37: Grass blades! I've seen them before!

"Damn it!"

Cui Hu's Qi and blood surged throughout his body.

Indeed, with a maxed-out Physique of 20 points, he was incredibly strong.

But compared to the sheer volume of the mycelium, it wasn't even worth mentioning!

Ye Su's brow furrowed tightly.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻!

Did the plan fail?

No way, no way!

Was his future self reliable at all?

Or perhaps...

At this moment, conspiracy theories flashed through the depths of Ye Su's heart.

But based on his understanding of himself, Ye Su ultimately chose to trust his future self.

Therefore...

That grass!

Ye Su suddenly yanked the bundle off Cui Hu's back.

As he unwrapped it, his finger accidentally brushed against a grass blade, and he immediately felt its sharp texture.

His finger was sliced open.

Looking at the familiar sensation of these grass blades being as sharp as knives.

An earth-shattering realization rose in Ye Su's heart.

This was absolutely ridiculous!

blade mountain grass leaf!

This grass was actually the same type of mutated grass as the blade mountain grass leaf.

My god!

In an instant, Ye Su's mind cleared.

This kind of grass could suppress the mycelium.

If that was the case, then this mycelium would be very easy to deal with.

Deducing from his future self's timeline.

Grass Blade Mountain wouldn't have been destroyed.

Because he hadn't undergone Awakening back then, there was no time wasted searching for light orbs.

Li Qing and Hu Hai would have been able to return easily.

Then the mycelium would have spread, only to encounter the blade mountain grass leaf and not dare to invade.

Li Qing would have done some casual research.

Before the mycelium could even begin to cover the country, it would have been directly wiped out starting from the Suzhou and Hangzhou!

The plot of his 'previous life' was that simple.

That's why the letter from the future didn't even mention it!

The butterfly effect, a true butterfly effect!

Because of his existence.

Grass Blade Mountain was destroyed.

And so—the entire country fell!

Dammit— "Ye Su!"

Cui Hu saw Ye Su grab the mutated grass, his face filled with confusion.

Guan Li and the others in the squad watched him cautiously.

"I've seen this thing before."

Ye Su said helplessly.

"And, look up—"

He finished speaking.

Everyone looked up and saw that after the mutated grass was taken out, the vines stopped attacking.

Of course.

If they tried to leave this cave, the vines would fight desperately!

"What's going on..."

Cui Hu was puzzled.

"Um... I don't know how to explain it for the moment," Ye Su said.

"I'm guessing it's about the ecological niche!"

"This mutated grass and the mycelium have almost the same reproduction model, but the mycelium went above ground and stole the grass's ecological niche."

The mycelium is responsible for the underground, and the mutated grass is responsible for the surface.

Their ecological niches don't overlap.

Everyone shook their heads...

ecological niche?

What the hell!

Please, we need to find a way out right now!

"Um, can we not talk about this for a second? We can't get out," Guan Li said.

"Don't worry yet."

Ye Su crouched down.

The ground felt almost like weathered sand and stone.

Ye Su rubbed it with his fingers...

There wasn't a single drop of moisture.

The mycelium had sucked all the surrounding moisture dry.

By doing this, it could suppress the growth of the mutated grass.

As for why it didn't just come over and crush it directly, you'd have to ask the mycelium.

Or rather, in the plant kingdom, offense and slaughter aren't always about physical destruction, but environmental suppression and entrapment.

"Did anyone bring water?"

Ye Su asked.

"No—" Guan Li said.

They had originally brought some.

But when they came down to fight for their lives, they didn't bring it with them.

"Then there's no other way."

Having said that.

Ye Su placed the mutated grass on the ground and then unbuckled his belt.

"Everyone, you'd better pray you still have some stock in your bodies!"

Everyone: --- A moment later...

Grass blades surged like a tide!

Nourished by the moisture, the mutated grass began to spread rapidly.

Meanwhile, the mycelium began to retreat frantically!

Atop the mycelium carpet.

The grass blades were like knives.

The mutated grass had begun to seize the ecological niche; it could now compete for the water system.

The knife-like grass blades sliced through the mycelium.

And it grew taller and taller!

Everyone hung from the swaying vines, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

"Ye... Ye Su, I feel like you've opened a Pandora's box!"

Cui Hu was even stuttering a bit.

The mycelium was terrifying.

This mutated grass was no less so.

It was growing visibly to the naked eye!

It was directly seizing the territory occupied by the mycelium!

The grass blades were like knives, and the mycelium carpet was being carved up directly.

"Crap, you're still talking about this?"

Ye Su said.

"If the mycelium uses pesticide, then this grass is Paraquat."

"The researchers will deal with these things!"

"What we need to do now is survive and then take a few grass blades back!"

The ecological niche was just Ye Su's guess, not a conclusion reached by researchers.

Survive first.

Then let the researchers solve these problems.

Don't worry about how aggressively the grass is spreading.

Compared to the mycelium that created a global illusion, this knife-like grass is easier to deal with!

At this moment, the mycelium had already forgotten to attack Ye Su and the others.

The war of the plant kingdom had begun.

It was frantically fighting the grass for territory and the environment.

As for Ye Su and the others.

Amidst the wildly flailing vines, they found the ropes and climbed up.

"Captain Ye!"

Mo Xiaoyu shouted happily.

When the mycelium went berserk and suddenly sealed the cave entrance, it had scared Mo Xiaoyu.

Fortunately, they were back at last.

Ye Su clutched several grass blades and said quickly,

"Retreat, retreat, retreat—"

After Cui Hu and Guan Li got up, they followed Ye Su's lead, taking their people and running for it!

In less than half an hour, they ran out of the karst cave.

"Amazing, that grass is really something. There isn't even any mycelium out here anymore."

Guan Li shouted excitedly after seeing the environment outside.

The crisis... was resolved!

Ye Su and Cui Hu looked at each other, their lips twitching.

Then Mo Xiaoyu ran over and gave Guan Li a Purify.

Guan Li looked at the white world, dumbfounded.

Cui Hu rubbed his nose and inconspicuously took another box out of the bag on his back, secretly handing it to Mo Xiaoyu.

Mo Xiaoyu looked at the box, then at Ye Su.

Ye Su nodded.

Only then did Mo Xiaoyu accept it.

On this journey, Mo Xiaoyu would have to keep so many people awake; it would likely be stressful.

Cui Hu was giving some advance payment.

As for Rong Xi...

She was almost at her limit.

From the battle song she sang when going down the cave, Ye Su could hear a life-or-death determination; she hadn't held anything back.

"Return to the Yunnan-Guizhou Region temporary camp immediately!"

Cui Hu said.

"Then wake up the researchers and solve the mycelium problem as quickly as possible!"

"And then—"

Cui Hu looked back at the karst cave.

On top of the mycelium carpet, grass blades were poking their heads out.

Fix the mycelium's illusion first, then feed the mutated grass some Paraquat!

No one had any objections.

They found the car covered in mycelium, floored the gas, and raced toward the Yunnan-Guizhou Region temporary camp!

Ye Su knew the way.

He had been to the research institute at the Yunnan-Guizhou Region temporary camp.

Along the way.

Everything was absurd.

The mycelium environment had completely integrated into everyone's lives.

The Professionals in the camp were all acting like 'mummies,' strutting around like they were hot stuff.

They were shouting and yelling at thin air.

Some were even crying out,

'My dear ministers, you may rise...'

Man, you've got some big ambitions.

Ye Su looked at him, took a photo with his phone, and made a mental note of it.