Deep in the Living

Chapter 596 Mature Plants

Considering that Sunday would be an important day for new student enrollment, Roddy and the others went to bed early.

Moreover, I haven't received any special training from Gustav recently, and I didn't dream about pig tongues tonight.

He was sleeping so soundly that Roddy was fully awake before the alarm even went off.

Without waking the two girls beside him, he went to the bathroom to wash up, planning to go downstairs for a voluntary morning run later.

It must be said that Mr. Question Mark's morning run was extremely effective, allowing Roddy to rediscover his old habit of running. Although it was just this seemingly simple exercise, it improved his physical integration.

The plant that has finished flowering continues to grow and is not far from maturity.

While he was washing up, he was the only one in the bathroom one second, but after he splashed water on his face, the mirror reflected other people.

It wasn't just one person, but two.

Wu Wen, waving with wide eyes, and Hua Yuan, yawning incessantly, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

Snapped!
Wu Wen gently placed her hand on his shoulder and whispered, "Luo Di, we're planning to discuss something with you. After practicing together these past few days, we've discovered that your plants should be bearing fruit soon, not far from maturity."

We might not even need to go to the dungeon; perhaps we can achieve this during this freshman recruitment.

Of course, it depends on your comprehension, Roddy, and the arrangements made by your teachers.

Before it matures, it's necessary to tell you some things about the changes in mature plants, their characteristics, and basic common sense. Do you already know these things?

"do not know."

"As expected... When I first came to the Corner, I consulted Teacher Guo. Hua Yuan naturally had her grandmother to teach her, and as monsters, we also had the Corner's guidance and fear affinity."

It matures much faster and more stably than you, a human.

When you came to the corner, we had just matured.

Come in and talk. Cold water will calm your mind, stabilize your pituitary space, and also serve as a special connecting medium.

Wu Wen started filling the bathtub with water, just like last time, but this time Luo Di was noticeably more conservative.

"How about we go for a morning run? We can chat while we run?"

five minutes later.

The planned morning run did not materialize. Three people were crammed into the bathtub, which was neither too big nor too small. Roddy sat alone on one side, while the other two sat on the other side.

This time, no candles were lit; the bathroom remained dark.

Hand in hand, foot to foot.

In addition to physical contact, thoughts are also linked together in this way.

Wu Wen continued speaking:

"Instead of explaining the issue of plant maturity, I'll just show you directly, and you'll understand naturally. Let me demonstrate first, since Sister Flower's situation is a bit special."

Wu Wen proactively opened up her pituitary thinking, and even extended her nerves into the two of them.

hum!
Hua Yuan, who was admiring Luo Di's body and secretly touching it with her toes, was suddenly taken to a student-style bedroom.

Roddy had been to this place before, and he immediately recognized it.

"Squad leader, isn't this...your house?"

"Yes~ It's probably because I've been confined here since I was a child, and the influence is too profound. My pituitary space has been my bedroom since it was formed, and it has only grown larger as I have developed."

My plants are in the back garden, come with me.

Hua Yuan didn't immediately follow. Instead, she sniffed the faint scent inside the house. She seemed to have discovered something and sensed a strange sense of fear.

Leaving the bedroom leads to Wu Wen's home layout; passing through the living room, one arrives at the backyard.

Similar to the plants sealed deep within the lunar dungeon in Rodina, they are all planted in the very center of the soil.

A mature plant, shaped like a female body, with a verdant surface and a cherry-red interior, was planted there. It looked like a small tree, and through its surface, one could clearly see a structure resembling blood vessels running through it.

The tree trunk itself has a female-like structure.
Each branch is like an outward-spreading arm and leg.

Whether it's the leaves, the flowers, or the fruit that eventually forms, everything is fleshy, each one like a meticulously sculpted creation of flesh and blood.

This is different from Roddy.

It has now reached the flowering stage, with leaves exhibiting a hellish, butcher-like appearance, while the flowers, influenced by qualifications and nurtured by the grandmother, exhibit a multi-fingered palm structure.

Moreover, Roddy is certain that the fruit he produces later will be different from the leaves and flowers.

Wu Wen's plants are quite pure, with a very high degree of integrity, and all their characteristics revolve around the physical body.

It was practically a small but already perfect human tree, and Roddy finally understood why she hadn't accepted the comics.

The integrity, completeness, and aesthetics have all reached an extreme, and the intervention of any external object may break this integrity.

