Starry Sky Train, I opened a small shop on the train

Chapter 393, Plants vs. Hilichurls
Once you've mastered the humanities and sciences, the rest is up to the arts and sports.

We mainly need people in the humanities and sciences; we'll find people for those fields gradually.

Lunch was ready shortly afterward.

Everyone sat around the dining table to eat.

Himeko glanced at the table.

"Where are Xing and the others? Aren't they coming back for dinner?"

Xiangling said.

"They've gone off to play. Don't worry about them; they'll be back tonight."

Himeko nodded upon hearing this.

Where did they go to play this time?

Xiangling said.

"They took away the seed-spraying plants from Danheng's botanical garden, saying they were going to play some tower defense game."

Meanwhile, in Old Teyvat, Inazuma.

Inazuma is now deserted; everyone in Inazuma has been transferred to New Teyvat.

The living environment in the old rice fields was really too bad; many places were not suitable for survival.

Some important tourist attractions and buildings were all moved away.

For example, the entire Narukami Mountain was moved.

Furthermore, the entire city of Inazuma, the island of Umiji, and the island of Izumi—these three main towns—were all moved by Asmodeus to New Teyvat.

It can be said that Inazuma is now a desolate wilderness, with only some unimportant villages remaining.

Near a large Hilichurl camp outside Konda Village.

Xing, Hu Tao, and others had arranged various plants, which were blocking the gate of a large Hilichurl village.

Place five Gatling guns and one watermelon cannon on the star, and point your finger.

"Bomb it!"

The watermelon cannon is incredibly powerful; even a thug hilthurn can't withstand the watermelon shells it fires.

Yura set up 10 nuts and placed them at the front to guard against the Hilichurls' attack.

The others are responsible for providing firepower.

Walnut preferred cherries, so she brought a whole truckload, grabbed one, and threw it into the Hilichurl's spawn.

The cherry exploded among the Hilichurls, instantly injuring many.

The Hilichurls of this tribe are like the Black Sun tribe, cannibalistic Hilichurls.

There's no need for these types of Hilichurls to stay.

Star and her companions wouldn't bother with neutral Hilichurl tribes that generally don't harass humans.

After all, most Hilichurls are also pitiful people.

Under the overwhelming firepower, the entire Hilichurl tribe suffered heavy casualties.

The tribe that originally had nearly 300 Hilichurls has seen its numbers drop to just over 200.

It's only been less than 5 minutes since the battle started!

At this rate, they won't last even half an hour before they're wiped out.

At the critical moment, several abyss mages from the Hilichurl tribe stepped in, opening a portal and releasing even more monsters.

Now, all the kingdoms in Teyvat except Nata are in the same situation as Inazuma.

For Nata's safety, Asmodeus also set up a barrier to isolate it from the outside world and prevent it from being invaded by the Abyss.

Ying planned to go to Nata in a couple of days to see what was going on and look for Vulcan's whereabouts.

As for why we have to wait two more days after it has already been dragged on for so long?

Ying said that her brother has been found, most people in Teyvat have moved away, they have money, they have campervans for accommodation, and they can eat wherever they want.

Given all this, why are you still going to work? Huh? If you were in that situation, would you still go to work?
As the abyss portal opened, more and more monsters joined the attack.

Gradually, the plant turrets began to struggle to cope.

The nut, carried at the very front, was already pitted and scarred, with a lot of it eaten by the Hilichurls.

Seeing this, Xing increased the frequency of throwing cherry bombs.

Together with Hu Tao, the two instantly created an artificial bombing zone, killing a large number of monsters.

Upon seeing this, several abyss mages immediately took action, waving their staffs and launching several magic projectiles.

In an instant, it shattered the two nuts in the front row, creating a gap in the defense.

Seeing this, the monsters swarmed forward and rushed towards the opening.

Walnut put down the cherry bomb in her hand, ran to the cart, and pulled out a bunch of mushrooms.

"Hmph~ You'll have to rely on me when it matters!"

Go forth, mushroom army!

Walnut scattered the mushrooms in her hand, and all sorts of mushrooms instantly transformed into various plant turrets upon landing.

Some transformed into miniature mushrooms, spraying out round, black bullets from their mouths.

Yes, some transform into chubby spray mushrooms with large mushroom heads, spewing out large amounts of purple smoke.

Any monster that comes into contact with the purple smoke will have the affected part of its body turn purple rapidly and become highly poisonous.

