Chapter 161 Mysterious Village
By the time Xuanyuan has thoroughly studied each corpse, it will be time for them to return.
"It's time to go back. If I don't go back, my brother will come and settle the score with me personally." Ji Huaiying sighed, started the car, and went back with everyone.
"How did you find me by yourself? Aren't you directionally challenged?"
On the way, Ji Huaiying asked curiously.
"I saw that you got into trouble in Lincheng. I followed the navigation and came here directly. There weren't many zombies on the road." Ji Wanyi said.
Even if she could sense Ji Huaiying's location, she would still need to use navigation to get here.
"Luckily the internet is back online. If it weren't, would you have driven directly north?"
On the way back, Ji Huaiying was obviously much more relaxed and was in the mood to joke with her.
Ji Wanyi snorted coldly and didn't say anything.
The three of them chatted idly, and soon Ji Wanyi stopped paying attention to him. Instead, he took off his shoes, sat cross-legged in the back seat and continued watching the show.
When they came, because Ji Wan was full of energy, basically no zombies dared to come forward, but it was different when they left.
But no matter how many zombies there are, she doesn't need to take action.
No matter what happened, as long as she felt there was no threat, she would watch TV and eat melon seeds in the back seat.
At first, Youyue chatted with Ji Huaiying, and later she came to the back seat to watch the show with Ji Wanyi.
Just when Ji Wanyi and Youyue were enjoying the show, Ji Huaiying slammed on the brakes. They both managed to steady themselves, but the tablet they were holding fell over with a bang.
"What's going on in front?" Youyue walked barefoot to the front and asked Ji Huaiying while looking at it herself.
The car in front stopped and Yi Shuo and Yan Ruo got out together.
Then a group of old men and women came down carrying buckets and baskets and knocked on the car windows one by one.
"Handsome man, beautiful lady, would you like to buy some flowers?" The woman came to their car and asked with a smile on her face.
Ji Wanyi opened the car window and took out a flower from her basket.
When she put the flower to her nose and sniffed it, her eyes instantly became deep.
"It's getting dark. If we buy your flowers, can we go into your village and rest for a night?" The person asking the question was Ji Wanyi.
Hearing her words, Ji Huaiying and Youyue looked at each other, and Ji Huaiying looked at the flowers in the other's basket seriously.
He also took out one and smelled it like Ji Wanyi.
But he couldn't smell anything except that he felt very comfortable.
"Of course, but that's a different price." The woman said happily.
"Then what do you collect, food? Or crystal cores?" Ji Huaiying asked.
"We are not short of food. Boss, just give us the crystal cores." When the woman heard the question asked by Ji Huaiying, the smile on her face became even brighter.
"That's good, is that enough?" Ji Huaiying said, taking out a third-level crystal core.
"Boss, a level three crystal core can buy all our flowers, but it's only enough for one person to stay at home." The woman almost rolled her eyes when she saw it was a level three crystal core.
"It's so expensive. Can the accommodation in your village be more comfortable than the seven-star hotel before the apocalypse?" Ji Huaiying also raised his eyebrows. Does he look like a sucker?
"Of course the Seven Star Hotel can't compare to our village. We have a sacred tree in our village. Because of the existence of the sacred tree, everyone in our village has awakened superpowers."
"And the crops can grow normally. As long as people with special abilities enter our village, they can become stronger just by breathing the air inside."
The woman spoke loudly and proudly, and she didn't seem to be afraid at all that her village's treasures might be coveted by those with ulterior motives.
"Is that so? Then we must go in and take a look." Ji Huaiying said, and directly threw out a handful of third-level crystal cores.
"Is that enough?"
The thing that the Ji family base has the most is crystal cores.
When he left, Ji Wanyi gave him a lot of crystal cores, almost all of which were level three, and he has only spent them now.
"That's enough, I'll lead the way for you," the woman said, and walked cheerfully to the front of their convoy to lead the way.
There is a small cement road leading into the village. In order to avoid being discovered, they built a vine wall to block the entrance.
It's quite realistic. If you look at it with the naked eye, few people can tell the difference.
After entering the cement path, it really feels like entering a paradise.
There were people working in the fields not far away, and children were running on the road.
Neither the zombies of the apocalypse nor the change of seasons have had any impact on this place.
And all this is thanks to the huge camphor tree in front of them.
The bark is cracked, and the thick branches continue to extend outward. From a distance, it looks like a pillar standing tall and straight, like a sky pillar.
The vast tree canopy surrounds the entire village and provides shelter for the entire village.
"Indeed, after entering the entire village, I feel much more comfortable. Is this the function of the mutated camphor tree?" Ji Huaiying said in surprise.
"Of course not. The only thing a mutant plant can automatically reveal is something that protects itself."
"Good things are meant to be hidden."
"It's a good tree, but it's a pity." Ji Wanyi sighed as he looked at the towering tree not far away.
"What's wrong? Is this thing harmful?" Ji Huaiying immediately became alert.
"No, I mean, the things that camphor trees emit into the air are not emitted by the camphor trees themselves."
"For plants, this substance that can make anyone feel comfortable is called the source of life. It is the essence within the crystal core."
"Once the source of life is exhausted, it means death."
"How generous do you think this camphor tree must be to risk its own life?"
As Ji Wanyi spoke, he opened the car window and stretched out his hand, feeling the faint source of life in the air and the mournful cries of the mutated camphor tree.
"But... besides being absorbed, can the essence in the crystal core be used in this way?" Ji Huaiying wondered.
"Of course ordinary people can't do that, but people with special abilities can."
"While they were extracting the mutant camphor tree's life force, they must have also been feeding it a lot of mutants. Otherwise, the tree wouldn't have survived until now."
"However, the loss of the source of life is irreversible. Even if it absorbs more crystal cores, it will soon die."
"As you can see, everything in this village is almost the same as it was before the apocalypse. This is all thanks to the mutated camphor tree."
"The gaps on the mutant camphor tree were man-made. The life force of the mutant camphor tree will continuously leak out from these wounds and into the air."
“And then it’s absorbed by the people here, and by ordinary crops and plants.”
"Those flowers haven't mutated, but they still have the effect of refreshing the mind. This is due to the life source of the camphor tree. Most of the people here should have awakened wood-type abilities, but they are not strong and it is difficult for them to advance."
The car stopped in front of the house arranged for them. Ji Wanyi stopped talking and got out of the car with his brother and sister-in-law.
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