Chapter 82: The Self-Repair of the Planet

(with 4w nutrient solution plus update)

Some people took shelter in small buildings without lightning protection facilities, such as carports and guardhouses. When lightning struck the building, it made a sound like an explosion, and the top of the building was destroyed, and some even caught fire. Some people happened to be close to the wall when the lightning struck, and for a moment they felt as if they had been electrocuted... Some

people, like the Youxi family of three, were in the car when the thunderstorm came, but they did not pay attention to the surrounding environment. After a nearby tree was split, the burning branches pressed directly onto the top of the car. Fortunately, the heavy rain quickly put out the fire, but at first the branches pressed down and the panic of the fire on the top of the car almost scared the people in the car to death.

Some people pushed the door and escaped from the car subconsciously, and the people beside them couldn't even stop them.

However, the person who rushed out didn't run far before a bolt of lightning struck a nearby floor sign. The flames exploded along the sign, and the person suddenly twitched as if he had been electrocuted, and then fell into the rain...

This abnormal giant thunderstorm lasted for about an hour in S City and several nearby cities, and then the sounds of ambulances and fire trucks rang out all over the city. The thunder and lightning

had stopped, but the rain was still falling, causing a lot of difficulties for the rescue work.

Until that day when Youxi's family of three returned safely to the apartment building, the rain had not stopped.

Because of the thunderstorm, the elevator in the building was out of service. They temporarily put the things they bought in the car and walked upstairs with only halved cooked food.

After arriving home, the three did not have time to eat. They first checked the power switches and electrical appliances in the house, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were intact. Fortunately, although the apartment building is high, there is a very professional lightning arrester device on the top of the building, so the building is safe.

But they were afraid of another thunderstorm, so they temporarily turned off all the power and turned on two charging camping lights.

After that, the three began to use their mobile phones and tablets to read the news at work, and found that the same thunderstorms not only appeared in various parts of the country, but also in various parts of the world. The time sequence was different, and the size of the thunderstorms and the intensity of the rain were also different.

Until late at night that day, the news of other cities being attacked by thunderstorms was still being updated.

The only thing to be thankful for is that these cities were prepared for thunderstorms and issued warnings in time, minimizing the damage to people.

When the people who escaped the thunderstorms because of the warnings were thankful for their luck, no one knew that this planet-wide thunderstorm was just a prelude, a beginning.

**

After a period of accumulation, the planet's self-repair finally reached a burst period.

After this thunderstorm, some plants and animals grew in the most arbitrary way without most humans noticing.

The experts and researchers who had been aware of it and had been monitoring it discovered updated data. The people on duty were extremely shocked as they watched the data being refreshed again and again.

In their view, this is impossible. It is completely against the laws of nature and the natural norm. According to their prediction, such a change will take at least three to five years, and it will be gradual. How could such a change happen suddenly? Something must

have gone wrong!

Such a change has happened now, and they have not had time to prepare!

In places that the public cannot see, these skyrocketing data have been verified over and over again, and then recorded and studied. After all night of debate and discussion, they were finally passed up layer by layer.

But obviously, their speed is far from the speed of planetary changes.

S City, the next morning.

Someone woke up early and found that the heavy rain had stopped. The sky outside the glass looked particularly clear and blue. The person couldn't help but open the balcony door and wanted to go outside to breathe fresh air.

As a result, when he stepped onto the balcony, he found that a pot of fly trap plant among many plants had grown more than five or six times overnight. What was even more terrifying was that a sparrow was caught in the middle of the red and green leaves that were originally small and cute and could only catch flies like a clamp.

The sparrow was still alive, struggling desperately between the closed leaves and thorns with its eyes open and legs kicked, but it couldn't get away at all.

The man looked at this scene, and his hair stood on end and goose bumps appeared all over his body.

He subconsciously took out his phone to take a picture, but suddenly realized something was wrong. He carefully walked around the fly trap to the edge of the balcony, holding the balcony fence and looking out.

There was originally a small park in front of the residential building, with some green plants and low shrubs planted. The central area was an open space with many fitness equipment placed. In the early morning, there would be many retired elderly people who got up early and took their children for a walk and chat here.

Because of the giant insect incident, there were fewer people here, and the park became empty.

But now, the open space in the center of the park is completely invisible. The wildly growing weeds broke through the gray tiles on the empty ground and spread out from every gap. The "weeds" grew so dense that they filled the space between the shrubs and trees nearby. They also spread all the way to the paths and driveways on both sides of the park, and even to the corners and low walls of some buildings. The ground

within the sight of the community was covered with such "weeds".

The "weeds" were in clumps, high and low, with short and green leaves.

The man took a long breath, took a photo with his mobile phone, and zoomed in to find that the "weeds" were actually moss!

...

