After walking for a while, Yu Fen asked, "What exactly does a dawn redwood look like?"
"Metasequoia, a deciduous tree belonging to the Taxodiaceae family of gymnosperms, is tall and straight with opposite, drooping twigs and linear, alternately opposite, pseudo-dichotomously compound leaves. It is monoecious. The cones are drooping, nearly spherical, slightly 4-angled, 1.8 to 2.5 cm long, with long stalks; the seed scales are woody, shield-shaped, and the seeds are flat with narrow wings around them."
"The dawn redwood is an ancient and precious relict tree species, which is emerald green in spring and summer, golden yellow in autumn, and brownish-red in early winter."
As Jiang Wan provided her professional explanation, everyone looked up to observe.
Their goal was to find the dawn redwood in the shortest possible time, so they avoided unnecessary complications and getting entangled with other mutated plants.
So Cheng Zhen used his purification ability to attack all the mutated plants around him, but to no avail.
He is powerful and has the added energy of the crystal, so the purification ability in his hands can be ten times stronger than Jiang Xiaoshu's.
Jiang Xiaoshu watched with envy and from then on ate more and exercised more, striving to become as strong as him one day. But that's a story for another time.
They were lucky. Jiang Xiaoxin suddenly needed to pee, so the group had to stop. Jiang Wan took her to the side to relieve herself, and there happened to be a relatively young dawn redwood tree nearby.
Perhaps because it grows among dense trees, it doesn't get much nutrition, so it grows very weak and can be considered malnourished.
In this apocalyptic world, the process of growth has been terminated.
"Come on, let's dig! Make it big, but keep the root ball intact."
Jiang Wan led the twins to the side, gesturing for them to start digging.
Just then, Jiang Xiaoxin suddenly exclaimed, "Mom, there's something underground!"
Something is rapidly approaching the roots of the dawn redwood tree in the ground around it, constantly turning over the soil.
Cheng Zhen shoveled down and shouted, "What is that! Come out!"
Jiang Wan warned: "Oh no! It's going to attack the dawn redwood!"
Yu Fen unleashed a beam of light to block its attack.
However, at that moment, the "thing" that was supposed to be heading towards the metasequoia suddenly changed direction cunningly and headed straight for Jiang Wan.
It was incredibly fast, and Jiang Wan quickly picked up the twins and retreated repeatedly.
Cheng Zhen became ruthless and unleashed a beam of light. His opponent was a step too slow and was hit squarely.
Then a scream rang out, and a man emerged from underground.
Jiang Wan doesn't usually go out much and only cares about the small plot of land in front of her house. She doesn't know him, but she recognizes his military uniform, which is the uniform of the Xiangcheng City Guard.
"You want to kill me? Why?" Jiang Wan couldn't remember when she had ever been enemies with him.
Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen recognized the man; he was a soldier from the inner city camp who followed Yu Tongguang.
"Damn it, were you acting on Yu Tongguang's orders? Tell me! Why did he kill the expert!" Yu Fen was furious but also extremely excited. This was perfect! He had been worried about not being able to find any dirt on Yu Tongguang!
Go back and report him. He's an assassination expert; that's no small crime!
Zhao Xiaojun was tied up and hung from a nearby tree. His special ability was earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the ground), so he couldn't do anything without the earth.
Hearing him say that, he scoffed, "You're all in cahoots, so none of you should criticize each other!"
"Hmph! I'm in your hands now, do with me as you please! Enough with the nonsense!"
Jiang Wan looked him over and noticed that he wasn't even wearing protective clothing; he was just carrying an oxygen cylinder.
She asked again, "What grudge do you hold against me that would make him risk his life to kill me?"
Zhao Xiaojun was furious: "Stop pretending! It was you! You killed Xiaoyu and her boyfriend! You're a murderer! I'm going to kill you to avenge them!"
"Who is Xiaoyu?" Jiang Wan was getting impatient. Seeing that he was agitated and couldn't get to the point, she waved her hand at Cheng Zhen and the others.
"Go and dig up the dawn redwoods."
It's not worth wasting time on this kind of person.
She took out a picnic mat, spread it on the ground, and then took out biscuits, milk, and bread. She originally wanted to take out some fresh fruit, but because Zhao Xiaojun suddenly appeared, and it was obvious that he was not on her side, she gave up.
Then he beckoned to the twins: "Come here, are you hungry? Come and have something to eat."
Because they were wearing oxygen masks, they could only eat in small bites, but they ate slowly and happily.
Jiang Xiaoshu ate half a pack of biscuits, drank a glass of milk, then got up, clapped her little hands, walked towards Yu Fen, stretched out her little hand, and said, "Give me a shovel, I want to dig too."
Yu Fen thought he was bored and tried to tease him, but Cheng Zhen casually tossed him a small shovel and said, "Be careful."
After Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen finished digging up the tree, they ran over and each drank a bottle of water in one go, and then reached for cookies at the same time.
Jiang Wan felt a pang of heartache; these were all her reserves, and every bit consumed meant less left.
Jiang Xiaoxin reached out to protect them, shouting, "We're small and hungry, you're adults, you can't take it from us!"
Cheng Zhen was just teasing her, and upon hearing this, he laughed heartily, patted the top of her head, and, seeing Yu Fen's surprised look that his boss could laugh so heartily, asked Jiang Wan with a smile:
What do you plan to do with these dawn redwood trees?
“Take it back to Xiangcheng and find a place to plant it. If that doesn’t work, plant it in your camp. This thing is a natural air purifier. I also plan to cultivate and propagate it in large quantities. In our oxygen-deficient post-apocalyptic world, we need plants that can both photosynthesize and purify the air!”
"good."
Cheng Zhen responded, and suddenly, the dug-up metasequoia tree disappeared.
The two little ones were shocked: "Where's the tree?"
Could it be the same superpower their mother possesses? The ability to store things in a separate, unique space?
Jiang Wan was also curious, so she asked him, "Where did you send the dawn redwood?"
"The camp area, let Lao Chen go plant it." Cheng Zhen explained while sending a text message to Lao Chen on his phone.
Jiang Wan thought of the entire camp area, a barren expanse of yellow earth devoid of any greenery, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you sure he can plant anything?"
“If you told him to, he’ll listen.” Cheng Zhen couldn’t help but smile, thinking of the look on Old Chen’s face when he received the message. “He’s so paranoid, it’s not right of him to be so suspicious.”
Yu Fen couldn't help but twitch his lips and tugged at his arm: "Captain, can we be normal for once?"
Cheng Zhen instantly reverted to his usual domineering and impatient demeanor: "What's wrong with me?"
But when he turned to Jiang Wan and her two children, his voice unconsciously dropped several octaves: "Have you rested enough? Let's go."
While hanging from the tree, Zhao Xiaojun shouted, "Hey! What about me?! Can't you guys show me some respect?!"
Jiang Xiaoxin readily complied, giving him a respectful look: "Okay, murderer!"
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