143 Chapter 143

Chapter 143

"Then we might end up facing more than just extreme natural disasters. We might also have to confront those people. Their attitude is unclear, and they might not let us wander around in this secret realm."

Thinking back to the secret realm he and others had entered before, there were not many signs of human involvement or destruction in that secret realm. However, judging from those people's familiarity with the secret realm, it was obvious that they knew about it and had entered the secret realm many times.

That way, it's not much different from their travels and sightseeing tours before the spiritual energy revived and the world changed.

The only possible difference is that there are dangers in the secret realm, while the scenic area they are visiting has been cleared in advance, so there is nothing that can actively hurt people.

"Your guess is possible, but there's no definitive answer yet, so don't overthink it. Do we have to give up on our lives and not set foot in that secret realm just because we know it might be someone else's backyard?"

After Captain Dai and the others said that, the leader knew what they meant and just shook his head.

There are frequent natural disasters on Blue Planet now, and it is extremely difficult for humans to survive. How could they give up when they see a way to survive?

For the sake of the people in the base, they can't give up.

The sacred tree can ensure the safety of their base, but it cannot guarantee that they will have a stable source of food in the short term.

They had already learned this from Mayor Xiao and others in advance.

When the weather is normal, the land under the protection of the sacred tree can grow normally and will not be invaded by mutated animals and plants. However, this no longer exists after the natural disaster begins.

The sacred tree can only ensure that humans under its protection will not be in danger of life. Those mutated animals and plants cannot enter its protection range, but crops that require a sufficiently high temperature environment cannot grow stably.

Under such circumstances, unless they calculate the time well and plant and store enough food during that relatively peaceful period, otherwise, they will definitely not have enough food when facing natural disasters like the current one.

But this is just a hypothesis.

When the spiritual energy first revived, they had already focused on studying mutant plants and mutant crops that people could grow despite the mutation.

However, they came up with the idea too late, and due to factors such as unfamiliarity with this world and insufficient strength, their supplies were always lacking.

This section is about their team of people with special abilities constantly going in and out of the wild to collect mutant plants that cannot guarantee the taste as food, but they still cannot satisfy their hunger.

Therefore, rather than saying that the emergence of those secret realms is a danger, it is better to say that it is an opportunity that they can seize now.

"You will definitely enter that secret realm again later. Since cultivators appeared in that secret realm before, they will definitely appear in other places later. If you go again, we will ask the Taoist to accompany you."

After the last sentence was said, their conversation basically came to an end.

Captain Dai and his team strongly support the idea that the Taoist priest should also participate in the subsequent secret realm mission.

After all, the secret realm already involves the direction of cultivating immortals. Instead of letting those who only know the basics go and explore, it is better to let the Taoist follow.

Although what the Taoist knows may only be recorded in the classics and may not be correct, it can at least provide them with a direction for reference.

The Taoist knew in advance that he was going to the secret realm. In fact, it was he who proposed it. Instead of staying in the base and analyzing the movements, behaviors and language of the monks in the videos brought back with the experts, he wanted to go to the secret realm and see the situation inside with his own eyes.

This is more useful than him staring at the video and studying it outside.

In fact, after Captain Dai and his team discovered the presence of other humans in the secret realm, the old men and women in the base research institute have been restless.

Even though they knew they were not strong enough and would probably not be able to get out once they went in, the person before them was obviously not a human from the Blue Planet. How could they not be tempted and want to study him?

But in the end, it was suppressed by the leaders above, and they were also aware of their own situation.

The reason why they can still work intensively in the research institute at their current age is because the changes in this world have improved their physical fitness.

Otherwise, given their original physical condition, they would have already retired and lived in a nursing home to be cared for by dedicated staff.

So, after all the commotion, in the end the only one who could leave was the Taoist priest.

He has professional knowledge in this area and sufficient combat capability, so a trip to the secret realm is no problem for him.

Now he is just waiting for the next secret realm to open so that he can go in.

I am not aware of any other discussions taking place at the official base.

After knowing that they might face a drought, they began to collect and store water and ice in preparation for the extreme weather.

The same is true in Daxi Village.

While the villagers in the mountains were busy, Mayor Xiao gathered the leaders of each village together and explained to them what he knew now.

Tang Rufeng and the others now all knew that although Town Chief Xiao looked young, he had quite a few people behind him. Village Chief Wu and the others would hesitate on some of his other instructions because of their own village's considerations.

