Return to City A
After recuperating in the warm underground hot springs, Li Qi's body recovered to its best condition, and he felt a long-lost sense of relaxation all over his body.
But this warm mist often made her feel intoxicated, so she shook her head hard to wake herself up briefly.
Li Qi opened her eyes and saw that not only her, but all the plants around her were in a state of intoxication.
"Xiao Kui, wake up." Li Qi reached out and shook the sunflower closest to her. Xiao Kui's body was soft, so she held its roots and shook it hard.
"Boss, stop shaking it. I feel like vomiting." Xiaokui's corolla was spinning around because of Li Qi's shaking.
Although he didn't know whether the plant would vomit, Li Qi quickly let go of his hand and retreated to a safe distance.
"You, you you you you." When Xiao Kui regained consciousness, she saw Li Qi with a cautious look on his face, afraid that he would vomit on her.
"I'm kidding. How can a plant vomit?"
Li Qi thought about it and felt that it was right. She walked to Xiao Kui embarrassedly, and the next second, a torrential downpour of melon seeds fell on her head.
"Xiao Kui!" Li Qi's face turned pale, and he felt like he was going to break Xiao Kui in the next second.
Of course she did so, but the moment she grasped the rhizome of the sunflower, Li Qi stopped and said, "Why do you seem to have gained weight?"
Li Qi looked at it seriously. Xiaokui was much stronger than before.
"What do you mean by gaining weight? I'm just getting stronger." Xiaokui was speechless, proudly holding up its larger yellow corolla.
It's like the sun in an underground cave.
"Stronger?" Li Qi looked at it and found that all the mutant plants around it had grown a circle bigger, filling up the underground cave.
"What's going on?" Li Qi pushed away the Maomaocao that was approaching.
Maomaocao was pushed away and lay on the ground looking at her sadly.
"Well, I don't know why, but it's like there's hormones in the air here. I've grown up, and I've become stronger."
A sunflower seed spurted out from the corolla of the sunflower and directly penetrated into the distant rock wall, almost completely submerged in it.
It itself was a little unbelievable: "I am so strong now."
Li Qi watched everything in front of him silently. The sacred tree also had the ability to mutate plants, but these plants in front of him underwent a second mutation under the influence of the golden tree.
She walked across the warm spring to the small tree in the center and tentatively touched its rough bark.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not here to hurt you." Xiaoshu's voice appeared directly in her mind like a sacred tree.
Li Qi was so frightened that he let go of his hand and took a step back cautiously: "Who are you, and what is your relationship with Shenmu?"
"I'm here to save you, but the prerequisite is that you must help Jiang Lin." Xiaoshu's voice was soft, but it revealed an authority that could not be refused.
"Why should I help her? She and I are enemies."
"That's not important. What's important is getting rid of the sacred tree."
Li Qi took a step back. The small tree in front of her was very different from the small bud standing on her shoulder. It had warmth but also a sense of alienation.
Jiang Lin looked at the snow that was slowly getting heavier. Could it be that he was overthinking it and the weather had not warmed up?
She walked on the cleared road, where people were already having snowball fights and building snowmen.
Jiang Lin saw a familiar figure and walked over: "What are you doing?"
"Ah, I'm so scared." Xu Anan was startled by the sudden appearance of Jiang Lin and almost fell into the round snowball in front of her.
Song Si felt a little embarrassed for some reason. After greeting Jiang Lin, he walked to Xu Anan's side.
"The snow today has become a little sticky. It was loose before and hard to pick up." Xu Anan said, looking at the big snowball next to her.
Jiang Lin squatted on the ground and picked up a handful of snow. It did feel a little moister.
The weather might actually be warming up, but she didn't know why.
Jiang Lin had an urge to go back to City A. After entering the extreme cold, she hadn't heard from Shenmu for a long time.
She left Xu Anan and Song Si in a hurry.
A snowmobile quietly drove out of the base. The chassis of the vehicle had a built-in snow-clearing device. Fortunately, in City B, most of the roads had been cleared.
Once outside of City B, the roads were covered with thick snow.
As if she were the only one in the world, Jiang Lin turned on the automatic driving mode and walked to the back of the car. There was a small lounge.
She wrapped herself in a blanket, made a cup of hot cocoa, and sat at the dining table, looking out at the pure white scene outside, which almost buried even the dead trees and abandoned cars.
By the time Jiang Lin had finished his cup of hot cocoa, he had already reached the border of City A.
The road seemed to be blocked by something. Jiang Lin went back to the front and saw a huge barrier.
It seemed like the roots of a large tree were intertwined, blocking the intersection leading to City A.
Jiang Lin looked at the scene in front of her in shock. She got out of the car and the cold wind blew towards her instantly.
After walking into these tangled roots, she quickly confirmed that these were the roots of the sacred tree. Jiang Lin tried to poke it with her hand.
