<h4><b>Chapter 53 – LED Sunflower Lamp</b></h4>


    <em>Trantor: Jostena</em>


    <em>Editors: Callis, yerprophet & Dragon</em><hr>


    <span>When Zhan Yun and Su Ruizhe returned to the rest area, Zheng Jiahe was ying a game of nts Vs Zombies on his phone. Cheng Qi sat beside him and watched him y. Sometimes he spoke a few words in an opportunistic manner.


    <span>“Xiao Zhe! You’re back? I have something to tell you!” When Zheng Jiahe saw that Su Ruizhe had returned, he immediately got up excitedly, and led him outside.


    <span>Su Ruizhe was dragged along helplessly and asked, amused,, “What’s wrong? What are you so excited about?”


    <span>Zheng Jiahe dragged Su Ruizhe into an empty hallway. He pulled out his phone and held it in front of him like it was a treasured offering, opened the game interface and then the nt chart. “Look! I was just ying this game, and saw that there are many kinds of aggressive nts in it. Have you yed this game?"


    <span>When Su Ruizhe saw the familiar interface, he nodded, “Yes, that’s the one I’ve yed before.”


    <span>Su Ruizhe had a good memory of this unique game. It could be that the peculiar nature of his powers might have something to do with that game.


    <span>“I had an idea that I wanted to run by you.”


    <span>“What’s the idea?” Su Ruizhe was interested. He sincerely admired Zheng Jiahe, an otaku whose <span>brain hole could break through the sky at any time.


    <span>“Let’s try and see if you can make use of all the nts in it.”


    <span>“Alright.” Su Ruizhe happily agreed, and besides, he also wanted to master his powers.


    <span>“Let’s try the bananas first.” Zheng Jiahe pointed to the banana missileuncher from the nt chart.


    <span>Su Ruizhe took a banana from his space and grasped it with his left hand, trying to activate his ability, but it did not respond at all. He tried and tried, but it still did not respond.


    <span>Zheng Jiahe did not show his disappointment; but pointed to the electric shock blueberry on the nt chart and said, “Try this blueberry next.”


    <span>After putting the banana back into his space, Su Ruizhe took out several blueberries and held them in his left hand, but they remained motionless, even after he used his ability on them.


    <span>“Try the pineapples?” The nt chart showed that the spinning pineapples could stop zombies from moving forward, and the high speed spinning could reflect bullets. He wondered what would happen if the pineapples were weaponized.


    <span>But the results were disappointing… Su Ruizhe''s transformation ability failed again…


    <span>If Su Ruizhe hadn’t just used his power to turn chili peppers into hand grenades; and peas into bullets for Company Commander Zhang, they''d fear that his ability might really be out of order.


    <span>“That’s alright. Let’s try corn next!” Zheng Jiahe did not show any signs of frustration. Instead, he pointed, with increasing excitement at the corn on the nt chart.


    <span>After three sessive failures, Su Ruizhe had no confidence in the fourth. However, to his surprise, this transformation was a great sess. The corn cob in his hand, under his ability, was transformed into arge yellow bullet and arge yellow grenade.


    <span>“Wow! That’s my awesome XiaoZhe!” Zheng Jiahe pped Su Ruizhe on the shoulder excitedly. But because he was too excited, he couldn''t control his strength, and identally shoved him to the ground.


    <span>Su Ruizhe: …


    <span>Thankfully, Su Ruizhe was holding the grenade tightly in his hand. Otherwise, it would have been bad if it fell to the ground and exploded.


    <span>“Sorry, sorry… I’m just so excited…" Zheng Jiahe hauled him up from the ground, “I understand why some nts can be turned into weapons, but others can’t!”


    <span>“Why?”


    <span>“Look at this nt chart, these nts are divided into different levels ording to their rarity. <span>Potatoes, peas, steel eating vines and so on are all level one nts.<span>Corn, cherries and chillies are level two nts. A pineapple is a level three nt, a blueberry is a level four nt, and a banana is a level five nt. I think it’s because your ability''s level is too low that you can’t transform these higher-level nts."


    <span>Su Ruizhe listened and nodded along. He thought that what Zheng Jiahe said made sense.


    <span>What Zheng Jiahe did not know was that Su Ruizhe was reborn, so his ability was not at level one, but level three. When his ability was at level one, he could only make nts grow faster. It was only after he went to Lincheng base and with the help of the research institute that his ability reached the third level. That was also when he discovered, he could weaponize nts.


