Chapter 133
Si Chen put away the test paper.
He looked at Sheng Wu and asked seriously, “What good will it do me to kill the mother plant?”
Although Dr. Sheng felt that his company shouldn’t be awarding Level A certification to a mere Fifth Step Evolutionary, because Si Chen was still an employee regardless, the relationship between the two barely crossed the line from “hostility” to “cooperation.”
Dr. Sheng: “For you, eating the mother plant can further your evolution. You can also get a fragment of the Realm Gate. As long as this time and space does not collapse further, god’s pasture will become yours.”
“What about you?”
Dr. Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
It was a pity that his control over his new body wasn’t enough for him to make such a detailed expression. His whole face turned out looking a bit ferocious.
“For me… if I kill the mother plant, I will become the new mother plant. But this is actually meaningless. Because after the death of the mother plant, what you call the ‘Space Fold’ will be closed forever. This is its best conclusion.”
Dr. Sheng rummaged around in the dusty counter and pulled out an electronic watch. “This watch was one I had used before. My secretary told me that as long as the parts inside are not damaged, it can be used without replenishing its power supply for five hundred years.”
He tapped the watch and it showed the time.
【4382928:00:00】
More than four million hours. It translated to exactly five hundred years.
Normal buildings wouldn’t last for so many years. But after the destruction of their worlds, these small worlds trapped in the debris continue to survive.
Dr. Sheng said slowly, “Look, who knows how many half-millennia have passed. I wasn’t wrong about what I said before. This is rebirth and eternal life.”
If he had completely become a mindless mother plant, he probably wouldn’t be in such pain.
Even though he has been a mycelium man for so many years, deep down in his heart, Dr. Sheng still identified himself as human.
Si Chen put his hand into his pocket and held “Taotie“, the short knife given to him by White King. “Back to the original question, can you give back my companion’s body?”
Sheng Wu turned his head slightly and looked out the window. “I’m sorry. I need to use this body to find the slime mold solution and eliminate the mother body.”
Si Chen couldn’t help but say, “He’s at the Fifth Step like I am. Parasitism won’t increase the strength of this body. With all due respect, if you think I can’t do it at my current level, then you can’t do it at Fifth Step either.”
Dr. Sheng sneered, “People aren’t all the same. I can disperse spores to control mutants, can you?”
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Si Chen’s eyes were full of suspicion.
After experiencing Song Kuafu’s ‘I’m the savior but actually the devil’ plot he wasn’t about to trust anyone in the high-dimensional world.
Who knows if Sheng Wu only said this so he could take this opportunity to possess Shen Yanxing and then invade the low-dimensional worlds?
Moreover, Dr. Sheng was a person with a criminal record.
In order to survive, he'd stoned a snake to death.
Sheng Wu was stung by his gaze. “What’s with that look in your eyes? People can change. Not to mention, I have already paid the price for my ignorance.”
It was impossible for Si Chen to simply let Dr. Sheng control Shen Yanxing’s body and leave like this.
He couldn’t rest easy. What’s more, it was obvious that this plan to eliminate the mother plant could easily prove fatal.
But equally, he didn’t want to turn against Sheng Wu for the time being.
After all, there were mycelium everywhere here and Dr. Sheng said he could control these things with spores. Who knows which mutant strain could kill him?
And if Sheng Wu is appeased, he should be still be able to recycle him later.
Therefore, Si Chen, after a quick appraisal of the situation, gave a small sigh.
He took his hand out of his pocket, showing that he carried no weapons. “Okay, I won’t stop you. But I want to know, how sure are you of winning?”
Sheng Wu replied, “Thirty percent.”
“In other words, there is a 70% chance that my companion will die?”
“This is called a ‘glorious sacrifice’.”
“Perhaps I can assist you. Two people are stronger than one.”
Sheng Wu: “What you said makes sense but I’m worried that you’ll be parasitized. It’s troublesome enough dealing with the mother plant.”
The two stood facing each other, three meters apart. The atmosphere was silent and heavy.
Sheng Wu had considered using force to suppress him but the problem was if he only used his body’s own strength, he wasn’t sure he’d be able to defeat Si Chen. If this body is damaged, he won’t be able to find a new one anytime soon.
And using his spores to control the mycelium here to take out Si Chen would be a waste.
The more powerful the mycelium, the more difficult it is to subdue. After so many years, he could no longer produce so many spores.
Therefore, the best solution was to get Si Chen to realize the difficulties and withdraw on his own.
