I became a farmer in the apocalypse.

According to the introduction, evolved plants can now also be displayed on online images.

Jiang Li tried it out. She closed her eyes, and countless plants sprouted up on the vein-like network diagram like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Jiang Li could see their every move: some were taking root and desperately drawing nutrients from the ground, some were sprouting, and some were unfurling their leaves...

The plants displayed on the network diagram seemed to come alive, lifelike. When zoomed in, they turned into a shimmering green sea of ​​light, twinkling like countless stars in the sky as seen from the ground.

I must say, this scene was quite a sight to behold.

In the pitch black, looking at these shimmering points of light, the world was so quiet that only the sound of her heartbeat could be heard.

"Plop, plop."

No, that's wrong, that's not her heartbeat.

The sound, similar to a heartbeat, came from one direction. Jiang Li used her sensory tentacles to explore along the direction of the sound, passing through a dense sea of ​​plants. Suddenly, she saw a golden card standing there, radiating golden light.

[Rare Pokémon Detected: Cave Crescent Banana (Evolution)]

Touching the Crescent Banana in the cave will add it to your Pokédex and unlock its value! Additionally, you can collect Evolution Bananas.

Evolved Banana? It must be the evolved banana, right?

Looking at the map, it's more than 30 kilometers away from here.

Jiang Li wanted to go and take a look.

She asked Lin An, "How about we don't go back to the farm yet? I've detected an evolutionary plant, and I want to collect it."

"Evolved plants?"

"Hmm, it's an evolved banana tree, so it should be edible."

"Which direction?"

Jiang Li tapped a point on the in-car map.

Lin An glanced at it, frowned, and said, "It's a bit dangerous."

"That's a dense forest, an area that hasn't been cleared in a long time, and there might be many dangerous creatures inside."

Jiang Li asked uncertainly, "Is the problem serious?"

Lin An thought for a moment, "Go ahead and take a look if you want. If anything happens, I'm fast enough that nothing except level four or five mutated creatures can catch up with me."

That's settled.

As expected, the speed-evolved beings have a strong ability to protect others.

Lin An turned the steering wheel and drove into a forest path, heading towards the location indicated on the map. The car appeared particularly small, hidden among the tall trees.

Twenty minutes later, Lin An parked the car at the foot of a hillside.

"The road ahead is blocked, so we'll park here." She checked her watch to see the location. "It's still two kilometers to go, we'll have to walk. You follow behind me."

After saying that, he opened the trunk, took out a gun and a knife, and handed the knife to Jiang Li, saying, "Take this for self-defense."

Jiang Li took the knife and followed Lin An into the depths of the dense forest.

The mutated trees here are very dense, with layers of trees, shrubs and vines blocking out most of the light. Occasionally, the sounds of insects and birds can be heard, which is a bit eerie.

If a poisonous creature suddenly attacks at this time, it is difficult for a person to react in time.

As the visibility ahead decreased, Jiang Li couldn't help but feel a sense of retreat.

She should probably focus on farming instead of running around aimlessly. As for that encyclopedia, it's not like she can't leave it out. What if she gets bitten by some poisonous snake? She'd be doomed.

Thinking this, just as he was about to speak, suddenly, his foot slipped and he fell into a hole.

Lin An also fell down with her.

The two fell and saw stars.

"What the hell?" Lin An turned on the flashlight on his watch in the darkness, illuminating Jiang Li, and pulled her up. "Are you alright?"

Jiang Li: "It's nothing."

My butt hurts a little.

Jiang Li picked up the knife from the ground, held it in her hand again, and checked her surroundings using her watch.

This is a dark cave, damp and full of puddles of all sizes.

There was a hole above that let in light, covered by plants; that's where they fell.

Lin An looked at the cave entrance. "Is it even possible to climb out of here?"

Jiang Li could fly up, but the evolution banana she was looking for seemed to be just a few hundred meters ahead.

Since we're already here, and it's only a few hundred meters, it seems like a waste not to collect any samples.

"The banana tree seems to be just ahead. Let's walk a little further in and take a look."

"OK."

Lin An used the light from his watch to guide him. The cave was so dark it was unsettling, damp everywhere, and the air was sticky.

"We'll stop after another hundred meters, it's too scary," Jiang Li said.

Curiosity and unease are at odds.

It's all the system's fault for luring her here and tricking her into collecting some kind of evolution banana. Actually, it's not like she had to risk her life for it; it's just a banana tree, after all.

As they walked, they suddenly noticed a faint blue-white light emanating from the cave ahead.

"What's that? It's glowing."

Lin An: "It's a mutated glowing grass."

The cave walls were covered with dense glowing grass. The space was not spacious, only wide enough for two people to pass through. The light provided by the glowing grass made the place inexplicably beautiful. If it were before the apocalypse, Jiang Li would definitely take a picture here.

Jiang Li noticed that each of the glowing grasses had several grape-sized beads growing on it, so she picked up two and held them in her hand.

The bead emitted a faint white light in her hand.

"What is this now?"

Lin An: "Fluorescent Beads"

"Even after leaving the glowing plant, it can maintain its light for a short time. The glowing plant emits light through these beads."

[Plant detected: Mutant Glowing Grass]

[Already included and activated]

These glowing plants increased visibility. Suddenly, Lin An stopped, held his gun to his chest, and whispered, "There should be a large cavity around the next bend. There are sounds coming from inside."

Jiang Li heard it too.

A series of creaking sounds came from inside, sometimes rapid, sometimes sharp, accompanied by howls that sounded like "woo-woo."

Jiang Li frowned. It was so noisy.

Feeling as if there were many strange creatures ahead, Jiang Li dared not move forward.

Lin An reached the corner, cautiously poked out about a third of his head, and peered inside. He was suddenly stunned by the scene before him—

Suddenly, the thing inside seemed to sense something and turned its head.

Lin An quickly pulled his head back, pressed his body tightly against the cave wall, and slowed his breathing.

"What did you see?" Jiang Li asked her softly.

Lin An: "There's a group of monkeys inside."

Jiang Li: "..."

No wonder it was so noisy.

Lin An took a deep breath, unable to describe what he had seen.

"I saw a house made of bananas. It was huge, unbelievable. It was covered with bananas, densely packed. Monkeys were around the banana house, eating bananas."

Jiang Li opened her eyes wide, wanting to ask more questions.

Lin An hurriedly pulled her around and headed towards the cave entrance. "Let's talk about it outside. If those monkeys find us, we'll be trapped here."