Apocalypse: I rescued the big boss with millions of supplies

Chapter Nineteen: Taming the Mutant Rose

“Found it,” Qiu Ling raised her right hand and pointed to the right front, “Over there, about 800 meters away.”

Long Yangyang grabbed Fu Muyu's arm, activated her superpower, and teleported over.

Looking at the bright red rose that was over five meters tall in front of her, Long Yangyang didn't hesitate and launched a spatial blade attack.

The spatial blade sliced ​​a shallow, one-meter-long gash across the rose vine.

Instantly, a rich fragrance filled Long Yangyang's mouth and nose. The tall, eerie red roses were no longer before her eyes, but instead, blue sky and white clouds. She was lying on a beach chair by the sea, comfortably drinking watermelon juice.

A gentle breeze brushed past my ears, it was incredibly pleasant.

When Fu Muyu saw that the rose vines were about to wrap around Long Yangyang's body, but she was in a daze and even had a comfortable expression on her face, he knew that Long Yangyang had been tricked.

"boom--"

Just as the rose vines were about to entangle Long Yangyang, a thick ice wall blocked her way. The rose vines crashed into the ice wall, felt the icy chill, and instantly retreated.

【Yangyang, wake up! What you're seeing is an illusion. Don't be fooled.】

Xiao Fei quickly reminded Long Yangyang in her mind, trying to wake her up.

Xiao Fei and Long Yangyang were connected by consciousness. Upon hearing Xiao Fei's voice, Long Yangyang instantly realized that she was fighting with the mutated rose.

Realizing she was hallucinating, Long Yangyang instantly snapped back to reality. Looking at the ice wall in front of her, she knew that Fu Muyu had saved her.

Damn it, I almost became fertilizer for the mutated roses.

Long Yangyang teleported to the mutated rose, took out a flamethrower she had collected from the armory, and fired two shots at the rose's flowers and vines.

The giant rose was instantly ignited. The mutated rose had no fire-resistant abilities, and seeing that the flames could not be extinguished, it hurriedly summoned its minions to put out the fire.

The remaining mutated roses that hadn't been burned to ashes rushed towards the burning mutated roses one after another.

Like moths to a flame, they come and burn every single one.

Seeing the fire growing larger, Fu Muyu, carrying Qiu Ling on his back, quickly ran to Long Yangyang's side: "Get out of here quickly, the fire is getting bigger and bigger."

Long Yangyang nodded and teleported away with the two of them.

Fu Muyu watched the giant burning rose from afar and, to prevent the fire from spreading, immediately surrounded it with an ice wall.

After an unknown amount of time, when the flames had burned out and there was no more thick black smoke in the wind, Fu Muyu finally removed the ice wall.

Only then did Long Yangyang remember the purpose of her visit to the rose garden: "My mutated rose."

Long Yangyang approached the location of the mutated rose before it was burned to death. The mutated rose was already at level three and had a certain level of intelligence. Although the flames burned most of its body, given the tenacious vitality of mutated plants, it would not be stupid enough to burn itself to death.

When forced to do so, it will sever its own vines, leaving only the supernatural crystal core and a section of root. Once it has absorbed enough nutrients, it can make a comeback.

The roots of the mutated rose were buried underground, and the flames may not have completely burned them.

Sure enough, following her memory, she arrived at the location of the mutated rose. Looking at Qiu Ling's innocent face, Long Yangyang asked, "How is it? Can you sense the energy of the mutated rose?"

Qiu Ling nodded and pointed to the location on the ground: "It's down there, about a hundred meters away."

"Buried really deep," Long Yangyang exclaimed. "As long as the green hills remain, there's no fear of running out of firewood."

"Quick, help me dig out the mutated rose."

The three of them dug underground for quite a while before they finally found the root of the mutated rose. It really was just the root, about the size of a washbasin, with some tender shoots that had already sprouted on it.

Looking at this tiny sprout, it's impossible to connect it with the nearly 100-acre rose garden from before.

"Be careful not to dig out the crystal core, or this supernatural plant will die," Long Yangyang warned, as this was the weapon she had her eye on.

With Long Yangyang's repeated instructions, Fu Muyu and Qiu Ling were even more careful, slowly digging out the roots, afraid of digging out the superpower crystal core.

Because that thing is the core of the supernatural plant, once it's extracted, the mutated rose is essentially dead and cannot be subdued by supernatural beings.

There must be some plant roots involved.

Seeing the dying mutated rose before her, Long Yangyang quickly circulated her spiritual power and imprinted her mark on the mutated rose's crystal core.

After contracting with the mutated rose, Long Yangyang's wood-type ability instantly upgraded, making her a level two ability user.

Long Yangyang held the root of the mutated rose and channeled her wood-type power into it. The mutated rose, which was originally a tender bud, instantly grew into a rose bracelet that wrapped around Long Yangyang's right wrist.

"Finally leveled up," Long Yangyang said happily, her lips curving into a smile. "Brother Fu, my wood-type ability has reached level two, and I can finally purify zombie crystal cores."

"Purification Crystal Core?"

“Yes,” Long Yangyang nodded, took out a primary crystal core from her spatial storage, and explained, “There is some black substance inside the crystal core. I noticed it as soon as I got the crystal core.”

Then, Long Yangyang used her wood-type ability on the crystal core, and the originally dim white crystal core instantly became crystal clear, faintly emitting a bright white light.

"Really, Sister Long, the crystal core has become brighter." Qiu Ling looked curiously at the crystal core in Long Yangyang's hand.

Long Yangyang tried to absorb the energy from the crystal core. Soon, the bright white crystal core gradually became transparent and finally disappeared.

"The energy from a basic crystal core is just a drop in the ocean when it comes to improving one's abilities," Long Yangyang said. After all, she was already a level two ability user. The energy from the basic crystal core was quite useful for replenishing her abilities, but for upgrading, Long Yangyang felt that she still needed a lot more.

Afterwards, Long Yangyang purified two more primary crystal cores for Fu Muyu and Qiu Ling. Fu Muyu did not feel anything after absorbing the energy.

On the contrary, Qiu Ling clearly felt the increase in her superpowers.

"I think that if I absorb some more crystal cores, my superpower will be upgraded."

Fu Muyu thought for a moment, then his deep gaze fell on Long Yangyang: "Yangyang, get some more crystal cores for purification, and see how many crystal cores are needed to upgrade from the initial stage to the first stage."

Long Yangyang nodded.

As Long Yangyang gave the purified crystal cores to Qiu Ling, she observed his changes. Finally, after Qiu Ling absorbed ten primary crystal cores, his superpower was upgraded to level one.

“Ten,” Long Yangyang said.

Neither she nor Fu Muyu improved their abilities by absorbing crystal cores. The book only briefly mentioned absorbing crystal cores for upgrading, without specifying how many were needed.

Long Yangyang wasn't sure whether everyone needed ten beginner crystal cores to advance from beginner to level one, or whether it varied from person to person.

"Thank you, Sister Long and Brother Fu. I will work hard to fight zombies and return the crystal core to you."

Fu Muyu nodded in satisfaction upon hearing Qiu Ling's words: "Not bad."