Apart from the suffering Lu Xinzheng was going through, the construction of Zhengyang Brigade went very smoothly and soon large groups of people moved into their new homes.
This vast and remote land is home to three sizable towns and several villages. The leaders, unconcerned with names or pretentious pretensions, haven't renamed these places. Instead, they simply decree that each town and its surrounding villages form a larger district. Thus, there are Districts One, Two, and Three, completely continuing the tradition of Ning City.
One of the areas is naturally the central area, where several large new office buildings are located and the leaders mainly live.
Lin Tantan naturally lives here as well.
As her animal army grew in size and the mutant beasts in the army loved to come to her place to play, she decided to build a larger venue.
The rules for relocation and settlement are as follows: based on all habitable areas, a minimum residential area per person is established. The standards are different for people with positions and people with different positions. However, with this indicator, if you want to live in such a large place, or want land with a better location, you have to pay the corresponding contribution value.
As for those who have the lowest indicators and are unwilling to make contributions, they can only draw lots.
Lin Tantan's personal standards were naturally very high. She had a frightening number of contribution points in her personal account. She applied for permission to build a habitat for the mutant beasts. After going through the formalities in a very formal manner, she enclosed a large area of mountains with a lake as her own territory.
Later, she found a designer and made a design for her based on the terrain. She built a pavilion in the middle of the lake, scattered paths and connected canals on the mountain, planted rows of fruit trees and grass on the shore, and added some stone tables, stone chairs, and cobblestone roads.
Looking at the map that looked like a mountain park, Lin Tantan thought it was a good idea. She generously hired a construction team to clean up the place according to the map. She personally pumped out all the dirty water and garbage in the lake, and had people dig away the silt to deepen and widen the lake.
Not only that, he also waved his hand and let the eager mutant beasts choose the place where they wanted to make their own nest or entertainment venue.
In the end, the entire site was much larger than the original compound in the Ning City base. No one in the entire team lived in a more spacious place or had a bigger move than her.
But she was still not satisfied. She couldn't just let herself fill the lakes, pools, puddles, and winding streams with water, so she set her sights on the big mountain behind.
The designer had previously said that this lake must have been fed by a spring flowing down from the mountain, but later for some reason the spring dried up and the lake became stagnant water.
Lin Tan Tan went up the mountain.
Of course, she didn't go up the mountain alone, she brought a group of mutant beasts with her. These animals, big and small, jumped and hopped together. There were birds flying high in the sky to explore the way in all directions, leopards moving quickly through the woods to clear the way, and mutant tigers roared in a deep voice, and all the birds and beasts in the mountains fled. The most numerous were cats, dogs and rats that were almost impossible to find once they were scattered in the mountains.
Oh, there is also a long three-rooted one. This guy has grown so big and long now that no mutant plants can escape its observation.
A group of guys like this going up the mountain is much more useful than a group of people going up the mountain.
The few mutated animals and plants on the mountain immediately tucked their tails between their legs and hid, but they couldn't help but quietly pop their heads out to observe these uninvited guests.
Lin Tantan didn't need to be alert at all and just relaxed at the scenery along the way. Although it was not as beautiful as the one in the video, the foundation of the scenic spot was still there and the scenery was still pretty good.
When she reached the railing of the cliff, she leaned on it and looked into the distance. The towns below were all small, and the city in the distance was faintly visible.
She looked for a moment, the sun in the sky emitting a scorching heat. She didn't know why her eyes dazzled, and her body suddenly felt out of control. She shook her head, and the feeling disappeared. She was a little confused, thinking it was just the sun's glare, and turned around to continue climbing.
"Bang!" A fruit suddenly fell in front of her.
She looked up and saw several monkeys on the treetops squeaking at her as if they were laughing, and dancing with their hands in a mocking manner.
Lin Tan Tan: “…” This audacious monkey.
A minute later, all the monkeys were thrown in front of Lin Tantan, with a big bird on each of their backs. It was these big birds that had caught the monkeys just now, and the whole process was not difficult at all.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" A little monkey cried unwillingly, but was slapped down by a group of mutant beasts watching. Now it finally behaved itself.
Lin Tantan squatted in front of the most active little monkey, who should be the leader. "Hey, can you lead us to find the water source here?"
The little monkey ignored her and was hit on the head by a dog's paw.
Lin Tantan looked at the big dog with its tongue hanging out and a flattering look in its eyes, smiled and touched its head.
