Genshin Impact: I'm The Envoy of Snezhnaya
Chapter 411: Whopperflower
"Just say it if you want to go out. Don't pick up these roundabout ways of talking. It's almost like I'm deliberately imprisoning you."
After Silver finally woke up and awkwardly expressed his request, Bai Luo replied with those words.
But after hearing him, Silver looked toward the Sunsettia that Bai Luo kept holding in his hand, as well as the dagger at his waist.
Even with his knowledge of alchemy, he still could not understand how Bai Luo could turn that thing into an umbrella one moment and a weapon the next.
"Alright, alright. I'll go with you."
Having stayed inside the cave for many days, Bai Luo himself was starting to feel restless, so he agreed and left the cave together with him.
The moment he stepped outside, Silver became curious about everything around him.
He even scooped up a handful of snow nearby and stuffed it into his mouth.
Bai Luo hesitated for a long time, but ultimately chose not to say anything about a certain matter.
Forget it. Sometimes, knowing too much was not a good thing for him.
"Li… life."
After growing bored with the snow, Silver's gaze landed on a Sweet Flower stubbornly blooming amidst the freezing wind.
Although his understanding of the Art of Khemia—the technique of creating life—was only superficial, his reaction to the miracle of life was surprisingly similar to Albedo's.
He walked over to the Sweet Flower and crouched beside it, wanting to touch it, yet fearing that he might disrupt the balance of life and cause it to die in the snow.
But when Bai Luo, standing not far behind him, saw this scene, his expression gradually turned strange.
Were there Sweet Flowers on Dragonspine?
There were, technically—but they were extremely rare. Unless one searched together with Klee, one could spend months without finding even a single one.
So were he and Silver simply that lucky?
Obviously not.
Which meant this Sweet Flower—
Rustle—
Cold energy condensed into icicles that burst outward in all directions.
Silver reacted quickly, but against such a close-range attack, all he could do was cross his arms before himself to protect his vital areas.
Under the cover of frost, the Sweet Flower sank into the ground.
When it emerged again, it had transformed into a completely ice-blue… thing that was difficult to classify as either plant or animal.
Perhaps "monster" suited it better.
"What is this…?"
The knowledge Rhinedottir had bestowed upon him contained no information about this kind of monster. Only Albedo's notebook had vaguely mentioned it.
Silver never expected to encounter this mimic plant here—a Whopperflower.
Just as he was considering how to capture the mimic plant before him, a dagger trailing steel wire shot past from behind him and struck the Cryo Whopperflower.
The Whopperflower cried out in pain and tried to burrow underground again.
Unexpectedly, Bai Luo pulled sharply on the wire and yanked it right back out.
Seeing this, the Whopperflower closed the bud atop its head and condensed a Cryo shield around itself.
Having dealt with this kind of monster frequently, Bai Luo immediately recognized what it intended to do.
In an instant, the dagger in his hand transformed into the Wolf's Gravestone, and the broad blade slammed heavily against the Whopperflower.
Although there wasn't that satisfying "duang—" sound when it hit, making it somewhat less cathartic, the facts proved that Bai Luo's "Bai-style Deep Physical Hypnosis Technique" worked remarkably well even on monsters, directly knocking it into a weakened state.
Watching Bai Luo casually hold the weapon in one hand, Silver subconsciously touched the back of his own head.
Having once been struck by it himself, he knew exactly what it felt like.
Did it hurt? Not really. In fact, it hurt less than repeatedly smashing his fists against stone.
Yet despite the seemingly light blow, it could instantly knock him unconscious.
That too was something he could not explain with alchemy.
Like Jianna's crystalflies, this type of mimic plant had been classified by Sumeru scholars as a type of aberrant monster.
However, while crystalflies could be domesticated using Mist Flowers, Whopperflowers were far more difficult to tame.
A live-captured Whopperflower possessed extremely high value.
"Are you alright?"
Seeing Silver ignore the blood flowing from his own arm and instead rush immediately toward the Whopperflower, Bai Luo unexpectedly showed concern for him.
The condition of his arm was indeed rather frightening.
Blood was already dripping steadily down from his elbow.
"Yeah…"
If there had been suitable tools nearby, Bai Luo felt that Silver would probably have started dissecting the Whopperflower on the spot.
"As long as you're fine. Let's head back first. We can treat your wound and deal with this thing at the same time."
Grabbing the Whopperflower by the base of its bud, Bai Luo spoke.
To be fair, the Whopperflower actually felt pretty nice to the touch. Its leaves looked like those of a plant, yet touching them gave the sensation of a fleshy membrane.
How should he describe it… It was like driving very fast, sticking your hand out the window, loosely clenching it, and imagining you were grasping something in your hand.
Or like the black insulation foam wrapped around water pipes in northern regions.
But unlike those materials, it didn't have any strange odor. Instead, it carried the fresh fragrance of plants.
As for that soft texture, Bai Luo genuinely didn't know how to describe it.
In short, it was strangely addictive.
"Re… resea… research…"
Silver, who had only recently learned to speak simple words, found himself even less able to talk clearly the more anxious he became.
But from his gestures, Bai Luo understood what he meant.
Silver thought Bai Luo intended to bring the Whopperflower back for him to study.
After all, this kind of mimic plant possessed extremely high value.
Even if he currently lacked the ability to fully analyze it, as his understanding of the Art of Khemia deepened, this living Whopperflower would surely become highly useful in his hands.
Yet Bai Luo, who was currently kneading and squishing the Whopperflower's face, gave an answer Silver never expected.
"No."
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Looking at Silver's confused expression, Bai Luo reached out and patted the Whopperflower's nicely-shaped pointed backside.
"I'm planning to cook it!"
This kind of special monster that existed somewhere between plant and animal definitely had meat superior to ordinary creatures.
It would possess both the health benefits of plants and the nutrition of meat—nothing could be better than that.
"Can't… can't…"
The moment he heard Bai Luo intended to roast the Whopperflower, Silver immediately panicked.
It wasn't because Bai Luo's cooking tasted bad, nor because he always sprinkled too much salt on meat.
As an alchemist, Silver believed the Whopperflower should serve a greater purpose instead of simply ending up in someone's stomach as food.
But while the two argued over how to handle this Whopperflower—which had the potential to become a "Flowerbedo"—someone was already watching them from the shadows.
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