Chapter 216 Abandoned City
Yan Ya is a smart person. He is not self-proclaimed, but shows his intelligence in all aspects and is recognized by others.
Compared with other people in the school, he was born in the countryside and his family is not very well off, but he is dedicated to study hard, is honest and diligent, and has strong hands-on ability.
It's just that in peacetime, most of his abilities have no place to show, until the animals and plants mutate, and everything begins to slowly reverse.
He grew up in the mountains and knows plants very well. After some plants mutate, he can identify 80% to 90% of them even by guessing.
Among this group of classmates, several people have been spared from injury because of his reminders, so they gradually began to believe in him and would always consult him first when encountering major events.
Yan Ya has also been working hard. Everyone was trapped underground for many days, and it was Yan Ya who found a new route to escape. Later, when he found that the temperature in the city had dropped, he was the first to say that the temperature might drop further, and suggested that everyone should not continue to walk and find a place to hide.
He knows how to make a fire, and knows what kind of wood is easy to burn without emitting black smoke...
He knows the habits and weaknesses of various insects, and even after mutation, some insects still retain their original weaknesses. In the current situation, even if it is just a hint, it allows others to see the hope of fighting and surviving...
In this way, he slowly became one of the leaders of this team.
This time, he was the one who came up with the idea of following the woman in black and leaving the building. Some people objected, thinking that it was a bit reckless to follow a stranger out without a complete plan.
But some people believed in his judgment. After all, in the eyes of normal people, going out for supplies, and the other party's appearance at this time just proved that Yan Ya's previous point of view was correct.
The heavy snow stopped, and the city that was blocked by ice and snow reappeared on the ground. The plants were half dead, and there were no insects. This was the best time.
Among the three main team members, one was a girl and two were boys.
The girl's name was Zhuo Yun, a black belt in Taekwondo, and she was also beautiful. Along the way, because of her presence, everyone felt a lot more at ease.
She was also the object that Yan Ya had always wanted to pull over, but he didn't expect that it would make Mu Kelian jealous.
As for the reason why Yan Ya pulled Zhuo Yun, it has to do with another boy besides Yan Ya.
His name is Lu Yichen. Unlike Yan Ya, he is a second-generation rich man. Although his academic performance is average, he is very worldly-wise and has learned some self-defense martial arts. Most importantly, he has "money ability".
The reason why this group of students can still survive after being trapped in the school, basement, and building is because he spent money to buy a large number of supplies in the early stage when animals and plants have not yet completely spread.
At that time, the situation in this small town was not bad. His nouveau riche father even thought about taking people and supplies to this small town for refuge. But in the end, the other party had not arrived yet, the small town also fell, and his father also completely lost contact with him halfway.
He knew that it was impossible for him to leave the city with so many supplies by himself, so he formed a team with a few friends, and then merged with Yan Ya's team and Zhuo Yun's team at school.
The three parties cooperated to form the current team.
Because of their different growth environments and personalities, Lu Yichen and Yan Ya inevitably had conflicts of opinion.
Just like this time, he approved of the plan to go to the shopping center to search for the necessary supplies, but he disagreed with leaving immediately and felt that a good plan was needed.
Zhuo Yun thought it was worth a try, mainly because he was confident in his own martial arts.
Yan Ya breathed a sigh of relief that Zhuo Yun was willing to go, but Mu Kelian was unwilling to do it again, and with the continued instigation of the slightly fat boy before, she said she had to go.
"What are you going to do? Be a mascot? If you are in danger, don't you need others to save you?" Zhuo Yun is not as easy to talk to as Shen Qiu. Yan Ya gave her some instant noodles and she looked at her with resentment. She will not be polite.
"I am going with my Aya. Anyway, even if I am in danger, I don't need you to save me!" If someone patiently persuaded her a few times - such as Shen Qiu, Mu Kelian might give up, but now that Zhuo Yun said this, she was determined to go.
Yan Ya was afraid that the woman in black would leave quickly and he would not find her, so he immediately started to put on protective equipment and take weapons after making the decision. He didn't have much time, so he persuaded Mu Kelian a few times but it didn't work, so he stopped talking.
Finally, Mu Kelian dragged Shen Qiu along, and left the building with Yan Ya, Zhuo Yun, and several other classmates who had always stood by them unconditionally.
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The rain kept falling, and You Xi did not walk fast, not because of the "tails" behind her, but because of the dense seeds in the ground under her feet.
She stopped again on an uneven ground, controlled the plant power, and selected one of the seeds in the soil to assist in the birth.
Mutated plants require slightly more power than ordinary crop seeds, but because she controlled and selected only one auxiliary object, the power consumed was not much.
