Chapter 98

Chapter 98

After Nuonuo answered Ying Huai's words, she knew that it was impossible for her to take her mermaid home now, so she was reluctantly led back to the village by Xiao Ling'er and other children.

The adults in the village probably heard about the commotion these kids had caused on the mountain. The most important thing was that they had pushed Sister Tang Tang down from the mountain.

If we don't go back quickly, I guess a group of kids will have to fight with the bamboo strips at the entrance of the village.

There is no possibility of winning.

Because the ones holding this magical weapon are their parents.

"These kids are running too fast! They haven't even taken away all the fish and shrimp yet."

The aunts were amused by the group of children rushing back and forth, and reached out to pick up the small bucket of fish and shrimp that had fallen on the ground.

"Okay, let's go. Let's put it in the village office and have their parents pick it up later. This way, we don't have to go there ourselves."

Having said that, the aunt turned and walked towards the village office.

This is basically the case in their village. When they encounter any trouble or want to file a lawsuit, the first person they think of is their godmother. But when they really encounter any trivial matters, they still think of the village chief.

Of course, the village chief of Daxi Village has almost completed his tasks and handed them over to Tang Rufeng. It is just right for him to take care of these trivial matters, and there is no need to worry about the old man having no work to do.

The village chief who was strolling around the village didn't know that the villagers were afraid that he had nothing to do, so they were looking for things for him to do every day.

Watching the aunts walking away with the bucket, Zuzu didn't get up. He just half-lay on the recliner and looked up at the luminous object between the treetops.

"Godmother, is the world going to change again?"

Although Zuzu herself has no ability, she stays at the village entrance every day, and people come and go. She has basically seen everyone living on the mountain.

In fact, because of their age, these people are happy to stay with her, chat with her, and talk about what happened outside these days.

In addition, the aunties in the village often hold their mobile phones to read the news outside, and with her own attention, Zuzu, an old man who has little contact with modern technology, has a lot of understanding of what is happening outside.

Ying Huai was not surprised that Zuzu would ask this question.

[Well, it’s almost time. The world outside is about to change again.]

After calculating the time, Ying Huai looked down at the small stone statue that was still merging with Ni Lin and gave this answer.

What Zuzu could foresee, there should be more people out there who have the same association, but life is already difficult enough now, and they simply don’t dare to think about getting even more difficult.

With a faint hope, I hope that this already chaotic and mutated world can stop at this level.

Sensing the godmother's answer, Zuzu let out a barely perceptible sigh.

"What will become of this world..."

Ying Huai heard this, but he did not answer because he was not sure either.

Before this, Ying Huai had never been to this world. When he was in the world of cultivation, he was in a secret realm.

But Ying Huai thought, judging from the revival of spiritual energy in this world, it would eventually become a world similar to the world of cultivation, right?

Ying Huai was a little uncertain. The cultivation systems of the people, animals and plants in this world could not be used as a reference for those in the world of cultivation.

Even Ying Huai had never seen many of the mutated animals and plants that appeared. They were like the fusion of monsters and demons in the world of cultivation, and any kind of creatures could appear.

Thinking of this, Ying Huai stretched out his branches, which rustled, as if he was shaking his head helplessly.

There was such a big commotion on the mountain that even the hard-of-hearing old people in the village could notice it. How could the villagers not know about it?

So, the children returned home with some trepidation and were treated to their own stir-fried bamboo shoots with pork.

Parents want their children to play with their babies so that they can better adapt to the environment, rather than letting them take their babies around and look for danger.

Before, I thought about taking them to play in the mud, but I didn’t know if there was any danger. When parents saw their children coming home dirty, they didn’t say anything. But what happened today made the parents furious.

Playing in the mud can cause these kids to get into trouble. They really don't know the danger at all, so they deliberately go to dangerous places, right?

Guaibao is a person with special abilities and strong five senses. He had just returned home and had not even said a few words to his worried father when he heard the crying of a child coming from another part of the village.

"Dad, what happened to my brothers and sisters?"

The good boy shrank his neck, vaguely realizing something, but didn't say it clearly. He looked up at his father with some trepidation.

"It's okay, they are receiving education. Did you have fun today, dear?"

Of course, the good boy's father also heard the cries of other children in the village who were beaten. He lowered his eyes to meet the somewhat uneasy look of his own child, sighed softly, and asked in a gentle voice.

"I'm happy. Although my brothers and sisters are all dirty after playing, I'm not very dirty." Guaibao nodded hurriedly in response.

Hearing his father's question, he sensitively realized that although he seemed to have gotten into trouble today, his father did not want to give him a beating of love like other children's parents.

"That's good. My dear, you're happy, and so is Daddy. But next time, my dear, please think about whether the things you're playing or the games you're playing are dangerous, okay?"

The good boy's father squatted down, reached out and rubbed the good boy's head, with a negotiating tone.

"Okay, baby, I understand."

Hearing the somewhat worried tone of Guaibao’s father, Guaibao nodded in agreement.

Although he didn't know what was considered dangerous, seeing his father looking so worried, the good boy nodded directly.

Guaibao's perception threshold for danger is very high because of his own abilities. Before he followed Guaibao's father back to Daxi Village, he spent most of his time following the team to fight on the front line and had seen all kinds of dangers.

It's not that he didn't get injured when other members of the middle team were injured, but those injuries were not serious. Because of the care of his teammates, he only had minor injuries at most.

So in Guaibao's opinion, as long as it doesn't endanger his life, it should not be considered dangerous.

Thinking of this, he agreed very naturally without any hesitation.

Seeing this, the good boy’s father smiled with relief and felt relieved.

"Go ahead, stay in the main room for a while, Dad will make you something delicious."

As he said that, he put Guaibao on the wooden chair in the main room and turned to go to the kitchen.

Daxi Village was still bustling with activity. The Taoist priest on the mountain had already arrived at the place where the noise had been made. Looking at the mud pit on the ground that was obviously caused by an explosion, the Taoist priest turned around and looked around, and finally followed the traces of Tang Tang rolling down the mountain to Daxi Village.

