Chapter 91

Chapter 91

"Goodness, where did that tree learn those tricks?"

Looking at the mutant willow spinning on the ground like a top, the members of the first-line third team were shocked as soon as they got off the car.

If it rotates faster, it can imitate the head of a string lawn mower, killing weeds without leaving a single blade of grass.

Of course, people don’t give birth either.

"I don't know. Let's hurry up! We've already arrived at the destination. If something goes wrong with the second-line team in such a short time, we won't be able to explain it to the leadership."

The captain looked at him speechlessly, then ran towards the mutant willow. As he ran, he released his special abilities and attacked the mutant willow.

The sudden strong wind directly disrupted the direction of the mutant willow, blowing away the branches that were spinning and attacking the second-line team.

The drunk uncle was sweating profusely. He was just wondering whether he should hold on a little longer and try to suppress the attack one last time with his ability, when he saw the mutant willow tree being blown away by the wind, and the attack landed right not far from their team.

Feeling the wind that only targeted the mutant willows, the drunkard could easily tell that this must be a human's special ability.

However, it is still surprising that a gust of wind can be controlled to this extent.

After all, within the same range, it is still somewhat difficult to make the power of the wind target only the mutant willow without hurting the rescued people.

This isn't a game, and the attack can still distinguish between friend and foe.

The brief moment he looked up in surprise was enough for the first three teams to arrive.

What followed was the wind that became increasingly gentle and gradually calmed down.

By the time they got there, the wind blowing on the Drunkard's team's cheeks had turned into a gentle breeze, in stark contrast to the mutant willows on the other side, whose branches were so tangled up in the strong wind that they were about to be tangled.

"You've worked hard. Go over there and rest for a while. We'll be there soon."

The captain of Team Three said this, pointing in the direction they came from, where their team's car was parked.

The target he was pointing at was obvious, and he didn't need to say much about the rest. The captain of the second-line team nodded at him, turned around without hesitation, and went to rest with his team members.

They don’t have to worry about the rest, just wait.

The drunk had no objection and turned around to follow the captain.

But when I was walking, I saw a child being held by the members of Team 3. I was a little confused. Why was such a young child being taken by Team 3 to walk on such a dangerous line?

Before he could figure it out, he saw that the three teams over there were already preparing for battle, with attack abilities forming in their hands. Just by looking at the energy condensed in their hands, one could foresee the power they would unleash.

He didn't think about anything else and didn't want to waste other people's time, so he asked them to wait until they were far away. The drunk uncle didn't even see the child's face clearly, and turned around and walked away quickly.

After he stood still far away, his gaze returned to the direction of Team Three.

"The kid from Team Three seems to be even more powerful."

Listening to his teammates' words, the drunkard's face was full of confusion and he wanted to ask something.

"Judging from your expression, you haven't heard of it before, right?"

His teammates saw his confusion but were not surprised. As he was talking, he felt a little tired and sat down on the ground. He also asked the drunkard with sweat on his face to sit down as well, as if he wanted to have a good talk with him.

The battle they had just fought together was enough for the team members to recognize Uncle Drunk as the new member, and now they were talking to each other in a friendly manner.

The captain had been standing at the front during the previous battle and was exhausted. Although he didn't say anything, he didn't stop the team members from discussing.

"I heard that the kid from Team Three is even listed above because of his special abilities. But we still don't know what makes his abilities so special."

Although they are not clear about the specific situation of their abilities, they have eyes. A person's abilities cannot be summarized just by hearing.

"Look, is there something new under that mutant willow tree over there that we can't do anything about?"

Seeing that the drunk uncle still looked a little confused, the teammate pointed his finger lightly towards the center of the battle in the distance.

That place did look a little strange, as if some small animal was moving around.

"Mutated willows are most afraid of mutant animals that can gnaw on them. Mutated animals themselves have abilities, sufficient physical strength, and flexible mobility.

