Chapter 851

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Main Character:

Shen Yao

First go to a potato field; the potato leaves had long since turned yellow, and cracks had appeared on the ground.

Under the cracks were potatoes that had already matured and were about to push out; they should have been harvested, but evolution arrived, people in the farm died or were injured, and in the end, the crops could only be left to rot in the ground.

When Shen Yao and the others came out, they all took tools, though not iron hoes or the like.

Considering the monitoring around had long since broken down, Shen Yao waved at Shen Chengyi, "Dig open first and take a look; these potatoes have a high yield."

They definitely couldn't eat that many, but she could take some away; the rest could all be handed over to the Official Shelter, earning a large sum of points.

Points were the pass to survive in the Shelter; for them, daily food, clothing, and necessities all depended on points.

Shen Chengyi nodded with an "en," took out a hoe from her space, and dug downward at the cracked land around them.

Pat—

One round potato after another was revealed.

Normal potatoes are round or oval, random in size, but none larger than an adult's palm; the ones dug up now looked as if they had taken a swelling agent, with one even reaching the length of an adult's foot, weighing several jin when lifted.

"Is... is this a potato?"

Even though she hadn't cooked much, Shen Chengyu had bought plenty of vegetables; where were there potatoes this big? Even if there were, supermarkets couldn't sell them.

"Check the situation elsewhere; you two form a group."

Shen Yao arranged for Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning to dig around, while she chose another direction; the four formed a triangle, relying on one another, ensuring safety and timely discovery of problems.

The cleared land was pitted with holes, and the potatoes inside had all been dug out.

Shen Chengning bent over there picking them up, counting them one by one in her heart.

Because she was too absorbed in picking potatoes, Shen Chengning automatically ignored the risks around her until a long stem suddenly lunged at her, leaving Shen Chengning stunned on the spot.

"Careful!"

Shen Chengyi stepped forward quickly, using the hoe in her hand to strike the stem hard; Shen Chengyi was then pushed aside by Shen Yao raising her hand, while Shen Chengyu beside her acted as a cushion, dragging Shen Chengning's flung body.

Ow—

It hurts so much!

But Shen Chengning knew now wasn't the time to shout randomly; she raised her hand to cover her mouth, tears constantly welling up in her eyes from the recent stimulation.

Shen Chengyu carefully helped Shen Chengning up, and only after pulling her to a safe position did she use a breathy voice to carefully ask about Shen Chengning's condition.

"I'm fine," just lost the vigilance she should have had, causing her brain to overload when the crisis came, directly crashing and standing in place.

Shen Chengning belatedly patted her chest; it had really been dangerous just now—if not for Mom and Big Sister, who knew, she might have been pierced through by that lunging stem; just thinking about holes appearing on her body made Shen Chengning rub her arms involuntarily.

Hiss—

So scary!

And, what is that stem? A large patch of potatoes around has withered; can any other plants survive?

Shen Chengyi and Shen Yao cooperated to deal with this stem extending from the ground; it was just a thumb-thick dark green branch, yet it could nimbly dodge Shen Chengyi and Shen Yao's attacks.

This thing has a high IQ!

And after fighting for so long, no complete plant had appeared; no one knew what the stem was connected to below.

Couldn't beat it in a fight, couldn't escape by running; the stem was a bit angry—it had only been greedy for a pre-meal snack, but this targeted snack was too hard to bite; it couldn't bite down at all.

While dodging Shen Chengyi's incoming machete, the stem didn't forget to secretly attack Shen Yao; its little head wasn't that stupid, knowing these two joining forces would eventually hurt it, so it started making small moves.

'What exactly is this?' Other creatures had grown in the potato field.

The system was also puzzled; if the Host hadn't observed carefully, even if Shen Chengning hadn't lowered her vigilance while digging potatoes, she might be seriously injured right now.

'I don't know, but this thing should just be a part; there's still a large mass in the ground,' and most of it hasn't surfaced.

The monitoring eye, long used as a killer move by the system, had lost its effect; although the system didn't say anything, it was still quite anxious in its heart.

'Host, let's leave; this place is very dangerous.'

It didn't say what the source of danger was, but the farm gave the system a bad feeling; perhaps because the area was very large? It couldn't be said, but the system chose to trust its intuition and kept urging the Host to run away quickly—keep the Green Mountains, and there will be no lack of firewood.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao didn't respond, but instead came to Shen Chengyi's side; as Shen Chengyi successively swung her long blade to drive away the stem, she signaled with her eyes that they had to leave as soon as possible.