When I heard the other party say that it was about some news, it was not slow at all.

Simply put, ever since Mayor Xiao made trouble and asked the godmother to take out a bunch of branches, Tang Rufeng and the others have become more cautious when listening to some of his arrangements, but when it comes to hearing the news, they have no doubts at all.

After all, even if Mayor Xiao wanted to hide something, his godmother was there. Mayor Xiao didn't dare to hide it, for fear that hiding something would cause losses to his godmother.

Knowing this, they did not doubt the authenticity of Mayor Xiao's news at all.

The news that Mayor Xiao brought this time was also very simple. He asked the old man at home about it, and it was all about the secret place on the mountain behind.

He knew that the person with special abilities from Daxi Village had gone to the mountain behind to see the secret realm last time, but he had things to arrange at the time, and there were many people being brought up the mountain, so they needed someone to watch over them, so he didn't let the defense team's person with special abilities go with them.

Later, when he heard that the person with special abilities in Daxi Village did not get in, he took it to heart. After getting information from his old man at home, he immediately called Village Chief Wu and others.

At this time, the snow outside had gradually stopped and the temperature was about to rise. They were not afraid of accidents when walking outside, so Mayor Xiao called a group of people together.

"According to what's said above, there might be cultivators in the secret realm on the mountain behind? We're too weak to go there for the time being."

After hearing what Mayor Xiao said, the others looked at each other, and then it was Village Chief Wu who asked the question.

"Well, so, will you villagers go to that mountain again later?"

Mayor Xiao nodded and asked again.

"Go! How can we not go? According to what they said, our future food is all in there. How can we give up eating just because of the dangers that might arise there?"

Faced with Mayor Xiao's question, everyone else had the same attitude: it was impossible to give up.

Not to mention that the secret realm contains abundant spiritual energy that can enhance their strength, just the food they can get there is enough for them to take the risk.

"It's just that, Mayor Xiao, according to the information you know, the secret realms in other places are already open to the public, but the one in the mountains behind us seems to be a little different. The speed at which its gate grows is significantly slower than that of other places."

After the others finished speaking, Tang Rufeng asked what he had discovered.

I didn't realize it before I didn't know the details.

But just now, Mayor Xiao told us the opening time of the secret gates in other places, as well as the time when those gates appeared. It was easy to tell that the secret gate in the mountains behind them appeared a little out of place.

"I've noticed what you're talking about before, but the door to the secret realm is still too small for people to get in. I've talked to my grandfather about it before, and he suggested that we wait until the secret realms in other places are explored and the door to this secret realm is fully opened so that people can enter before we can study this."

In response to Tang Rufeng's questions, Mayor Xiao told him everything he knew.

Since he decided to share what he knew with others from the beginning, he would have nothing to hide.

When faced with other people's questions, Mayor Xiao basically told them everything he knew.

There was nothing he could do about some of the questions he couldn't answer. He wasn't very clear, or he didn't know anything, and he couldn't just guess.

They don't think that they can be lucky and guess right just by guessing.

The lives of the people with special abilities in the mountain village lie between the probability of guessing right and guessing wrong.

It is not necessary to let people gamble their lives on a guess of probability.

Besides, instead of guessing in the dark, they have a ready-made godmother to ask.

Even if the godmother cannot give a specific answer, she still knows whether I can go or not, and that is enough.

"Okay, since we still have to wait, let's put it aside for now and wait for news from you, or we can go ask our godmother and make plans after she gives us the news."

After sharing the news, Tang Rufeng prepared to leave with Village Chief Wu.

Mayor Xiao and his team are currently located in a village outside Zhun Village, not far from Shangyou Village and Daxi Village. The round trip is not very far, and since the snow has stopped, they have time to make this trip.

"Instead of waiting later, why not ask my godmother now? We've already talked about this today, right?"

Village Chief Wu was not so anxious. He was not afraid of the cold air outside at this time. He walked to the door and hesitated for a moment, then turned around and mentioned something to Mayor Xiao and others.

"Can we go now? Your big cat has been lying next to godmother for a while now, and it seems a bit difficult to deal with..."

Village Chief Dai didn't finish his words and looked at Village Chief Wu with questioning eyes.

He had dreamed of some hexagrams before, which he couldn't interpret by himself. Besides, he couldn't contact the Taoist priest, so he wanted to ask his godmother. But who would have thought that Ali was lying next to a locust tree, and when he saw people approaching, he would hiss to prevent others from approaching.

