Inside the camp, Jiang Wan tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
So when the commotion started in front of the camp gate, she immediately sat up, dressed herself, and the twins, still half asleep, noticed and mumbled, "Mommy?"
The two children thought she was going to leave them behind, and their sleepiness vanished instantly. They nervously clung to her hands, one on each side.
There was quite a commotion outside, and gunshots were heard.
Jiang Wan sensed something was wrong, so she quickly dressed them properly. However, the room remained dark as she instructed them, "From now on, we must not make a sound or speak. Can you do that?"
Jiang Xiaoshu has always been well-behaved and obedient, with great self-control, almost unlike a normal three-year-old child. She wasn't worried about her; her only concern was this silly girl.
Jiang Xiaoxin was still very sleepy, leaning against her brother and dozing off. She nodded silently to her mother's questions, and only after her brother poked her head to remind her did she obediently answer, "Oh, Xinxin won't say anything."
Jiang Wan patted their heads and reminded them, "Hang in there, don't go to sleep for now."
In case of any danger, they would have to run away immediately. If both children were asleep, it would be inconvenient for her to pick them up.
In the past, when it was hot and people wore less clothing, it was fine for her to carry two little ones. But now the two little ones are dressed like bears, and she herself is also wearing a lot of clothes. Asking her to carry the two little bears and run for her life by herself is something she really can't do!
The two little ones replied sleepily, "Okay, Mom."
The child answered firmly, but sounded very tired. Jiang Wan sighed. After all, the child was only three years old and couldn't control his own consciousness at all.
Outside the camp, when Lao Liu received Cheng Zhen's WeChat warning, he had already led a small number of people who remained at the camp to block the entrance.
These people who broke through the defenses were different from those who had caused trouble at the North Gate checkpoint. They were all wearing protective suits and masks, and some even had oxygen tanks. They all looked very energetic and did not appear to be patients infected with the plague or refugees.
Their objective was quite clear: they immediately shouted, "Hand over the botanist! She belongs to the entire city of Xiangcheng, not to your city guards!"
"Yes! We all have to survive! Let her out, let her go back to the city! Help us get more oxygen!"
"Hand them over immediately!"
"Hand them over!"
These people had a clear division of labor: one group protested, while another group took the opportunity to rush into the camp. When they couldn't get the people, they simply started to rob them!
Old Liu gave the order to fire shots at their feet, forcing them back from their attacks time and time again.
So Jiang Wan sat in the room and every now and then she could hear a gunshot coming from outside.
She held one child in each arm, gently patting and comforting them, afraid that the gunshots in the dark would frighten them.
She was focused on listening to the sounds outside and didn't notice that the two little ones, who had been drowsy, were now wide awake with their small round eyes open.
Under her brother's initial instruction, Jiang Xiaoxin has learned to lock down her abilities and not passively sense the sounds of plants in the outside world.
But at this moment, she secretly released a bit of her ability, using her sensory powers to wander and perceive the surrounding area.
Suddenly, her little face hardened, and after listening intently for a moment, she exclaimed excitedly, "Mommy! I heard a tree calling for help!"
Jiang Wan was taken aback: "What distress call?"
"It's not far from here, it seems to be over there!" Jiang Xiaoxin identified the direction, then pointed behind the camp and emphasized, "It's not a mutated tree!"
Water hyacinths are grown there, and dawn redwoods are planted!
Metasequoia trees!
Jiang Wan jumped up in surprise and immediately ran outside, disregarding her usual principle of keeping the twins by her side for protection. She hurriedly warned and instructed, "You stay in the room! Don't go anywhere! If you don't obey, I'll send you away tomorrow!"
Then he quickly locked the door and rushed into the night.
The two little ones immediately became anxious and rushed to the door, but upon hearing their mother's words, they instinctively stopped.
Jiang Xiaoxin started crying anxiously, so Jiang Xiaoshu hugged her and comforted her, reminding her, "Xinxin, don't cry. Mom said we need to keep quiet and not let the bad guys know we're here!"
Then he moved a stool, climbed up, and locked the door from the inside.
Jiang Xiaoxin stopped crying, but she was very anxious: "Brother, won't Mom be okay going out alone? Do you want to go and protect her?"
Jiang Xiaoshu considered for a moment and then shook her head decisively: "No, your brother will protect you. Mom has Uncle Yu Fen and Uncle Yu Yuan to protect her, so she will be fine."
Yu Fen and Yu Yuan were both arranged by Cheng Zhen to protect Jiang Wan and her two children before Cheng Zhen left.
Although Jiang Xiaoxin was still uneasy, she chose to believe her brother's words. Then she sat close to her brother in bed and tried to open her mind to sense the sounds of the plants outside.
However, she is ultimately weak and has only recently learned to control her powers. She can effectively lock down her powers, but once she releases them, she cannot accurately locate them.
So she couldn't distinguish the distress signals from those trees amidst the sounds of countless mutated plants outside the protective shield!
She was very anxious, but the more anxious she became, the worse it got.
Jiang Xiaoshu sensed it, but she wouldn't listen to his advice, so he had no choice but to use his purification ability to isolate all the sounds of the plants from her.
Yu Fen and Yu Yuan, one squatting on the wall to keep watch and the other jumping onto the roof to observe the battle situation in front of the camp, suddenly saw Jiang Wan come out of the house and head straight for the back of the camp, so they immediately followed.
Yu Fen asked, "Where are you going, sister-in-law?"
While collecting supplies in the wild, he would observe from time to time and found that his captain was either in Jiang Wan's RV, on his way to the RV, or had just gotten off the RV.
Until they returned from their mission, their captain was so exhausted he looked like a dog. The captain tried to help him back to his vehicle, but the man used his lightsaber as a crutch and dragged himself to the RV, knocking on the door and shamelessly insisting on getting in.
Looking at his captain's unusually gentle and tender face, he suddenly recalled the difference in his attitude towards them and towards Jiang Wan, and also remembered the twins' suspected identities. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and realized that he would call Jiang Wan "sister-in-law" when he returned.
Jiang Wan was so focused on the dawn redwood tree that she didn't notice the change in his address and instinctively said, "Quick! Go to the back! Protect the dawn redwood tree! They're after the dawn redwood tree!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Fen was horrified! These were trees he had risked his life to save with all his might! Someone actually wanted to take them?!
He immediately ran off, telling Yu Yuan, "You stay here and protect your sister-in-law!"
Just then, four dark figures suddenly darted out of the darkness and headed straight for Jiang Wan!
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