OBS Chapter 184: Mutation - Granary 29
Chapter 184: Mutation - Granary 29
She swallowed and asked, "Is it true that all the dead can be reborn in this way?"
If that is the case, then wouldn’t those who died before be resurrected again?
Shiitake nodded, "Yes, that's right. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to reproduce, and our number would decrease."
Anjiu felt something was wrong, but couldn't figure it out for a moment.
It was not until they ran past three or five humans who were running for their lives on foot that Anjiu realized, "No, the poisonous fog we experience every day, the shops that suddenly appear, the undrinkable dew after the poisonous fog... all take many lives, and you can't reproduce, so your numbers will indeed decrease!"
There were mutants piled up like a mountain in front of him blocking the way. Xianggu pressed his body down, and his limbs were tensed like springs. He jumped high into the air like a cannonball and landed steadily on the ground.
It looked back, and there seemed to be a layer of black light covering its eyes, revealing a hint of eerieness.
"We can't...but you can."
Anjiu's palms holding the bucket became wet. She did not move her eyes and kept staring at Xianggu.
"So, the primary ones die the fastest?"
"almost."
"So what level are you?"
"..." Xianggu thought for a long time before saying, "There is no level."
Anjiu thought she would say intermediate or advanced, but she didn't expect her to say no level.
How can this be.
Xianggu emphasized: "There is no level, I am the best."
Xianggu continued to run forward, as if to show his strength, and suddenly increased his speed to chase the mutant in front.
Anjiu had a thousand thoughts in his mind, so he had to sort them out slowly.
First of all, it was Shiitake that told her about this incident. The question is whether Shiitake experienced it himself or heard it from someone else?
Secondly, if the primary value of existence is to reproduce offspring, then what about mutants like mushrooms?
They must have value, but Shiitake is completely ignorant about this matter.
——What if it knew, but its memory was wiped?
Just like when the store first appeared, many mutants died in it, but Xianggu had no impression of it at all.
It even forgot how crazy it was to rush into the store.
Anjiu himself went into the hot pot restaurant when he was sober and had memories.
She kicked out a lot of people at that time. I wonder if they still have the impression of eating hotpot?
She didn't have time to verify this for the time being, so she could only put it aside for the time being.
Let’s continue with the assumption…
The purpose of the first shop that appears - Trapping Mutants - is unknown.
The second shop that appears - a place to trap primary babies - is tentatively designed to reproduce the next generation.
And there is an invisible manipulator behind this matter - the god mentioned by Xianggu.
When he first encountered the poisonous fog, Anjiu thought that the two sides were hostile.
But at this moment, the thought became blurred.
The gods also seem to be helping them to expand their race.
What is the purpose?
Anjiu looked at the mutated mushrooms and felt that the ultimate reason might lie with them.
She only concluded one thing: she must not be captured by the gods.
Seeing that she would be returning to the beehive and living a hard life with her grandmother in a few days, she just wanted to get home safely and didn't want to rush to where there was danger.
Anjiu lowered his body again, trying his best to follow the movement of Xianggu.
After all, the mutants' endurance is limited.
After running across an area and a half in one breath, their chests became deeply sunken and then bulged high, their steps became slower and slower, and their limbs were shaking.
Not to mention shiitake mushrooms.
Anjiu jumped down immediately and trotted after it.
If it was the speed that Shiitake Mushroom had before, she would definitely not be able to catch up, and now she was barely able to catch up with it.
It's just that the soil under my feet is too soft and it's difficult to exert force.
The mutants pulled over one after another, with their limbs spread out on both sides, looking extremely tired.
The mushroom finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground with a thud.
Its mouthparts actually flowed out of its throat, and it gasped with its eyes closed, and its skin looked a shade paler than before.
Anjiu touched its head. There was not a drop of sweat on it, but it was as hot as a stove.
In line with the principle of not wasting any resources, she placed the pot on top of the mushrooms, opened the lid of the bucket, and poured some water into it.
The water droplets at the bottom of the pot rolled down the mushroom's cheeks. It moved its mouthparts, unable to speak.
Anjiu understood what it meant.
"I know you're thirsty, but you can't drink after strenuous exercise. Don't waste your body temperature. When the water is warm, you can drink it."
The mushroom moved its mouthparts to express its protest.
"invalid."
While she was doing this, many mutants and latecomers from the village cast their eyes over to her.
Although Anjiu had a knife in his hand, he did not blindly think that he could fight ten people alone.
She endured her thirst and didn't drink the water, so that the other party couldn't tell whether the water was poisonous or not.
It will be almost safe once the mushrooms have recovered - if you can't beat them, you can't run away. At worst, the lid of the bucket will be opened and no one will be able to drink.
But Anjiu looked at his fellow villager who was not far away from him, hesitated for a while, and took out a palm-sized piece of leaf meat by reaching into his pocket and held it in his hand.
She moved a little closer, and stopped when the other party became alert.
"I have a question for you. If you answer truthfully, you will have this food."
The voice of Anjiu is not loud, ensuring that the other party can hear it.
The woman didn't want to pay attention to him, but she couldn't help but feel that An Jiu had food in his hands, which she couldn't ignore after being hungry for two days.
"Don't worry, it's not poisonous."
Anjiu took a bite of the leaf flesh, chewed it, swallowed it, and then opened his mouth to show her.
The woman licked her dry lips and uttered a word briefly in a frosted voice, "Ask."
"Do you remember the hot pot restaurant yesterday?"
An Jiu stared at her closely, not missing the doubts that flashed in her eyes. His heart sank as he heard her say, "What hot pot restaurant?! You've already asked, give me the food."
An Jiu asked: "You really don't remember?"
The woman looked strange, as if she had heard a fairy tale. "Did you get poisoned by eating something you shouldn't have? How could there be a hot pot restaurant here?"
"..."
Anjiu got the answer he wanted, threw the leaf meat over, and returned to the mushroom.
The woman took it steadily and looked at Anjiu hesitantly, obviously thinking that the strange words she had just heard might be related to this piece of food.
But she was so hungry that her stomach was sticking to her back, and she had been running for so long that not only did her tongue feel like sandpaper, but even her head felt dizzy when she sat. If she didn't eat, she was afraid she would faint.
She had no choice but to stuff the leaf flesh into her mouth. The abundant juice exploded in her mouth, and she didn't have time to swallow it, so it overflowed from the corners of her mouth.
Anjiu was also looking at her, his thoughts racing in his mind, but were immediately interrupted by the juice at the corner of her mouth.
mesophyll……
mesophyll?
An Jiu thought of something, his face turned ugly, he couldn't help but feel a chill, and his stomach began to churn...