Chapter 8 Stomping on Yan Zhu's Homework
Xiaozhen's eyes widened.
Things are really bad.
There was a broken flowerpot lying on the ground, and the plant inside had been trampled to pieces.
Xiao Zhen said, "This is Yan Zhu's summer homework."
This is the bean sprout plant Yan Zhu planted ten days ago for her observation journal. Yan Zhu would take pictures, draw pictures, and write diaries about it every day. This bean sprout is her treasure. Before this bean sprout grew, all the seeds she planted failed, but this bean sprout sprouted and grew vigorously. She would mumble to it before going to bed, encouraging it to grow taller and bear fruit as soon as possible.
Now, the remains of the bean sprout fell to the ground, and the stems were trampled to pieces.
"What did you do??"
Mr. Chicken and Mr. Cat said in unison: "He did it!!!"
"Very good, you guys ruined Yan Zhu's summer homework."
Mr. Cat protested, "Watch your words, it's not us, it's the chicken."
Captain Madara squeaked, "It was you who pounced on it!!"
Before Mr. Cat and the chicken go to war, True asks them how they plan to resolve it.
Mr. Cat went up and sniffed the plant: "It's hopeless. The stems are all broken."
"Do you know what human infants do when they are emotionally unstable?"
Mr. Cat and the Chicken fell into silence.
"Normally, she won't cause any harm to our bodies, but there is no doubt that she will bring about an incredibly strong mental attack." Xiao Zhen added, "This mental attack will probably not end until the end of the summer vacation."
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To Captain Little True Spot and Mr. Cat, Yan Zhu is the most terrifying existence in this family. The brain of a human juvenile is much more active than that of an adult. As long as she is at home, she will unconsciously emit various emotional fluctuations. Every time she is excited, for the three tentacle monsters who can naturally receive human emotions, it is no less than the noise of the renovation wall chiseling next door in broad daylight.
After staring at each other for a while, they decided to go out and find the fox merchant. Chicken said he had a plant growth potion.
Right now, we can only rely on alien props to solve this problem.
Fortunately, Yan's mother and Yan Zhu were out for class and not at home, so if we could restore the bean sprouts to their original state before they came back, everything could be saved.
Fox merchants are not trustworthy! Mr. Cat growled and repeated.
"Please come up with a second solution." The chicken snorted, "Do you think I really want to go to the fox merchant? But only the fox merchant has the plant growth agent."
Mr. Cat jumped onto the flower bed by the roadside and turned around and said, "No, I'm worried about something else. Does that fox merchant know your true identity?"
Chicken said: "He knows that I am a heart-eater."
Heart Eater is the common name for Xiao Zhen's race by the intelligent civilization in the galaxy. Thousands of years ago, the Heart Eater was described as one of the most terrifying and evil races. Even mentioning it was a blasphemy to the Protoss. Over the past thousand years, many innocent people have been executed because they were suspected of being possessed by the Heart Eater.
Even today when the Heart Devourers have been recognized and given the right to survive, they are still hated by most species. Xiao Zhen knows this very well. He was expelled from the previous planet because the authorities could not tolerate the Heart Devourers living in his territory.
Therefore, most of Xiao Zhen's people chose to hide their identities. Now they are in a remote place far away from the galactic civilization, which can be called an ideal place for seclusion. But now the chicken said that an alien knew its true identity as a heart-eating demon, and this alien was a fox merchant with a bad reputation in the galaxy , which made Xiao Zhen and Mr. Cat feel shocked.
"Only people of the same race can identify us. How did he know?"
"Well, something happened." Captain Madara said, looking at the faces of Xiao Zhen and Mr. Cat, "He said he would never reveal my identity."
"Tsk. I don't want to judge your reckless behavior." Mr. Cat rubbed the holly on the flowerbed, and stretched his tail into an arc. "Although it is legal for us to live on non-intelligent creatures, there are too many races in the galaxy that are hostile and prejudiced towards us, so I will not reveal my true identity to Fox Merchant." It looked at Xiao Zhen: "You must not reveal yourself either. No one can remain calm and listen to the explanation of whether a heart-eating demon deliberately occupied a young intelligent organism."
