Apocalypse Arrives: I Become a Powerhouse by Scavenging

["Edible."]

Patience gave an affirmative answer, but its tone quickly shifted.

["But, while it’s edible, the meat of the Eaglehook Fish isn’t very good. Master, have you ever had turkey? The taste of an Eaglehook Fish is similar, hmm... maybe even worse. And it has almost no nutritional value.

What goes in is what comes out the next day. It also causes intestinal blockages—in other words, constipation.

On Aquaria, the Eaglehook Fish isn’t at the top of the food chain, but aside from a few species with powerful digestive abilities, almost no creature treats it as food."]

After listening to Patience’s explanation, Moira Lynch tossed the Eaglehook Fish aside with a look of disgust.

"Forget it. I’ll just keep moving."

With that, Moira continued piloting her Flying Device, heading in the direction the arrow indicated.

After flying for a few hours, a red Floral Sea suddenly appeared in Moira’s line of sight.

Moira gazed at the vibrant, crimson petals, and an idea suddenly popped into her head. ’Using these petals to make nail polish or lipstick would surely be very popular.’

With this in mind, Moira steered her Flying Device, involuntarily flying toward the closest red flower.

The moment her hand was about to touch a petal, a sudden chill washed over her. An indescribable sense of danger instantly filled her heart, and the hair on her body stood on end.

Her body reacted before her brain even had time to process what was happening.

A pair of white Wings appeared on Moira’s back. With a powerful beat, they lifted her into midair.

A chewing sound came from below.

Moira looked down and saw the Flying Device she had just been riding was now enveloped by the red flower she had approached. The chewing sound was coming from within it.

Moira finally understood. Her uncharacteristic behavior just now was most likely due to some form of enchantment.

"It’s the fragrance."

Moira noticed a faint, pleasant fragrance lingering in the air now—one she hadn’t perceived before.

"Patience, look up what this thing is."

A few seconds later, Patience’s report came through.

["Bright Red Cannibal Flower: It normally maintains the form of an ordinary flower with red petals, but once it detects prey approaching, it instantly reveals its true nature.

The moment a Bright Red Cannibal Flower catches its prey and its petals close, countless spikes emerge from within, impaling and killing the captured victim.

At the same time, it secretes a digestive fluid from its pistil. This fluid can corrode the captured prey until not even bone fragments remain."]

After listening to Patience’s explanation, Moira asked, "That’s it? Then what was that fragrance from before?"

Moira was certain there was something wrong with the scent she had smelled.

Because just as she thought the fragrance was pleasant, a sudden urge to turn the Bright Red Cannibal Flower into perfume overwhelmed her.

Fortunately, she was already on guard and managed to suppress this impulse.

["The Bright Red Cannibal Flower has no fragrance. Based on Master’s description, I have found something that more closely matches."]

An image then appeared before Moira: a small, beautiful flower with purple and white gradient petals.

But that wasn’t the main point. The main point was that this little flower was growing right under the petals of the Bright Red Cannibal Flower.

The visual impact of the Bright Red Cannibal Flower had been so overwhelming that Moira hadn’t noticed their existence before.

["Parasitic Dodder: A perennial herb. The Parasitic Dodder is extremely fragile and can only survive by parasitizing plants or animals stronger than itself.

The Parasitic Dodder survives by absorbing the bodily fluids of its host. If it parasitizes a plant, it absorbs the plant’s sap and blooms with purplish-white flowers. But if it parasitizes an animal, it blooms with golden-red gradient flowers.

To ensure its host can better provide for it, an adult Parasitic Dodder releases a faint fragrance that helps the host increase its hunting success rate.

Based on your description, Master, the scent you smelled must have come from these Parasitic Dodders."]

Moira looked down at her Flying Device, which had been chewed to pieces by the Bright Red Cannibal Flower, and her heart bled.

You have to understand, even now, Flying Devices are still a hot commodity on Caelus.

’My perfectly good Flying Device was destroyed just like that! What are you going to use to compensate me?’

Moira glared angrily at the Bright Red Cannibal Flowers and Parasitic Dodders below.

As if sensing the rage in Moira’s heart, Patience thoughtfully provided her with a direction for her exploitation.

["Adventurer quest automatically accepted for Master: Collect one hundred Bright Red Cannibal Flowers and Parasitic Dodders. Quest Reward: The Crimson Nail Polish collection and one bottle of Valley Dodder Perfume."]

["The Crimson Nail Polish collection, when applied, not only nourishes the nails but also keeps them in perfect condition. It is extremely popular among the women of the galaxy.

Valley Dodder Perfume possesses the bewitching effect of the Parasitic Dodder and is also extremely popular among the women of the galaxy."]

After reading the information from Patience, Moira was quite surprised. ’It was just a passing thought, but these things can actually be made into nail polish and perfume.’

Moira first confirmed the quest details, then used her spiritual power to scan the number of Bright Red Cannibal Flowers. There were, by no coincidence, exactly one hundred and one.

Without any delay, a giant pair of scissors appeared in Moira’s hands.

The scissors were a full two meters long, and holding them made Moira herself seem small and delicate by comparison.

Holding the scissors, Moira entered a mode of snip, snip, snip.

Because the scissors were large enough, she didn’t have to worry about being harmed by the Bright Red Cannibal Flowers. As for the fragrance of the Parasitic Dodder, as long as she was mentally prepared for it, it wouldn’t be a major issue. At most, it would cause minor hallucinations, which wasn’t too impactful.

In no time at all, what had been a red Floral Sea was now barren, with only stems and leaves remaining.

After leaving the task of submitting the quest to Patience, Moira continued on her way.

While traveling, Moira would occasionally hear cries for help from other players.

In these situations, as long as she wouldn’t expose herself, Moira would save them if she could, and leave them if she couldn’t.

In short, her own safety came first, followed by the mission, and only then everything else.

Her previous Flying Device had been destroyed, so Moira took out a new one.

Although she could fly with her Wings, they were somewhat inconvenient in a rainforest full of trees, not nearly as small and nimble as a Flying Device.

The Flying Device Moira took out this time was shaped like a green flying carpet.