Under the illumination of the lights inside the machine, the plants inside the glass cover emitted a dazzling golden glow.
This color was completely different from how plants looked before the apocalypse when they were fully matured and withered. Although they were both yellow, the fallen leaves of the pre-apocalyptic plants were a dull yellow, while the leaves of these plants were all gleaming with a golden color that could blind one’s eyes.
Wei Xuan frowned as he stood beside the cultivation machine, looking at the glossy leaves that sparkled whenever there was a bit of light. He pondered for a moment, then opened the cover and took out a fallen leaf with serrated edges, its edges shimmering with a captivating sheen.
These leaves would automatically detach from the plants once they reached a certain level of maturity. The fallen leaves were different from the ones still attached to the plants. They were generally stiff and rigid, and although they weren’t heavy, they felt like a piece of iron when tapped or touched.
As for the leaves that remained on the branches without falling, they carried a hint of green within the golden color, and their texture was more reminiscent of regular plant leaves.
“…Could these things be used as blades?” Wei Xuan had been observing them for several days since the first leaf had fallen on its own. Now, there were only a few leaves left, and after confirming that there shouldn’t be any major issues, Wei Xuan carefully took them out for closer inspection.
He had already found these leaves to be peculiar in their growth, and now, holding them in his hands and feeling the touch that was closely akin to metal, he felt even more like they had transcended the realm of plants.
After searching the room, Wei Xuan found a piece of wood that he had dismantled from one of the table legs in the kitchen. He placed the plant leaf against the side of the wood and made a cut using a sawing motion… A clear mark appeared on the wood, and it was deep.
With another forceful push, the mark deepened. After a few more attempts, the leaf was embedded in the wood…
“…What on earth have I grown here?” Wei Xuan held a piece of wood with a golden leaf deeply embedded in it, and there was a layer of fine sawdust scattered around his feet and on his pants.
Just as Wei Xuan involuntarily sighed in disbelief, Du Hang, who had been obediently following him, seemed to think that he was in some sort of trouble. He looked at Wei Xuan, then at the wooden block in his hand with the leaf embedded in it. He raised his hand and grasped the leaf between his fingers, pulling it out.
With a snap, the wooden block broke into two pieces, and the golden leaf was held between Du Hang’s two fingers.
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But unexpectedly, Du Hang easily broke the wooden block with just the strength of his two fingers, and the leaf itself wasn’t broken along with it. So, did Du Hang’s control over his strength increase? Or is it because this thing has good flexibility?
Therefore, Wei Xuan immediately had Du Hang try to bend this thing.
After several experiments, the leaf demonstrated good toughness. Although it would eventually snap when completely bent by Du Hang, before that point, as soon as he released it, the leaf would immediately spring back and restore its original shape.
“…So, these leaves without serrated edges and with sufficient length might be usable as bowstrings or slingshots.” After confirming the nature of this thing, Wei Xuan’s mind immediately started to imagine various possibilities.
“Even these leaves, besides being used as saw blades… maybe they can be used as throwing knives, like Xiao Li Fei Dao? Wait, aren’t their other shapes of leaves!”
Wei Xuan’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately ran back to the living room to carefully observe the other plants.
In addition to these lettuce-like plants that had turned into natural saw blades, most of the other green leafy plants had become similar, with only slight variations in length and width. Among them, celery had the most distinct difference in appearance from other plants.
After Wei Xuan grew celery, instead of growing leaves, it grew long and sharp stems that resembled steel nails. Initially, Wei Xuan thought they were the plant’s stems. However, now, as the leaves of all the plants began to fall one by one, these nail-like structures also detached from the outside inward, just like leaves.
What Wei Xuan was holding now was one of these “steel nails.” He weighed it in his hand and found it to be very light. When he lightly flicked it with his nail, it made a crisp metallic sound. Looking at the cross-section from the bottom, Wei Xuan discovered that this thing was hollow!
“This isn’t a steel nail, it’s a steel needle! Such thin steel tubes… they should work well as hidden weapons!” Wei Xuan tested the flexibility of the “steel needle” and found it to be similar to the previous leaves. He looked around the room, grabbed Du Hang, and walked out of the house into the adjacent room. He then threw the “steel needle” towards the wooden door of that bedroom.
The steel needle penetrated the door with great force, proving that Wei Xuan truly possessed powers beyond his pre-apocalyptic self. Moreover, the quality of the “steel needle” was indeed impressive.
