Someone once said that the most beautiful sound in the world is the cry of a newborn baby.
Lu Lingxi had never felt anything about this before, but when the nurse held the bathed and wrapped baby in front of him and he heard the baby's monkey-like cry, Lu Lingxi felt his heart melt.
He and Yan Yue looked at the baby at a loss. The nurse laughed and said, "The baby is very obedient. It weighs 6.9 jin. Where is the father?"
The child's father was busy comforting Wang Shuxiu and didn't even bother to look after the child. "Xiaohua, where do you feel uncomfortable? Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something? Or do you want to sleep for a while?"
Although Wang Shuxiu's birth was relatively smooth, she was old after all, and her body was a little weak. It would have been better if Xiao Feng hadn't said anything, but after Xiao Feng said that, she really felt a little hungry. But before eating, Wang Shuxiu thought about the child first, "Where's the child?"
The nurse came in holding the baby, followed by Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue who was carrying chicken soup.
Wang Shuxiu carefully held the child, looked at him carefully for a long time, raised her head and smiled at Lu Lingxi, "He looks almost exactly like Xiaoxi when he was a child."
"Really?" Lu Lingxi moved closer and looked at the little red monkey.
Wang Shuxiu nodded and looked at the child tenderly. Although her hair was messy and her face was a little pale, in Xiao Feng's eyes, he felt that Xiaohua was at her most beautiful.
The family of four stayed in the ward, all their attention focused on the newborn baby, and no one paid attention to the various rumors circulating in Fengcheng. A few days later, Wang Shuxiu was discharged from the hospital with the child, and Lu Lingxi learned that there was a problem with the renovation project in Nancheng, and the situation in Fengcheng's underground was completely exposed to everyone.
At the South City expert team station, team leader Zhu Xiaowei distributed the underground exploration report in his hand to the team members. "The latest exploration report is out. What we can confirm now is that the entire underground of Fengcheng is full of tangled tree roots. These tree roots are entangled together like a big net, covering the entire underground area of Fengcheng."
This is simply incredible. An expert was puzzled. "According to the age test of the willow trees on the ground, the oldest willow tree has only been planted for more than ten years, and most have only been planted for a few years or a year. How can their roots be so developed?"
Another expert chimed in: “Is it because of evolution?”
"What about water storage? The roots of the willow tree are full of water. How do you explain this?"
"Do you remember the abnormal weather in Fengcheng? It hasn't rained much since the beginning of spring, but it's not dry at all. The soil is completely moist when you dig it down. Could it be related to the water stored in the roots of the willow trees?"
"Yes, several surrounding cities are in a state of drought, but Fengcheng is not short of water. We have been unable to find the reason, and now it seems to be closely related to the water stored in the roots of the willow trees."
"But why do willow trees store water? Could it be that they have developed consciousness and sensed the drought in advance? Note that this is not just the case with one willow tree, but with the roots of all the willow trees we found. This is already part of the group consciousness."
Several experts in the expert group expressed their opinions. This was the first time for them to encounter such a situation. After they were stuck in the search for the cause of Fengcheng's overall evolution, Nancheng's discovery was like a ray of hope.
"Team leader, new discovery."
"What?"
"Based on the underground trend map drawn by the echo sounder."
"Look, although there are roots all over the ground of Fengcheng, the main roots are always extending towards the north."
"North? What's in the North?"
"Do you remember that village? Lingshui Village, the one where the whole village evolved. There is a hundred-year-old willow tree in their village. Could it be related to this willow tree?"
In the past, the expert group focused on people and did not pay much attention to the plants in Fengcheng. The discovery in Nancheng this time attracted their attention to the plants that they had ignored in the past, especially the countless green willows planted on both sides of the road.
The expert group rushed to Lingshui Village almost non-stop and invited the most famous botanist in China. After carefully studying the morphology of the big willow and the green willows planted in Fengcheng, the other party confirmed two things. First, tracing back to the source, the big willow in Lingshui Village is the mother tree of most of the green willows in Fengcheng, which can explain why the underground roots are expanding towards the north. Although the scientific community has not yet found a theoretical basis, existing experiments have proved that there is conscious transmission between homologous plants. Second, he believes that the big willow in Lingshui Village is already a higher-level evolutionary form. The other willows in Fengcheng are more "imitating" the evolution of the big willow. And this group evolution may be the reason for the overall evolution of Fengcheng.
In response to the expert group's question about the evolution of the big willow tree, the botanist, after asking the old people in the village, tended to think that it was related to the big willow tree's resurrection from the dead a year ago. Perhaps the lightning strike formed a special energy cycle inside the big willow tree, or perhaps some magical substance entered the willow tree through the lightning. In short, there must be an external factor that prompted the big willow tree to mutate. This also coincides with the time when Fengcheng changed.
These explanations pointed the way forward for the expert group, and they put almost all their energy into deciphering the big willow tree. As a result, the entire Fengcheng knew that the big willow tree in Lingshui Village was the key to human evolution. For a time, Lingshui Village replaced Nancheng and became the focus of China's attention.
