100: Hallucinogenic Night-blooming Jasmine

Shi Xu was still in pain, but seeing Su Mianmian's remorseful expression, he ultimately couldn't bear to see her like that.

He reached out and ruffled her head, comforting her, "It's okay, I know you didn't do it on purpose."

Even if she had done it on purpose, Shi Xu wouldn't have been angry.

After Su Mianmian understood this from Shi Xu's eyes, she became even more embarrassed.

"I'm just not used to it this time; next time, I definitely won't do it again."

"I promise!"

Su Mianmian raised her hand, promising with a serious expression.

Shi Xu hadn't expected such a pleasant surprise. He looked at the earnest Su Mianmian and momentarily forgot his pain.

"Mianmian, when you say things like that, Shi Xu is going to be overjoyed."

"Look at him, he doesn't look shrewd at all; he's just a complete blockhead right now."

Su Jinxuan looked at the delighted Shi Xu, shook his head, and couldn't help but complain.

He didn't want to smell the stench of love at all.

Su Mianmian subconsciously glanced at Shi Xu and found that he did indeed look a bit easily fooled at the moment.

She lowered her head and couldn't help but secretly chuckle.

Upon hearing Su Jinxuan's words, Shi Xu quickly reined in his happy expression.

He secretly glared at Su Jinxuan, as if complaining about him being talkative.

Su Jinxuan ignored him, indicating that a single dog had nothing to fear.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, night soon fell.

Shi Xu ordered the convoy to stop and rest on the spot.

"Boss, why aren't we continuing on our way?"

"I feel like we could drive a bit longer before resting, couldn't we?"

Xu Huan looked curiously at Shi Mufeng, who had already opened the car door, and asked in confusion.

"It's probably more dangerous to drive after dark."

"Others aren't like you; their driving skills aren't very good."

Su Mianmian looked at Shi Xu, feeling that his thought should be this.

Shi Xu gave her an approving look, indicating that she was right.

He had already witnessed the driving skills of the others today; they were a bit unstable even during the day. If they drove at night, it would be hard to guarantee that nothing would happen.

While they pursued speed, they couldn't achieve it by sacrificing innocent lives.

Xu Huan nodded, indicating he understood.

Near where Shi Xu had called a halt, there was a large house, and they would rest there tonight.

Su Jinxuan and Xu Qin took a few people as a vanguard to check for any dangers inside, while the others waited outside.

Before long, they came out.

"There's no danger inside; everyone, come in quickly."

Su Jinxuan came out and shouted.

Shi Xu nodded and led the others in.

Su Mianmian followed beside Shi Xu, feeling a bad premonition in her heart, though she didn't know where it came from.

She reached out and tugged at Shi Xu, who was walking ahead, and asked softly, "Shi Xu, do you feel like something bad is going to happen?"

Shi Xu knew that Su Mianmian might have a bad premonition, so he asked, "Mianmian, do you have a bad premonition?"

Su Mianmian nodded and told Shi Xu her thoughts. Seeing that she was confused, he told her not to worry for now and that they just needed to stay vigilant tonight.

Su Mianmian knew that it wasn't the time to change locations, so she nodded and agreed.

The weather was cold, so Su Mianmian had someone brew a large pot of ginger soup to warm everyone up.

Afterward, they also ate high-calorie foods to replenish their energy.

After eating and drinking their fill, everyone gradually began to yawn.

Seeing their relaxed state, Shi Xu arranged for night watch duties.

The others hadn't expected to have to stand watch and were a bit displeased.

However, their displeasure was only visible on their faces; they didn't resist.

Shi Xu didn't make them stand watch alone; he also arranged for his own people to stand watch with them.

The purpose was to prevent them from being distracted and not realizing when danger arrived.

Shi Xu assigned himself the time after two o'clock, when people were most prone to drowsiness and danger was most likely to occur.

Su Mianmian wanted to stand watch with Shi Xu, but he refused, saying, "Mianmian, girls shouldn't stay up late. Just sleep well. If there's any danger, you'll definitely wake up."

After Shi Xu finished speaking, he reached out and patted Su Mianmian's shoulder, signaling her to go to the tent to sleep.

Fearing they wouldn't have time to react to danger, everyone slept in the main hall.