After seeing it like this, other people around restrained themselves from getting closer even if they wanted to.

Knowing that Ali wouldn't hurt them and only wanted to protect his godmother, the others didn't mind being bitten by him.

That’s why I’m asking this question now.

"Don't worry, it's OK now."

In response to Village Chief Dai’s question, Village Chief Wu just smiled and didn’t say anything specific.

In fact, there is a reason why our own Ali is not so fierce anymore. The branches that the godmother asked the official leaders to take away have taken root in other places and grown into trees.

Every day, a steady stream of faith is transmitted back through those branches to enhance Ying Huai's strength.

After such a period of time, Ying Huai's strength has recovered to a large extent. I believe that after a period of time, his strength should be restored.

Ahri was next to Ying Huai every day, so it was very easy for her to sense Ying Huai's current condition.

This is also the reason why Ahri has not left yet, but the whole big cat has relaxed.

"That's fine!"

With Village Chief Wu's words, the others didn't delay at all. They got up and followed them, ready to go and take a look together.

Ying Huai knew why they came.

After all, they were all under his protection. How could Ying Huai not notice when they suddenly gathered together and said they had news?

Basically, Ying Huai was there when they started telling the news, and he listened to the whole process with them.

When they talked about the secret place on the mountain behind, Ying Huai had the same doubts.

He knew more than Village Chief Wu and the others. After all, there was still a branch of his on the mountain, growing not far from the door.

Because of that branch, Ying Huai was able to focus his vision over there, and thus knew more than Village Chief Wu and the others.

After discovering the difference between the secret realm in the mountains behind and the secret realms in other places, Ying Huai immediately found Xiao Tiandao to ask about the situation.

After all, all the humans in this area are under the protection of Ying Huai. If the secret realm in the mountains behind the mountain is too dangerous and the mutant animals and plants that enter are too strong, it will not have much impact on Ying Huai, but it may very likely threaten the humans living here.

So it is normal for Ying Huai to want to ask.

However, in response to Ying Huai's question, Xiao Tiandao, who was rarely sober, just smiled and didn't reveal a word.

It just answered the question of how dangerous the secret realm was.

Just as Ying Huai guessed at the beginning, the secret realm appeared slowly because it was dangerous enough.

However, there is not much impact at present. The strong ones in the secret realm cannot come out, and the mutated animals and plants that come in from the outside are all mutated animals and plants that were originally weaker. Even if they go in early to improve their strength, it will not have any impact on Huai.

So when faced with Village Chief Wu and others who came to ask him about this, Ying Huai directly expressed his thoughts.

[Until your strength reaches a certain level, do not approach that secret realm. Just treat it as a decoration.]

[That secret place is very dangerous.]

These two simple sentences are just a reminder, not a warning, but they are enough to alert others.

No one present doubted the truthfulness of the godmother's words as she protected them from extinction.

Since the godmother can give such an answer, it proves that the place is really dangerous for them and it is also true that they cannot cope with it.

"Since we can't go to the secret realm in the mountains behind us, if we want to improve our strength, we have to find a way to go to other places, secret realms with less danger, and try our luck."

After hearing what his godmother said, Tang Rufeng was the first to react.

After he came to his senses, he didn't think about how dangerous the secret realm in the mountain range behind the mountain was, when he could go there, how to avoid getting close to it, etc.

Instead, he was thinking about how to improve the strength of himself and others, so that he could approach the secret realm without fear of danger, and even come out safely after entering the secret realm.

This is what he considers first.

"Has Rufeng figured out how to lead people to improve their strength?"

After hearing what Tang Rufeng said, Village Chief Wu did not object. His first reaction was to listen to how Tang Rufeng arranged for other people with special abilities in the village.

"Yes, there is. I plan to wait until the village stabilizes and Mayor Xiao hears news about the secret realm outside. Then we will go out and visit those secret realms that are not as dangerous to improve our strength."

Tang Rufeng’s idea was quite simple. Since his current strength was not enough, he would try every possible way to improve it.

At this stage, the pits on the blue planet that caused the revival of spiritual energy have obviously not appeared again, and the concentration of spiritual energy on the entire blue planet will no longer increase. Since the improvement through natural cultivation is obviously not enough, we have to take the risk and go to some special places.

The emergence of those secret realms is obviously a way out.