The monkeys were finally forced to lead Lin Tantan to find water.
After walking for a long time, what came into view was an incredibly huge tree. The trunk was as high as seven or eight stories high, and it might take hundreds of people to hug it. Water was gurgling in some places, as if the trunk was a giant bucket. The branches and leaves were very dense, and some branches were actually flowing water, dripping as if it was raining.
Not only that, the air around the big tree was extremely humid, even filled with mist, so that the surrounding plants grew well. There were also many animals living around, but they were frightened by Lin Tantan and his group and jumped onto the tree or ran away.
Lin Tan Tan knew at a glance that this was a mutant tree. She turned around to look at the three roots that did not sound the alarm. The three roots were completely stunned. The shorter root that it used as a head drilled out of the soil and just stared blankly at the behemoth in front of it, as if the ignorant people were shocked when they saw the king.
Lin Tantan felt that every inch of it exuded two auras at this moment, one called insignificance, and the other called humility.
Lin Tantan silently turned back and continued to look up at the giant creature in front of him. The branches trembled, and the old bark on the trunk trembled like ripples. A large mouth gradually appeared, and a hoarse voice uttered: "...Who?"
Lin Tan Tan: "..."
The stunned animals: "..."
The humble three: "..."
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On this day, the Zhengyang Brigade was busy as usual, but suddenly they felt the ground shaking slightly. People seemed surprised, and then panicked.
Is this an earthquake?
Ye Xiao immediately looked up at the mountain. It seemed that the vibration came from the mountain. Suddenly his face changed. In the past two days, Lin Tantan had been saying that he would find time to go into the mountain.
He immediately ran towards that place, running so fast that he left only a shadow. People only felt a gust of wind passing in front of them and could not see anything clearly.
Ye Xiao ran to the mountain where Lin Tantan was as fast as he could. Construction was still going on there, but after the ground shook, people immediately stopped what they were doing, gathered together, and waited anxiously for the shaking to pass.
Ye Xiao glanced around and asked Lin about it. The leader of the construction team said, "Miss Lin went up the mountain and brought all the mutant beasts with her."
Ye Xiao's face darkened. The shaking had stopped at this time, but after a while it started again, and the earthquake here was obviously much stronger than outside.
Ye Xiao realized that this was probably not an earthquake in the general sense, but something happened inside the mountain.
After trying to contact Lin again without success, he immediately ran up the mountain.
Then we met Lin Tantan and the animal army on the road.
Lin Tantan, who was in high spirits, said happily when he saw him, "Why did you come to the mountains?"
The anxious Ye Xiao gradually calmed down and looked at her carefully. She was not injured at all, but her body was dirty, as if she had dug a hole and planted a tree. And what was going on with the tree as thick as a bucket on her shoulder?
He walked over and asked, "What did you do?" He reached out to take the tree off her shoulder. Lin Tantan quickly said, "Be careful, don't hurt it, it's just been born!"
Ye Xiao: "..." The tree was so big that he couldn't even hug it with his arms. It was two meters high. You said it was just born?
But it's not hard to guess: "Mutated?"
"Yes, let me tell you, there is a mountain king in this mountain. He is super super super big and very powerful. Can you guess what he is?" Lin Tantan was in an excited state.
Ye Xiao said: "Tiger? Lion?"
Lin Tantan chuckled and said, "Neither of them, it's a tree! A huge tree with a trunk that's dozens of meters tall. This little tree is its baby."
Lin Tantan was stunned when he saw the tree had a mouth and could speak. He pondered whether there was any record of such a bizarre mutant tree in history books. It seemed that there was not, but if such a talking tree was discovered, how could it be possible that no one had recorded it?
She also discovered that the trunk of this tree should be full of water, and it happened to stand in a spring, absorbing all the water inside, and then flowing out through the trunk and branches, nourishing the surrounding creatures.
No wonder there is no water flowing down at the foot of the mountain.
Lin Tantan did not dare to be careless about such a mutated tree, and told the tree his purpose. At first, the tree was reluctant to give up the water because it needed a lot of water to grow, but Lin Tantan soon discovered something.
"That big tree is powerful, but it needs too much water. The amount of water it absorbs and releases every day is huge. The spring on the mountain is not enough for it, and the soil on the mountain is too thin. It is so big that its roots can stand hundreds of meters deep, but it can only hover in the soil that is only a few meters deep, so it can't hold on any longer." Lin Tan Tan talked to Ye Xiao about what had just happened while walking.