“The person you are parasitizing is my brother.” After being quiet for a long time, Si Chen clenched his fists. “My parents died from a high-dimensional invasion a long time ago. It was my brother who brought me up. He’s the only family I have left.”
His hands began to tremble and his voice sounded a little choked, “He was sending me to attend graduate school when we unexpectedly encountered a Space Fold on the way there. I hope you can leave my brother to me.”
He hasn’t done this kind of thing for a long time and he’d lost a bit of his acting finesse.
Fortunately, only his eyes were visible and even then, they were still hidden under the goggles.
He just needed to look like he was crying.
Dr. Sheng looked away. “I’m sorry.”
“Then can I hug him one last time?” Si Chen asked.
Sheng Wu was actually a little hesitant. But after thinking about it, he didn’t think Si Chen had the ability to kill him.
And so, he nodded reluctantly.
Si Chen stepped forward and opened his arms.
Sheng Wu thought he would get a hug, instead he got a strike to the head with a dagger.
Si Chen had used so much strength that if Shen Yanxing’s body hadn’t undergone evolution, his head would have been blown off.
With such a heavy blow, Sheng Wu lost consciousness immediately.
Shen Yanxing was most likely concussed.
Si Chen returned to the RV with the unconscious Shen Yanxing in tow. With his other hand, he carried along the mechanical arm that Shen Yanxing have saved bit by bit to afford.
Song Ziyu was startled to see Si Chen coming back with the unconscious Shen Yanxing. “What’s the matter with him?”
“He got parasitized by a high-dimensional creature.” Si Chen spoke quickly, “Do you have any anesthetics?”
Song Ziyu instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.
Being parasitized by a high-dimensional creature can be classified into many situations but the degree of danger is only lower than “being killed by a high-dimensional creature”.
He took out the anesthetic needle from the refrigerator. “It’s this one.”
Si Chen injected anesthetic into Shen Yanxing’s body.
The body twitched and began to roll its eyes. The red hyphae all over the body glowed like red-hot iron, sinking deeply into the flesh.
The Eternal Life Abyss drooled. “Mom, mushroom hot pot…”
The red hyphae looked unattractive but it had a strong mushroom aroma, like dried shiitake mushrooms.
Song Ziyu watched him pull out the needle and then asked, “What happened?”
Si Chen told him what had happened in the Life Research Institute, though he removed some things that Song Ziyu might not understand.
“If the mother plant is not eliminated, it will take half a year to get out of this Space Fold. It’s winter now and the mycelium has not started to reproduce yet. But it will definitely be spring in half a year. We can choose to hide in the underground storage room but food and water will be a problem.”
Evolutionaries can eat much less than normal people but they cannot forgo eating all together.
Si Chen has the Eternal Life Abyss so he can try eating the mycelium. But Song Ziyu can’t.
And Sheng Wu had already shown the consequences of eating unknown wild mushrooms.
Song Ziyu’s expression gradually turned solemn. “If I were the mother plant, I would definitely find a way to invade the low-dimensional worlds.”
Although there are already many kinds of aberrations and mutants in their world, at least they aren’t contagious.
But fungi are different. Once the spores explode, the wind will carry it to all parts of the world.
Ordinary people make up the majority of the population anywhere. They would be helpless against these fungi.
Si Chen: “Yes, that’s why I’m leaning towards finding the slime mold solution to kill the mycelium mother plant.”
Song Ziyu looked at the man tied into a knot and was a little puzzled, “Then why’d you give him anesthesia?”
Sheng Wu said that he wanted to find the slime mold solution, which meant he and Si Chen shared the same objective.
Si Chen replied expressionlessly, “Because he wouldn’t listen.”
He paused and added, “Besides, I can’t trust him yet. Essentially, he and those mycelium belong to the same group.”
Si Chen: he was a bad boy
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Si Yuan really just said mushroom hot pot! !!??
Si yuan is right, it’s about time for a mushroom hot pot.
Thanks for the translation!
Thanks for the chapter. I thought that Si Chen realized that Shen Yanxing was his adopted brother, but in the end it was just him being shameless.
What Si Chen meant by Dr. Sheng having a criminal record was that the snake he killed was his friend. It was mentioned before when Si Chen questioned Dr. Sheng’s story, and the other mentioned he was with a friend. The implication was that the “snake” he stoned to death was his friend. At least, that’s how I understood it.
Oooohhhh, that is so smart!