Looking at the quiet scene at the entrance of the village, I listened carefully and heard the cries of children in the village who were being beaten.

"It's so lively here!"

The Taoist saw those traces when he came to Daxi Village and knew that even if there were good things, he would definitely not be able to get them. He came here just to find out what they were. He was very curious.

"These kids always do dangerous things, and now they get beaten up by their families."

When Zuzu heard what he said, he turned around and looked at him carefully. After making sure that he had no bad intentions in coming here, he put on a smile and greeted the Taoist.

"That's right, these kids are still not afraid of tigers."

Hearing Zuzu's words, the Taoist chuckled, knowing that it was impossible to enter the village today, and sat down to answer Zuzu's words.

As he spoke, he looked around and then focused his attention on the locust tree behind him.

"What's that on godmother?"

I peeked in for a second look and found it looked familiar.

"That one, it's a toy of a village kid. Something happened to it, so I'm asking my godmother to keep it for me."

Knowing that his godmother was right behind him, even if Nono's little stone statue was a treasure, the person in front of him would not go up to fight for it. Zuzu answered without any concealment.

It is also telling the person in front of him in a disguised way that even if the things are taken back by the children, they are still hung next to the locust tree with a name. Even if it is a good thing, if others want to covet it, they have to see if their own strength allows it.

Zuzu blindly believed in his godmother's ability.

The Taoist heard something and understood what was going on. He no longer looked at the branches of the locust tree, but turned to praise Zuzu.

"This is a good thing. We can't tell how good it is right now, but in today's world, it's considered a very rare item. Plus, it's being upgraded now. As long as nothing goes wrong, it will definitely be one of the best in the future. Old man, let the kid in your village take good care of it."

The Taoist didn't hide anything and looked towards Zuzu with seriousness in his eyes.

Although the things were rare, he wouldn't even covet a child's things.

"Okay, I understand. I'll remind the child when he comes to get his things."

Zuzu saw the seriousness in his eyes and the kindness on his face, so she followed his advice.

"That's good. I'm fine here. I was just attracted here by the noise. Now that there's nothing going on here, I'll go back up the mountain."

The Taoist said this and stood up and walked out of the village.

"Walk slowly."

Seeing the man leave, Zuzu said goodbye to him from behind.

Throughout the whole process, the Taoist was communicating with Zuzu. He didn't even think about saying a word to Ying Huai, for fear that he would be misunderstood as having taken a fancy to someone else's child's things.

He had already had an unpleasant argument with Tang Rufeng when they went up the mountain before. If he was misunderstood again, he probably wouldn't be able to get close to the locust tree or say a few words to it.

So after confirming that the things had arrived in Daxi Village, he had no idea at all, but instead kindly reminded him.

Although his reminder was useless, and although Nono didn't know what abilities his little stone statue had, he knew that his abilities could only be exerted on the basis of the abilities of the little stone statue.

How could such a small stone statue that could maximize her abilities be a bad thing?

Ying Huai looked away when he saw the person walking away.

Although he had given away the martial arts technique that he had been researching for a long time, it did not mean that Ying Huai was expressing his affection for the Taoist.

Ying Huai's purpose was very simple. Since the outside world had changed like that, human life would definitely be more difficult in the future. Anyway, he had the skills in his hands, and he didn't want to practice on the villagers, so what was wrong with giving it to the Taoist priest?

It can help people outside and determine the usefulness of the skills, so that the villagers of Daxi Village can improve their abilities faster and live better in this world of spiritual energy revival.

Judging from the aura of the Taoist just now, he should be studying it, and he is using it himself.

This way of practice has many benefits. Anyway, the Taoist's own skills are very good, and practicing the skills given by Ying Huai will not have any impact. He can also experience firsthand what is wrong with the skills. Since it is so convenient, he did it.

The Taoist priest left Daxi Village and originally wanted to go directly up the mountain and return to the upstream village to continue studying the skills.

But when he glanced at the people coming and going, and working in the fields, he thought of the group of students with special abilities that he had brought out for actual combat.

It doesn't seem good to bring this out without even taking a look at it.

Thinking of this, he turned and headed towards the direction where the group of students were practicing.

As soon as he reached a certain distance, he could hear the sounds of the students fighting with the animals and plants in the mountains from afar.

Judging from the noise, it seems to be a draw.

When he realized this, the Taoist was a little surprised.

Although these students are not very strong, their teamwork ability and number are considerable. They can still see that they encounter opponents who can tie with them in a place where humans have already set foot. How can the Taoist not be surprised?

There are many mutated animals and plants in Daxi Village, but those mutated animals and plants are all controlled by the locust tree. They are powerful but will not easily conflict with humans.

Since they are not the ones from Daxi Village, the mutated plants and animals on this mountain should not be underestimated.

The powerful mutant animals and plants in Daxi Village are not the only ones.

This also happened to the students.

"These young guys, if they were to fight like this, if they met someone with a bit of brains, it would probably end in a lose-lose situation."

Muttering this, the Taoist quickened his pace.

When he really got closer, he realized that it was not that his students had tied with the others, but that the others were giving in to these youngsters.

Look at the mutant animals staying outside the battle circle.

It was obvious that these mutant animals were watching the fun, and the black snake that was at the center of the battle with his students was obviously at ease, swimming around these guys, attacking but with no intention of killing anyone.

Otherwise, judging by the black snake's effortless appearance, the person would have been killed before he even arrived.

He was also using these students to practice in front of the mutant animals nearby.

After observing for a while and confirming this, the Taoist was not so anxious to go up and rescue people. He stood a little further away from the mutant animals who were watching the fun and watched as well.

People use his students to practice, but it is also a kind of guidance battle for these young boys.

He was so happy that he could have such a powerful mutant animal to practice with these students.

After glancing at the Taoist priest who had just arrived, the students, who had been in a tense atmosphere and worried about their lives at any time, finally relaxed a little.