"I just don't know if those brainless mutant plants and animals will go in after we go in. Or maybe they won't go in, but will form a group to attack the base."

Speaking of this, Tang Rufeng frowned slightly.

They don't have to worry because their godmother is with him in Daxi Village.

But looking across the country, there are not many bases where locust trees have taken root, and those large bases do not have any. Until now, they have to rely on the large bases' own defense systems to resist attacks.

It's okay now, but after the snow melts and the water recedes, those mutated animals and plants that only have instincts will definitely counterattack and attack the base. By then, all the people with special abilities in the large bases have entered the secret realm and will not be able to protect the base. The godmother will probably be temporarily asked to take over.

Just look at the last time when the godmother separated some branches and let Ali guard them for so long. It’s obvious that it’s not good to separate so many branches.

What if there is danger next time and those officials come looking for us?

Tang Rufeng thought so and asked the same question.

[Then let them break off the branches.]

By then, how many branches can be broken and how many people can be protected will depend on whether the people in the base are united and what their beliefs are.

Ying Huai only gave them an option. Whether they would give their faith to the powerful Ying Huai and protect the base was the choice of the humans in other bases, and Ying Huai would not interfere.

If the cow doesn't want to eat grass, he can't force it to do so.

After getting the reply from his godmother, Tang Rufeng felt relieved.

As long as I don’t continue to break the branches of my godmother’s body, it’s fine.

The strength within the branches depends solely on how much people in other bases contribute and how much they can store.

Tang Rufeng understood that only the godmother of the main body could improve its strength, and the strength of other branches would depend on how much storage was put into other bases.

It’s the same principle as charging electronic devices.

After getting the reply from his godmother, Tang Rufeng was no longer worried.

The others who only remembered this after Tang Rufeng asked the question looked at Tang Rufeng and felt relieved. Although they didn't know the answer, they could guess that it would not have much impact on their godmother. Knowing the answer was enough.

After feeling relieved, Village Chief Wu and his men decided not to stay outside any longer.

Although the snow has stopped now and the temperature has risen, it hasn't risen much and it's still as cold.

After staying outside for so long, they felt like their hands and feet were no longer their own.

Their current state is after their physical fitness has improved. If it was before the changes in the world, their bodies would have not been improved at all and they would have died on the spot after just standing for a few minutes.

Mayor Xiao saw that everyone else was preparing to go back, and he had nothing else to ask, so he followed them back.

After he returned home, he did not rest for a moment. The first thing he did was to call his grandfather.

Before leaving, she told his grandfather the answer to the last question she had asked Tang Rufeng.

Since he can get some information from his grandfather that the outside world doesn't know, it's okay for him to give some feedback now.

Tang Rufeng guessed what Mayor Xiao was thinking when he asked him, and when he saw that his godmother had no objection, he told him about it.

Ying Huai certainly had no objection. Humans’ choices were their own thoughts and he had no control over them. But the more people believed in him, the more he could improve his strength. It was good for him, so he would not hide it.

After Tang Rufeng knew what his godmother meant, he discussed it carefully with Mayor Xiao just in case to make sure he understood.

In fact, judging from the way Mayor Xiao had been involved in the official leadership team, Tang Rufeng didn't need to argue with him about his understanding, but he still listened carefully and took it as confirmation.

The first thing he did after returning home was to tell his grandfather about this.

The official leaders had taken the issue of mutant animals into consideration from the very beginning. They even disbanded the team of first-line experts who had previously gone to explore the secret realm, added some people to it and divided it into two teams, letting them go to the secret realm to explore the situation at different times.

Before the official authorities have fully explored the secret realms, other civilian teams of people with special abilities are strictly prohibited from entering those secret realm gates.

It’s okay now. The weather is cold and the temperature has obviously risen. People there can’t be sure when the water will melt, and there is no good transportation, so they didn’t go.

But as time goes by, when the temperature rises and the ice melts and the water recedes, it may not be possible for the people to control it.

In today's world, even with official pressure, some signs are still emerging.

For example, capable people look down on ordinary people who have no ability.

Even if the authorities try their best to rectify the situation, conflicts may still arise between people with special abilities and ordinary people.

The conflicts between people with special abilities and ordinary people are so obvious, and the situation between people with similar abilities is not much better. The emergence of abilities makes some people who originally suppressed their tempers feel that they have someone to rely on, and their tempers rise, which increases the probability of conflicts with other people with special abilities.

