Chapter 215 Seeds
You Xi thought she was seeing things. She raised her head and walked directly to the glass wall. With her superior vision, she looked at other buildings that were closer to her building.
Most of the leaves on the vines had fallen off. They looked completely dead. The heavy rain kept falling, washing the withered vines and taking the remaining dead leaves with them.
Some of the dead vines could not cling to the outer wall due to the erosion of rain, and gradually fell off.
So, the movement of the vines she saw in the telescope just now was due to the erosion of rain?
You Xi focused her attention and began to use her plant ability to sense all the plants within the current range.
The first thing she sensed was the plants that had not yet sprouted, were sprouting, and had grown into seedlings in the plant wall behind her. These were ordinary crops, not mutants, so she could only sense that they were growing, without any emotional response.
But when her senses leaned more towards sensing the growth of these plants, she immediately found that her physical strength was rapidly draining away along with the plant power.
She hurriedly controlled her senses and withdrew her power from the plant wall behind her. Then she looked back and found that only half of the planting grids had sprouted yesterday, but now two-thirds of them had sprouted tender green buds.
She remembered that her plant power could also shorten the growth cycle of plants, but she didn't expect that when she accidentally used this ability, her physical strength would be drained so quickly.
[Be careful. Your plant ability is not as good as your ice control, especially in assisting growth. There are 280 planting grids here. With your current control, if you can't accurately control which growth to assist, the plants in the 280 planting grids will absorb your ability at the same time.]
"I understand. I'll pay attention next time." You Xi nodded and began to concentrate again. This time, when her sense passed over the planting wall, she no longer sensed the growth of the plants in the planting wall, but spread down along the outer wall of the building, and then headed towards the nearby buildings in her sight with the building as the center.
No... no... no...
those vines should have really died. She didn't sense any vitality.
Youxi held onto the glass wall with her hand, her eyes looking downwards, and her senses followed the building opposite to the ground.
Although the vines outside the wall were dead, there were still many trees on the ground. Although many of them looked like they were only left with bare branches, this was originally a northern city, and many of the trees in the city were cold-resistant, and low temperatures and heavy snow would not kill them.
Moreover, there would always be stubborn weeds in the cracks of the rugged concrete floor, and she wanted to try to sense those and compare them with the vines on the wall.
Sure enough, as her senses approached the ground, she slowly felt the vitality of plants. Some were inside buildings. Those plants were originally more afraid of cold. They had already broken through the walls before the heavy snow came and took root in the buildings.
After the temperature dropped, they relied on the walls of the building to resist the previous wind and snow. At this moment, they were shaking their branches and leaves because of the rising temperature.
On the ground, the bare branches gave her weak vitality, which meant that their vitality was severely damaged, but they were still alive.
Youxi's senses continued to move downward, along the branches to the ground, and then along the roots of the plants into the soil - she was startled and almost retracted her senses.
Under the concrete ruins, under the city where most plants were dead and dying, there was a dense vitality.
Those are all plant seeds, which are gradually waking up because of the rise in temperature outside, and are extremely eager for nutrients and growth.
**
After breakfast, the rain was a little lighter.
Such weather is beneficial to her.
You Xi called You Feng and Fan Qi to the terrace. There is a lot of space here. She took out the low-altitude floating car stored in the Xingwu warehouse on one side of the planting wall, and took out some materials placed in the car compartment to save space.
"This is the car I got in the last world. It is a flying car with a maximum flight altitude of 400 meters. It is very convenient to use." She briefly explained how to use the car, and recorded the data of the two people's pupils and voices so that it can be unlocked and used at any time in the future.
Now that the snow has stopped in this small town and the temperature has risen, the seeds buried underground have not yet sprouted. The entire city is in the middle of a transition period, and she wants to take advantage of this transition period to go out for a walk.
Now that visibility is high and they are on the top of a building, if they drive a low-altitude vehicle, they can take their parents out directly, which is very convenient.
Fan Qi and You Feng are obviously very curious about the low-altitude vehicle. After checking it inside and out several times, they still rejected their daughter's proposal. The reason for the rejection is simple: although the ground is a mess, there are still many satellites working in the sky.