If it weren't so uncontrollable, the first means of attack we would have used would have been those mutant animals."

When it comes to this, the teammates expressed their regret without any concealment.

The pet of a neighbor next door to his house mutated, but his pet mutated for a good reason.

Not only did the animals become smarter after the mutation, but when most of the food in the city tasted different and became inedible, his mutated pets could even take people out to find edible food.

"Then his ability should be in the area of beast control, right?"

Drunk Uncle chose to ignore the regret expressed in his teammates' words.

The only ones who can get along well with those mutant animals are those who are born with a pure and kind nature, making the animals feel that they are good and take the initiative to get close to them. The rest are like stones, who have a pure nature and the ability to do so.

Because he had seen a stone before, Uncle Drunk was not surprised that he could see something similar to a stone outside.

With his current abilities, he can control mutated plants and animals in some aspects.

At the very least, although it cannot control beasts like a stone, it can calm the opponent and make him lose some of his aggressiveness.

Their abilities were similar, so he wasn't surprised or overly surprised.

After hearing the conclusion of the Drunk Uncle, the teammates nodded and said nothing more. After all, he was not involved in the matter, nor was he an insider. They could just discuss it privately and were not prepared to go into detail about other people's abilities.

"Well, it should be in this area. I'm not sure about the details, but to be listed above, one should be stronger than ordinary people with special abilities."

After the teammates finished speaking, they focused their eyes on the battle ahead. During the time they were talking, the mutant willow tree had been beaten to pieces by the people of the third team on the front line, and it looked like it was about to fall apart.

"Amazing! When will we be able to have such ability..."

Seeing this scene, the teammates around the Drunk Uncle couldn't help but murmur.

Hearing these words, the drunk fixed his gaze on the team in front of him that was finishing up the battle. After the battle just now, he had a clear view of the gap between himself and the other team.

But he was not so envious, because he had seen teams stronger than the first-tier three teams.

Not to mention the godmother in Daxi Village, she is already an existence that surpasses the numerous mutant animals, plants, and people with special abilities in this entire mutant world.

Among the villagers in Daxi Village on the mountain, the first group of people who awakened had this level of strength.

In addition, when the drunkard went up the mountain to go home, he was brought up the mountain by Captain Dai and others invited by the mayor. Their abilities are strong enough.

I didn't realize it at the time, but now I think back on it, I still admire the team for being able to open a road up the mountain in an area where mutant plants and animals are thriving.

"The fight is over, it's our turn."

Just as the drunkard was recalling the scene when he was led away by Captain Dai's team when he went up the mountain to return to Daxi Village, the battle in front had ended. The mutant willows were even uprooted with their roots. Although the people were fine after the battle, the mutant willows were indeed in pieces.

The reason why the captain of the team that the drunkard is in now said that it is their turn to go up is because the battlefield needs to be cleaned up.

Those mutated willow branches scattered everywhere need to be collected and handed over to the research institute above. Otherwise, there will be no one here and some of the spiritual energy remaining in the mutated willow branches may feed other mutated animals and plants.

Don’t worry about whether dragging this dead mutant willow tree back will be useful, as long as it doesn’t cause any trouble to the mutant animals and plants in the wild.

"Everyone take a rest, we will do the rest."

Although they had all fought against the mutant Yang Liu, the second-line team had obviously rested for some time. It would be a better option for them to go up and clean up now, so that the first-line team could have a good rest and the rest of the journey would be smooth.

Although they knew that they might not be so unlucky and encounter such mutated plants on the rest of the journey, it was still better to be on the safe side.

I thought, the second line is very quick, this is what they used to do, and it is convenient to do it now.

A rack made of special material was taken out from the trunk of the vehicle and installed on the car. All that was left was to place the branches of the mutant willows on it in order.

The battlefield was cleaned up quickly and almost everything was cleared up in a short while.