In addition, after the snow fell, they were confined to a small area, and the mutant animals and plants that had attacked the base before did not appear outside. They were bored and looking for trouble, which only increased conflicts.

It is conceivable that once they are able to leave the base, have freedom, and improve their own strength, it would be strange if those people with special abilities do not rush out like huskies let out of the door.

The few official personnel left may not be able to stop them.

"What a hassle..."

The old man put down the communicator he was using to communicate with his younger generation, muttered something under his breath, and decided to suppress these thoughts for the time being.

It's pointless for him to think about it by himself. It would be better for him to talk to the top leader and hold a meeting to discuss it.

By the way, tell the leaders above me the news I just received about the locust tree.

They never thought that everything would be fine with the locust tree, but they also didn't expect that the safety index of their base would depend entirely on the thoughts of the people in the base.

"Perhaps this is also a way to give them some stability?"

Before leaving his office, this thought popped into the old man's mind, and he whispered it out loud.

If human beings want to survive in such a turbulent environment, prevent their race from disappearing, and become part of the history of this planet, unity is essential.

The weather conditions can be predicted from the beginning, and people are aware of the melting of snow and ice.

I just didn't expect the temperature to rise so quickly.

In just a week, the thick snow and ice that had previously covered the area disappeared, and the water accumulated from the previous rain reappeared before people's eyes.

The only difference from before was that not a drop of rain had fallen since the snow stopped, and the water level began to drop due to the continuous exposure to the sun and rising temperatures.

"It's only been two days, and we've already dropped half a meter. It looks like we'll be able to get down the mountain soon."

Ever since the sun came out and the weather looked normal, those people with special abilities who came from the town below the mountain came to check the water level at the urging of their families.

"There's no point in going down the mountain. The town below is basically flooded. Even if you could go down, you wouldn't be able to live there."

The person next to the ability user sighed back at him.

Obviously, he was not optimistic about their idea of going down the mountain.

"I know that too. It's because the elders in the family can't let go of the house they left in town."

The person with the ability in front also knew the situation, and he didn't have any bad feelings about his words being looked down upon, because that's what he thought too.

"If it really doesn't work, we can take them down to have a look. We still have to go down the mountain to clean up anyway, so we can see if we can find something useful."

Although they settled down on the mountain, and Mayor Xiao and his men also moved the base of Shanxia Town up the mountain, it was a fact that they went up the mountain in a hurry, and it was also a fact that they did not bring enough things.

They were able to survive the previous drop in temperature purely because of their improved physical fitness, the warm supplies lent by the villagers in the mountains, and the furs brought back by the people with special abilities from mutant animals.

In addition, they imitated the northerners' kang, so they had to live a timid life and barely managed to survive until now.

"That's right. Today's inspection is over. Let's go back."

After briefly recording the current water level and taking a photo, they asked others to leave.

Shortly after they left, the mutant animals that were previously on the mountain began to jump into the water like dumplings. It was obvious that in their view, this temporary refuge from disaster on the mountain had lost its effectiveness, and they wanted to leave and prepare to look for other places.

They were just acting on instinct, completely unaware that behind these mountains, many mutated animals had gone there. Taking advantage of the gradually rising temperature, they measured their body sizes and sent themselves into the secret realm.

Ying Huai had told them about the dangers in the secret realm, but they also had their own choices.

In fact, they already knew the danger inside before Ying Huai reminded them.

They now have intelligence and eyes, and can see that after entering the secret realm, many mutated animals and plants have never come out again.

After removing a part of it, you don’t want it to come out, and the other part has already been consumed inside.

They knew what might happen if they went in, but there was a voice in the dark guiding them to go in.

The outside world will not be a place for these intelligent mutated animals and plants to survive, and the secret realm will be their next home.

Perhaps it is because of this difference that they can find the secret realm, while those brainless mutated animals and plants cannot even find the entrance to the secret realm.

They acted on instinct, but instinct could not lead them to the entrance of the secret realm.

When he arrived at the secret realm and opened the door again, the muddy little guy came over and used his roots to shape his body. He was very satisfied with the result.

The last time the secret realm opened, it felt that it could go in, but to be on the safe side, it waited a little longer. Only when the secret realm opened this time did it prepare to go in.

This time, it showed that the door was a little bigger than it was, so it could fit in without any problem.

