Botanical Garden

In addition to her daily morning exercise and study, Linsey has taken on a new task—teaching students.

Although Tie Yu is honest and simple, he is hardworking and dedicated.

In the mornings, he studied Life Scholar with Linsey; in the afternoons, he studied writing with Hilude; and in the evenings, he diligently reviewed his lessons on his own. He even managed to find time to patrol the camp.

Even so, Tie Yu's learning progress increased every day.

After the Medical Station was completed, he received a knowledge indoctrination.

Now, he can use his Essence to help patients relieve pain from simple injuries, colds, and coughs.

So the pressure returned to Linsey.

"The existing Essence and conditions can only alleviate some minor problems. For serious illnesses or injuries, professional medication is still needed."

"Medicines, medicinal plants and minerals also need to be collected."

One night four days later.

Before going to sleep, Linsey was still writing furiously, planning the subsequent development of the camp, and prioritizing the need for medication.

In fact, he had already selected some of his stockpiled herbs and was cultivating them in the backyard.

However, due to Linsey's exceptionally strong Constitution and the restorative effects of the Life Source Material.

During his adventure, he didn't prepare anything to deal with common illnesses; he mostly had emergency medical supplies.

"Managing a territory is more difficult than I imagined."

Linsey murmured a sigh.

The next second, Hilude next to her spoke up:

"If you want to make things easier, there are ways."

"As long as I can restore my skills, repairing the world's staircase or expanding this paradise will be a piece of cake."

Because of Linsey's supervision, Hilude also maintained the same schedule as Linsey.

Linsey was still working overtime at that moment, and she was sitting in a wheelchair next to her, watching Linsey work with a smile.

Linsey rolled her eyes at Hilude:

"What, aren't you going to sleep yet?"

Hilude raised an eyebrow, her wine-red eyes radiating madness:

"I'm a writer! Staying up all night... ha, you really underestimate me!"

"..."

It must be admitted that Hilude possesses a unique talent.

The moment she opened her mouth, Linsey didn't want to talk to this guy anymore.

Seeing Linsey's silence, Hilude smiled as if she had overcome something, and then moved closer:

"Although I can't use my Source Material Skill, the essence of change is still here. I can't harm myself to change my fate now, let alone stay up all night—as long as I'm not cut off from water and food, I can live for thousands of years without any problem."

Snap!

It's getting late.

Linsey slammed her notebook shut and prepared to go to bed.

He glared fiercely at Hilude before taking off his clothes:

"Every time I see you, I am reminded of an old saying: 'Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years!'"

Hilude was particularly interested in the last sentence:

"Good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years?"

"Indeed, that's a very elegant and well-crafted way of putting it. I can use it in my next novel!"

Linsey simply ignored the guy and lay down to go to sleep.

But just then, a line of text quietly appeared on his Task Bar in the Attribute Panel.

The Mutated Botanical Garden

In a desolate landscape, a hidden paradise of plants lies within a canyon, but it seems to conceal some secrets. Investigate to uncover the truth.

[Task Rewards: Small amount of money, 10 random plant seeds]

"Ah?"

Linsey was instantly wide awake.

Even setting aside the plant seeds as a reward, the description of the mission itself was enough to pique his interest.

Hidden within a canyon is a paradise of plants!

What does that mean?

This means that there are native plants from the Wasteland soil there, which are likely more adapted to the local environment. Furthermore, the existence of this exception may lead to the development of an environmental improvement plan beyond simply Great Banyan Grove!

"Essence fluctuations— Linsey, what new tricks have you come up with this time?"

"..."

Hilude's voice rang out, but Linsey did not answer immediately.

He is currently focused on analyzing the current situation.

The changes to the Task Bar have always been closely related to his experiences.

But in the past few days, Linsey has been staying in the camp's territory to develop it, and has not gone out at all, nor has he had any opportunity to make contact. It is impossible that he triggered this mission.

Therefore, we can infer from this that...

The only answer lies in the Wilderness Hunter he sent out to explore, which corresponds exactly to the fluctuations of fate that Hilude saw.

"But the appearance of a mission often means the appearance of danger."

"So... Sand Dune and the others are in danger?"

Linsey's expression turned serious.

Those few Wilderness Hunter were his high-level combat force, and they usually had a good harvest when they went out hunting.

The territory's development is only now getting on track.

Sudden loss of talent like this is definitely not something to be happy about.

Linsey wasn't in the mood to sleep anymore.

He jumped out of bed, grabbed his coat, threw it on, and prepared to go downstairs and leave.

"Hilude, can't you see the fluctuations of fate? Which direction is the most intense right now?"

Hilude's gaze was fixed on Linsey:

"Let me see, it should be to the south... Hey! Linsey, what are you doing?"

Before Hilude could finish speaking, she felt herself being dragged back.

She grabbed the wheelchair and turned her head to see that Linsey was not only going downstairs by herself, but was actually carrying her down with one hand!

"It's so late, are you still taking me with you?"

Linsey's icy voice rang out from the front:

"Of course, you can consider it as atonement for your past misdeeds."

Hilude began to complain:

"For young girls, staying up late can make their skin worse."

Linsey's voice was completely flat:

"Don't you still have over a thousand years to live? Take your time to recuperate later."

"..."

Hilde fell silent, deeply conflicted, and stopped speaking.

Linsey walked all the way outside.

There were also soldiers on night patrol in the camp. After explaining the general situation, he led Hilude and ran south at breakneck speed.

At Linsey's current speed, the scenery around him even becomes ghostly, and he can stir up a whirlwind on flat ground.

Moreover, he doesn't need to be gentle with Hilude in his hands.

So, once you've set your sights on the right direction, you just keep speeding along without a care in the world.

The roads that would take an average person several hours or even more than a day to traverse are compressed to the extreme.

So much so that it was still dark that night.

Linsey saw the familiar Green Marker on the map display interface.

He slowed down:

"We'll find them soon. Are you coming with me, or staying here?"

Hilude, however, did not hesitate at all:

"We've come all this way, you can't just leave a disabled girl like me here alone, can you?"

Linsey thought about it and agreed, so she stopped asking questions.

Continue forward for a few more minutes.

In the shadow of the southern mountains, the two saw Sand Dune and his companions being chased in a sorry state by a swarm of strange insects.