Chapter 66 Osmanthus Tree
There must be a problem, but Lin Jin doesn't know where it is.
It’s because Sang Yue is definitely not a normal person.
She didn't feel cold at first, but after hearing what Sang Yue said, she suddenly noticed that the temperature in the room had dropped by two degrees.
All the doors and windows are closed, where does the cool air come from?
After walking around the house and not finding anything suspicious, Lin Jin walked back to Sang Yue and said, "Sang Yue, can you take me around the house and tell me where you think is the coldest?"
Sang Yue didn't understand what Lin Jin wanted to do, but she still obediently stepped on her shoes and stood up, taking her to walk around the kitchen, bathroom, living room and outside the two rooms.
When he came to the balcony, Sang Yue clearly felt that the air temperature around him had dropped by one degree.
She pointed to the balcony and said, "It's here. I think this place is the coldest. It feels like entering the freezer."
balcony?
Lin Jin looked around and saw nothing on the balcony except a washing machine and some dead flowers.
She walked to the flowerpot, and the fallen petals inside showed that it was a rose, with a bare branch next to it.
"What is this branch? A random stick stuck in there?"
Sang Yue glanced at the branch and smiled, "No, I picked this branch from the osmanthus tree. I picked one when it was blooming. I quite like the scent of osmanthus."
Osmanthus tree!
Lin Jin suddenly looked up and looked at the lush green osmanthus tree downstairs from the balcony.
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At the same time, a gray van slowly approached the community.
There were words like "Pipeline Maintenance" printed on the van. The security guard at the door didn't ask any questions and just opened the gate to let the car in.
The car stopped in a parking space within the community. As soon as it stopped, three people got out of the car.
He Miyun took the lead, followed closely by Qi Ke and Huang Yu.
The three men were wearing orange jackets and hats, each holding a toolbox and wearing a pair of soybean-sized earphones in their ears.
The three men came to the downstairs of an apartment building, walked to the yellow gas pipeline, opened the tool box in a serious manner, took out some complicated tools and checked the pipeline.
When the neighbors saw them, they couldn't help but stop and point at them, and some even came up to them and asked them what they did.
When they heard that they were going to check the gas pipeline, a group of people suddenly scattered, fearing that the pipe would explode in front of them if they were a second late.
The crowd left, and the three people's ears suddenly became much quieter.
While no one was around, He Miyun quickly asked, "How is it? Have you found a place?"
Huang Yu said: "The Five Elements Mysterious Instrument Disk has no response, it is probably nearby, let's check them one by one."
Qi Ke was squatting on the ground, typing away on the keyboard of a palm-sized computer.
The keyboard screen flashed, and the community layout map was pulled open. Three green dots were flashing, representing their location.
Qi Ke looked around the old neighborhood and asked uncertainly, "Are you sure it's this neighborhood? Why do I feel like there's nothing unusual here? And the Xuanqi disk didn't move after it jumped once. Could it be a monitoring error?"
Huang Yu shook his head, "It shouldn't be, it never makes mistakes, maybe the molecules are too weak, otherwise how about we split up and act separately?"
"It's even worse to act separately. Now that things are unclear, those who are alone will be found and taken advantage of. There are many people in the community this time, so we must be careful not to cause panic."
Qi Ke rejected Huang Yu's suggestion outright, closed the computer cover and put it in his pocket, then stretched out his hands to command the troops on the left and right roads.
"Who will be called upon to recruit soldiers and generals..."
"Right, let's go to the right first to check the situation. If something is wrong, we can retreat in time. Fortunately, this community is not very large. If there is nothing unusual, we can retreat."
He Miyun had no objection to this arrangement, and neither did Huang Yu. The three of them reached a consensus and walked towards the direction of Unit 6.
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Lin Jin was sure that the cold air in the house was not unnatural, so she had an idea in mind. She stood on the balcony, leaning against the railing and looking at the leaves on the top of the osmanthus tree.
The trunk of the osmanthus tree is very thick, and it must be old. The trees in the south are not like those in the north, which lose all their leaves in winter.
However, even if they do not fall off, the leaves will appear wilted and even have some frost on the surface.
But the osmanthus tree downstairs is completely different. Not only did its leaves not fall off, but they are becoming more and more lush.
The leaves at the top are shiny, as if they were carefully oiled.
Lin Jin decided to go downstairs to take a look. After changing her shoes, she asked Sang Yue to stay at home, close the doors and windows, and not to come down if she heard any noise.
She walked to the door and remembered something, so she ran into the house and got a folding hoe.
Sang Yue hurriedly said from behind that she needed to send a message if there was anything. Lin Jin waved her hand to show that she understood, and ran downstairs without looking back.
She walked down to unit six in two or three steps, and in front of the osmanthus tree, Lin Jin reached out and touched the trunk.
The osmanthus tree trembled slightly under her hand, but soon stopped moving, as if the trembling just now was just her illusion.
Lin Jin understood. It turned out that this was another monster like the human-faced tree root, but it probably had not reached the level of the human-faced tree root and probably could not transform yet.
She was a little at a loss as to where to start with the tree trunk.
It's impossible to dig up such a big tree and whip its corpse.
What happened to the osmanthus tree that made Sang Yue feel cold in the house?
Lin Jin looked at the tree from beginning to end, and with her sharp eyes she discovered that there was a broken spot in the middle of the tree, which looked very much like it had been broken.
In theory, if a branch is broken, it will be covered with new bark over time and may even sprout new buds.
But in this place, not only did the tree trunk not grow any new buds, but there was a bare hole left.
Lin Jin took two steps back and then rushed up the tree.
With his feet firmly hooked on the tree, he climbed up holding onto the trunk with his fingers.
After climbing to the place where there was a small pit, she spread her body and sat on another branch.
There was a bit of peach gum-like mucus on the small pit. Lin Jin put some liquid on her index finger and rubbed it carefully between her fingertips.
The liquid was rubbed off, and it became slightly hard under the fingers.
Lin Jin brought the sand close to her eyes and saw that it was a piece of light yellow crystal.
She remembered the crystal she had taken from the root of the human-faced tree. Could this be something that the osmanthus tree had cultivated?
I carefully collected all the mucus around the tree pit, and pinched the crystals with my fingernails, only to find that they were as hard as stone and could not be pinched at all.
Lin Jin simply asked the osmanthus tree directly, "What do you want to do? I know you have spiritual energy and want to become a spirit. Do you want to take revenge on my roommate or something? Tell me, and I'll see if I can help you solve it."
The osmanthus tree played dead and didn't respond to these words, not even a leaf moved.
Lin Jin patiently repeated it a second time, but the osmanthus tree still did not respond.
The next moment, she punched the osmanthus tree hard.
"Tell me or not? If not, I'll dig you up by the roots."
After the third time, the osmanthus tree finally shook its trunk.
A yellow tender leaf suddenly emerged from the surface of the small pit, and then quickly shrank back in the blink of an eye.
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