"Chengyu, Chengning, collect the potatoes on the ground and go find the staff."

Reporting to the staff, the subsequent yield of the potato field would have nothing to do with them, but they would also receive some point compensation for the advantage of reporting.

That works!

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning obediently picked up and stored all the exposed potatoes, and didn't forget to fill in and bury the dug holes along the way.

Don't look at how short a time they spent digging, but these potatoes grew large; the few hemp sacks they brought weren't enough to hold them. Shen Chengning and Shen Chengyu were stronger than imagined; they each carried a full sack backward, and after they could no longer see the stem, they put the sacks into their space, leaving only one sack as a sample.

"Chengning, you go find the staff; I'll go check the situation in other fields."

"Okay."

The two split up; there were many types of crops in the farm, most of which were edible species.

The potato field had trouble; other places might not be very safe either.

Indeed.

Shen Chengyu hadn't even reached the corn field when she heard a sound of breaking air and calls from not far away; however, the calling voice was somewhat low, as if lacking strength.

Shen Chengyu sneaked forward a few steps, then poked her head to look at the source of the sound, discovering the corn field was more dangerous than the potato field because the corn stems here could turn corners—wow!

This must have mutated, right!

Can mutated creatures really be eaten? Those corn cobs not yet torn off looked emerald green like jade; just their appearance could outshine potatoes by far. Thinking of the Official Shelter's research on Evolution Crystals and mutated plants and animals, Shen Chengyu was shamefully tempted; otherwise, she could take this opportunity to play the snipe and clam, letting the fisherman profit? It sounded quite promising.

"Tsk, you second daughter, you've got guts," I don't know whether to call her foolishly brave or fearless through ignorance, stealing seeds right in front of the mutated plants, yet somehow keeping a calm face and steady hand.

Shen Chengyu is indeed someone capable of great things; those corn cobs aren't potatoes. Just because the potatoes they just dug up are large doesn't mean anything—it's just normal nutrient absorption, not some mutation in the potatoes. But corn cobs are different; the corn cobs growing on the corn have absorbed the energy of evolution, so the corn cobs themselves contain something.

It's somewhat similar to evolution potions, but not as good as the evolution potions made by the Official Shelter. After all, corn needs enough evolution energy to mutate, and corn cobs, as seeds produced on the corn, can absorb at most some energy; the main part is still on the corn itself.

However, long-term consumption of these corn cobs is greatly beneficial to the body, similar to spiritual plants and spiritual objects in the Immortal Cultivation World, except the two are not in the same system.

Shen Yao and Shen Chengyi had already driven the stalks several meters away from before their eyes.

Since neither side could do anything to the other, and Shen Yao and Shen Chengyi didn't want to waste too much time on these stalks, they simply both erupted, willing to exhaust their physical strength just to drive the stalks out of their range of activity.

"This strange plant is truly intelligent. If it develops further, it will threaten the Shelter."

Everyone in the Shelter is human, and humans are on the menu of these mutated animals and plants.

Right now the evolution isn't obvious, so the mutated animals and plants mainly act secretly. The ones at the front mutually self-destructing with people are the Wood Puppets, which have little intelligence, causing humans to somewhat overlook the threat of mutated animals and plants.

But Shen Yao is mentally prepared; the future world will definitely belong to these mutated animals and plants. They are truly too well adapted to the world of evolution, and humans simply can't compare to them.

After the stalks fled first, both sides stopped. Shen Yao and Shen Chengyi looked at each other; both of them currently looked rather disheveled.

Shen Chengyi's ponytail was loose and scattered, with several strands of fallen hair stuck to her face. Her forehead and neck were covered in large beads of sweat.

Shen Yao's clothes had wrinkles, and there were several holes accidentally torn because she couldn't dodge in time, all caused by that strange plant, although they didn't know the type or name of the strange plant.

Shen Chengning, who had run to call the staff, returned first. The staff member behind her was holding a gun in his hand.

"Mom, Eldest Sister."

Shen Chengning looked worriedly at the two of them. The hemp sack she used to hold potatoes had already been handed to the staff member. At this moment her hands were empty, only her backpack behind her back was bulging.

