When the Young Lady got out of the vehicle and saw no one around, she felt somewhat frightened. She was afraid that one of those disgusting things might suddenly jump out from somewhere.
But she was also afraid of staying alone in the vehicle.
Unfortunately, this brainless Young Lady happened to see Li Quan and the others and shouted, “Uncle Li, where did you go? I’m so scared here in the vehicle!”
As she shouted, she ran toward them. The expressions of the other members of the team immediately turned pale.
Li Quan’s expression changed as well because he saw a zombie suddenly lunge toward Ling Yan from a corner.
At that critical moment, Li Quan threw down what he was holding and rushed over to shield her in his arms.
And that was how Li Quan paid for the Young Lady’s recklessness with his life.
Without Li Quan’s protection, the Young Lady’s supplies were seized by the Xiao Family.
Unwilling to become like other women who had to sell their bodies in exchange for supplies, she chose suicide.
When Ling Yan transmigrated into this body, it seemed to be around the same time that the other Ling Yan had been reborn.
But after thinking about the life she would have to live in the apocalypse, she chose not to be reborn.
As her soul faded away, she asked Ling Yan to treat Uncle Li well.
Ling Yan agreed to her request, and the moment she nodded, that proud Young Lady completely disappeared.
Using her mental power, Ling Yan took a bowl from the supplies she had stored and brought it over.
After drinking the Spirit Spring water, she did not feel any intense pain throughout her body. She was still wondering whether the Spirit Spring water had expired when black impurities suddenly began emerging from her arm, followed by a wave of foul odor.
“Ugh, that smells awful.”
The stench made Ling Yan gag. She hurried out of the space and rushed straight to the bathroom. She stayed there for about an hour before the smell finally disappeared from her body.
“Novels really don’t lie. Once all the impurities have been expelled from the body, the skin really does become as smooth and delicate as porcelain.”
Ling Yan admired herself for a while as she looked at the person in the mirror.
All women loved beauty. Even when Ling Yan had been locked inside the laboratory, she had still made Old Man Jin buy her expensive cosmetics and beautiful clothes.
“It felt like something unknown was flowing through my body just now.”
Ling Yan muttered to herself in confusion as she recalled the sensation.
“Huh? What is this? How did it get around my wrist?”
Ling Yan stared at the ring of green vines wrapped around her wrist, completely puzzled.
“Hello, Master. I’m Xiao Teng.”
A child’s voice suddenly appeared in Ling Yan’s mind.
“Who are you? Where are you?”
Ling Yan warily looked around.
“Master, I’m on your wrist! Why are you so stupid?”
The voice sounded somewhat disdainful.
Ling Yan looked at the ring of green vines around her wrist and began to wonder if she had been under too much mental strain lately. She was actually hallucinating now.
“Master, I’m the vine from that tree in the space. You activated me, which is why I appeared on your wrist.”
The child’s voice explained.
Hearing its words, Ling Yan immediately flashed into the space and headed straight to the tree.
“How can I hear you talking?”
As Ling Yan looked at the green vine around her wrist, it quickly slipped off and climbed back onto the tree.
There was no choice but for Ling Yan to believe what she was experiencing. Then again, she had already transmigrated into a novel, so what strange things in this world could possibly be impossible?
“Because you ate the fruit from the tree! After eating that green fruit, you can establish a mental connection with me,” the vine answered her question.
“Then do you know what that unknown thing inside my body is? It seems like it only appeared after I ate the fruits from the tree as well.”
Ling Yan instinctively felt that the vine must know.
“Master, that thing inside your body is a Supernatural Ability. You can follow the sensation in your body to sense it, then release it by following that feeling.”
The vine guided her as she slowly became familiar with the strange energy inside her body.
Ling Yan also followed its instructions and gradually sensed the energy within her body.
“Master, the purple fruit you ate contains the power of lightning. You can try drawing it out first,” the vine reminded her.
Ling Yan followed its instructions and began controlling the power inside her body. Once she had gained sufficient control, she concentrated the energy into the palm of her hand.
“Wow! Master, you’re amazing! Look, the power of lightning came out!”
Xiao Teng watched the ball of lightning in her palm and happily swayed back and forth on the tree. From a distance, it looked like a green snake.
Ling Yan looked at the ball of lightning in her hand and twitched the corner of her mouth.
“You call this amazing? Whether this little bit of lightning can even knock someone unconscious is still debatable.”
“Master, that’s not the right way to think about it. Your Supernatural Ability has only just awakened, so it’s naturally very weak. But once you level up, it will be different. The higher your level, the more powerful your Supernatural Ability will become.”
The vine explained.
Ling Yan nodded after hearing this and began activating the other abilities inside her body.
After the first one, the rest was much easier. The ability from the icy blue fruit was an ice ability, while the green fruit had given her a wood ability.
“Master is amazing!”
The vine enthusiastically cheered her on from the side.
After becoming familiar with all the Supernatural Abilities inside her body, Ling Yan finally stopped.
“Little Vine, have you always stayed in the space? Why didn’t I see you at first?”
Ling Yan stretched out her hand.
Seeing this, the vine quickly crawled back onto her wrist.
“I’ve been here ever since I gained consciousness. The reason you couldn’t see me at first was because the space only showed you part of itself. But Master, you were being far too reckless. You actually used up all your mental power in one go. Do you know how dangerous that was? Luckily, I woke up in time and helped you.”
By the end, the vine was actually scolding her.
Ling Yan rubbed her nose after being scolded. She had only acted that way because she was a beginner and had no idea what she was doing.
“Then our Little Vine really worked hard. I’ll definitely be more careful next time. By the way, why didn’t I feel any pain when I drank the Spirit Spring water? Aren’t people supposed to be in so much pain during the process of cleansing their bodies that they can pass out?”
Ling Yan decisively changed the subject to distract it.
“Because you’re the master of the space! The space would never hurt its own master.”
The vine explained.
“Then what would happen if I gave the spring water to someone else?”
Ling Yan wanted Uncle Li to undergo the same process of cleansing and strengthening his body.
“Then you have to dilute the Spirit Spring water before giving it to him. Even then, he’ll have to endure the kind of pain that comes from having all the bones in his body reconstructed. Only someone as reckless as you would actually drink the Spirit Spring water straight from the source. Luckily, you’re the master of the space, otherwise you wouldn’t even know where you’d be right now.”
The vine teased her.
“Little Vine, from now on, just call me Sister. Hearing you call me Master, Master all the time makes me uncomfortable.”
Ling Yan gently stroked its vines with her hand.
“Really? I have a sister now! That’s wonderful! Sister, don’t worry. I’ll definitely protect you and never let you get hurt.”
Xiao Teng happily spun around and around on her wrist.
Ling Yan became dizzy from all the spinning. To keep herself from falling, she quickly reached out and held Little Vine’s stem down.
“Little Vine, stop spinning. You’re making me dizzy.”
“Sister, I’m sorry! I was just too happy. Ever since I gained consciousness, I’ve never been as happy as I am today.”
Xiao Teng lowered one end of its vine guiltily.
Looking at the vine, Ling Yan suddenly felt that their experiences were quite similar.
One of them had been locked inside a laboratory since childhood, with no family or friends, surrounded only by cold machines and people who conducted experiments.
Although Little Vine had never experienced cruel experiments, it had also been alone in this enormous space ever since it gained consciousness, which was just as lonely.