Crime Prison Island-Chapter 709 - 333: Vegetative Person Module

Just as Gao Xin and Luo Yan were studying the tree.

A stone person holding a steel spear came running over, looking strong and powerful, with stone patterns all over its body.

However, the voice it spoke with was that of a girl.

"Stop! You must stop demanding food!"

"Delili will die!"

Gao Xin turned his head, "Delili? The fruit we’re eating, it wouldn’t be her flesh and blood, would it?"

The stone girl said solemnly, "Sort of. She can plantify her cells and naturally grow plant fruits for others to eat."

Gao Xin looked at the fruit in his hand, and Luo Yan was holding a huge bundle in his arms.

Luo Yan hurriedly put them down and said, "Sorry, I didn’t know, when I mentioned food, she just grew fruit; I couldn’t help but try more."

"Does growing so much fruit have a big impact on her?"

The stone girl was momentarily taken aback when she saw Luo Yan apologize, then said, "Of course!"

"Delili was so hungry she couldn’t take it anymore, so she plantified her entire body to rest."

"Turning into a plant is the most energy-efficient and minimal way to survive."

"Moreover, she can absorb nutrients from the soil and convert them into regular food for people to eat."

"But she can’t produce more than a few fruits in a day. Everyone only asks her for food when there’s truly nothing left."

"But you two just demanded so much outright, and her instinct is not to refuse, she can only convert her body into fruits."

At this moment, a relatively sturdy middle-aged man with greying temples slowly approached.

"Alright, Luo Ke, haven’t I, the old man, taught you? The ignorant don’t bear guilt, they didn’t do it on purpose, how can you blame them?"

The newcomer’s face looked a bit aged, giving the impression of an old cadre.

"Village chief... now Delili doesn’t even know how long it will take before she wakes up again," the stone girl named Luo Ke lowered her head despondently.

The village chief then stared at Gao Xin and said, "Both of you, if there’s nothing else, you can leave now..."

"There’s truly nothing here in our Peach Blossom Village to offer you two hospitality."

Gao Xin smiled, "How could there be nothing at all? In such a small mountain village, having two exclusive module holders is really unexpected."

He was quite certain that the Silver Tower didn’t have the [Plantification] module.

And, seeing Luo Ke in her stone person form, he realized it was the [Petrified Exoskeleton Armor].

This is a special type of exoskeleton armor, much like Gao Shu’s jadeification, a special type of biological superconduction.

Gao Xin’s intention was to compliment, but unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Luo Ke raised her spear.

"Prepare to die, villain!"

She charged headlong, stabbing directly at Gao Xin, the spear in her hand as heavy as a thousand tons.

"???" Gao Xin’s smile froze, looking confused.

What’s this? We were talking fine, how did it turn into an attack?

Yet he didn’t move, only using the impact field to pin her down from a distance.

This Luo Ke was merely Tiger Level.

"What? Ah... the air is so heavy!"

"Damn, are you casting spells or something?"

"Why don’t you fight like a real man, come on!"

"A bunch of brain-eating freaks, you won’t get your way!"

Unable to break free from the biological field’s restraint, Luo Ke could only spew trash talk crazily.

Gao Xin smiled and released the force field.

Luo Ke immediately jumped up, crashing down with her spear.

"Boom!"

Gao Xin raised his hand and blocked it, "The strength’s a bit low... haven’t you activated the exoskeleton?"

"Activate what? I don’t know!" Luo Ke charged recklessly, but her speed and strength were completely outclassed by Gao Xin.

Gao Xin stood still, just blocking all of Luo Ke’s attacks with one hand.

He didn’t use any special abilities, just pure raw hands to block.

Finally, he grasped the spear with one hand and pushed it back, forcing Luo Ke directly to the ground.

Luo Ke only had over a hundred tons of strength, with about five hundred tons’ explosive power.

In contrast, Gao Xin’s strength in normal state was three thousand tons; he didn’t even need explosive power to crush Luo Ke.

"Please let her go, she’s just a child, she’s only thirteen," the village chief rushed over, kneeling in pleading.

The two of them looked at the three-meter-tall stone figure of Luo Ke and were dumbstruck, "She’s freaking thirteen?"

The village chief said, "She really is thirteen. Luo Ke, stop struggling, we’re not their opponents, quickly take off the armor." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

Luo Ke said agitatedly, "I don’t want to, taking off the armor would leave me vulnerable to slaughter."

"Village chief, quickly take Delili and run, I’ll hold them back."

The village chief said sternly, "Luo Ke! Are you listening to me or not?"

"..." Luo Ke was quite unwilling, but she was firmly restrained by Gao Xin, unable to get up.

She let out a grumble, then with a creak, a slit opened on the side, and a girl with blood oozing from her skin crawled out.

After shedding the bone armor, the emerging Luo Ke was completely a young, small-framed, slender, black-haired ponytail girl.

Her pale skin and thin body showed signs of long-term malnutrition.

The way she carefully pulled her hair out of the cracks of the bone armor was nothing like the straightforward, unrefined stone person from before.

Gao Xin frowned, "Why do you take off the exoskeleton armor like this?"

"How else would you take it off?" Luo Ke, after shedding the exoskeleton armor, was apparently lacking confidence.

Gao Xin curiously asked, "A normal exoskeleton can dissolve; can’t yours?"

Luo Ke pointed at the massive stone body, "My exoskeleton is hard as hell, how could it possibly dissolve?"

Gao Xin realized that the strength of this petrified exoskeleton is much higher than regular exoskeletons.

But this module also has a flaw, it can’t freely retract the exoskeleton.

For these fossil-like bones, they can only grow outward, not retract inward.

The village chief said, "To be honest, Delili and Luo Ke are both exclusive module holders."

