I planted a seed,
And finally, it bore fruit,
Today is a great day…

At this moment, the fruit had already been chewed to pieces, turning into a blue-green mist that slowly emanated from Zhou Ze’s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, before enveloping his torso and moving downwards.

Zhou Ze’s neck had almost been broken earlier, but he was still eating the fruit. Clearly, he understood that this fruit didn't need to be digested directly through the esophagus.

And the tree root, after losing the fruit that had originally been hidden in its depths, slowly began to wither, filled with intense unwillingness and indescribable resentment.

It never dreamed that the end would come in such a way.

Divine retribution,

Revenge,

Karma,

All ultimately became bullshit, at least as far as it was concerned.

However,

Just then,

The fragmented body suddenly trembled again, charging directly towards Zhou Ze. The old tree root, using its last bit of life essence, transformed into the fierce flames of revenge. No matter what, it wanted Zhou Ze dead!

But,

The fragmented body abruptly stopped just as it approached Zhou Ze.

Not only did it stop,

But it also actively reached out to support Zhou Ze’s head, which was about to fall, allowing the green light to encircle it there.

"This flesh… you thought it was… left for… you?"

Zhou Ze’s voice carried a hint of mockery, as if in a game of Go, he had already gained the upper hand. With his opponent unable to recover, he offered a few more comments, savoring the moment.

"He… is the… gardener… I left behind."

The fragmented body voluntarily reached out, directly tearing off the grass stalks on the other half of its face. The whole action was very stiff, and then it even inserted its fingers into its eye socket, forcibly pulling out the grass inside.

Even though it was pulling out grass stalks, the visual impact was no less than tearing off its own flesh and blood.

It had completely completed a counterattack.

The green light in Zhou Ze’s eyes was slowly dimming, while his neck was regenerating flesh and blood at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hm?"

A soft murmur came from Zhou Ze,

"You… are resisting me?"

It was like talking to himself, and in fact, it really was talking to himself.

"Without me… you would have died… countless times…"

The tone was exactly the same as before when facing the tree root.

Suddenly, the green light in Zhou Ze’s eyes began to flicker non-stop, sometimes clear, sometimes doubtful, sometimes angry, and sometimes very lost.

"You are… born from my intelligence… but you… must understand… you are also my… part!"

"Buzz!"

Zhou Ze’s body began to tremble,

This resistance from within carried an uncompromising momentum.

The next moment,

The green light in Zhou Ze’s eye sockets began to dissipate, and then, his body slowly began to float upwards.

And the fragmented body silently disappeared into the water, along with the decaying and withered old tree root, slowly sinking downwards.

Even though the water wasn't very deep, at this moment, it seemed to have turned into a terrifying abyss, swallowing the two together, not knowing where they would ultimately descend.

The human world has its own rules. All existences that do not belong to the human world will be suppressed and erased. Ordinary people have their own life trajectories, and anyone who dares to covet things that they shouldn't touch will inevitably suffer punishment.

Eighty years ago,

The almost insane Japanese found this fragmented body and transported it here, attempting to obtain power beyond the limits of human thought. The final result was that the corpse went mad, turning this place into a living hell.

In the darkness,

It seemed as if a hand was adjusting and correcting everything, emphasizing clear distinctions.

………………

"Glug… glug… glug…"

Water,

Again, water,

Again, this damn water,

Zhou Ze now hated water, very, very much. He was tired of the sound of liquid filling his eardrums, and he loathed the suffocating sensation of his lungs being compressed.

Slowly,

He opened his eyes.

He saw that he was lying in a fish tank, and Bai Yingying, wearing a swimsuit, was wiping and scrubbing his body.

Moreover,

Bai Yingying had her back to him, helping him wipe and massage the area around his thighs in the hot water.

Anyone with a little medical knowledge knows that if a person lies in bed for a long time, they are prone to bedsores, and can even develop other muscle problems.

Whether or not there are filial children attending to a long-term patient can be determined by whether the patient has bedsores.

Just as Zhou Ze was about to move,

An extremely clear and intense stinging sensation suddenly came from all over his body. This stinging sensation didn't come from his flesh, but from his nerves.

"Plop…"

His body trembled,

And Zhou Ze directly slid into the bathtub,

Bringing Bai Yingying, who was tiptoeing to wipe his body, down with him.

For a moment,

Even in the hot water,

The coldness was still a bit unbearable,

Especially for Zhou Ze, whose body was in an extremely fragile state, even on the verge of falling apart. This was equivalent to someone smashing a brick-sized piece of ice onto his face.