After the drunkard collected the last willow trunk, he felt that there was something unusual about it. Without saying anything, he picked it up and walked towards the front-line team that was resting.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

As I approached, I saw a child sipping from a yogurt cup.

At this time, he can still drink this in the wild. It is either because he is strong enough or because the team has a good atmosphere and takes good care of children. They treat them as their own children and think of everything before going out.

Apparently, this kid has both.

Just as the drunkard approached, the child who was drinking yogurt with his head down looked up with a straw in his mouth and asked the person who came in a somewhat unclear voice. The person who came here obviously had something to do but looked at him without saying a word.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the person was still looking at him without saying anything, the child put down the straw in his mouth and tilted his head in confusion.

"uncle?"

"Oh, I'm here to see your captain. Is he free now?"

When the drunkard finally reacted, he was a little at a loss. After being reminded, he quickly squatted in front of the child, looked him in the eye and asked softly.

"Captain Uncle is discussing the battle with the brothers."

The child didn't answer whether he was free or not, but just told what the captain was doing now.

After each battle, the captain would ask the team members to recall the battle and ask them to talk about what they did not do well and how to avoid making the same mistake next time.

According to the captain, this is a frontline battlefield after all, and you can lose your life if you are not careful, so you can never be too careful.

However, in the past, we would wait until the evening to rest before starting to review the game. Today, we started reviewing the game right after the battle. It was obvious that one of our brothers was going to be scolded.

Thinking about it, the child sighed like a little adult, "Uncle, if you go to see the captain now, he may not be available. Come sit here with me for a while."

As he spoke, he patted the ground next to him, motioning for the other party to sit on the ground with him and drink yogurt. He also generously took out a bottle of yogurt from his small bag and placed it in front of the drunk uncle.

The child didn’t understand why he liked this uncle so much after seeing him, so he stopped thinking about him if he couldn’t figure it out.

He handed his favorite yogurt to the drunk with some anticipation, with a smile on his face. His chubby face looked so cute.

After hearing the child's words, the drunkard looked at the child's face and reacted very slowly, even slower than any other time he was drunk.

I could only follow the child's instructions, sit on the ground in rhythm with the other person, and then mechanically take the yogurt from the other person's hand after the child took out the yogurt.

During this whole process, his eyes never left the child's face.

Looks like, very similar.

It was fine at first when he didn't pay attention to the child, but when he looked at the child's face carefully and saw that the other person's face was very similar to that of his eldest son, his brain became dull.

If he hadn't calculated the time and the other person's size, he would have thought it was the reincarnation of his eldest son. He specifically sought out such a fate so that he could take another look at it.

Thinking of this, the drunkard stared at the child blankly, and his eyes unconsciously turned red.

But after suppressing his longing for his eldest son, he thought of his youngest son who was nowhere to be found.

A hope emerged in my heart and began to spread unconsciously in my heart, and I couldn't stop it no matter what.

Or, could the child in front of him be his youngest son?

Otherwise, why would he look so much like his eldest son?

Aside from the slim chance of fate among millions of people, the only explanation for their similar appearance is blood relationship, right?

There were thousands of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Because the drunkard himself doesn't know the child's current situation, maybe the other person has both parents and can be sure that the child is his biological child?

Thoughts popped up in his mind one after another, which made the drunkard feel a little anxious. He wanted to know everything about this child.

What kind of parents would allow such a young child to appear in such a dangerous wilderness, letting him face those mutated animals and plants at such a young age and fight against them?

Children should have their own lives instead of being forced to fight mutated animals and plants on the front line, right?

Although the adult next to him didn't answer a word, the child was not impatient at all. Instead, he spoke to the other person very patiently.

He also seemed to be very considerate of the other person's emotions. Seeing that the captain had not been able to finish the meeting with the brothers for such a long time, he stretched out his newly grown chubby little hand to pat the drunkard's big hand, and comforted the other person not to be anxious.

The child now looks completely different from when he was rescued from the sea of fire by Team Three. He no longer looks as frail as before.