Satellites can now take clear photos of even residential houses, not to mention the UFOs that suddenly appeared in the city. Unlike their daughter, they can enter and exit the Star House at will. They need Star Coins to teleport back to the Star House. Usually, they will just go home in the normal way: the car flies to the Star House and stops, and then walks.
Although they also want to take a flying car to go out, they gave up when they thought of the trouble that might bring.
Youxi certainly considered the satellite. If there is a working radar near this city, the photos will be clearer.
She just thought that it would be okay even if they were photographed. The glass of the low-altitude car could be adjusted to an anti-inner-viewing mode, so the people inside could not be seen in the photo. At most, her parents would need to show
their faces when they moved from the star house to the car, but in this case, they didn't even need to wear fake lipstick. The canopy and mask could completely cover it up. What's more, a month later, the star house left here, and they didn't even know where their destination was.
Even if the authorities discovered something strange in the satellite pictures, identified it as a UFO, located this city, and located this building, they would not be able to find them.
However, Fan Qi and You Feng were more cautious than her, and this caution completely overwhelmed their curiosity and yearning for flying cars.
"Next time, the Star House is located at such a high altitude this time, it is not very convenient to enter and exit. But if you really need to go out, you can take out this car and use it somewhere else. Anyway, you can always take it back home."
Fan Qi touched her daughter's head and turned to the planting wall.
You Xi placed an electric escalator with rollers next to the glass wall for her, so that she could move up and down at any time to observe the situation of each planting grid. For her, the charm of the planting wall now overwhelms everything.
She only took a few glances and then made a surprised sound, saying that the crops in several grids had sprouted.
"Be careful when you go out. Are you going home for lunch? If not, send me a message." You Feng gestured to the transparent phone on his wrist, took a half-read book from the bookshelf beside him, made himself a cup of Longjing tea, then turned on the stretch screen and selected a playlist he had prepared in the past few days. The
leisurely and simple music flowed on the terrace. He sat on the recliner and began to read.
You Xi: ...
Since the terrace appeared after the upgrade of the star house, her parents have become less interested in going out for adventures, and have completely entered the state of retirement as elderly people.
But they should complete physical training every day, and both of them will complete it meticulously.
They are just much calmer than before, as if they have completely accepted and faced the changes in the planet, no longer entangled in whether they will be a drag, and no longer force themselves to follow her out for adventures and exercise.
They all found their most comfortable way of life.
Youxi smiled, put away the low-altitude car, and before leaving, she remembered something and told her parents that if anyone kept saying outside the Star House: Star House, please, I need help, just send her a message and she will go home immediately.
**
Twenty minutes later, Youxi left the Star House and appeared in the ruined building.
For safety reasons, she still used the [sunscreen spray]. With this layer of oxygen isolation film equivalent to the effect of a space suit, except for purely physical powerful attacks, she can almost walk sideways on this planet.
Because she was going out on foot, she was wrapped more tightly today, wearing a pure black slim-fitting suit made of waterproof and breathable fabric, plus military boots. In addition to the backpack, she also carried a Tang sword on her back, and a bayonet was pinned to the leather buckle at her waist.
This slim-fitting outfit has a black vest inside and a zip-up shirt outside. Because the fabric is thin and close-fitting, it perfectly outlines her figure.
As she walks, the tight muscle lines on her slender figure are faintly visible.
She did not use [fake lipstick], but wore a simple mask without complicated patterns on her face. Except for the eyes and lips, everything else was covered tightly.
Raindrops fell from the sky, and before landing on her, they were condensed into hard ice beads. After a one-second pause, they bypassed the people below and fell on both sides of her body. This kind of control ability is now as easy as breathing for her.
As long as she doesn't want to, no matter how heavy the rain is, she will not get wet.
You Xi walked over the broken stairwell door and walked down slowly.
The survivors' shelter on the 14th floor was very lively, and everyone noticed the changes in the outside world.
Some were very happy, while others were still worried.
"It looks like winter is finally over! It's a little late, but after today's rain, the snow has melted and the road is open. We can leave soon!"
"Yeah, the temperature has risen too. It was so cold before that someone had to watch over the fire every night. Now it's great, everyone can sleep peacefully tonight!"
"Well, when the rain stops, we can go out and search for supplies!"
