From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 204 - 195: Cabbage and Pig
That evening, Qi Xiang pulled Gu Xi aside and rubbed her wrists.
There were too many injured people. She and Gu Xi had been busy all afternoon, cleaning and bandaging wounds without a moment’s break, not even for a sip of water. By now, her wrists were sore and aching, feeling like they didn’t even belong to her.
And yet, some people...
Qi Xiang nudged Gu Xi with her elbow and glanced at the newly constructed temporary, private resting room across from them. "Her Ladyship is certainly particular," she said pointedly.
Inside the private resting room, Ye Nan was absorbing Crystal Cores to replenish her Abnormal Energy. Her face was abnormally pale and weak, likely from having overexerted her powers earlier.
But Qi Xiang felt instinctively that something was wrong. ’Since when did absorbing Crystal Cores become such a delicate process for ability users? Did she really need a private room for it?’
’So what are the combat-types supposed to do in the middle of a battle?’
Qi Xiang pursed her lips.
’Something is indeed wrong.’
Gu Xi’s spiritual power zeroed in on the pile of transparent, non-elemental Crystal Cores next to Ye Nan’s hand.
If she remembered correctly, Ye Nan had already absorbed eleven High-level Crystal Cores. Given her Abnormal Energy capacity, that should have been more than enough to replenish her reserves.
But Ye Nan still looked as if her powers were depleted and her body was completely drained. In fact, after absorbing the Crystal Cores, her complexion had only grown paler.
Gu Xi’s spiritual power silently wrapped around Ye Nan’s wrist...
In the distance, Ye Junhan was organizing the effort to rebuild the camp when he suddenly narrowed his eyes, his gaze fixed on the medical area.
Ouyang, who was in charge of logistics, approached him with a worried expression. "Captain, we don’t have enough supplies. The tents and medicine will last a few more days, but the food..."
Although they had managed to salvage some emergency rations from the ruins of the old camp, neither the compressed biscuits they’d brought nor the salvaged food was suitable for the wounded.
And unfortunately, the wounded now made up the majority of the people in the camp.
Ouyang was worried sick.
"You didn’t bring any seeds?" Liu Hao asked in surprise as he passed by. Ouyang was a Wood Element ability user; she usually carried seeds with her on missions, just in case.
How could she have forgotten this time?
"I did bring some. It’s just..." Ouyang said sheepishly. "I knew we were on a mission with Miss Gu, right? The mutation coefficient for the seeds I have is quite high, so I was thinking..."
Liu Hao got it. He slapped his thigh and shot Ouyang a pointed look. "Then what are you talking to the Captain for? This is the time to go find Miss Gu!"
Ouyang wanted to approach Gu Xi, but she didn’t know her well. That’s why she was hoping the Captain would go on her behalf... Ouyang cautiously sneaked a peek at her captain’s expression.
’With a face like that, how could anyone refuse him?’
Liu Hao was far more direct. He simply put his hands on her shoulders and started steering her away. "Honestly, what’s the point of bothering the Captain right now? Can he grow vegetables for you? Can he magically produce food out of thin air?"
"Come on, come on. I’ll introduce you to Miss Gu. We’re old friends..."
The pair gradually walked away.
Nearby, the corner of Yang Liu’s mouth twitched. Not daring to look at the Captain’s expression, he kept his own face straight and focused on maneuvering the bee-drones deep underground for a final check.
His hands flew across the Light Screen. It was pitch-black beneath the ruins, but thankfully, the Military Department-issued bee-drones were equipped with infrared thermal imagers, so the captured footage was reasonably clear.
He maneuvered several of the bee-drones, sending them weaving back and forth through the depths of the rubble...
Only when he was certain there were no living survivors left beneath the rubble did Yang Liu speak. "Captain, confirmation complete. There are no more—"
Just then, the Light Screen in front of him suddenly distorted, blurred, and went dark.
Someone had activated a signal jammer.
Ye Junhan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and Yang Liu’s expression changed.
Fortunately, their years of fieldwork meant they had a contingency plan for just this type of situation.
