From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 152 - 143: A Woman’s War Robe

The ability users present were all left speechless by Gu Xi’s words.

However, the female ability user who had first approached her looked at Gu Xi thoughtfully.

She suddenly asked, "What’s your name?"

Gu Xi calmly retracted her little green sprout. "Gu Xi, from South City."

A sharp intake of breath rippled through the onlookers.

Gu Xi from South City? Wasn’t she *that*... that... you know who.

At that, the way everyone looked at Gu Xi changed.

Gu Xi looked up at the crowd. "Now, can you take me to see the main body of this plant?" ’That small pot with the cutting wasn’t even enough for Bud to sink its teeth into.’

More importantly, not just anyone could easily control a plant’s malignant transformation.

Gu Xi suspected, ’Could this be related to my Superpower Crystal Core Fragment?’

’Otherwise, Chen wouldn’t have arranged all of this.’

’As for whether doing this could actually draw out Yun Ye...’

’To be honest, even now, I can’t be sure if Yun Ye is truly the mastermind behind all this.’

Ever since she returned to the Central Base, everyone claimed that what happened back then had nothing to do with them. It seemed like all clues pointed to Yun Ye, who had disappeared with her.

But Gu Xi... was no longer the same Gu Xi she once was.

The female ability user, however, looked troubled. She explained tactfully to Gu Xi, "Its main body is rather large, and it’s difficult to control..."

Gu Xi raised an eyebrow. ’So? What does that have to do with whether I can see it or not?’

Looking around, the other Wood Element ability users were also starting to disperse.

It seemed everyone was avoiding the topic.

Gu Xi was slightly confused.

Only the female ability user remained, saying with some difficulty, "So, we Wood Element ability users can’t control its main body on our own. We need the suppression from Thunder Ability users and the guidance of the Healing System..."

Gu Xi still didn’t understand.

But the female ability user gritted her teeth and said, "Um, Ye Nan is here today. She’s downstairs at the Thunder Ability User Union right now. If we go over, I’m afraid..."

Then Gu Xi understood.

No matter how good the relationship between the Abnormal Ability Research Institute and the Superpower Union was, they were still two separate organizations. Competition was inevitable in their cooperation.

So, neither side wanted to look inferior in front of the other.

And as it happened, all the Healing Ability users at the Central Base belonged to the Institute.

This left the Wood Element ability users at the Superpower Union feeling somewhat humiliated about having to ask outsiders for help. No wonder the young woman had looked so strange when she brought it up.

However, Gu Xi was determined to go see it and verify her suspicions at the same time.

She glanced at Zhao Kun hiding in the corner before turning back to the young female ability user. "I’d still like to go see it. Is that possible?"

The other woman hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing. "Follow me."

As she spoke, the young woman returned to her workstation, took out a particularly dazzling shawl, draped it over her shoulders, and then straightened her appearance in a mirror.

Following behind her, Gu Xi couldn’t help but take a second look.

’Could this be what Ye Xin once mentioned... the legendary battle armor of a woman?’

The two of them didn’t take the elevator, instead using an internal staircase to go all the way down to the 24th floor.

After reaching the 24th floor, Gu Xi subconsciously glanced back up.

’The distance feels off. And if I’m not mistaken, the last floor sign I saw was for the 26th floor, wasn’t it?’

’Besides, Ye Junhan had also said the Thunder Ability User Union was on the 25th floor, and even hinted that there were walnut pastries there...’

’So, where is the 25th floor?’

Just then, a Thunder Ability user came walking toward them down the hallway. He was slightly taken aback to see them, then smiled and greeted them, "Li, what are you doing down here?"

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Gu Xi. "And this is..."

Li Xiaoyan, the young female Wood Element ability user who was guiding Gu Xi, smiled and explained, "This is Gu, a new member of our union. I’m taking her to see the mother plant..."

The Thunder Ability user gave Gu Xi a suspicious look, his eyes unintentionally sweeping over the ID card in her hand. ’Isn’t that a temporary ID card?’

’Since when could outsiders come see the mother plant?’

But this was an internal matter for the Wood Element ability users, so it wasn’t his place as an outsider to comment. He stepped aside, clearing the way to the metal door behind him. "Alright, go on in. Zhou and the others happen to be in there right now."

Li Xiaoyan’s heart sank at his words. The Zhou he mentioned was a fanatical admirer of Miss Ye, Ye Nan. He wasn’t one of the guards for this area, so for him to be here now, there could only be one reason—

Ye Nan was here too.

Li Xiaoyan wasn’t fond of Ye Nan. That young miss’s way of speaking was sometimes... to put it nicely, she was straightforward and unworldly. To put it bluntly, she was arrogant and completely oblivious to social cues.

If it weren’t for Miss Ye’s astonishing family background and her outstanding Healing Ability, she probably would have been ambushed and beaten up countless times by now.

She sighed inwardly and turned her head to Gu Xi. "Let’s go. Don’t be scared in a bit. That plant’s mutation level was already very high when it was delivered..."

With that, she swiped her card and opened the metal door.

Gu Xi silently followed her through the metal door.

Inside was an infrared scanning room. After a scan confirmed their identities, they passed through three more checkpoints. When the final silver door opened, a pure black plant behind a glass wall burst into Gu Xi’s view.

The plant was vine-like and enormous, occupying the entire glass chamber.

A few ability users were stationed around the room, either sitting or leaning against the walls. When Gu Xi and her guide entered, they merely lifted their eyelids for a glance before indifferently looking away.

Gu Xi scanned the room but didn’t see Ye Nan.

Beside her, Li Xiaoyan also let out a visibly relieved sigh.

She turned her head to Gu Xi and said, "This is the main body of the plant from upstairs. You..."

Just then, the plant, which had been growing quietly in the glass chamber, was suddenly agitated by something and began to frantically slam against the glass walls.

The enormous plant thrashed wildly, the force of its movements so great that the specially-made glass walls shook continuously. Soon, a web of cracks appeared on the surface.

’Not good, it’s a malignant transformation!’

Li Xiaoyan was startled. She pulled Gu Xi back several steps and, with swift reflexes, pressed the alarm on the wall.

From the way she moved, it was clear this wasn’t her first time doing this.

Gu Xi couldn’t help but give the young woman a second look.

At the same time, the few Thunder Ability users in the room also turned pale, as if facing a great enemy.

They all raised their hands almost simultaneously, pressing them against the four corners of the glass chamber. A moment later, a massive Thunder Net materialized via a special device, enveloping the entire chamber.

Gu Xi calmly held down her restless Bud, quietly watching the plant as it continued to struggle and thrash under the cover of the Thunder Net.

’Just as I thought. This plant was artificially induced into this state.’

’And the energy source used to induce it was probably my Crystal Core Fragment, perhaps mixed with some High-level Zombie Crystal Cores?’

’This is troublesome.’

Gu Xi frowned slightly. ’A malignant mutant plant that has absorbed my Divine Rank Crystal Core Fragment... If I don’t intervene, I doubt the few ability users here can take it down...’

As expected, after its malignant transformation, the plant’s attack power was extraordinarily strong. Seeing that it was about to break through the Thunder Net and smash through the wall, the few Thunder Ability users had no choice but to increase their power output.

But soon, one of them couldn’t hold on any longer, his face turned deathly pale as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Thunder Net, which had only barely been able to contend with the malignant plant, instantly lost a corner of its integrity.

The specialized glass chamber was shattered at almost the same moment, and the ability users were sent flying by the massive vines...

Just as the situation became critical and Gu Xi was about to release Bud to secretly skim a little profit, the ceiling suddenly slid open, and three men in black combat suits descended from above.