Chapter 898

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

With greater personal strength came more influence, but also no shortage of vigilance and surveillance from others.

Shen Yao noticed more people around her.

This "more" did not mean people living around her, but those constantly observing her—some were officials, some ordinary people; their purposes differed, but their intent toward Shen Chengyi was the same.

Shen Yao:...

Truly interesting, this is humanity; internal strife is never absent at any time.

Shen Chengyi naturally knew these things too, but she no longer had the mind to care, for compared to what she valued, these were utterly insignificant.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning had long passed the age of being unable to stay calm; their feelings were more obvious than Shen Yao's, who liked staying home as a background board, because they were ability users of considerable ability and could be Shen Chengyi's left and right arms.

"Pfft! Easy for you to say; I think they just don't want the eldest sister to have it easy."

"Second Sister, keep your voice down; just think it in your heart, don't speak it out."

Shen Chengyu angrily raised her hand and slapped the table, "They're capable, why can't we say it? A bunch of idiots!"

Shen Chengning:...

Although Second Sister's scolding was not wrong, but still, shouting it out directly, there were still some eavesdropping devices around their home.

"Hmph! If they dare to do it, I dare to say it," Shen Chengyu didn't care about these; she patted Shen Chengning's shoulder, "Don't be afraid, they're the ones panicking."

Shen Chengning had to admit what Shen Chengyu said was right; those people were indeed afraid of them, surveillance was just a means to make them think they could control things; actually, whether officials or other forces, none could do anything to Shen Chengyi.

Shen Yao watched the sisters who had just come back through the door and were already somewhat arguing, spread her hands to indicate there was no need to think too much, "People are complex, but similarly, they will also choose the one most beneficial to their interests after comparing various results."

Although being monitored made one feel uncomfortable, Shen Yao's side found it very easy to simply influence these people; Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning had long been on missions for the officials, their spirits were tense and unable to relax, so they resented these more than Shen Chengyi and Shen Yao.

"Always feel some people won't give up," Shen Chengyu casually took an apple from her space and put it to her mouth to chew, the sweet and crisp taste filled her entire mouth, besides that she also tasted a faint energy.

Two more apples were thrown to Shen Chengning and Shen Yao; Shen Chengyu smiled and changed the topic, saying there were some mutant plants in the forest depths, the fruits they bore were big and round and had energy; she had picked quite a few this time.

"These are mutant apples; the whole apple tree is very large, with especially many fruits on it."

"Although the apple's appearance hasn't changed much, the energy inside is real."

"Not only this one apple tree; it is said there are other mutant plants in the forest; the fruits or flowers, seeds they bear all have a certain energy."

After the words landed, Shen Chengyu felt that evolution really happened in every aspect; given time, even ordinary people would strengthen their constitutions because of these energy foods; this was a symbol of an inevitable trend.

Shen Chengning finished the apple in her hand; she knew what Shen Chengyu wanted to say was not mutant apples, but to use this opportunity to indicate the scope of evolution.

"Next time there's a chance, find more fruits of mutant plants to bring back," Shen Yao, after finishing the apple, was not done; she also took out the seeds from the apple core; she threw them to Shen Chengning, letting this person plant them when they had time.

Shen Chengning said do and did; simply went to the balcony to find an empty flowerpot; inside there was still some black soil, originally used to plant some common vegetables, except the vegetables had already been eaten, and there hadn't been time to put other seeds.

Putting the apple seeds in her hand into it, feeling the energy fluctuations transmitted from the seeds, Shen Chengning silently activated her wood-type ability within her body; as the ability slowly covered the whole flowerpot, the seeds felt this ability, trembling and absorbing it, then giving feedback.

Shen Chengyu suddenly thrust her head over; she noticed Shen Chengning's unusualness.

Usually, no matter what seeds she catalyzed, Shen Chengning had never been as difficult as today; not only was her expression pained, but the ability all over her body was not enough.

Shen Chengyu asked Shen Yao, "Should we pull her out first?"

For Shen Chengning, exhausted ability was not a big problem, but if the ability was exhausted and she still couldn't stop, it would definitely damage Shen Chengning's body.

When they stayed at the Ability User Center for training before, they paid great attention to this limit; even if the ability was exhausted, they would rely on potions or other means to replenish as soon as possible, so basically there would be no situation of continuing to persist after the ability was exhausted.

