Chapter 293 - 147 The Function of Mutated Sunflowers_3

Everyone left together in a group, so even if we encountered danger on the road, we could take care of each other.

When we got back home, the morning fish collection still wasn’t finished.

Yang Mei and Cai Yao were keeping track of accounts, while Sister Wu and the others were collecting fish.

Liang Yuan entered and saw that a considerable number of mutant fish had already piled up in the room, making him excited.

"How many have we collected?"

"Over five hundred," Yang Mei replied with a smile.

Liang Yuan’s heart leaped with joy. Indeed, lowering the exchange rate yesterday made everyone go all out.

Looking at the homeowners lining up to exchange food, each with red eyes and dark circles, it was clear they had stayed up all night.

"Did the fish from buildings 75 and 77 arrive yet?"

"Not yet."

This made Liang Yuan even happier. If the fish from those two buildings arrived, wouldn’t that add another four or five hundred fish?

Wouldn’t that be almost a thousand fish?

Converted to points, wouldn’t that be over 8,000 points?

Wouldn’t I then instantly have 10,000 points again?

Liang Yuan smiled broadly and said, "I’ll handle the fish; you all continue."

He immediately began processing a batch of catches in the room, and, based on the list Yang Mei and the others compiled, prepared supplies for the homeowners.

This time, the homeowners worked so hard that Liang Yuan’s inventory of supplies had significantly depleted.

But he wasn’t worried; supplies could be obtained through the lottery system at any time.

After finishing with this batch of fish, Liang Yuan watched Yang Mei and the others for a while before heading to the plant room.

In the plant room, under Song Wen’s superpower control, the first batch of vegetables had been harvested.

As these were ordinary plants, not mutant plants, they didn’t place high demands on Song Wen’s superpower.

However, the three sunflower plants had grown significantly taller.

Although they hadn’t yet bloomed, their faint fluorescent green light brightened the entire plant room, making it much brighter than outside.

"Brother Liang, you’re here."

Seeing Liang Yuan, Song Wen quickly greeted him.

Liang Yuan curiously asked, "Where’s Granny Li and the others?"

Song Wen smiled and said, "Granny Li went back to pack up her things, since you said we’re going to leave here. Everyone’s packing their luggage."

"And some of the aunties heard that the grain exchange rate had dropped, so they wanted to go home and catch more fish with their families to exchange for food."

"Seeing that there wasn’t much to do in the plant room, I let them go back."

Liang Yuan looked around the living room; indeed, the total planting area was very small.

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If it weren’t for composting and fertilizing, there wouldn’t usually be much work.

Liang Yuan asked, "Can you handle it all by yourself?"

"There’s not much to handle now. The first batch has already grown; after that, we just need to sow and water to get the second batch."

"After all, the soil has been fertilized; the earth power is sufficient."

"By the way, I have a new discovery I wanted to tell you about." Song Wen suddenly remembered something and spoke quickly.

Liang Yuan was curious and asked, "What discovery?"

"These sunflowers right here."

"Not only can they provide light and be used as lamps."

"But their light seems to be able to replace sunlight."

"I noticed all the plants growing towards these sunflowers."

"Granny Li said it was because of plants’ phototropism, so I suspect that these mutated sunflowers might be able to replace sunlight and provide photosynthesis for the plants."

Liang Yuan was overjoyed at this revelation, "These sunflowers have such functions?"

"Yes, and that’s not all. I also found that resting near the sunflowers remarkably speeds up the recovery of superpower energy in the body."

"It seems the light they emit contains some superpower energy, which can be absorbed by the human body."

"Speaking of which, every time I nurture them and exhaust my superpower, I rest beside them and notice a faster recovery of my energy."

Song Wen talked about her findings with a face full of joy.

Liang Yuan, hearing this, was equally astonished.

He hadn’t expected that the mutated sunflowers he drew from the system would have so many benefits, feeling both delighted and surprised.

He recalled that these sunflower seeds had only cost him 20 points.

Back then, spending 20 points felt like quite a luxury.

Nothing like now, where earning a thousand points was a common occurrence.

In summary, drawing the mutated sunflower seeds turned out to be a huge profit.

"Can these sunflowers be transplanted to pots?"

Liang Yuan promptly asked.

Song Wen was taken aback for a moment before realizing something and asked, "Brother Liang, do you want to take them with you?"

Liang Yuan nodded, "These mutated sunflowers are different from other plants. Leaving one for the people here is enough; you and I will each take one of the others."

"I need to take it to the mountains and see if we can propagate them on a large scale."

Song Wen quickly waved her hand, "Oh, I don’t need one, Brother Liang. Just leave one for the people in the building."

Liang Yuan glanced at her with a smile, "These sunflowers can accelerate superpower recovery, provide lighting, and promote plant photosynthesis."

"Your ability is to control plants; are you sure you don’t need one?"

"In this stormy weather, with the sun reluctant to appear, what plants can thrive?"

"And as a girl, aren’t you afraid to sleep alone at night? If you have a sunflower in your room, won’t it give you a sense of security?"

Listening to Liang Yuan’s words, Song Wen’s face revealed a moved expression.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "It’s settled then. You figure out how to transplant two of them into pots, and we’ll take them with us when we leave."

"Well... alright, thank you, Brother Liang."

Liang Yuan smiled, "This is what you deserve. Did you forget what I told you before?"

"Only through self-reliance can you survive in this apocalypse."

"Song Wen, you’ve done well, and I’m impressed."

Hearing this, Song Wen remembered how she almost starved at the start and had to borrow food from Liang Yuan’s house.

At that time, Liang Yuan didn’t lend her any food but taught her how to survive in this apocalypse.

Now, thinking back, she felt very grateful.

If it wasn’t for Brother Liang, she would probably have borrowed some food and then holed up at home until she ran out, only to come out again to borrow more.

Repeating this cycle, who knows what path she would’ve ended up on?

But Brother Liang taught her to be self-reliant, forcing her out of her home to face challenges bravely.

That was the most valuable ’food’ he lent her.