Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhen stared intently at the last two names on the list: Jiang Wan and Li Siming!
His tone grew increasingly agitated: "These two? You better find them for me!"
Damn it! He's a dignified captain of the city's defense forces, and he should be outside the city right now, slaughtering mutated plants!
Now they're stuck here trying to find people for them!
He slammed the list down, jumped into the SUV, started it, and drove straight to the outskirts.
What botanist? Let whoever wants to find one go!
I'm going to kill monsters!
Yu Fen resignedly picked up the list for him, feeling utterly speechless. The two remaining botanists, though supposedly still alive, were actually out of contact; their phones were constantly unreachable. So many days had passed since the apocalypse, it was hard to guarantee that these two botanists were still alive.
But we still need to find the right person.
There's a reason why Cheng Zhen is stuck in the position of squad leader, suppressed from promotion, and maliciously targeted. He himself doesn't care about being promoted, but those below him have to consider it for him.
He stuffed the list into his pocket: "You guys follow the boss, I'm going to check if these two are alive or dead, I need to see them, dead or alive!"
After all, it was a task assigned by the higher-ups. If they didn't give an explanation, it would probably give the boss another excuse to be attacked and impeached!
A truckload of 50 people, all residents of Yincheng Yazuo, were heading out of the city to dig for crystals. As soon as the truck left the city, everyone on board felt an instant sense of suffocation.
Mi Mang stood at the front of the vehicle and used a microphone to relay a message to everyone:
"Don't worry, everyone. Although we've left the city, we're still under the protection of the city guards. The oxygen is thin, but there's enough for everyone to breathe. Please minimize physical labor and mine the crystals as quickly as possible. We'll stay for 4 hours. Once the time is up, we'll form teams and return to the city. Please remember the return time. We'll depart together, and we won't wait for you if you're late!"
It takes several meters or even more than ten meters to find crystals, and now they're telling them not to do physical labor.
Haha, are you kidding them?
Those who were about to curse after hearing this were all stunned by her cute and playful wink at the end. So everyone smiled, and after the car came to a stop, one by one they picked up their tools and got off.
It is no exaggeration to say that these fifty people were all powerless before the apocalypse, living a life of luxury and indulgence in the city. They never imagined that one day they would fall to this state.
That's all farmers do, toiling in the fields from dawn till dusk. But back then, farmers could see hope in their eyes; the grain they grew was their income.
But now, how would they know where the crystal is?
After four hours of digging, they might not find a single crystal!
At the very back of the crowd, Jiang Wan helped the twins put on their oxygen tanks. She checked herself and found that she could tolerate this level of oxygen deficiency, so she didn't wear an oxygen mask.
Although she had stockpiled a lot of goods, in the apocalypse, you can never have too many of these essential supplies, so every little bit saved counts!
Jiang Xiaoxin disagreed, hugged her leg, and looked up, shouting, "Mommy, Mommy, you should put on the oxygen tank too!"
The feeling of almost suffocating was so unbearable, and she didn't want her mother to suffer like that; it would break her heart!
Seeing that her mother remained unmoved, she anxiously tried to take off her own oxygen mask and put it on her mother's face.
But she was so small, barely reaching her mother's thigh, how could she possibly reach her mother's face? In that instant of raising her hand, oxygen from the oxygen mask overflowed, and the fresh, high-concentration oxygen immediately attracted the attention of people and things nearby.
Jiang Wan quickly put the oxygen mask on her. Seeing that she was so small but surprisingly insistent at this time, she could only sigh and compromise: "Okay, Mom will wear it too. You two follow Mom and don't run around. We'll go home when we find the crystal."
She then instructed her twin brother, "Xiao Shu, keep an eye on the time."
"good."
Jiang Xiaoshu's serious little face was full of focus as she glanced at the children's watch and noted down the current time.
The two little ones were too small to mine crystals. At most, they would squat next to Jiang Wan and move some stones and soil. But even so, they were very excited. This experience was so novel and they had never had it before!
Jiang Wan looked around and chose a less crowded direction, then led the twins away.
The two little ones hopped and skipped behind her. Well, the one hopping was the younger sister, Jiang Xiaoxin, while the older brother, as always, remained calm and composed, walking with steady steps like a little adult.
Suddenly, the little sister who was running happily in front stopped, and her whole little body fell straight to the ground.
"Heart!"
Fortunately, Jiang Xiaoshu was not far from her. She rushed up and managed to grab her, but she was small and weak. She managed to grab her but couldn't stand up, and the two little ones fell to the ground together.
Jiang Wan turned around when she heard the noise, startled: "What happened? Did you trip over something?"
Jiang Xiaoshu shook his head, but saw that Jiang Xiaoxin's face was pale and tightly scrunched up, looking very painful.
"Is Xin Xin feeling unwell?"
Jiang Wan reached out to hug her, but Jiang Xiaoxin squirmed uncomfortably, then cried out in a low voice, "Mommy, it's so noisy! It's going to blow my brain away! Waaah!"
Quarrel?
Jiang Wan immediately understood; she had heard the mutated plant's inner voice again.
She looked around warily. The city guards should have cleared the area beforehand, and there shouldn't be any mutated plants under the protective barrier they had erected!
Jiang Xiaoshu reacted quickly. He immediately grasped his sister's right hand with his left hand, concentrated his mind, and sure enough, an invisible barrier formed around her.
Finally, the little sister's ears and mind were clear, and she tearfully hugged Jiang Wan's neck, burying her face in her neck and sobbing, "Waaah, Mommy, they're so scary! They're going to eat us! Waaah, Mommy, let's not go over there, okay?"
Jiang Wan gently patted her back to comfort her, and asked, "Them? Are there many?"
Jiang Xiaoxin cried and hiccuped, then raised her little hand and pointed to the left front: "There!"
Jiang Wan looked closely and was taken aback. She hadn't noticed before, but there was actually a large patch of Canadian goldenrod over there!
The leaves are lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, and the numerous curved inflorescence branches and the single-sided capitula form an open panicle inflorescence, which is the once popular Queen of the Night flower!
To exaggerate, this flower leaves nothing but barren land in its wake, hence its nicknames: the ecological killer and the flower of evil!
But this species was wiped out a long time ago thanks to the combined efforts of humankind!
Why are you still here?
But now is not the time to dwell on this issue. Since they have already mutated, she can no longer go over there. She picked up the twins and turned around, her gaze suddenly sharpening. Several people not far away quickly turned their heads and looked around, pretending to look for the location to dig for crystals.
If she wasn't mistaken, those people were staring at them greedily and intently, weren't they?
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