Jiang Yu looked even more miserable than she had when she was farming, as though she had been mentally tortured. She was listless and pitiful, and just like before, she even relied on floating to get around.
Hao Jingye asked in confusion, "What happened to you?"
Jiang Yu came in, braced herself against the sofa, and opened her mouth to draw a deep breath before cursing, "Damn it, that Mutant Fish Mint is pure poison!! When it heard we wanted to plant it across the whole planet, it started severing its own roots..."
Once Jiang Yu started complaining, there was no stopping her.
Jia Guangliang and the others headed to the dining table, picked up their chopsticks, and added vegetables to the hot pot while listening to Jiang Yu's tale of woe.
The Mutant Fish Mint's roots were different from its leaves. Its leaves were incredibly precious. Even when a person with a plant-type superpower fed it power, it only grew roots, not leaves.
So it still sported its one lone, pitiful leaf.
When it heard that they could cover the planet with plantings and grow lots of fish mint, it eagerly cooperated, severing its own roots. As long as they fed it power, it kept growing roots and severing them again.
It was so cooperative that Academician Zhou treated it like a treasure. If Jiang Yu dared to smack it, Academician Zhou would smack Jiang Yu.
Academician Zhou and the others unanimously agreed that the Mutant Fish Mint's leaf and the part connected to it constituted its "body."
The roots, which drew nutrients from the scorched earth and helped it attack and flee, were more like weapons.
That was why it was so willing to part with them.
As for its leaf, forget studying it-just touching it would send