Xiao Zhen nodded. The name of the Heart Devourer was just like the attitude of the world towards them. This word was full of fear, disgust and misunderstanding. Most Heart Devourers would choose to hide their true identity from outsiders. This had become a rule of their lives.
"I agree." Xiao Zhen said, "Before I left this body, I was the human Yan Zhen. So what is your role?"
Mr. Cat replied: "An Elt, a pilgrim and consultant, who was forced to be stranded here because of an accident in his spaceship."
The Elts are residents from the planet Elt. Their appearance is very similar to the cats on Earth and they are one of the common races in the galaxy. This setting is very suitable for Mr. Cat at present.
After communicating their respective settings, a heart-eating demon possessed by a chicken , a heart-eating demon disguised as a local human, and a heart-eating demon disguised as an Elt arrived at the residence of the fox merchant.
The fox merchant lived in an apartment building facing the street. The four large golden signs of Qingfeng Apartment stood prominently at the entrance.
At the instruction of Captain Ban, Xiao Zhen entered "13101" and the password into the access control. The access control was unlocked with a clang, and they turned into the corridor and entered the elevator room.
There was an old man in the elevator. He looked at Xiao Zhen, who was holding a chicken in one hand and a kitten in the other, curiously and asked, "16th floor?"
Xiaozhen said it was the 13th floor.
The old man pressed the button for the 13th floor and muttered, "Why are all the people going to the 13th floor acting weird recently?" After that, he looked at Xiao Zhen again.
Room 101 on the 13th floor looked no different from an ordinary human room from the outside. Xiao Zhen knocked on the door.
The door opened automatically.
The interior is a living room with ordinary furnishings, which looks like the simplest home of an ordinary human being.
A girl appeared before them. She had delicate and pale skin, big eyes, and long black hair that reached down to her waist. From a human aesthetic point of view, she was a charming little beauty.
"What do you need?" The girl's voice was sweet and soft.
The chicken cried out, "It's me! Take us to your master. I have brought him guests!"
The girl smiled and motioned for them to follow her.
Xiao Zhen subconsciously scanned the girl, without any superficial consciousness, the girl was like a piece of pure white cloth, with nothing on it. Xiao Zhen couldn't tell what she was.
"Is she a human from this planet?" Xiao Zhen asked Captain Madara with his consciousness.
"I don't know. She's a living being, not a robot anyway."
They followed the girl into another room. The girl opened a door and a deep staircase appeared before them. As they stepped onto the stairs, the walls on both sides seemed to disappear, replaced by a nebula of light and darkness. As they walked, the corners of the stairs emitted a faint light, illuminating their path.
After walking for about a few minutes, they arrived at the room at the end of the stairs.
The girl's master, the Fox Merchant as Ji called him, was sitting at his desk waiting for them.
It was a man, a very handsome man, with deep eyes and eyebrows, a charming smile on his lips, and tenderness in his light grey eyes. He had an appearance that could make both men and women fall in love with him.
The handsome man smiled and said, "I am Han Junqian, serving you all." He looked at Ji, "Captain Ban, long time no see. Who are the two guests beside you?"
Captain Madara said: "An Elt alien in distress and a local human helper."
Han Junqian stood up and said, "I like the people of Elt. Likewise, I welcome this lovely local human."
Mr. Cat said bluntly, "I thought all fox merchants looked like foxes." He looked the man up and down and asked, "Are you using an optical camouflage device?"
"Correct. According to the law, on planets that have not yet had interstellar communication, alien visitors need to hide their identities to avoid causing unrest. The locals are not too happy with a talking fox like me doing business with them. I strongly recommend this product." Han Junqian shook the watch on his wrist: "This is the latest C300. It can adjust your appearance according to your body shape. The new product further improves the refinement of your appearance based on the original 4,800 skin materials. At the same time, your appearance can be completely customized according to your needs. If you order now, you can waive the 5% service fee..."
"No need!" Mr. Cat jumped onto the desk, "We need to order a bottle of plant growth potion, the super-fast kind. Do you have any?"
"Plant growth agent?" Han Junqian smiled. "Of course we have it. I just don't know which one you need."
“What kinds do you have here?”
"I have plant growth agents from the Spore Group, the Golden Tunnel Reclamation Group, the Interstellar Plant Protection Institute, and the Quinta Orc Farm. They are listed in order of price from high to low. Which one do you want?"
