Bai Ren naturally placed the wild fruits from his hands in front of them.
"Eat."
In the firelight, that bunch of grape-like black and red fruits was particularly eye-catching. Bai Sasa looked at them and couldn't help but shake her head in panic, "Elder sister, those are Mulberry Fruits; eating them will cause vomiting and diarrhea."
"?" Bai Ren was puzzled.
Little One beside him nodded repeatedly, "We saw a lot of them on the road, but everyone was too scared to eat even if it meant starving."
Bai Ren glanced awkwardly at the wild fruits in his hand, thinking... they were the legendary wild grapes.
Since they weren't, she casually threw the bunch of wild fruits away and took out a few red round fruits from her chest.
"How about these?"
She had read in a book from before, that Cherry Tomatoes were edible, right?
But unexpectedly, Bai Sasa still shook her head, "These are called Coral Cherries; eating them causes dizziness and nausea, and could even lead to fainting."
Bai Ren, undeterred, took out the last few green fruits from her pocket, "Wild pears, we can eat these, right?"
"These are called Leprosy Fruits; eating them will cause hallucinations and then death," Bai Sasa replied weakly.
"..." Bai Ren.
Turns out all the fruits she found were poisonous.
Bai Lingyu cautiously explained, "Elder sister, many refugees pass through the jungle every day, and this area has long been picked clean of anything edible, leaving only the poisonous ones."
Seeing Bai Junjun's growing frustration, Bai Sasa hurried to comfort her.
"If you want to eat wild fruits, we'll find some as soon as it gets light; there must be some out there."
"..." Bai Ren, she, a supposed apocalypse veteran, was being comforted by two kids.
Thus, the three siblings temporarily settled down in the deep mountains, occasionally encountering refugees over the next few days.
To avoid being captured as two-legged sheep, Bai Ren had to lead them deeper into the forest.
Although the area was sparsely populated, there were noticeably more snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Occasionally, they found some edible wild vegetables and fruits. Overall, these days were the most comfortable since they had started their escape.
Bai Ren, no, she should now be called Bai Junjun, also took advantage of this time to absorb "nature's spiritual energy." Her Wood-series Ability finally awakened, giving her a bit of the confidence that apocalypse survivors ought to have, at least enough to manipulate the withered, tiny vegetables.
For instance, now, Bai Junjun looked at the colorful mushrooms before her,.
She touched the ground with her finger, activating her ability in her mind. The vibrant mushrooms seemed to lose their sense of time, instantly growing larger at a rapid pace.
Until they were as big as a hand, Bai Junjun finally stopped, turning to call the two kids picking mushrooms on the other side.
"You two, stop working so hard, is this pile enough to eat?"
Hearing her, Bai Sasa turned her head, nearly fainting in shock. In front of her elder sister, a pile of hand-sized poisonous mushrooms was emitting a dazzling glow.
"Elder sister, don't pick those mushrooms, they're poisonous."
Um?
Bai Junjun blinked her eyes, awkwardly withdrawing her already extended hand.
Bai Sasa sighed like a little adult and pulled her elder sister aside.
She was already used to her elder sister's ignorance about food.
After all, her elder sister was a Noble Lady, and even during their escape, she never participated in foraging. She'd never encountered these things, naturally she couldn't differentiate what's poisonous from what's not.
But, it's strange, every time her elder sister found something, it was always particularly large. They never came across such things.
Lingyu secretly muttered that it was because her elder sister was a Celestial Maiden descending to the mortal world, which made her especially lucky.
Even though the reasoning was absurd, Bai Sasa also felt... it was probably true.
For example, right now, they hadn't discovered this large patch of poisonous mushrooms, yet her elder sister had. Surely, this was an extraordinary talent, right?