"I just let it go down the mountain. I can provide it with water and soil. It said it doesn't want to come into contact with humans and is worried about being disturbed or hurt. But it also knows that if it continues to stay in the mountains, it might not get enough water and nutrients and die one day. So we discussed it and came up with a compromise."
She looked like she was asking me what I could do. Ye Xiao, who was carrying the huge tree on his shoulders, said in a very supportive tone, "What could I do?"
"The tree didn't want to leave, but wanted to find a new place to live, a way out for itself. So it gave birth to a baby, and this is it. It split from its roots, and then it quickly grew into this. It's asexual reproduction, isn't it amazing?"
Ye Xiao didn't know how to respond. He was silent for a moment and then said, "Is this the reason for the earthquake just now?"
"Was there an earthquake? Oh, there were a few tremors just now. The big tree must have been uprooted from the ground!" Lin Tantan said, "I promised it that I wouldn't let anyone know about its existence. We can't tell anyone that the earthquake was caused by it."
Ye Xiao thought, no one would believe it if I told others.
He looked at his girlfriend, who excitedly touched the trunk and leaves, muttering about where to plant it. Why did she always seem to have so many wonderful things happen to her? And why did these wonderful things always turn out for the better?
Lin Tan Tan added, "It's a shame I promised it I couldn't take you to see it. It's truly an amazing tree! ... Oh, it also said it couldn't let go of that spring, and its roots have sucked up almost all the water from the entire mountain. But there are springs it can't reach, and if we divert water from there, we can fill the lake."
Finally, Lin Tantan planted this sapling tree by the lake. Before planting it, he collected a lot of fertile soil, dug a deep hole for it, and filled it with thick soil. After burying it, he watered it for a long time, so much so that people around him were worried that the tree would be drowned.
Yang Xinyu, who came over to help transplant other trees and grass, asked, "Can't you use this water directly to water the plants?"
"It's okay, this tree is fine. It's a mutant tree."
"Oh, I see." Yang Xinyu didn't understand this either, so she nodded. However, what happened next surprised even her, a planting-type wood-type mutant.
This mutant tree grew so fast, changing almost every day. It was already quite tall at two meters, but in just a few days it grew even taller. Its bucket-like trunk also became thicker, and its branches and leaves also grew very fast.
That was not all. One day, everyone was shocked when water droplets began to drip from the top of every branch of the tree.
Lin Tantan's favorite place to stay has also become under this big tree. He puts a table, a lounge chair, or a picnic blanket there, and sits under the dripping water curtain. The heat outside is completely driven away, which is simply a great way to escape the summer heat.
Later, water was diverted from a spring somewhere on the mountain, and the lake was gradually filled up. It then spread to the canals and other pools, and fish were raised there. After the trees and grass were planted, the whole mountain seemed to have been transformed. It not only became a paradise for mutant beasts, but people also wanted to come and play.
The people of Zhengyang Brigade called this place "Linyuan".
Lin Tantan thought the name was not nice and complained to Ye Xiao that it sounded like "cemetery".
After the completion of the forest garden, the entire Zhengyang Brigade was settled in, and the city wall was built very tall and majestic. Then on September 1, Ye Xiao officially announced the establishment of the Zhengyang base.
After connecting with some of the remaining communication networks across the country, the news was announced to all parts of the country.
Lin Tantan witnessed this moment with his own eyes and couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
Historically, Ye Xiao established the base in the third year of the apocalypse, and it was under relatively difficult and harsh circumstances. The scale of the staff was far less than the millions it is now. Even at that time, not only Mei Baisheng, but also Jiang Xiaotian, Zhong Xiong and Cheng Qinan had died.
Now, everything is different.
She looked up at Ye Xiao. He was dressed in formal attire, with a dignified face. He exuded the powerful aura of a superior. He stood high up, facing the wind and everyone's gaze, and delivered a speech in a sonorous, powerful, calm and composed manner. She thought to herself, things will be better in the future.
Ye Xiaoru sensed something and turned to look at her. Lin Tantan smiled at him and raised her hand to secretly give him a thumbs-up.
A smile suddenly filled Ye Xiao's eyes.
In the evening, there was a large celebration party at the base. Lin Tantan played for a while, ate something, and then quietly left. After walking around for a while, he found that Ye Xiao had also come out. Lin Tantan asked, "Why don't you stay in there?"
