The Little Male Cats Without Their Balls Are All Like This

That was how the two of them walked through the park, one in front and one behind.

Da Zhuang followed beside Jiang You, watching Fang Mu warily.

It had no favorable impression of this human who had approached Jiang You.

It was not targeting Fang Mu in particular. It simply hated every human equally. Not a single human was any good!

Of course, Jiang You did not count.

Especially not a decent-looking male like this one. He was even less likely to be a good person.

Da Zhuang did not understand human aesthetics, but it knew that this man was probably the equivalent of a calico cat in the feline world. He could be considered quite handsome.

Wait, was he plotting something?

Da Zhuang had originally wanted to wander somewhere else, but a strange sense of danger suddenly rose within it. It hurried forward two steps and stuck closely beside Jiang You.

The human it had just taken under its protection could not be lured away by someone else!

Sure enough, these cunning humans were all no good!

Whenever Fang Mu came even slightly closer, the cat bared its teeth at him as if it wanted to eat him.

He looked at the tabby cat with a baffled expression and said awkwardly, "Your cat has quite a... distinctive temper, huh."

"Little male cats without their balls are all like this," Jiang You said without turning her head.

Da Zhuang: "????"

It immediately clenched its buttocks and used its tail to shield its two lychees.

"What kind of mutated plant were you talking about?"

Jiang You continued asking as she walked.

"I'm not sure whether it's the mutated plant you're looking for, but that thing does look rather strange."

Fang Mu had a very sunny appearance, the kind that made people feel comfortable. Simply put, he looked righteous.

His eyes were clear and bright. Even the arrival of the apocalypse had been unable to destroy the cleanliness about him.

A person like him had obviously grown up in a happy family.

Jiang You envied people like that, like sunflowers raised beneath the sunlight.

As for herself, she was probably a weed growing beside a sewer.

Fang Mu recalled the matter and continued.

"I discovered it once when I happened to pass by the bamboo grove in the park. As for exactly what it is, I can't explain it in just a sentence or two.

"Anyway, you'll know when you go take a look. Maybe it's the mutated plant you're looking for."

Whenever he mentioned that thing, Fang Mu's expression became strange, as if he found it impossible to describe.

Jiang You noticed his expression and asked, "What's wrong?"

Fang Mu pursed his lips and repeated, "I don't know how to describe it. Anyway, anyway, you'll know once you see it. We're almost there."

As they spoke, the two of them drew close to the bamboo grove.

But before they even reached it, Jiang You caught a faint whiff of something foul.

Just then, a gust of wind blew over.

"Yue~"

Da Zhuang vomited behind them. The fish it had just eaten had not even had time to digest before it all came back up.

The fumes made Jiang You's head throb as well.

Compared to here, the smell in the glasshouse was not even worthy of being called its little brother. It was practically its grandson.

Just then, Fang Mu quickly handed over two leaves.

"Quick, plug your nostrils with these. This bamboo grove is very smelly. Extremely smelly."

"When I first entered the park, this bamboo grove was the only place where we didn't need to clear out the zombies, because it was so smelly that even the zombies didn't want to come near.

"The source of the smell is that thing that looks like a mutated plant."

Jiang You turned to look.

Fang Mu had already rolled the two leaves into balls and stuffed them into his nostrils.

The two green lumps in his nostrils looked like giant boogers.

The young man, who had originally looked quite fresh and clean, suddenly seemed foolish.

He waved the leaves in his hand at Jiang You. "Hurry, plug your nostrils.

"Don't force yourself. This thing is so stinky it's impossible to describe, even worse than the dry latrine at my second granduncle's house in the countryside!"

Jiang You refused his leaves.

Just as Fang Mu was inwardly mocking her for overestimating herself, he saw her pull out a pig-nosed gas mask and put it over her head.

He looked at Jiang You's gas mask, then at the two leaves in his hand.

He secretly curled his lips.

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What was the big deal about a gas mask?

Could it really be more useful than his leaves?

