From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 150 - 141: She Will Always Be the Sharpest Blade in the World

Chapter 150: Chapter 141: She Will Always Be the Sharpest Blade in the World

Across the dining table, their eyes met.

Gu Xi frowned slightly. She found Ye Junhan a strange man. He clearly had a cold and reserved personality, yet the aura he projected was overwhelming—sharp and biting, just like the Xidao at his waist.

—Though its edge was often hidden quietly in its sheath, its chilling presence was impossible to ignore.

It was a strange sort of contradiction.

But Gu Xi wasn’t one to pry into other people’s secrets.

"So, Mr. Ye, you came here today to...?" she asked.

Ye Junhan stared at her for a moment, then abruptly stood up.

As they passed each other, he paused and said suddenly, "The Thunder Ability User Union is on the 25th floor."

He paused, then added in a low voice, "They have walnut crisps there."

’The 25th floor? Walnut crisps?’

Gu Xi froze. When she looked up, she saw his retreating figure striding out of the dining hall.

She lowered her gaze. ’What is Ye Junhan trying to tell me?’

She sat for a while longer before getting up to leave.

’At this point, Ye Xin and the old woman should have finished their discussion, with that girl Ye Nan acting as the go-between, right?’

...

37th Floor.

The moment Gu Xi stepped out of the elevator, she saw Zhao Kun waiting off to the side. He hurried over to greet her.

"Miss Gu, the president is waiting for you in her office."

Gu Xi nodded.

When she returned to Chen Lu’s office, Ye Nan was, as expected, already gone.

The silver-haired old woman sat behind a large desk. She nodded at Gu Xi with a kind and amiable expression. "Xiaoxi, sit."

"Have you been to the 36th floor? What did you think?" she asked, getting straight to the point without any sense of unfamiliarity.

Gu Xi’s gaze swept over the pot of a succulent-like plant on the desk. "Why are you doing this?"

The old woman smiled, her eyes also falling on the green plant before her, a nostalgic look in them. ’Back then, she and her sister had poured everything they had into forging Gu Xi into the base’s human weapon.’

’During that time, they weren’t without their critics.’

’But later, facts proved that their methods were correct. Gu Xi had slain the Zombie Emperor, ended the darkest period of the apocalypse, and made an unparalleled contribution toward re-establishing order and allowing humanity to return home.’

’They just never expected that after all that, Gu Xi would suddenly disappear.’

’Without the deterrent of absolute military power, the Abnormal Ability Research Institute’s position in the base became increasingly awkward.’

’They even began to lose their say in the base’s decision-making.’

’With no other choice, the two sisters had to restart the G01 Project.’

’Who would have thought that in the end, someone else would reap the rewards?’

’Fortunately, Gu Xi was back now... and a counterfeit could only ever be a counterfeit. How could it possibly compare to the real thing?’

"Xiaoxi." She looked up at the girl across from her and, instead of answering, asked a question of her own. "The apocalypse descended suddenly all those years ago, but you weren’t the only apocalypse baby born that day. Do you know why my sister and I chose you, and only you?"

This question had once troubled Gu Xi for a long time when she was young.

But now, it was meaningless to her.

"Where is Qin Yi?" she asked calmly, a small green sprout silently materializing at her fingertips.

Gu Xi looked up, her expression serious. "As you know, I’ve always been very protective of my own."

The old woman, acting as if she hadn’t heard the threat, asked with a smile, "Xiaoxi, I intend to put you in charge of the 36th floor. What do you think?"

’So she’s determined to use the Qin sisters to threaten me?’

Gu Xi smiled.

However, the next second, two long vines shot out from the succulent-like plant on the desk, instantly wrapping around the old woman’s neck in a stranglehold.

The old woman’s expression remained unchanged, however. She simply continued to smile at Gu Xi. "Xiaoxi, I recall teaching you once that good children should have manners."

She raised a hand and gestured toward the vines wrapped around her own neck. "Using my plant to do this to me... is that polite?"

Gu Xi looked at her, her expression calm and serious. "But Li Ming also taught me when I was little that since we’re all on the same side, there’s no need to be so polite..."

"Or do you believe we’re not on the same side?" she retorted.

The old woman faltered for a second, then suddenly laughed again.

