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Jiang Lin did not agree immediately. In fact, they themselves were also short of patrol personnel. If some of them were allocated to Shen Xu and his team, the risk of Base A being exposed would greatly increase.
"Even if we assign people to you, it will be useless. The most important thing now is to make them accept everything on land as soon as possible, otherwise the next riot will be large-scale." Wen Yan said coldly.
Shen Xu frowned. He knew that today's explosion and injuries were just the beginning. If it was not resolved quickly, a bigger disaster would break out sooner or later.
"Why don't you just pick a few people with good skills from those you brought here, so that they can practice their survival ability in the deserted underwater base." Jiang Lin suggested.
"I understand. Thank you for what happened today." Shen Xu smiled gently.
Jiang Lin: "I can bring a few people over to train the patrolmen you selected. You should form a team as soon as possible. Mutated plants are not static. They will only get stronger."
Shen Xu nodded, his expression solemn.
Jiang Lin and Wen Yan drove the fire truck back, while Song Si stayed where they were. "Take your time. Everything takes time. I believe you can handle it."
She patted Shen Xu's shoulder and was about to leave, but he grabbed her wrist.
"Team Leader Song, it's not appropriate for you to leave now. Please collect your scattered thoughts. Starting today, you must participate in the construction of the base. I'll leave the recruitment of patrolmen to you." Shen Xu looked at her with a smile.
A row of black lines appeared on Song Si's forehead. If he had known this would happen, he would rather have rotted in the massage room with Shen Wei.
Thinking of Shen Wei, Song Si recalled what Jiang Lin had told her about the seawater changes. She paused and said, "I went to see Jiang Lin today. She said that the seawater has begun to change."
"I think your decision to return to land is correct. The seabed is no longer a completely safe haven."
Shen Xu closed his eyes in boredom, and thinking of his sister who was unwilling to come up from the bottom of the sea gave him a headache: "Did she say what this change would cause?"
"No, they didn't get a definite result, but mutation is never a good thing." Song Si thought, since Jiang Lin mentioned it specifically, it means that she thinks the direction of the mutation must be harmful.
"I understand. Go ahead and prepare for the patrol."
Song Si waved her hand and left. Now that Shen Xu had assigned her a troublesome task, she had no time to rest. She really didn't know how Jiang Lin managed to control the entire base.
At night, all the moss creatures in City B began to become restless and make their unique sounds.
Qin Yun's ears quickly caught the unusual movements of the moss creatures. She stopped on the road and carefully identified them, and found that these movements came from almost all directions.
After living with moss creatures for so long, Qin Yun has never encountered such a large-scale movement.
"What happened to Captain Qin?" The patrolman following her asked in confusion. Most of these people were rescued from the air-raid shelter by Jiang Lin, and they were all familiar with each other.
"Those things are very restless tonight and keep moving. I suspect that all the mutant creatures in City B are in this restless mood." Qin Yun said with a frown.
"Report to the base commander and Wen Yan from the special operations department." Qin Yun decided to report immediately. She felt that this matter was not that simple.
Jiang Lin had just fallen asleep when her wristband vibrated and woke her up. The patrol had sent her an alert. She quickly got out of bed and dressed.
"You've been so busy! I haven't seen you rest properly in all these days." The system silently complained, "If you keep going like this, you'll die young."
"Have you calculated the average age of death of humans in the apocalypse? Maybe I'm already considered long-lived." Jiang Lin put on his combat uniform and walked outside.
The temperature was still a bit cool at night, so the bracelet's built-in lighting system turned on.
Jiang Lin then realized that Wen Yan had also come out, and he also looked like he had just woken up.
Qin Yun's patrol team approached them from a distance: "Base Commander, I suspect that all the mutant plants in City B are in some unknown state of agitation."
"Since eight o'clock tonight, I have been hearing the sound of them moving. Normally, these creatures don't like to move. They only start moving when they find prey."
Qin Yun's words made Jiang Lin fall into deep thought: "Has this situation ever happened before?"
Qin Yun shook his head: "Never. If I must say, the last time I noticed something was wrong was when they collectively awakened."
Jiang Lin: "Is it possible that they are evolving this time?" She recalled that the sacred trees seemed to be getting more and more powerful.
"I don't think so. Their reaction is more like they feel threatened."
In a corner of the city, the roots of the sacred tree poked out from the ground and ate the surrounding moss creatures in one gulp. Unexpectedly, City B actually developed mutant plants with slight intelligence.
But unfortunately, these things are destined to become her nourishment.
The roots of Shenmu breathed on the land, and she smelled a strong human scent: "There are so many survivors in City B." Shenmu's spirit became more and more excited, and she couldn't wait to turn these people into her own compilation army.
The human smell came from the east area, one side was weak and the other side was heavy. Shenmu immediately decided to start from the heavy side.
Her roots crawled on the ground, devouring the original mutated moss creatures in City B along the way. The sounds these things made were very faint.
But it was especially clear in Qin Yun's ears. It was because of this ability that she was able to survive until now: "Base Commander, they seem to be screaming."
