The largest crooked-neck tree at the base of the cliff was the highest-level mutant plant Gu Xi had ever seen.
In the twenty-fifth year of the apocalypse, the Central Base analyzed intel from various sources and concluded that a highly intelligent zombie, suspected to be a Zombie Emperor, was likely entrenched outside City A.
Subsequently, Gu Xi was ordered to City A to investigate the claim.
That night, while tracking leads on the Zombie Emperor, she had come near this cliff and accidentally trespassed into the crooked-neck tree's territory. A fight ensued.
As they fought, a faint sensation bloomed in Gu Xi's mind… Back then, Gu Xi had suspected that the crooked-neck tree, much like her Sproutling, had developed a nascent consciousness.
Initially, she hadn't gone for the kill. Besides being curious about it, she had also thought that if this truly was the Zombie Emperor's territory, perhaps she could leave the tree here to keep the Zombie Emperor occupied.
