Chapter 103: The Great White Rabbit

To brew the potion, Su Miao had been busy all day and felt an unprecedented exhaustion. Immersed in her work, she hardly noticed her fatigue, but when it was time to prepare dinner, she realized her mental and magical energies were nearly depleted.

Reflecting carefully, it was most likely during the engraving of the magic circle with silver water on the bronze cauldron that she had consumed a great deal of her energy. Fortunately, without taking a break, she had immediately started brewing the growth potion—and remarkably succeeded.

At that moment, Su Miao simply added some wood to the fireplace, took out a cup of milk tea from her magical space, sipped it slowly, reluctantly washed her feet, and then returned to her bedroom to sleep.

As for Bage, after sleeping all day, it still showed no response even when called to eat, so she let it continue resting.

Night fell, and the temperature outside dropped steadily. Had Su Miao glanced at the thermometer before bed, she would have seen the outside temperature had already plummeted to around minus 35 degrees Celsius.

Yet, where she had poured the leftover potion residue, several green blades of grass were defiantly growing in the biting cold.

At first, their growth was slow, but as time passed, they accelerated rapidly.

By midnight, they had grown over a meter tall, as if untouched by the freezing air. Some thorny plants even leisurely bloomed, releasing a faint fragrance into the atmosphere.

The floral scent drifted far and wide.

Half an hour later, two large white rabbits, drawn by the aroma, hopped through the snow toward the garden.

Outside the wall, the rabbits eyed the barrier, then lightly leapt over it, discovering the flowers, shrubs, and green grass within the courtyard.

Exchanging a glance, the rabbits eagerly approached and bit into the tender green grass, savoring it.

Suddenly, the flowers emitting the fragrance abruptly enlarged, engulfing one of the rabbits halfway.

The other rabbit was startled.

Its eyes reddened, and with a snap, it bit through the flower's stem, rescuing its companion.

These flowers were not to be trifled with, clearly not ordinary plants that could be nibbled at will.

Did the rabbits think they survived by mere cuteness?

Furious, the two rabbits retaliated by devouring several blooming flowers.

But as they ate, unease crept over them.

Instinctively, they tried to retreat from the plants, but after only a few steps, blood began to drip from their mouths and noses, and they collapsed onto the snow.

Meanwhile, in the vegetable room, the soybeans, nourished by the growth potion, sprouted vigorously.

Their roots delved into the nutrient solution, absorbing every drop of the dozens of kilograms of liquid. The plants began to grow wildly, vines sprawling everywhere.

Nearby, the cabbage and lettuce seeds also sprouted and grew frantically, almost reaching the ceiling.

Even Su Miao's camera, used to record her experiments, was crushed by the overgrowth.

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Hiss!

Cold!

Su Miao was awakened by the chill.

Glancing at the clock, it was 3 a.m.

She quickly wrapped herself in a down jacket and went to the living room on the second floor, where sure enough, the fire in the fireplace had gone out.

The room temperature had dropped to minus 5 degrees Celsius.

She immediately added wood, poured some diesel, and lit a fire.

Luckily, she woke up in time; otherwise, if the indoor temperature fell to match the outside cold, she might have frozen to death.

The sudden cold had banished her sleepiness, but she had already slept more than eight hours.

After warming herself by the fire for a while, Su Miao lit an oil lamp.

She checked on Bage, who was still sleeping soundly, seemingly unaffected by the temperature drop.

Yawning, she brewed a pot of tea, took out some cake, and opened her book on potion-making to study.

Time flew until morning.

Suddenly, Su Miao noticed a brightness outside.

Drawing back the curtains, she was amazed to find the clouds had somehow dispersed, revealing a clear, blue sky.

The long-lost sun appeared in the sky as if by miracle.

Her eyes sparkled with excitement as she eagerly tried to open the window.

But it wouldn’t budge.

Huh?

She realized something was off about the sun.

It appeared pale and distant, as if it were nowhere near Earth, almost from another world.

“This doesn’t make sense,” she muttered.

She hurried downstairs and opened the front door, barely noticing the changes in the vegetable room.

“It’s so cold!” she shivered as she stepped outside.

The thermometer read minus 45 degrees Celsius.

That cold already?

Su Miao was about to retreat indoors.

Then she saw the lifeless form of a large white rabbit frozen solid on the ground.

But this rabbit hadn’t died from the cold—it had consumed something fatal before freezing.

Looking around, she saw flourishing green grass, flowers, and thorny bushes growing in the frigid weather.

How on earth had they grown in such cold?

“Wait, isn’t this the spot where I poured the potion residue yesterday?” Su Miao’s face contorted with a strange expression.

Realizing something, she hurried back to the villa and glanced at the vegetable room on the first floor.

There, chaotic soybean vines filled the space, a large cabbage and a big leafy green plant pressing against the ceiling, still growing wildly.

“Isn’t this growth potion a bit too potent?” Su Miao felt unsettled by the scene.

She recalled that soybeans don’t usually grow on vines.

The strangest part was when she tried to tug on the soybean vines—they wouldn’t budge. Who knew how these soybeans had grown?

If she had discovered this later, would the vines have damaged the ceiling or even ruined the villa’s heating pipes?

Unable to handle it by pulling, Su Miao used her magical space to collect the soybeans, cabbage, and leafy greens.

The uncontrolled growth had destroyed several hydroponic systems—such a loss.

She took out her notebook and recorded everything carefully for future reference.

Now her main concern was how to test whether the cabbage, lettuce, and soybeans were toxic.

Where could she find lab mice?

Mice seemed hard to come by, but finding large white rabbits shouldn’t be a problem.

Bundling herself in two down jackets and carrying a silver umbrella, Su Miao stepped outside.

The air was dry, lacking the damp chill, making the cold barely bearable.

She collected the frozen rabbit carcasses from the courtyard, deciding to dispose of them far away.

But where could she find the rest of the rabbit litter?

In such cold, the remaining baby rabbits without food would surely starve.

Yet, after less than 200 meters from the villa, Su Miao gave up her plan to search for the rabbits in the biting cold with no leads.

She decisively dumped the cabbage, leafy greens, and soybean vines from her magical space onto the snow.

She would check tomorrow for any rabbit carcasses nearby to see what had happened.

“Too cold. Better go back and have some hot pot first.”