    <span>This coincided with Zheng Jiahe’s theory. When his powers were at level one, he couldn''t weaponize any nts. When his ability reached level two, he could transform level one nts. When his ability reached level three, he could transform level two nts. Therefore, he should be able to weaponize higher-level nts in the near future.


    <span>His heart beat with excitement when he thought of all the functions and skills he would use with the advanced nts on the chart.


    <span>Right then, they heard footsteps approaching, so Su Ruizhe tucked the corn bullets and grenade into the space, and then chatted with Zheng Jiahe as if nothing had happened.


    <span>Several survivors passed by on their way to the restroom. They didn''t notice the two men standing in the corridor.


    <span>After they left, Zheng Jiahe asked Su Ruizhe, “Are there sunflowers in your space?”


    <span>Su Ruizhe was surprised. There were many nts in his space, but he didn’t have any recollection of a sunflower. He was not sure if there were any.


    <span>“I’ll go into the space and have a look. You’ll have to cover for me.”


    <span>“Okay.”


    <span>When they arrived at the men’s restroom, Su Ruizhe entered a stall and closed the door. Zheng Jiahe stood guard at the door. Sometimes, he acted like he was chatting with the person inside the stall, urging him with phrases like ''hurry up'' and such.


    <span>Su Ruizhe did not spend too much time in his space, exiting from the stall, but his expression was a strange.


    <span>“What''s wrong?" Zheng Jiahe asked, surprised when he saw that Su Ruizhe''s hands were empty.


    <span>Su Ruizhe shook his head and said, “Let''s go outside and talk.”


    <span>They returned to the empty corridor and a yellow hand-held LEDmp appeared in Su Ruizhe''s hands.


    <span>“Ah? What is this?"


    <span>“This is the result of the sunflower''s transformation…” Su Ruizhe was also speechless. He''d found several sunflowers deep in the valley and tried to transform them. And so the sunflower that could provide sunshine in the game turned into amp.


    <span>Zheng Jiahe’s mouth twitched twice. What about a good weapon?


    <span>The two men were silent for a while, then Zheng Jiahe said, with a happy but pained face, “It''s pretty good, actually! We can at least can save electricity…”


    <span>Su Ruizhe pouted and switched on the <spanmp. It emitted a soft and warm light. It wasn''t particrly bright, but it gave off some sort of afortable heat.


    <span>The two narrowed their eyes slightly, enjoying this feeling offort.


    <span>“Huh?!” Zheng Jiahe blurted out suddenly.


    <span>“What’s wrong?” Su Ruizhe looked at him curiously.


    <span>“Look at my legs.” Zheng Jiahe bent down and rolled up his pant.


    <span>“What’s wrong with your legs?” Su Ruizhe stared for half a day, but couldn''t see anything wrong with them.


    <span>“You forgot? My leg was bitten by a zombie earlier. Maybe I awakened some kind of ability that makes me resilient? The wound was mostly healed, but still hurt when I exert myself.. Now it’s gone!" Zheng Jiahe eximed. “Look! All the wounds have scabbed over! “


    <span>“You mean…?” Su Ruizhe was stunned.


    <span>“This is great! My awesome Xiao Zhe, yourmp is not an ordinarymp!!!" He looked around and in a low voice, said, “You sunflowermp has a healing effect!”


    <span>“Hahaha! Let''s go! We have to tell Zhan Ge the good news!” While speaking, Zheng Jiahe dragged Su Ruizhe back.


    <span>Seeing Su Ruizhe and Zheng Jiahe running back with an expression of barely concealed excitement, Zhan Yun raised his eyebrows. “What’s wrong?”


    <span>The two men lowered their voices and told Zhan Yun what they had just done. Su Ruizhe covertly took out the corn bullet, the grenade, and the LED sunflowermp from the space.


    <span>“Really?” After listening to their news, even Zhan Yun got a little excited.


    <span>Cheng Qi was beside him with a shocked look on his face. He and Zhan Yun had been talking about his experiences in A city where he had stayed for more than ten days. He did not have time to understand Su Ruizhe’s strange abilities. It was amazing for Cheng Qi to see Su Ruizhe pull things out of thin air, and they were all such strangely shaped things, too.


    <span>Zhan Yun was naturally veryfortable with his childhood friend, and hadn''t concealed anything from him. Before, they''d all met in a hurry, and he didn''t have time for formal introductions. Zhan Yun briefly introduced his teammates. When he introduced Su Ruizhe, he emphasized that they were lovers, and let it sink in.


