Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 12 Physalis and Mutated Boar

"If my ability is at a conceptual level, how should I develop it?"

He pondered secretly.

Li Mu initially thought that he could only control the rapid growth of plants, but today he discovered that his abilities were more than that.

His ability can not only be used to ripen plants, but also to transform plants through subjective consciousness!
If Li Mu's abilities could only be used to produce food, he might become someone else's "granary" one day.

But now that I have discovered that I can transform plants, it is not difficult for me to have the ability to protect myself.

Li Mu suddenly remembered a game he had played before.
Plants vs. Zombies

The gameplay of this game is to fight against the zombies that steal your home by planting various plants with different abilities.

Each special plant in it is modified based on ordinary plants in reality, so that it has various special abilities.

Now that I have the ability to transform concepts at the level, can I create these plants in reality?

Li Mu was lying on the sofa, looking at the dark living room. The first thing he thought of was plants that could be used for lighting. Without lights, the night would become extremely long.

The plant that can provide light can be found in "Plants vs. Zombies", and is called "Street Light Plant".

He vaguely remembered that the prototype of the "street lamp flower" was Physalis, also known as red mushroom girl, hanging golden lantern, Goli, lantern grass, lantern fruit, Roselle, bubble grass, ghost lantern, etc. In the north, it was called mushroom and girl, and its fruit was edible.

This plant is distributed throughout the country and is very cold-resistant. So, maybe there are still some surviving Physalis plants on Longmen Mountain.

"I'll go out and look for Physalis tomorrow."

With this thought in mind, Li Mu fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Li Mu and the other two gathered in the living room on the first floor.

"What is Physalis?"

Cheng Cheng and Asao were confused when they heard Li Mu's idea of ​​looking for Physalis.

"It is a common wild fruit in my hometown. It looks like a lantern. When you remove the skin, you will find a round fruit inside. It is called Bubble Fruit in my hometown."

Li Mu explained.

"Why didn't you just say bubble fruit earlier? Why mention the scientific name? Who would know that?"

"What are you looking for it for? To eat?"

Cheng Cheng didn't understand why Li Mu suddenly wanted to find this kind of wild fruit. Not only were the fruits small, but they also didn't taste very good.

"Do you crave power?"

"?"

"Want to have super powers?"

"what?"

"Want to become an ancestor?"

"think!!"

“Want to be surrounded by beautiful women?
Oh, I don’t want to think about this for now.”

“I actually want to do that, too.”

Li Mu looked at Ah Sao whose eyes began to shine, and felt that he was quite good at fooling people. Maybe he should have been a salesperson before!

"But what does this have to do with finding Bubble Fruit?"

Cheng Cheng was bewildered.

"If you help me find the Bubble Fruit, all your wishes may come true!"

"Do you still have any questions now?"

"no!"

"Then take action!"

The two were in charge of going out to look for the tomato, while Li Mu stayed in the villa to recuperate. In fact, it was not that Cheng Cheng and Ah Sao were easy to fool, but because they had seen Li Mu use his abilities and eaten tomatoes that could keep warm.

Just like many people seem to have no faith and do not believe in gods or Buddhas, but when they go to the Temple of the God of Wealth, they have to light three incense sticks and kowtow.

Especially after doing all these, you can win the prize by playing scratch tickets.

Next time when I come to the Temple of the God of Wealth, I’m afraid it will be more than just burning three incense sticks and kowtowing.

Cheng Cheng and Asao were on their way to look for Physalis, feeling extremely excited.

"Tell me, can Lao Li really give us super powers?"

Asao asked curiously.

"I don't know either, but I don't think Lao Li would lie to us."

Cheng Cheng thought for a moment and replied.

"Look for it first, and talk about it after you find it."

Asao and Chengcheng walked in the snow, looking around for any exposed grass.

However, when they searched the grass under the snow again and found nothing, a strange sound suddenly broke the silence.

"Hmm. Hurly."

The sound was like a pig's squeal, but where did the pigs come from in such a cold weather?

Curiosity guided Cheng Cheng and Asao towards its source.

Soon, the scene before them left them dumbfounded.

About two hundred meters away from them, a huge wild boar suddenly appeared in front of them!
This wild boar is huge, more than one meter tall and an astonishing three meters long. Its entire body is covered with gray-brown mane. It is grunting as it turns over the snow and eats the plants underneath.

Its sharp fangs were exposed from the corners of its mouth, exuding a ferocious aura that was intimidating!
"What the hell! Is this a wild boar?!"

Ah Sao was so shocked by the creature in front of him that he dropped his jaw and couldn't help but let out a low cry.

"Shh, keep your voice down. It looks like a wild boar, but this one is too big."

Cheng Cheng had seen wild boars on the Internet before, but the largest ones weighed only over 200 pounds and were over one meter long. Their size was not even as big as that of a domestic fat pig.

"Hmm! Do you think that wild boar is eating physalis?"

Cheng Cheng pointed to the place where the wild boar was digging. Ah Sao looked carefully and found that there were indeed several nightshades there.

"Yes, that's the nightshade that Lao Li asked us to find. We searched for a long time but couldn't find it. I didn't expect to see a wild boar eating it here."

Asao exclaimed.

"Let's wait a little longer. This wild boar is so big that we can't afford to offend it. Let's wait until it finishes eating before we go over."

"Anyway, with Lao Li's ability, as long as there are roots or seeds, he can cultivate it."

Cheng Cheng was more stable and knew that he couldn't rush now, so he pulled Ah Sao to lie down in the snow and waited slowly.
The result was as Cheng Cheng expected. The two waited for about ten minutes, and when the giant wild boar had almost eaten all the surrounding plants, it left towards the bottom of the mountain.

After Cheng Cheng and Asao made sure it had left, they quickly ran to the place where it had just been foraging, hoping that there might be some roots or fruits left.

Fortunately, the wild boars did not eat so cleanly. There were not only scattered fruits on the ground, but also several intact plants.

Cheng Cheng and Asao excitedly picked up the Physalis fruits on the ground, dug up a few Physalis plants with their roots, and carefully put them into their pockets. These were the things they had been looking for for a long time, but they did not expect that they would be "guided" out by this wild boar.

The nightshade was found. The two were already hungry after being out for quite some time, so they hurried back to the villa and told Li Mu the whole process in detail.

"Is such a big wild boar a mutation?"

Li Mu listened to the two people's explanation and began to doubt the origin of the Ice Age. If it was just the arrival of an ice age, why did the creatures mutate?

But there is no time to think about these things now. The most important thing is to test whether my guess is correct!
Li Mu did not test his abilities in front of Cheng Cheng and Asao this time. He needed a quiet environment.

Li Mu brought the fruits and plants collected by the two to the master bedroom on the second floor. He planted the fruits and plants in different pots, activated his ability and began the experiment.

(End of this chapter)