A cute, timid mushroom mistakenly takes the zombie king for her boyfriend and sticks close to him.

Pei Sinian has become quite capable; he even dares to knock mushrooms on the head now. These mushrooms are not the same as they used to be.

In the past, if Mushroom tapped her twice, she would be so aggrieved that she wouldn't dare to say a word and would just run away from home in a cowardly manner. Now, if Mushroom doesn't tap her, she will try all sorts of tricks to extort money.

So, her eyes darted around, and she opened her mouth to howl.

Pei Sinian: "The child is watching."

"..." Oh, right now the mushroom is still a little zombie's mother, so it needs to set a good example.

She swallowed the words she was about to say, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know, it appeared by itself..."

Meng Xiaoyou wasn't lying; her true form had indeed only appeared suddenly this time.

She had never noticed it before, and that door would require her a lot of effort to unravel its secrets. What if, what if all the little light bulbs on that door lit up, she could return to the plant world?

Of course, all of this is just the timid mushroom's guess; she hasn't determined the conditions for the light to turn green yet.

Just as the timid mushroom was pondering, she suddenly heard the man say coldly, "Since we don't know when it appeared, let's just throw it away."

mushroom:"???"

She stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Lost?"

She's so small, weak in attack, has no ability to protect herself, and her body is so pitiful, helpless, and still asleep. You're just going to throw her away like that?

Under the watchful gaze of the mushroom's large eyes, the man did not compromise and remained calm. "We can't accept things that appear out of nowhere. Besides, purple mushrooms are rare, they're poisonous and can't be eaten."

Meng Xiaoyou: "!"

That's going too far. Not only did they call her poisonous, but they also complained that she couldn't eat it.

Why can't I eat it?

Pei Sinian didn't see that even an old, toothless zombie could eat with relish, sucking all its brains out, so why couldn't he eat it!

The mushroom protested, "It's edible!"

Even if the King of Heaven himself came today, I'd still eat the purple mushrooms!

She suddenly perked up excitedly, making the man's eyelids twitch, and he pressed her back down.

"You're injured, don't move around!"

"You're about to throw my mushroom, and you won't let me get excited?" Meng Xiaoyou's originally fair face puffed up like a mushroom opening its umbrella in anger, looking unhappy. Finally, she simply pushed him away, "Don't hug me."

The kind that is angry and can't be appeased.

Mr. Zombie never expected that the purple mushroom was more important to Meng Xiaoyou than he was. His eyes darkened for a few seconds, but when he looked up again, they were still a light gray, without any gloom.

"Fine, keep it if you like, but don't forget there are still many white mushrooms waiting for you to come back to the manor."

Don't be fooled by the wild mushrooms by the roadside; the white mushrooms are the ones they all "nurtured".

"of course not."

Pei Sinian compromised, saying, "Give me these mushrooms too, I'll raise them for you."

"No!"

"..."

The little boat of love capsized so easily. Pei Sinian told himself not to be petty. What could this silly girl have done wrong? It was all the mushroom's fault. Sooner or later, he'd go into his space and dig up the wild mushroom...

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After washing up using her water-based superpowers, Meng Xiaoyou was once again a clean and tidy little sullen girl.

The toxins on her legs were still spreading, and had already reached her knees, so even if she didn't want Pei Sinian to carry her, she couldn't leave him.

Mushroom was very dissatisfied with this, but then she thought that Pei Sinian didn't really have any bad intentions. She couldn't be too harsh on him, so Mushroom reluctantly coaxed herself for a few minutes and stopped resisting his touch. Lying in his arms felt more comfortable than before.

She poked his muscle. "It seems to have some elasticity now."

Mr. Zombie, expressionless, gripped her restless little hand and shoved the flashlight into it: "Don't move, I'll take you to find the mutated plant itself."

"Did you find it?"

Wow, that's amazing! She and a group of zombies searched for a long time but couldn't find any plants.

"Hmm." The man nodded lightly, showing no arrogance or impatience at the little fool's adoring expression. His face betrayed no emotion, only his heart, hidden beneath his skin, pounded with pleasure.

Led by Pei Sinian and Meng Xiaoyou, the zombies entrenched here followed behind them in search of mutated plants. Meng Xiaoyou also made sure to call out to a silent little zombie so it wouldn't fall behind, and if necessary, she could carry it.

The little zombie didn't say a word, and Baozi's face showed a hint of something he wanted to say, but in the end he glanced at Pei Sinian and said nothing.

The flashlight beam flickered, its battery nearly depleted. Pei Sinian told Meng Xiaoyou to turn it off and then groped his way down the remaining path, arriving at the spot where he had previously encountered the mutated vines, and continued downwards.

It was pitch black all around. Meng Xiaoyou nervously clutched at Pei Sinian's shirt, the fabric crumpled from her kneading, trying to muster some courage.

Because she couldn't see and could only hear footsteps, she felt very insecure. Her mind raced like a radar, and she would tense up every now and then, afraid that a monster would suddenly appear, or asking Pei Sinian where he was.

Pei Sinian answered patiently, his unique voice providing Meng Xiaoyou with a strong sense of security in the narrow, dimly lit space.

She nestled in his arms, blinking her eyes, knowing she couldn't see, yet still gazing at his face, trying to trace his features in the darkness...

Rumbling--

After an unknown amount of time, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from underground, and the tunnel, which had calmed down, shook again. Pale blue ice walls instantly rose out of thin air, supporting the area and blocking the falling dirt. The zombies behind them were not so lucky; they were covered in dirt and were knocked off their feet by clods of earth.

The little zombie quickly dodged under the protection of the ice wall. Pei Sinian pretended not to see it. After all, he called him "Dad," so he couldn't just be buried in the ground. Otherwise, the little fool would feel sorry for him.

Sure enough, Meng Xiaoyou's face turned deathly pale. She turned on the flashlight to check on her adopted son, and only after confirming that nothing had happened did she breathe a sigh of relief. "Shall we go check?"

As for the zombies behind them, Mushroom didn't care. They were just casual acquaintances, and if he hadn't been able to awaken their consciousness, they would have been devoured long ago. He didn't have much affection for them at all.

"Ah."

The loud noise just now was exactly in the direction they wanted to go.

Pei Sinian simply went in that direction.

Meanwhile, in the widest part of the underground, a fierce battle had just taken place.

"What the hell? Are you out of your mind? Lighting a grenade in a place like this? You don't want to live, but I do!" Wang Gang roared angrily as he crawled out of the pile of dirt.

The person he had scolded was humiliated and said, "I...I just couldn't hold back."

This place formed a unique world, and standing before them was a giant tree bleeding profusely.

Its leaves are heart-shaped, dark green with reddish-brown tinges, and its green skin has an eerie fluorescent glow.

The tree grew underground, eerily difficult to discern in the darkness. Not to mention, it resembled a spider, with its roots densely covered in brownish-green vines and countless red barbs that were a startling sight.

Not to mention the base of the tree, where many vines formed bulges, creating cocoons from which bones could be heard creaking. Just now, when they threw a grenade, it only managed to break one of the cocoons.

The humans inside were revealed.

In the corner, Su Lanyue, who was slumped over, was already dumbfounded. She covered her face and sobbed uncontrollably, "Xiao Yuan..."

She disliked Xiao Yuan, but that didn't mean she could stand by and watch him die.