Another World: That's too much. I have to start from scratch to get the contribution value.

Chapter 185: Mutation - Granary 30

"Brother...what do you want to do?!"

Shiitake Mushroom wanted to test the temperature of the water in the pot, but when he looked up, he saw Anjiu looking at him with an obviously uncomfortable expression.

"Hey, don't vomit! At least stay away from me before you vomit. I'm warning you! Don't joke around!"

He took the pot off his forehead, stood up and moved far away, with an expression of extreme disgust.

Anjiu's expression was gloomy, "Xianggu... I want to ask you something, you must tell me the truth..."

"Ahh, you said, just stay away from me."

"The leaves and flesh we eat and the juice we drink all come from trees, right?"

Shiitake Mushroom: "What else? Dig it out from the ground."

An Jiu's heart sank even more.

She said slowly, "But the corpse was absorbed by the tree roots just now. It will flow from the roots to the treetops, right? Then the leaf flesh we eat and the juice we drink, what is it?"

Not far away, the woman was licking the residue on her palm.

Suddenly the movement stopped and the expression twisted.

Anjiu pinched the uncomfortable throat. Before getting the accurate answer, don't let your mind wander and make things difficult for yourself.

Especially this kind of speculation that makes people physically uncomfortable.

Xianggu's eyes rolled around, and after a while he said, "It counts...it doesn't count either."

Anjiu's mood was like a roller coaster, up and down, "What exactly is it? Be precise."

Shiitake laughed and asked, "Have you ever eaten anything from that tree?"

"No."

The mushroom didn't believe it and came closer to sniff it carefully, but Anjiu didn't move and let it smell it.

After a while, Shiitake turned around angrily and said, "That's what I said. I've never seen anyone eat it before. I thought you were different."

Anjiu was grateful that he was cautious enough and didn't eat anything randomly.

Even when collecting leaf flesh and juice, choose vegetation that Shiitake mushrooms clearly state is edible.

Otherwise, it will become a lifelong psychological trauma.

The shiitake mushrooms held the pot, using their mouthparts as straws to suck up all the water inside in big gulps.

"Comfortable!"

It wiped its mouth, threw the pot to Anjiu, stood up, shook its body, listened to the sound of water splashing in the square bucket on its back, and was immediately satisfied.

Anjiu put the two pots together and fixed them as usual, and continued to ask: "You mean, only the tree just now can absorb the corpse?"

"That's right, Gu~" Shiitake held up two fingers, "According to your big brother Gu's observation, vegetation is divided into three types: edible, working, and poisonous."

Working means absorbing corpses.

"Their root systems are very vigorous and can be seen everywhere." The shiitake mushroom was casually dug out of the soil. The small piece of soil on the fingernail hung down with long brown whiskers as thin as hair.

"So no matter where you die or how you die, they will find you, absorb you, and then reassemble you."

The roots hang downwards with no signs of activity, and look like ordinary, common capillary roots.

But who could have imagined that they would penetrate into the corpse, absorb all the energy, and reassemble the dead person inside the tree.

Reconstruction... Anjiu couldn't imagine this process, but she saw with her own eyes the miniature body fragments of the dead Gao San flowing along the leaf veins.

Moreover, his head can speak and retains his memory.

A bit scary.

"What happens after they are reorganized? How are they...born?"

Anjiu thinks these two words might be more appropriate.

There were no fruits or flower buds on the plant, so how would they be born?

The mushroom did not answer her. It climbed up along the main trunk behind it and soon disappeared behind the huge leaves.

Anjiu knew that it was going to keep watch, so he played with the fruit knife in his hand and began to sort out his messy thoughts.

She felt that she might have fallen into a misunderstanding - the alienation of this world might have come a long time ago, and the mutants were the product of the environment.

Shiitake himself should have experienced life and death and resurrection many times.

It has memories of the past, however vague.

Does it still have any memory of its birth?

"Hey……"

Sensing someone approaching, Anjiu looked over with sharp eyes.

——It’s that woman.

His fingers were faintly gripping the hilt of the knife, ready to strike.

"Is something wrong?"

The woman noticed her vigilant movements and couldn't help but step back, but she stopped reluctantly. After hesitating, she gritted her teeth and whispered:

"I'll exchange a key piece of information for five pieces of food like that. Do you want to do it? This information is extremely important. It determines whether you can return alive!"

An Jiu's mind moved.

Noticing the anxious look in this person's eyes, revealing an urgent desire, combined with her current state, it is very likely that she saw that she had food, and in order to survive, she had to trade information.

The possibility of cheating her is small, and if she exchanges it with leaf flesh, she will not lose anything at all. At worst, she can go back and cut a few more pieces to replenish her stock.

Even though she thought so, she still said: "How do I know whether what you said is true or false?"

The woman showed anxiety on her face. She looked around quickly, put her hand on the ground, pulled up her sleeve inconspicuously, and touched the air with her little finger.

"See? I'm a third-class citizen. I have absolutely accurate gossip. This time..." She was halfway through her words when she suddenly realized that she was about to let the cat out of the bag, "It's different!"

Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to care too much about what she said. He was only attracted by her actions and stared at her seriously.

The identity of a third-class citizen is obvious and it certainly cannot be faked.

only……

The woman was worried, not sure if the other party was willing to exchange with her. She was in urgent need of food and water. She calculated that she had to wait for two or three days...

This deal has to be done.

An Jiu was unaware of her mental activities, his eyes fell on her still round wrist, thoughtfully.

——She couldn’t see the virtual bracelet.

This means that the other party is from another group.

And self-destruction is a third-level citizen.

Then...the crystal used to make the bracelet should be of high grade.

Anjiu's eyes gradually sank, and her desire to increase the area of ​​the space made the palm of her hand holding the handle of the knife begin to moisten.

There was only one opponent, with dry lips, dull eyes, dark circles under his eyes, and he looked in very poor physical condition. I could easily defeat him.

only……

She blinked, "I can exchange five pieces of leaf meat for this information."

The woman's tense mouth suddenly relaxed a lot.

"——But I have a premise." An Jiu followed up, "After all, I can't be sure whether what you said is true or not."

The woman interrupted anxiously: "It's absolutely true! I guarantee it with my life!"

"Okay, I can believe it's true. But the premise is that I can only give you two first. Once I'm sure you've given me all the information, I'll pay you the remaining three."

“W-what?” The woman was stunned. “I told you this is a matter of life and death, you——”

"Before I heard it, you can think that you are just being mysterious. Besides," An Jiu raised his chin slightly to indicate, "danger may break out at any time. You don't have much time to think about it."