Chapter 1005 Helping with the Evacuation
He Ziyuan's eyes flickered, as if he were deep in thought.
Lin Wanrong didn't care about any of that; all she could think about right now was her dog.
"My Banban really won't hurt anyone, please..."
Before Lin Wanrong could finish speaking, Ye Wanxi interrupted her, "Is Miss a resident of this community?"
"……yes."
"Could you do us a favor?"
"Wha...what kind of help?"
“Since Miss is a resident of this community, she must be quite familiar with everyone here. Xiao He, send a team to follow this lady…”
Ye Wanxi gave her a questioning look, and Lin Wanrong quickly replied, "My surname is Lin."
"Follow Ms. Lin upstairs to evacuate the residents and take them to a safe place to take shelter."
This banyan tree is so large that it's easy to keep it from harming people, but it will definitely take some effort to completely remove it.
Lin Wanrong hesitated upon hearing this: "But Banban also... and this tree will attack people who come out of it."
From the beginning until now, Lin Wanrong is the only one who has successfully escaped from inside, because whenever a banyan branch reaches out to her, Banban, who is still trapped at the top of the banyan tree, tries to attract the old banyan tree's attention.
"It's alright, go and bring them out. We have a way to protect you. Don't worry about your dog either, it will help you get it out."
Lin Wanrong hesitated for a moment, but thinking of those people who were still scared and at a loss upstairs, she gritted her teeth and nodded, saying, "I'm entrusting Banban to you. I'll take you upstairs."
Upon hearing this, He Ziyuan hurriedly led a group of people and followed Lin Wanrong upstairs to rescue the person.
Sure enough, as soon as they approached the residential area, the old banyan tree immediately shifted its attention away from Banban and instead tried to attack the group.
How could Ye Wanxi allow it to hinder the residents' evacuation? She gave Feng Tianyu a wink and ran to the other side.
Feng Tianyu understood and immediately stepped forward to attack the old banyan tree.
Fengtianyu's sword is nothing like a Corgi's newly evolved baby teeth. With one slash, not only did the old banyan tree's bark fall off sparsely all over the ground, but even the cedar wood inside was split open with a large gash.
This single sword strike instantly drew the ire of the enemy. The old banyan tree, no longer caring about the people on the apartment building, turned and attacked Feng Tianyu.
Hearing the noise, Lin Wanrong subconsciously looked back and saw this scene. Her eyes widened in disbelief.
"He...he...he..."
He Ziyuan had already witnessed Feng Tianyu's prowess, but he still couldn't help but exclaim, "Mr. Feng is very capable. That's why we asked him and Miss Ye to come and help us."
Lin Wanrong quickly calmed down. Mutant plants and animals have already appeared, so it's not surprising that a special person or expert would also emerge.
However, knowing that Ye Wanxi and the other person were not ordinary people, her anxiety subsided somewhat.
People like them, since they said they would help save Banban, they shouldn't go back on their word, right?
Thinking this, Lin Wanrong pursed her lips and quickly ran upstairs.
After the earlier incident, some people escaped to lower floors, while others returned to their own rooms and hid inside, too afraid to come out.
Lin Wanrong wasn't sure how many people were still in the building, so she could only knock on doors one by one.
Their apartment building was old, unlike the high-rises in the city that often had twenty or thirty floors; this one only had six floors.
Lin Wanrong lives on the fifth floor and is familiar with the people on the floors above and below her.
After Lin Wanrong went upstairs, the first people she went to see were Grandma Wang and her grandson.
"Wanrong, why are you back again? Where's Banban?"
Grandma Wang was surprised to see Lin Wanrong again. After calming down, she realized that what she had said earlier was not good. After all, Banban had saved her grandson. Although she didn't have any bad intentions, it was not right to ask Lin Wanrong to give it up at this time.
"Banban is still in that tree, Grandma Wang. Someone is coming to rescue us. Quickly pack your things and come with us."
"Someone's come to rescue us?" Grandma Wang was taken aback, then noticed the several young men in uniforms following behind Lin Wanrong. Her face lit up with joy. "They've really come? We'll get out right away!"
As Grandma Wang spoke, she picked up the child and walked out. Seeing that the mutated old banyan tree was still there, her heart couldn't help but pound.
"This tree..."
"It's alright, Mr. Feng is holding it up. We need to hurry."
"Mr. Feng?" Upon hearing He Ziyuan's explanation, Grandma Wang finally noticed that there was a person jumping around in front of the banyan tree, attracting the attention of the banyan branches, and that he could even fly!
“He he he…”
"We'll explain after we leave here. Let's go find the others first."
Although the residential building has only six floors, there are seven or eight households on each floor, totaling forty or fifty households. Each household has one or two people, and some have six or seven people.
After Lin Wanrong found Grandma Wang, Grandma Wang simply led the way, taking them directly to several active residents who usually liked to chat in the owners' group, asking them to help persuade other residents to evacuate with them.
It has to be said that experience truly matters, and Grandma Wang's method was quite effective.
After sending out a few messages, most residents responded quickly. A few households that were still observing couldn't sit still anymore when they saw that everyone around them had left, and they hurriedly followed suit and evacuated.
Evacuating one or two hundred people at once would be too conspicuous, so He Ziyuan divided his team into several groups, assigning them to be responsible for the residents on each floor and leading them to evacuate in an orderly manner.
With so many people fleeing, the commotion was considerable. After fighting with Feng Tianyu for a while, the old banyan tree finally noticed the small movements inside the residential building and realized that he had fallen into a trap. The old banyan tree was furious.
The dense canopy suddenly grew rapidly, extending countless slender banyan branches that pierced towards the residential building.
The residents who had not yet evacuated screamed in terror as they watched the banyan branches that seemed to reach out and pierce right through them.
At the critical moment, a sword light flashed past, and the banyan branch that was reaching out to them fell to the ground with a crack, soon turning into a withered twig.
The residents who were fleeing in panic were all bewildered by this sudden turn of events, and their screams abruptly ceased.
After an unknown amount of time, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Ye Wanxi, it's Ye Wanxi! My God, it really is her! What is she doing here? No, how could she... how could she..."
The speaker was a young girl. She stared wide-eyed at Ye Wanxi, her face full of shock and bewilderment, looking completely bewildered, as if wondering, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I seeing?" It was easy to imagine the kind of worldview she was facing being reshaped.
The residents who knew her well all gathered around and asked her curiously who Ye Wanxi was.
(End of this chapter)
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