Uncle Li called Lu Lingxi and complained that the arrival of the expert group had disrupted the normal life in the village.
"There were troops everywhere, and they surrounded Lingshui Village. It was inconvenient to go out to buy a barrel of oil. It was only after the village chief gave them some advice that two barrels of oil were distributed to each household, along with some rice, flour, etc."
What Uncle Li said is exactly the reality of Lingshui Village. Because of the importance of the big willow tree, the government has taken over Lingshui Village and outsiders are not allowed to enter. It is said that the villagers were originally going to be relocated, but the villagers collectively opposed it, and the proposal was finally shelved.
Because the flower garden was in Lingshui Village, Lu Lingxi even applied for a pass. However, he felt guilty and used the excuse of looking after his children at home, so he never went to Lingshui Village. Whenever there was anything going on in the flower garden, it was Uncle Li who came forward.
In fact, the expert group also looked for Lu Lingxi at the beginning. According to the investigation, all the green willows planted in Fengcheng City came from a place called Qiutian Nursery. Nearly a year ago, the person in charge of Qiutian Nursery had an accident, and Qiutian Nursery was resold to Micro Gardening. The expert group followed the clues and found the address of Micro Gardening. Originally, they wanted to ask Lu Lingxi what he knew. However, before Lu Lingxi could say anything, the big willow tree attracted the attention of the expert group. When the expert group found that the flower garden of Micro Gardening was located in Lingshui Village, they ruled out Lu Lingxi's suspicion and determined that he was just a lucky guy.
Uncle Li also knew about this and was very understanding of Lu Lingxi's reluctance to go to the flower garden. The two talked on the phone for a long time before Lu Lingxi hung up.
"Is there any new news?" Yan Yue asked after he finished speaking.
Lu Lingxi shook his head. "It's still the same as before, researching the big willow tree. But Uncle Li heard that someone proposed to move the big willow tree to Zhongjing, and the villagers were cursing in private."
Yan Yue laughed. "This proposal is impossible to implement. It's obvious that they are just pretending to know something. There are always people like this. If Big Willow doesn't want to leave, there's nothing anyone can do."
What he said was interesting, and Lu Lingxi couldn't help but laugh. The roots of the big willow tree covered the entire northern suburbs, and it was not something that could be moved with just a word.
Yan Yue thought for a moment and said, "Let's find some time to go to Lingshui Village. It would be a bit strange if we don't go there."
Lu Lingxi nodded obediently.
Since the two had decided to go, they did not delay any longer. The next day, they told Uncle Li and drove to Lingshui Village. Even though Lu Lingxi had a pass, he still had to go through many checkpoints along the way before finally entering Lingshui Village. Uncle Li was very happy to know that Lu Lingxi had come. Some time ago, Aunt Li specially sewed several sets of clothes for the children. Because of the expert group's arrival, these clothes were still at home. Aunt Li had said several times that if the children didn't wear them, they would grow up and not be able to wear them.
Uncle Li smiled and pulled Lu Lingxi, "Let's go, let's go home for dinner first."
Lu Lingxi and Yan Yue waited until the micro-gardening was closed before coming here, just in time for dinner. The two did not refuse and followed to Uncle Li's house. When passing by the big willow tree, Lu Lingxi took a look from a distance. There were many researchers around the big willow tree, and the villagers were not allowed to get close. In the past, Xiao Shitou often climbed the big willow tree, pulled a branch to tease Da Huang, etc. Since the expert group came, these behaviors have been banned. It is said that the expert group is very nervous about the big willow tree, and even if a leaf falls, it will be collected like a treasure.
After dinner, Lu Lingxi went to the flower garden again and stayed in the village at night. In the middle of the night, Dahei suddenly cried out. Lu Lingxi was awakened in a daze, and Yan Yue had already stood up, opened the door and let Dahei in.
Xiao Hei crawled out from under the pillow and hissed at Yan Yue.
Yan Yue and Lu Lingxi looked at each other and said quickly, "Earthquake."
The two of them didn't care about anything else, they quickly put on their clothes and went out. Lu Lingxi called home while walking, wanting to remind Wang Shuxiu. Before the call was connected, a huge vibration came from underground. Lu Lingxi grabbed Yan Yue and just stood firm, a white panel suddenly floated out and floated in front of him.
Plant name: Willow of the Tripterygium wilfordii
Plant requirements: None
Plant survival rate: Very high
Vegetative state: Peak level 3
Trigger the conditions for plant evolution, do you choose to evolve?
Lu Lingxi: “…”
"Xiao Xi?" Yan Yue saw that he looked strange and called out in a low voice.
"Maybe it's not an earthquake, it's the big willow tree that's going to evolve." Lu Lingxi said as he looked at Yan Yue, not knowing whether he should choose to evolve. There are researchers everywhere outside, what if... He was still hesitating when a bigger tremor came, and thick roots emerged from the ground, firmly locking the room behind them.