Right now Shen Chengning's state was wrong; the ability kept depleting without any slowing down; this was more like an unconscious behavior of being controlled, or rather, Shen Chengning was immobilized; she didn't know what she was doing herself.

Shen Yao waved her hand, telling Shen Chengyu not to worry; Shen Chengning would be fine; the problem lay in the apple seeds she threw to Shen Chengning.

Shen Chengyu tilted her head, turned her head around, and very naturally took out another apple from her space.

There was no way; she had many similar mutant apples in her space; after all, the place they went on missions was the forest depths; originally there weren't many people who could execute missions, plus they had worked hard all the way, there definitely had to be extra rewards.

Mutant apples were a type of reward tacitly allowed by the officials for them to take; each person could take one-tenth of the picked ones; of course, if they didn't want so many, they could sell them to the officials and exchange for other items with special points.

Shen Chengyu had a space at hand; when she picked them herself, she secretly hid some; then she also got some from the officials' side; all of these she brought back; no wonder no matter how she ate, they didn't seem to decrease.

"Is it the problem of energy fluctuations?" Compared to the previous plants, apples had more energy; perhaps the apple trees grown would also become mutant plants.

"Most likely, try it out;" if lucky, this would affect Shen Chengning's ability improvement.

Methods of ability improvement were somewhat fixed; situations like today were not many; it was also because Shen Yao discovered the problem with the apple seeds that she took the opportunity to push a hand; whether Shen Chengning succeeded or not, there was no harm.

Shen Chengyu obviously also understood her birth mother's operation; without the previous worried emotions, she simply continued to bury her head and gnaw on mutant apples.

Crack crack

A sound familiar yet somewhat annoying to Shen Chengning rang in her ears.

She very much wanted these sounds to disappear, but she currently couldn't open her mouth to speak; the rapid consumption of ability inside her body also made her dare not act rashly.

Try hard to recall what she was doing before? Shen Chengning thought of the apple seeds.

Oh, catalysis; she was catalyzing the few apple seeds in the flowerpot; these were given to her by Shen Yao; the source was the core of a mutant apple she had finished eating.

Like a blank brain suddenly being split open; something grew inside.

Shen Chengning discovered she could control her ability; but at this time it was somewhat not good; her ability had already been exhausted, not to mention, the small seedlings in the flowerpot were still continuously drawing her ability.

The command sent from the brain made her stop; but when this command affected her fingers, her body had already received an impact.

Pfft

Shen Chengning spat out a mouthful of blood without the slightest surprise; at the same time, she lightly fell onto the sofa, holding in her arms the flowerpot that had already grown apple seedlings.

Shen Chengyu subconsciously took out a green crystal core to hand to Shen Chengning; unexpectedly Shen Chengning just shook her head and refused, "No use"

After her ability broke through that barrier, not only did her ability recovery speed increase, but her originally withered body also became better from inside to outside.

Wood-type ability condensed at her fingertips once again; the apple sapling in the flowerpot swayed its not very sturdy branches, wishing it could jump out and hug Shen Chengning to suck.

Shen Chengyu:...

She looked up at Shen Yao, then glanced down at Shen Chengning, feeling somewhat incredulous. Had she just advanced like that? Could her water-type ability be improved this way too?

"Don't think randomly, this is just a coincidence plus luck," not every ability advancement is this simple; most of it is still perseverance and hard work.

Shen Chengyu sighed. It seemed she didn't have this luck for the time being, but compared to wood-type abilities, water-type abilities had more diverse uses.

She turned and glanced at the flowerpot Shen Chengning was still holding in her arms. The apple seedling inside was only a finger's height, with a few leaves and a thin stem that looked like it would break at a touch.

Actually, this apple seedling had been a mutated plant since it started from a seed. Not only was its vitality vigorous, but it also contained a lot of energy. Shen Chengyu could easily destroy this not-yet-grown apple seedling, and it wasn't the kind of toy that would break at a touch.

"Evolution is truly amazing," Shen Chengyu raised her hand, condensed water-type ability, and threw it into the flowerpot, counting as watering the just-born apple seedling.

Shen Chengning stood up and sent the flowerpot in her arms back to the balcony not far away.

