Tantai Yan felt that he had slept deeply. He even had a dream. In his dream, he was just five years old when he was a child. His mother and his father, who had not been around for a long time, finally celebrated his birthday together.
My mother was very happy that day. She cooked a lot of dishes and bought him a big birthday cake. There is a cute Winnie the Pooh on the cake, and his favorite kiwi pulp is spread next to it.
"Xiao Yan, do you like it? If you like it, come over and blow out the candles." The moment the lights dimmed, his mother's loving and gentle voice came to his ears.
The little boy nodded happily, his beautiful peach blossom eyes filled with starlight.
"Are you awake?" Feinuo, who was simmering soup, turned her head reflexively when she noticed the movement of the person behind her.
The sky was already bright at this time, and she was very hungry after not eating for a whole day and night. She hastily filled her stomach with fruits, and then took out the recipes from the space to study.
She had never cooked before in her previous life, and she was not even remotely proficient in cooking except barbecue and the like, so she had no idea how to get started with the ingredients in the space at first.
It wasn't until she suddenly remembered the recipes she had collected before the end of the world that she followed the steps in the book step by step.
She made a preserved egg and lean meat porridge, with fresh diced meat and elastic preserved eggs. It tasted extremely delicious. There were ready-made side dishes in her space, including crispy radishes. She drank three bowls in one go before she felt bloated. Slightly stretched.
The fragrance of flowers in the air was still strong. Feinuo had been vigilant all night and found nothing unusual. She was now unable to move and Tantai Yan was in a coma. It was inconvenient for her to leave, so she could only give up the idea of exploring for the time being.
Anyway, she had smelled this fragrance for so long without being affected at all. Maybe it was just a mutated ornamental plant.
You must know that plants are different from animals. Animals are aggressive before they mutate. They are wary of humans. After mutating, they often become extremely ferocious. But plants are not the same. After plants mutate, they are generally divided into two types. One is the murderous one who likes flesh and blood. Sexual plants, and another kind are mild ornamental plants. They are generally not aggressive, only have a fragrant fragrance and an increasingly beautiful appearance.
However, they are good-looking, but they are extremely rare in the apocalypse. The post-apocalyptic environment is too cruel, and all creatures have fallen into survival of the fittest. Not only do they have no ability to protect themselves, they also have healing properties that are coveted by humans and animals, so In less than a year, these beautiful ornamental plants are on the verge of extinction.
The sun was getting hotter, Feinuo thought while starting to make soup.
She didn't know what happened to her father and brother, or why they didn't find her and Tantai Yan, but the most important thing now was to recover from their injuries.
After the soup in the pot boiled, Tantai Yan, who had been unconscious for a day and night, gradually began to move behind her. However, to Feinuo's surprise, when she turned her head, what she saw was Tantai Yan stumbling towards the mountainside. .
"Tantai Banquet!" Fei Nuo stood up and put down the spoon in her hand when she realized something was wrong.
Tantai Yan didn't respond at all. His eyes were empty and he stared straight ahead. Under the sun, his profile was handsome and handsome, and even the corners of his mouth had a gentle smile.
Could it be an illusion?
At this moment, Feinuo suddenly understood the role of floral fragrance. It was not an ornamental plant as she thought, but it confuses human senses through pollen and smell, and then slowly makes them fall into imagination and cannot extricate themselves.
The wind was gentle, and as the distance got closer, Feinuo could even hear the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the leaves.
"We can't go any further." After reaching a certain distance, Feinuo finally saw the source of the flower fragrance. She didn't have time to observe it carefully, so she directly tied Tantai Yan with a rope. She was not sure how to deal with the mutated plant yet, so she could only Tantai Banquet tied them up tightly and then figured out a way.
The fish soup was bubbling in the pot, and Feinuo slowly walked around. As she walked, she discovered that the large area centered on the mutated plants formed an independent space, and as long as in this space , no matter how she goes, she will eventually return to the control of the mutant plants.
"Tantai Yan, wake up." Fei Nuo, tired from walking, returned to Tantai Yan.
Tantai Yan kept struggling, and with his movements, the newly scabbed wound began to bleed again. The blood soaked into his clothes and slowly formed a small patch of dark red on the ground along the rope. However, he seemed to feel no pain and only wanted to walk halfway up the mountain.
Feinuo had no choice. She thought for a moment and took out the remaining transparent crystal cores from the space, and then stuffed them into Tantai Yan's palm one by one. As far as she knew, people with psychic abilities had a certain degree of immunity to floral scent and pollen, so logically speaking, he shouldn't be so easily bewitched.
The crystal nuclei were melted away one by one, and it wasn't until the sun set that Tantai Yan barely regained some consciousness.
