Monster Baby

"Food like last time? I don't have any, but... what do you think of this?"

He took out the remaining five gray Magic Crystals and one white Magic Crystal from his storage space and placed them in his hand.

The six Magic Crystals glimmered faintly. The moment they appeared, the vines snatched them away.

"This is the energy—pure, full, high-quality! My dear friend, you always bring me surprises. What gift do you need?"

"I don't need a gift. But I have a plan. If it succeeds, we can obtain more of this energy. Do you want to give it a try?"

"...All right!"

Under the bright sunlight, beside an abandoned street.

"Help! Help! Someone, save me!"

A man covered in blood and grime held two loudspeakers, shouting continuously as he ran toward the distance.

His powerful voice, amplified by the speakers, spread in every direction.

"Roar! Roar!"

Hundreds of zombies chased behind the man, while even more zombies emerged from the buildings along the street, drawn by the sound and scent.

If sensitivity to sound was merely a stimulating response for zombies,

then a fresh living human running around reeking of blood triggered their predatory instincts.

Zombies gradually appeared on the street ahead as well, slowly forming an encirclement with no escape route.

Glancing back at something within the zombie horde, Wang Changle nodded. Mm, better than last time.

The surging small-scale zombie tide swept toward the courtyard, only for countless dark bluish-green vines to skillfully burrow out from every corner of the street.

Clinging, binding, dragging—one zombie after another was pulled into the nearby alleyways.

Before the zombie tide had even crossed half the street, only an Iron Arm Zombie remained. He turned around, hefted his battle axe, and charged out again.

Three minutes later, restrained and held back by the vines, the zombie fell to the ground.

[You killed an Iron Arm Zombie and gained 0.1% World Origin]

The old-fashioned courtyard was filled with blooming flowers. White, blood-red, pink, and goose-yellow blossoms competed in the afternoon sunlight, petals scattering everywhere in a dazzling display.

Beneath the roses of every color were zombies struggling and twitching.

Yet the tightly binding vines did not loosen in the slightest. Instead, the roses bloomed even more brilliantly amid the twitching. The stench of corpses mixed with floral fragrance, creating a strange scent.

Wang Changle ate instant noodles as he looked at the Magic Crystals piled up like a mountain in the pond. He sighed inwardly. His busy morning hadn't been wasted; the harvest had been quite plentiful.

Beside Wang Changle stood a robust man wearing a slightly wrinkled tracksuit. His skin was smooth, his features sharply defined.

If not for the long vine connected to the back of his head, he would have looked no different from an ordinary person.

"Congratulations. You've evolved again, Blood Rose."

"Thank you. I also have to thank you for your help, Wang Changle."

Yes, it had evolved again, becoming a four-star mutated plant. A jade-green Magic Crystal had grown on the vine behind its head.

It was hard to imagine that, before the Iron Chain Prisoner had even appeared and before the Yama Tree had fully grown,

there was already a four-star existence in Doomsday Roulette World.

Not only had its voice become magnetic when it spoke, but its expressions had also become more nuanced. It looked more intelligent, more and more like a human.

From a human perspective, this kind of humanoid life was bizarre, absurd, and incomprehensible!

But he had brought about this transformation himself. Besides, he had already died and come back to life, even traveled between worlds.

It was just plants gaining sentience. That wasn't so hard to accept.

"No need to thank me, but I have to go now. I hope you'll remember what I just told you."

"Mm. When I see the enormous pillar of light, I'll do my best to remain conscious. If you need help, tear it apart. I can find you."

Blood Rose raised a hand and offered him a goose-yellow rose the size of an egg.

[You obtained Mist Rose x1]

Mist Rose

Origin: Doomsday Roulette World

Type: Item

White Grade: 9

Effect: When torn apart, it releases a large amount of yellow pollen, forming a foggy area.

Description: A smoke bomb from the biological world, rich and fragrant.

Price: 1000 Paradise Coins

Watching Wang Changle's departing figure, Blood Rose began withdrawing the nearby flower vines. Some of its roots spread into the underground drainage system. It remembered Wang Changle mentioning that there was a Rat King in the sewers.

By Pearl Lake, before the shallow bay, a pillar of light that tore through the sky shot upward.

"Woooo—"

Immediately afterward came the majestic blare of a horn, echoing over the entire city.

As the city erupted into chaos, a black hole that continued expanding and taking shape slowly formed above Pearl Lake. Terrifying Deadly Land creatures continuously emerged from it.

The ambushing army and survivor teams also began fighting the mutated creatures charging in from every direction.

Modern firearms and artillery, along with the army's morale, erupted completely at that moment.

He did not pay attention to the brutal front-line battle, nor did he look at the Monster Baby walking along Pearl Lake.

Instead, he kept his binoculars trained on the man moving between the buildings—Ye Zhongming.

He knew very well that, with his current strength, he had absolutely no chance of killing the Monster Baby alone.

Leaving aside the Monster Baby's powerful summoning ability, just the protagonist's attention and the scrutiny of other factions were enough that he had no confidence in resisting them.

So he couldn't fight head-on. He could only outsmart them!

All his opportunities and hopes lay with the protagonist, Ye Zhongming!

As long as everything developed according to the plotline, he had a seventy percent chance of succeeding. All he needed to do now was wait patiently!

Ye Zhongming held a shield in his left hand and the Edge Moon battle blade in his right. With a flash, he killed six or seven zombies.

As he dug out gray crystals, he kept his gaze fixed on the Terror Sheep chewing on a human, completely ignoring the nearby survivors' cries for help.

