"I feel like I'm dreaming…" Zoya's forehead was covered in cold sweat. "Singing flowers? Is there anything more sinister than these things?"
"Billie, we have to…" Zoya said, turning to look at Billie.
But the sight before her made her heart sink—where was the slightest fear or panic in Billie's eyes?
Those beautiful eyes were now shimmering with a dreamy pink light, and her whole body seemed to be under a paralysis spell, staring intently at the man-eating flowers that were slowly approaching, humming a death lullaby. A trace of… intoxicated silly grin even hung on her lips?!
Through Billie's vision, the scarlet, twisted thorny hell before them had vanished without a trace.
In its place was a magnificent Broadway theater.
Those clawing, sharp-toothed euphoria roses?
They had all transformed into hot, Latin dancers in sexy sequined costumes!
They swayed their alluring waists to the passionate drumbeats, casting enchanting glances and blowing kisses at Billie, eagerly surrounding her as if inviting her to a wild feast.
This vivid and captivating scene completely disoriented Billie, leaving her utterly dazed.
Was it the pollen at work?
As siblings of the Joy Witch, it was normal for them to possess similar abilities to her.
Serie had just felt that the Joy Witch's ability was very strong, practically a half-mind control, and its coverage was very wide, definitely a divine skill with an extremely high upper limit, possessing both functionality and effective control.
As a result, Serie hadn't even used it herself before being tricked by her own "relative" with this move.
Seeing Billie floating in her hallucination, practically wanting to throw herself into the thorny embrace of those red flower dancers.
Zoya cursed herself for having a big mouth, truly fearing what came to pass. As she precariously pulled Billie away, dodging a sweeping thorny whip, she roared, "Billie! Wake up! Everything you're seeing is an illusion!"
"I know…" Billie drawled, her voice sweet and her eyes still hazy. "But they're really so beautiful… so enthusiastic…"
She even reached out towards the nearest "cherry mouth" covered in spiral teeth, completely ignoring the foul-smelling viscous liquid dripping from it.
"You goddamn…" Zoya's temple throbbed with veins as she narrowly dodged another round of encircling thorny tentacles, roaring, "Immediately! Right now! Use your damned ability to get us out of here! Otherwise, I'll blast both you and these monstrous flowers to smithereens right now!"
"Hmm…" Billie seemed to finally be touched by a sliver of reason by the threat. She tilted her head, her pink eyes blinking with a hint of innocence. "Then you have to promise me one thing first…"
"What thing?! Hurry up and say it!" Zoya practically screamed.
Watching as the largest flower mouth, with an all-consuming aura, once again enveloped their heads!
"Hmm… I haven't thought of it yet~" Billie tossed out the sentence airily.
"Damn it!!!" Zoya was so angry her vision went black, but looking at Billie's defenseless appearance, she didn't dare use her powerful area-of-effect attack, fearing she might harm this suicidal clone or burn the Joy Witch hidden deep within the sea of flowers.
She practically gritted her back teeth as she squeezed out two words: "Whatever it is, I promise! Hurry!"
The moment she agreed, Billie's mesmerized, blank expression instantly vanished, replaced by the cunning look of someone whose plan had succeeded.
There was no longer any hint of being mesmerized.
"Hehe~ Got it!" Billie responded crisply.
It seemed the hallucinogenic effect of these pollens wasn't that strong yet. Although they could distort senses and create beautiful illusions, they were far from enough to completely twist Billie's will and turn her into a flower fanatic!
That girl's lustful look just now was all an act!
It was all to force Zoya to agree to her conditions!
"Billie, you little scoundrel…" Zoya's angry curse had just escaped her lips—
Zzzzt—Boom!
Violent purplish-blue electric light suddenly erupted!
An electrostatic field instantly surrounded the two of them.
The next second, the two vanished into thin air!
Only the wildly pouncing man-eating flower swarm remained, along with the scorched air instantly ionized and burned by the high voltage.
Outside the rusty barbed wire gate of the Contamination Zone.
A flash of purplish-blue electricity, and Zoya and Billie's figures appeared, stumbling.
"Clang!"
Billie reacted extremely quickly, backhanding the heavy barbed wire gate shut and locking it tightly, wrapping the chain several times.
"Ugh…" Zoya clutched her churning stomach with one hand and supported her forehead with the other, feeling the world spin and seeing stars, barely managing not to vomit on the spot.
"Damn it… you… you even tricked yourself?!" she cursed weakly, her voice trembling.
Billie, on the other hand, was refreshed, hands on her hips, and spoke self-righteously: "Who told you to always block my thoughts for no reason? We are all Serie; we all know what each other thinks every day. Is it necessary to target me like this?!"
"Hmph, you just like me." Billie's narcissistic demeanor left Zoya speechless, only able to lean against the wall and dry heave a few times.
The sudden high-speed movement made Zoya a little dizzy… dizzy from Billie: "Fine, you're ruthless… I admit defeat…"
"Hehe…" Billie immediately beamed, revealing a sly, foxy expression of success.
[Billie's favorability towards Zoya +5]
[Zoya's favorability towards Billie +1]
Although the two witches had a lot of fun, the problem remained unresolved.
This Abnormal Contamination Zone, sealed by Saint Martan, was far more dangerous than imagined.
Flowers that eat people, walk, cast hallucinogenic pollen, and even, damn it, have an organized and premeditated death choir?
No wonder that lunatic Santos chose to seal it off and run!
On one hand, Serie was even more expectant of the Joy Witch's future potential—the abilities displayed by these siblings undoubtedly proved the high upper limit of their type of anomalous entities.
On the other hand, immense distress followed.
How to deal with this hallucinatory sea of flowers? How to safely get the Joy Witch out?
To leave the Joy Witch's seedling in such a wild growth environment, frankly, Serie was not at all at ease.
Chloe was out of the question; her understanding of this Contamination Zone probably wasn't much more than theirs.
Then… the Control Bureau?
Early the next morning, Serie, inside Goluthos's body, was exhausted and slept in the back seat of the jeep.
Chloe was driving her, preparing to return to the Black Queen headquarters.
Serie's consciousness also returned to her main body like a tired bird returning to its nest.
At this moment, she was sitting in a class on "Cultivation and Application of Plant-Type Anomalous Entities," taking her last lesson for the day.
The lecturer was a young female teacher named Moana, who, like Billie and Elena, was from Australia.
Although Serie only kept 5% of her mental energy in her main body, thanks to her high A-level mental power, every knowledge point in the classroom was imprinted in her mind with precise clarity, like a perfectly recorded file.
Goluthos could AFK and eat, and Serie could AFK and listen to lectures, just like having an eidetic memory.
Tsk tsk, if this ability were in her previous life, wouldn't it be easy for her to become the top scorer in the college entrance examination?
Getting back to the main topic, perhaps the Control Bureau would have more information about these euphoria roses?
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