Hidden Friend
"Want to see something else?" the Player who had taken his money asked ingratiatingly.
"Do you have anything that can speak like a human?" Xu Huo asked.
"What are you saying? Plants don't have vocal cords, so how could they speak?" The other man smiled broadly. "But since the customer has a request, I'll certainly do my best to satisfy it."
As he spoke, he took out a bag of white seeds. "This grass is called echo grass. When it grows, it forms large, dense patches. Although it can't speak, if the wind blows or someone talks to it and it senses the vibrations, the plants will rub against one another. The sounds produced by the friction form very strange tones, and sometimes they really do sound a bit like human voices. But you need a large enough area for it to work. A small patch won't have any effect. Do you still want it?"
"This is cheap. A large bag costs just one thousand White Cash."
"Buy it, buy it!" The painted woman held her Communicator in front of Xu Huo. "I want to hear whether they can really talk."
Besides the echo grass, Xu Huo picked out some other seeds and bought them all.
"It's rare to meet a customer who likes plants this much." The man took out a small plant fruit. "I'll give you this seal fruit for free. It can stamp animals, and people too. Before using it, carve a pattern onto it. After stamping, the area bearing the pattern will secrete Corrosive Liquid and produce an identical design. It works very well—the wound won't heal for a day or two!"
That was interesting, so Xu Huo accepted it.
Two days later, the train arrived safely at C31-020.
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