Later, when he saw that the Taoist had no intention of going forward to save people, he understood what he meant and turned around to continue fighting with the black snake.

After fighting for several hours, the black snake finally saw that these humans had been beaten to the point that they had no strength to stand, and it didn't like to eat humans. It happened that the mutant animal brothers who were watching the fun around said that they knew how to fight with bipeds, so it used its tail to throw these humans to the side and swam away with its brothers.

Looking at his cool appearance, it's obvious that he has done this many times.

The Taoist knew that the mutant animals here were interesting, so he didn't take any action when his students were fighting, but just watched from the side.

Now seeing the black snake's behavior, he was even more certain.

It was probably because these students of his had chased after him and wanted to fight him, which annoyed him and led to what happened today.

Thinking of this, the Taoist thought that it was time to return given the time here.

He couldn't guarantee that even if the mutant animals on the mountain had some story to tell and their tolerance for humans was a little high, his students would be able to show up in front of them and fight them again and again without them hitting them hard.

After all, he was asking for trouble, so it's not surprising what the consequences will be.

In order to avoid casualties after angering others, it would be better for him to take these students away.

After deciding on the next itinerary, the Taoist priest stepped forward to rescue a group of students who had just been pinned together by the snake's tail.

"Let's go, it looks like we've practiced today."

As the Taoist priest spoke, he saw that some people still had some strength to walk, and he had no intention of letting them continue to rest. He turned around and walked in front to lead the way.

But before he and his students could walk far, the Taoist and the students' enhanced five senses sensed something. Their subconscious reaction was to lie down on the ground, but their heads were turning, observing the most suitable place to hide around them as quickly as possible and moving in that direction.

Just two seconds after they moved to the hiding spot they had found, the earth shook violently.

This was a sudden earthquake.

Normally, the mountains here are not in an earthquake zone, so when the Taoist brought these students here for actual practice, he never thought that one day he might be in the center of an earthquake.

This sudden earthquake not only caught him off guard, but even Ying Huai was almost unable to react.

Fortunately, his roots were in the soil. After sensing something unusual at the tips, he did not hesitate at all and directly activated his spiritual power to lift the villagers up from the ground. To places farther away where his spiritual power could not reach in time, Ying Huai directly drilled his roots out of the soil and lifted the people up.

Thanks to the trouble caused by those kids before, all the children in Daxi Village were sent to the primary school run by the third son of the Wu family and his wife, and asked them to take care of the children. It has been a long time since the children were beaten so badly like today.

When the adults in the village heard that the child was beaten, all went out. The nice ones just stood and watched from a distance, while those with more malicious intentions simply went to the front door of the house and looked out. While looking, they also pointed and helped the parents and children to tell them how to move.

The desire to watch the fun was evident in their words, and the only way to stop the fight was with words.

We are all from the same village, so we all know each other. Don’t be fooled by the fierce fighting of some parents, as they don’t really use any strength at all.

Otherwise, given the strength they exert from working in the fields all year round, these little brats would have no chance to run away and cry. Once caught, they would not be able to escape and would only be beaten.

Just as they were watching with great interest, with one parent concentrating on fighting and the other on hiding, they were suddenly lifted up from the ground by an unknown force.

The villagers were carried and looked down at themselves two or three meters above the ground. They were a little confused. Before they could react, they saw the sky and the earth shaking and spinning.

Those who were lifted into the air by Ying Huai's spiritual power were fine; they didn't feel much shaking, but they felt dizzy from the spinning and shaking of the world.

People like Tang Rufeng who stayed at home and whom Ying Huai had no time to call out were directly carried out of the roof of the house by Ying Huai's roots.

It can be said that before the earthquake came, Ying Huai had already damaged the roofs of those houses.

Tang Rufeng felt a flash before his eyes, and was swept up by something. Fortunately, the thing that was sweeping him blocked his forehead on the way, otherwise...

He lowered his head to look at the big hole where the roots protruded from the house. Otherwise, it would have been his forehead that had collided head-on with the roof and made a big hole in it.

Thinking of this, Tang Rufeng frowned and sighed.

At this time, he looked at the thing that was sticking out from below and wrapped around him, which looked like the roots of a plant. After a little thought, he knew who it was.

Before Tang Rufeng could ask, he felt a tremor, and the village office where he had just been working collapsed below.

The ground was shaking, and Tang Rufeng, who was held in the air by the tree roots, was also shaking in the air.

Captain Qingzhi sensed the movement outside and appeared. Seeing that Tang Rufeng was about to vomit from being shaken, he reached out and rescued Tang Rufeng from Ying Huai's roots. He put one hand around Tang Rufeng's waist and let him lean on him, standing in mid-air.

His body finally stopped shaking, and Tang Rufeng's dizziness was relieved a little. He immediately turned his head to look in other directions of the village.

Seeing this, the tension that was about to rise was instantly relieved.

Looking at the other villagers who were held in the air and unable to move, Tang Rufeng, who was able to patrol the surrounding area because of Captain Qing, felt a little jealous.

The ground shaking continued for some time before slowly stopping. Some old houses or those made of poor quality materials in Daxi Village had collapsed.

The only ones left were the new houses that had just been built a few years ago and the houses made with the best materials. They were barely intact, but looking at the walls, there were some cracks. Without proper repairs, no one would dare to live in them.

Now, even if the house is fine, the villagers dare not go into the house. What if there are aftershocks?

The earthquake had a wide range of radiation and the cause is still unknown.

Just looking at the current popular topics on the Internet, those people are probably still confused and don’t know the reason for the time being.

When the villagers realized that they and their families were fine and not in danger of their lives, they immediately expressed their gratitude to Ying Huai, and then they went online to see if there was any news.

Fortunately, the current network has been upgraded to the Starlink signal, otherwise after this earthquake, all the base stations on the ground would probably be destroyed, and it would be impossible to access the Internet.

After confirming that there was no specific news on the Internet, the villagers who were about to be let down by Ying Huai put down their mobile phones with regret. They were organized by Tang Rufeng and the village chief to rest in a more open place at the entrance of Daxi Village.

