Universe Infinite Canteen

The Burdock Ninja's HP kept slipping under the siege of the four witches.

Especially once its attack pattern had been figured out, exposing its weakness in frontal assault capability.

Even after it resorted to the Bone Technique for close combat, it was still firmly suppressed by the Hellhound.

Seeing that the Burdock Ninja's health had fallen to below 300 points, Ma Lu immediately interjected and stopped the fight, then took to the field himself and pulled out his Blue Mini Drill, pressing the green button on it.

Arc light shot out from the metal tip, accurately hitting the Burdock Ninja, which was left with nowhere to hide and only one arm and one leg remaining.

The latter fell stiffly backward.

Afterward, Ma Lu glanced at the Energy Storage Gem in the groove and found it had dimmed a good deal, but the extent of dimming was only about what it had been when he stunned a five-star ingredient.

Experiment... a success?

Ma Lu stroked his chin, realizing that reducing the HP and bringing Energized Plants into a critically injured state before capturing truly could save energy.

Come to think of it, he had learned this strategy from Pokémon.

Ma Lu stepped forward, collected the Burdock Ninja into the Collection Bag, and also retrieved its severed arm, then walked to a large tree which clearly stood a section taller than the other trees around it.

He began to dig with the shovel he carried, and soon found the gray aluminum box he had buried underneath.

Opening the box, he found over a dozen Energy Storage Gems, a thermos, and a radio inside.

This time Ma Lu had a translator and could finally understand the text above the radio,

Da Da Da Lin Happy Machine—The best Da Da Da Lin in The Entire Multiverse!

After reading it, Ma Lu was still baffled, not knowing what it was for, but then he saw the buttons for coquettish behavior, singing, sleeping, and casual chat, which made him frown, realizing the matter was not simple.

He sensed the presence of an otaku in this object.

Ma Lu had no interest in probing into the Pointy Hat's privacy and, seeing that the gadget was of no use in the current situation, casually tossed it back into the box.

To save time, Ma Lu first carried the box back to his warhorse.

After handing over the Aircraft to the purple-haired girl to pilot, he then began to concentrate on figuring out the thermos' password puzzle.

Ma Lu started by trying the Pointy Hat's favorite trash boss, but the thermos had no reaction.

Then he recalled the Pointy Hat's catchphrase and tried several dozen combinations in succession, still without success.

Frowning, Ma Lu finally entered "Da Da Da Lin" and "The best Da Da Da Lin in the multiverse," but the thermos in his hand remained inert.

Now Ma Lu couldn't help but scratch his head.

When exactly the Energized Plants would destroy Holy Temple City was uncertain, but he was about to leave this Plane in an hour and a half.

Which meant that if he couldn't solve it in the next hour and a half, he'd have to wait until a week later.

What other answers were there, what other answers hadn't he tried?

Boss go die?

Hmm, considering Pointy Hat's grudge against his mentor, it's indeed possible that this could be the password, but there were many similar combinations. Was he supposed to try them one by one?

Wait, that's not right. Ma Lu recalled Pointy Hat's expression when recording that last message; he was clearly in a good mood then.

The project was progressing well, a major breakthrough had been made, and he would soon return to school... If this thing was also left by him at that time, the password shouldn't be based on negative emotions.

And that day brought him a particularly joyous event.

After pondering for a moment, Ma Lu entered "good friend," then tried "visit," "good friend visit," "good friend reunion," "Yong Yi"... However, the thermos still showed no reaction.

Ma Lu's fingers hovered in mid-air, and it wasn't until half a minute later that he input "Little Biscuit" again.

The next moment, a light snap sounded from inside the thermos.

Did it open?

Ma Lu tried to pull off the cap and, to his surprise, it came right off. A chill then emanated from within, making Ma Lu shiver even through his armor.

He waited a moment before removing his armguard and reaching in with his fingers to fetch a test tube, which bore a label.

——∑139+.

Ma Lu felt this string of numbers looked familiar. After a few moments of recollection, he finally remembered where he had seen it.

The Pointy Hat's opening report seemed to mention ∑139+, saying that the resistance of energized plants and their offspring to the ∑139+ virus would be greatly reduced after using the PPCW Growth Liquid.

The ∑139+ virus would cause energized plants to stop growing, decrease in activity, and if not handled in time, cause the energized plants to devolve into ordinary plants.

It appeared that the weapon Pointy Hat left to deal with the remaining energized plants was the ∑139+ virus.

Ma Lu toyed with the vial of virus reagent he had just acquired.

The only remaining question was whether the spread of this substance in this plane would mean that from now on, he would no longer be able to collect ingredients from here.

However, compared to the safety of Yun Que and the others, as well as the lives of millions of people in the city, it seemed that there were no other options.

Ma Lu planned to use it first and ask questions later. If worse comes to worst, he could ask Yan Wu and Old Wang about the ∑139+ virus problem when he got back. According to the description in Pointy Hat's paper, it should be a common plant virus in The Grand Alliance, so with the technological level of The Grand Alliance, there should also be corresponding prevention and treatment methods.

Speaking of which, there had never been an outbreak of pests or diseases in his own Desktop Farm.

He wondered if there was some detection and purification mechanism inside that could directly kill the ∑139+ virus, which would mean there wouldn't be any impact at all.

That being said, Ma Lu didn't immediately use it.

It wasn't easy coming here, and he wasn't sure if he would be able to collect energized plants from this place in the future. He at least needed to fill up his Collection Bag first.

No sooner had he thought it than he did it. As he flew back to Holy Temple City, Ma Lu hovered in the air, selecting his next target.
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The massive figure he had seen before must have been taken care of by Li Wei and his men, but since then, new tough characters had arrived.

Ma Lu saw two 6-star energized plants on the Chessboard Map, but both were a bit too large. He still considered cutting them into plant sticks to bring back.

After all, no matter how severely injured they were, as long as they still had a breath left, they could be healed by the Desktop Farm.

But actually getting started was a hassle. It wasn't guaranteed that the cutting would be precise enough.

If their HP ran out before their weight was reduced, it would be a complete disaster.

However, the arrival of Screaming Pepper alleviated Ma Lu's trouble. This newly joined battle participant was a 7-star energized plant. Not counting the dark shadow under Circle Mirror Lake, this was the highest level energized plant he had encountered.

Accompanied by a ear-piercing shriek, the nearby Knight squads immediately suffered severe damage. Not only did all the Witches fall to the ground, unable to rise, but the armored Knights also couldn't escape the calamity.

The Screaming Pepper's sonic attack completely ignored armor, in other words, it was pure damage that could only be absorbed with HP.

Even Li Wei's expression changed when he saw the Screaming Pepper. He had been fighting outside the city for 3 hours, and although he had cleared quite a few energized plants, more kept coming, almost an endless stream.

When one fell, many more took its place. By contrast, once they lost personnel on their side, it was very hard to replenish, and the pressure was becoming greater and greater. And now they had encountered such a formidable opponent.