After a while, a small tender green seedling emerged from the cement crack. Youxi reached out her hand and the seedling immediately rubbed against her fingers and trembled twice.
She smiled. The plants that she personally promoted had a higher affinity than those that grew on their own.
This was a mutant rose seedling. She had seen mutant roses before. The thorns on the roots could be directly ejected after maturity. Although they could not cause serious damage, they were dense in number and could still make people feel miserable.
Youxi felt that since she had the potential to catalyze mutations and carry battles waiting to be excavated, it should not be wasted. Therefore, this trip was also to find suitable mutant plants to bring with her and slowly cultivate.
The mutant rose seedling could sense what she meant, but it tried to move a few times, looking at its roots deeply rooted in the soil, and trembling in depression.
Youxi understood that although it had mutated, it still could not leave the land. If she wanted to take it away, she could find a potted plant, put some soil in it, plant it in it, and carry it with her.
But the Star House Warehouse cannot store living things. Even if she breeds and cultivates it to the point where it can fight in the future, she still has to carry the potted plant with her all the time.
She thought about how she would look like when she walked around carrying a potted plant all day, and a frown appeared on her forehead - wouldn't that make her look like Li Tianwang holding a pagoda?
After considering for a moment, she chose to give up. If you want to choose a suitable mutant plant as a fighting partner, the first condition is that it can get rid of the soil on its own.
Mutated rose seedling:? ? ? ?
After thinking this through, Youxi rubbed the mutated rose seedling with her fingertips and stood up to leave again.
A distance away from Youxi, Yan Ya and his group were having a hard time walking.
Although there were no plants blocking the way, the road was severely damaged. Sometimes the gap between two concrete slabs was large and required climbing. In addition, the muddy and slippery water could cause the gravel underfoot to collapse and the ankle to be trapped if one made a wrong step.
Even Zhuo Yun, who was the most skilled, was panting all the way, not to mention Mu Kelian and Shen Qiu.
Although Shen Qiu was not very skilled, she had high endurance and could sometimes continue to crawl while rolling. In order not to be outdone by Zhuo Yun, Mu Kelian put away her usual coquettishness and held her breath to continue walking.
As time went by, Yan Ya couldn't help but feel a little worried. Although she was still walking towards the shopping center, her route was winding. It would take her half an hour to reach her destination, but now it has been nearly two hours and she is still two intersections away from the shopping center.
Mu Kelian still kept complaining, suspecting that she knew they were behind her and was deliberately dawdling.
"No, she must have something to do." Shen Qiu saw that Mu Kelian was getting angrier and angrier, which made others a little angry, and couldn't help but speak.
Mu Kelian ran away quickly that day, so she didn't hear any sound or have close contact with her. She was different. She recognized You Xi when she heard her speak in the building.
It was precisely because she knew the other party's unpredictable ability that she followed Mu Kelian and the others out. Compared with her classmates, she believed in the ability of this mysterious sister more.
When the other party stopped again and again, half-crouched on the spot, not knowing what to do, she looked at the classmate who was slightly dissatisfied and complaining and wanted to speak, but when she glanced at the other party again, the other party made a snorting gesture at her.
The action was extremely fast, almost passing by, and if she hadn't raised her head, she would not have noticed it at all.
She didn't know how the other party calculated the time to make the action, but it was obvious that what she meant was: don't say it.
Shen Qiu was not stupid. She understood that the other party must have her own reasons for asking this, so she took back all the words she wanted to say.
But some things cannot be said, which does not mean that she is willing to watch her companions say bad things about the other party-even if this person is Mu Kelian.
Mu Kelian had been a little upset with Shen Qiu these days because she found out that she had secretly kept the Starry Sky Lollipops. Now she was even more angry when she saw that she was speaking for a stranger.
"Qiuqiu, why are you speaking for outsiders? Who is your friend?"
Shen Qiu didn't say anything, nor did she immediately coax her because her friend was angry, which made Mu Kelian even angrier. Zhuo Yun looked at her and laughed sarcastically: "Do you think you are the center of the world? Can't others have their own ideas?"
As soon as Zhuo Yun opened her mouth, Mu Kelian seemed to be a bomb that was ignited and exploded immediately. Yan Ya couldn't stand it anymore and whispered to her to stop making trouble.
Mu Kelian felt very aggrieved. She wanted to speak, but when she saw the solemn expression on Yan Ya's face, she knew that he was really angry. In the end, she could only pout and look pitiful and aggrieved.
Unfortunately, she was wearing a mask like everyone else, so Yan Ya couldn't see her aggrieved expression.
You Xi could see the "bustle" here clearly even if she didn't see it.