"Glug…"

Zhou Ze instantly fell unconscious again.

"Ah, Boss!"

Bai Yingying screamed and immediately got up to pull Zhou Ze’s face out of the water again.

She worriedly reached out to feel Zhou Ze’s face, and after determining that his breathing was still normal, Bai Yingying let out a long sigh of relief.

If her boss really was,

Completely bewildered,

And then suffocated to death,

That would be a big joke.

………………

When he woke up for the second time, it was two days later. When he woke up, Zhou Ze found himself lying on… um, where was he lying?

There was no bed beneath him,

But rather the clothes drying rack by the window.

He was actually suspended in the air!

Was he dreaming again?

Then he might as well continue sleeping.

He closed his eyes,

And after about a few minutes,

Zhou Ze tried to open his eyes again,

Why was he still in this dream?

Floating by the window, with the sun shining on him.

At this moment, Zhou Ze turned his head and saw Tang Shi sitting by the window, reading a book.

"What's going on?"

Tang Shi looked up at Zhou Ze, then picked up the coffee cup next to her and took a sip.

Without even thinking,

Zhou Ze knew that this woman was definitely drinking the very expensive civet coffee that he had specifically bought!

There were plenty of Nescafé instant coffee in the store, why didn’t she drink that!

"It seems that basking in the sun is good for patients. You're a doctor, you should understand this principle."

"Then you can put me in a wheelchair and push me out to bask in the sun."

Zhou Ze chuckled a little,

To use telekinesis to suspend him outside,

Hanging him on the balcony like drying clothes,

How embarrassing.

"A wheelchair? Old Daoist has one, the kind that can 'beep beep beep' and run on its own when you press a button. I thought you wouldn't like it, so I didn't let you sit in that one."

"Thank you."

Zhou Ze was sincerely grateful,

Old Daoist’s wheelchair was still around?

Just imagine,

If one day Old Daoist or Xu Qinglang took out their phones to show him a video, a video of himself sitting in an electric wheelchair, with children’s songs playing “beep beep beep” next to him, that would simply be the darkest of dark history.

"Now, put me down."

Tang Shi nodded, and Zhou Ze was moved from the window to the bed.

"You're awake. Are you alright?" Tang Shi asked. "You've been unconscious for twenty days this time, that's long enough."

"Why didn't you go back to Shanghai?" Zhou Ze asked.

The matter was resolved, so why was she still here?

Even if she stayed here,

He knew that she wouldn't help greet customers or help make money.

Not stabbing customers to death with a pen would already be a huge contribution from her,

And she was staying here and drinking his civet coffee???

Tang Shi didn't answer this question. That's just her personality. It was clear that Zhou Ze had saved her that night at the research institute, and she felt that she should stay here and wait for Zhou Ze to wake up, otherwise she would feel a little guilty, but it was difficult for her to say it out loud.

"Do you want me to call Bai Yingying?" Tang Shi asked.

"Not yet, I have something I want to ask you." Zhou Ze said.

"What is it?"

"I feel like there's something inside my body."

"I can see that. It's like Ultraman transforming." Tang Shi took another sip of coffee,

"That night, you fell down, and then you floated up again.

And then, the matter was resolved."

Zhou Ze's heart was bleeding.

"What's wrong? Most people would envy you. Naruto's Nine-Tailed Seal, Ultraman's transformation, who wouldn't want to have a powerful force sealed inside them?"

Tang Shi said, wiggling her little finger, "Isn't your change in attitude towards me also because you have that power as a backing?"

"The key problem is that it's changing."

Zhou Ze said very seriously,

"At first, I could feel that it was unconscious. An unconscious thing is nothing, right? I can use it whenever I want.

The side effect is just lying in bed for half a month.

But now,

As I use it more and more, I find that it's changing. I can clearly perceive its consciousness, and I can even feel its consciousness and thinking constantly improving.

As I awaken it time and time again, it's also repairing itself.

It's like a person, constantly healing and recovering.

Every time I use it to deal with a crisis,

While it helps me solve the problem, it also gets some nourishment for itself. Most of my enemies and opponents have become its food."

Tang Shi frowned upon hearing this, and said at the same time:

"So, you're worried?"

"Yes, I'm worried,

Even starting to feel fear;

Because,

It's possible,

That the next time I let it awaken,

Will be the time it completely replaces me."