Mr. Cat transmitted through his brainwaves: (I have heard of the bad reputation of the Spore Group. The Interstellar Plant Protection Institute is a group of lunatics. What do you think?)
Captain Ban: (I hate the Golden Tunnel pioneer group. Their financial products have already trapped several pioneering immigrant groups.)
Xiao Zhen: (Let me remind you that we are not investing, we are just buying a bottle of medicine.)
Mr. Cat licked his paw: (I heard that the Kunta orcs took only one interstellar year to transform a barren desert planet into a lush forest resort.)
Captain Madara: (Then let's go with the Quinta orcs.)
Xiao Zhen: (I have no objection.)
After the three people had a mental meeting, Mr. Cat asked for the plant growth agent from the Quinta orcs.
The plant growth agent was in a small bottle and looked ordinary. Han Junqian put the plant growth agent on the table and they began to bargain.
"There is also the most important thing to note - the independent civilization code."
Mr. Cat said: "I know that we must not provide this bottle of medicine to the locals for scientific research or disrupt local order. Don't worry. This lovely human assistant beside me also knows it well."
Han Junqian clasped his hands and smiled: "Yes, please remember this. Although this is a remote corner of the galaxy, if something really happens, the Security Committee and the Eye of Supervision will come to intervene."
"You said there are people from the Security Committee and the Overwatch Eye here?"
"Where in the Milky Way is there without their tentacles?" Han Junqian stroked his chin and said, "Oh, I forgot to ask you one thing."
"What?"
"Who do you serve? The Legion or the Council?"
Captain Ban & Mr. Cat said angrily: "In such a remote corner, you still want to engage in factional struggle??"
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Before leaving, Xiao Zhen stared at Han Junqian for a long time. Han Junqian asked, "What's wrong, human helper? Do you care about my face?"
I think your name sounds like the male lead in an idol romance TV show. Xiao Zhen blinked and said, "Did you choose your name yourself?"
"Oh? I asked a local expert who has lived here for many years to give me this name. How about this name? It will attract people's attention as soon as it is heard."
It sounds like the hero who abandoned the infatuated heroine and married the innocent heroine, and then was beaten up by the heroine who stood up. But Xiaozhen said: "This name is full of connotations, it's really good."
Han Junqian smiled with satisfaction.
"Your face looks really good with the optical camouflage on now." Xiao Zhen continued, "I like it very much."
"You are really good at talking, human assistant." Han Junqian smiled, "How about this C300 latest optical camouflage device? For you, I can waive 7 points of service fee."
"You mean not only won't I get a discount, but you're also going to charge me a service fee?"
"My dear human helper, in this remote corner, all alien goods are scarce. Considering the risks of long-distance transportation, it is not excessive to charge an additional service fee."
"I don't have money. Goodbye." Although Xiao Zhen was very interested in this optical camouflage device, there was no need to buy it at the moment, not to mention that he really had no money. This time, Captain Ban bought the plant growth potion with his own StarNet account. The money of the host Yan Zhen's family did not belong to him, and his own account on the StarNet could not be used for some reason. He was now penniless.
Han Junqian smiled and handed Xiaozhen a business card: "It doesn't matter. I have another service here. Sometimes my customers have some small troubles. If you can help them solve them, you can also offset part of the payment. Of course, if you have any troubles, you can always call the number on the business card."
So you are a bounty guild agent. Xiao Zhen glanced at the business card. It was very simple. The three characters "Han Junqian" were written on the plain gray dark-textured paper, and the phone number "[68688818]" was written on the line below.
"Looking forward to seeing you again~"
They returned home quickly. Fortunately, Yan's mother Yan Zhu and Aunt Li were not back yet.
Xiaozhen found a new flowerpot, buried a mung bean in it, and dripped a drop of plant growth agent into the flowerpot.
After a few minutes, there was no movement in the flowerpot.
The chicken stared at the flower pot and said, "Isn't this a high-speed growth agent? Why is there no reaction?"
Mr. Cat said, "What does the instruction manual say?"
Xiao Zhen pressed the label on the bottle, and a floating window popped up immediately. In the window, a charming interstellar fairy said in a delicate voice: "Magogo larvae will save you from all the troubles of body hair~ Order now and enjoy a discount..."