Tang Rufeng and the village chief will wait until they are sure there will be no aftershocks before taking the villagers to clean up the collapsed houses.

"Godmother, there shouldn't be any dead bodies in this house, right?"

The village chief stretched out his hand and pointed at the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village. As he pointed, he thought about the mutated animals and plants that appeared in the village. He also took the time to ask in the direction of Ying Huai.

[No, they realized the earthquake before it happened and ran away faster than you did.]

Just like the stone twins who are still being held by Alihuhu.

When the earthquake first started, Ali sensed it and immediately rushed to the stone that was still being hit and picked up the stone.

Hu Hu, who was following behind Ali, looked around Shi Tou Dad and the other children. After making sure that Shi Tou Dad was not easy to carry, he turned around and carried away the clapping twins who were sitting on two small stools.

Several adults were startled at the time, but before they could react or shout, Ying Huai lifted them up using his spiritual power.

Seeing the godmother's answer in his mind, the village chief was relieved. After counting, he was sure that no villager was missing. However, he was still afraid that he would make mistakes due to his old age, so he turned around and asked Tang Rufeng to help count again.

"Rufeng, please help check if anyone is missing. Check with each other to see if all your family members are here. If anyone is missing, tell us. The earthquake just ended. If something happens right away, there's a chance we can rescue them."

The village chief said this, signaling the villagers to check themselves.

Upon hearing this, the villagers did not hesitate and turned around to look at the family members one by one. After a while, they were sure that the family members were fine.

"Our village is fine now. Let's go up the mountain and ask if there's anything wrong in the village upstream."

After Tang Rufeng took a look himself, he confirmed that all the villagers were there. Even the mutant animals that were often seen in the village were squatting outside the crowd. Nothing was wrong, so he felt relieved. He turned to look at the village chief, and there was a questioning look in his eyes when he said this.

"Call and ask later. Let's just rest here for now and don't go up the mountain."

The village chief shook his head, denying Tang Rufeng's words.

"good."

Tang Rufeng turned around and didn't mind. He let Brother Fan out and signaled him to go see his wife and children in the village outside the village.

When the tremor appeared before, Captain Qing rushed out forcibly, but Brother Fan’s strength was not enough. Unless he took the initiative to consciously summon him out, Brother Fan could only wait.

Although he knew that his godmother would not ignore the people from the villages outside the village and the upstream villages, for the sake of An Fange's heart, Tang Rufeng still released him with understanding, and took the initiative to give him a group of spare abilities, indicating that he should go and see his wife and children.

Cunwai Village is not far from Daxi Village. Not to mention that the roots of Yinghuai have spread there, even Yinghuai's spiritual power can be used there, so apart from being frightened by an earthquake, nothing serious has happened to the people there.

Brother Fan had just come out and was stuffed with the team's abilities. Faced with Tang Rufeng's urging, he did not hesitate and turned around and floated towards the village outside the village.

He was very worried when he sensed it before, so how could he not go and take a look now?

Before flying away, Brother Fan turned around and looked at Tang Rufeng carefully, making sure that he was fine before flying away with peace of mind.

When we arrived at the village outside the village, we found that the houses here had just been built. Except for those houses that were built for temporary living at the beginning and collapsed, the frames of the rest of the new houses were fine.

There were problems with small parts such as the tiled roof. Either they were shaken off, or the roof fell apart and the tiles fell into the house.

It is conceivable that if Ying Huai had not decisively gotten the person out of the house, although the house would have been fine, the person would have been in great trouble if something fell from the roof or some movable objects in the house hit him.

The senior sister's family was lucky because they were not in the house at the time. When the earthquake started, they were still tending to mushrooms in the mushroom shed. They were also unlucky because there were mushroom racks all around. If Ying Huai had not carried them out, they would probably have been hit hard by the racks that were already tilting to the ground.

Although Ying Huai's method of carrying was a bit simple and rough, they directly pushed the mushrooms out of the shed.

Looking down at the mushroom shed that had a big hole in it, the senior student was wondering how she could find something suitable to fill it up.

When I was taking care of the mushroom shed, I chose a large piece of material and laid it directly on the ground. It has good texture and weight. It is hard to buy outside now. Now it suddenly broke, and I really don’t know how to repair it.

After looking at the big hole on the mushroom shed, she realized that she and her family had just been to the gates of hell!

"It's killing me! How could there be an earthquake here? This isn't an earthquake zone!"

The senior student murmured softly. After she was dropped from the air, she turned around, picked up her son, and then took the old father who had just been frightened to a more open and safe place, muttering as she walked.

"Stop thinking about this being an earthquake zone. In today's world, everything except the water is a major problem."

The old father, who was being supported, was close to his daughter. He heard her mumbling, came back to his senses, and responded to her thoughts.

"How do you know there won't be any problems with that water..."

Halfway through the conversation, the senior student shut up, fearing that she would come across as a pessimist.

If there is a problem with the water source, we will be doomed.

If water mutates in a positive direction and is beneficial to humans, it's fine. But if it mutates in a negative direction, it would be truly fatal.

A person can survive longer without food by drinking water than without water.

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and saw a shadow flying from the direction of Daxi Village in the distance.

"I just saw it in that direction."

The senior student recalled the scene she saw when she was lifted into the air. There were many people being lifted into the air at that time.

Some were lifted up by tree roots, and some were lifted up by an indistinct spiritual power. The people who were lifted up by tree roots and dangling in the air like their family were particularly conspicuous. After thinking about it for a while, he remembered.

"Okay, thank you."

Brother Fan flew here and was ready to look for his wife and children. After thanking the senior sister's family, he flew in the direction she pointed without any hesitation.

After flying a short distance, he saw his wife and children among the crowd in the open field ahead.

I took two careful looks during the flight and was relieved to make sure that both of them were fine.

"dad!"

The rice cooker was held by Mrs. Fan. He was so scared that he buried his head in his mother's neck and shivered a little. But when he saw his father flying from afar, he immediately became alert and shouted excitedly in the direction of Brother Fan.

