Sequence Wonder: Mimosa
[Congratulations to the host for successfully killing a level-two Mutant Beast, the Undying Insect Mother. Reward: 1,200 System Points.]
The Insect Mother gradually stopped struggling, and the system's death notification arrived right on cue.
This time, he had been awarded 1,200 System Points, which added to the points Jiang He had earned before.
His total had now reached 14,000 System Points!
"Finally, I have enough to upgrade the bus!"
Jiang He clenched his fist, then lifted the Insect Mother's corpse and prepared to leave.
But beneath it, he discovered an utterly inconspicuous little plant that had appeared there at some unknown point.
If not for his exceptional eyesight, he would never have noticed it!
[Ding.]
[Sequence Wonder detected: Mimosa. Would you like to spend 50 System Points to appraise it?]
Jiang He reached down and picked up the little plant. Looking at its slightly curled leaves, he was instantly overcome with joy!
He had only wanted to find some food for the bus, yet he had not only earned System Points but also unexpectedly obtained a Sequence Wonder!
He thought of the Sequence Potion in the grass earlier, and the Mimosa he had nearly missed this time.
Jiang He felt he needed to upgrade the pickup function!
He had noticed before that the system had an automatic pickup option.
It could automatically store Weird Objects and Sequence Wonders dropped by slain monsters in the system space.
Jiang He had been very tempted by the function at the time, but he had lacked the System Points, so he had shelved the plan.
Now he could finally upgrade it!
[Spend 1,500 System Points to unlock the automatic pickup function?]
"Yes."
[Automatic pickup function unlocked. Please leave space in the system backpack before battle, host, or the pickup function may not work properly.]
Jiang He paused in surprise as he read the system notification.
He really should find time to organize the things in his system space!
Otherwise, he wouldn't even know what supplies he had...
Having dealt with the pickup problem, Jiang He immediately appraised the Mimosa in his hand.
[Sequence Wonder: Mimosa]
[Series ranking: 6784]
[Sequence Skill: Malice Perception. Detects whether danger is present within a five-kilometer radius. When used by a Superpower Sequence user, the detection range increases to seven kilometers, and the detection target automatically changes to Eldritch Horrors.]
[Drawback: No offensive power. When activating its ability, it must be given a sufficient sense of security (contact with the host's body), or it is highly likely to flee.]
"No wonder the Insect Mother sensed me as soon as I entered the cave. So this little plant was responsible!"
After reading the Mimosa's appraisal, Jiang He was not disappointed in the slightest. Instead, he was overjoyed!
Although the Sequence Wonder had no offensive power, its ability was exactly what he needed!
What he lacked now was something that could warn him of danger in advance!
With the Mimosa, he would no longer need to worry about Eldritch Horrors sneaking into the convoy!
Jiang He carefully put the Mimosa away, then took out the Bloodsucking Dagger.
"Appraise."
[Weird Object: Bloodsucking Dagger (Lv1)]
[Number: 5780]
[Skill: Blood Messenger. When damaged, it can rapidly repair itself by absorbing blood. After killing a target, it has a chance to grow.]
[Drawback: If too badly damaged, it may absorb the wielder's blood.]
Compared with the Mimosa, the dagger's use seemed much more ordinary!
It might even kill its owner!
That alone virtually ruled it out for high-intensity combat!
Still, it wasn't entirely useless. A growth-type weapon had a great deal of potential.
Jiang He put away the Bloodsucking Dagger and took the Waste Barrel out of the system space.
It wasn't dark yet, so there was no rush to go back. He would collect some Undying Insect remains first!
Jiang He moved back and forth through the cave, filling the Waste Barrel in less than ten minutes.
Having finished, Jiang He finally clapped his hands in satisfaction.
He then waved a hand to put away the Insect Mother's corpse, lifted the plastic barrel, and headed for the exit...
Back inside the bus, Jiang He saw that the little girl was still asleep and had no intention of waking her.
Instead, he quickly dismembered the Insect Mother's enormous corpse and fed it to the bus.
The energy contained in a level-two Mutant Beast's corpse was naturally beyond anything a level-one Mutant Beast or an ordinary human could compare to!
After consuming just half of it, the bus's fuel gauge was already full.
Jiang He was somewhat surprised by the sight.
He had assumed that, as a level-three Weird Object, the bus would have a huge appetite. He hadn't expected it to be unable to finish even one insect...
[Ding.]
[The bus is currently in its adaptation phase. As its mileage increases, its fuel tank will also grow.]
The system provided a timely explanation, but Jiang He paid it no mind.
He was more than happy for the bus's fuel tank to grow. Then a single fill-up would let it travel for a long time!
That would save him from constantly hunting Mutant Beasts...
With that thought, Jiang He dumped all the Insect Mother's blood, mucus, and internal organs onto the floor.
That would repair the damage to the bus.
As for the remaining half of the Insect Mother's corpse...
He tied it to the roof with climbing rope. Letting it air-dry naturally like this would effectively keep it from rotting.
Looking at the massive thing that occupied almost the entire roof, Jiang He suddenly felt as though a lifetime had passed!
Just two days ago, he had been subjected to all kinds of oppression in his previous life, and now he could hunt level-two Mutant Beasts on his own!
Looking back, everything he had experienced during this time felt like a dream!
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Jiang He finally plopped down in the driver's seat.
He was just about to start the vehicle and leave.
But then he seemed to remember something and abruptly stopped.
His gaze fell on the windows of several houses up ahead.
He currently had no spare corpses to repair the bus's windows, and he remembered the predicament he had been in when it rained before.
Jiang He felt it was necessary to find some glass to cover the holes in the bus...
He got straight to work!
On the principle that a thief never left empty-handed, Jiang He removed all the windows from the nearby houses, then carried them back to the bus one by one.
While he was at it, he also looted the supplies in the courtyards.
By the time he finished, it was already 7:20.
It was summer, and the sun set late, so it still wasn't too late to leave!
"I'm looking up..."
Humming a little tune, he drove along the national highway bathed in moonlight.
A sense of freedom instantly filled every cell in his body, sweeping away his earlier fatigue.
The little girl had also woken up. Although she was a little afraid of the floor that resembled quicksand, she still carefully climbed into the front passenger seat.
Her little feet swung rhythmically as her big eyes gazed at the stars in the sky.
Children didn't understand parting and death. She only knew that her grandfather had gone up to heaven!
Time slipped quietly by...
Just as Jiang He thought he wouldn't encounter any danger that night, he suddenly spotted two red lights on the road in the distance...