Somewhere in the suburbs, someone woke up to the sound of wolves howling. The person had been frightened by the howling of a wolf that escaped from the zoo late at night. When she heard the noise outside, she immediately got out of bed and rushed to the window to open the curtains a little.

She saw a gray wolf about twice its normal size shaking its fur on the air-conditioning rack on the third floor below, howling at its companions below. After howling, it jumped down to join its companions. It jumped down from the height of three floors without any injury.

Amid the occasional screams around, the wolves ran towards the wild.

The woman didn't dare to breathe, watching the wolves go away, then closed the curtains and called the fire department.

…

In the city, on the wide river, the bridge across the river stood tall. It was still early, and there had been an accident before, so there were no vehicles on the bridge. The bridge stood silently in the morning mist, and the bridge deck was still stained with water from yesterday's rainstorm.

Soon, there were crackling sounds coming from the bridge deck and the inside of the bridge pillars. After a while, the originally repaired concrete bridge deck and pillars began to break apart bit by bit, as if something was cracking from the inside.

Finally, a green bud climbed out from the crack as if it had life, along the bridge deck, along the bridge pillars, with its roots winding little by little, growing and covering the bridge, and finally, the stems stretched out dark green leaves.

If someone saw this, they would definitely shout out in surprise. It turned out that the culprit that caused the collapse of several bridges on this river was actually the creeper!

...

On the other side of the city, someone drove a taxi overnight, intending to take advantage of the morning market to eat a bowl of steaming hot spicy sauce pork chop noodles, and then go home to rest.

But when he parked the car on the road next to the noodle shop, he found that several huge moths were resting on the floor-to-ceiling glass doors of the noodle shop. They were still that daunting size, with gray wings gently flapping, and a pile of eggs under their bodies...

Through the glass door of the noodle shop, he saw that the trapped customers and employees inside had all hidden in the corners, some holding fire extinguishers, and some holding insecticides, but they were reluctant to come out.

The driver soon knew why.

A huge triangular khaki head poked down from the wall on the second floor of the noodle shop, and swallowed a moth's head in one gulp, and then the moth's wings were swallowed up.

Another moth nearby was startled and landed on the windshield of the taxi with its wings flapping.

The huge khaki head moved, and the next moment, a deep red rope-like tendon fell on the windshield, and a crack appeared on the glass. The moth on the glass was firmly stuck to the tendon and was dragged back into the wide-open mouth in an instant.

Dinosaur! ?

No - this is a gecko! !

The driver's face turned blue. He pinched his thigh hard, and then dialed the fire department with shaking hands...

...

**

Youxi was awakened by a strange crackling sound.

She had been swiping her phone all night, reading online news, public reactions, and messages from several old classmates and friends.

She has been able to get along with everyone since she was a child. She has many friends, but none of them are particularly close. The only friend she has a good relationship with, because she stayed in China after graduating from university and the other went abroad for further studies and work, they gradually lost contact because of their busy schedules.

Her current job is to be a freelancer at home, and she no longer has a social circle of colleagues. As for the painting friends she is more familiar with online, because they are all in different cities, and some are even in different countries, their relationship is equivalent to that of netizens. Occasionally they would chat, but sometimes she would be so busy that she had to stay up all night to finish her manuscripts, and would simply unplug the network cable and put herself in a closed environment.

When these classmates and friends groups were first established, she would chat with others in the group, but as time went on, everyone was busy with their own lives and basically lurked, and rarely talked.

It was only in the past one or two months - especially after the tornado, that people started talking and chatting in the group again.

But these few months were her busiest time. Even if she returned to reality, she had no time to relax because of the monthly doomsday mission hanging over her head.

Every day she was busy learning and practicing martial arts, swimming, diving, and fitness classes. Later, she added shooting and rock climbing. Even when she returned home, she would search for information about various disasters on the Internet and learn all kinds of emergency evacuation knowledge.

So when she occasionally saw friends in the group discussing these disasters, she never participated. But because the people in the group were scattered in different cities, sometimes she would find various different messages if she looked carefully at the chat records.

An amazing thunderstorm in the evening interrupted many people's plans, and also disrupted Youxi's plan.

Fan Qi and You Feng were busy all day, so they ate something quickly and went to bed. After taking a shower, she read the news until the early morning, and then slept on the sofa in the living room with her clothes on.

The strange sound came from outside the French glass, not outside the glass of their apartment, but from next door.

After she woke up, she immediately turned over, walked to the glass and opened the curtains. She thought she would see giant insects again, but she saw a few white herons.

Those herons were slightly larger than ordinary herons, but still within the normal size range. At this moment, they were flapping their wings and constantly hitting the glass of the house next door with their claws and black pointed beaks.

This scene looked familiar...

Youxi quickly remembered that on the day when the migratory birds flying in the opposite direction passed through the city, a heron got stuck in the gap of the air vent and had a conflict with the couple next door. In the end, the heron was poked out and slid down the outer wall of the building, never to fly again.