The enormous goat in the distance stood more than two stories tall, savage and terrifying. Yet Ye Zhongming knew that it was one of the easiest Deadly Land creatures to kill.

As long as he killed this Terror Sheep and extracted its Sheep Core, he would be able to strengthen himself once more.

Someone at the front lines was conveniently drawing its attention. With no other pressure on him, Ye Zhongming told Pu Xiuying to watch for anything unusual nearby before charging toward the Terror Sheep at full speed.

The Terror Sheep braced its limbs, lowered its massive head slightly, and rammed the audacious human before it. It wanted to smash him into pulp.

But Ye Zhongming tapped off the ground, planted his left hand on the sheep's head, and performed a nimble flip. In a single leap, he landed on the broad sheep's back.

"Pfft!"

With a twist of his wrist, he drove the long blade downward. Blood sprayed out, and he steadied himself firmly.

"Baaah!" The Terror Sheep howled miserably, jumping up and down as it tried to throw the hateful human off its back.

But after bouncing and leaping several times, the human on its back remained completely unmoved. The weapon even seemed to be deepening the wound. It hurt so much!

Seeing the falling rubble cause considerable trouble for the man on its back, the Terror Sheep immediately began a running charge toward the nearby mall.

"Root Entanglement!"

Just as the Terror Sheep charged toward the mall, everyone present saw four or five dark green vines suddenly appear in midair.

Like four or five giant pythons, they firmly froze the Terror Sheep in midair.

[Notice: Your intelligence is equal to the target's. Root Entanglement activated successfully, forcibly immobilizing the target for 2.4 seconds and applying Nature Mark]

In the Terror Sheep's disbelieving eyes, a battle axe gleaming with cold light continuously enlarged before it. Then its vision went dark as green fluid splashed everywhere, and it felt unprecedented agony.

"Baaah! Roar!"

Amid its heart-wrenching screams, the Terror Sheep tried to break free from the restraints, only to find itself unable to move!

Ye Zhongming seized the opportunity, flipped down, and fiercely plunged the tip of his blade in before slicing downward. Its belly was immediately split open, spilling its intestines.

In the blink of an eye, the vines vanished. The Terror Sheep convulsed all over and crashed to the ground.

[Notice: You have slightly changed the world plot and gained 2% World Origin]

[Notice: Ye Zhongming's favorability toward you +50. Current status: Neutral 51/100]

"What was that just now? How did those enormous vines suddenly appear?"

"Who are those two? They actually... killed that terrifying monster! It's dead!"

"This world is insane."

Noisy discussions and cries of shock came from outside the mall. Several braver survivors stood at the entrance, staring into the building at the two men in amazement.

Ye Zhongming, however, had no interest in the survivors steadily gathering around them. He looked at the young man before him with astonishment.

Twice in one day, they had encountered each other while he was fighting, and both times this man had helped him.

He had saved him twice. This guy was deliberately approaching him!

Those suddenly appearing vines had been a skill—a class skill!

This youth actually had a class too, and it was one Ye Zhongming had never seen before. With the physique of a one-star evolver, he had forcibly restrained a level-two mutated beast!

This class was definitely powerful. Had he possessed it before, or had he just acquired it?

Who exactly was he, and what did he want?

"Hey, I want the ram's huge horns."

The youth's cool words interrupted Ye Zhongming's thoughts. Looking up, he saw the youth standing before the Terror Sheep, using his hands to measure the size of its two curled horns.

Only the horns? This person felt strange, but each time, he only took materials from mutated beasts. Could he really be from the military?

"Fine."

Just as Wang Changle was about to cut off the horns, the survivors outside crowded over, shouting that they deserved a share of the loot too.

Some even intended to rely on their numbers to seize the weapons from Wang Changle and Ye Zhongming. Ye Zhongming knocked them all to the ground in just a few moves.

The one who had taken the lead even had a hand chopped off and wailed endlessly on the ground.

Watching this scene, Wang Changle couldn't help complaining inwardly. Sure enough, as long as there was a protagonist, countless brainless villains would jump out to make their presence known.

"Your hand is injured. This might help."

As Wang Changle spoke, he took out Life Essence and handed it to Ye Zhongming, who was digging out crystals.

Ye Zhongming accepted the Life Essence. As he sensed the information it conveyed, he looked at the youth before him in surprise, though a trace of wariness flashed in his eyes.

He had just been thinking that it would be nice if there were a healer class, and this person immediately produced a recovery item. It was too much of a coincidence, making him instinctively wary.

Not only did this person always appear when Ye Zhongming was caught in dangerous battles,

but every time, he provided precisely the help Ye Zhongming needed most, without asking for much in return.

What he gave and what he took were completely disproportionate. This person was too strange!

Moreover, he was powerful. He not only had a White Grade weapon and was a level-one evolver, but also possessed a powerful class. Now, he had even produced a high-quality recovery item!

Yet after thinking back carefully for a long time, Ye Zhongming found no trace of this person in his memories from his previous life. It was as if this person had appeared out of thin air.

He vaguely felt that this person seemed very familiar with him and was approaching him for some purpose.

He had felt that way since their first meeting, and now the feeling was growing stronger.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Ye Zhongming's mind. Unless this man had been reborn as well—and came from a point later in the timeline than him!

"Who the hell are you?!"

Ye Zhongming's pupils contracted. A strange gun suddenly appeared in his hand, and he pointed it at Wang Changle with a grim expression.