"You think too simply. So many days have passed since we were trapped underground and then trapped in this building. There is no way the car we agreed on before is still there. Even if we walk through the city, how can we leave?"
"That's right, have you all forgotten what happened in this city before? There were so many disgusting and terrifying giant insects, and all kinds of poisonous plants..."
"Then what should we do? The food is almost gone, and we have searched this building before. Where can we find food if we don't go out?"
"We must go out!" A handsome young boy spoke. His name is Yan Ya, and he is one of the key figures among the survivors.
As soon as he spoke, the other people who were talking fell silent: "We are now short of all supplies: food, medicine, protective equipment and gasoline! The car we agreed on before is definitely gone, but we should be able to find other cars near the highway and national road outside the city. If it really doesn't work, there is a shopping mall near the building we came from before, and there must be usable means of transportation inside: electric cars, bicycles, scooters...even tricycles! As long as the car can help us save energy, it can be used!"
"Aya is right!" Mu Kelian looked at her handsome boyfriend and nodded vigorously.
"What's right? That shopping mall has been invaded by plants for a long time. Who dares to go in, you?" A slightly fat boy spoke.
"I'll go if I want to! Anyway, whoever dares to go can go together. Once we get the supplies, the other cowards who don't dare to go are not allowed to use them!"
"You? And you got the supplies? Hahahaha..."
"You...what give you the right to look down on me!" Mu Kelian rushed to the other party, looking like she was going to have a fight with him
. Shen Qiu hurriedly grabbed her and pulled her back.
Yan Ya glanced at Mu Kelian, who was full of dissatisfaction and anger, and wanted to persuade her, but when he thought about how she got even angrier after he persuaded her when a similar situation happened before, he gave up.
In fact, among so many students here, there were only one or two who raised objections, and most of the others were considering the feasibility of this plan.
He didn't need to pay attention to the people who were throwing cold water on him. They couldn't stay here forever. They had listened to various situations outside on the radio before and knew where the nearest shelter was. They had also planned the route from this small town to there.
Now that the snow had stopped and the temperature had risen, it was a good opportunity to leave.
In his opinion, it was precisely because there were various plants and insects growing in the shopping mall that few people dared to go in before the temperature dropped. They were sure to find the supplies they needed in there.
He had already observed that because of the low temperature and heavy snow, many vines outside the nearby buildings had died. So far, there was no sign of insects. The situation in the shopping mall should be similar.
Now is the best time to go out and search for supplies!
So Yan Ya turned around and started discussing going to the shopping mall with others.
It was at this time that You Xi passed by the stairwell on the fourteenth floor.
In order to save wood for heating, their group usually stayed in the small hall in the middle of the corridor, and some people would stand in the corridor near the stairwell to whisper.
The two men saw You Xi, dressed in black, passing by through the glass window of the stairwell door, and they were frightened and screamed.
Yan Ya and others who were originally planning immediately rushed over when they heard the sound.
"What's wrong?"
"There's... there's, there's someone, coming down... from upstairs... he's not, not one of us..."
"How many people are there on the other side?"
"One."
Relying on the large number of people, the students crowded into the stairwell and looked down. Sure enough, there was a slender figure walking slowly down the stairs.
"It's actually a woman..." someone whispered softly.
The other party seemed to have heard it, paused, and looked up at them. Several classmates were startled by the other party's face, and subconsciously retracted their necks. After a closer look, they found that it was a mask.
Yan Ya's eyes swept across the Tang sword on the other party, and suddenly said: "Hello! Where are you going?"
You Xi curled her lips lightly: "Go out for a walk."
The other party:...
**
Not long after You Xi stepped out of the building, she felt that several tails behind her also walked out of the building.
They were wrapped up much more tightly than she was, wearing old protective clothing, protective hats, goggles, masks and gloves. Almost everyone was carrying an empty large backpack and holding homemade weapons in their hands.
They did not go up to disturb her, but in their opinion, if a girl dared to go out alone at this time, then they must be able to do it as well.
Of course, they would not believe the reason she said "going out for a stroll". At this time, anyone who dared to take the risk to go out basically did so for supplies.
This is a small city, and the shopping mall near the building is already very large in the city. Yan Ya wanted to take a gamble and see if she would go there too.
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