Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy-Chapter 494 - 486: This is Money to Cheer You Up~

Upon reaching Cui City, Qian Qi realized how dire the situation was. The vast city was covered and buried by two gigantic Magic Plants, leaving no trace of its original appearance.

One plant occupied the northern city, with thick, dense roots firmly attached to the skyscrapers, giving no hint of the city’s traces. On the trunk were clusters of brown-green canopies, dense and opaque with pink dual leaves, like a magnified lush thicket sprawling over half of Cui City.

The southern city was occupied by a dark yellow Magic Plant resembling giant earth polypores. Its surface, akin to a rock layer, had numerous nearly three-meter-wide holes, with the edges appearing sun-yellow. Inside was a layer of sunken membranes, accumulating a considerable amount of clear liquid, seemingly water absorbed from somewhere.

These two gigantic Magic Plants buried the skyscrapers and all life in Cui City. Several smaller Magic Plants squeezed into the remaining spaces, taking over the last pockets of survival space. If one ignored the hovering combat aircraft relentlessly firing bullets, the city bathed in pink and yellow would look like a fairy tale world.

Perhaps due to the higher danger level on the southern side of the city, the Nangong Family army stationed at the highway entrance south of Cui City. As soon as Qian Qi got out of the car, she felt a strange suction as if it was extracting moisture from her skin, quickly making her feel shriveled.

Not far away, a man in dark Defense Armor approached, looked at her for a moment, then cheerfully took a picture with his Light Brain and let out a light, teasing laugh, "Little Qiqi, you’re shriveled."

Qian Qi: ...

Qian Qi lifted her leg and kicked towards his lower back, "Heartless creature, where’s the Defense Armor?"

Nangong Yan grunted, covering his waist helplessly, "Let’s go, this way."

After picking suitable Defense Armor for Qian Qi, Nangong Yan rummaged through a combat box on the ground nearby and took out a steel thermos cup. When he opened the lid, a short steel straw popped out.

To prevent the water inside from evaporating, he quickly blocked the straw into Qian Qi’s mouth, "Special water, drink up."

Qian Qi took a sip, and the cool water flowed down her throat into her stomach, instantly making her feel refreshed.

Watching her drink without any guard, Nangong Yan smiled and placed the thermos cup into her hand, then started rummaging through other boxes.

With the bottle in her mouth, Qian Qi put on the Defense Armor, gulping down the remaining water before placing the Defense Helmet on her head.

Glancing at Nangong Yan still rummaging through boxes, Qian Qi turned her attention to the deep yellow earth polypore-like Magic Plant and used the Decoding Technique.

[Magic Plant Name: Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider Fungus

Rank: Pseudo A+ Level Mobile

Attack Method: Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider

Weakness: Injecting a large amount of coagulant into the Demon Core

Organ Function Analysis: Mycelium, Fungus Cave, Fungus Membrane, Fruiting Body, Demon Core, Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider]

The attack method is the Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider?

It was Qian Qi’s first time seeing such a vague description, so she tapped on the words "Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider" on the system panel, and after seeing the relevant information, she raised an eyebrow slightly.

[Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider

Rank: B+ Level Mobile

Description: A moveable, attack-capable spore nurtured by the Fruiting Body, which crawls out of the Fungus Cave after rain to forage.

Attack Method: Oral plate with sharp teeth capable of strong adhesion, extremely sensitive to blood scent; once a wound is exposed, it will drain all blood from the body.

Weakness: Strong scents such as mosquito coils and moxa will elicit a stress response in the Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider, causing it to return to the maternal body for protection.]

Qian Qi couldn’t help but look up at the Orchid Eye Spider Fungus. Aggressive spores, adhesion, blood drainage—those words all sounded rather ominous.

Qian Qi poked at other information, after pondering for a moment, she glanced at Nangong Yan, who was still rummaging through the supply boxes with his butt sticking out, "Nangong Yan, I’m going over to take a look, you get some people to prepare a large amount of mosquito coils and flower dew."

"Go, go." Nangong Yan waved his hand, seemingly very busy, not even turning his head.

What is this guy looking for... Qian Qi shook her head, lifted her foot, and left the tent, heading for the Orchid Eye Spider Fungus.

In the meeting earlier, she had already known that the Nangong Family army hadn’t found a way to enter the city yet. Neither the fungus caps nor the fungus caves had been successfully broken open enough to allow a human entrance, even after prolonged bombardment by bombers.

This shows that its defensive power is incredibly strong.

Finding the nearest fungus cave, Qian Qi flew her Hovercar inside and then jumped out of the vehicle.

The membrane inside the fungus cave had already accumulated a shallow amount of water, nearly deep enough to cover her thighs, and the membrane was very slippery. As soon as Qian Qi stepped on it, she slipped and fell into the water.

The system hurriedly followed her into the water, displaying mocking words on the panel: [Hahahahahaha, slippery Qiaoqiao!]

Qian Qi: ...

Do you believe I’ll urinate right now and turn you into a piss system?

Noticing Qian Qi’s dangerous look and thoughts, the system quickly erased the mocking text, showing a smile and helping Qian Qi to the water’s edge.

Shaking off the water from her hands, Qian Qi formed a fist with her right hand and punched down hard on the edge part of the membrane.

The membrane appeared white and slightly translucent, soft and tearable at a glance, but when the fist struck, the impacted area became extremely hard, even turning a dense white, somewhat similar to a non-Newtonian fluid— the stronger the force, the stronger the defensive power.

Hmm, it seems like this thing would make an excellent Defense Armor, doesn’t it?

Qian Qi began mentally calculating how many fungus caves this Three-Water Orchid Eye Spider Fungus might have, and her potential to take the Fruiting Body back to school to cultivate extensively.

As she thought about it, some commanders from the Nan Family Army climbed up to the entrance and waved at Qian Qi, "Qian Qi, do you need any help?"

"Do you have an A-level knife?" Qian Qi shouted.

"Yes!" a Commander removed an A-level knife from his waist and tossed it to her.

Qian Qi reached out to catch it, but a figure was faster than her.

Only to see the system panel make a dramatic spin, biting the A-level knife, it very diligently handed it over: [Here you go~ dear Qiqi~]

Qian Qi: ...

Qian Qi suppressed the urge to roll her eyes, took the knife, and lightly and softly scratched the membrane. But the A-level knife didn’t leave a single trace on the membrane, showing that methods for dealing with non-Newtonian fluids didn’t apply to the membrane.

[Oh my God~ it actually doesn’t work~] The system dramatically typed, [Looks like Qiqi, your Decoding Technique awakening level isn’t high enough to fully analyze the A-level Magic Plants~ it can’t even tell you how to get through the fungus cave membrane into the interior~]

Qian Qi: ...

I’ll just quietly watch you act smart＾＿＾.

[Dear Boss Qian Qi~ seems like I’m more versatile~ would you like a simpler method to get inside the fungus cave? Only twenty thousand dollars~]

Qian Qi took out her Light Brain and generously transferred twenty thousand dollars to it.

The system instantly smiled broadly, [Actually, you just need to...]

The remaining words were covered by Qian Qi’s hand; she grinned, "Sweetie~ this isn’t money to buy a method, it’s to make you happy~"

System: Huh?

Just as the system was puzzled, Qian Qi called out to the commanders above, "Is there a Water Element Awakened? Call them over to help!"

System: !!!