After the tension of their initial meeting passed, the atmosphere gradually relaxed.
Although Shen Guanquan was in a peculiar state and looked nothing like a human, Yang Yi was hardly any better off. Perhaps this was the price of surviving in this world.
"...You really do give people a fright wherever you go.
"You'd only just arrived on Green Island, and you already discovered a special plant that could mimic a human and move around. That served as a warning for us, too."
Shen Guanquan spoke, apparently already aware of what had happened at the medical experimental center.
"Can you control these plants?"
Su Na asked curiously, edging closer without drawing attention to herself, getting nearer and nearer to the Song of Creation Gramophone.
"No." Shen Guanquan shook his head. "Actually, all I can control is my own body and a few vines extending out of it."
A vine emerged from the deck. It was a familiar sight, somewhat reminiscent of the Nightmare Star.
Here, however, it was because Shen Guanquan's body had grown together with the ship.
"I can't control plants outside my body, but I've found a new way to direct them... through communication."
"Communication?"
Su Na frowned, her attention momentarily drawn away by Shen Guanquan.
"That's right. Communication."
Shen Guanquan continued explaining.
"Plants actually perceive the outside world too, and respond to stimuli. They just do so differently from humans, so it's harder to notice.
"But here, perhaps because most of my body has turned into a plant, I've mastered a way to communicate with plants. It's hard to describe exactly.
"The plants around us have more or less accepted my existence and reached an understanding with me through communication. That's why they haven't shown you any aggression."
He continued. The more they listened, the more unbelievable