"You're awake, how do you feel?" Feinuo's voice was filled with obvious concern and surprise. You must know that she was just giving it a try and never thought that he would wake up.
The colorful Tantai Banquet: "..."
"Wait a moment." Following his gaze, Feinoli untied the rope.
"What's wrong with me?" After moving his sore body, Tantai Yan was confused. He just had a dream, why was he tied into a rice dumpling when he woke up.
"You are controlled by hallucinations. If I don't tie you up, you will keep walking up the mountain." Feinuo said, pointing to the mutated plants halfway up the mountain.
Tantai Yan followed her line of sight and looked over. When he saw it, his pupils shrank suddenly. He saw an adult-high mutant plant growing on the bare mountainside. Its stems and leaves were pure white. When the sun shone, There are little bits of bright white, but its flowers are completely opposite to the stems and leaves. The dazzling red looks like burning flames clustered on the white ice and snow from a distance.
"Well, if I don't tie you up, you will become its nourishment."
Feinuo's voice was calm, but Tantai Yan noticed the corpse under the mutated plant with a serious expression. Those corpses include not only humans, but also many mutant animals, and now, without exception, they are all skin and bones.
"What did you just see in the illusion?" Feinuo asked curiously after putting away the rope.
Tantai Yan was silent for a long time. Just when Feinuo thought he wouldn't speak, she heard his voice with a bit of nostalgia and sadness: "I saw myself when I was a child. It can be regarded as my happiest time. That I didn’t understand anything at that time, so I lived a simple life, so simple that I just want to laugh when I think about it now.”
He sneered slightly as he spoke, but Feinuo didn't know what happened to him in the past, so she could only respond in silence.
"By the way, I was confused, how come you're okay?" Tantai Yan, who had woken up, was extremely confused. He had already had doubts about Feinuo, but he had never asked them out before, and this time he was a little confused. If you don't pay attention, the words in your mouth will come out.
"I don't know." Feinuo shrugged. It wasn't that she didn't want to tell him, but that she really didn't know. She didn't know why she wasn't infected, and she didn't know why the psychedelic effects of mutated plants were ineffective on her. " Maybe it’s because of my special physique, but not only did I not turn into a zombie, I was also not confused by mutated plants.”
Seeing that she didn't look like she was lying, Tantai Yan looked at her wounds without going into details. His whole body was hurting now, especially his back, which was almost as if it was broken. He reached out and touched her carefully, and without any accident, he touched her. A hand full of blood.
Feinuo reapplied medicine to him: "Okay, don't touch the water for the next three days. Once the wounds scar, it will be fine." His injuries were all external injuries, so Feinuo was not worried.
Tantai Yan nodded, and then when he relaxed, he heard his stomach growling: "Is there anything to eat?" He was a little embarrassed. He followed Qi Xin out temporarily, and except for a knife, he had nothing on him. something else.
"Yes." Feinuo said and served him a large bowl of fish soup. After simmering on low heat for a day, the fish soup was already very thick and soft, so Tantai Yan drank it in one sip and was filled with the delicious taste of fish.
However, no matter how delicious the fish soup is, it is not full. Feinuo followed the recipe and made sweet and sour carp, steamed pork ribs and cucumbers, plus steaming hot rice, which was really satisfying.
"Is this your first time cooking?" Tantai Yan was a little disbelieving.
Feinuo nodded, and the two quickly divided the three dishes. Apart from bacon, potatoes and cabbage, Tantai Banquet had not eaten other meats and vegetables for a long time after the apocalypse, so he was very satisfied with this meal. .
"Tantai Yan, how is your superpower?" After eating and drinking, Feinuo finally had time to care about his superpower.
Tantai Yan did not answer her immediately, but closed her eyes and began to meditate seriously. Feinuo sat aside and looked at him quietly. This was the first time she looked at him so seriously. He had handsome eyebrows and narrow peach blossom eyes. The upturned, high bridge of the nose and the thin lips are indescribably delicate and elegant.
"It's nothing serious. The mental power has reached the third level, and the ice power has not changed at all." After meditating for a moment, Tantai Yan opened his eyes.
Feinuo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It's good that the power is still there. If he can't upgrade, he can always think of other ways.
The two of them stayed at the foot of the mountain for half a month. In addition to recuperating, Feinuo could only cook food in various ways during this half month. Her cultivation skills were running non-stop. It would have taken more than a month to recover. The wound healed within half a month.
"Let's go." After putting everything in the space, Feinuo looked at Tantai Yan next to her.
Tantai Yan crossed his arms and tapped his arms with his fingers, then lazily followed her pace. The two walked one behind the other. The closer they got to the mutated plant, the richer the fragrance of the flowers became.