After a long moment, she sighed. "Xiaoxi, you haven’t changed one bit. Don’t worry, your friend is fine."

Gu Xi poked the little green sprout, just as the old woman’s tone suddenly turned serious. "Back then, although I was the one who formulated the G01 Project, what happened to you had nothing to do with me."

Gu Xi suddenly felt a surge of annoyance.

’Why does every single one of them claim that what happened back then had nothing to do with them?’

’Li Ming, Ye Xin, Dr. Qi, and now Chen in front of her... all of them were acting as if she’d come back solely for bloody revenge.’

’But that wasn’t really it.’

’At least, not entirely.’

She just... Gu Xi lowered her eyes, casually poking the little green sprout twirling around her fingertip.

The next second, the two vines wrapped around the old woman Chen Lu’s neck suddenly tightened.

The old woman instantly found it hard to breathe, the veins on her forehead bulging.

The look in her eyes as she stared at Gu Xi changed completely, as if she never expected Gu Xi would actually try to kill her.

In that life-or-death moment, a powerful will to survive made her force out two words—

"Yun Ye!"

Gu Xi’s finger paused.

The two vines strangling the old woman loosened their grip slightly.

The old woman began to cough violently. When she looked at Gu Xi again, there was a new layer of fear in her eyes.

Gu Xi looked up at her and said slowly, "Where is he?"

The old woman touched her neck, still shaken. She steadied her breathing before shaking her head with a bitter smile. "Xiaoxi, you overestimate me. Li Ming and the others have been searching for him for so many years and haven’t found him. How could I... COUGH..." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

The vines around her neck slowly began to tighten again. This feeling of being slowly tormented, of being on the verge of death at any moment, was even more agonizing than the sudden squeeze from before.

She hurriedly waved her hand. "But now that you’re back, I have a way to lure him out."

Afraid that Gu Xi might strike again, the old woman quickly opened her personal terminal. In front of Gu Xi, she dialed a number and gave a rapid series of instructions.

Ten minutes later, Gu Xi left the office, leaving only a single sentence behind: "Chen, my temper isn’t very good these days... If I’ve offended you, I hope you can bear with me."

With two sharp vines still wrapped around her own neck, how could Chen Lu dare not bear with it?

Besides...

"Xiaoxi, you’re practically a child my sister and I raised. How could I hold a grudge against my own child? But, Xiaoxi..."

The old woman wanted to appeal to her emotions, but mindful of the vines around her neck, she didn’t dare stand up and go after her.

She could only watch helplessly as Gu Xi walked to the elevator doors, turned, and gave her a deep look.

Just then, the elevator doors opened.

Neck stiff, the old woman watched with lingering fear as Gu Xi slowly stepped into the elevator. Only when the doors had completely closed did she raise a hand and place it on the succulent-like plant in front of her.

As the president of the Wood Element Superpower Union, Chen Lu was, naturally, a Wood Element user herself.

And a veteran one, at that.

As she channeled her ability, the two vines that had been strangling her quickly withered and retracted into the body of the succulent.

Chen Lu lowered her gaze to her life-bound plant, a contemplative look flashing in her eyes.

’As expected of the Blood-colored Asura. Even after disappearing for thirty years, the moment she returns, she can still control another’s life-bound plant with a single move.’

’It’s just...’

She looked up toward the elevators. ’This time, Xiaoxi seems to have returned much more impulsive and hot-tempered. She’s different from the calm, seemingly emotionless Blood-colored Asura from before.’

’But then again, it’s only normal. After suffering such a huge setback and nearly losing her life, even the most even-tempered saint would probably be furious, right?’

’This is good too. An impulsive, hot-tempered Blood-colored Asura is easier to control than a calm and collected one.’

Chen Lu lowered her eyes. ’As expected, the little girl she chose all those years ago never disappoints.’

’Whether then or now, Gu Xi will always be the sharpest blade in this world!’

’And as long as she and her sister can regain control of this world’s sharpest blade, won’t their return to the center of power be just around the corner?’

’At that point, whether it’s the base’s upper echelons or *that person*... they’ll all probably have to think twice before crossing them.’

Chen Lu picked up her life-bound plant, the corners of her lips slowly curling into a satisfied smile.