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A third of the table was smashed, and a crater was made in the pure white floor, but the beautiful, translucent fruit hanging on it remained completely intact.

Moreover, the liquid inside flowed gently with the aftershocks of the collision, like a snow crystal ball that had been shaken evenly.

That's really tough!

Chi Lian muttered a curse under her breath, raising her voice:

"Strike it from the root!"

Although they didn't know if this thing was actually their mission objective, they couldn't care less about whether it was the original liquid or not. If they continued to hold back, they would all turn into the same kind of "original liquid" as those fruit flies!

She rolled nimbly on the spot, avoiding the vines, knelt on one knee, took out a grenade launcher from her backpack, slung it over her shoulder, and loaded it.

"Whoosh~ thud!"

The grenade, trailing a small tail, ricocheted into the greenhouse. The flames blazed for only a moment before being extinguished by the splashing purple liquid. The breach that had been blasted open was repaired in 0.2 seconds.

A company employee with a large bow on his chest stood in front of the line.

Two thick vines, as thick as thighs, crisscrossed and shot out into the air, lashing hard at the employee's heavy mechanical arm.

He couldn't help but take three steps back, leaving three shallow pits in the ground.

The greenhouse was filled with lush vines and dim light.

He stared at the shadows below the greenhouse, wondering how he could go inside and take a look.

Just then.

Nathan rushed to his side and whispered in his ear:

"Boss, look under those shelves."

He gestured with his chin toward the shadows, indicating that Renyi should look into the corner.

"The roots of those grasses aren't anchored in the soil; there's no soil underneath. They're in a grid pattern. These plants are grown hydroponically, with nutrient solution delivered through pipes!"

Sixth Master and his men joined in the suppression fire, but they couldn't hold them off and were sent flying all over the ground by the "meteor hammer".

This plant seems to have a waxy coating, so physical attacks from cold weapons can't cause much damage. However, if we could add something to its nutrient solution...

After a flash of blue light, Renyi was carrying a bucket with a black skull label on it.

"Try this."

A potent herbicide from Jinmao Town.

Although the skull and crossbones symbol on the barrel looked ominous, it was, after all, a product of the primitive technology of medieval human civilization, and Nathan was somewhat skeptical of its effectiveness.

"Will this... work?"

This is a mutated plant from outer space!

"Give it a try, Klaus! Here you go!"

They arbitrarily tossed the bucket to the engineer.

"Look where the pipes under the greenhouse lead!"

Klaus used [Newton] to tie several vines together, and his mental energy covered the greenhouse without reservation.

"Boss, its nutrient tube is connected to the kitchen!"

kitchen?

Amidst his busy schedule, he glanced at the food outlet where insulated trays were placed.

"Klaus and I will go in; the rest of you will draw fire."

Sixth Master frowned and remained silent.

This plan sounds too simplistic and too risky—to pin your hopes on a bucket of herbicide?

...It doesn't seem reliable at all!

Chi Lian was decisive, slicing a fruit with her watermelon knife.

"Click."

A nick appeared on the blade.

"..."

I'm so angry!

You need to let your temper out; it's a health secret!

"Damn it... just do it like this! Why are you, an executive officer, so slow and indecisive? Tell me, how long will it take?!"

I did a quick calculation with my fingers and casually gave a number:

"Five minutes?"

"Okay, just five minutes!"

Chi Lian reluctantly put away the watermelon knife and picked up the grenade launcher.

"We don't need any company dogs, I'll hold the fort for you guys! Brothers!"

"yes!"

The atmosphere was very lively at one point.

Sixth Master and his men stared speechlessly at the vipers that had inexplicably burst into flames, silently activating all their firepower.

Of course, Renyi was not consulting with them.

However, with their share of the burden, the probability of Ivan, Aurora, and Shawn getting injured or killed would be lower. If this group didn't cooperate, he wouldn't mind coming up with some foolish moves.

The two of them nimbly darted from the food preparation area into the kitchen, leaving the fierce battle behind.

"Cover fire!"

The staff went all out, and the bows of all sizes swayed in the gunfire, exuding a romantic air of adrenaline rush.

......

In the kitchen.

I had previously glimpsed some details through the food serving window.

Everything inside was in good order, but the ubiquitous black sesame seeds indicated that the hygiene here was not up to standard.

For the sake of the engineer's mental well-being, Renyi didn't tell him that these were actually insect eggs.