"Outside, there are many Radiations who covet their abilities and want to devour their brains."

"So that’s why you said our village wasn’t empty, making Luo Ke mistakenly believe you wanted to seize her ability and eat her brain."

"But I know you’re not villains, otherwise, you wouldn’t waste time talking to us."

"Please forgive Luo Ke’s rash ignorance."

Gao Xin, seeing his cautious demeanor, immediately helped him up and smiled, "No need to worry, this module isn’t anything special to me. If I wanted it, I wouldn’t need to eat brains either."

The village chief sighed in relief and said to Luo Ke, "See, aren’t you going to apologize? Outsiders are not necessarily villains."

Luo Ke immediately bowed her head and apologized, "I misunderstood, I’m sorry."

Gao Xin said, "It’s okay. It’s quite hard for the two of you, dedicated modulists, to survive in such a barren place."

Saying this, he placed a hand on the tree.

Luo Ke exclaimed in shock, "What are you doing!"

She was about to raise her spear to strike the back of Gao Xin’s head, but then she saw Gao Xin draw his knife, cut open his wrist, and let his heavy blood flow into the tree, being absorbed by Delili.

"My blood contains ample nutrition and energy, it should be able to awaken her," Gao Xin said calmly.

Luo Ke’s eyes widened, quickly putting away her gun.

The village chief gratefully said, "Really? That’s wonderful. May I ask your names, so we can repay you in the future."

Smiling wide, Luo Yan said, "Just call me Heavenly Ghost."

He gave his nickname, but Gao Xin said, "My name is Gao Xin."

Soon, Gao Xin had injected over a hundred kilograms of blood, his face turned pale as gold paper.

The village chief urgently said, "That’s enough, you don’t need to give so much."

But Gao Xin didn’t stop, only allowing the wound to heal after nearly four hundred kilograms of blood had flowed.

The tree before them was now shiny and vibrant, completely different from its previous weak and wilting state.

It was exceptionally robust, and soon every inch of it started to tremble and surge.

The tree had astonishingly broken through, with all its cells renewing.

"What? It’s broken through already?" Gao Xin was startled.

His intention in giving so much blood was simply to give Delili a boost.

Unexpectedly, it directly made her breakthrough.

"How could this be? A breakthrough shouldn’t just be about nutrition, it’s about desire."

"No, wait, if it’s a plant, what desire could it have? What’s essential is nothing more than an instinct for sunlight and nutrients."

"Could it be... this module allows her to break through just with sufficient nutrition?"

Gao Xin widened his eyes, unable to believe his guess.

If that’s true, then this ’plant module’ is incredibly strong.

Look at Yamaguchi Yoshio, just having potential doesn’t mean it will be realized.

If sufficient nutrition could lead to a breakthrough, Yamaguchi Yoshio would have been a True Dragon by now!

As the tree transformed and broke through, it began to change color and writhe.

Soon, its shape and properties altered, and Gao Xin could feel on a microscopic level that the opponent’s cells were reshaping.

Plant cells rapidly transformed back into human cells.

A young girl, approximately eighteen or nineteen, with wheat-colored skin and a slender frame, lay on the ground.

She wasn’t wearing clothes, but brown-green vine tendrils grew in uneven numbers from her chest, waist, and back.

The tendrils circled her chest to form a "little vest," naturally draped from her waist as a "grass skirt." Additionally, six vine tendrils hovered behind her like tentacles, swaying gently.

"Delili!" Luo Ke embraced her joyfully.

Delili stood up, "You’ve grown so much taller, Luo Ke..."

Luo Ke pursed her lips, her eyes moist, "It’s been three years, Delili..."

Delili paused, then said brightly, "It’s okay, I feel so full of energy now, I can grow lots of food."

"If everyone saves a bit, I might not need to sleep for a long time."

Luo Ke quickly recounted how Gao Xin used his blood to nurture her, and Delili was shocked, then expressed her gratitude to Gao Xin.

Gao Xin exchanged a glance with Luo Yan, wow, she had been sleeping for three years?

"No need to thank me, it was just a minor effort."

"I’m quite curious, Delili, in your module, do you have to sleep, or if you have enough nutrition, you don’t need to sleep?"

Delili pursed her lips and said, "I’m a human first, then a plant. Being a plant is my easiest form to maintain."

"If I have enough food, I can always be human."

Gao Xin asked a few more questions, which Delili answered one by one.

Understanding the principle, Gao Xin was delighted, as this module had no side effects.

It was purely an ability to freely shift into a plant form, which didn’t require consciousness.

Therefore, Delili would lose consciousness, leaving only her instincts.

Of course, her instincts were more advanced, like sensing people talking underneath the tree. She could even preset a keyword, such as ’food,’ and rapidly grow fruit.

If nutrition was abundant, reaching a preset threshold, she could automatically awaken and transform back.

"Delili, while in the plant state, does having extremely abundant nutrition and energy mean you don’t need a desire to survive to breakthrough?" Gao Xin pondered and directly asked her this question.

To which Delili replied adorably, "Huh? Did I breakthrough?"

She then checked herself and joyfully exclaimed, "Ah, I’m actually a budding Tiger Level now, I finally broke through, boo-hoo!"

Gao Xin’s mouth twitched, this woman is a bit oblivious.

"Yes, you broke through, so how did you do it?"

Delili tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said, "Just broke through like that, a desire to survive? Becoming a plant is already my minimal surviving form."

Gao Xin was stunned, then his eyes lit up.

True, damn, becoming a plant, you can live just by drinking water and basking in the sun, even forsaking consciousness to live, leaving only instincts.

Is there a better survival form?

Although it’s not confirmed if this module can breakthrough solely based on nutrition.

But at least, the belief standard required for this plant-human form’s breakthrough would surely decrease the difficulty significantly.

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