Salted Fish Zombie Chapter 65.1

Published at 5th of October 2023 06:14:49 AM

Flower Servant (13)

  “I’ll confirm with you again.” The Holy Maiden turned to Ning Su and asked, “Are you really not going to change your sacred flower?”

“The Flower God’s temple has spare sacred flowers. This is your last chance.”

Ning Su shook his head, gently and directly.

Yenan Wang sighed again.

The Holy Maiden’s patience with Ning Su exceeded Yenan Wang’s imagination. She said to Ning Su, “Your flower is truly a demon. If there are problems later on, we will destroy you along with it.”

Ning Su replied, “I understand. Regardless, I’m determined to nurture it.”

The Holy Maiden fell silent for a moment and then said, “Then bring your sacred flower with you.”

Ning Su and Ning Changfeng followed along, carrying their sacred flowers as they walked with the Holy Maiden.

Zhu Shuangshuang and Su Wansheng walked to the door, looking worried for them.

Yenan Wang pushed them back. “Wait inside obediently.”

He closed the door and followed them.

“Are they going to learn how to serve the flowers?” Zhu Shuangshuang anxiously asked, “Didn’t the Holy Maiden said she can’t handle so many, so how will she manage?”

“It can only mean turning them into pawns of those people from the outside.” A player said.

The dark room fell into silence.

They didn’t know how to nurture the flower; all they could do was imagine, and the more they imagined, the more fearful and suppressed they felt.

And before long, they were already restless.

“It’s alright, they won’t die. Fang Qi is still alive, isn’t he?”

“But... can things really continue like this?”

The room once again sank into a heavy silence.

Ning Su and Ning Changfeng, following behind the Holy Maiden, remained calm.

After coming out of the dark room, there was a row of dark rooms ahead, and at the end was a dark stone staircase.

On the staircase, Ning Su looked up at Fang Qi.

Fang Qi’s face was marked with striking blue veins that extended all the way to his eye sockets.

He’s stiff all over, with only his eyes moving, filled with stubborn vitality.

He opened his mouth, but no words came out.

However, Ning Su could understand much of what he wanted to say.

The other said to hold on.

He said he still needed to find someone.

He asked if he could support him to keep going.

Ning Su made a sound of acknowledgment and followed the Holy Maiden upstairs.

Upstairs, there were four enclosed rooms. The Holy Maiden led them into the room opposite the staircase.

The room, apart from being entirely black, was just a regular tea room.

The four of them sat down, and a person in white poured a cup of hot tea for each of them.

The Holy Maiden leisurely finished her cup before speaking, “Once you enter the Flower God’s Temple, you need to start serving the flowers. Now I’ll tell you how to serve the flowers.”

“For mutual assistance, two flower servants form a group. You two are the first group of the Yenan family.”

The two didn’t say anything, listening quietly.

The Holy Maiden continued, “The first step in nurturing flowers is to plant the sacred flowers.”

She said solemnly, “Sacred flowers grow in the sacred land, they’re divine and spiritual, so they can’t grow in ordinary mud and water.”

After saying this, she looked at the two people. They both had calm expressions, with no obvious reactions.

The Holy Maiden then continued, “They must grow within a clean, warm, and spiritually receptive human body.”

The two of them remained surprisingly calm, as if they had already anticipated this.

The Holy Maiden couldn’t accept it and continued to stare at them for a while.

Ning Changfeng: “To be more precise, it’s growing within the blood vessels.”

Ning Su: “Hurry up, I can’t wait any longer.”

“...”

The Holy Maiden chuckled, “Alright, then I’ll give you a brief and quick explanation.”

“Indeed, the sacred flower grows within the blood vessels because there’s blood there.”

“The devoted Flower Attendants must serve the flower with their bodies and offer their bodies and souls to the sacred flower.”

“Your sacred flower must choose a place closest to the soul, which is the heart, and when the sacred flower senses your soul, it will germinate in the heart nurtured by the soul, grow along the blood vessels, and spread throughout your body.”

There was a moment of silence in the tearoom.

Just imagining this process was enough to make their whole bodies ache.

Cutting open the heart, planting it inside, and allowing the branches to grow wildly in the blood vessels—this was a pain far beyond what humans could endure.

Another person would have already had a strong reaction, but the two devoted believers remained silent.

“Planting the flower is the first step in serving the flower. You must learn and personally perform the planting process, which is actually quite simple. Just open the chest, cut open the heart, implant the selected sacred flower part into the heart, and then stitch up the heart.”

“Of course, you can’t do it by yourselves; you need to help each other.”

“The heart is a secretive and sacred organ. Outsiders can ’t casually touch it. That’s why we grouped you into two, picking the one you have the closest relationship with.”

“Touching the heart of someone close to you will be much better,” she sighed.

“You two will be a pair. One person will first plant the sacred flower in the other person’s heart. If they can survive after the planting and recover in five days, then you’ll help the other person plant the flower.”

The Holy Maiden said, “Ordinary people certainly can’t achieve this, but you are Flower Attendants. Your bodies have been modified, giving you a fifty percent chance of surviving after the planting.”

She stood up. “I’ll go explain to the next group first. You decide the order and let me know.”

After the Holy Maiden and Yenan Wang left, the tearoom was quiet. The two of them were digesting the information they just heard.

Right after entering the courtyard of the Yenan family, Dai Dong had mentioned to pay attention to the relationship between the two players in the same room.

This instance might be trying to start from player relationships, and ultimately, they would face a life-and-death confrontation.

It wasn’t as dire as he described; it sounded quite touching coming from the Holy Maiden.

But in reality, it didn’t matter much either.

From Boss Qi’s water prison room to the courtyard of the Yenan family, and then to the Dark Swamp and the Flower God’s temple, this should be the endpoint of the map. There was no place in Furen County more mysterious than the Flower God’s temple.

In other words, the final secret should be hidden within the Flower God’s temple.

The death rate of the flower cultivated in the heart was 50%, with a five-day interval between the two.

Who would be the first?

There’s a fifty percent chance of dying right after planting, while the other person had five days left. Inside this Flower God’s temple, which held the ultimate secret, it’s very possible to find a way to meet the god and leave the instance within five days.

This instance wasn’t about survival, unlike “Manman.”

In “Manman,” they were required to survive within the instance for thirty days, but in this instance, they were supposed to complete the mission within fifty days, with it being the maximum. As long as they completed the task, they coulf escape from this mad world at any time.

Ning Changfeng asked, “Do you know how to meet the Flower God?”

Ning Su didn’t answer that question; he said, “Let’s stick to what we agreed upon and rely on our abilities.”

Ning Changfeng nodded.

They had agreed on this in the courtyard of the Yenan family.

Ning Changfeng straightened his posture and faced Ning Su. “We’ll seize our chances based on our strengths.”

Ning Su’s eyes half-lowered, his long eyelashes hiding his captivating eyes. His slightly cool and pale lips became the focal point of the gaze, appearing somewhat chilly.

He looked up and said, “Actually, my strength isn’t bad. If we were to really fight, it wouldn’t necessarily be clear who would win or lose.”

Ning Changfeng said, “I know.”

Chapter end