Feeling elated, Wei Xuan took a few steps forward and struggled a bit to pull the steel needle out. He handed it to Du Hang, gesturing for him to imitate his earlier action of throwing the steel needle.
Du Hang looked at the steel needle, then at Wei Xuan, and back at the door.
He raised his hand, the steel needle struck exactly where Wei Xuan had hit before. However, this time, instead of making a “thud” sound, it made a “shhh” sound and pierced through the door, completely passing through!
Wei Xuan was dumbfounded for a moment, then heard a sound coming from somewhere in the room. He immediately opened the door and rushed in, only to find that the steel needle, after piercing through the door, didn’t lose its momentum and had gone straight into the wall, piercing through a steel bar embedded in the wall!
Taking a deep breath, Wei Xuan looked at Du Hang with a twisted expression, his mouth twitched.
Perhaps Du Hang thought he had done something deserving of praise, so Wei Xuan willingly turned towards him, and Du Hang naturally bent down and kissed him.
Wei Xuan closed his eyes, not savoring any warmth this time, but relying on luck, this experiment once again proved that he was just an ordinary person, different from these people with zombie-like constitutions!
“There was a massive explosion at the military base, and no team can approach the area to investigate the specific situation. There were a total of six teams involved in the recapture operation of Base 5, including the forces from twenty-one bases. Only the forces dispatched from Base 7 and Base 13 were attacked, and our base suffered the most severe losses!”
In the meeting room of the base, the commander looked around the room with a gloomy expression, his gaze cold and filled with deep murderous intent.
The people in the room remained silent for a long time, a cloud of gloom hanging over everyone’s hearts.
Suddenly, the commander slammed the table with his hand. “I don’t believe this incident is a mere coincidence. There are no such coincidences in the world!”
He stood up abruptly, and the chair behind him scraped the floor with a grating sound. “Why are the other bases fine, but our forces were almost completely wiped out? Even the survivors are mostly injured soldiers! Why is it that when we sent reinforcements afterward, we couldn’t even find a single zombie in that area?! And those traps, the way the zombies fought, it was someone commanding them! This can’t possibly be a simple zombie attack!”
“Look at Base 13—they also encountered a group of mutated zombies, but what happened? Nearly seventy percent of them escaped! Many of them are barely injured, unlike our teams! Almost all of them were wiped out!”
As if a tiger, after pacing around the head of the long table, the commander waved his hand at the people below. “Investigate! I want to know what information we overlooked before this operation! Are there any bases with objections to our participation in this operation? And within the teams… no, within the base, has anyone leaked information?”
Everyone lowered their heads in silence, only leaving the room after the commander’s venting-like orders, discussing the mission with their trusted aides and expressing their opinions.
“The commander is furious.” A man in a military uniform wearing thick glasses whispered to his subordinate with a sneer.
“What do you mean?” The subordinate asked anxiously, seeking guidance from his superior.
“Hmph, we had radio and satellite communication with so many bases before this mission. It was crystal clear when each base would act and when they would rendezvous with other teams. If any other base wanted to plot against us, it wouldn’t be difficult. Investigating for moles? Even without planting any moles, others can still find out.”
The subordinate’s face brightened with realization, then quickly asked in a low voice, “Are you saying that the other bases—”
The man with glasses shook his head. “I don’t know. Logically speaking, this situation doesn’t benefit any other base! And that explosion, didn’t the experts make rough calculations? They said the intensity and scope of the explosion were likely caused by the detonation of all the explosives in the military base. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have such a tremendous impact.”
If any base wanted to monopolize that batch of weapons, how could they orchestrate such a massive explosion? Moreover, in recent days, every base sent helicopters to investigate the situation. Just the day before, that base was teeming with zombies. If someone had tampered with it, who could escape the notice of the zombies?
Unless… that explosion was truly accidental.
But if the explosion at the military base was accidental, how could the ambush at Base 7 possibly be accidental?
Yay, weapons! No more tearing down windows to fight 🎉😂
Thank you for the update!
I can’t imagine those plants
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Plant knives, swords and throwing stars… hopefully they play nice if they gain sentience! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌱👀
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the update. This is my first comment on this novel. I’m so glad I read this. 😊
My theory was close enough lmao—
No plant children defending Wei Xuan, but leaf weapons are good enough lol