Apocalypse Arrives: I Become a Powerhouse by Scavenging

Moira Lynch couldn’t help but smile when she heard that. It seemed her Golden King Flower hadn’t been given away for nothing.

Besides, she still had many left.

Moira Lynch and Hugh Finch exchanged a glance and walked toward the edge of the oasis.

Along the way, they encountered other players.

However, after a hurried glance, these players simply carried their buckets and walked off into the distance.

It was written all over their faces: I’m busy, don’t bother me.

"Planting trees requires water. These people must be in a hurry to fetch some," Hugh Finch said.

Moira Lynch nodded. "Probably. Luckily, we have Sucking Mushrooms, so we shouldn’t have to be like them."

When they reached the edge of the oasis, they found quite a few well-dug holes, and even some trees that had already been planted.

"Have you noticed? These trees are much thicker than the ones we got," Moira Lynch said.

’Thicker trees meant bigger holes, which meant expending more stamina and getting tired more easily.’

"Mhm." Hugh Finch nodded.

These trees were at least twice as thick as the seedlings they had received.

"Looks like we have you to thank again."

"That’s what I was thinking, too."

’Giving away that Golden King Flower was truly worth it.’

As Moira Lynch looked at the trees that were already planted, she felt for some reason that the seedlings were in poor condition.

’How should I put it? It’s like they’re sick.’

Although the trees had no leaves, they gave off a wilted, listless impression.

Moreover, these trees looked slightly different from the ones they had received.

’Patience, scan the species of these trees.’

About two seconds later:

[Golden Sand Tree Seedling: A plant unique to Planet Kharis. Advantages: fast growth and extremely tenacious Life Energy. Once it takes root, it will not die easily and can effectively prevent desertification.

Disadvantage: Requires a large amount of water during the initial planting phase to take root; otherwise, it will die.]

Seeing this, Moira Lynch understood. No wonder the mission requirement wasn’t just to plant five hundred trees, but to make five hundred trees *survive*.

With the players’ abilities, planting five hundred trees in three days wasn’t a difficult task. But if they wanted to make five hundred trees survive, the workload would increase exponentially.

Unless they cooperated with each other.

This game was practically tailor-made for people who had awakened Water and Wood Talents.

To avoid arousing the jealousy of others, Moira Lynch and Hugh Finch found a deserted spot.

The two of them took out their shovels and started digging a hole.

They didn’t work on their tasks separately, but chose to cooperate instead.

After all, this mission wasn’t just about quantity, it also required quality.

The quality of one person’s work would certainly not be as high as two people’s.

Soon, a hole was ready.

Because their seedlings were smaller, the hole they dug was also smaller, saving them a lot of effort.

Moira Lynch took a seedling from her Space Button, placed it in the hole, and held it steady while Hugh Finch filled it with soil.

Once the hole was filled, Moira Lynch took out a Sucking Mushroom and began to water the seedling.

Moira Lynch had taken out the Sucking Mushrooms as soon as she learned the game mission involved the desert and tree planting.

These mushrooms were not numerous; Moira Lynch only had a little over fifty of them in total.

Compared to the Water Storage Mushrooms, the Sucking Mushrooms were more like water canteens.

Ultimately, Moira Lynch couldn’t bear to waste the water inside the Water Storage Mushrooms.

So, before the game started, she had filled these Sucking Mushrooms with water and given a few to everyone on her team, just in case.

Looking at the seedling before her, Moira Lynch carefully sensed its condition.

Once the water reached a certain level, she stopped.

"That should do it."

Hearing this, Hugh Finch didn’t doubt her for a second and immediately started digging the next hole.

"Oh, a thought just occurred to me," Hugh Finch said suddenly. "How are we supposed to tell if the trees we’ve planted are alive or dead?"

A planted tree doesn’t take root immediately; it takes time.

Players like them had no way to tell if the trees they planted were dead or alive.

What if you toiled away for three days, only to find out at the end that you hadn’t cleared the game? Who could you even complain to?

Hearing Hugh Finch’s words, Moira Lynch realized the problem as well.

She could use her spiritual power to determine if the trees were dead or alive, but others didn’t have that ability.

This could easily lead to many people failing the mission without realizing it, thus being disqualified from the game.

The safest bet was to plant more trees—ideally, all one thousand seedlings they had on hand.

"We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it. Let’s just focus on our own task for now."

’That’s something the game system should have considered, not something players like us need to worry about. No point in making things difficult for them.’

’If worse comes to worst, I’ll just email a complaint to the game system when I get back,’ Moira Lynch thought to herself.

"You’re right."

Moira Lynch looked at the seedling in her hand. No matter how she examined it, it seemed a little different from the Golden Sand Tree Seedlings.

Though they looked very similar, the feeling they gave off was different.

’Patience, scan this tree.’

[Sand Worm Tree Seedling: Similar in appearance to the Golden Sand Tree, but much rarer. It is easier to grow and requires only half the amount of water needed for a Golden Sand Tree.]

Moira Lynch hadn’t expected to reap such a reward just from gifting a single flower.

’Just as I thought. That gift was definitely not given in vain.’

At the same time, this also indirectly proved one thing: for the Kessari Tribe, the flower from the Gilded Emperor Scorpion’s head was truly important, or rather, desperately needed.

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Digging holes was physically demanding work.

Even with stamina that far exceeded an ordinary person’s, Moira Lynch and Hugh Finch were starting to feel the strain after digging over a hundred holes in a row.

And that was even with them having Sucking Mushrooms, which saved them the trouble of going back and forth to fetch water.

But the water in the Sucking Mushrooms wasn’t endless; it was bound to run out eventually.

Moira Lynch rubbed her aching back. She had just used up her last Sucking Mushroom.

The only silver lining was that none of the trees they had just planted were a wasted effort.

After planting the last tree they could, Moira Lynch and Hugh Finch decided to go refill their Sucking Mushrooms.

This was an oasis, so there had to be a water source somewhere. They had previously seen all the other players heading in the same direction, which meant the water source must be that way.

On their way to find the water source, Moira Lynch discovered many plants she had never seen before.

Patience skillfully pulled up all the data on these plants.

Moira Lynch then sifted through the data, looking for any plants with special properties.

She scanned the entire way, but they were all just ordinary plants, not even worth eating. Moira Lynch couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

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