After that, several other herons pecked at the glass next door for a long time.

At that time, she was quite surprised by the behavior of these herons, but now it has been nearly twenty days since that time. Could it be that these herons are the same ones from last time - they still remember their companions, are they back for revenge? !

When You Xi was standing in front of the glass in surprise, You Feng was also standing in front of the window of the room, staring blankly at the city below.

Their room is in the southeast corner of the upper floor with better lighting, and most of the south-facing wall is floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

They went to bed early yesterday, and Fan Qi was refreshing the air and didn't pay attention, but he noticed that his daughter seemed to have something to say to them. Later, seeing that they looked tired, he gave up and asked them to rest early, saying that he had something important to tell them today.

He did not sleep well at night, and he always heard some noises outside vaguely.

However, because all the windows in the house were equipped with a layer of tempered glass, the sound insulation was very good. Under normal circumstances, if the windows were not opened, they could not hear the movement outside clearly after falling asleep. He always thought it was just his illusion.

But he was thinking about the important things his daughter said, and he woke up automatically at dawn.

He was afraid of waking up Fan Qi, so he got out of bed quietly and went to the inner bathroom near the door to wash up. After washing up, You Feng was completely awake, and it was at this time that he noticed the movement outside again.

It seemed that someone was screaming, and there were chaotic horns and collisions of cars.

Was there a car accident somewhere nearby?

He walked out of the bathroom, came to the south-facing window, opened the curtain a little and looked down.

On a road near the community, a poplar tree that was originally planted on the roadside suddenly stood across the road. He initially thought that the tree was knocked down by yesterday's thunderstorm, until he took a telescope next to him and found that it was not the case.

Because the poplar tree is still growing - at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The brown branches passed through the sidewalk and squeezed the shops on the side. It looked like a giant that was originally curled up suddenly stood up and stretched out his arms and legs.

The nearby buildings were easily pierced by the stretched branches. People in the shops screamed and fled from the crumbling buildings. Some people fell down in fear. Some people drove their cars directly into the cars next to them. Some people took pictures of the people around them with their mobile phones and could not drag them away. The scene was in chaos...

The road surface on both sides of the poplar tree cracked and cracked, and the thick and tangled roots squeezed through the cement and asphalt roads to reveal themselves. Verdant leaves continued to grow from the branches, and eventually the entire tree grew from two or three stories high to six or seven stories high.

The entire canopy was like a huge green umbrella, cutting off the center of the four-lane road, and domineeringly squeezed through all the buildings that blocked its branches and leaves from growing.

One building was even pierced by its branches, with the branches inserted into the windows on one end and then poking out of the windows on the other end.

Between the branches and leaves, clusters of yellow-green buds soon grew. When a breeze blew, the buds suddenly split open, and white catkins floated in the air like goose-feather snow.

People nearby were first attracted by the scene that looked like heavy snow all over the sky, but soon, some people began to scratch their exposed skin. A moment later, everyone screamed, covering their eyes and faces, wailing and fleeing from the range of the flying catkins...

You Feng soon discovered that there were more than one plant in the city that had undergone such terrifying changes.

There was a three- or four-story house that was completely covered with green. He thought it was creeper at first, but later he recognized from the clusters of purple spherical objects hanging between the vines that it was actually a grape vine!

A group of brown and yellow hens-sized birds fell from the sky and began to peck at bunches of grapes. You Feng identified them from their physical signs as a group of - thrushes! ?

Soon, a deep red tendon shot out, caught a thrush, and quickly put it into its open mouth. It was a gecko...

In the early morning like this, many people had just woken up and faced all this without any preparation.

There were screams everywhere, car crashes, the sound of buildings being destroyed, and even accidental explosions in several places, igniting flames that shot up into the sky. The sounds of ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars also began to sound everywhere.

The air raid sirens were sounded, whistling repeatedly over the city, making people's heartbeats accelerate.

Some people are luckier and there are no mutated plants and animals in the place where they are, but they also gave up their original plan at the first time and hid in the nearest building.

You Feng looked at the city and suddenly felt dark in front of his eyes. He put down the binoculars and saw a black butterfly flying slowly above their window...

He looked at the butterfly that was as big as an adult and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Is this the end of the world?

**

Fan Qi was glad that he woke up late and didn't have to face all this without preparation.

Their apartment is on a high floor, and although there are many glass windows, it is not affected by plants and animals for the time being, because only a part of the animals can fly, and unless they are frightened, they generally will not attack humans.

In the city, the army and firefighters have been dispatched to rescue the people whose lives are threatened, but the process is not smooth, because some plants and animals will become extremely aggressive once disturbed.

In the past, this was just an instinctive reaction of living things, but now, even the unconscious resistance of animals can threaten human life.