Two hours were almost up, and she stopped again, took out the [sunscreen spray] from her backpack (Xingwu Warehouse) to add an oxygen protective film to herself.
She took the pink and white bottle in her hand, and then quickly sprayed her whole body. The "tails" behind her all understood this action.
"Oh my god! Spraying sunscreen on a rainy day? How special!" Zhuo Yun practices Taekwondo, so she admires the strong in her heart. In addition, although the other party walked slowly and leisurely, it was effortless to climb up and down, and the movements were smooth and neat. She knew that the other party's skills were far superior to hers.
She had a natural liking for the strong, so she did not agree with the ideas of Mu Kelian and the others.
Yan Ya frowned at the side, and finally decided to go forward and talk to the other party.
In his opinion, the woman in black had already seen their plan and was deliberately delaying time in order to increase the negotiation conditions for the next cooperation.
He wanted to have a good talk with the other party and agree on a specific method of cooperation. Although their weapons and equipment were not as strong as hers, and their average strength was not as good as hers, they had more people. If they were really in danger, who knows who would help whom. He hoped that she would not underestimate them too much.
"Do you think I want to go to the shopping mall?" You Xi looked at the young boy in front of her, still with that faint tone.
"Otherwise, is it really like you said, just out for a stroll?" Yan Ya thought of Lu Yichen who opposed the immediate action, and didn't want to go back empty-handed.
He wanted to borrow the other party's strength, but he didn't want to cooperate with the other party in a begging manner, so he finally opened his mouth in this way.
But in You Xi's eyes, this clumsy way of negotiation failed terribly. After all, the other party was a student who had not yet entered the society. Although he was not a bad person, he was naive and confident, and too self-righteous, which made him lose his sincerity.
However, the little girl was also in the team today. Youxi liked her very much and didn't want her to make a wasted trip.
So, she nodded to Yan Ya and agreed to cooperate.
At this point, she stopped wandering and changed direction. Twenty minutes later, she arrived at the entrance of the shopping center with a group of students.
As soon as she walked in, Youxi felt the plants inside were ready to move.
They were asking her for help. Those elephants were too scary. During this period of heavy snow and cold weather, there was no food outside, so those elephants stayed upstairs and were about to eat them all...
Youxi spent some time communicating with the plants, and finally reached an agreement with them. They retracted some branches and leaves, made a narrow passage, and let them pass. She would help them deal with the elephants on the top floor later.
"Turn left directly after entering, pass through the narrow road in the middle of the vines, take the passage to the checkout area, and then take the stairs inside the supermarket to the upper shelves to get what you need. This is the closest and safest way."
Everyone: ???
She found the safest way now?
But they just came in less than a minute ago!
A group of people stood in the damaged gate of the shopping center. They first looked at the escalator leading to the second floor. The escalator was partially damaged, but there were basically no plants there. Compared with the other densely planted path that Youxi pointed out, the staircase passage was obviously much safer.
Several students looked at each other, obviously not believing what Youxi said.
Youxi did not persuade them, but just found a clean corner to lean against and continued to communicate with the plants.
"I believe her." Shen Qiu wanted to pull Mu Kelian, but the other party shook her hand away and hid directly behind Yan Ya. She sighed, turned around without hesitation, and stopped in front of the narrow vine road.
After a while, Zhuo Yun also led a few people to turn left: "Let's give it a try, maybe someone has been here before and knows it."
The others looked at Yan Ya, but Yan Ya was caught in a fierce psychological struggle. On the one hand, he wanted to choose the simple and easy way, but his experience in the end times told him that there was no one in this world who was truly honest and sincere.
At least, he himself was not such a person.
Everyone has their own selfishness, especially in this situation.
Maybe she just wanted to use them to pave the way for her...
If this road was really so easy, why did she spend so much time on the road before, deliberately hanging them, why didn't she go straight to the shopping mall?
One after another, doubts popped up in his heart, and he felt that his thoughts were in a mess.
Seeing his expression, the people who had been following him couldn't help but speak again: "Are you still going to look for supplies? We have already come here with you, or are you going to return directly now?"
The other party's words calmed Yan Ya down. He didn't want to return empty-handed, but he didn't believe that there would be any free lunch.
So, he finally spoke: "How about this, you don't go that way, wait for me here, Xiaozhong and the others will try the escalator first. There are really no plants here, at least it looks safe on the surface."
He said, looking at the woman in black, who didn't say anything, and even made a gesture of invitation.
Yan Ya made up his mind and turned to Mu Kelian: "You stay too."
Mu Kelian looked at the empty black escalator going up, then looked back at Zhuo Yun: "They don't believe you, but I do! I, I'll wait for you here..."
"Puchi——" This was Zhuo Yun's merciless ridicule.
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