Shi Jiu put away the beautiful crystal core, and the progress bar also rose by 5% out of respect. Now the task progress has increased to more than 70%.
"This plant might have been created by the man in black just now." Li Xia on the side went to check the huge monster that had been blown to the ground and raised a large amount of dust. He touched his chin and thought.
"It's very likely that it's natural growth that can force the entire city back. That's too unreasonable. If they saw it, they would probably deal with it immediately."
Although mutant plants and animals are not as easy to kill as zombies, they are still popular because they can temporarily replace vegetables.
If it were in City B, it would have been cleared out before it grew big, but here it was allowed to continue devouring other creatures.
Shi Jiu looked at the map of F City, which now had basically no living creatures. This should actually be a pretty good living environment. As long as the base was far away from the forest, there would be a food source next to it.
Although normal things cannot be grown in those contaminated soils, the mutated plants have strong adaptability, and some of the plants are edible, which is a blessing.
Only now...
"Come and plant some trees with me." Shi Jiu took out a bag of seeds. It was uncomfortable to leave it empty here, so he decided to clean up the land.
After I go to City E and settle things there, I should stay there for one night. I will come back to take a look on my way back tomorrow morning. If everything is ready, I will directly plant the finished purification trees that I collected before.
So everyone took out a small shovel to loosen the soil and then planted the seeds.
As soon as the seeds were buried, tender sprouts emerged from the soil. No one dared to ask too many questions. It seemed that the things the boss took out were not ordinary things. They just had to do what they were supposed to do.
Qin Lou's spatial ability improved rapidly during this period, and he was very skilled in using it. However, even so, he could only barely keep up with the speed of the man in black in front of him.
The skill of teleportation is simply a great help for escaping, so even after being injured, the man in black can still run away quickly. No wonder he can arrive at the scene in such a short time.
But... Qin Lou looked at the figure in the distance, pinched his fingers lightly, and the person in front of him suddenly stiffened, but the next second he even accelerated the speed of teleportation and escaped from Qin Lou's vacuum space in a few flashes.
Seeing this, Qin Lou didn't chase after him anymore. If he continued, he would have to leave City F. He no longer wanted to linger and turned back to Shi Jiu.
Shi Jiu was a little worried when he saw that Qin Lou took a long time to come back. They had already planted all the seeds and had to wait for a long time before they saw Qin Lou.
"That guy was too fast. I couldn't keep up with him. But if his target was a crystal core or a human, he would definitely appear again later."
Qin Lou recounted what had just happened. This guy was really good at running. He might not be so lucky the next time they met.
It was expected that the man in black would escape. Shi Jiu put the matter aside for the time being and said, "Let's go directly to City E."
Everyone got on the bus and quickly left the deserted city, leaving behind only a number of saplings that seemed to be sprouting, absorbing the water that had just been poured on them, and growing vigorously, purifying the polluted soil.
"If everyone went to City E, how many people would be there now?" In the car, Shi Jiu looked at the map. The distance could be reached in an hour or two. If the people in City F wanted to evacuate, they could probably walk there in half a day.
"I'm not very clear about this. When we talked on the phone, we didn't mention the number of people. Maybe it's a lot more than City C?"
There were only more than 10,000 people left in City C. Many people had escaped in the chaos, and it was unknown whether they had successfully found a place to stay. Shi Jiu looked at the scenery outside the window. The green was becoming less and less, and was gradually being replaced by withered yellow.
Looking at the map again, they only knew a few cities, so what about the other cities?
She vaguely thought of a solution, but she needed to deal with City E before seeing if it was possible to realize it.
An hour later, they felt a different atmosphere from before.
In City E, they saw many people still walking around under the scorching sun, and they were surprised when they saw their cars.
"Hurry up and inform the leader that an outsider has come in!" They reported it immediately, quickly organized manpower, and approached Shi Jiu and the others in a friendly manner to ask questions.
"Excuse me, where are you guests from?" The leader's supernatural power was faintly visible in his hands, for fear that the car would suddenly start and hit them.
Shi Jiu looked at them. They were wearing something like straw hats on their heads and were well prepared. It seemed that they were well prepared for the hot weather.
She put a piece of ice sticker on her body, held an umbrella and got off the car with her people.
"Hello, we are from City B. I am Li Sui, the former director of the shelter in City A. I have been in contact with your leader before." After getting off the car, Li Sui took the lead in introducing himself.
Obviously, since it was a new arrival, it would be better to use the name of an acquaintance. Shi Jiu didn't say much, thinking it would be better to wait until they met and talk about it.
There were buildings of different sizes next to them, and it was obvious that the survivors were living in them. However, what surprised Shi Jiu was that the overall temperature in City E did not seem to be as high as the open space outside. She also saw a lot of green plants, which seemed to indicate that there were quite a few capable people here.
