Chapter 81 Chapter 81 "The source of pollution?"
The reason why Ye Mian made this exchange was, on the one hand, because the treasure point was located in a mountain range and the positioning might not be completely accurate.
On the other hand, she wanted to collect some data related to environmental factors and find some samples if necessary.
In summary, someone needs to lead the way and drive.
Instead of having your people drive from far away, it is better to choose a place nearby.
Although Ye Mian later suggested finding her someone who was less talkative considering that he was the leader here, Wen Yuan did not accept her suggestion, but went straight to arrange everything.
When he drove off with Ye Mian, the others began to pack up and prepare to retreat a little to avoid wasting their energy and physical strength.
Cang City is a tourist city with many attractions.
This time the treasure trove is near a scenic spot called Pingjin Mountain, so the road all the way into the mountain is well-preserved, and the dense shadows of the trees block out most of the scorching sun.
Ye Mian let the tamed crow lead the way, making terrifying calls from time to time to drive back the mutant beasts that were ready to move.
There were still problems though - the roots of some of the mutant trees spread onto the road and got entangled in the tires, easily being torn apart.
So every once in a while, Wen Yuan would get out of the car to clean up, and Ye Mian collected some samples of common mutant plants and soil.
The deeper one goes into the mountains, the more lush the vegetation becomes. There are many large trees with roots intertwined and tightly connected, and branches and leaves are densely entangled together. They seem to be devouring each other, but they also coexist with each other.
Seeing Wen Yuan’s thoughtful look, Ye Mian knew that it was not because he had not been out often that he had not seen this kind of situation, but that there was something wrong with this mountain range.
"Do you know what's in this deep mountain?"
Ye Mian turned his head, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What will it be?"
Wen Yuan looked cold and didn't answer her immediately. Instead, he suddenly stepped on the accelerator and said, "Hold on tight."
Ye Mian had experienced this kind of emergency several times, so he immediately grasped the handrail skillfully and watched the SUV crash through the roadblock on the right side of the road that had "Danger Ahead" written on it, without blinking.
Because it was a small road and no one had maintained it for a long time, the road was full of gravel and wildly growing bushes. After several bumps and blocked views, a relatively flat road finally appeared in front of us. But at the same time, there was a "bang" and one of the rear tires completely stopped working.
Wen Yuan stopped the car, looked ahead, then opened the door and got out: "I'm going to change the spare tire."
"Um."
Ye Mian also got out of the car and walked forward for a while - unlike the uncultivated forest along the way, there used to be a farmland here, but now it was overgrown with weeds that were as tall as a person.
The road surface is made of cement, and the lack of cracks shows that it had been repaired before anyone came in or out.
Thinking of the question Wen Yuan had just asked, Ye Mian had a guess in his mind, and this guess was verified after he returned to the car.
Wen Yuan quickly changed the spare tire while wiping his hands and pointing to the front: "There should be a secret base inside, but I don't know what they are researching."
Ye Mian nodded and added: "It won't be an agricultural research base anyway."
That piece of farmland should be used only for cover.
After getting back in the car, Ye Mian clicked on the location of the treasure spot and took a look. He had been unable to shorten the distance when driving on the road outside, but now he was finally getting closer.
If Wen Yuan hadn't led the way, she didn't know how long she would have been wandering outside.
Ye Mian originally guessed that the treasure hiding place might be this secret base, but unexpectedly it was not. What was even more surprising was that the so-called base no longer existed, leaving only a charred ruin.
"Wait," Ye Mian raised his hand to stop Wen Yuan who wanted to go forward to check. Looking at the black debris on the ground that exuded an unusual smell, he unconsciously felt rejection and disgust in his heart, "There is something wrong with these things, don't touch them with your bare hands."
After saying that, she took out a pair of insulating gloves and an N95 mask from the system warehouse, and after taking basic protective measures, she walked into the ruins and rummaged through them, collecting some scorched earth from the outer and inner layers and debris from different parts of the ruins into the warehouse grids. Although she could not find any specific information, she could take it to the workshop for inspection.
During this period, Wen Yuan went around and when he came back, he had a slightly yellowish stone in his hand. It looked like rhenium stone, but it seemed a little less cooked.
Ye Mian stepped out of the ruins, looked at the stone in his hand, then looked up at him again.
The moment the two looked at each other, they both thought of something: "The source of the pollution?"
The overly lush and dense forest vegetation, the large numbers of mutant beasts, and even any random stone are not in a state of pollution but have a tendency to mutate.
All of this has a good answer.
Soon, Wen Yuan realized one more thing: "This should be just one of them."
"Well," Ye Mian frowned slightly, searching deep in his mind for memories of the past one or two years, "but I don't seem to have heard of any strange incidents."
Even if it is deep in the mountains, razing a huge base to the ground is not a trivial matter, not to mention that there may be many other similar situations that will cause the entire world to be plunged into radiation contamination.
Wen Yuan looked at her deeply, then whispered, "There are many things that ordinary citizens don't know."
"?" Ye Mian paused for a moment, "But you know?"
"I know part of it. There is more than one team like ours. They all perform their duties and do not interfere with each other."
