From Apocalypse Boss to Farmer: My Vegetables Make Me Stronger!-Chapter 93 - 87: There’s Something

At the same time, Gu Xi also received the files sent by Qi Xiang.

The files Qi Xiang sent were much clearer than the images captured by satellite.

The scene where the red mutant plant shot into the air, its tip instantly exploding and scattering countless Crystal Core Fragments as fine as ox hair, was captured by Qi Xiang with shocking clarity.

Looking at the Crystal Core Fragments refracting a rainbow of colors in the sunlight, Gu Xi was certain that this was definitely not the so-called Zombie Emperor’s Crystal Core.

Because the Zombie Emperor’s Crystal Core, just like her own, was colorless and transparent—nothing like these ones that appeared in the ruins of the NX1984 Area, which were vibrant and possessed all sorts of elemental attributes.

Furthermore, she could tell at a glance that this was clearly not a Crystal Core belonging to a single individual. It was more like...

Just then, Lu Chenyuan pushed the door open and walked in. "Gu Xi, I found something."

Gu Xi handed him a bottle of water. Lu Chenyuan took it, had a sip, and said with a grave expression, "About six months ago, ability users started disappearing from Yu City Base one after another..."

At first, only a few scattered ability users went missing. Since most of them were pioneers who ventured out from the various camps and were highly transient by nature, it didn’t attract the base’s attention.

Then, a little over a month ago, more than a hundred Wood Element ability users trained by the base disappeared all at once. Soon after, several more ability users from the base’s garrison troops also vanished consecutively...

As a result, the entire Yu City Base was thrown into a panic.

The base’s high command was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.

The investigation revealed that in just six months, over a thousand ability users had disappeared from Yu City Base and its subordinate security camps!

The number was nothing short of shocking!

Gu Xi tapped her fingertips on the desk. "What is Yu City Base saying about this?" ’With so many ability users missing, there’s no way the base wouldn’t investigate it to the end.’

Lu Chenyuan frowned slightly. "The investigation has led to Moon Bay..."

The base now suspects that these missing ability users were captured by some dark faction and used in human experiments to artificially cultivate ability users with Crystal Core Fragments.

But both Lu Chenyuan and Gu Xi knew that the laboratory at Moon Bay couldn’t possibly have used up that many ability users in just six months!

In other words, the fact that the Moon Bay incident was exposed at this specific time was a deliberate act. The purpose... was to cover up the true destination of the Crystal Cores from the brains of those missing ability users!

"Gu Xi..." Lu Chenyuan looked at Gu Xi, hesitating to speak.

Just then, Qi Xiang sent another video file.

In the center of the frame, the red plant that had been floating in midair was sliced in two with a single strike.

The upper half, which remained airborne, was enveloped in a purple Thunder Net, trying to escape. The half that fell to the ground was pinned in place by a scimitar.

Ye Junhan’s gaze was deep and cold as he took a step forward, his long, straight legs clad in combat boots.

Just then, the section of the mutant plant pinned to the ground suddenly opened a maw on one end and sprayed a foul-smelling acid toward the man’s face.

The distance was too short. Although Ye Junhan did his best to dodge, a few stray drops still splattered onto his mask.

The man expressionlessly tore off the black mask.

Under the sun, the aloof and incredibly handsome man gripped the scimitar with both hands, his eyes calm and tranquil.

The next moment, a flicker of light flashed from his blade, and the red plant on the ground was instantly hacked into countless pieces!

At the same time, the other half of the red mutant plant, which had been struggling frantically in the Thunder Net, suddenly went still.

’Playing dead?’

Ye Junhan gripped his scimitar and looked up, his expression blank.

The next moment, the half-body of the red mutant plant began to tremble violently, emitting a buzzing sound like a swarm of bees.

Simultaneously, the malignant mutant plants covering the surrounding hills and plains suddenly began to wither rapidly!

’What’s going on?’

The team members who had been fighting these malignant mutant plants all stopped and instinctively looked toward Ye Junhan.

Only Qi Xiang, who was lagging behind, caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye of the mutant plant’s remains, which Ye Junhan had sliced to pieces on the ground.

Ye Junhan raised his hand slightly, signaling for his team to retreat quickly.

At the same time, the scimitar in his hand shot forward, carrying with it an endless Thunder Power.

Qi Xiang, who was being dragged back by Zhao Qingxiao, only heard a "BOOM—!" from behind her.