Soon, they were welcomed into a standard conference room.
I have to say that even though it was the end of the world, when everyone set up their base, they all tacitly chose to build near some tall buildings. There were plenty of buildings and it was convenient to arrange them.
"Hello, I'm Qi Zhi, the person in charge of City E." Soon, two people walked in and one of them introduced himself.
"Hello, I'm Li Sui from City A. We've been in touch before."
The two sides had a friendly conversation before sitting down to start the formal topic.
"As far as I know, this place is quite a distance away from City B. What are you doing..." Qi Zhi looked at them with some suspicion. It's not that he was suspicious, but it should be difficult to cover such a long distance in just two days with his current supernatural powers, right?
What's more, they are clean and there is no dirt on them. Even the most clean-loving people in the base cannot do this because they don't have the conditions.
"We drove here by ourselves. We originally planned to go to City F first, but we didn't expect to see a mutant plant as soon as we got there. It took some effort to get rid of it." Shi Jiu said.
"You solved the monster?!" Suddenly, the man sitting next to Qi Zhi looked up and asked in shock.
"Yeah, when we went over there, there was no one there, so we guessed that everyone had moved here." Shi Jiu looked at the man who spoke. His haggard face made him look a few years older.
"Are you from City F?"
Chang Gu nodded. "I was the person in charge before. You guessed right. When we found that the plant was uncontrollable, we quickly evacuated here. We just arrived in City E yesterday."
"I never thought that you guys could actually deal with that monster. If I had known..." Chang Gu hated the decision he made when he thought about it now.
"When we were leaving, we spotted a man in black. It seemed he was after that plant, but he was so fast we couldn't catch him. Have you seen him?"
Shi Jiu thought that since the man in black always came to deliver dried meat, maybe there would be some here too, after all, there were quite a lot of people here.
But unexpectedly, Qi Zhi shook his head, indicating that he had never seen the man in black.
"No one like him has ever appeared in E City. I only found out what this man in black was doing in secret after hearing what Brother Chang said."
Chang Gu took over the conversation, "I met that man in black before. He gave me a plant and told me to plant it so that the land in City F could return to normal. But I didn't expect that plant to grow bigger and bigger, and in the end it even devoured other creatures to grow. We were no match for it, so we had to escape."
He covered his face with his hands in sadness. "It's all my fault. I heard there was a small town called Sifang in City B, and that there were healthy plants growing there. I thought this thing came from there, and that person didn't want me to pay anything, so I..."
He was in a very bad mood as he had destroyed the base he was staying in with his own hands. Everyone understood and said nothing more.
Shi Jiu and Li Sui exchanged a glance, then looked at the sad Chang Gu with interest and said, "Mr. Chang, you don't have to worry too much. The plant has been dealt with, and you can go back to your lives later."
The overall environment has been destroyed, and it may take time now. However, the purification trees planted by Jiu should be able to be planted normally later.
Qin Lou then came forward and recounted what had happened in City C before, and also expressed his willingness to cooperate with them. After all, there were so many people here, and it would cost a huge amount of money.
Qi Zhi was overjoyed when he heard that he could buy cooling items and a large number of cheap supplies. "Is this true? Thank you so much! Crystal cores are not a problem. We can still buy some things here!"
Shi Jiu looked at Qi Zhi, who was extremely surprised. "Mr. Qi, your base is pretty good. I think you should be able to be self-sufficient even if we don't come."
This was not a compliment. When she just walked in, she found that there was a large planting area behind. Apparently, they may have solved most of the problems of soil and water sources, so there was no shortage of food in the base.
Everyone she saw was in good spirits. Apparently, they didn't have to worry about survival in the hot weather; they just needed to take care of their health.
"Well, I used to think so too. To be honest, we have solved some of the soil and water problems, but we are short of people, and coupled with this weather, we can't even grow anything."
After Qi Zhi's explanation, they learned about the previous development of City E. If there had not been a sudden change in the weather, they might have really succeeded.
There are far more psychics in their base than in ordinary bases, and basically more than half of them have been activated, so they are separated into different attributes, especially earth-type psychics, water-type psychics, and wood-type psychics.
Originally, there was no effect at all when there were only a few psychics, but later they found that more than ten earth-related psychics could purify the soil and restore it to normal soil. Not to mention water-related psychics, as water is indispensable in life. Wood-related psychics can catalyze the growth of plants.
There just happened to be a large seed bank here, and they relied on this to ensure that there was basically no shortage of food in the base. They could even raise mutant animals as food.
However, the sudden change in weather caused them heavy losses, and now they are only able to rely on their previous stock for food. The arrival of Shi Jiu and the others solved their urgent problem.
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I will be going home tomorrow. There is still a big plot to be concluded. I have written 400,000 words without realizing it. I feel complicated.
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