Chapter 48: New Neighbor
The two of them were joking and laughing when Mu Xue suddenly pointed to the mountainside of the high mountain and said, “Sang Sang, should we build a driveway or something on the mountainside?”
It looks like a waste of space!
Sang Chu glanced at it and said, “Actually, I’m more inclined to build it into those terraced small houses, directly hollowing out the mountain body and building them around the entire mountain hollow. This way, the housing problem will be solved, and both the upper and lower levels of the mountain hollow can be used as breeding farms, raising chickens, ducks, fish, and fruits and vegetables separately.”
Lin Mu Xue’s eyes lit up when she heard this, “This is great, this is great, Sang Sang, let’s do it this way!”
Sang Chu nodded, then quickly asked the robots to make modifications. He then said to Mu Xue, “Mu Xue, you should take Grandma and Brother Yi’s unconscious mother and younger brother to the underground city to take shelter first. I’ll set up some traps, and if Zhao Feng comes, I’ll stop him directly.”
“Then you be careful. If there’s anything I can do, just call me, and I’ll come up right away!”
“Okay, I know. Hurry and go down.”
Mu Xue nodded. She knew that not being a burden was helping, so she wouldn’t force herself into anything Sang Chu didn’t ask her to do.
After Mu Xue left, Sang Chu’s expression turned grim as he walked towards the outer perimeter. The mutated plants here seemed no different from before the apocalypse.
But Sang Chu hadn’t forgotten that Tu You had mentioned the death of a high-level Mental Power ability user.
She was able to get on the train precisely because a high-level ability user had died. But there were no high-level ability users in Shang Jing; at least, she hadn’t seen any.
If that was the case, then what killed the ability user?
Although there were zombies in the place where she was at the time, they were all ordinary zombies. Even someone without abilities like her could kill them, so how could they be a match for a high-level ability user?
Before she met the Doctor, she might have thought that they were killed by zombies, but now she felt that zombies didn’t have that capability.
Then there was only one possibility: the place where the train stopped to pick up passengers was not on the ground, but underground. But since that high-level ability user dared to hide underground alone, it meant he believed that place was safe.
But if it was safe, why didn’t he wait for the train?
After much thought, Sang Chu felt there was only one possibility: these mutated plants.
Only they could make a high-level ability user let down their guard, and only they could silently kill an ability user, even consuming them without a trace.
Sang Chu poured Wind Energy into her legs, allowing her to hover. She flew to a mutated tree and released her mental tendrils, slowly extending them into the tree.
Crystal Core?
Sang Chu’s eyes suddenly widened as she looked at the green-glowing Crystal Core emanating from the tree’s heart.
Its pure Wood Energy made her body feel like it was boiling!
She quickly extended her mental tendrils towards the Crystal Core, slowly covering it.
Suddenly,
the entire large tree began to shake. The tree, like a living creature, swung its branches flexibly towards Sang Chu.
The vines clinging to the tree also whipped wildly at Sang Chu, driving her away!
Sang Chu quickly used her abilities to fly away.
Seeing the vines approaching,
Sang Chu quickly dodged the attack.
“I don’t know if you can understand what I’m saying. If you can, let’s make a trade. Some ability users will come later, and I can help you subdue them, letting them be your nutrients. We’ll live in peace as neighbors. I won’t bother you, and you won’t bother us.”
*Bang*—
With a loud bang,
the vines directly shattered the rocks on the ground.
Sang Chu frowned slightly, not expecting these plants to be so powerful.
She took out her Flame Gun and threatened coldly, “This is a Flame Gun, powerful enough to burn you all. I’ll ask you again, do you want to be neighbors?”
But the large tree showed no intention of stopping. It seemed that Sang Chu’s actions had angered it. Its branches and vines whipped fiercely at Sang Chu without restraint.
*Boom*—
Sang Chu didn’t hold back. The Flame Gun directly attacked the large tree, instantly shattering its trunk.
Her fingers transformed into vines, flying towards the location of the Crystal Core.
She grabbed it and absorbed it directly.
*Hoo*.
Exhaling a heavy breath, Sang Chu found that her Wood Element ability had advanced by one level. The feeling was incredibly profound.
Seeing the fire about to spread, Sang Chu quickly used her Water Element ability to extinguish the flames.
“I know you all must have Crystal Cores and your own consciousness, just like this tree. But you probably can’t leave this land. So, why don’t we make a trade? I am a Water Element ability user and a Fire Element ability user. I can burn you all to extract your Crystal Cores, and I can also provide you with water resources. In the apocalypse, your growth must have come with opportunities. I don’t want to push things too far, so let’s be good neighbors and achieve a win-win situation.”
Actually, Sang Chu herself didn’t know if these plants could understand her words. She just felt that these plants must have their own capabilities.
Just like how she didn’t dare to use her Fire Element ability to burn these plants earlier, her intuition told her it wouldn’t work!
These mutated plants should not be afraid of abilities, which was why the tree that was burned continued to attack her so recklessly when it heard her mention fire!
Suddenly,
a gust of wind blew past.
The leaves rustled, as if agreeing to her words?
Sang Chu looked around at the leaves rustling in the wind, puzzled. “If you agree, extend your branches like that large tree just did. If I intend to harm you, I’ll just burn you all. There’s no need to find you one by one.”
The trees thought for a moment, seemingly agreeing with the logic, and then they all extended their branches towards Sang Chu.
Sang Chu breathed a sigh of relief.
She was about to take out her Optical Computer to send a message to Sang Jing Wen and the others, asking them to send her a photo of themselves so she could show their new neighbors, to avoid accidental injury, when
they actually came back?
“Sang Sang, what are you doing?”
Sang Jing Wen and the others were still in the Hovercar. Seeing Sang Chu talking to herself for some reason, they got out of the car and walked towards her.
The Flood Dragon also flew to Sang Chu’s side, curiously sniffing around her: 【 Human, why do you suddenly smell so good! 】
Smell good?
Sang Chu raised her arm and sniffed herself. She didn’t detect any particular scent. “There’s no smell, is there?”
Flood Dragon: 【 Hmm, you can’t smell it? It’s so fragrant. 】
Sang Jing Wen looked at Sang Chu’s sudden question, very confused. “Little Sister, what are you talking about? Is there any smell here?”
Xiao Yi Fei sniffed around. “I don’t smell anything? What smell is there? Could it be that Lu Min Feng hasn’t showered!”
Lu Min Feng rolled his eyes at him. “Brother Yi…”
“Hehe, just kidding. Mu Xue isn’t here, so it’s okay!”
Almost everyone could tell that he liked Mu Xue. Xiao Yi Fei would bring it up from time to time, which made Sang Jing Wen speechless.
“A Yi…”
“Alright, alright, I won’t say it. By the way, Sister, what were you muttering to yourself here just now?”
