Surviving the Infinite Survival Game by Exploiting Glitches

The thought had barely crossed Lin Yun’s mind when the system spoke again.

[Want to expand your shelter? We’ll give you a discount on a 10-square-meter expansion. It only costs 400 points.]

"Do I look like someone with 400 points? Don’t you dare eavesdrop on my thoughts, you system with no sense of boundaries!"

Lin Yun grumbled again, complaining that the system was taking every opportunity to trick her into spending points to expand her shelter.

[...]

What could the system possibly do wrong? It just wanted to earn more points so it could exchange them for a system cape.

Hearing Lin Yun mention points again, Ghost Vine turned its head and asked,

[Hey, are we going to kill some rats later? There’s a rat nest nearby.]

"Where did you get this information?" Lin Yun asked, rather curious.

[I asked them.]

One of its vines pointed toward the surrounding plants.

Lin Yun was puzzled again. "Is that even possible?"

[Of course.]

"Okay, then let’s go farm some points after we leave."

[Striped Haworthia (Succulent): A variant, drought-tolerant perennial succulent. It can survive with or without water, but will die if it doesn’t get any. The main Haworthia says: Live? Fine. Die? Fine too. Don’t keep them; they’ll easily influence you and make you lazy.]

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What an interesting plant. She just wished no one could see that last sentence.

[Ebony (Succulent): A variant that prefers full sunlight. Without sunlight, it will wither and die. Don’t stare at it for too long, or it’ll hurt your eyes.]

Lin Yun stared at the mutated ebony for a few more seconds and found that her eyes really did hurt, as if they had been burned by flames.

She quickly looked away, no longer wanting to look at the mutated plant.

Just as she was about to continue walking, a cat’s meow suddenly came from a corner.

Then Lin Yun and Ghost Vine saw an enlarged tabby cat.

Hmm... Lin Yun was already quite tall, yet this cat was even taller than her.

Ghost Vine immediately became alert, waving its tendrils and ready to strike at the slightest movement from its opponent.

To everyone’s surprise, after spotting them, the tabby cat merely turned its head and quietly glanced at them before turning around and walking away.

Lin Yun could somehow understand the meaning behind the cat’s eyes.

It was saying: Humans? You little noob.

Lin Yun: "..."

After walking a little farther, Ghost Vine suddenly blocked her path.

[There’s a mutated plant ahead. It’s quite large. You’re not allowed to get close.]

Actually, even without Ghost Vine saying anything, Lin Yun had already seen it.

In the distance stood a weeping bottlebrush tree, three or four stories tall—so enormous that it was impossible to ignore.

The other tree species that had once been placed around it by humans had long since withered and died, leaving only the weeping bottlebrush tree behind.

It was easy to recognize it as a bottlebrush tree.

It had already broken free from the flowerpot that had once "trapped" it, using its powerful root system to shatter the concrete beneath it and drive its roots deep into the soil.

To prevent the surrounding plants from mutating, awakening, and competing with it for nutrients, the weeping bottlebrush had taken the initiative to pull out the plants around it, entangle them, and absorb their nutrients to support its own growth.

When it could no longer reach the surrounding plants, the weeping bottlebrush could only release its fragrance to lure nearby animals closer and continue feeding on them.

As a result, many bones had accumulated beneath the tree.

Soon, detailed information about the bottlebrush appeared before Lin Yun.

[Mutated Plant: Weeping Bottlebrush Tree

Level: Unknown

Function: It is skilled at using its harmless appearance and the fragrance released by its fruits and leaves to lure animals closer, drag them up into the tree, and suck their blood and flesh.

Status: Hungry.]

Lin Yun narrowed her eyes at the weeping bottlebrush.

She had seen this kind of tree before in a classmate’s village back in her hometown. From a distance, its flowers looked like caterpillars.

The clusters of fine hairs on this tree made it look even more like a giant mass of caterpillars.

At that moment, the fragrance emitted by the weeping bottlebrush’s fruits and leaves faintly drifted toward Lin Yun.

Lin Yun had noticed the weeping bottlebrush as soon as she entered the flower market, and it had also been deliberately controlling its fragrance, allowing it to drift toward the entrance.

The animals in the town already knew about it and avoided the flower market. On top of that, they had all disappeared recently, leaving it without food.

The bottlebrush was starving.

Now that a human had entered the flower market, it naturally wasn’t going to let her go.

Although humans had less meat than those animals, they were still better than having nothing to eat.

Lin Yun caught the faint scent again and slowly took a mask from her pocket before putting it on.

Thankfully, she had the system, which allowed her to view detailed information about mutated plants. Otherwise, she would have truly been affected by the fragrance.

[So, are you going to expand the shelter?]

"I have to decline."

[Okay.]

Lin Yun was exasperated.

This system was always keeping an eye on her points.

Seeing Lin Yun put on a mask again, the bottlebrush paused its release of fragrance.

Humans really were troublesome!

Why did this human always carry a mask with her?

But it didn’t matter. It was very confident in its fragrance and believed it could penetrate Lin Yun’s mask.

"Little Vine, it’s so ugly! It looks like a caterpillar all over. Let’s pull it out!"

[Okay! Pull it out!]

Hearing Lin Yun’s words, the weeping bottlebrush was stunned.

What?

Damn humans!

How dare they humiliate it like this!

It had to eat her today!

But Lin Yun didn’t even approach the attack range of the weeping bottlebrush.

She had already seen from its detailed information that it would use its branches to drag prey up into the tree. Why would she foolishly approach it?

Ghost Vine extended its tendrils toward the weeping bottlebrush and began lashing at it.

Although the weeping bottlebrush had its own methods of attack, it was rooted to the spot. In a sense, that made it a very good target.

Lin Yun seized every opportunity to throw exploding sunflower seeds at the weeping bottlebrush, occasionally throwing icy sunflower seeds as well.

The icy sunflower seeds quickly froze its branches into blocks of ice, and the frost continued spreading upward.

The weeping bottlebrush was startled and hurriedly extended another branch to break off the frozen one.

That interruption gave Ghost Vine an opportunity to lash at it even more fiercely.

After this happened several times, the bottlebrush could no longer hold back its surprise.

[Go! Go away! I’m letting you go! Stop hitting me! Let me go!]

It began begging for mercy.

It was genuinely afraid that this human and the Ghost Vine would kill it.

"Your attitude when begging for mercy is terrible. I don’t like listening to it. Just pull it out."

Lin Yun remained unmoved.

What are you babbling about? Go tell that to my exploding sunflower seeds and icy sunflower seeds!

[I beg you! I was blind and didn’t recognize your greatness. I offended you. Please have mercy and let me go! I’ve had a hard life. Please spare my life! Stop hitting me!]

"No. Your fragrance was too strong earlier. It made me feel a little nauseous. I’d better remove you."

Lin Yun remained expressionless as she continued throwing exploding sunflower seeds toward the weeping bottlebrush.

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