With this result, Nihuhu waved the roots of the locust tree planted on the other side, and then jumped into the secret door.

That locust tree was the branch it had taken away from Ying Huai before.

The mutated animals and plants on this mountain all know the function of this locust tree. Although not many people believe in it, they still let the locust tree grow well, at least so that they can have a place to rest.

Ying Huai watched the muddy little guy jump in. He didn't feel worried at all. After all, the little guy was very careful about his life. Before going in, he went to Daxi Village to find Ying Huai and asked for a few leaves with Ying Huai's spiritual power.

With Ying Huai's current strength, no matter how dangerous the secret realm is, he can still use the spiritual power on the leaves to protect the little guy for a few times. That little time is enough for it to run out.

Ying Huai was somewhat confident in his own strength, so he was not too worried about the little guy.

Seeing the little guy disappear, Ying Huai withdrew his attention.

In just a few days, the temperature has risen from below zero to around 40 degrees Celsius.

The water that had flooded the city at the foot of the mountain receded, revealing the original mountain and the silt that was almost dried up.

Given the current water level, the silt hanging on the mountain is still relatively small. The water at the foot of the mountain has not yet receded, but it can be guessed that there will be more silt below the water level.

"Are you all good people? I guess we'll have to go down the mountain in the next two days to see what's going on in the original town."

Everyone is in the mountains. As long as he takes care of them and provides them with food, Mayor Xiao doesn't actually have much to do. After all, he has subordinates under him, and he won't be very busy unless something big happens.

The result of his lack of time was that he walked back and forth between several villages under the scorching sun, discussing with Tang Rufeng and others about going down the mountain, and his skin got sunburned.

The defense team on his side also has to take care of the people, so there are not many people they can bring down the mountain. They can only make arrangements with Daxi Village and the upstream village to discuss the candidates for going down the mountain.

This time he was going down the mountain as he had no idea about the situation down there, so he could only go to those with special abilities, which was why he was going back and forth.

Fortunately, he gathered everyone together after two days.

Soup is indispensable.

With Tang Tang's current ability, when she goes down, she not only does not need protection from others, but she can also deploy a protective shield to protect others.

Her ability was so useful that Mayor Xiao borrowed it directly.

If Tang Tang himself was unwilling to leave home, he would probably find a way to get Tang Tang to the defense team.

The people with special abilities on the mountain formed a team and went down the mountain to see what was happening below. Ying Huai was bored on the mountain, so he followed and paid attention.

After two more days of exposure to the sun, the temperature rose a little more, the water at the foot of the mountain completely receded, and the silt was exposed and dried.

"I give up. Are you sure you still want to come down the mountain? There are only a few pointed houses in the town."

Tang Tang looked at the scene at the foot of the mountain and turned to ask a defense team leader who was leading them down the mountain.

The original buildings in the town had been completely submerged in water, and the silt was thick, some as high as several stories. It was obvious that they were originally part of the surrounding mountains, but were washed down, or brought from somewhere else.

No matter what method was used, what appeared before them now was this thick mud.

The scorching sun in the sky had dried up the mud as far as they could see. The spider-web-like cracks were deep, and the areas that could not be seen below were probably not dry yet.

But it doesn't matter. The fact that they can stand on it proves that it has been exposed to a sufficient thickness.

The few houses in the town that are not covered by silt are the town’s original high-rise buildings.

Those rooms were quite lucky. When it rained before, those areas were the last to be flooded. Now that the water level has receded, those areas are not covered by silt.

"I'm not sure. Let's take some photos and talk to Mayor Xiao and the others. I feel like not only is it impossible to get down the mountain, but even getting some usable supplies as we talked about at the beginning is going to be difficult."

The captain of the defense team looked down at the cracks under his feet, as if trying to peer through the mud to find any supplies that might be buried underneath.

"Okay, stop looking and ask Mayor Xiao what to do first."

Tang Tang smiled helplessly and reminded the team leader.

Their current location was distinguished by the few surviving small buildings. Standing in the original center of the town, they were a little confused about what to do next.

"What the leader means is that most of the things in the mud are unusable now. We just need to dig out the original warehouse in the town and check if there are any mutant animals around. If there are any, we can clean them up."

Mayor Xiao didn't tell them what he was going to say next, but they could guess it.

The defense team and people like Tang Tang who have special abilities don't have the time to dig. The people on the mountain will probably be reluctant to leave the daily necessities buried in the ground, so they will come down and dig slowly.