He is young and walks slowly. The older children in the surrounding villages don’t have time to play with him, so he usually spends a lot of time with his mother.

But it was different when Brother Fan could use his soul power to lift him up and fly. Whenever his father came to see him, the first thing he would do was to be held by his father and act like a flying pig.

Mrs. Fan looked in the direction her son was shouting. The moment she saw Brother Fan, her panicked heart instantly calmed down, and the tense expression on her face relaxed a little.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

As soon as Brother Fan landed, he looked at Sister-in-law Fan with some concern.

Although he had glanced at Mrs. Fan and the child several times and was sure they were fine, he still couldn't feel at ease until he heard their confirmation in person.

"It's okay, it's okay. He was just frightened by the scene just now. You come hold Fanbao for a while. He was a little frightened by the scene just now."

Fanbao was often carried around by his father, so he wasn't afraid of being carried from home by Ying Huai into the air. What frightened him was the dizziness he felt just now.

The whole world seemed to be crumbling, as if it would shatter at the next moment. It was really scary.

"It was so scary. Did you see it just now when we were in the sky? A crack appeared in the west house and swallowed it up. It was such a big crack that it swallowed the house and then closed up."

"We were quite far apart, and I was so dizzy from what I just saw that I didn't really notice."

"Yes, the house over there and the firewood we had stacked there to dry are all gone."

Listening to the discussions of the people around her, Mrs. Fan looked in the direction they pointed, and found that the house they were talking about and the pile of firewood that had been cleared and used for drying as firewood were all gone.

The crows in the sky were flying in circles around the village.

Although these people were rescued by the godmothers of Daxi Village, these crows also made contributions to the survivors of the earthquake.

At the beginning, before the earthquake started, these crows sensed something. They suddenly flew up from the trees, circled in the sky, and kept cawing hoarsely. Then they called out the people who were still at home and had not gone out to see what was going on, making it easier for Ying Huai to pick them up with his spiritual power.

Now, looking at the crows flying in circles in the sky and still cawing hoarsely, the people from outside the village all felt a special sense of familiarity in their eyes.

"No, this mountain is shaking like this, and the town down there doesn't have the protection of that godmother from Daxi Village. What will happen?"

One of them thought of his family down the mountain and cried out in surprise.

His voice immediately brought back to their senses those who were just feeling lucky to be alive. Except for those families who all lived and farmed in the mountains, the rest were basically members of the defense team who were walking up and down the mountains.

They are fine here, but for their family members who are still in the town at the foot of the mountain, just thinking about it makes their hearts feel like they are about to jump out of their chests, as if a huge stone is pressing on their hearts, and they feel indescribable suffocation and worry.

"I can't wait. I'm going down the mountain to take a look. The earthquake was so severe. Most of the buildings in this town are old and have been renovated for many years. I'm afraid..."

It would have been better if that person hadn't said anything. But after he said it, everyone who had relatives at the foot of the mountain could no longer stand and ran down the mountain one after another.

At this time, they had no time to care about whether there would be aftershocks or whether the aftershocks would bring them danger. They had only one thought in their minds, which was to go down the mountain.

Seeing the worry that could not be concealed on their faces, the person in charge of the village outside the village took a quick look, and after confirming that everyone in the village outside the village on the mountain was fine, he took them directly down the mountain.

Although he is now in the mountains as the head of a village outside the village and has brought his family up the mountain, he still has relatives in the town. Although he cannot bring his family down the mountain, it is his responsibility to follow those who want to go down the mountain, to see the situation at the foot of the mountain, and to help with the rescue.

Thinking of this, those who were staying in the empty fields and had free hands all went down the mountain.

The remaining people spontaneously picked up the crops that had been trampled and fallen over by them while they were escaping.

There was no open space on the mountain except for the fields they had specially cultivated. When they stood under the trees, they were afraid of being hit by the fallen trees. They didn't think about anything at the time. The first thing they did after being put down was to run towards the fields.

Although some of them slowed down a bit because they saw that the crops were being harvested, this little restraint did not ease their chaotic pace much.

There are not many intact crops left in the fields where these people just stood. The plants were either knocked crooked by them or accidentally stepped on and broken. They will definitely not survive and need to be replanted.

The people who stayed behind to clean up the crops felt sad when they saw the dead plants. They didn't care about it at the time, but now when they look at them, they recall the tiredness they had put in when planting them and think about how much grain they could produce, and their heartache is doubly great.

Although the people of Shangyou Village on the mountain were some distance away from Ying Huai, fortunately there was a village chief named Dai in their village. Just before the earthquake began, he seemed to sense something unusual and took out the village's gong and kept beating it, trying to call out the villagers.

It was broad daylight and he hadn't slept yet. He made such a big move because of the sudden creepy feeling in his heart.

Almost the next moment after sensing it, he instinctively picked up the gong and started beating it, knocking the villagers out of the house.

The people in Shangyou Village were a little confused at first, but after going out, they saw that it was Village Chief Dai who was beating the gong. Everyone in the village who knew the village chief's ability realized that something was wrong when they saw the expression on his face, and they turned around and started shouting to the people who were still at home.

But before they could finish greeting everyone, they were picked up by Ying Huai, and the rest of the people who reacted slowly were also picked out by Ying Huai's roots.

The upstream village was a little far away from Ying Huai. The earthquake started almost the next moment Ying Huai picked them up. Some villagers were so anxious that they bumped into things when they were carried out of their houses and were injured badly.

But when they looked down at the shaking ground below, and the falling debris and collapsing houses around them, the pain in their bodies was ignored because they were facing the impact directly.

Thanks to Ying Huai's protection, the people in the three villages on the mountain were safe and sound.

At most, they'd get hit by something because they couldn't make it in time, resulting in bruises. Or if they were really unlucky, they'd get some broken bones in their arms or legs, requiring some time to recover.

Seeing that the ground had calmed down, the people from Shangyou Village were put down by Ying Huai. Village Chief Dai was still holding the gong in his hand. Looking at the living villagers around him, he let out a long breath that had been held in his heart.