"It's fine."

Shen Yao waved her hand, and first explained the situation here to the staff member, including the problems they encountered when digging potatoes, and how that elusive strange plant escaped intact under their siege.

"I don't know what variety it is, but it should be a plant that mutated around here." Besides crops, the farm also had some weeds, some of which were planted by the Farm Owner himself, with the purpose of not leaving it vacant. After all, the farm is so large that just one year's rent is who knows how much.

The staff member made some agreeing sounds, indicating that for safety's sake, they should first wait at the farm entrance, and this place would be handled by them and the Official people.

"The potatoes in the ground."

"The Official will send people to collect them. The potatoes are fine, just larger in shape."

The vehicle they brought had testing tools, and the staff member had already randomly inspected them before coming. For staple foods that fill the stomach in large quantities like potatoes, the Official won't easily give them up.

Seeing that there was nothing for her here, Shen Yao raised her hand to call Shen Chengyi and Shen Chengning to leave.

As for Shen Chengyu, wasn't there a system watching the whole time from there?

Shen Chengyu, who had been harvesting wool very vigorously, suddenly felt her body a bit chilly.

Hmm.

Could it be that her clothes were too thin? But with such a big sun right now, long sleeves and long pants were already enough. She couldn't possibly put on a padded jacket, could she?

Shaking her head to clear out all the messy things from her mind, Shen Chengyu continued to focus on snapping off corn cobs. Although these corn cobs looked very green, they were very easy for her to snap off.

Shen Chengyu threw the snapped-off corn into her space, while not forgetting to continue taking advantage with both hands.

"Mom, Second Sister."

Shen Chengning looked around with her eyes, but besides crops much taller than herself, she couldn't see anything.

"It's fine, I'll go find her," Shen Yao patted Shen Chengning's shoulder, and had Shen Chengyi take Shen Chengning back first. Shen Chengyu was temporarily not in danger, but the farm was unsafe, so getting her out early couldn't hurt.

Shen Chengyi pulled Shen Chengning to leave first. The two sisters walked out along the path, while Shen Yao, with her back to the two of them, went to the corn field where Shen Chengyu currently was, until she locked onto Shen Chengyu's figure and pulled her away.

Shen Chengyu: ……?

This, leave where? Everything around is good stuff!

"That depends on the situation. Look, the sound you heard earlier," it had long since disappeared.

Shen Chengyu was startled into a shiver. Tsk, she had enjoyed snapping corn cobs too much, to the point that she overlooked the risks of the corn field.

Shen Yao: ……

Helplessly shaking her head, she raised her hand and pulled Shen Chengyu out of the chaotic corn field.

"Let's go out first. There are quite a few mutated plants inside the farm." These mutated plants are harder to deal with than Wood Puppets, so they shouldn't take risks.

Shen Chengyu made some agreeing sounds after hearing this. Then, she secretly looked around, and after finding no one, she hurriedly took the corn cobs out of her space. "Mom, look quickly!"

Shen Chengyu couldn't help but want to show off. After all, this was her skill. Although these corn cobs were easier to peel than expected, that didn't mean others dared to make a move.

"I specifically picked these green ones to snap." She didn't want the others that had changed color normally.

Anyway, the world has already changed greatly. Based on her limited experience, she inferred that the stranger something is, the more different effects it might have. Since they all have to struggle to survive, they definitely should prioritize improving their own abilities.

"Put them away. They're very useful." They are quite good treasures that don't harm the body.

Shen Chengyu hehe laughed, then put the corn cobs back into her space again.

There were still a few corn cobs in her backpack, but those were used to put on a show for the staff member. They were similar to normal corn, just that their cobs were larger than normal corn cobs.

"Like potatoes, the nutrition they contain is fine. The Shelter will purchase them at a suitable price."

"Then sell them to the Shelter. These things grow so big, we dare not eat them."

"Alright, register here first. When we return to the Shelter, we'll uniformly exchange them for points."

"……"

All the corn in Shen Chengyu's backpack was handed over. She then turned and ran to Shen Yao's side, tilting her head and leaning against Shen Yao's embrace to rest with her eyes closed.

Quite a few people returned one after another, but some would never come out again. Just as was said on the way here, places with supplies are destined to be unsafe. One can only say life and death are predestined, and everything relies on oneself!