Chapter 454: Can You Control Mutant Plants?
Chapter 454: Can You Control Mutant Plants?
"Can you control mutant plants?"
Zhang Boxun looks at An Ran and finally asks the question he’s been holding back. But even as the words leave his mouth, he’s already convinced of the answer. When An Ran was kidnapped, the thorn balls scattered across the ground, her sudden release of energy, and the way those mutant vines freeze midair—all of it points to the same truth: An Ran can control mutant plants.
"So what if she can?"
The one who answers isn’t An Ran, but Zhan Lian. He steps away from Luo Feifan and walks over to stand in front of An Ran, eyes sharp with killing intent. He repeats coldly, "So what if she can?"
Zhang Boxun meets Zhan Lian’s gaze without backing down, his voice rising with emotion. "If she can control them, then the leader and the others might still be saved!"
"Fuck you!" Zhan Lian explodes.
He can’t hold back anymore and punches Zhang Boxun straight in the face. Zhang Boxun, also a metal-type mutant with military experience, fights back immediately—but Zhan Lian defeats him in just two moves.
Still, Zhang Boxun shouts at An Ran, "You can’t be this selfish, An Ran! There are mothers and children with the leader—some even younger than your daughter. You have to save them. You have to go!"
An Ran stands silently, holding her sleepy baby, watching Zhang Boxun get beaten. Without a word, she turns and walks toward the car.
Zhang Boxun is right—she can control mutant plants. But only the fat thorn ball. She has no idea why the vines froze earlier. And now Zhang Boxun wants her to save all those women and children. But what can she do?
Just because she can control mutant plants?
Of course she wants to save them. She has a strong feeling that the mutant vines in Xiangcheng, especially those strange flowers, are somehow connected to her. She feels responsible for this mess.
But in this world, power dictates everything—and she doesn’t have enough.
Outside the car, Zhan Lian is still hitting Zhang Boxun. An Ran gently places Doll in the safety seat and walks over.
"Zhan Lian, stop. Bring Zhang Boxun here—I have something to say to him."
Zhan Lian gives him two more punches before dragging him over, arm twisted behind his back. He throws him in front of An Ran.
An Ran looks coldly at Zhang Boxun and says sternly, "I’m telling you clearly now so you don’t try something that’ll harm me or my daughter again—let me be clear. Yes, I can control mutant plants—but only this fat thorn ball! I don’t know why the vines froze earlier."
The fat thorn ball at her feet rolls forward, its thorns crackling crisply against the tiled floor.
No one speaks. Zhao Ru glances at Zhang Boxun coldly while continuing to apply medicine to Wang Wei.
Wang Wei is barely breathing—clearly in critical condition. But Zhao Ru and Liang Ziyu still try to save him.