was surprised, "Sister, your computer has pretty good performance. It can even record the screen automatically."
Ning Hanzhu was slightly pleased with herself. "Apart from a few minor flaws, they are negligible. The functions are indeed very good and worth using. The original price is only 88, and there are couples packages with discounts."
Ren Qiu, "Captain, let's change it when we get back."
Geng Le'an, "..."
Wen Kai, "..."
Is your focus wrong?
Qian Hanying agreed and turned to the two people beside him with uncertain expressions and said, "You two, go in front."
Ren Qiu returned the flower-covered cover to Ning Hanzhu with a smile, "Since you haven't been bewitched by the Hundred Changes Gu Flower, I'll give this thing to you for safekeeping."
Geng Le'an wanted to defend himself, but he moved his lips and said, "When you buy a laptop, remember to remind me... I need to change it too."
She stared fiercely at her laptop.
Why didn't she think of recording a video at the beginning? Now she has no way to defend herself.
She couldn't be really bewitched, could she?
Wen Kai touched his head and asked, "Should I change one too?"
Ren Qiu smiled and said, "Sure, then the four of us can pretend to be two couples and enjoy the couple's meal, right, Ning Xuemei?"
Ning Hanzhu, "..."
No one knew why the situation had turned out that all of them had to upgrade to new optical computers, but the performance of the new optical computers was indeed good, and using them would also improve the safety of the cadets. "Yeah."
In order to avoid any further complications, Qian Hanying took them out of the wild area.
"If this Hundred-Change Gu Flower can really deceive people, we should go back immediately today."
"good."
No one has any objection.
He boarded the spaceship and returned to the capital planet overnight.
When Ning Hanzhu stood at the gate of the military academy again, he felt a sense of unreality. The school and the wild area were truly two completely different worlds.
Qian Hanying said, "Junior, take the Hundred-Change Guhua with me and report back. The others should go back first." She paused again, "Lele and Lao Wen, go to the medical department for a checkup first."
Ren Qiu, "I'll go with them."
Qian Hanying tapped the light brain and said, "If you have anything, send me a message."
Then the two of them took the hovercraft to the place they had agreed to meet with their boss, which turned out to be a school. After they waited for a while, a young man hurried over and said, "You are the Demon Hunting Team."
Demon hunting?
The two exchanged secret codes to confirm that it was the right person.
The young man paid the balance readily and then held out his hand. "Give me the thing, and your mission is accomplished."
Ning Hanzhu looked at him and couldn't tell what gender this person was for a moment, but even military academy students as strong as Wen Kai and Geng Le'an could be bewitched, which meant that this flower did not consider combat power. Could it be mental power?
"This flower is very bewitching. You'd better cover it with something, like your clothes."
Seeing him hesitate, Qian Hanying tutted, "Don't blame us for not warning you. If we give you this flower and it escapes from you, we won't be responsible for the aftermath. And the next time you have such a dangerous mission, it will cost more than two million."
When the man heard this, he quickly took off his clothes and covered it with his clothes.
Ning Hanzhu took back her clothes.
"Don't look, don't touch, don't contact. Only people like us who wear masks and gloves can touch it. Also, it's best to let people with high spirits touch it."
"Okay, got it."
The man nodded perfunctorily and ran away in a hurry with the Hundred Transformation Gu Flower in his hands.
Ning Hanzhu looked at his anxious back.
Qian Hanying patted her shoulder and said, "Anyway, we've already reminded you, don't think too much about it."
Ning Hanzhu felt a constant tingle of fear, mainly because this demonic plant was so cunning. If even military academy students fell for it, the person who issued the mission would probably take it seriously. "I hope they take protective measures in advance."
Qian Hanying didn't care about all this. The mission had been completed and the transaction was over. What happened afterwards had little to do with them.
If they had to worry about every task, they would be exhausted.
And they have fulfilled their responsibility to inform.
Seeing that Ning Hanzhu was worried, she put her arm around her shoulders and said, "Come on, I'll take you to a nice place."
Ning Hanzhu, "Hmm?"
"You've worked hard these past two days. Senior must reward you well."
"We're not going back to school?"
"No hurry, let's go get some fresh air first."
“…”
Qian Hanying eagerly took her to a restaurant and said, "This restaurant is definitely the best I've ever eaten at. They've also introduced a lot of new delicacies recently. I just don't know if there's still room."
As she spoke, she glanced at the small sign outside the door. "Today's best-selling items are still available: stinky tofu and cuckoo egg omelet..."
Ning Hanzhu, "..."
She should know.
The world of foodies is naturally inseparable from delicious food.
And what else could be the most popular restaurant in the capital star besides a food and accommodation place?
Old Wu had already seen her, his eyes shining, and he hurried out to greet her. Ning Hanzhu raised her index finger to the middle of her lips and shook her head slightly at him.
Old Wu stopped immediately.
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