Plant Captain

The sea breeze blew gently, and standing on the beach by the sea, the heat of the day was blown away.

Jiang Lin put down the box in her hand and said, "The last car is full, let's go back." She was so tired that she couldn't even lift her arms.

Moving things is more tiring than fighting. I hope the transport robot Shen Xu mentioned can be used. As soon as Jiang Lin got in the car, he reclined the seat and lay down to rest.

Wen Yan turned on the automatic driving function which he had not used for a long time. The road back was built by Jiang Lin, and there was nothing particularly dangerous, so he simply decided not to drive.

The two of them lay on their seats, watching the scenery passing by quickly in front of them, too tired to talk.

It was already midnight when they arrived in City A. The people who stored the supplies were already waiting there. Xu Anan was standing by with a virtual computer, registering the supplies that had been brought back today.

Seeing Jiang Lin getting out of the car with a look of despair on his face, she was a little surprised: "Why are you so listless?"

Jiang Lin didn't even have the strength to speak. He nodded and walked towards his home.

As soon as she entered the room, she took off her shoes and coat and collapsed on the bed, tilting her head to look at the bright starry sky outside the window. Jiang Lin was a little surprised, as if she hadn't seen the starry sky for a long time.

The nebula and the moon look particularly dreamy and beautiful against the dark sky.

She turned on the bracelet's communicator: "The starry sky is beautiful tonight." After editing and sending it to Wen Yan, she fell asleep on the bed.

In the mist, Wen Yan read the message sent by Jiang Lin. He smiled slightly and looked up at the starry sky outside the ventilation window. It was indeed beautiful.

When Jiang Lin woke up, she stretched her arms, which were a little sore from sleeping. Her limbs were sore that she went to the bathroom and took a hot shower.

The hot water rushed over my body, relieving some muscle discomfort.

24:56: "It is very beautiful."

7:01 AM: "The robot has been activated. Do you want to come and take a look?"

Jiang Lin looked at the message on the bracelet, quickly took a shower, and changed into new combat uniform.

Breakfast had been placed at the door, and she opened it and ate it in a few bites.

In the distance, Wen Yan came over with a group of robots. They were not what Jiang Lin had imagined. The appearance of these robots was very different from that of humans. They were short and fat.

"Can they really move things?" Jiang Lin expressed doubts about these robots that didn't seem very smart.

"Of course, I've also found a lot of housework robots. Do you want one?" Wen Yan went to the robot warehouse at Base A today.

To his surprise, there were a wide variety of robots inside, most of which were service robots. There were no offensive or super-intelligent ones, but this was also within his expectations.

As early as the first attack by Homo sapiens, most urban areas had destroyed offensive and super-intelligent robots.

Some extreme cases, such as City A, have even banned service-type robots. After all, City A is the city most affected by robots.

Jiang Lin didn't know much about the robot accident. She was still young at that time and was in an orphanage. Every day she thought about how to get more food and resources to survive.

She knows almost nothing about social news.

"What's wrong?" Wen Yan looked at Jiang Lin in a daze, his eyes a little lost, and waved his hand in front of her.

"I remembered some things from the past." Jiang Lin came out of his memories. The orphanage, whose building materials were the oldest cement walls, was corroded by wind and sand shortly after the end of the world.

It has turned into dust in my memory, and I will remember it occasionally when the wind blows.

"Did you bring that household robot?" Jiang Lin asked curiously.

"I have it. It's at the back."

She walked back and actually saw one that looked smarter. Its outer skin was made of special metal and its face was a black display screen. When it saw Jiang Lin coming over, it displayed a pixelated smiley face.

"Can you give me this one?" Seeing the pixelated smiling face, she inexplicably wanted it.

"Take it. There are plenty in the warehouse." Wen Yan taught her how to establish a connection with the robot: "From now on, just control it directly on the bracelet."

Jiang Lin nodded, sent the robot back to his home, and turned on the cleaning mode.

It immediately started the cleaning mode. After watching for a while, Jiang Lin felt a little bored and went out.

The convoy is already at the door, but there are only three people there today, the rest are robots.

Jiang Lin opened the door of the first car. Wen Yan was inside giving an injection: "It's for muscle soreness. Would you like one?"

"No, I don't like these things." She frowned and shook her head. There shouldn't be much work to do today. The main thing is to be on guard against the sudden attack of the sacred tree.

The next day, Chen Guanghai appeared at the second gathering point of mutant plants. It was not as big as the first base, and the inspection was completed soon. All of them were ordinary plants.

Chen Guanghai has begun to suspect Shenmu. Yesterday, the mutants went to two places and did not detect any strange places, so he crossed out another place on the map.

Including the four places that have been ruled out yesterday, the farthest remaining one is on the barren hills on the edge of the city. It was originally a place where people in City A liked to play in the water in the summer, and the ecological environment is very good.

