The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 234 - 161: Plants vs. Monsters

Chapter 234: Chapter 161: Plants vs. Monsters

The sky of the Demon King’s Domain was always shrouded in a layer of murky clouds, making it impossible to distinguish between day and night.

On the desolate land, wisps of pitch-black Demonic Qi rose and diffused in the air, filled with an eerie and ominous darkness. Any living being entering this place would feel a strong discomfort from deep within their soul, but for the demonic creatures, it felt just like home.

Two off-road vehicles came from the direction of the Demon King City, carrying Zhou Yuan, Saba, and six Demon King soldiers.

Ear-shattering rock music played in the car, apparently from a legendary band in Night City. The soldiers bobbed their heads to the rhythm, and the off-road vehicle’s engine occasionally let out a thunderous roar, blending into the mix.

It was the excited roar of the mutated beings.

These two off-road vehicles had also mutated into sentient, activated beings under the pollution of Demonic Qi, and, after modification by the Demon King’s craftsmen, they possessed considerable combat power.

Demonic Qi was a force with an extremely strong polluting nature. Not to mention mechanical creations like cars, even lifeless entities like stones and water, or concepts like filth and garbage, could become activated and turn into terrifying monsters under its influence.

Two hours later.

The convoy arrived at the plant mutation area east of the Demon King City.

Here was stationed a large army, always vigilant against the mutated plants within the area. If unchecked, the speed at which these plants spread could threaten the Demon King City in just a few days.

The soldiers dug a seemingly endless trench and ignited flames, burning fiercely to stop the spread of the mutated plants.

But this was ultimately a drop in the ocean. The saying "life finds a way" was vividly demonstrated by these mutated plants.

Initially, the spread of the plants was indeed blocked by the flames, but it didn’t take long for them to evolve resistance to the fire. The soldiers had to use more powerful Transcendent flames, yet the plants constantly adapted and evolved, becoming increasingly fire-resistant.

In addition, the plants also tried other means of spreading. For example, wind propagation, where a plant evolved wind abilities to summon a hurricane, sending seeds flying afar on the wind.

Or spreading underground—roots grew wildly, digging hundreds of meters below, bypassing the trench and the earth fortified by earth Mages, and emerging from unknown corners to secretly grow...

This period had the stationed soldiers incredibly busy, fighting the plants from dawn to dusk without a moment’s delay; a slight negligence would allow those plants to break free.

In the bustling military camp, a rabbit-headed officer came to greet them on orders.

"You two must be the new magic potion Mages." The rabbit-headed officer shook hands with Zhou Yuan and Saba, sighing helplessly, "I hope you can deal with these damned plants."

"Explain the situation first." Saba crossed her hands behind her back, maintaining her proud and superior demeanor.

"This used to be a swamp forest, a natural defense line of the Demon King City, but a few days ago, the damned rebels threw a bio-weapon here. After the explosion, everything changed."

The rabbit-headed officer paused, shaking her head, "I should just take you to see it directly."

She led them to a sentry tower tens of meters high. From the top, looking into the distance, they saw behind the flame barrier a golden paradise of plants filled with a holy aura.

For once, Saba’s face showed rare astonishment: "What a wicked force of Holy Light, transforming plants into such disgusting forms."

Aah, Zhou Yuan was slightly stunned for a moment, then realized that in the eyes of these demonic creatures, the Holy Light was the evil force.

[Throughout the world, is Demonic Qi the only force with strong polluting properties? It makes no sense. If there is ’evil taint,’ there surely must be ’good taint’ as well.

The Holy Light bomb dropped by the Control Bureau has a similar nature to Demonic Qi, so it’s best not to touch it. If you get contaminated, clean it immediately, or you’ll turn into a fanatic who only knows to praise the Holy Light.

Of course, Raven would never let such an NTR event happen.]

"So the Holy Light also has polluting and assimilating power... I knew those who play with the Holy Light are not good people!" Zhou Yuan thought inwardly.

"Those sacred plants can use Demonic Qi as fertilizer to thrive, and they can even convert Demonic Qi into Holy Light. The longer they are present, the more diluted the Demonic Qi in the world becomes."

The rabbit-headed officer said solemnly, "Moreover, they have a terrifying ability to evolve. Do you see the blue area? Those are plants that have evolved water and ice abilities, trying to extinguish the flame barrier.

The innermost area has plants that have evolved light abilities, capable of producing Holy Light to sustain the entire region. We once launched an airstrike there, but all attacks were blocked by an umbrella-like plant.

Even the underground has plant defenses..."

As she spoke, an ear-piercing alarm sounded in the camp,

Someone shouted,

"Airstrike!"

"Find cover quickly!"

The camp fell into chaos, and the rabbit-headed officer hurriedly said, "The area around the tower has a Barrier; we are safe here."

Zhou Yuan looked into the distance and saw countless dense black shadows rising from the sacred plant paradise, like a storm of arrows, swiftly heading towards the camp.

Wait a moment...

At that instant, Zhou Yuan’s eyes widened in shock. She rubbed her eyes a few times, doubting what she saw.

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