"Screaming?" Jiang Lin was even more confused. Could someone be outside cleaning up moss creatures in the middle of the night? That didn't seem realistic.
"Yes, they often make this sound before they die." Qin Yun was also a little confused, but she was sure that she had not heard it wrong.
What on earth could make these mutated mosses so scared? Jiang Lin touched his chin, feeling like something was about to burst out of his head.
The sacred tree spreads all the way to Base B, with a strong human scent.
It quietly settled in the corner, and a small seedling that looked harmless grew in the corner of the wall of Base B on a night when no one was paying attention.
At the same time, the moss creatures that had been climbing on the wall began to stir frantically. Even Jiang Lin could hear their movements. "It seems that the thing they are afraid of is approaching."
Jiang Lin walked towards the gate and saw a magical scene. The moss creatures that were originally around Base B ran out frantically.
Suddenly, all the moss creatures in Base B disappeared.
"Did they release some biological weapon? I've never seen this thing so scary." Qin Yun sighed.
The sacred tree continued to devour the surrounding moss organisms, which became its best nutrients.
Its seedling gradually grows thicker and develops into a tree.
Jiang Lin's mental power suddenly sensed a familiar wave. Her eyes widened and her expression suddenly became serious: "It's her, she's here."
Wen Yan turned his head and looked at her. In Jiang Lin's eyes, he saw the answer that she least wanted to see.
"Who is it?" Qin Yun still didn't understand the situation.
"The largest mutant plant in City A once destroyed the entire First Base. It is parasitic nearby. Sooner or later, our two bases will be destroyed." Jiang Lin didn't want to go through that scene again.
Qin Yun swallowed his saliva. How terrifying must be this mutant plant that even Jiang Lin was so cautious about?
"Let's go into Base B and take a look. We must eradicate the problem completely." Jiang Lin didn't want the sacred tree to destroy his city B just after he arrived there and before he could even start developing.
At the Southern Base in City A, Chen Guanghai looked at Li Qi and asked, "Have you visited Jiang Lin recently?"
"Why should I go? I'm going to die. Where else can they go except staying in the seaside base." Li Qi rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"I always feel like something is wrong. It's been too quiet these past few days, as if we are the only ones left in City A." Chen Guanghai put down the things in his hands. He was very nervous tonight.
"If you want to go, go by yourself. If Jiang Lin sees me again, I might lose my life." Li Qi spread his hands and walked outside.
Chen Guanghai's face was gloomy. He waved his hand, and the mutant beside him immediately stepped forward and said, "Go and see what Jiang Lin is doing at the seaside base."
The mutant nodded and instantly disappeared from the room.
On the other side, Li Qi, who had said she would not go, also slipped out secretly. She had a premonition that Jiang Lin was no longer in City A, and she did not want Chen Guanghai to report to Shenmu.
She calmed down. She had to stay calm at a time like this and not let Shenmu notice her thoughts.
When the mutant arrived at the seaside base, he saw a group of empty buildings and no sign of Jiang Lin at all. He immediately turned around and prepared to go back to report the news.
Li Qi followed closely behind. She was also shocked to see the deserted seaside base. She didn't expect Jiang Lin to leave without anyone noticing.
Seeing the mutant who went back to report the news, she wanted to take action but didn't know what her position was.
Seeing the mutants getting closer and closer to the southern base, Li Qi gritted his teeth and chased after them.
The mutant felt a heavy blow on his neck and fainted. Li Qi looked at his condition and estimated that he would be unconscious for a while.
Well, that's it. She slipped into First Base as if she had never left.
Chen Guanghai waited and watched, but the mutant he sent out never showed up. He didn't find it strange, thinking that Jiang Lin had probably discovered and killed him.
Was he really overthinking it? He continued with the experiment at hand.
On the other side, Jiang Lin had already arrived at Base B and woke up Shen Xu, Song Si and the others.
Song Si said with a sour face: "It's the middle of the night, you'd better have something urgent, otherwise I will have a fight with you." Who knows the feeling of being woken up by a communicator in the middle of the night? Song Si's face is so sour now that no one dares to get close to him.
"I suspect that a very powerful mutant plant has taken root in Base B. We must get rid of it quickly." Jiang Lin said with a serious face.
Qin Yun on the side explained again the strange things that happened tonight.
Chen Xu: "What kind of mutant plants are you taking so seriously?" Chen Xu hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter. He had seen Jiang Lin kill many mutant plants and didn't think these things were a big threat.
"If you don't want all the people you brought up from the bottom of the sea to turn into half-human, half-ghost mutants, you can let her grow."
Shen Xu’s expression changed.
Everyone began to look for the sacred tree at Base B according to Jiang Lin's description. Jiang Lin did not dare to release his mental power for fear of being captured by the sacred tree and alerting the enemy.
"There." Jiang Lin was the first to find her mortal enemy.
Wen Yan looked at the inconspicuous sapling and asked, "What should we do now?"
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