Some turned into seven colors, becoming hallucinogenic mushrooms with ring-shaped eyes.

Hallucinogenic mushrooms can control monsters, causing them to turn around and attack their own allies.

The addition of hallucinogenic mushrooms instantly turned the monsters that rushed forward around, not only killing them but also forming an invisible human wall to block the gap.

There is also a most terrifying type of mushroom, which is entirely black and has a pair of blood-red, evil eyes.

They leaped and landed in the Hilichurl camp.

A few seconds later, several mushroom clouds rose up and leveled the entire Hilichurl camp.

Several abyss mages also perished beneath these mushroom clouds.

Xing, Amber, and the others were dumbfounded.

"Hu Tao, where did you get these mushrooms? Why didn't we see them yesterday?"

Hu Tao chuckled.

"Of course you can't see them, because these mushrooms only sprout at night."

"I, the master of this hall, couldn't sleep last night and went for a stroll when I saw it."

Xing, Amber, and the others suddenly realized what was going on.

“So that’s how it is. No wonder I didn’t see it in Danheng’s botanical garden yesterday.”

Ying glanced at the Hilichurl camp, now reduced to ruins, and began to put the plants she had brought back into the cart.

"Let's go, this is all taken care of, let's go find the others."

In the depths of Teyvat.

The Lord of the Abyss looked down at the Abyss Order monsters, now less than half gone, and a huge question mark popped into his head.

What's going on? Are so many people late for the morning meeting today?

You guys! It's one thing if a few people are late, but as an excellent and humane leader, I can turn a blind eye.

But! Half the people didn't show up today? That's outrageous!

"Guards! Seize all those who are late! I'm going to deal with them personally!"

An apostle from the abyss stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and spoke.

“Your Majesty! Those people weren’t late. Our stronghold in Teyvat was attacked, and they all went to provide support.”

Upon hearing this, the Lord of the Abyss was filled with disbelief.

"An attack? Didn't everyone on Teyvat disappear? Could it be that they've returned?"

A while ago, the people on Teyvat suddenly disappeared into thin air, which was very strange.

The Abyss Order initially planned a large-scale invasion after discovering the situation, but was stopped by the Lord of the Abyss.

There's something fishy going on here! The Lord of the Abyss thinks it's best to remain still.

Because Sky Island is still hanging in the sky, and the False Sky is still operating stably.

He suspected that this was a trick by Sky Island, designed to lure all the monsters out of the abyss.

In this way, she can lead the seven kingdoms of Teyvat in launching a great war against the Abyss, wiping out the vast majority of the Abyss monsters and achieving lasting peace.

Hmph! Foolish Asmodeus! He won't fall for your trick!

Sure enough! See, it's happening now, isn't it? The outpost I deliberately set aside was indeed attacked, which proves my suspicions.
A conspiracy! It's all a conspiracy!

Asmodeus! Sky Island! I won't fall for their trap! Come on! It's just a matter of enduring! Let's see who breaks down first!
"It's Tianli's conspiracy to have everyone at the remaining strongholds withdraw!"

"We are surrounded by a great abyss; we must learn to endure!"

The monsters of the Abyss Order below cheered and applauded for the Lord of the Abyss.

"For the Abyss! For the Abyss!"

On Teyvat.

After Xing and the others found a few more Hilichurl camps and played a few rounds of Plants vs. Hilichurl, they never found another Hilichurl camp.

They originally wanted to play a few more rounds; this game was so much fun.

However, after visiting several Hilichurl camps, I still couldn't find any Hilichurls.

The camp looked very messy, as if it had just been evacuated.

With no other option, the group had no choice but to return to the train.

It was noon, and the little evil god, having finished clearing the table, lay down on it and fell fast asleep, drooling.

Next to it, a small fan was blowing air, making the little evil god's hair fly wildly.

When Xing and the others returned, they made a lot of noise pushing the cart, which woke them up.

The little evil god groggily raised his head, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Xing and the others.

"Why are you back? Didn't you say it would be tonight?"

Xing helplessly shrugged.

"There's nothing we can do, we can't find any Hilichurls, so we have nothing to do."

Upon hearing this, the little evil god...

"Then why don't you go find the antimatter legion? Aren't there plenty of them in your universe?"

Hu Tao stuck out her index finger and shook it.

"No, these plants are only good for dealing with Hilichurls."

The antimatter army—they can't handle it.

