Apocalypse: The Supporting Actress Made a Comeback
Chapter 203 - 126 Mutated Crystal Orchids! (Second Release)_2

Chapter 203: 126 Mutated Crystal Orchids! (Second Release)_2

But Fang Yuxin didn’t lord over her because she was in a vulnerable position, nor did she act superior for having saved her. Instead, she truly treated her as one of her own, even sharing such critical information as the Elemental Crystals. How could she not be moved?

Her eyes burned, and she quickly blinked to keep from crying. Then, looking at Fang Yuxin, she swore with solemn sincerity, "Sister Xin, rest assured, I will never betray the trust you’ve placed in me!"

Fang Yuxin hadn’t expected Shang Jinxiu to be so emotional. To her, since Shang Jinxiu had taken the Blood Oath and become part of her family, sharing the information about the Elemental Crystals was only right; there was no need for such excitement.

She reached out and patted Shang Jinxiu’s shoulder, saying, "Since you’ve said as much, I hope you’ll remember your words. Now, let’s not waste any more time. I’ll tell you where to dig."

The progress thereafter was smooth. Though Shang Jinxiu didn’t have much strength, as soon as Fang Yuxin pointed out a spot, she would clutch the dagger and dig energetically without hesitation. Digging so hard, blisters formed in her palms. Fang Yuxin had the ability to heal, and all Shang Jinxiu had to do was tell her, but she didn’t utter a word and continued digging.

Although zombies were intermittently attracted to them, they didn’t cause much trouble. Each appearance of the zombies was effortlessly dealt with.

Knowing her own strength was insufficient, Shang Jinxiu took on the task of retrieving Crystal Cores. The cores were found in the zombies’ brains, requiring the brains to be cut open. This job wasn’t exhausting, but it was more disgusting than killing zombies. And getting the Crystal Cores meant getting close to the zombies; the stench of decay hit her like a wave as she opened up their skulls—it was torturous.

Yet Shang Jinxiu didn’t complain. She remembered Fang Yuxin saying that the team had no place for the useless, so she had to prove her worth! With her current strength, she wasn’t up to killing zombies; digging for Crystal Cores was the only thing she could do.

Everything had been going well, but disaster always struck unexpectedly.

Some zombies never came close, killed by the Wind Blades released by Fang Yuxin, keeping a distance from the Fang siblings. While Shang Jinxiu was urgently digging for the Crystal Core, her heart alarmingly cried out! Instinctively gripping the dagger in her hand, she cautiously looked towards the zombie.

The ground zombie showed no signs of life, already dead beyond dead.

Uncertain and alarmed, Shang Jinxiu suddenly felt a malicious wind bearing a plant’s unique freshness rushing toward her. Her heart nearly stopped. Startled, she dodged backward, but her heel accidentally hit a protruding rock, and she fell backward in a clumsy heap.

In the moment of her fall, she saw a white object entwine the zombie’s head. Then came a "snap," the zombie’s head shattered, and the white object coiled around, snatching up the brain and the Crystal Core inside, swiftly retracting, vanished in the blink of an eye.

Shang Jinxiu’s eyes stayed fixed in the direction of the disappearance, and she quickly scrambled up from the ground.

By then, Fang Yuxin and Fang Yuyang, sensing something was amiss, had rushed over. Yu Yang asked, "What happened?"

Immediately, Shang Jinxiu pointed toward a small hole, recounting what she had just witnessed, "I was just about to dig for the Crystal Core when that thing appeared out of nowhere. As I backed away, I fell, but I saw it, like a snake, wrap around the zombie’s head. The head was crushed under its embrace quickly, and then it snatched the Crystal Core and retracted into that hole. It was so fast I couldn’t make out what it was. It seemed like a snake, but also had the fresh scent of a plant, before it withdrew back into the hole."

Yu Yang, after hearing her account, looked uncertainly at Fang Yuxin and said, "Xinxin, could it be a mutant plant?"

Fang Yuxin nodded, she had already guessed as much. Moreover, judging from Shang Jinxiu’s description, she felt it was likely the Mutated Crystal Orchid that had appeared in her dreams.

The common Crystal Orchid was a saprophytic plant, entirely white and translucent, lacking chlorophyll. It glowed a seductive white light in the dark, carrying dreamy hues, quite beautiful.

As a saprophyte, it was also known as the Death Flower. In her dreams, there had been a Mutated Crystal Orchid, the true Death Flower.

She had never seen it herself, but had heard many terrifying legends about it. The Mutated Crystal Orchid back then was already formidable; zombies, humans, or mutated creatures, anyone weaker than it, would become its prey.

What was even more terrifying was that this Mutated Crystal Orchid did not stay in one place; it could even migrate elsewhere. No one knew how, but it had been seen in many places, leaving behind numerous gruesome legends of death.

Fang Yuxin was unsure if what Shang Jinxiu encountered was that Mutated Crystal Orchid, but judging from her description, it likely was!

Her heart pounded, and the intense fear from her dreams enveloped her, preventing further thought. Almost reflexively, she said, "Let’s leave this place first!"

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