Touching the sunlight outside, the apple seedling in the flowerpot began to grow wildly. In just an instant, the seedling that was only a finger's height grew to half a person's height, and the soil in the flowerpot also faded in color.

Seeing this, Shen Chengning didn't think much of it. She just threw some of her recovered wood-type ability into it, then turned around and returned to sit in front of the sofa.

Shen Yao and Shen Chengyu saw Shen Chengning return and hurriedly asked how she was feeling now. Especially Shen Chengyu, who was particularly curious about the physical changes from ability advancement and how it differed from their previous reliance on training at the Ability User Center.

Shen Chengning tilted her head. "Not much different, just the method of breakthrough and the state at the time," indescribably strange.

Although her body had mostly recovered, Shen Chengning still felt some things were hard to say out loud. It wasn't intentional, but rather a restriction existing in thought, inexplicably so.

"Alright, it seems this bit of experience isn't suitable for me," Shen Chengyu expressed her acceptance of this.

Shen Yao stood up and went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Just now, although they hadn't spoken many words, a lot of time had already passed. Especially for Shen Chengning, the ability consumption from catalyzing the apple seeds would cause her body to feel hunger.

She hadn't felt it while talking before, because she was completely immersed in ability advancement. But now, as Shen Yao went to the kitchen, the emotion of hunger was unlocked. Shen Chengning subconsciously touched her belly and hurriedly took out easy-to-eat food from her space to stave off hunger.

Shen Chengyu watched as various plastic products appeared beside Shen Chengning. These were packaging bags for items like bread and biscuits. Shen Chengning wasn't picky when eating. Only after the emotion of hunger slowly stabilized did she let out a sigh of relief and throw the packaging bags into the garbage bin.

"Are you alright?" Shen Chengyu asked with concern.

Shen Chengning nodded. "It's fine, normal consumption."

As her voice fell, Shen Yao had already brought the dishes out from the kitchen. To specially take care of Shen Chengning, who had suffered heavy losses but had just advanced her ability, Shen Yao took quite a lot of mutated creature meat products.

A large amount of energy could be used to replenish the body and also restore one's own condition to peak.

Shen Chengning ate and drank her fill, and was then sent back to her room by Shen Yao to sleep. When she went out again, she was very spirited.

Shen Chengyu had nothing to do and accompanied Shen Chengning on a trip to the Ability User Center to re-register. When the two returned, Shen Chengyi was following by their side.

When with others, Shen Chengyi had the image of being silent and cold, not speaking much. But when she spoke, she would point out the problem directly. Everyone, whether because of strength or something else, feared her and would subconsciously obey Shen Chengyi's arrangements.

But the Shen Chengyi at home with family didn't have such a cold expression. Not only that, she would occasionally say some jokes.

This time she returned because the mission was completed ahead of schedule. While submitting the mission, she discovered Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning, so she simply came back with the three of them together.

Shen Yao decided to eat something good for dinner. Since coming to the new shelter, Shen Chengyi had been especially busy, rarely appearing at home during this period. Although through the system and news channels from Shen Chengyu's sisters they knew Shen Chengyi was safe, not being able to see her still caused anxiety in their hearts.

Whether in the space or the kitchen, there were many good things at home. Signaling the three sisters to rest respectively, Shen Yao went to busy herself.

The aroma of the food drifted along the kitchen pipes toward the outside, enveloping the entire floor. Some families began to complain, and some even opened windows to observe.

The Shen family were celebrities on this floor. Shen Chengyi's name carried enough deterrence when spoken outside. It wasn't that no one had ever schemed against them, but these people gradually exited the stage due to inexplicable matters.

Bit by bit, no matter how bold, no one dared to think of those awkward things anymore. The surveillance surrounding the Shen family was the only thing they could do.

The sumptuous dinner made the four of them eat very satisfied. Shen Yao found an opportunity to talk to Shen Chengyi. The mother and daughter did not avoid Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning; they directly analyzed the situation of the entire new shelter, including the strength of the officials, and things that might happen recently and in the future.

Actually, from the moment they chose to walk out and leave the old shelter, they had already been moving further and further away from the life of normal people.

The speed of evolution would become faster and faster, and more and more mutated creatures would appear. Humans were just a small part of evolution, and this planet did not treat humans differently.

To live well in this end of days, one must take the initiative to attack and seek variables. Presumably, the life ahead would be even more wonderful.