All they have to do is ensure that the mutated plants and animals at the foot of the mountain are cleared out and that the people are safe.

As for whether anything can be dug out from under the mud, they don't know, and even Mayor Xiao may not be sure.

We all know how deep and turbulent the water was before.

The supplies they remembered may have been washed away by the water, or they may still be there. It is unknown whether they can be found.

"Okay, let's hurry up. It's too hot out here."

After hearing this, Tang Tang sighed.

Expand your protective shield to block some of the direct sunlight.

They are all people with special abilities, and some of them have special abilities in terms of strength. If they really start digging, they can dig very quickly.

After digging to a certain depth, the underground silt becomes difficult to dig and becomes muddy.

"There's no other way. I'll just dig this far today and come back tomorrow. I think I'll be able to dig it out."

Looking at the big hole on the ground, Tang Tang fanned himself with a huge leaf of a mutant plant, panting and looking at the others below who were still trying to find a solution.

"Well, there's no other way. This is the only way."

The captain of the defense team climbed out of the muddy pit and responded.

"We are really good. We are not much worse than other excavators."

Another person with special abilities climbed out of the pit, looked at the big hole they had dug, and made fun of it.

Although they now possess such powerful abilities that could only be controlled in legends before the changes in heaven and earth, they have also lost a lot.

Just like the remote place they are in now, if the satellites in the sky were not still working and there were no people in the town who could repair the electricity, they would probably have to go back to the ancient times when there was no technology at all.

"No, we are much better than an excavator. After all, an excavator only has a shovel, and we have more."

After hearing his words, the other users who had crawled out of the pit replied with a smile.

His furrowed brows did not seem to relax.

"It's getting hotter."

The mud wrapped around their bodies had dried up and was hanging on their bodies in pieces. Fortunately, they had this layer of mud armor on their bodies, which prevented them from getting sunburned.

But it wasn't much better. Sweat was dripping down my head layer by layer, and the water I brought with me was almost finished.

"I estimate that in two days this mud will become hardened and impossible to dig out."

"That can't happen. According to my godmother, if we continue to be exposed to the sun like this, it will probably turn into sand and be easy to dig."

“…”

The group chatted and went back up the mountain to rest.

Before they went back, the photos they took had already spread among the group on the mountain.

Everyone on the mountain regrets that they can't go down the mountain to dig for usable resources, but there's nothing they can do but accept it.

The idea that we had before was good, to dig out the available resources and disinfect them before using them can only be postponed.

Instead of waiting to go down the mountain to dig, it is better to find a way to collect more supplies and preserve them in places where the drought has not yet reached a complete state.

The situation here is the same as elsewhere.

The lost supplies cannot be recovered in a short period of time.

The transition to the dry season is very short and there is no time to delay.

With time being so urgent, they had no choice but to give up this difficult task which might not yield proportional results.

Just as Mayor Xiao thought, if the big warehouse in the town was cleared out, there would at least be some useful things in it.

After deciding on the next steps, they began to go up the mountain and find ways to get supplies under the scorching sun.

The official base is arranging people to continuously explore the secret realm and bring out the information inside.

At present, except for those extremely dangerous ones and the door on the mountain range behind Daxi Village that has not been opened, all other secret realms have been explored by the teams sent from the official central base.

The information brought out was different.

But what is certain is that there are traces of immortal cultivators in those secret realms.

However, not all of those secret realms have cultivators encountering teams of ability users inside, some do not.

The environments within the secret realms are also different. Some are forests, some are deserts, some are ice fields, and so on...

What made them happiest was the discovery of a cultivator's inheritance in one of the secret realms.

Perhaps it was because their cultivation systems were different that they were unable to bring it out in its entirety, but with the presence of a Taoist priest, they were all copied out.

What they brought out was enough for the research institute to study for a while.

With the official information about the secret realm, those who were confined to the base in other places and could not wait any longer immediately formed a team and set off.

The same goes for the people with special abilities on the mountain near Daxi Village.

This time, Tang Rufeng and his friends not only brought people with special abilities from their own village, but also people with special abilities from Shangyou Village and Mayor Xiao's defense team. They were all selected to go out together.

The remaining people with special abilities protect the village.

But there aren't many people here, so it just serves the purpose of maintaining order.

After all, there is a godmother on the mountain who will not allow mutated animals and plants to enter its protection area and harm the people inside.