Half a day passed without any movement. Her hands climbed up on the rough skin.
Reaching the top, Jiang Lin chose a relatively stable place to sit down.
Looking down at half of City A, she found that these roots blocked almost every intersection.
She was probably certain that the sacred tree had fallen into a deep sleep, and the barrier formed by these entangled roots was her last resort.
Because she knew that the root of the sacred tree was in an underground cave that no one had entered for a long time.
Jiang Lin suddenly laughed softly. This was the best time to destroy the sacred tree.
She carefully chose a good place to land and jumped onto the ground. She had already entered the territory of City A.
"Does 110 have anything easy to move?" Jiang Lin's car couldn't get through behind the barrier. If she relied on her own legs, she would never reach Shenmu even if she froze to death.
110 didn't say anything and silently threw out a snowboard.
"Is this it?" Jiang Lin looked at the simple ski board in front of him in disbelief.
"Don't underestimate it, it's very fast. See those two buckles? Fasten your feet on them and you can operate it as you like."
Jiang Lin put on the ski-like thing with a little disbelief.
The next second, the skis moved forward as if they knew what she was thinking. Jiang Lin was only surprised for a moment.
He began to control the snowboard as he pleased and paddled forward, passing by the first base that was covered with ice and snow. It had been a long time since he last saw it, and it looked like a huge tomb.
Jiang Lin stopped snowboarding and stood outside the wall.
The snow has piled up on the buildings, covering them tightly, completely burying the scenes of the past.
"Let's go, host. It will be dark soon if we stay any longer." 110 reminded.
Jiang Lin glanced at the horizon. The sunlight was not very bright anymore. After the extreme cold, it got dark very early. The danger would increase at night.
She didn't hesitate any longer and headed straight towards the southern base.
Sure enough, this place was also covered by roots, but there were still some gaps that could be entered. Jiang Lin climbed to the top and looked down.
The clone of the sacred tree still stood in the middle, but it seemed to have lost all its vitality.
Chen Guanghai fell not far from her, and the huge tree canopy blocked the snow, so Chen Guanghai was not buried.
But this was not her final destination. Jiang Lin came down from the top and continued walking towards the cave.
This is the place where the sacred tree was born. Now it has been wrapped by tree roots and vines like a giant cicada pupa, making it completely airtight.
Jiang Lin went back to the tunnel he had entered, but unexpectedly it was also sealed.
She tried to cut the roots and vines, but they were as stiff as if they were made of iron. She could only scrape off a thin layer with her whip and supernatural powers.
"Shenmu has really guarded this place very well."
"This might be her greatest weakness. If her main body is gone, will she dissipate?"
Jiang Lin stood on the snow, looking at the strange cave in front of him.
110 did not answer her question.
"It's getting late, let's go back first." Jiang Lin turned around without hesitation. He couldn't think of any good solution if he stayed here today.
I'll take Wen Yan with me and try burning it with fire some other day. The extreme cold is one of the few opportunities for her to get rid of the sacred tree, so Jiang Lin will naturally not let it go.
On the way back, the sunset glow in the sky was particularly warm, as if it was about to be burned by fire.
Jiang Lin's eyesight has improved a lot since he gained his superpowers, and the goggles of his cold-proof clothing also have a telescopic function.
She glanced casually in the direction of the sunset and saw a bit of green.
It looked particularly strange in the ice and snow. After all, the mutated plants she had seen, even powerful ones like the sacred tree, had dull colors, but the green just now looked very dazzling.
Jiang Lin wanted to confirm it again, but he couldn't see it anymore.
She glanced at the location over there, which seemed to be the barren mountains of City A.
Could there be any surviving plants there? Jiang Lin was a little curious and silently noted this spot.
When we returned to Base A, it was already completely dark.
The car lights shone on the gate and she saw a familiar figure.
Jiang Lin got out of the car in surprise: "Why are you here?"
Wen Yan looked up when he heard the familiar voice: "You left without a word, I'll wait for you here."
The worry in his eyes finally disappeared the moment he saw Jiang Lin.
"Let's talk inside." Jiang Lin pulled him into the car.
The car was well heated, and Wen Yan took off the helmet of his winter suit, leaving his hair in a mess.
Jiang Lin drove the car directly to the door of his house.
"Where did you go today?" Wen Yan looked at her expression carefully, fearing that Jiang Lin would feel offended.
Jiang Lin stood in front of the kitchen and poured a cup of hot water for himself and Wen Yan: "I went to City A."
Wen Yan frowned, and when he was about to say the next sentence, Jiang Lin spoke again.
"I want you to go to City A with me tomorrow. There's something strange there." Jiang Lin couldn't describe it, but he always felt something was wrong.
"Okay." Wen Yan breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he could take him with him tomorrow.
It was snowing outside the window again without knowing when. Jiang Lin closed the curtains, set the alarm and forced himself to sleep.
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