"He's here to kill me! He's here to kill me! He's here to kill me!"
"What do I do?"
After being declared dead in Changkong City, its seeds drifted on the wind for thousands of kilometers. Thinking it could never be discovered, it finally took root in Sky City and began to work diligently.
It never expected less than two peaceful months to pass.
Before Zhao Bai came knocking.
Was he really going to wipe it out completely?
Its panic lasted only an instant. Perhaps it had been scared out of its wits, but it became exceptionally low-key, even burying its entire body underground. Above the surface, it left only an ordinary little flower.
"No way, right?"
It muttered to itself, "I was just scaring myself. I awakened a new ability because I was too frightened back then. This time, that Zhao guy definitely won't find me."
"Hehehe."
The activity beneath the ground was intense, yet the surface remained perfectly calm, as though stirred by a gentle breeze.
Only one person noticed something was wrong.
Gray Serpent stopped his pen and tilted his head as he stared at the unremarkable little flower.
The plant was also curious. Why did this person, who had transformed his entire body into machinery, come to the Botanical Garden day after day to sketch, drawing the part of it exposed aboveground onto paper?
Had it been discovered?
Impossible. No one in this world could see it as it was now. That was the nature of its new ability.
They should... forget it the moment they saw it.
It buried itself deeper and continued rooting into the dark earth. At the same time, it severed its connection with the infected, terrified that Zhao Bai might trace the network back to it. If that happened, everything would