He gained weight on his face and grew taller.

At present, he looks thinner and shorter than children of the same age, but he doesn't look out of place for his age.

"Baby, why are you out here? Do your parents agree that you can work outside?"

After staring at the child for a long time, the drunkard couldn't hold it in any longer and asked.

Hearing this, the child looked up at the drunkard, wrinkled his cheeks, hesitated for a moment, and was about to answer when he heard the sound of the car door behind him opening.

The captain of the team had already finished the meeting. Behind him, his face looked a little embarrassed after being scolded. He lowered his head and looked at his frustrated teammate brother.

"Hey, what are you talking about? Does my colleague from the second line want to talk to me about something?"

The captain interrupted the two people's conversation calmly.

Others may not know, but the people in their team are more or less aware of the child's situation, and they usually take care of the child's emotions.

I know that the child is sensible and I pay close attention to him in my daily life. But this person came up and asked about other people's parents. Is this a normal conversation?

Thinking of this, the captain looked at the drunkard with a hint of condemnation in his eyes.

The other person's eyes made the drunkard feel inexplicably guilty, and he was more confused and thought about it in his heart.

Could it be that there is something abnormal going on in this child's family, so the people from the third team on the front line are taking such good care of the child?

Their care is not only because of the child's age, but more because of their love for the child.

Under what circumstances can people not feel distressed after knowing the truth?

…

His mind was full of mixed thoughts, but the drunk couldn't show it on his face. Seeing the other party's serious eyes on him, as if waiting for him to tell the whole story, he didn't delay any longer and directly placed the branch in front of the captain.

"Hello, I feel like there's something wrong with this main branch, but my ability is limited, so I can't tell for now. I'm worried something might go wrong before I take it back, so I wanted to ask you."

As he said this, he handed the branches he had brought with him to the captain of Team 3, motioning him to help check them.

Hearing the drunkard's words, the captain of Team Three no longer cared about the alienation that had just arisen from his lack of sense of boundaries and casual questioning. He reached out to take the branch handed over by the other party and examined it carefully.

His ability itself was not related to the wood element. Even if he examined it carefully, he could only feel, like a drunkard, that something was wrong with the branch, but he could not tell exactly what it was.

After looking at the branches, he put aside his prejudice against the drunkard, looked at him carefully, and then put the branches in his hand into the hands of the team member behind him.

"What are you waiting for? Come up and help me see. There is indeed something to say."

The captain of team three said as he plopped down next to the kid and waited for the wood team members behind him to check things out.

After waiting for a long time, none of the team members saw anything. However, the team on the second line who were picking up the broken branches had already finished packing up their things and arranged them on the newly installed storage racks on the off-road vehicle.

Having nothing to do, I waited nearby, looking in their direction from afar.

Seeing the appearance of the second line, the captain of the third team turned around and took a serious look at his own team members. After making sure that the other party would not be able to see anything in a short time, he restrained his expression.

"Don't look at it. Leave this thing with you for now. When we get to Sangshan, give it to Team 1's Zhuang Dun and have him pass it on to the research institute. If we can't figure it out, it's better to find professionals."

After saying that, he reached out and snored on the child's head.

"Have you finished your yogurt? Put your little bag away, let's go."

He lowered his head and spoke softly to the child. When he mentioned yogurt, his eyes unconsciously fell on the bottle of yogurt in the drunkard's hand.

This kid is a little strange today.

Although the child seems to be fine now, he still remembers the other party's condition when he first came to them.

Later, although the whole team was very tolerant of children, they would think of bringing some delicious food and fun things for the children. Now they seem to be in better condition and have become a little more childlike.

But he was still a little timid. Before, their team escorted a pair of brothers from the research institute to detect the spiritual environment. They visited several target points outside. After the two sides stayed together for a few days, the child saw that the pair of brothers had no intention of hurting him, so he became a little closer to them.

