From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 151 - 142: Decent, I Guess

Gu Xi returned to the 36th floor.

Several people had mentioned this 36th floor again and again, so there had to be something to it.

Sure enough, when she went down, Zhao Kun had already prepared everything with deft efficiency.

"Miss Gu, this way, please." Zhao Kun glanced at the young woman cautiously, his attitude completely different from before.

Gu Xi nodded and followed him back into the 36th-floor common room.

The moment she walked in, Gu Xi noticed that the way everyone looked at her was a little different.

Their gazes were still cold, but now that coldness was tinged with a hint of apprehension and scrutiny.

’I wonder what Chen told these people?’

Zhao Kun led her to a corner, then turned and said cautiously, trying to curry favor, "Miss Gu, these are the plants President Chen specifically prepared for you. Please have a look. If you need anything else, just let me know."

"Thank you. I’d like to look at these plants first," Gu Xi said with a slight nod, turning her attention to the flora there.

As she looked, she immediately spotted a very interesting plant.

’No wonder someone warned me not to come to the 36th floor.’

Zhao Kun remembered the words President Chen had told him. After hesitating for a long moment, he ultimately didn’t dare to leave. ’If some oblivious fool tries to start something, at least I’ll be here to run a little interference, right?’

Zhao Kun silently retreated to the side, noticing many Wood Element users casting subtle glances their way. It looked like the prelude to trouble.

Zhao Kun wanted to give his colleagues a hint, but everyone who could stay on the 36th floor was a big shot. He couldn’t afford to offend any of them.

After some thought, he silently took a few more steps back, wishing he could turn into an invisible, mute quail.

Just then, a young female Wood Element user walked over. Gu Xi, who was fiddling with the green plant in front of her, looked up and glanced at her. "Yes?"

The female Wood Element user didn’t speak. She just crossed her arms and stared at the potted plant in Gu Xi’s hands, her expression sour.

Gu Xi raised an eyebrow. "?"

Seeing that the other woman didn’t seem to have any intention of speaking, Gu Xi ignored her and went back to carefully observing the plant.

’I have to admit, the Wood Element Superpower Union really has some tricks up its sleeve.’

’Take this plant, for example. It’s on the verge of malignant transformation, yet someone is using an ability to keep it under control...’

’And the method of control is extremely similar to the technique I used on that Mutated Locust Tree on the back mountain.’

Gu Xi remembered that the "corpse" of that Mutated Locust Tree had been brought back to the Central Base by Ye Nan. And now, a similar mutant plant had appeared here...

’This is definitely not a coincidence.’

’And then there’s the fact that Ye Nan could freely enter and exit the Superpower Union today...’

Gu Xi lowered her gaze. ’It seems that even though Chen left the Abnormal Ability Research Institute long ago, her control over the institute is probably still quite strong.’

The little green sprout had already popped out eagerly, circling Gu Xi’s fingertip nonstop—’Hungry, food.’

Gu Xi recalled the impulsive, hot-tempered persona she had just established in front of Director Chen upstairs. ’If I don’t do something now, won’t I be breaking character?’

After thinking for a moment, she decided not to stop it.

But just as the little green sprout was about to shoot out excitedly, the young female superpower user standing next to her made the first move. Two thorns shot out from her hand, landing right in front of Sproutling.

Provoked like this, it would be a miracle if Sproutling could stand it!

It puffed itself up imposingly, ready to teach the other party a lesson, but Gu Xi calmly pressed down on the two small, tender leaves at its tip.

Sproutling: ’So wronged!’

At the same time, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over.

For a moment, the entire 36th floor seemed to be engulfed in a strange atmosphere.

Zhao Kun considered himself a minor figure. He looked from one to the other—he couldn’t afford to provoke either of them, so he just silently retreated a few more steps.

Gu Xi straightened up, pointed at the green plant, and looked up at the female Wood Element user. "Where is its main body?"