Upon hearing this, the little evil god thought for a moment.

"Why don't you just enhance them? Ye Yun's shop should have these kinds of things for sale, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Tao and the others suddenly realized what was going on.

Yeah! How come I didn't think of that? There are other monsters besides Hilichurls!

We can just spend some money to upgrade them; after that, we can use these plants to guard our home.

Xing, Hu Tao, and the others dropped their carts and went to the small bar to look for products that could enhance plants.

After searching for a long time, the group finally found what they were looking for.

Product: Plant Jewels
Description: A treasure from a magical world that can cause plants to evolve once, up to the intermediate-level Destiny Walker plant.

Price: 3000 Star Coins/piece

After reading it, the group discussed it.

Xing looked at her plants.

How many should we buy?

Amber thought for a moment.

"I don't think the Cherry Bomb needs any upgrades; it's a one-time use item."

Characters like the Gatling gunner can be upgraded.

Walnut is holding two doomsday mushrooms.

"My Doomsday Mushroom is also good! My Doomsday Mushroom will be absolutely awesome after being enhanced."

The fireflies nodded.

"Yes, doomsday mushrooms can enhance abilities, and these things are very lethal."

I'll buy 20; that'll be enough to upgrade all my plants.

After saying that, Firefly bought 20 Plant Orbs to strengthen her plants.

The plants, after being enhanced, did not change in appearance, but blue flames began to rise from their bodies, and their expressions became full of fighting spirit.

Especially the corn cannon, which used to only fire one corn at a time, now fires 10 at a time.

Furthermore, its attack speed is ridiculously fast, capable of launching an attack every second.

The Gatling gunner evolved into a laser cannon gunner, possessing a machine gun capable of firing 3000 laser bullets per second.

Xing, Hu Tao, and the others were very satisfied with the plants that had completed their evolution.

Xing ran to the reception room and found Toppa and Emerald working there.

"Topa, do you have the coordinates of the Antimatter Legion?"

Toppa looked up at the stars.

"Don't tell me you want to take on the antimatter legion fleet one-on-one."

Xing shook her head.

"No, I'm not looking for a fleet. I'm looking for planets that have been taken over by an antimatter legion."

There are antimatter legions up there, but none on a legion-sized scale.

Topa thought for a moment and checked on the company's intranet.

"Yes, there is one about five star systems away from the train."

There are approximately 3 soldiers from the antimatter legion on top.

Xing listened.

"This is it. Send me the location, and then lend me a warship so we can go have some fun."

Topa was speechless.

When did fighting a 3-strong antimatter army become "just playing around"?

Shouldn't this kind of thing be taken very seriously?
Xing noticed Topa's unusual behavior and explained.

"We're planning to play tower defense games, the kind that Danheng and his friends brought out from their botanical garden that can shoot pew pew pew."

We've enhanced them and plan to test them out with some antimatter legions.

Anyway, with a few of us here, there won't be any problems.

If all else fails, I'll just call Boss Puni to save my life, hehe~

Upon hearing this, Toppa sent the coordinates to Xing.

"As for the warship, I've already had it brought over. It should be here in about 10 minutes. Please wait a moment."

Xing gave an OK sign.

"Okay! Thanks!"

Xing returned to the small bar and told everyone the news.

"I've already got the coordinates. It's not far. I even borrowed a warship from Toppa to take us there."

After saying that, Xing ran into the small bar, took out a few bottles of drinks, and handed them to Liu Ying, Hu Tao, and the others.

They chatted while drinking their beverages.

Soon after, the warship arrived, and Xing and the others pushed the carts onto the warship.

Inside the trolley, various plant turrets were full of fighting spirit, eager to start a great battle.

He would glare at any company employee who passed by, unless Xing, Liuying and others stopped him.

These plants would probably just shoot at it as soon as they see it, their main characteristic being ferocity.

The palace staff were also startled. Did these plants really not have the legendary rabies?

No, even rabies isn't this brutal.

Aboard their warships, Xing and his crew headed towards the planets occupied by the antimatter legions outside five star systems.

On the train.

Ye Yun called over Hei Ta, Ruan Mei, and Luo Sigumu.

The three will each teach a course in biology, physics, and chemistry, respectively.

Ye Yun transformed a carriage behind the Aglaia clothing store into a classroom, with a very childlike decor.

The ten little ones are sitting obediently in their seats, waiting for class to begin.

(End of this chapter)