Although what he said was very vague, but thinking of his newly awakened skill [Shadow], Ye Mian was able to roughly understand that the team he was talking about was probably the kind that was not visible to the public, responsible for some tasks that were not suitable for the public to know.
That is why he probably knows a lot of secret bases like this one.
If we can find people from other teams, we will know even more.
As Ye Mian's eyes turned, Wen Yuan understood what she meant and took the initiative to say, "I roughly know where the other teams went on their last missions. Some of them may be in provinces and cities with large shelters, but it will take some time."
"You go find it first," Ye Mian took off his mask and gloves and stored them separately, "It's not easy to figure out the ingredients of these things anyway."
Since it was speculated that this piece of ruins was one of the sources of pollution, Ye Mian felt that the treasure point might not be as simple as a piece of rhenium crystal mine. However, when the two drove along a small road into a valley, they did find a large area of golden rhenium crystal mine.
The treasure point was actually a few hundred meters away on the other side.
After giving the rhenium crystal ore, which was agreed to be shared equally by each person, to Wen Yuan for mining, Ye Mian went to the treasure spot alone.
When I walked to the right place, I didn't find anything. There were only clusters of gray-blue mushrooms with thick caps that looked like umbrellas.
Are these mushrooms the so-called treasure?
As Ye Mian was thinking, he squatted down to observe, but his attention was first attracted by the surrounding soil.
Because it was all black at first glance, Ye Mian subconsciously thought it was in a polluted state, but now if she takes a closer look, she can find that it is quite different from the polluted soil she has collected along the way.
It is neither hard and dry, nor does it tend to be a dark purple color, but is pure black. The whole surface is soft and moist, and it smells like a natural earthy smell.
?
Could it be?
Ye Mian took out his gloves, grabbed a handful of soil and put it into the system warehouse. After checking the information, his eyes widened slightly.
[Fertile black soil, suitable for farming]
It's actually normal soil! ?
Being so close to the source of pollution...is this the result of things turning into the opposite when they reach the extreme, or is it being affected by something else and the purification is happening?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Ye Mian's gaze subconsciously fell on those umbrella-shaped mushrooms.
He stared at it for a moment, then suddenly took action, grabbed the stem and pulled it up.
Unexpectedly, there was no resistance at all, nor did it struggle or fight back like the group of mushrooms where the Mushroom King was before. This time, the mushrooms were slippery to the touch, with no other abnormalities.
So these mushrooms are also common and have not been contaminated and mutated?
With doubts, Ye Mian put the mushroom in his hand into the warehouse grid and tried to click it to check the information again.
[A non-toxic mushroom with delicious meat, rich nutrition, and contains a variety of beneficial substances needed by the human body. The species is unknown]
Because he had guessed it in advance, Ye Mian was not so surprised when he saw this result.
After thinking for a moment, she decided not to think about professional issues that she was not good at, but to start collecting directly. To be on the safe side, she filled an entire system warehouse grid with both black soil and umbrella-shaped mushrooms before stopping.
Then he walked around the not-so-big valley, and after confirming that the land in the entire valley was not polluted, he turned back to look for Wen Yuan.
Wen Yuan had prepared tools in advance. Although he was not a strength-type person like Lu Ning, he was much stronger than ordinary evolvers in terms of physique and strength, so the speed of mining rhenium crystals was faster than expected.
However, when Ye Mian came back, he was looking down at the ground, looking distracted.
Ye Mian stepped forward: "You discovered it too, right?"
"...Yeah." Wen Yuan turned around with a complicated expression. If she hadn't shown the way, he would not have thought that this hidden secret base would be the problem, nor would he have found the pure and flawless rhenium crystal so easily.
What's more, you will not realize that there is a fertile black soil here that can be used for planting.
Although he was skeptical about what she relied on, he felt that as long as it was beneficial to the current situation, he would directly believe in it and adopt it.
He still feels that way now.
"I also found a normal edible mushroom," Ye Mian took out an umbrella-shaped mushroom and handed it to him. "I'll find someone to study it when I get back. Is the special thing about this land or this mushroom? I'll tell you when I get the results."
"You can first dispatch some people to bring seeds over to plant and see if there are any other problems. Also, there may be rhenium crystal mines nearby."
After saying that, Ye Mian paused and asked one more question: "You should have enough manpower, right?"
Although there are definitely still many evolvers without combat skills left in the industrial park, it may not be as safe as it feels now, not to mention that night is the time when some mutant beasts like to appear most.
Therefore, it is probably necessary to send some capable evolvers to come and protect the patrol.
On the other hand, Cang City must be taken over as soon as possible, otherwise it will become more difficult if it is delayed.
The only person who can really use the medical research in her workshop is Tong Xinyan.
So although this new discovery is good, both her farm and Wen Yuan are beginning to face the problem of shortage of manpower.
Just when Ye Mian was thinking about whether she should take the opportunity of entering Cang City to look for anyone who could be used, she heard Wen Yuan telling her a good news.
"There is a large shelter in the south of Cang City. I have sent people there to ask for help."
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