The other woman raised her eyebrow in surprise. ’So she does have a sharp eye. No wonder the President thinks so highly of her and let her join the 36th-floor project right after she joined the union.’

’However...’

She looked up at Gu Xi. "Why are you asking?"

Gu Xi answered truthfully, "It’s about to undergo a malignant transformation. I imagine its main body is no exception."

As soon as she finished speaking, someone among the surrounding superpower users couldn’t help but let out a derisive laugh. The others also looked at her with expressions of ridicule and disdain.

Even Zhao Kun, hiding in the corner, looked at her with a complicated expression, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

Gu Xi felt their reactions were off and frowned slightly.

"You really are from the countryside. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, you should keep your mouth shut!" a middle-aged man sneered. "That plant in your hands is currently the closest one here to achieving reverse evolution..."

At this point, he asked Gu Xi in a seemingly helpful but actually mocking tone, "By the way, do you even know what plant reverse evolution is?"

Gu Xi: "..."

’Actually, I do know about that.’

Zhao Kun had likely guessed Gu Xi’s identity beforehand. Seeing the situation turning sour, he quickly raised his voice, "Um, its main body is in the Thunder Ability User Union downstairs!"

When Gu Xi looked up at him, Zhao Kun hurriedly explained, "Well, it’s because we were afraid it might be dangerous, so we..."

Gu Xi understood.

’So the Wood Element users were afraid the mutant plant might suddenly undergo a malignant transformation during their experiments, and they wouldn’t be able to handle it. That’s why they sent all the plants showing signs of transformation to the more powerful Thunder Ability User Union.’

’With those powerful Thunder Ability users standing guard, they wouldn’t have to be afraid even if the plant really did transform.’

’But...’

"So what do you plan to do with it next?" she asked, pointing at the plant on the verge of malignant transformation.

This time, no one spoke.

Even the middle-aged man who had just mocked Gu Xi only grunted twice.

Gu Xi thought for a moment. "How about you let me try?"

The people around her exchanged glances. ’Where did this greenhorn come from? Does she have any idea how much responsibility she’d have to bear if she accidentally ruined the one plant most likely to achieve reverse evolution?’

’After all, they had all worked for so long and only managed to cultivate this one single plant with the potential to succeed...’

’That’s why this plant had now become a hot potato that nobody wanted to touch.’

—’The responsibility was simply too great to bear.’

Zhao Kun also fell silent. A thought formed in his mind—’Could it be that President Chen let Miss Gu come to the 36th floor specifically to test this?’

But the others didn’t know that.

The middle-aged man who had mocked Gu Xi earlier couldn’t hold back and sneered, "You’ll try? What makes you think—"

Before he could finish, Gu Xi made her move.

The little green sprout shot out in an instant, latching onto the dark green plant. As a continuous stream of her ability flowed into it, the plant on the brink of malignant transformation rapidly grew taller, and then...

"Hiss!"

Someone sucked in a sharp breath, then pointed at the plant and exclaimed in astonishment—

"Look, it’s... it’s losing its color!"

"Gods, the color is so green... so, does this mean it’s a success?"

After exchanging glances, everyone swarmed forward, holding portable Abnormality Detectors in their hands, their eyes shining with a fanatical light.

Only the middle-aged man was pushed out of the crowd, his face a mixture of purple and red from anger and embarrassment.

He stared at Gu Xi in disbelief. ’How could this be... Didn’t that person say she would never dare to make a move here? Otherwise, why would I have provoked her again and again?’

The middle-aged man suddenly thought of something, and his expression turned even uglier.

He glanced at Gu Xi, who was surrounded by the crowd, then silently retreated a few steps and quickly turned to leave the 36th floor when no one was looking.

"How did you do that?" the short-haired female superpower user who had approached her first asked Gu Xi, her attitude much better than before.

Gu Xi thought for a moment and explained, "I guess my control over my ability is decent."

’You call this decent?’

Hearing this, all the Wood Element users in the vicinity fell silent.