A total of twelve Moon Flower Deity slots can be filled. Once all are filled, all the flower scale garments will merge, creating your own ultimate flower scale garment.’

‘Different flowers possess different floriography abilities and have different evolution paths. Once chosen, a flower will permanently occupy a Flower Deity slot and cannot be changed. Please choose carefully.’

‘This prompt will self-destruct in five seconds.

Lastly, inheritor, please do not forget your original intention when you first inherited this ability.’

‘Destruction or creation, all lies in a single thought of yours.’

The darkness suddenly dissipated.

William Thompson stood dazed in place, still holding his phone, looking at the back of his right hand.

The black pattern on the back of his hand had now turned into a purple-black ring.

The ring was divided into twelve segments.

Each segment seemed to possess life, constantly sending him messages of longing.

They were yearning to be filled with designated flowers.

‘What... the heck is this?! Find different flowers to fill twelve slots?’

He looked down at the purple-black ring on the back of his hand, momentarily unsure what to do.

‘Does it have to be flowers?’

He glanced at the green grass at his feet. There were no flowers on it.

On the lush green lawn, there were only clusters of half-human-tall, bun-shaped dark green shrubs, and a row of bare black trees of unknown species.

‘Flowers! I have to find flowers right away!! I could be pulled in at any moment! I need to hurry!’

William Thompson was only stunned for a moment before snapping back to his senses. He could be dragged into a dead end at any time, so finding flowers to fill the slots was the key!

Immediately, he scanned his surroundings.

It was early May, and the neighborhood was bustling with people and cars, but there weren’t many flowers in sight.

The first thing he saw was a patch of small white and yellow flowers swaying in the wind by the distant neighborhood wall, at the corner of the wall.

William Thompson immediately stepped out of the greenbelt and headed straight for those little flowers.

‘Doesn’t matter what kind of flower, just try it first!’

He sprinted all the way, quickly reaching the corner, bent down, and reached out to gently touch the little flowers.

‘It worked by touching before, so it should be the same now.’

William Thompson's chest was heaving violently, but his movements were exceptionally gentle, afraid of damaging the flowers.

He extended his index finger, softly and slowly, toward one of the small white flowers.

This little white flower was only the size of a fingernail, with white fan-shaped petals surrounding a bit of tender yellow stamen. The stamen looked like a miniature beehive, made up of many sesame-sized round bubbles.

‘Isn’t this just a wild chrysanthemum?’ William Thompson's previous self had studied plant care, and even with vague memories, he recognized the name of this little flower.

He didn’t think much of it and decided to test this Evil Flower ability first.

As his fingertip drew closer, his breathing quickly calmed and became lighter.

He observed carefully, wanting to see how this ability actually worked.

Pop.

Finally, his index fingernail gently touched the white-petaled, yellow-centered wild chrysanthemum.

A wisp of energy, like an electric current, instantly flowed from the edge of the petal into William Thompson's finger.

Then this wisp of energy traveled from his finger to the back of his hand, merging into one of the segments of the purple-black ring.

At the same time, a stream of information flooded into William Thompson's mind.

‘White wild chrysanthemum: Often grows by roadsides and field edges, extremely resilient. Even if its stems and leaves are picked, it can quickly recover after rain. Has medicinal effects of clearing heat and detoxifying.’

‘Floriography: Heart of perseverance.’

‘Flower scale garment collection rate: 1%. Number of possible evolutions: insufficient information.’

‘Fill this slot?

Please note, only by fully developing the flower scale garment can you unlock the second Flower Deity slot and fill a second type of flower. Please choose carefully.’

A stream of information entered, and William Thompson quickly understood how to use this Evil Flower ability.

Floriography refers to the special abilities unique to each flower.

The flower scale garment is like armor, providing a certain degree of protection, enhancing one’s own strength, and amplifying the floriography ability—a special kind of equipment.

‘.....’ After a moment of silence, William Thompson instantly grasped the entire Evil Flower ability system.

Simply put, it allows different flowers to be transformed into various superpowers and special armor.

‘Heart of perseverance...’ He focused his attention on the floriography ability.

‘What use does this ability have?’

There was no explanation, just a few simple words.

‘And the flower scale garment collection rate is only one percent. That means I need to find at least a hundred wild chrysanthemums to get the flower scale garment??’

William Thompson squatted down, thoughts racing, and quickly reached out to touch the other wild chrysanthemums nearby.

Fortunately, these little flowers were everywhere. Along the neighborhood wall, there were countless clusters in sight.

He touched one after another, and soon, the collection rate rose to 10%.

Then, his gaze fell on a white five-petaled flower mixed among the wild chrysanthemums.

This flower looked like a soft version of a five-pointed star, with fine yellow lines in the center of the petals, and a dark yellow stamen with black spots in the middle.

William Thompson reached out and gently touched the petal.

Immediately, a new stream of information flowed into his mind.