"Over there!"

Klaus quickly spotted his target.

On the right wall of the kitchen hung a transparent container, with several colorful pipes connecting it to the ceiling and the floor above and below. It contained a dark purple liquid.

"We can't break it open directly, otherwise it will spray out like a fire hydrant. This valve is probably used to add trace elements, so we can start from there."

The explosions outside were continuous, urging the engineer to move so fast his hands were like afterimages. He picked up a pipe, connected one end to a valve, and placed the other end in the bucket.

"Buzz..."

Soon, the dark gray liquid in the bucket was quickly pumped in.

"Did it work?"

But this sense of reassurance didn't last long.

"boom!!!"

A loud bang suddenly came from the greenhouse, which also shook the kitchen.

Then came Ivan's loud voice:

"It's gone mad, bosses, you guys be careful!"

Klaus's heart skipped a beat, and he was about to stand up to see what was going on, but Ren Yi grabbed him.

"Don't move, I'll do it."

The voice just fell.

"Bang!"

The insulated plates at the food serving area were swept away by something, and a thick, almost dark purple vine, topped with a round and shiny fruit, rushed in!

The vine swayed in mid-air, the fruit like its eyes, and soon locked onto the two two-legged creatures in the kitchen.

"Boss, this herbicide doesn't seem to be working on it?!"

Klaus clutched his forehead in despair.

That's still putting it nicely...

To put it bluntly, this herbicide is like a super tonic for it!

"Don't panic."

He pressed down on Klaus's shoulder as he tried to get up, and amidst the flashing blue light, various bottles and jars almost overwhelmed him.

"The fact that it came looking for us so eagerly shows that we're on the right track. This box is indeed very important to it, but the ingredients we added were wrong."

Klaus pulled himself out of the messy pile of materials and took a closer look...

Red, green, purple, black, fragrant, foul-smelling...

He was still holding a bottle of green liquid containing eyeballs, and his face immediately turned green. He asked with disgust:

"This is?"

"You, try them one by one."

As he casually brushed his thumb across the blade of [Raven], a flash of green light appeared, and [Snake Shadow] was activated, extending the silver-white short sword to two meters.

"I'll go and distract it."

According to random observation, the reason why the vine has not launched an attack is that he and Klaus are too close to the jar on the wall.

It's hesitant to act for fear of repercussions.

Moreover, the fruit seems to serve as a visual or sensory organ for the vine, which makes things easier.

To lure it away, you need to raise your threat level to the highest level, commonly known as...

Use taunts to draw hatred!

Without any hesitation, Renyi promptly gifted it a lump of rare material:

Protein gel

"Splat!"

That's its hardest part.

The simple vine probably didn't expect someone to throw trash at it, and wasn't afraid at all, and was immediately covered in glue.

Before it could even recover.

The two-legged beast raised its right hand, palm facing it:

"puff!"

A spider web shot out out of thin air, the silk tightened, and wrapped the fruit into a very regular-shaped rice dumpling.

Enraged by the tangled vines, the thick tendrils swept across, sending metal kitchen utensils flying everywhere with a clanging sound.

Fortunately, the kitchen is big and spacious enough.

After saying "Good luck, the rest is up to you," Renyi leaped onto the long kitchen counter, putting distance between himself and Klaus.

Along the way, it kicked all the pots and pans on top of it onto the vines' faces.

Having lost sight, the vines, relying on sound and airflow to orient themselves, charged towards Renyi like battering rams, carrying the "zongzi" (rice dumpling) on ​​their backs!

"This is... a neurotoxin!"

Klaus didn't dare delay and immediately began poisoning the plants.

"Hey! It seems to be working!"

Almost immediately, Chi Lian's joyful shouts came from outside the kitchen.

The one that was chasing after Renyi also froze, and the deep purple veins on it began to throb violently, its movements becoming unsteady as if it were drunk.

However, this sluggishness only lasted a few seconds!

Immediately, this guy went berserk like a bull, charging towards Renyi Hammer at an even faster speed!

"Bang!"

A large dent was hammered into a stove.

He casually braced himself against the kitchen counter with one hand, zigzagged back from under the vines to behind it, and grabbed a white cube from the counter to throw at it.

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Just as I swung my arm in the air, I saw the system notification.

With a slight twitch of his eyebrow, he swiftly withdrew his outstretched hand and slipped it back into his bracelet.