After getting up, Fan Qi came to his senses and rushed downstairs immediately, hugging You Xi who was standing by the French window: "Don't look, Mom is here, don't be afraid!"

"Mom, don't worry, I'm not afraid. In fact, there is something I have been hiding from you for a long time--"

You Feng followed closely and pulled the curtains, isolating the chaotic city outside: "Don't worry, everything will be fine. The troops have been dispatched. We just need to stay at home for the time being and wait for those strange plants and animals to be completely eliminated--"

As if in response to You Feng's words, a deafening explosion suddenly came from outside. The family of three opened the curtains again. It turned out that a gas station in the distance had exploded. The plant surrounded by flames was the culprit that caused the explosion. At this moment, the plant seemed to be alive and was twisting its branches and leaves desperately in the fire, as if it wanted to shake off the flames on its body. As a result, it fired a circle of flame bombs around, causing greater harm and destruction...

This scene made You Feng feel cold in his heart. He closed the curtains again and turned to comfort his family: "Let's not watch it. We'll watch the news later and follow the official announcement. Don't worry, this matter will be resolved just like before!"

"Dad, don't be nervous. In fact, I knew these things would happen a long time ago, and I've been prepared. I'm sorry for hiding it from you for so long--"

Fan Qi and You Feng looked at each other and didn't respond to her. One of them continued to hold her and pat her back gently, while the other continued to comfort her.

"I wanted to tell you about this yesterday... Don't worry, no matter what happens, our family of three can live well."

You Xi said, pointing to the direction of the bathroom, "Okay, let's activate your tourist status first, so that you can enter the Star House, and then you will understand everything!" You

Feng:...

Fan Qi:...?

- It's over, your daughter started talking nonsense...

- She usually seems to have her own ideas, why did she suddenly become like this?

The two exchanged glances, and then continued to touch her head, pat her back, and try to comfort her: "... Or, Xixi, you go upstairs and sleep for a while?"

You Xi:...

The words were indeed pale, even if it was already like this outside, her parents still didn't believe what she said seriously.

You Xi didn't say anything more, but pulled You Feng and Fan Qi towards the bathroom.

"Xixi, Mom just went to the toilet, there's no rush now..."

Without saying a word, You Xi relied on her strength to pull the two of them to the bathroom door, then walked forward and turned the door open, saying to them, "Mom and Dad, you come in first, this is the Star House - it's like an alien space, as long as you stay in the Star House, you can avoid being harmed by plants and animals.

I have already registered you before, and you already have the right to live in the Star House, just come in and activate it, and you can officially move in. But I don't have the money to upgrade now, and it's not big inside, and there's no furniture, so you can only sleep on the floor for now, or you can just put a mattress on it?"

Fan Qi stood outside the door, with a very complicated heart, and glanced at his daughter standing next to the toilet. He wanted to speak several times but couldn't bear to.

You Feng couldn't help it, and leaned down to whisper in Fan Qi's ear: "... It's over, mother, my daughter seems to be really scared mad..."

Fan Qi nudged him with her elbow without leaving a trace, and lowered her voice: "Shut up..."

You Feng didn't say anything.

For the two of them at this moment, it didn't matter how the outside world was turned upside down. What if their most precious daughter was really over-stimulated and mentally abnormal? Now it was so chaotic outside that it was difficult to send her to the hospital.

You Xi could imagine their thoughts just from their expressions. She remembered that in her eyes, this was a star house full of supplies, but because her parents had not yet activated the "Star House Traveler", in their eyes, she was still in the bathroom.

Thinking of this, she stopped explaining and directly reached out to pull the two people in, and then said: "System, activate my parents' "Star House Traveler" permissions!"

[Yes, host. ]

In the eyes of You Feng and Fan Qi, You Xi seemed to say something inexplicable to the toilet or the shower room. The next second, a white light suddenly flashed in front of their eyes.

The two subconsciously closed their eyes. After a moment, when they opened their eyes again, they found that they were no longer in the original bathroom.

They were now in a strange room of about 40 to 50 square meters. The room was light gray and had no furniture. Half of the room was filled with various boxes stacked high.

There were two grid-shaped windows in the front of the room. There were no curtains, and one could see outside at a glance. On the left was a protruding entrance with a tightly closed black door.

[Host, You Feng and Fan Qi's Star House travelers have been activated. They can enter and exit the Star House at will. The two people's Star House portable functions in this world have been unlocked.]

The last sentence of the system made You Xi overjoyed: "Can my parents also teleport back to the Star House from anywhere?"

[Yes, after confirmation by the host, Star House travelers can teleport back to the Star House from anywhere in this world. The cost of one person's one-time movement is 30 star coins.]

You Xi: ...

You are worthy of it, Star House System! But now is not the time to dwell on these things. She looked at her parents standing in the

star house with shocked, puzzled and bewildered faces, and began to tell the story from the beginning.