The moment he landed on the ground, his legs went limp and he fell to the ground. The gong he held loosened and made a loud noise when it hit the ground.

The villagers turned around and saw Village Chief Dai looking relieved that he had escaped a disaster. Although their legs were a little weak, they still gathered around Village Chief Dai, helped him up, found a place for him to sit, and sat him down.

"Village chief, we are fine and alive!"

The villagers talked a lot, and in the end, this sentence was the clearest expression that Village Chief Dai heard.

He was thankful more than once that he had awakened such an ability.

At the beginning, he was able to go against the opposition and defy the evacuation documents of the government down the mountain to stay on the mountain. Later, he called the children of the village back from the city. Later, this ability saved the villagers from crisis many times.

This time, the terrifying premonition he had beforehand finally gave the villagers of Shangyou Village a chance to survive.

He had just noticed that Shangyou Village was still quite far away from Daxi Village, and the roots of the godmother in Daxi Village should not have spread much towards this side. If he had not reacted in time, perhaps people in Shangyou Village would have died in this earthquake!

Thinking of this, Village Chief Dai, feeling relieved after surviving the disaster, knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of Daxi Village.

"Thank you, godmother, for saving my life!"

Seeing what Village Chief Dai did, the villagers of Shangyou Village knelt down subconsciously one by one.

All of a sudden there were sounds of people kneeling and kowtowing.

Ying Huai didn't care about rescuing the people from the two villages next to Daxi Village on the mountain. After all, they were all on the mountain and within his protection, so he just saved them.

However, the rescue came in a hurry and directly drained all the spiritual power from his body. Even the spiritual stones brought back by Ali and Hu Hu were used up by him.

Now Ying Huai stands at the entrance of Daxi Village in a somewhat wilted state because his spiritual power has dried up. Even the leaves on the tree have drooped, and the whole tree is visibly wilting.

This made the village chief and the villagers around him anxious when they turned around and saw Ying Huai looking like him after gathering the villagers.

Although the rescue just now saved a life, it must have taken a heavy toll on my godmother.

You know, my godmother has never been as listless as she is now before she showed so many abilities.

Seeing the branches of the locust tree motionless and the leaves drooping limply, the villagers became anxious. The people with special abilities searched their bodies one by one and placed all the usable resources they found under the locust tree.

The most of them were the spirit stones that had been distributed to them before and that they have not used up yet.

They knew that these spirit stones were useful to their abilities and could enhance their abilities and were of great use to their godmother. Seeing their godmother's appearance at this moment, they did not feel reluctant at all and knelt down on the spot to offer them as offerings.

Their strength is nothing compared to their godmother.

For a long time, the villagers' respect for Ying Huai has made them put Ying Huai first every time they make a choice.

In the past, it was the older generation in the village, but now it is all the villagers, young and old.

Ali and Hu Hu squatted under the locust tree. Seeing that the spiritual energy that had lingered around the tree had disappeared, they narrowed their eyes in some worry.

On the top of the locust tree, the small stone statue that Ying Huai had placed there before seemed to have sensed something and was still in the process of integration. It forced itself to wake up for a moment, struggled to fall from the treetop, and landed in Nuonuo's arms, and then became completely motionless.

Nuonuo caught the small stone statue that was floating down, raised her eyes and looked at the locust tree worriedly, and said softly.

"Mom, what happened to godmother?"

"Godmother is tired. Let's be quiet and let her have a good rest."

Nuonuo's mother whispered in Nuonuo's ear that when it was her family's turn, she would offer all the remaining spirit stones from Nuonuo, including the unused ones, to Ying Huai without leaving a single one.

The villagers of Daxi Village have always known that the locust tree and Daxi Village are symbiotic, sharing weal and woe. They have been sheltered by the locust tree since the beginning of their existence, otherwise there would be no Daxi Village today.

And now, this impression has been further deepened in the minds of the younger generation in the village.

Zuzu was supported by the village chief. After offering sacrifices to the locust tree, he stood by for a while and then was supported to sit down by the tree. Looking up at the current appearance of the locust tree, Zuzu's eyes were filled with tears.

After decades of companionship, her feelings for her godmother are no less than those for her own flesh and blood, and may even be greater.

Seeing her godmother like this, how could she not feel distressed?

"Why would my godmother save me when I'm so old? It would save me a lot of trouble if I went..."

He choked and murmured, and tears fell from his eyes before he finished speaking.

Sensing the soothing emotions emerging in his mind, Zuzu burst into tears, crying like a wronged child.

She never thought that when she was old, she would still be a burden to her godmother and become a nuisance.

"Zuzu, stop crying and take care of yourself."

People around her who saw her so emotional came forward to persuade her.

After all, the old lady is old, and it would be bad if something happened due to her emotional fluctuations.

Listening to the advice of the people around him, Zuzu also knew that he could not drag others down. It took him a long time to calm down his excited emotions.

But there was still sadness in his eyes.

She was very unwilling to accept it. How could the world become like this? Why was she dragging others down again?

Once this thought arose in Zuzu's mind, who had been strong all his life, he couldn't suppress it no matter what he did.

Ying Huai sensed this emotion, but he had no time to care about it now. He could only give Zuzu an emotion as he did before, and after Zuzu's emotions calmed down, he slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The consciousness given by Ying Huai will give Zuzu a gentle dream and soothe her negative emotions.

Simply put, Ying Huai does not have enough spiritual power now, so he can only send a dream to Zuzu as he did before, asking her to comfort Zuzu in the dream according to Ying Huai's ideas.

It turned out that the skills Ying Huai had used for so many years were very useful. He felt the sleeping person's turbulent emotions gradually subside, and it was obvious that he had comforted the person.

"Boss Wu, please re-make the recliner. The old lady is very upset. Let her have a good rest."

Grandma Shitou touched the forehead of the old lady leaning on her shoulder, and saw that her frown was beginning to relax, so she told her eldest son to do things with peace of mind.