They were easy to find anywhere. Not only could they block his nostrils, but they could also be used to wipe his butt in an emergency.

Now that was environmentally friendly!

After being overcome by the fumes and vomiting, Da Zhuang retreated directly, scrambled up a tree, and shook its head to indicate that it was not going in.

Jiang You instructed, "Da Zhuang, wait for me outside. Don't run too far."

"Meow!" Got it! Go on, hurry up!

Da Zhuang sprawled on a branch and buried its head in its belly.

Not a trace of its usual boldness remained.

It had always feared neither Heaven nor earth and dared to fight even the Heavenly King himself, yet it had never dreamed that it would be defeated by a smell.

Fang Mu led Jiang You into the bamboo grove. "Follow me. I know this place well. Don't wander around. The soil near the water over there has softened in places. If you step on it carelessly, you could easily fall into the water."

Under Fang Mu's guidance, they soon found the so-called mutated plant, the source of the stench.

He pointed at a mushroom half a person tall in front of them. "Take a look. It's this!"

The mushroom was a round, plump stalk about a meter tall. Its entire body was white, and a large hollow umbrella-shaped cap rested on top.

It looked somewhat like an oversized morel.

But the cap was blackish red.

The closer they got to that thing, the more unbearable the smell became.

It was an indescribable stench that drilled straight from the nose into the brain.

Even Fang Mu, who had plugged his nostrils and was breathing through his mouth, could barely stand the smell.

Jiang You glanced at him. "I have a gas mask here. Do you need it?"

Fang Mu stubbornly shook his head. "No need. These leaves work quite well. I can't smell anything at all. That's right, I can't smell anything."

This fellow had the hardest mouth of all.

He pointed at the mushroom and said, "See if this is the mutated plant you're looking for. I remember these things growing in the bamboo grove behind our house when I was little, but they weren't this big, and they didn't smell this bad.

"We called them chicken-dropping mushrooms.

"A mushroom this huge and this freakishly smelly must have mutated, right?

"There are several chicken-dropping mushrooms like this in the bamboo grove!

"This thing is what's producing the smell."

Jiang You was wearing a gas mask, so she could not smell much.

But everyone knew that bamboo groves had the most mosquitoes in summer.

Yet in this bamboo grove, there were not even any mosquitoes, let alone other insects.

Fang Mu continued, "This place reeks so badly that not only zombies, even flies have to take a detour! Look, there isn't a single mosquito in this bamboo grove. This smell attacks indiscriminately!"

Jiang You deeply agreed.

She slowly approached the mushroom and poked it with a stick. White mucus immediately clung to the branch and dripped down.

Jiang You wanted to find a mutated plant to keep at home and test how far her blood could help it evolve.

But this thing...

She first used her seedling knife to chop through one of the mushrooms.

The instant the mushroom was cut apart, Fang Mu felt the stench in the air grow even stronger.

When he saw her rummaging through the sticky mushroom juice in the main stalk, he had no idea what she was looking for.

He could only cover his mouth with his hand as well.

Jiang You searched inside for a while. Most plant crystals were located in the roots.

But some were in the main stalk. She searched through the stalk first but found nothing.

So she dug into the ground and, sure enough, found a crystal the size of a peanut in the roots. This confirmed that it was a mutated plant.

But...

Never mind. She would try it first. It had taken her so much effort to find a mutated plant. Giving up because of a tiny bit of smell would be too ridiculous.

She hesitated, then removed the gas mask, wanting to see whether she could tolerate the stench first.

Since Fang Mu had been inside for so long without anything happening, the smell should be harmless apart from being foul.

When Fang Mu saw her walk up to the chicken-dropping mushroom and reach for her mask, he wanted to warn her not to get so close.

That smell really hit hard.

After all, he had only dared to watch from a distance and did not dare approach the thing.

But Jiang You moved too quickly. Before he could stop her, it was already too late.

Jiang You removed the gas mask and took a deep breath.