Furthermore, Roddy could sense that this human-shaped tree was deeply intertwined with its environment and the pituitary space, its roots spreading to every corner. As a result, the entire pituitary space was being propelled towards the next stage by the plant.

Hua Yuan paid no attention to the purity or beauty of the plants. She took off her shoes, stepped into the backyard, and bent down to gently touch the surface of the plants, searching for something.

Eventually, text and numbers carved into the corner were found on the back of the tree trunk.

[Flesh and Blood Human Body - NO.99]

"Wu Wen, you've already quietly made it into the top 100?!"

"Sister Hua needs to be distracted by comics, so naturally she'll be a bit slower."

Upon hearing the plant's name and ranking, Roddy quickly interjected into their conversation: "Once a plant matures, it will be given a corresponding 'name' by the corner."

What about the Pittate Plant Comprehensive Ranking Index (BFQ)? I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before. Is it ranked by the corner (a company in China)? It's supposed to promote competition through this ranking system.

Wu Wen responded: "Yes, newly matured plants often don't rank very high. After all, they can continue to grow after maturity until they become integrated with the pituitary gland."

During the growth process, a plant's ranking has the opportunity to improve.

However, this ranking takes many factors into account and has a special system, which I won't go into detail about here. The main point is to let you see the morphology of mature plants, especially their overall appearance.

You need to pay attention to,
The three changes a plant undergoes during its growth—leaf growth, flowering, and fruiting—should all be aligned with your core fears, achieving unity at the final stage of maturity.

Scattered development can easily result in a hybrid that doesn't resemble a complete plant, making it impossible for mature plants to continue growing.

However, Roddy should be fine, since your mind is full of murderers. You need to carefully manage the final [fruit] and try to connect all the elements of your plant.

"I've finished looking around here, now it's time to go to Sister Hua's place."

Hua Yuan did not respond directly, but returned to Wu Wen's side and whispered in a voice that the two of them could hear:
"Can you show us what your pituitary space really looks like?"

Wu Wen's smiling expression froze instantly, and she whispered in response, "Did you notice, sister? My disguise is still not good enough... Can we not do it for now? I'll show you separately next time."

“Okay, but Roddy can’t go to my pituitary space.”

"why?"

"I just tried it. The abyss in my pituitary space seems to be very repulsive to Luo Di. Forcing him in might disrupt the balance I've worked so hard to establish. I'm also very puzzled."

"Roddy, do you know what happened?"

Roddy naturally knew the reason: "I am personally wanted by the forces behind the comic books."

There's something I haven't told you yet. The reason I was able to bring Gusta back was because I was ambushed and killed by a coordinated attack from within the corner.

If I hadn't been able to contact Mr. Gustave at the last minute, I might have died.

"Who?"

Hua Yuan instantly flew into a rage. Although Wu Wen maintained her smile, the form of that smile changed, as she wanted to hear the list Luo Di was talking about.

"And who else? Of course, it's the Joker and the eight most heinous villains he summoned."

"Grandmother is probably investigating the Joker's situation. Since they've joined forces, so should we."

Once we have a lead, we'll help you kill that guy... As for the Carnivore's House, we don't know exactly where he's hiding; we'll find him slowly later.

"We'll see. Since we can't go to Huayuan's place, let's just leave the plant viewing here. I have a feeling it's about time to go to school."

Hua Yuan pointed to his own body, "The method that Teacher Guo taught me to isolate myself from the influence of the abyss allows me to separate plants and bring them out of the pituitary space."

"Wu Wen, could I borrow your pots and soil for a while so I can move my plants over?"

"Okay."

Hua Yuan opened her mouth wide enough that it was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and slowly vomited out a small tree about the same size as Wu Wen.

Take root and grow

A plant that needs to be blurred out is presented before me.

It has no branching structure; it is simply a single, straight, upright plant.

The leaves, flowers, and fruits are all depicted in the shape of the flower abyss, inlaid on the surface of the tree trunk.

Each head and each face seemed to possess a self-awareness, making various alluring gestures towards Roddy.

The name and numbers are printed at the very bottom of the tree trunk.

§Endless Invasion - NO.131 (External Influence)§
Not only that,

As the plant took root, it immediately locked onto Wu Wen's human-shaped tree, slowly approaching it under the influence of the roots, seemingly wanting to do something.

Wu Wen had no choice but to forcibly shut down the thought space, and everyone returned to the bathtub.

Before he knew it, the women opposite him in the bathtub had piled up on top of each other, and Roddy seemed to have become a spectator.

(End of this chapter)