"Hey! Okay."

Stone Dad responded and stepped forward to neatly tidy up the recliner that had fallen over and been turned upside down due to the previous chaos.

She turned around and picked up the old lady. This action did not wake up the old lady who usually slept lightly. The village chief who was watching on the side knew that it must be the godmother who took action.

Thinking that his godmother had become like this and he still had to worry about her, the village chief, an elderly man who considered himself a rough man, had tears in his eyes.

Although the villagers used to complain to the godmother every day and would cry and hug the locust tree at any time, when something big happened that involved the godmother's safety, they didn't want to talk about their own affairs at all. They just wanted the godmother to be fine.

Ying Huai felt the offerings from the villagers of Daxi Village, and with the spirit stones placed beside him, he knew that it was more important to relieve his own dried-up spiritual power. He did not delay and directly used all the spirit stones offered by the villagers.

Just when Ying Huai had absorbed all of this and still felt something was not right, the power of faith surged over from the direction of the upstream village on the mountain in the distance.

"That's... Shangyou Village."

Ying Huai felt the faith flowing into the tree, glanced towards the upstream village, and a smile gradually filled his eyes as he lowered his eyes.

The faith that appeared at this time transformed itself to relieve the dried-up spiritual power of the locust tree, and also gathered the spiritual energy floating in the surrounding mountains and gathered it towards the locust tree.

The three villages on the mountain were already blessed with a spirit gathering array, but the gathered spiritual energy was used up by Ying Huai just now. The spiritual energy gathered this time was drawn from farther places by faith.

After a long pause, the leaves of the locust tree regained their spirits.

The village chief and others were relieved when they saw that the locust tree had recovered.

"It scared me, but luckily my godmother is fine."

The surrounding villagers started chattering only after they saw that Ying Huai was fine.

Everything was fine on the mountain for the time being because Ying Huai rescued them in time and there were no casualties.

The town at the foot of the mountain was not so lucky.

The earthquake came suddenly. Except for some people who were traveling or working outside, and some who were lucky enough to escape, the rest were basically buried under the rubble.

The town was filled with cries of grief, each cry a lament for not knowing whether their loved ones were still alive.

From a wider perspective, this kind of scene is even more common in high-rise buildings in the city. Within two steps, you can see people digging and rescuing people among the rubble with tears in their eyes, regardless of their bleeding palms.

The Taoist who had just experienced an earthquake on the mountain and the students with special abilities he brought with him were lucky. No cracks appeared where they were, but a few trees around them were knocked down. However, since everyone present was a person with special abilities, if nothing else, they could just pat the trees a few times when they fell and make them turn slightly.

The earthquake did not cause them much harm, most of the injuries on their bodies were from the previous battle with the black snake.

"Something's happened. Let's go down the mountain quickly. We need to participate in the rescue."

The Taoist had just experienced the power of the earthquake and knew the possible harm it would cause without any calculations. After the earthquake, he did not care about the possible aftershocks and stood up and called on the students to run down the mountain.

Fearing that something might have happened to the village upstream, he took a look on his way down the mountain. Only after making sure that the villagers were all fine did he feel at ease to go down the mountain.

That’s right, with that godmother on the mountain, nothing serious will happen.

After ensuring the safety of the villagers, the Taoist priest didn't care about the luggage he had brought up the mountain and placed in the upstream village, and ran down the mountain with his team members.

They took all the important things with them, and those that could be left in the upstream village were all dispensable. There were backups in the car at the foot of the mountain, so there was no need to worry about any impact caused by the loss. When they had time the next day, they would talk to Village Chief Dai and let him deal with those things himself.

They walked down the mountain very quickly. The Taoist priest was carrying people with special abilities, so they went down the mountain even faster, almost running all the way down the mountain.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, the Taoist priest asked the students to get in the car, started the car and drove towards the nearest town at the foot of the mountain.

This earthquake had a huge impact on humans, but it had little effect on the mutated plants and animals on the mountains and below.

At this moment in the town, people were still crying for their relatives who were buried in the rubble and their lives were unknown, while they were cooperating with the people organizing the excavation and rescue to clear the rubble and rescue. The next moment, they were attacked by the sudden appearance of mutant animals.

The earthquake directly disrupted the rhythm of the town's defense team. In addition, the defense wall built before collapsed due to the earthquake. Before the mutant plants could come here, the mutant animals heard the news and moved.

It's just like adding insult to injury.

Faced with the invasion of mutant animals and the dangers posed to the people who were constantly attacked, injured or killed, the defense team's capable personnel, who were originally the main force in clearing the rubble and rescuing people, had to withdraw their hands to deal with the mutant animals.

As a result, the speed of clearing the rubble and rescuing slowed down. Faced with the speed difference between the front and the back, the townspeople were helpless even if they were anxious, as their defense team could not take care of both ends.

At this critical moment, the people with special abilities in the villages outside the mountain who came down the mountain because they were worried about their relatives, as well as the team of students led by the Taoist priest, became saviors at the critical moment.

With more people with special abilities, the mutant animals that invaded the town were quickly cleared out, and the collapsed defense wall was repaired. After that, the situation could be handled even without the Taoist's team of students joining in. The Taoist led his team of students and headed non-stop towards the next town where people gathered.

The earthquake affected seven provinces and cities, covering a wide range, the largest earthquake in history since records began.

Looking around the world, earthquakes have occurred not only in China, but also in various countries around the world in different locations, with a very wide range of earthquake source radiation.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

People who got the news online prayed for those in the earthquake area to be safe, while discussing what caused the extremely severe earthquake.

No one answered at first until survivors in the earthquake area discovered that the environment in the area where the earthquake occurred had changed differently from before.

Looking through previous domestic maps, I found that those seemingly unfamiliar environments were not caused by the growth of mutant plants.

Instead, there was a large piece of land on the road that shouldn't have existed.

The most obvious one should be the border area farther away from the mountain range where Daxi Village is located. A mountain has appeared where the mountain range should have been broken off at the end.