"We've said everything we need to say and drank everything we need to drink. That's enough." Ye Xiao held her hand. "Let's go for a walk together?"
"Yeah." In District 1 at night, lights were everywhere. Tonight was a festive day, and no one cared about using electricity. The streets were hung with red paper lanterns and colorful flags, and children were even playing with firecrackers. In this revitalized town, it seemed as if the end of the world had never happened. Everything was so peaceful and tranquil.
The two walked all the way to the mountainside. When they left the street, the night wind suddenly became stronger. They came to the forest park. Most of the animals here were still awake and playing. On the winding gravel road, there was a street lamp at intervals. They were all powered by solar energy and emitted a faint light.
They came to the lake and sat on the lawn facing the sparkling water. No one spoke for a while.
All I could hear was the rustling sound of water dripping from the trees by the lake, and the sounds of swans, ducks and the like floating on the water in the lake.
After a long time, Ye Xiao suddenly said, "Let's talk about it. Can we get married?"
Lin Tan was surprised, but not entirely surprised. He was surprised because he said this out of the blue, but he was not surprised because this guy had already said "after we get married" a long time ago.
She stared at him. Under the dim light, Ye Xiao's expression was a little awkward, which was rare to see, but he was still very determined. His eyes were calm and quiet, with a different kind of gentleness.
He gazed at Lin Tan and spoke slowly, "You said you wanted a stable living environment, and now we have it. This is our own base, and everything is on track. Although it's not as large as those large bases, in terms of overall strength, it's no less powerful. Unless something unexpected happens, we will spend a long time here. I hope to be with you, day and night, inseparable, sharing happiness together and overcoming difficulties together. No matter what happens, we will face it together, never leaving each other."
Lin Tantan looked at him quietly, her eyes sparkling like stars. Suddenly, she smiled. "So this is why you insisted on waiting until the base was established before proposing?" She wiped her eyes. "I was wondering when you were going to tell me."
Ye Xiao smiled and touched her face, wiping away the tears: "So you agreed?"
"What do you think?" Lin Tantan felt a little embarrassed after making herself cry, so she changed the subject: "So, is the place for marriage registration ready? Do you have the registration process and marriage certificate? Without this procedure, it definitely doesn't count as a marriage for a guy like you who pursues rituals."
Ye Xiao nodded seriously: "I have already thought about what to do for the wedding banquet."
Lin Tantan chuckled. To get married in such a solemn manner, one really couldn't do it without some human and financial resources.
Her heart felt as if it were filled with something, and she suddenly felt that her life was complete. She said with great enthusiasm: "Let's have a drink to celebrate!"
Ye Xiao: “…”
Suddenly, he remembered the last time she was drunk. He remembered it vividly, especially the time when he had gotten her to confess something about what happened between her and Bai Cheng. It was truly horrifying. Ye Xiao wanted to stop her and tell her to stop drinking, but seeing how excited she was, already yelling at the hamster to pour out the wine, he was speechless.
He said, "You still have the wine?"
"Yeah, I don't believe it. I can never drink much." But I never thought about practicing my drinking capacity.
She took out two beautiful little cups and filled each of them: "Cheers!"
Ye Xiao took it and thought, "Never mind, if he gets drunk this time, he will just have to keep an eye on him."
What you worry about will come true. Not long after drinking this small cup, Lin Tantan's laughter turned into: "Hahaha, hahaha, hahahahahahahahaha."
Ye Xiao: “…” Okay, he’s drunk again.
The drunk Lin Tan Tan pestered him to drink the wedding wine. Ye Xiao agreed and spilled the wine in her glass while he was not paying attention. Lin Tan Tan sipped the glass for a long time and tasted only a drop. She realized what was going on and grabbed his clothes angrily: "Where's the wine? Where's my wine?"
She sniffed again and again, finally finding the place where the smell of alcohol was the strongest, and kissed it.
Ye Xiao was pressed down on the grass, holding her in his arms, and deepened the kiss without hesitation.
The surrounding animals and plants watched this scene quietly, covering their faces shyly. Even the watering tree shook its branches, covering its eyes that were nowhere to be seen on its trunk.
…
Ye Xiao was so aroused by the kiss that the drunk Lin Tan Tan was simply igniting him everywhere. He had been enduring himself for a long time and had almost become a Naruto. But tonight when the proposal was successful and someone was so passionate, he decided not to endure it anymore.
