Chapter 127: Finding the Siblings

Heitao A was not frozen; it was mainly feeling helpless toward a host who wouldn't listen to advice. Of course, a system would not possess such high-level emotional capabilities. It had simply encountered a runtime logic error and begun a self-check.

Such a high-level system does not proactively explain when it is performing a self-check, so it still sent the toxin content data to Liu Mu, as well as a display bar showing the tug-of-war between Liu Mu's own detoxification and poisoning capabilities.

As for Liu Mu, the most enjoyable thing she had tried in her two lifetimes combined was a down comforter she had decided to buy one year when the winter was too cold. On a snowy night, wrapped in the warm down comforter, with Niu Boyi wrapped in a cotton quilt lying beside her, both human and dog slept extremely comfortably.

Just like now, the flower stamen was constantly being pressed down by her and then springing back; it was soft yet very resilient, and the tactile sensation was actually as comfortable as a down comforter.

Liu Mu was rolling around, childishly immersed in the highly toxic pollen, until the space beneath her emptied, and she plunged headfirst into an unknown place.

Warm liquid submerged her from head to toe. After taking two gulps of the bitterest nectar she had ever tasted since birth, Liu Mu finally woke up from her "drunkenness."

【Congratulations to the host, you actually rolled into the Antidote.】

Every time Heitao A used its deep, male broadcast voice to be sarcastic, Liu Mu felt it had a kind of tsundere quality that a repressed, domineering CEO couldn't hide.

"Where is this? How did I get here?"

【You're asking me? You fell down yourself. Reading memory... Reading complete, please enjoy the show.】

Although she didn't see a second person here, Liu Mu still felt a condition known as "social death" strike her.

"You are not allowed to tell anyone about this. Remember, if you leak a single frame, it's you or me!"

Liu Mu didn't know what the point of threatening the system was, but she just wanted to make that threat; this was probably just venting her anger.

After a five-second standoff, she regained her composure. "You said this water can neutralize the poison outside?"

Heitao A gave a professional answer, not bothering to argue with its petty-minded host, and emphasized that this was nectar from the Red Flower, not just any water.

With the system's confirmation, Liu Mu naturally wouldn't leave empty-handed. Considering her own saliva also had a certain level of anti-toxic properties, she could only take a bucket of mineral water from her space and pour it into the liquid. "What a pity, it's been contaminated by water. Recycle it, store it separately."

Diluting the Antidote with a bit of water basically wouldn't cause problems; if it did, she would just let Heitao A purify it.

The surface of the liquid dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the bumpy, smooth inner walls. Liu Mu confirmed she was in the center of a giant plant.

The vital signs of the Xu siblings were also nearby, but she couldn't see anyone.

After considering the speed at which the nectar was dropping, Liu Mu held her breath and dove in headfirst again, simultaneously taking two submachine guns from her space to use for self-defense while also using their weight to dive quickly.

It was no wonder Liu Mu thought the nectar was water; it was very clear, and the pale red light emitted by the inner walls allowed her to see clearly to the very bottom while inside the liquid.

To avoid being tasted and having her worldview shattered by the bitterness again, she took a deep breath and dove quickly; it was a full dozen meters deep here. In the middle of the hemispherical bottom was a protrusion wrapped in countless fine threads. Inside the translucent protrusion were two people, one big and one small, holding each other.

It was indeed Xu Xiaofeng and Zhang Xiaoyong. Liu Mu swam down quickly and got close to the threads to see their appearance clearly.

There was no pain or fear on their tightly closed eyes; looking closely, she could even see their nostrils fluttering slightly. Shifting her gaze downward, she saw their chests also rising and falling slightly, and Liu Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The vital signs Heitao A mentioned were very different from what she saw with her own eyes; after all, the former only meant the person was still alive, and this "alive" also included the disabled or those in a vegetative state—the characteristic was merely "alive."

The translucent threads were almost identical to the flower stamens outside.

Liu Mu had originally wanted to cut the threads directly to save the two, but as soon as she touched them, Xu Xiaofeng inside moved, as if she were being restrained by these fine threads; pulling them would cause her to show an expression of pain.

Her breath had reached its limit, and Liu Mu had to ascend to catch her breath before coming back down.

Confirming again that these threads were linked to Xu Xiaofeng, Liu Mu felt numb. She couldn't call out, so she could only keep surfacing to catch her breath and check on the two.

Although the nectar could serve as an Antidote, there was simply too much of it; it was impossible for Liu Mu to remove it all.

In the end, she could only try to wake the siblings up through those threads.

If they stayed pickled like this, she feared they would both be pickled through. Moreover, Heitao A kept prompting that Zhang Xiaoyong's vital signs were continuously dropping; the child wasn't being affected by the plant, but was just receiving protection from Xu Xiaofeng.

As for what exactly happened to the two of them, she would have to wait for them to wake up and explain.

Liu Mu used minimal force to nudge those threads. They were connected to Xu Xiaofeng's spine, appearing to be an external extension of the human nervous system, and were extremely sensitive to their surroundings.

Perhaps sensing familiarity, after Liu Mu made contact a few times, those threads actually reached out toward her and quickly wrapped around her hand.

The threads didn't pierce her skin, but Liu Mu felt bursts of slight electric current stimulating her muscles, as if "communication" was being established with her nerve endings through her skin.

She actually "heard" what Xu Xiaofeng wanted to express; it wasn't a sound, but more like an electrical signal transmitting information.

The main information exchanged was a plea for help. Xu Xiaofeng didn't understand why she had ended up in this state, and while she was afraid, she still wanted Liu Mu to find a way to take Zhang Xiaoyong away first, because she could also feel her younger brother becoming weaker bit by bit.

Liu Mu asked her what she should do, and the meaning transmitted by the threads was for her to take the person away directly.

—Aren't you in pain?

—A little pain, but it's okay, I can endure it. Don't come back after you get out.

Liu Mu reached out to push aside the threads on Zhang Xiaoyong's side. The part wrapping her hand immediately floated uneasily, and at the same time, a painful "muffled groan" from Xu Xiaofeng was transmitted.

—No, you'll get hurt this way. Let me think of another way!

—It's too late. Xiao Yong has been here too long; he can hold on for ten minutes at most. You too, don't stay here. If something happens to you, I really won't be able to go on living. Xiao Mu, hurry and go. I'll focus on controlling these plants, and then I won't feel the pain.

The last sentence was clearly a lie, but Xu Xiaofeng made sense; Zhang Xiaoyong was young and physically weak, and he simply couldn't be soaked in this kind of liquid for a long time.

Liu Mu gritted her teeth, broke free from the threads wrapping her hand, and reached forward to pull Zhang Xiaoyong.

The movement was large, and she almost immediately "heard" Xu Xiaofeng's scream from the threads she had made contact with.

But once started, she couldn't stop. Liu Mu simply hugged Zhang Xiaoyong and pulled him completely away from the wrapping.

The moment their bodies left the threads, these fibers, which looked like tiny filaments, immediately rolled up and retracted until they tightly wrapped around Xu Xiaofeng's entire body.

As the threads retracted, the surrounding liquid suddenly began to flow rapidly, crashing toward Liu Mu as if to drive her, the intruder, out.

Liu Mu no longer hesitated; she hugged Zhang Xiaoyong tightly and swam upward with all her might.

Looking back while ascending, she saw Xu Xiaofeng was almost wrapped into a mummy. After the translucent threads tightened, they looked like a layer of frosted plastic, and her face could still be vaguely seen.

That round, peaceful face was full of pain, like someone trapped in a terrifying nightmare who couldn't wake up.

Wait for me!