It was nothing like today, where kids would share their favorite yogurt with someone the first time they met him.

Thinking of this, the captain of Team Three's gaze lingered on the drunkard's face for a moment longer.

I don't see what's so special about this guy. How come he's so popular with kids?

Thinking this in his mind, he did not consider that the child's abnormality might be due to different abilities.

Even if others don't know, how could he not know? The child's own ability is mental control, which is the strongest among all mental powers. If other mental powers want to do something to the child, they are really seeking death.

Not to mention whether the child's instinctive counterattack after sensing the attack would cause serious injury, just the risk of the attempt being discovered by the superiors would put the person who used his ability on the child in trouble.

Since it is not due to ability reasons, then the child just likes it.

I like this at first sight, ugh...

The captain of the third team picked up the child, held him in one hand, and turned to get on the car.

"Don't delay, let's go, we still have work to do in Sangshan."

Before he finished speaking, he had already gotten into the car. Behind him, his team members looked at each other, nodded to the drunkard, and turned around to get into the car.

On the other side, although the second-line team was staying far away, they were all people with special abilities after all. The sound was not amplified, but their five senses were enhanced, and their ears allowed them to hear it.

He waved to the drunk, signaling him to go back to their side and take the bus.

The drunk turned around to look at the child who had already gotten in the car and was sitting on the captain of team three's lap and waving hands to him. He also stretched out his hand to wave to the child, then turned around and returned to the parking space where he was supposed to sit.

As soon as he got in the car, he met the eager eyes of his new teammates.

"You're amazing! When you were cleaning that area, we all passed by it and didn't notice anything. But you were the only one who noticed that there was something wrong with that branch."

Regarding Drunkard's behavior of showing off in front of the first-line third team today, the captain and teammates of the second-line team did not have any negative thoughts, but were very happy for Drunkard.

Although these second-tier teams are just second-tier chores, they are all capable people and are actually preparing to become first-tier teams.

They use the pretext of doing odd jobs to get in touch with the mutated animals and plants in the wilderness outside. This not only allows them to have something to do to justify their wages, but also helps them hone their abilities and allow team members to work better together.

Once their abilities improve and they pass the assessment, they can be transferred to the front-line team.

So I can only be happy about the drunk's behavior of showing off today. Having a capable teammate in the team is much better than having a teammate who is incompetent in all aspects and has a bad temper.

This has happened before in second-tier teams.

The team next to theirs had a young guy with relatively weak abilities pushed in. Not only did he not focus on improving his abilities after joining the team, he also caused trouble for his teammates in various ways.

The key is that he has a bad temper and failed the assessment for promotion to the first-line team because of him.

If it weren't for the fact that they were on the same team, none of his teammates would want to bother with him.

Because they had witnessed such things firsthand, their team did not have any high expectations for their new teammates. As long as they did not hold back or cause trouble, it would be fine. As for taking on trouble, it depended on their team's luck.

But now, their luck should be pretty good.

Although the Drunkard asked them to call him Drunkard when he came to their team and carried several bottles of wine with him, he really did not cause any problems at the critical moment. Not only did he not hinder them, but he was also capable and helped them a lot.

He treated his wounds along the way and chatted and laughed until he reached the foot of Sangshan Mountain.

"Your main task here is to follow us. Once we go up the mountain and reunite with Team One, we'll discuss where to depart for the mission. In short, we've summoned your team here, so follow our instructions."

The captain of the third team got out of the car and looked at the second-line team standing next to their camp and gave them serious instructions.

What he said was the consensus among the various teams, but he emphasized it again just in case.

I’m afraid that after we go up the mountain, the other team will have to listen to both sides because the two front-line teams are together, which will blur the command orders.

This is troublesome. Not only does it waste time, but it is also easy to go wrong.

【Author’s words】

There are two or three thousand words that I should have posted last night. I fell asleep while writing, and when I woke up it was already morning, so I just posted it together with the one from the evening. Hugs and flowers~