Mr. Cat said angrily: "Why is there an advertisement!"
Xiao Zhen glanced at it and said, "This ad is five minutes long, and there's also an extra customer lottery . Oh, and it says that if you become a Wuyoumei member, you can skip the ad."
"Monoyoumi, go to hell!"
Xiao Zhen said: "Wuyoumei is the designated supplier of the Legion. You are a heretic if you slander it."
The chicken followed and shouted: "Heresy!"
"That's enough!"
They continued to stare at the flowerpot. The soil was very quiet, with no signs of germination. The floating window continued to play advertisements. After two rounds of advertisements, it started playing edible chewing candies for intelligent insects. Once chewed, it would release nerve stimulating hormones similar to those of the queen of the honeycomb to lay eggs. Both the infertile insect workers and the male insects experienced the ultimate joy of laying eggs.
The chicken, impatient, said, "Is the dosage not enough?" It grabbed the bottle with its claws and wanted to drop a few more drops into the flowerpot. Mr. Cat waved his claws, "Wait, let's wait for the instructions."
The cat's paw hit the bottle, and the chicken shrank subconsciously. The bottle mouth tilted, and half of the growth agent poured out in an instant.
The chicken yelled, "I didn't mean to do that."
Xiao Zhen said, "Look, the bean sprouts are growing."
I saw tender green bean sprouts pushing out of the soil, with slender stems standing upright and thin leaves spreading out. If it had only grown to this point, everything would be perfect. But the bean sprouts showed no signs of stopping. They grew taller and taller, and the stems became thicker and stronger. The main stem became as thick as a wrist in a few seconds, and more branches extended in all directions.
Mr. Cat reacted very quickly and swung his claws at the stalk. In an instant, the stalk was cut in two, but it did not stop growing.
The green stems that fell to the ground stretched out like snakes, and countless green leaves trembled and stretched out. They climbed up the furniture, took root in the carpets, spread on the ceiling, and split into more branches on the wallpaper.
"Great." Xiao Zhen said, "Now my home has become a forest." As he said, the interior of the Yan family's house has been completely occupied by branches, with drooping branches and green leaves everywhere, presenting a green forest scene.
"Now I know how the Quinta orcs turned the desert into a forest." Mr. Cat said word by word: "Because some idiots poured growth agent into it instead of water!"
"I didn't mean to do that! You were the one who started it first!" Captain Madara screamed.
Compared to before, the growth of the branches has slowed down, but they are still developing branches vigorously.
Xiaozhen, Mr. Cat, and Captain Madara stared at the advertising window in silence. After the fifth round of advertisements was over, the instruction manual finally came out.
"Adapting to the local language and units, please wait... Please pay attention to the dosage of the medicine. We recommend 1 ml of medicine to 30,000 grams of water, which is suitable for 1-2 acres of land. Please do not overdose."
“……” Xiao Zhen closed the window with a snap.
Mr. Cat sneered, "Very good. If things go like this now, the local humans will soon discover the anomaly. Then the news media will make this phenomenon known to the world, and then the Security Committee or the Eye of Supervision will come to your attention." It pointed at Captain Madara, "You will be sentenced to 150 years for violating the Regulations of Independent Civilization."
It pointed at Xiao Zhen again: "And you will be arrested on the spot for occupying a human body and sentenced to 800 interstellar years."
Captain Madara said, "Are you implying that you're the only one who got nothing?"
Mr. Cat said confidently: "The plant growth agent was purchased using your account. You can't escape. Xiaozhen can't leave his body, and can't escape either. Only I can run away perfectly. Don't worry, I will come to visit you in the future."
Xiao Zhen & Captain Madara: "..."
The doorbell suddenly rang. Captain Little True Cat and Mr. Cat looked at each other, thinking of ways to hide it from this family. But after thinking about it, it seems that the only way is to run away.
The chicken jumped to the window, took a look and said, "It's not your family, it's your good human friend Liu Xingquan."
"What is he doing here?" Xiao Zhen frowned.
"I don't know. Maybe it's to repair friendship or something."
Now is not a good time to deal with Liu Xingquan. Xiaozhen looked around. The room had become a forest, but the green leaves and branches were still growing wildly.
This is really a bit troublesome.