She instinctively looked back and saw a blinding purple light explode in midair.

Qi Xiang couldn’t help but close her eyes.

By the time her eyes readjusted to the light, the dust had already settled.

Not far away, the man, who seemed even more aloof under the sun, was expressionlessly wiping his scimitar.

In the eerie light reflected from the blade’s edge, the man’s long, elegant fingers—as refined as jade—were somehow unsettling.

Qi Xiang’s fingertips twitched, and the camera shook.

Just then, as if sensing something, Ye Junhan paused wiping his scimitar. He abruptly lifted his narrow eyes and swept an icy gaze toward the camera.

The video from Qi Xiang ended abruptly there.

The last image left on the Light Screen was the man’s upward glance.

The man’s gaze seemed to be wrapped in ice, and even through the screen, it sent an inexplicable chill down one’s spine.

Gu Xi calmly closed the Light Screen.

’The Crystal Cores of over a thousand ability users would certainly be enough to supply the energy needed for those mutant plants to undergo malignant transformation, not to mention the hundreds of Wood Element Crystal Cores among them.’

’To a plant, the Crystal Core of a Wood Element ability user is basically a super fertilizer!’

’However, while the Mutant Crystal Cores of ordinary ability users can provide a large amount of energy, they can’t induce a direct malignant transformation in plants!’

’There’s a key component missing.’

’It’s like a perfect concoction of Chinese medicine that still needs a crucial catalyst to be effective.’

Gu Xi suspected that this catalyst was likely her Crystal Core Fragments!

But she couldn’t sense her own ability’s aura from the screen. She would have to wait for Qi Xiang to bring the item back before she could make a final confirmation.

Although she couldn’t confirm it yet, Gu Xi knew her guess was probably right.

And that brought up the question!

’Was this sudden mass malignant transformation of mutant plants in the NX1984 Area just an experimental accident caused by someone’s greed?

Or... was there something hidden there that would make someone spare no expense to induce a mass malignant transformation of the plants, forcing the military to launch a missile strike and completely destroy the area?

Or could it be both, just with different factions behind each scheme?’

Beside her, Lu Chenyuan also frowned slightly.

’Ye Junhan was the final person chosen for the G01 Project, but I’ve never been able to find out where its final implementation site was. And now, the NX1984 Area has surfaced...’

Lu Chenyuan wasn’t sure if this was another feint by the enemy to sow confusion.

After all, over the past few years, he had taken too many wrong turns while searching for Gu Xi...

After a long silence, Lu Chenyuan finally made up his mind. He looked up at Gu Xi. "There’s something..."

Gu Xi tilted her head to look at him. "Hm?"

Lu Chenyuan subconsciously tightened his grip on the bottle of water Gu Xi had given him. After a moment, he lowered his gaze and said, "Back then, after you disappeared, someone proposed creating another Blood-colored Asura..."

Gu Xi raised an eyebrow in surprise. "Create another?" ’How would they do that?’

"But the idea was met with fierce opposition from Li Ming and the others," Lu Chenyuan said in a low voice, recounting the past. "A few years later, however, we received news that the Abnormal Ability Research Institute had secretly restarted the project, naming it the G01 Project."

"They secretly selected a group of children with outstanding ability talents from all over the country..."

"Not long after, Ye Xin also joined the project, bringing a little boy named Ye Junhan with her..."

"It’s said that a huge argument broke out at the Doomsday Squad’s headquarters that night. Afterward, the Doomsday Squad, which you had personally founded, fell apart..."

"...Very few people knew about this G01 Project. It’s likely that even the children who were chosen didn’t know..."

"Later, Ye Junhan burst onto the scene... and was taken in by Xiao Yu."

"Gu Xi," Lu Chenyuan said, looking up at her. "We always thought that this so-called G01 Project was about secretly training those children using extreme methods to activate their ability potential to the fullest. But now..."

Gu Xi understood. "You suspect that the G01 Project used my Crystal Core Fragments, too?"

Lu Chenyuan nodded.

But Gu Xi was thinking about something else:

’If her Mutant Crystal Core was taken away so early on, and so cleanly... then how did she... survive?’

’And Yabao... After waking up this time, she’d noticed Yabao was much more lively. Had it evolved somehow during the thirty years she was unaware?’

For some reason, Gu Xi suddenly thought of the Zombie Emperor’s Crystal Core that had disappeared from her space...