Because Su Mianmian was a girl, a separate tent was set up for her.

The others had no complaints; after all, Su Mianmian could indeed have this privilege.

Su Mianmian had expected not to be able to sleep in a place full of snoring, but to her surprise, she fell asleep without realizing it after closing her eyes.

When she regained consciousness, she was startled awake by a scream.

Hearing the scream, she immediately opened her eyes and pulled open the tent.

Shi Xu happened to be coming to call her; seeing her emerge, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shi Xu, what happened?"

"Did some mutated animal come?"

Su Mianmian saw him, grabbed him, and asked anxiously.

Shi Xu shook his head. Seeing this, Su Mianmian became even more curious.

If it wasn't a mutated animal attack, then what was it?

"I'll take you to see."

Shi Xu didn't know how to explain, so he took Su Mianmian's hand and led her over.

When the two arrived at the source of the sound, the area was crowded with people.

Seeing Shi Xu and Su Mianmian approach, people parted to create a path.

After they moved aside, Su Mianmian finally saw what they were gathered around.

"What is that?"

"Such a strange flower."

Su Mianmian instinctively wanted to reach out and touch it. Seeing this, Shi Xu quickly pulled her hand back.

"Mianmian, you can't touch this flower. If you touch it, you'll die."

"Just now, someone touched it out of curiosity, and then suddenly convulsed all over and died within a minute."

Shi Xu looked at Su Mianmian with a serious expression, speaking earnestly.

Su Mianmian hadn't expected the flower to be so terrifying, and she quickly retreated a few steps.

No wonder so many people only dared to watch from the periphery; so that was why.

"How can there be such a flower here?"

"Could it be planted by the owner of this place?"

Su Mianmian stared at the flower, asking curiously.

Shi Xu shook his head; he didn't recognize this kind of flower and didn't know if it had the ability to kill people before the apocalypse.

"I... I know what kind of flower this is."

"This should be a Tuberose."

"But I don't know if it's because the apocalypse arrived, but it has changed so much."

A man looked cautiously at Shi Xu and Su Mianmian as he spoke.

Su Mianmian heard this and asked in confusion, "I know that the scent of Tuberose is poisonous to some people, but it doesn't seem to be poisonous just by touching it, does it?"

"Has it mutated so much after the apocalypse?"

She was utterly puzzled. She turned her head and carefully examined the flower in front of her. If this really was a Tuberose, then its mutation was far too extensive, wasn't it?

The flower in front of her emitted a faint yellow glow, its petals shaped like a five-pointed star, and at its core, a few white beads clustered, as beautiful as pearls.

It had no scent; at least, Su Mianmian, being so close to it, didn't smell anything.

"Shi Xu, do you smell anything?"

Su Mianmian initially thought her nose wasn't working. She turned her head to look at Shi Xu, asking in confusion.

Shi Xu shook his head. If it weren't for the man's emphatic assertion that the flower in front of them was a Tuberose, he wouldn't have believed it at all.

He knew what a Tuberose was, but he absolutely couldn't equate the current flower with the Tuberose he had seen.

They were simply too different.

Seeing his pensive expression, Su Mianmian suddenly thought of book book.

book book was knowledgeable and might know if the flower in front of them was a Tuberose from before the apocalypse.

Thinking of this, Su Mianmian immediately used her consciousness to summon book book.

book book was still a bit confused when Su Mianmian called it. When it sensed the faint hallucinogenic scent in the air of Su Mianmian's location, it immediately began to frantically shake its branches.

"Master, quickly leave here! Haven't you smelled the hallucinogenic scent in the air?"

"If you don't leave soon, once you've inhaled enough, you'll enter an illusion!"

book book's voice was filled with anxious shrillness. Hearing it, Su Mianmian quickly pulled Shi Xu and ran out.

As she ran, she didn't forget to remind the others.

Hearing this, the others immediately followed suit and ran.

Before long, the room was left with only the lonely, beautiful mutated Tuberose.

What Su Mianmian didn't see was that after they ran, tiny pale yellow light spheres floated in the air.

Su Mianmian kept running until she reached the safe place book book had mentioned, then she stopped.

After stopping, she took several deep breaths for a while before she finally recovered.