Chapter 480: Awakening

Under the water of the Grand Canal of Beijing-Hangzhou, there were messy water plants growing.

A second-rank mutated carnivorous fish leisurely swam, just having eaten a bit of prey leftovers from several third-rank peers, feeling very satisfied.

Even though it was just minced meat, it was enough to satisfy it for a few days. Being at the bottom of the food chain in this water area was already very lucky.

However, its good luck seemed to have run out.

Just as the small fish relaxed its guard and approached the muddy river bottom, a long vine suddenly shot out from the tightly packed mud, quickly binding the second-rank carnivorous fish and pulling it towards the mud.

The small fish struggled desperately, stirring up a cloud of murky sediment at the bottom of the water.

The power of this second-rank carnivorous fish was also struggling to catch the small Blood Lotus. But with all its might, the low-tier prey that had been hardly caught was finally pulled into the mud by Blood Lotus and delivered to the body growing on Zhang Mu’s left arm. It savored the meal, then transferred most of the energy to the man covered in mud for so long.

For the current Blood Lotus, the second-rank mutated fish was already the biggest limit it could catch. It needed to use most of the energy to maintain the life of the big man Zhang Mu and continue to repair its body. So, the evolution of Blood Lotus was extremely slow, even slower than normal mutated beasts.

However, as life forms evolved, even encountering a second-rank mutated fish took a long time.

Suddenly, a finger of Zhang Mu moved in the mud!

Blood Lotus quickly noticed this and felt excited. Zhang Mu was its closest person, and its subconscious told it that it must wake Zhang Mu up so it could resist the temptation to devour blood food and give most of the energy to Zhang Mu.

It tried to gently touch Zhang Mu’s moving finger, which immediately caused a reaction in Zhang Mu’s body. His finger twitched again, startling Blood Lotus who quickly withdrew into his left arm.

“Smack!”

Zhang Mu finally woke up from his unconscious state, opening his eyes to darkness and breathing heavily, struggling to catch his breath.

If there had been any creatures nearby, they might have thought the mud had come to life!

A large dark chunk of mud shot up from the riverbed, washing away most of the dirt clinging to it in the water, revealing a wild figure with beard and hair all mixed up together.

He suddenly opened his eyes under the water!

Zhang Mu’s memory was still stuck at the moment he was suppressed by Era Merchant’s spatial collapse power, but now looking at his own appearance, it seemed someone had saved him. However, how did he end up underwater?

How long have I been in slumber with this beard and hair?

Zhang Mu was shocked when he touched his face, as his thick hair only left his features barely visible, mixed with uncleared mud.

At that moment, Zhang Mu realized that although his physical strength had recovered to the normal level of the initial third rank, his mental sea was still completely dry.

Actually, being able to recover the physical strength of the third rank was already the limit. Blood Lotus couldn’t help him in this aspect of the mental sea, and his own consciousness had just escaped from captivity.

Zhang Mu recalled distant memories before falling into a coma, but he always felt like he had missed something.

Why did I get hurt? Was I protecting someone?

It wasn’t Brother Hachikuju, it wasn’t Little Black, and it wasn’t the Warhorse King, so who was it?

He had forgotten about Yuan Rui!

Because the obsession was the deepest, during the coma, all memories about Yuan Rui disappeared completely!

Who could it be?

Zhang Mu’s head hurt and he couldn’t figure out who that person was, feeling somewhat anxious.

After waking up and realizing he had lost his memory, anyone would feel very troubled.

Forget it, let’s not think about it for now. Maybe it was an unimportant person who happened to protect oneself.

Feeling extremely frustrated, Zhang Mu started feeling uncomfortable, and noticing this, he began to swim upstream.

Just as Zhang Mu was about to reach the surface of the water, two waves of mental shock rippled towards him from not far away.

It was two third-rank beginner mental mutated fish fighting for territory, and the aftermath reached Zhang Mu’s location.

Normally, Zhang Mu wouldn’t pay attention to such third-rank mental power ripples and they wouldn’t pose any threat to him.

But the situation was different now, Zhang Mu’s mental sea was dried up!

He had no mental defense capabilities at all!

Just as Zhang Mu was about to summon his mental shield, he suddenly found himself powerless. He was swept ashore by inertia, but his consciousness was knocked out by the aftermath of the mental attack.

Just woke up, then fell into a coma again!

Zhang Mu also got caught up in a fight between two mutant creatures with spiritual abilities, and got affected as well.

While Zhang Mu was unconscious, there was a lavender plant quietly growing beside him, swaying gently in the wind, as if observing this unfamiliar being.

The appearance of a human, not an illusion, but with a scent similar to plants running through the body, making it very approachable, unable to resist taking a few more glances.

Wanting to get closer, but also afraid.

After watching quietly for a few hours, unable to resist the temptation of the scent in Zhang Mu’s body, the lavender seemed to make a decision.

Slightly swaying, energy dispersed from the body, transforming into a girl with a flower crown on her head, stealthily approaching the location where Zhang Mu was.

Gently touching Zhang Mu’s eyelashes, the girl seemed to find it amusing and touched them a few more times.

Unexpectedly, this time, her hand was firmly grabbed, Zhang Mu, who was just sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the approaching girl.

If Zhang Mu didn’t realize that the other person had no bad intentions, he would have attacked as soon as he woke up.

Zhang Mu let go of the girl’s hand, and she ran away like a frightened little animal. But when she saw that Zhang Mu’s face was serious but not intending to harm her, and felt attracted to his presence, she slowly approached again without being scared of his fierce look just now.

The girl put her hands behind her back, shook her head, looked at Zhang Mu in front of her, felt closer to him, and suddenly smiled brightly.

“Hello, I gave myself a name, Luo Wanxun.”

“Who are you?”

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