    <span>“<span>p, <span>old cow eats tender grass.” Cheng Qi shook his head exaggeratedly.


    <span>Zhan Yun was toozy to pay any attention to him. He took the LED sunflowermp and held it over Cheng Jiao. Under the effect of warm light, Cheng Jiao’s expression improved. Her grimace finally rxed, and her wound stopped bleeding.


    <span>Themp was really useful!


    <span>Although Zhang Shuoliang’s ribs and Wu Jing’s arms had been treated by Song Chengshu, they still ached. Under the LED sunflowermp, however, they both felt the pain fade. While they were being treated, the warm light dimmed down, and then shut off entirely. Themp had its limits, too.


    <span>The energy of the nt itself had been expended, but the effect it had was surprising. If someone else was injured in the future, they could be treated with it.<hr>


    <strong>The author has something to say:</strong>


    <span>= v = Sorry, today’s update iste. I thought about how to use the sunflower for a long time. Then Cheng Jiao woke up immediately. QAQ


    <strong>[Small theatre on the street]</strong>


    <span>Company Commander: Potatoes, what’s their use?


    <span>Su Xiaozhe: I can change it into a mine! Fast changes!


    <span>Company Commander: Well… It seems that the actualbat effect ofndmines is not great.


    <span>Zheng Jiahe: I know! We can nt potatoes a few miles around the base! We can eat them, and they can kill zombies!


    <span>Company Commander: That sounds like a good idea?


    <span>Zhan Xiaoyun: Stupid! Where do we get so many potatoes?


    <span>Company Commander:…


    <span>Zheng Jiahe: We can grow potatoes, and let the potatoes grow potatoes!


    <span>Company Commander: Yes!


    <span>Su Xiaozhe: The soil is seriously polluted and it is difficult to grow anything.


    <span>Company Commander:…


    <span>Zheng Jiahe: We can study purification technology, otherwise what are scientists for?


    <span>Company Commander: That’s right!


    <span>Song Chengshu: Well said! Where are the scientists, then?


    <span>Company Commander:…


    <span>Zheng Jiahe: I’d better take potatoes next time.


    <span>Companymander: I will notment this time!


    <strong>[A small wooden theatre]</strong>


    <span>Zhan Yun: Xiao Zhe, thepanymander seems to have found some amazing nts to test your powers.


    <span>Su Ruizhe: What⊙?⊙？


    <span>Zhang Yun pulled out a mildewed flower: That’s it. (Cover your face)


    <span>Su Ruizhe:⊙?⊙？


    <span>Zhan Yun: Thepanymander said that… Will mutate into… Mildew… Let the Zombie eat their stomach…


    <span>Su Ruizhe:…


    <span>Zhan Yun: Stop Xiaozhe! Don’t throw it out! Ah, threw it away!


    <span>(<span>Mildew has never yed…)<hr>


    <em>Sorry for the long wait everyone! I’ll try to briefly exin what happens and what will happen with chapters from non on</em>


    <em><b>Long Exnation Below~</b></em>


    <em>So basically myptop startedgging at the beginning ofst month and it wasn’t too bad at the beginning but it slowly started to get worse and I couldn’t even read or try to write something on it without itgging. So I took it to get fixed and those people got me angry because at the beginning they said it wasn’t going to take too much time but it took two weeks! That wasn’t the worst thing because when I got there they said that its mostly because its old and hat they can only fix it a little. I don’t know what they needed two weeks for though but whatever.</em>


    <em><strong>End of Exnation~</strong></em>


    <em>Now myptop stillgs but it is a bit better and I’m trying to save up to get a PC which will probably only be possible at the end of next month. I will still trante but it will only be a chapter each week and only a bit more if myptop doesn’tg too much. </em>


    <em>Hope this exins things and stops the worry of anyone who thought that I was dropping this book. I will not drop this book and will make sure to finish it!</em><hr>


    <em><b>A bit of insight from one of our great editors:</b></em>


    <em>yerprophet: Mildew is what you smell if your clothes are damp and don’t dry properly. Like if you don’t hang them up after washing.</em>


    <em><strong>Us reacting to this expression -> </strong></em><strong><span>⊙?⊙？</strong>


    <em>Callis: I don’t understand what this face is lol</em>


    <em>Jostena: It''s the face of confusion or surprise I think XD</em>


    <strong><em>A video about the sunflower that Callis found:</em></strong>


    <em>Callis: https://.youtube/watch?v=Yy86WS7pzoM</em>