Uma Musume, from entry level to basement

Because compared to sunflowers, Epiphyllum is really difficult to grow, especially after its growth accelerates, there is almost no moment of peace, and various needs emerge one after another.

Therefore, Tang Han's tasks were very heavy and he had no time to rest, let alone to find food on his own initiative.

Because Tang Han's doctoral gown covered his entire body, he had to raise his head when eating and pour the food all at once, which was quite inconvenient.

As a result, even if the East Sea Emperor and the others wanted to feed Tang Han food, they couldn't do it unless Tang Han took off his hood...

"How about taking off your hood, Trena, and I'll feed you?" the Emperor of the East Sea suggested.

"No." Tang Han immediately refused.

Tang Han thought that it would take three days for a person to recover after not eating or drinking, so he planned to drink energy supplements later to make up for the loss during this period.

The gas tank next to him originally wanted to do the same as Tang Han, not eating or drinking, and concentrate on work, but Tang Han

"I also need you to understand the condition of Epiphyllum. If you are hungry, it will affect my judgment."

was rejected for the reasons given.

"......" Feeling Tang Han's increasingly weak spirit, her heart seemed to be pierced by something, and she felt a dull pain.

Qi Cao hesitated for a long time, and finally suggested:

"Let's give up..." Qi Cao's voice was trembling.

Although she really wanted to plant an Epiphyllum herself and see it bloom with her own eyes, if fulfilling her wish required others to suffer, she would rather never achieve this goal herself...

In order to realize his wish, Tang Hantrena has been working for 24 hours straight, enduring hunger and fatigue...

Working for 24 hours straight was torture enough, not to mention that Tang Hantrena hadn't had a drop of water for 24 hours. He also had to concentrate constantly to observe her micro-expressions and then correctly judge the state of the night-blooming cereus...

Therefore, she doesn't want to hurt others at all...

"Tang Hantelena, I don't want to grow Epiphyllum anymore..." When Qi Cao said this, her whole body went limp, as if saying this had taken up all her courage and strength.

"Let's just end it like this... Don't go on any further..."

Qi Cao closed her eyes and stopped observing the Epiphyllum. It was obvious that in her heart, she had already given up this mission.

Because Qi Cao had lost her perseverance, fatigue suddenly surged into her heart like a wave, engulfing her consciousness and gradually dragging her into the darkness.

But just when the consciousness of the Qi tank was about to dissipate...

"I don't agree!" Tang Han roared, and forcibly pulled Qi Cassia's consciousness back from the darkness.

"?!" The roar frightened Qi Cao so much that his tail instantly stood up and his fur exploded.

She opened her eyes and looked at Tang Han in confusion.

Qi Cao didn't understand. She didn't understand why even she, the one who wanted her wish to come true the most, said she would give up. Why didn't Tang Han, who didn't have the same wish as her and was just there to help her along the way, agree to give up?

As a result, when Qi Cao's eyes met Tang Han, she suddenly found that although Tang Han was really exhausted as she expected, for some reason his eyes were still firm, and he was staring at her as closely as before.

No, it should be said that Tang Han’s gaze never left the Qi Tank!

So Tang Han actually knew exactly what Qicao was thinking right now!

Want to give up because you see him suffering? Tang Han would never agree with this reason.

"Hehe~" Tang Han chuckled, trying to appear less tired, and then said to the gas tank:

"Qi Cao, you must have misunderstood me. I'm very energetic right now. I'm not as tired as you think..."

"But..." Qicao hesitated to speak.

In fact, she had already seen through Tang Han's eyes that Tang Han was lying.

Tang Han Traina was obviously very tired, so why did he pretend to be energetic in front of her...

However, although Tang Hantelena was lying, his eyes were extremely firm, and the words that Qi Cao wanted to expose his lies were stuck in his throat and could not be uttered.

"No need to say more!" Tang Han saw that Qicao seemed to be hesitant to speak, and without giving her a chance to speak, he stretched out his hand to block her mouth and continued:

"The road to fulfilling one's dreams will inevitably be filled with obstacles, pain, and lies. Sometimes, one must give up certain things. This is inevitable..."

"But no matter what, it's not time to give up yet..."

"You shouldn't think that if even you, the one who wanted your wish to come true the most, gave up, then I, a guy who joined in midway, should also give up..."

“Instead, you should think…”

"Even those of us who have supported you along the way haven't given up. As the protagonist chasing your dream, how can you give up so easily?"

"!" Tang Han's words shocked her and opened a new door for her.

A more positive way of looking at the world than before:

It’s not about thinking that your negative emotions will affect other people’s emotions and hold them back, but about gaining positive emotions from other people’s emotions that can promote your own progress!

Tang Han saw that Qicao understood what he meant, so he nodded with satisfaction and let go of Qicao's mouth.

"Actually, you don't need to think so much right now. You just need to know one thing, which is..."

Tang Han confidently covered his chest and said firmly:

"Believe me!"

Thirty-five hours later...

"Ah..." Tang Han lay on the ground powerlessly, like a dead toad.

At this time, Tang Han was so hungry that he felt dizzy and his stomach was extremely uncomfortable, as if there was a blazing fire constantly burning his stomach wall; or maybe a wall mantis had sneaked into his stomach and was frantically gnawing at his flesh and blood.

"Ah... one more hour... one more hour until I can drink the energy potion..."

Tang Han murmured and lay on the ground, trying to relieve the pain in his abdomen.

His weak hands, barely able to hold anything steady, continued to mix the potion...

"Hold on for another hour... hold on..." Tang Han kept brainwashing himself, suppressing the strong desire to sleep and drink the energy potion right away.

"Come on! Come on!" Rudolph squatted beside Tang Han, gently stroking his back and encouraging Tang Han.