Yang Liu ran to a nearby command vehicle, retrieved a black case from inside, and connected it to his personal terminal, his fingers flying as he began to work.
Ye Junhan’s gaze swept over the convoy of vehicles before he finally headed toward the temporary medical area.
He had just reached the entrance when he abruptly stopped and turned his head, looking northwest beyond the camp.
—Something was approaching, and fast.
Soon, nearly every high-level ability user sensed the danger. They all stopped what they were doing and looked up into the distance.
In that instant, the entire area seemed to fall silent.
To the senses of the ability users, the approaching entity was immensely powerful. It radiated a natural, oppressive force that washed over them, an aura so potent it felt impossible to resist.
The pressure was intimidating, chilling them to the bone.
But strangely, the oppressive feeling soon vanished as if it had never been there at all.
With the crisis seemingly averted, everyone exchanged bewildered glances.
"Just now...?" someone muttered, their face pale. ’Was that just a hallucination?’
But what kind of being could cause so many high-level ability users to experience the exact same hallucination at once?
At some unspoken thought, one person vigorously rubbed the goosebumps on the back of their arm.
Not far away, Wei Heng walked over to Gu Xi, who was sorting through vegetable seeds. He crouched down, lowered his voice, and said with disapproval, "That was too risky."
His words made Qi Xiang realize something. She scooted closer to Gu Xi and whispered, "Just now... what on earth was that?" ’It felt terrifying.’
’A delicate beauty with the fighting prowess of a wet noodle like me was about to be scared to death.’
’Good thing I have Gu Xiaoxi.’
Qi Xiang rubbed the goosebumps on her arms and shuffled half a step closer to Gu Xi.
’Huddle closer to the pretty girl.’
Wei Heng: "..."
"I don’t know." Gu Xi slowly shook her head.
She’d never encountered anything like it before, so rather than attacking immediately, she had simply observed it.
But the creature gave her a very strange impression. It seemed incredibly arrogant, looking down on human ability users, and yet it had repeatedly sent her... ’A request to form a party?’
’As if it saw her as one of its own kind?’
Gu Xi found this fascinating. She had intended to find a private place to have a proper "chat" with it.
But the creature ignored her warning and insisted on trespassing into her territory...
Little Green Sprout popped out of nowhere and wound around her fingertip. The two tiny, tender leaves at its tip bent down at a sharp angle, pressing against its stalk in a perfect, anthropomorphic imitation of someone putting their hands on their hips in triumph.
Gu Xi: "..." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
’Looks like my little sprout took a liking to that thing. Otherwise, it would be letting out a satisfied burp right about now.’
Gu Xi glanced into the distance, then stood and scattered the seeds in her hand to the wind...
In an instant, all sorts of vegetables shot up, growing explosively as they vied for space.
As the sun sank below the horizon and a dark moon rose into the sky, Gu Xi stood at the edge of the ruins. She gazed at the distant mountain peaks, which looked particularly eerie in the darkness, and narrowed her eyes.
Ye Junhan came to her side, following her gaze. "You shouldn’t have intervened."
Gu Xi kept her eyes on the horizon, saying nothing.
’The creature my little sprout just chased away is sending me another remote party invitation!’
’Interesting.’
Not far away, Ouyang and Liu Hao were crouched furtively at the edge of the new vegetable patch, swiping vegetables while gossiping in hushed tones. "Look at that, the cabbages over there are so plump and fresh..."
’The Captain is so lucky. If I had a face like his...’
Liu Hao nodded, then sneakily stuffed a tomato into his mouth and mumbled indistinctly, "And the pig who gets that cabbage is pretty handsome, too... With a face like our captain’s, Miss Gu is definitely not getting a bad deal."
Ye Junhan: "..."
He lifted his gaze and glanced discreetly at the girl beside him. Her expression was fixed on the horizon; had she not heard the two morons behind them?
Ye Junhan frowned slightly.
A moment later, he realized something. Once again, he followed Gu Xi’s gaze toward the horizon.
His eyes narrowed.