"…It's not evolution, but an earthquake." Yan Yue frowned.
Lu Lingxi opened his eyes wide in surprise, and the lights in the village lit up one by one. Wang Shuxiu's voice came from the other side of the phone, "Xiaoxi, there was an earthquake, where are you?"
"Mom, we are outside and we are safe now. Dahei warned us in advance."
Wang Shuxiu breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Feng had already packed up with the child. She didn't have time to say anything else and hung up the phone in a hurry.
Knowing that Wang Shuxiu was fine, Lu Lingxi was relieved. The underground tremors continued. Lu Lingxi looked at the white panel floating in front of him and decisively chose yes. He was worried that the evolution of the big willow tree would attract the attention of researchers. It would be bad if someone suspected that he and Yan Yue appeared too coincidentally. But now that there is an earthquake as a cover, no one will suspect that the earthquake is man-made.
As Lu Lingxi chose yes, the white panel changed again. The green prompt faded, and the entire underground of Fengcheng appeared in front of him. From the panel, it can be seen that the roots of the big willow tree have extended again, deep into the urban area of Fengcheng, and entangled with the roots of the willow tree underground in Fengcheng.
Green text appeared, "Level 4 Weeping Willow Evolution Completed. Willow Ecosystem Extends to a Standard City Unit, Rewards Plant Heart +20,000, Natural Strength +20."
Before Lu Lingxi could express his surprise, another line of green text appeared, "Gather 100,000 points of Plant Hearts, purify a standard ecological city, meet the system upgrade standards, and the system will evolve into the Heart of the Planet."
The green font disappeared in the air, and a light blue light emanated from Lu Lingxi's body, gradually condensing into a blue light ball the size of a football in the air.
Lu Lingxi looked at the ball of light in surprise, and Yan Yue suddenly asked, "What is this?"
"Brother Yan, can you see it?"
Yan Yue: “…”
Lu Lingxi calmed down, "It's so beautiful."
The light ball in front of me was emitting a bright blue light. The inside of the light ball was not static. Countless colorful dots were flowing around, like a colorful galaxy. In the center of the light ball was a fist-sized world, where the four seasons evolved and all things grew, truly simulating the operation of the world.
Lu Lingxi carefully reached out his hand to touch the ball of light in front of him, and the ball of light dispersed again, and the colorful light spots re-entered his body, and the small world in the center slowly sank into the ground in front of him. Lu Lingxi grabbed Yan Yue and closed his eyes, and a magical feeling lingered in the hearts of the two. They seemed to hear the sound of water flowing, passing through the ground and soaking the land. Green grass began to sprout, and colorful flowers bloomed around. The water flowed through many places, from plateaus to basins, from valleys to deserts. The whole planet seemed to be slowly waking up, and the chronic diseases of human activities were slowly healed. The world became vibrant again and regained its healthy vitality.
When they opened their eyes again, it was already light, and the golden morning sun jumped out from the horizon. As the light fell, Lu Lingxi felt that something seemed to have changed, but he couldn't tell for a moment. Yan Yue held his hand tightly, and the two of them held their fingers tightly, and laughed at the same time.
The shaking underground had stopped by midnight, and the outside was calm again. Lu Lingxi called home and found out that nothing had happened. The baby had slept soundly all night and didn't even feel their tossing and turning. In the morning, he and Yan Yue went to Uncle Li's house for dinner and found out that the earthquake detection in Fengcheng last night was level 7, but because the roots of the big willow tree slowed down the shaking, the shaking was less than level 4. It is said that there were no casualties in the entire Fengcheng, and the economic losses were very small. Only a few dilapidated houses collapsed.
After the earthquake, the big willow tree was deified, but it had nothing to do with Lu Lingxi anymore.
He and Yan Yue's life was the same as always, micro-gardening, Lingshui Village, and home, and occasionally they would go to Qiutian Flower Garden. Zhu Gang, Kupeba gum trees, and evolved begonias, the micro-gardening technology company under their names developed smoothly, and the past that once troubled them was gone. Both the Hepu Yan family and the Zhongjing Lu family gradually faded out of the media's sight and completely away from their lives.
Three months later, it was New Year’s Eve.
Lu Lingxi's family gathered together in a lively atmosphere. Wang Shuxiu and Zhou Xiaoman sat in the living room, holding the baby, watching TV while waiting for dinner. Xiao Feng and Xiao Hong were busy in the kitchen. Yan Yue held Lu Lingxi's hand and stood in the courtyard to set off fireworks.
Bang
The stars exploded in the air, and countless brilliant points of light scattered like starlight. Lu Lingxi quickly tiptoed and kissed Yan Yue. Yan Yue curled up his lips, unbuttoned his coat and hugged Lu Lingxi in his arms.
"Xiaoxi, I love you."
"I know, Brother Yan, I love you too."
The two figures merged into one, and happiness was frozen at this moment.
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