Chapter 298

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Chapter 298: Medicinal Herbs Become Spirits
It turned out to be a ginseng that had become a spirit.
Either a ginseng that had gained intelligence assimilated its peers who had not yet developed intelligence, or these hundreds of medicinal herbs merged together, with a ginseng as the main illusion, giving birth to its own thoughts.
Zhang Mu slowly stood up and the giant ginseng in front of him coldly chuckled, “So you are the one causing trouble here, pretending to be something you’re not. You’re just a wild ginseng. Are the villagers under your control too? You put in a lot of effort to lure evolvers here.”
“It’s not easy, really not easy.”
Even with nine corpses hanging above his head, Zhang Mu showed no fear, only mockery.
“You are the tenth.”
Unexpectedly, the ginseng actually spoke.
It’s impossible. It’s much harder for mutated plants than mutated animals to evolve human voice organs. Even reaching the fourth-rank, transforming into human form is possible, but speaking like a human is definitely impossible.
Zhang Mu focused his gaze and immediately identified the source of the sound.
It was one of the nine corpses, but not revived from death.
Zhang Mu could clearly see a long ginseng vine inserted into the back of this corpse’s head.
I wonder why the central nervous system and vocal organs of the Era Sub-merchant’s body are still active.
Zhang Mu glanced at the body and then focused on the giant ginseng, saying, “If these Era Sub-merchants belong to two Era Cities, their Era Merchants must be really sad.”
No wonder I haven’t encountered many Era Sub-merchants. Their hiding skills shouldn’t be that good in the early stage. Now it makes sense. They were all lured here by you to become your nourishment.
People who are pitiful must have done something wrong to deserve it. If they weren’t so greedy, they wouldn’t be in this situation.
But thinking about it carefully, we can’t blame them. You do have them in your grip. The temptation of hundreds of medicinal herbs is so great that even if I noticed something was wrong, I would still investigate.”
The ginseng continued to manipulate the body and spoke to Zhang Mu, “You knew something was wrong here a long time ago?”
Zhang Mu nodded slowly and said, “I didn’t expect your intelligence to have grown to this level, using people’s greed as a weakness, controlling the villagers of Li Village, and deceiving passing evolvers.”
Comparing them, Zhang Mu suddenly felt that his Blood Lotus was a bit silly.
It was only him who could come up with something like this in this situation.
Zhang Mu didn’t seem to care about the danger of the ginseng at all. He curiously asked, “I don’t have any other questions, but can I ask, how do you control villagers who are so far away from you?”
They are not corpses, they can talk normally, which is a whole different level of difficulty.”
To Zhang Mu’s surprise, the giant ginseng did not respond to him. A voice, devoid of emotion, came from the throat of the corpse.
“If I devour one more of you, I can exchange it for ten black shattered rings.”
Black shattered rings?
What does it want to exchange for the Era Merchant Ring? And with whom?
Things suddenly became complicated, as if it was a trap specifically targeting Era Sub-merchants, revealing a sinister side slowly.
Just then, Zhang Mu’s mental shield that he had secretly erected in front of him shattered!
This time, it wasn’t an external attack, but rather Zhang Mu’s own energy and mental strength that completely crumbled without his knowledge.
“Is this smell poisonous?”
Impossible, if it’s poisonous, I would have reacted immediately.
“Or, the wine from earlier?”
Suddenly, a memory of drinking the old wine at Li Dawei’s house flashed through Zhang Mu’s mind, and he blurted out.
A thin tendril reached out towards Zhang Mu in the darkness, but he quickly dodged out of the way.
“How do you still have the strength to resist?”
The giant ginseng seemed surprised by Zhang Mu’s struggling, even though it couldn’t express human emotions, its voice became much louder.
It stopped its attack, retracted the tendril it had sent out earlier, and mechanically said, “My medicinal fragrance is not poisonous, and that wine is also not poisonous.
“However, when mixed together, the energy and strength will slowly be absorbed and neutralized by both.”
So cunning!
It’s actually a mixed poison!
How could a mutated plant come up with this? Even if it’s ginseng, how could it possess human-like intelligence? Could it be absorbing human memories too?
Zhang Mu cursed inwardly, no wonder those Era Sub-merchants fell for it.
To become Era Sub-merchants, they must have exceptional abilities and luck, but trapped in this unpredictable scheme, being used as a messenger by the giant ginseng was not surprising.
The giant ginseng sensed Zhang Mu’s weakness and stopped talking, as if its previous answers were just to make him understand.
More ginseng roots!
With a sound of breaking air, the whip shadows attacked towards Zhang Mu!