Because there are many mountains in this area, people who don't go up the mountain often don't pay special attention to the differences in the mountains that are already in the mutated flora, but have changed a little in just a few days.

Therefore, a mountain range inexplicably appeared again among these mountains. In addition to Ying Huai's perception of it, the outside world also found that the changes in this mountain range were even greater after netizens reported that the environment had changed and the area had become wider and they used the star to remeasure it.

The newly appeared mountains were filled with fog, but when we got closer, we could confirm that it was not fog at all, but spiritual energy turning into fog.

After this discovery, those powerful people who completed rescue missions would run towards the mountains whenever they had time, just to practice there.

The country's team of people with special abilities is also busy.

The locust army at the border had just been controlled, and the people with special abilities at the border had barely managed to control the situation. Then they had to wait for time and the mutant animals flying towards the border to eat the insects, and slowly deplete the locust army.

Just after returning to the ability user base to take a break, the earthquake once again made the ability user team busy. They began to run around and carry out rescue operations in the earthquake-stricken city.

The government issued summons for people with special abilities again and again. Even those who had just been summoned only received emergency training and then began to follow the experienced teams of people with special abilities.

The people with special abilities from the upper reaches of Daxi Village on the mountain said nothing after learning about the situation at the foot of the mountain. They did not even bother to help rebuild their collapsed houses. They packed up their bags overnight and said goodbye to their godmother at the village entrance before going down the mountain.

This time, even though the older generation in the village were worried about the danger outside, they did not say a word to stop it.

The children in the village went down the mountain for no other reason than to fight for their lives! They had no reason to persuade the children to stay, so they could only support them silently.

Daxi Village has once again become a village where a bunch of elderly people are left behind after the young people left.

But unlike the villages in the past where young people were left behind after leaving their hometowns for better prospects, everyone who went out now wanted to go home early and continue living under the protection of their godmother.

Guaibao’s father didn’t say anything. He carried Guaibao in his arms and followed these people down the mountain.

Guaibao's ability is very useful against the mutant beasts at the foot of the mountain that are extremely aggressive towards humans. After all, they don't have much brains, and Guaibao can control them easily.

The capable children in the village also wanted to go down the mountain with them, but they were too young and were stopped by the village chief.

Tang Rufeng once again handed over the village affairs to the village chief and became the leader of the team that led the capable people in the village down the mountain for the rescue.

As he recovered, the determination that was originally rooted in his heart resurfaced. He could not bear to see lives lost due to lack of help.

Even though he knew that the people with special abilities from the upstream villages of Daxi Village were brought down the mountain by him for rescue, it was only a tiny help for such a large-scale earthquake involving rescue efforts in several provinces and cities.

But no matter how small it is, we can still do our bit, right?

No matter how many can be saved, they are all lives, and life is the most important.

The mutant animals such as Ali and Hu Hu did not leave with the people with special abilities in the village, but Ali and Hu Hu had their own ideas.

On the second day after the people with special abilities left, after making sure that nothing would happen to the people in the village, Ali left some mutant animal minions to look after the village.

The other brothers were led by Ali and Hu Hu towards the new mountain range that appeared behind the mountain.

Together with them were Guo Shanfeng, who had previously fought with the Taoist's students on the back mountain, and his younger brothers.

According to what Hu Hu and Ali said, it had a hunch that there was something good for the locust tree on the mountain over there.

Of course, it can sense it, and it is also good for it.

It can be said that Ahri grew up under Ying Huai's care. In the past, when the spiritual energy was thin and spiritual power was scarce, Ying Huai was willing to use the spiritual energy to comb Ahri's body. Ahri remembered all this in her heart.

This time, Ying Huai exhausted himself to such a weak state in order to save people. Not only Zuzu and the villagers felt sorry for him, but also Ali.

After hearing Hu Hu say that there were good things in the mountains over there, Ali set off with his brothers without hesitation.

To be on the safe side, he even sacrificed his pride and called Guo Shanfeng up the mountain with the promise of benefits.

However, there was a reason why he went with Ali over the mountain. One of them was because his cub Xiao Hei was still being raised by Shitou, and the other was because there were things in the newly appeared mountains over there that were also beneficial to him. That was why he easily agreed to go with Ali and provide him with protection.

It’s not that I’m not tempted by the reverse scale that appeared on the mountain before, after all, it’s the reverse scale of a dragon!

But at that time, it was Shitou who took the children to look for it, and the cub was still coiled in Shitou's shirt pocket.

It thought that Shitou was trying to find something for its cub, so it gave up with a sad heart and didn't go up to grab it. But who knew that Shitou didn't know how to fight for Xiao Hei at all, and finally let the stone pillar get there first.

This time it’s different. The silly kid Shitou has no ability. He can find resources that he can use and bring some for his cubs at the same time.

There is one final point it doesn't express.

It also saw the current appearance of the locust tree. After all, it had seen it so many times and helped it so much. Ali went to help the locust tree find things, and Guoshanfeng was also willing to help find things that the locust tree could use.

It was a good idea, so a group of mutant animals set off towards the new mountain range that appeared behind the mountain.

Ying Huai was aware of the fact that there were so many fewer people and mutated animals in and around the village on the mountain.

Although he is still in a weak state because his spiritual power was drained before and has not recovered, his root system is very long and he has some perception of the situations occurring within the root system.

He knew the direction in which the people with special abilities in the village went down the mountain, and Ali and the mutant animals went, but he was now short of spiritual power and had no ability to provide them with more protection.

When the people with special abilities in the village came down the mountain at the beginning, Ying Huai wanted to gather some spiritual power to give these young people something to save their lives, but he was stopped by Tang Rufeng just when he produced a leaf.

Tang Rufeng placed the leaf properly, reached out and stroked the locust tree gently, politely refusing his godmother to continue consuming him.

The young people in other villages also knew about the godmother's current condition, and declined politely. In the end, all they brought down the mountain was the locust tree leaf.

Tang Rufeng took the leaf with him because he wanted to reassure Ying Huai.