The Emperor of the East China Sea went to sleep first, and after he had a good rest, he took over the symbolic rotation with Rudolph.

"Gu..." At this time, Qicao also covered his head with both hands, his eyelids were twitching wildly, fighting against sleepiness.

Although I feel physically more tired than I was more than ten hours ago, my faith is stronger than before!

Because Tang Hantelena said that all she had to think about was one thing, and that was to believe him!

Qicao has truly received this belief.

So no matter how exhausted she is or how much she wants to give up, she will hold on.

After all, friends like Tang Hantrena, President Rudolph, and Donghai Emperor who came to help her didn't give up. As someone chasing her dreams, how could she give up?!

Thirty-six hours later...

Seeing that the time had finally come, the weak Tang Han tremblingly picked up the energy potion beside him, raised his head, and drank it all in one breath.

"Tons, tons, tons——"

After the energy drink entered his stomach, Tang Han instantly felt that all the discomfort in his body was relieved a lot. Although the pain was not completely eliminated, he felt much more comfortable than before!

Tang Han got up from the ground and felt that his energy had become extremely abundant! His strength had also increased a lot!

He even had the illusion that even if he was facing a horse girl whose physical fitness was several times better than his, he could easily defeat the opponent!

Now Tang Han finally understood firsthand why those trainers were able to jump for three days and three nights after being fed energy potions by his horse girl.

This feeling of being able to defeat everything, even if I fight with Ma Musume for ten days and ten nights! It feels no problem!

"Gurgle Gurgle——" The energy tank also drank her energy potion and instantly recovered its full strength.

The next period of time was much easier than before.

With the unlimited energy provided by the energy potion, Tang Han and Qi Cao's spirits have been in an extremely excited state and they don't feel tired at all.

Forty-eight hours!

Fifty-four hours!

Sixty hours!

Seventy-two hours!

Finally, after three days and three nights of uninterrupted care from Tang Han and Qi Cao...

The buds of this night-blooming cereus, which had been silent for a long time, finally bloomed!

193. The flower language of Epiphyllum is: a moment of beauty

In the center of this lightless hut, the night-blooming cereus finally absorbed enough energy. After a slight tremor, the buds on its stems and leaves slowly bloomed.

The white petals emit a faint light, as holy and beautiful as moonlight, dispelling the darkness around them.

The yellow core in the center of the flower is like a king on the throne, surrounded by white knights, and reflected in everyone's pupils.

"Wow~" Rudolph the Symbol and the Emperor of the East China Sea exclaimed.

"Tang Hantelena, look! The flowers are blooming!" Qicao said excitedly, staring at the unparalleled beauty brought by the blooming Epiphyllum in front of him.

She reached out and shook Tang Han's shoulder, wanting to share this rare and amazing sight with Tang Han.

However, what Qicao didn't expect was that not only did Tang Han not respond at all, but because of her shaking, Tang Han fell backwards to the ground like a tree with its trunk cut off.

"Trena!"

"cold!"

"Tang Han, Traina?" Qi Cao looked at Tang Han who fell to the ground, his pupils shaking violently.

The hand she had just placed on Tang Han's shoulder was still suspended in mid-air, and she was at a loss.

Wasn't Tang Hantelena fine just now? Why did he collapse after the night-blooming cereus bloomed?

"Han?" Rudolph quickly came to Tang Han and checked his condition.

The result was an unexpected conclusion.

"He...fell asleep..."

"Asleep?" Qi Cao became even more confused after hearing the test results symbolized by Rudolph.

Isn't it impossible for Tang Han Traina to fall asleep just like her, having drunk an energy potion that keeps her physically and mentally strong?

How come she is still very energetic and feels like she can hold on for more than an hour, but Tang Hantelena, who drank the same amount of energy drink as her, fell down first?

Qi Cao was confused, so he picked up the empty bottle he had left over and Tang Han's empty bottle, and then observed and compared them.

As a result, the gas tank found the problem from the two empty bottles that looked exactly the same.

"This is it!" Qi Cao discovered that the bottom of Tang Han's empty bottle was actually several millimeters higher than his own!

In other words, when Tang Hantrena divided the energy potion into two bottles, his portion was less than the portion in the gas tank!

"How could this be..." Qicao felt his head buzzing as he looked at the two empty bottles in his hand that looked the same but had completely different capacities.

So did Tang Han Traina take the wrong bottle?

No! With Tang Hantrena's incredible observation ability, which allowed him to guess her intentions through her micro-expressions and instantly identify the types of potions, Qi Cao felt that he would never make such a low-level mistake.

The only possibility is that Tang Hantelena did it on purpose!

"So why is that?" Qi Cao covered his head, trying to understand the meaning of Tang Han's deliberate actions.

The two bottles have different capacities, so after dividing the energy potion in half, the amount she and Tang Han drink will be different.

This will result in the energy tank lasting longer than thirty-six hours after drinking more energy potions, while Tang Han, who drank less, will not be able to last that long.

"That is to say!" Qi Cao looked at Tang Han, who was now lying motionless on the ground, in shock, his lips trembling slightly.

Tang Han was so tired! In fact, the effect of the energy potion had long since disappeared! He had been able to hold on until the Epiphyllum bloomed entirely due to his own willpower!

And the reason why Tang Hantrena would rather endure the intense fatigue after the effect of the energy potion wore off and force herself to stay awake to do the work of mixing the reagents was to let her drink more...

This is so that when the night-blooming cereus blooms, she will have enough time to witness the entire process of its blooming with her own eyes!

Qi Cao finally understood why Tang Han fell down the day the Epiphyllum bloomed.

Because Tang Han had long since burned out, leaving only white ash...

“…”

The night-blooming cereus in the center of the room was so beautiful, like a shining pearl in the darkness, it caught the attention of all the travelers around it...