Shen Yue ignored Qi Xiang completely and looked to Gu Xi to get down to business. "What's going on?" Why had these mutant animals, which had paid them no mind before, suddenly attacked?
Gu Xi's gaze fell upon the strange fish—or more precisely, on the plant roots dangling from its belly.
The other end of these roots was still buried in the swamp's mire. And besides the native swamp creatures, the only other thing in that mire was...
Gu Xi looked up at Qi Xiang. "What did you do after I left?"
Qi Xiang thought for a moment. "I didn't do much. After taking the samples, I just..." She seemed to recall something, her voice filled with disbelief. "...picked some vegetables?"
Shen Yue's and Wei Heng's eyes followed hers to the patch of Water Vine Vegetable.
"So these mutant animals, which were perfectly quiet before, suddenly went berserk because Qi Xiang touched these vegetables?" Shen Yue mused, stroking his chin.