However, before he could put his idea into practice, Lin Tan Tan, who was lying on him and nibbling like a puppy, suddenly groaned and covered her head.
Ye Xiao immediately woke up from the overwhelming enthusiasm and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
"I feel a little dizzy. Um, let me lie down for a while." She rested her head on his chest, and her whole body suddenly wilted. Ye Xiao saw that she was obviously very dizzy, and he didn't dare to move to disturb her. He steadied his breath and touched her hair: "Are you very dizzy? Do you want to drink some water or wipe your face?"
"No, just let me lie down for a while." Lin Tan said dejectedly. Her mind felt like waves were rolling in the ocean, and she felt dizzy all over.
Ye Xiao sighed. This was the consequence of being drunk. "Don't drink anymore."
"I clearly didn't feel dizzy last time..." she murmured, her consciousness gradually becoming cloudy, and soon she was silent.
Ye Xiao waited for a moment, and seeing that she had fallen asleep, he carefully helped her up and carried her back to a house not far away.
At this time, Lin Tantan was dreaming.
She hasn't had a dream for a long time, and the influence of the zombie has almost disappeared. But because of such an experience, she is more likely to dream than other people. She asked other nightmare sufferers, some of them had no sequelae, and some were in a similar situation to her.
So Lin Tantan didn't take it to heart. Even if she was dreaming, the dream wouldn't bother her much anyway.
But this time is different.
She seemed to have come to a very strange space, which was dark and not the river she was familiar with. There seemed to be a light above her head, making the surrounding darkness hazy.
She saw an unclear shadow in front of her, and she subconsciously asked, "Who are you?"
The shadow was about the same height as her. She couldn't see its face, but it must be a girl. She slowly raised her head and asked, "Why are you here?"
Lin Tantan was stunned for a moment, then somehow understood what the other person was asking. She said, "To help Ye Xiao escape his historical fate, to make his path smooth and easy, and to prevent him from suffering the slightest bit of pain."
The shadow asked her, "Have you accomplished your goal now?"
Lin Tan said with a smile, "It's done. The Zhengyang base has been established, and the starting point is much higher than in history. There are countless masters of superpowers, and there is also a large mutant beast group. The external combat capability is excellent, and it can be self-sufficient internally. All kinds of order are very good..."
She had so much to say and so much to brag about the base.
But before she could finish her words, the shadow looked up. Although she couldn't see the face, Lin Tantan felt that the other person was looking at her, and the gaze didn't seem very friendly.
"Now that our goal has been achieved, and you've done what you should do," Shadow's voice deepened. "When will you be able to leave my body?"
Late at night, in a small house in the forest garden, a woman's scream suddenly broke the silence, almost waking the whole night up.
All the animals and plants in the garden woke up and looked towards the hut in panic.
Ye Xiao rushed out of the bathroom quickly and looked at Lin Tantan, who was sitting on the bed, gasping for breath and looking terrified. Shock and heartache flashed across his eyes. He quickly walked over to comfort her, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare again?"
Lin Tantan dodged his hand: "Don't touch me." She looked at her hand in horror. How could it be? Could the owner of this body still exist? Wasn't she dead? Was she still in this body, or where else?
If she was still here, what would she be? A cuckoo in the magpie's nest, a lonely ghost ready to give up this body at any moment? Where would she go then?
She looked up at Ye Xiao, feeling a sense of helplessness and bewilderment that she had never felt even when she was having her most terrifying nightmare.
"Talk."
Lin Tantan suddenly reached out and touched his face, then leaned all over him in his arms, like someone desperate for comfort, his voice trembling: "Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao..."
In the Lin Garden, a little white mouse was also awakened. This white mouse had been having a rough time recently. Any mouse would be unhappy if placed with a cat, especially since Ye Xiao always seemed to be on guard against him getting close to Lin Tan.
I'm so angry. Even if I come to Lin Yuan, I can't reach the target.
Thinking about his duties, Bai Shu sighed and drifted off to sleep. Then, startled awake, he recognized the voice. Was it Lin Tan Tan? Why was she screaming so miserably?
The animals all rushed towards the hut. The white mouse with black eyes rolled its eyes and ran over among them.
Then it quickly climbed up to the window. The two people inside were not paying attention to the situation outside. He easily made a crack in the window and saw what was happening inside. It was suddenly startled. It saw it, it saw it again! Two souls appeared in the woman's body again, but strangely, compared to the last time, the dim soul was much brighter, while Lin Tan's own soul was dimming.
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