How Am I Still Alive?

"...I'm already 107 years old, sigh, I don't have a single old friend left."

A wealthy and lucky tycoon, in the twentieth year of having cancer, is served by a professional team, sighing about the uncertainty of life in the VIP ward.

"Don't treat me anymore, don't, I can't be saved, save some money for Little Tuntun to get educated and married."

A less-than-55-year-old granny, took advantage of the nurse's inattention to pull off the oxygen tube willingly.

"...Why is it me? I haven't done anything wrong; I still have so many things to do, and my career has just begun..."

The young desperate person's cry echoes in the corridor.

"Why him and not you? You girl, causing your brother's death is not enough..."

Too much bitterness, sweetness, and saltiness, robbing the sleep of Lu Ping'an on his cancer-ridden bed.

Is Life sacred? Ha ha.

Is life's process unrelated to external factors? Ha ha.

Sweet, salty, bitter, painful – life might be rich in emotions, but life itself doesn't have those; it's just a common starting point that everyone has once, and everyone will eventually face the countdown to the end...

"Right, Big Cat... Lovely Chris? Are you there?"

Lu Ping'an, who has just awakened from his memories, suddenly thinks of something interesting.

"What is it?"

"I believe you're not a human anymore..."

Lu Ping'an pauses for a moment before continuing.

"No human being would offer such an innocent idea and hypnotize themselves into a Quasi-God status. Your original world must have been quite relaxing."

"How dare you mock me! You insignificant, ignorant mortal..."

Immediately, Big Cat gets furious.

But Lu Ping'an just sighs helplessly, speaking his mind for once.

"...No, I'm actually envious of you, and your world."

After chatting with Big Cat, he ignores the imminent furious noise and directly turns off the communication.

Next, Lu Ping'an focuses his attention on the panel that just finished its transformation.

[Beep, congratulations Host, the induction ceremony is completed, and you have obtained the profession 'Gardener']

[Gardener Profession Adjustment (0-tier): Mentally micro-raised.]

[No plant cultivation skills detected, obtained Professional Skill 'Planting (Taboo)', current LV0, 0/100.']

[No plant modification knowledge detected, obtained Professional Skill 'Grafting (Pollution)' current lv0, 0/100.']

"...Is this possible?! Shouldn't the minimum be lv1?"

Looking at these two lv0, Lu Ping'an is a bit stunned, but fortunately, he's still able to open the submenus.

[Planting (Taboo) lv0, 0/100: Knowledge and related skills for planting demonized plants.]

[Grafting (Pollution) lv0, 0/100: Knowledge and relevant techniques for 'linking' two polluted plants. Forest Girl: Don't create bizarre creatures! Especially don't add new vine monsters to my Codex!]

The lesser the content, the bigger the problem. Compared with other profession skills, the explanation for the Gardener's two core skills is too simple.

But after thinking a bit about how professional skills can be used and recalling related information, Lu Ping'an feels that "Gardener" is more dangerous than Runner.

"The planting and modification of demonized plants, huh? Both directions are quite promising and subtle."

This is a peculiar profession where combat power can be ignored, and professional adjustments are so low as to be negligible. What really matters are the demonized plants themselves.

Logistics medicine is derived from demonized plants; combat depends on battle-oriented demonized plants, and the weak point burden of the Gardener can even leave the battlefield.

How powerful you are depends on how many demonized plants you possess.

If there are no suitable species, one can actively transform and cultivate them.

This is obviously a profession system that requires time to accumulate.

Normally, it takes half a year to accumulate experience before taking up a fixed-track job, and the over three-meter tall 0-tier demonized plant itself is a kind of restriction.

During the process of cultivating the first demonized plant, one would inevitably accumulate the corresponding cultivation knowledge. The normal gardener should not be level 0 after success.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ping'an smiled, quite satisfied with this profession.

"Big Cat, how do you know I can skip the process and let the demonized plants mature directly?"

"Lu Ping'an, I%*&& ... %...."

As expected, when the communication was just opened, there were still a bunch of blocked words on the other end, but Lu Ping'an knew how to get the answer he wanted.

"Is it that high-level gardeners have the ability to directly mature plants?"

"..."

The cursing paused, and Lu Ping'an nodded, thankful for the answer given by the solid friend on the other side.

"At what tier will they have this ability? Fifth-tier? Sixth-tier? Seventh-tier?"

When he said "seventh-tier," the other side started cursing again.

"Lu Ping'an! You're making fun of me! I#@@#@#"

"Oh, that's quite high. Chris, be a lady, a lady, miss..."

It seemed that it was a very high tier and left a deep impression on Chris.

Don't look at how 0-tier and 1-tier profession information is printed in textbooks. Information about 2-tier and above is strictly guarded secret knowledge about pollution.

As for the Gardener profession, it doesn't just rely on demonized plants; it's the kind that can't be played without them.

If low-level gardeners want to fight, they probably need to carry a large flowerpot with them. Considering the complexity of the actual combat situation, it's better to bring a small garden...

"Eh? I seem to be able to do it right now."

Ahem, ordinary low-level gardeners really don't have much combat power.

If high-level gardeners can instantly catalyze the mature body of demonized plants, that would be another matter.

Now, Lu Ping'an knows why Chris said earlier that "combat capability can be supplemented by the Gardener profession."

"Then, let's take this opportunity to collect more seeds of demonized plants. The store goods in my hands are a bit insufficient."

Strolling through the forest, Lu Ping'an looked at the mountains in the distance.

Unlike Chris's arena-style Secret Realm, as soon as Lu Ping'an entered this realm, he was shocked by the vast scenery.

Meadow, forest, mountains - this place is a seemingly complete small world, especially with a relatively safe main road stretching all the way to the depths of the mountains.

In fact, this also illustrates the three-level difficulty of this Secret Realm.

The lowest difficulty is the entrance meadow, where many newcomers form teams and study without encountering many strange creatures or demons.

Lu Ping'an saw a group of 0-tier, 1-tier, and even 2-tier gardeners standing by the roadside, holding signs to recruit teammates or hiring mercenaries... It seems that the Gardener profession really can't fight.

There aren't any medium or large-sized demonized plants in the meadow, except for a circle of fenced-off mega-size buildings.

If he's not mistaken, those are the company forest lands that Zhao Ying mentioned before, filled with bought "Magical Pines."

There were ancient trees and bushes everywhere in the forest, and it was hard to see companions far away if they strayed a bit off the main road.

But since this Secret Realm is recommended for 0-tier and 1-tier professionals, and with Lei Shuiyun, one of the outstanding members at the first-tier...

"As long as we don't stray too far from the main road, we'll be very safe, meow. Well, provided we don't encounter robbers, meow."

Hearing this, Lu Ping'an, who was looking into the distance, couldn't help but laugh.

"Are you interested in becoming a professional jinx? I think you have talent for it."