The vines followed closely behind, grazing his side and slamming onto the table behind him.

"Neurotoxicants won't work... so what about paralyzing toxins?"

Klaus frantically poured bottles of strangely colored liquid into the bucket.

"call!"

This time, the vines seemed to have been exposed to three-phase electricity, but after shaking for a while, they not only didn't get numb, but also started to mimic the lassoing pole on the spot!

"My God! What is it doing?"

"Hey! Glasses!"

"Aaaaaaah~"

"Report... Target... Target has entered an excited state... Activity... Increased... by 8 percentage points!"

Hearing the commotion outside, the engineer turned pale and quickly poured in several more bottles of thick, aged rum that even Ivan wouldn't drink.

The wildly swaying vines paused, looking as if they were about to collapse at any moment!

Although it looks like it's working well.

But Ren Yi didn't expect to succeed this time; he had to think of other ways.

He quickly scanned the entire kitchen and finally settled on a large walk-in oven.

In the chaos just now, the oven's power button was either hit by something he threw or by kitchen utensils swept away by vines, and it seems to have been preheating at 300°C.

Why aren't you making a move yet?

Without the slightest hesitation, taking advantage of the vines being "drunk," Ren Yi slid over from below, grabbed the vines with both hands, and with a burst of strength from his waist and abdomen, he was already clinging to them like a leech, wrapped his legs around them, and flipped over to ride on top of them.

The drunken, blinding vines thrashed back and forth like mad bulls, trying to shake off the weight on their bodies.

This makes it convenient to manipulate the direction at will!

"Get out of here!"

Just as the vines lunged forward again, Ren Yi let out a low shout, grabbed the vines with both hands, and pushed off the wall on the right with both feet. The reaction force propelled them both toward the half-open oven!

"Bang!"

"Clang..."

The fruit crashed solidly into the oven, then let go mid-air, deftly flipping itself over just before it plunged into the oven, landing steadily on top of it.

Wearing python skin gloves, he wasn't afraid of getting burned. He forcefully squeezed the vines flat, slammed the heavy oven door shut, and at the same time smoothly turned the power knob on the control panel all the way to the end!

"Buzz!!!"

The heating element inside the oven instantly turned bright red, and terrifyingly high temperatures gathered in the enclosed space.

The vines trapped inside belatedly realized something was wrong!

The long vines in the kitchen looked like fighting ropes that Tyson was wildly swinging. They pulled the huge oven so far that it slid two meters away, and the power cord was taut.

Renyi quickly used several spider silk threads to tie the oven to the spot, while simultaneously bracing one foot against the kitchen counter fixed to the ground and using both hands to firmly hold the oven door shut.

The heavy oven door was warped by the vines.

Scalding hot air leaked out from the gaps, yet he remained unmoved, his veins bulging from his forehead to his arms!

"Clang, clang!"

Its struggles grew more and more intense.

But at that moment, it suddenly froze without warning.

"Bang!!!!"

A deafening roar came from inside the oven, and the oven door suddenly bulged outwards!

Ren Yi quickly let go, but he still couldn't escape unscathed. Just as he retreated, the oven door was forced open by a tremendous force!

As it was thrown away by the impact.

He reacted with lightning speed, twisting his body and using his back to absorb the scalding hot fruit pulp that splattered out.

The liquid, at over a thousand degrees Celsius, immediately burned through the unsightly and useless company uniform, leaving large burns on his body.

"Boss!"

Klaus helped the captain, who had fallen to the ground.

"I'll get rid of these things for you!"

however.

Renyi, however, paid no attention to the fruit juice smeared on his body, which kept burning his skin again after it healed itself.

"It's okay, it'll cool down in a bit."

He smeared his thumb, which was covered in fruit juice, into his mouth, then smacked his lips:

"It's quite sweet, a bit like concentrated grape juice, but it's a little too sweet."

"..."

Klaus poured another bottle of [high-concentration digestive solution] into the bucket.

"Don't put everything in your mouth! What if it's poisonous?!"

"Aurora would be very happy if it were poisonous."

Outside the kitchen.

The main body of the vine shuddered again, and all the vines began to dance, pouring out of the greenhouse!

"Something's not right!"

From the food serving area came Sixth Master's cold, yet still palpable, voice:

"What did you do? It looks like... the whole thing is about to come out!"