Are they still good brothers or not?!
Yu Fen's mind was screaming, but the next second, he was dumbfounded.
Holy crap!
What the hell is this thing?!
He immediately took several steps back, unleashing a light shockwave for self-defense while pulling out his phone to send a WeChat voice message: "Help! Boss! Something bad has happened! Come quick!"
Cheng Zhen listened to the voice messages he sent one after another and was speechless.
"You damn well better give me a location!"
After sending four more screaming voice messages for help, Yu Fen finally sent his location, albeit hesitantly.
It wasn't that he was missing a screw and refused to send his location immediately; it was that he was completely overwhelmed and was initially too shocked because this dawn redwood tree had mutated!
This is really going to be a disaster!
One of the 32 trees is missing!
Xiao Yuanzi and the others are doomed!
When Cheng Zhen and Jiang Wan arrived, they saw the mutated metasequoia tree attacking Yu Fen, and both of them felt a chill in their hearts.
It was still too late!
Yu Fen shouted at him, "Captain! What do we do? This metasequoia tree has mutated. Should we kill it or not?"
Whether they kill the mutated dawn redwood trees or not, they won't be able to complete their mission!
Cheng Zhen fought alongside him: "Kill!"
Even if it mutates, we still have to bring the mutated crystal back!
Jiang Wan held the sleeping Jiang Xiaoxin in her arms. Jiang Xiaoshu, having recovered from her drowsiness, looked at the two people fighting fiercely in the distance. Her little face tightened unconsciously, and she slowly moved away, trying to practice using her special ability to purify the attacks of the mutated plants.
The mutated tree hadn't been there for very long; judging from the state and size of its crystals, it probably mutated shortly before they arrived.
Cheng Zhen took the crystal and said in a deep voice, "We must hurry!"
Yu Fen was dejected: "What's the use? There's already one mutated! We're definitely not going to complete the mission!"
He has no choice but to cooperate.
Jiang Wan then said, "Then you can just wait to collect Yu Yuan and Ping Jiang's corpses?"
"The mutated dawn redwood can sense the condition of all 32 dawn redwood trees in this mountain, so it will know about this mutated tree immediately. If it wanted to kill them to vent its anger, they would already be two corpses by now."
"You either go collect their bodies now, or you cooperate in finding the remaining dawn redwood trees. That way, even if your brothers really die, when we revive the other dawn redwood trees, expand their reproduction, and gradually change the oxygen-deficient post-apocalyptic environment, they might have died a worthy death!"
Cheng Zhen punched him: "When did you become so slow? Where are you going? Just say so!"
Yu Fen let out a heavy sigh and gritted his teeth: "Let's keep looking!"
With 16 trees remaining, they hurried and finally found them all before midnight. Fortunately, none of them mutated.
Cheng Zhen handed the last tree over to Lao Chen at the camp, asking him to arrange for someone to plant it immediately. Then they rushed off to rescue Yu Yuan and Ping Jiang without stopping.
Three-year-old Jiang Xiaoshu finally succumbed to sleepiness and fell asleep on Jiang Wan's shoulder.
She was exhausted from carrying two sleeping children on her own; both sides of her body felt so heavy and numb that they almost didn't belong to her anymore!
Cheng Zhen came over to help and gently carried Jiang Xiaoxin away; she didn't stop him.
But he was very nervous, afraid of waking the little thing up. If it got grumpy in the morning, he really couldn't stand it!
He suddenly changed his sleeping position, and the atmosphere around him seemed different. Jiang Xiaoxin half-opened her eyes and glanced at him.
Cheng Zhen's heart, hardened by 30 years of hardening, suddenly skipped a beat. He stared at her without moving, even his breathing stopped involuntarily!
The little girl only mumbled something, then rested her head on his shoulder, sniffed his scent, frowned slightly, and then fell into a deep sleep again.
Jiang Wan didn't show it on her face, but she was very surprised inside.
Who said this man smelled bad? And then fell asleep smelling his stench?
hehe!
"You've arrived." The aged voice of the mutated dawn redwood rang out the moment they arrived.
Cheng Zhen observed the state of the two people hanging in the tree and was about to speak when suddenly the mutated roots of the dawn redwood sprang up from the ground, blocking Jiang Wan and the others.
Cheng Zhen had already released his purification ability. The mutated roots couldn't harm them; they simply pushed them aside and then wrapped Jiang Wan up under the strangler fig roots.
At the same time, Yu Yuan and Ping Jiang, who were hanging from the tree, exhausted and nearly unconscious, perked up when they heard them approaching: "Boss!"
Yu Fen wasn't sure if they were dead or alive, and before he could even confirm, the mutated dawn redwood preemptively attacked. Just as he was furious, he suddenly heard this shout and immediately became excited:
"Little Yuanzi! Captain Ping! You're still alive?! That's wonderful! Hang in there! We're here to rescue you!"
His voice was so loud that it immediately woke the twins up.
Jiang Xiaoshu was fine. She hugged Jiang Wan's neck, rubbed her eyes a couple of times, and then she woke up.
Jiang Xiaoxin woke up to find herself nestled in the arms of a strange man, and she immediately felt terrible. Coupled with her already severe morning grumpiness, she threw a tantrum, crying and kicking Cheng Zhen wildly while yelling:
"Mommy! Mommy! I want my mommy!"
Yu Fen was very close to her, and he was hit several times by her indiscriminate attacks.
This little girl may look small, but she has quite a bit of strength. She slapped him across the face, and Yu Fen, clutching his burning, stinging left cheek, deeply regretted his impulsive outburst. Why did he have to yell like that?
Yu Yuanping and Ping Jiang are both fine. If he hadn't shouted and woken up the little devil, nothing would have happened!
Jiang Wan's heart clenched at her sudden crying and fuss, so she quickly comforted her, "Xin Xin, don't be afraid. Be good, Mommy's here."
"Mommy, sob sob." Jiang Xiaoxin heard her mother's voice and calmed down a little, then asked again, sobbing, "Waaah, where's my brother? Where's my brother?"
Jiang Xiaoshu's voice was calm: "I'm here."
But those who know him well know that his voice sounds calm and aloof, but it is actually extremely gentle and patient. He only speaks like this to his own sister.
Their headlamps were very bright, and through the gaps in the mutated tree roots, Jiang Xiaoxin could see her mother and brother clearly. Finally, she felt relieved and stopped crying.
Just as Yu Fen was about to breathe a sigh of relief that the annoying noise in his ear had stopped, he was suddenly slapped on the right cheek again: "You're so annoying, why did you have to wake me up!"
Yu Fen covered both sides of his face, wanting to say, "Don't hit someone in the face!"
But when he met the little girl's extremely tired and red eyes, he suddenly felt a pang of heartache, pursed his lips, and remained silent.
The mutated plant's aged voice suddenly rang out: "You're celebrating too soon. You haven't completed your mission. Now go collect their corpses!"
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