"cough……"

Wang Yanbin glanced at his son, who had exposed his foolishness, and explained, "How could you possibly remember things clearly from a dream? This is actually a story."

Yang Shen was surprised to see Wang Yanbin here. Could it be that Wang Yanbin also lives in Xinning Community?

You really can't blame him. That's how people in the city are. Let alone people in the same neighborhood, even neighbors in the same building don't really know each other very well.

However, the meaning behind the words used in Wang Yanbin's story is worth pondering.

Yang Shen ignored Wang Yanbin and didn't go over to greet him. If anyone should greet him, it should be Wang Yanbin.

Of course, Wang Yanbin certainly doesn't recognize himself now.

Without stopping, Yang Shen walked straight out of the residential area, hailed a taxi, and headed towards the south of the city.

Yang Shen's home is in the west of Heyang County. According to his memory, after the disaster in his previous life, there was nothing too terrifying in the west of the city.

On the contrary, the human-skin ghost tree in the large square in the south of the city is a surprisingly great threat.

If it weren't for his appearance in his previous life, which destroyed the Human Skin Ghost Tree, that tree would probably have defied the heavens.

Yang Shen once read a novel that was a rebirth story. The protagonist clearly knew that there was a terrifying banyan tree that would mutate very powerfully, but he intentionally or unintentionally ignored it. It wasn't until long after his rebirth that the banyan tree mutated, and he went through all sorts of hardships to kill the mutated banyan tree.

Yang Shen felt that the protagonist of that novel was either brain-dead or deliberately created by the author to pad the numbers.

Heyang County is very small, with a local population of only about 100,000. Even if you include the nearby towns and villages, the population is only 200,000 to 300,000.

So, in just over ten minutes, Yang Shen arrived at the South City Square.

It was nearing evening, and the square was bustling with activity. There were elderly people dancing, teenagers riding bicycles, and people ice skating.

In the very center of the square, a huge old banyan tree stands.

At this time, the old banyan tree was only about ten meters tall and a little over one meter in diameter, with sparse leaves, completely different from the one after the mutation in its previous life.

Yang Shen still remembered that when they first passed by here in their previous life, the ghost tree with human skin was fifty or sixty meters tall, covered with human skin, and had a ghostly aura. It was completely different from the tree it was now.

Although Yang Shen is destined to rise to power ahead of time in this life, even if the Human Skin Ghost Tree mutates again, he cannot defy fate.

But Yang Shen couldn't guard the others forever; he could only do his best to eliminate the most threatening ones beforehand.

As Yang Shen walked into the small square, he was about to head straight for the old banyan tree when he saw a group of teenagers riding bicycles and speeding into the square, spinning wildly around its perimeter.

There were seven or eight boys and girls riding bicycles, all around twelve or thirteen years old.

Yang Shen noticed that group of people because Elaine was among them.

Elaine is only twelve or thirteen years old now, and her loose junior high school uniform cannot hide her girlish innocence.

As Elaine rode her bicycle past Yang Shen quickly, she saw him. Presumably remembering how Yang Shen had only been wearing his underwear at noon, her fair and delicate face flushed slightly, and then she pretended not to see anything.

Perhaps because she was distracted, Elaine's bicycle suddenly tilted.

Yang Shen reacted quickly, catching the bicycle and saying with a smile, "You can't be distracted when riding a bicycle."

"Chen Yilian, are you alright?"

The other teenagers quickly stopped their bicycles and asked nervously.

"I'm fine." By this time, Elaine had clearly realized the difference between men and women. After Yang Shen helped her with her bicycle and her body, she blushed and said thank you, then quickly rode away.

"Sis, don't ride so fast!" A boy hurriedly rode his bicycle to catch up.

A group of teenagers quickly chased after them.

Is Elaine's surname Chen?

Yang Shen never knew this in his previous life. He thought that Yi Lian's surname was Yi. This girl is not honest.

However, Elaine actually has a younger brother. Judging from the boy's appearance, he looks five or six parts similar to Elaine, so he must be her biological brother. He looks to be only about ten years old.

Yang Shen smiled and continued walking towards the old banyan tree.

If nothing unexpected happens in this life, he and Elaine will be like strangers, because in the previous life, he and Elaine were not truly in love, and it is estimated that Elaine would not like having a boyfriend who is more than ten years older than her.

Arriving under the old banyan tree, Yang Shen glanced around to make sure no one was paying attention. He then placed his hand on the old banyan tree, and with a thought, unleashed his supernatural power.

In a place unseen by outsiders, beneath the cover of his palm, the old banyan tree was rapidly decomposed, turning into nanofluid that flowed to the ground.

Because his mental resilience was already incredibly high, when he used his special ability again, its power was already extremely strong.

The heartwood inside the old banyan tree was quickly decomposed and emptied. Not only that, Yang Shen's thoughts extended downwards, also decomposing part of the tree's roots, leaving only a portion of the roots to hold onto the surrounding soil, preventing the old banyan tree from falling over.

After doing all this, Yang Shen left the small square.

Unexpectedly, after leaving the small square, Yang Shen ran into Elaine again.

At that moment, Elaine and her brother were riding their bicycles home.

Yang Shen thought for a moment and then followed.

"Sis, that person has been following us," Elaine's younger brother whispered, noticing Yang Shen.

Elaine turned around, saw Yang Shen, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and then she pressed down hard on the pedals, increasing her speed.

Elaine's brother hurriedly followed.

However, when they returned to their neighborhood in the eastern part of the city, they found Yang Shen still following behind at a leisurely pace. Being young, they didn't think much about how Yang Shen had caught up, considering they were riding bicycles while Yang Shen seemed to be just strolling.

This terrified the siblings. They quickly rode their bicycles to their apartment building, abandoned the bikes, and ran upstairs.

Yang Shen arrived at the apartment building where Yi Lian lived, looked around, and then with a thought, the not-so-dense energy of heaven and earth gathered and imprinted patterns on his feet.

He doesn't yet possess divine sense and cannot directly control the rules, but imitating the rules to inscribe array patterns is easy for him.

However, perhaps because it is not connected to other planes, or because the virus has not yet arrived, the energy of heaven and earth on Earth is relatively weak now.

Yang Shen walked around the apartment building where Yilian lived.

After the circle was completed, a light curtain suddenly lit up, enveloping the entire building.

However, the light screen only flashed by and quickly disappeared, as if it had never appeared at all.

After doing all this, Yang Shen left the residential area.

After Yang Shen left, two heads popped out of a window on the sixth floor of the building; it was Elaine and her brother.

"Sis, that person is gone. Should we call the police?" Elaine's brother whispered.

"What should we say when we call the police? That someone is following us? Will the police believe us?" Elaine was also a little worried.

"But that person was clearly there to scout the place. That's how it's always portrayed in movies. He's here to scout the place this time, but he might come to our house to steal things next time."

For a young boy, the worst thing he could imagine was someone trying to steal something.