"Let's go to this place first." Chen Guanghai got in his car and called the mutant to the next location. Shenmu seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep these days. No matter how he called, there was no response.

Chen Guanghai frowned, as if hiding, and was in a state of anxiety, almost crashing into the obstacle in front of him. He pounded the steering wheel hard, and his frustration grew heavier.

He turned on the automatic driving mode and lay down weakly. He didn't know when this kind of day would end. He hoped to find what Shenmu wanted.

"Go over there, it's too crowded here." Li Qi ordered the mutant plants to deploy on the barren mountain, ever since she discovered yesterday that she could hear the plants talking.

She has been trying for a long time and has now become the boss of the mutant plants in the barren mountains.

The mutant sunflower moved a few steps to the side unwillingly, and then refused to move. It was a sunflower that did not like to bask in the sun.

"If you don't go over there, I'll take your head off." Li Qi approached it and said sinisterly.

The sunflower shuddered, then resignedly moved to its designated spot. Satisfied, Li Qi watered it adequately.

She tried it out and found that the plants liked the water she created with her supernatural power better than the pond next to them.

The sunflower felt the nourishment of the water, and its dissatisfaction disappeared instantly. It stretched out its leaves with satisfaction and faced the sun.

"What is your attack ability?" Li Qi had never seen mutant plants attacking people, because the mutant plants in the southern base would not actively attack them.

But she knew that Shenmu had used mutated plants to cause trouble for Jiang Lin.

Sunflower tilted her head in confusion.

Li Qi sighed helplessly: "What would happen if someone wanted to take your head off?"

The moment the sunflower heard this, sharp spikes grew from its smooth branches and shot out to the surroundings. The impact was so strong that it could even pierce through the stone in front.

"Good boy, this is called attack. From now on, you just hit wherever I tell you to." Li Qi patted Sunflower's head.

Qu Mo was stunned watching from the side. His boss was so awesome that he could even command the mutated plants to work for him even when he was stranded in a desolate mountain.

The sun was too strong during the day, so Li Qi returned to the cool cave and asked some mutant fruit-bearing plants to bring her fruits.

The coolness of the fruit relieves some of the summer heat.

"I plan to form a plant army." Li Qi took a bite of the mutant berry, which was much larger than ordinary berries, about the size of her fist.

Qu Mo looked at her sparkling eyes and thought of Li Qi's high-spirited look. His nose felt a little sore. The boss hadn't been so happy for a long time.

Unexpectedly, being driven out by the sacred tree was actually quite good. Qu Mo was extremely happy when he saw the rejuvenated Li Qi.

Chen Guanghai explored several spots indoors but didn't find anything strange. It was a bit late to go to the barren mountains, so he simply went straight back to the base.

Shenmu was still as quiet as ever, so quiet that Chen Guanghai wondered if she had disappeared.

The sacred tree was indeed hiding. She was afraid of the unknown plant and wanted to hide almost instinctively. All her consciousness returned to the original underground cave.

This is where she feels safest and where she was born.

seaside.

Jiang Lin watched with great interest the group of robots moving things. Unlike what they looked like, these robots were very flexible in moving things and could also automatically sort things.

Better than they did yesterday.

"Why doesn't the First Base use such a useful thing?" She remembered that only Chen Guanghai later created an artificial intelligence in the underground laboratory in order to capture her.

"Because my father experienced the robots slaughtering humans at that time, he hated robots, so all the robots in the First Base were destroyed."

"He said he wanted to get rid of all the troubles, so I'm afraid he didn't keep this kind of service-oriented person either."

Jiang Lin nodded ignorantly.

Today's mission had been exceeded, and they were sitting in the car heading back.

"We've been here for so long, why is Shenmu so quiet? It's not like her style." Wen Yan asked with some confusion.

"Maybe she has changed her personality." Jiang Lin said so, but in her heart she thought of the strange plant in her old house.

She vaguely felt that the unusual silence of the sacred tree was related to that plant.

Wen Yan looked at Jiang Lin with somewhat evasive eyes. Considering that she had been acting alone for a while yesterday, he guessed that Jiang Lin might know something.

But she didn't want to say it, and Wen Yan wouldn't ask her because he trusted Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin returned to the first base in high spirits and saw the depressed Xu Anan.

She looked at the truckloads of supplies with despair. Jiang Lin patted her shoulder and said, "Now you know how I felt yesterday."

Xu Anan nodded. Fortunately, her replacement had arrived. She felt like vomiting when she saw the computer now.

As night fell, Li Qi's plant army had begun to take shape, except for that special little grass, which could actually stand on her shoulders.

Li Qi found it novel, and the status of this little grass seemed to be very high. It could command ordinary mutant plants, which made Li Qi feel very surprised.

Qu Mo found it hard to accept that Li Qi had gained another close "partner", even though it looked like just a blade of grass.

But Li Qi didn't know that Chen Guanghai would arrive here tomorrow.

Two colleagues who haven't seen each other for a long time are about to meet again.