105 Chapter 105
Chapter 105
Looking at the small stone statue that was now wrapped in spiritual power and whose specific situation could not be seen clearly below, Ying Huai thought a lot.
From the very beginning, he knew that the world was developing and changing in a direction that was completely different from its past. Ying Huai was delighted at first, after all, his survival depended on spiritual energy.
But looking back over these days, perhaps this change is an opportunity for some individuals, but not for most lives.
"I'm glad you found your chance."
Ying Huai whispered as he looked at the small stone statue that was still fusing with Ni Lin among his branches and had not yet awakened.
It’s great to be able to find such a suitable opportunity in such a world.
"Godmother, most of the children who went down the mountain this time have returned. Only a few from neighboring villages and upstream villages remain. According to them, they only briefly told you about their return before, but didn't explain everything in detail. I want to get together at the village entrance in the next two days and tell you what I saw down the mountain."
After hearing what Tang Rufeng said, the village chief didn't even finish his lunch before he started thinking about going to Ying Huai to talk about the matter.
Just as I put down my bowl, he came.
In fact, when he asked Ying Huai whether he could let so many people gather at the village entrance, he was thinking this in his heart.
After all, since these children came down the mountain, not only Daxi Village, but also the two neighboring villages have not been so lively for a long time.
[Okay, but it won’t take too long.]
Although Yinghuai is a tree, if too many people gather under it for a long time, he will become annoyed by the noise.
Even though they didn't quarrel for a while, Ying Huai was still happy for them to stay under the tree and tell him what happened outside and all the gossip.
The village chief obviously knew some of Ying Huai's little habits, so he asked this question.
With Ying Huai's consent, the village, which had been quiet for a few days because Tang Rufeng and his friends wanted to have a good rest, became lively again.
Now many supplies at the foot of the mountain cannot be purchased normally, so it is normal that some things are missing. The villagers did not dwell on these things and directly replaced them. Ying Huai did not care about these offerings.
After all this busy work, because there were a lot of missing things, basically every family took out the best things they could. Because there were not many things to worry about, the villagers organized themselves faster than before.
The villagers of Daxi Village on the mountain are going to gather at the entrance of the village. Such a lively atmosphere has not been seen for a long time.
Not only is it not displayed, it has not been seen on the Internet for a long time.
Nowadays, people's focus is basically on how to obtain resources and how to enhance their strength. Those who have no ability are basically thinking about how to survive.
The most frequently appearing videos on the Internet these days are about post-disaster reconstruction in the earthquake zone, as well as how the official ability team of the Flower Country and the private teams formed by those major forces explore the newly emerged areas and compete for resources.
There are still few videos showing such entertainment activities. Even if they do appear, they are like those of Tang Rufeng and others, who went out and risked their lives to get the resources, and then entertained themselves in order to calm themselves down.
During the day, it is not only the villagers of Daxi Village who are busy working in the fields and harvesting the food grown from the mutated crops. Most people basically only have time to relax after dinner.
So late at night, Yinghuai was lit up again.
Ying Huai didn't quite understand why the head of Daxi Village and the villagers thought of pressing such a bright light next to him when they pressed the light at the village entrance.
It's also good to press it from a distance, it's not glaring.
Thinking of Ying Huai, he sighed.
"Godmother, is our Mermaid about to wake up?"
Nuonuo stood under the tree, looked up at the place where the small stone statue was placed, and asked his godmother.
Today she did not ask as usual, but for no reason. She just felt that her mermaid seemed to be waking up, so she came to ask in advance.
[Yeah, almost there.]
Ying Huai was not surprised to hear Nuonuo's question. Part of Nuonuo's ability was provided by the little stone statue, so it was normal for them to have some sensory connection.
"Great, can I wait here for Shark to wake up?"
Hearing the affirmative answer, Nuonuo was so happy that he almost jumped around on the ground.
Hearing Nuonuo's words, Ying Huai did not object.
[If Jiao Jiao wakes up tonight, she will go back with you. If not, Nuonuo will go back with her mother and rest.]
Ying Huai glanced at Nono's parents who were chatting with other people in the village, avoiding the main point.
The villagers were chatting lively and listening to the people with special abilities who had come down the mountain before talking about what they saw and heard after coming down the mountain, and their experiences in the mutant forest.
There are those who love to tell stories and can arouse emotions, telling the whole story with ups and downs, so that Ying Huai, who personally participated through the locust leaves, feels that he wants to listen again.
The story was being told enthusiastically under the tree, and even Nuonuo came over to listen to it. Suddenly, the little stone statue on the branch of the locust tree, which had not reacted at all except for the change in appearance, (no, it should be called the little mermaid now), began to move a little.
The last trace of stone on the previously grayish-white eyeball disappeared, leaving only the vibrant color.
"Hello, Huaishu, I'm Jiao Jiao from the Nono family."
As the little stone statue spoke, it swung its tail and floated up in the air. It floated to the trunk of the Yinghuai tree and gently stroked the tree with its little hands.
"Hello, I'm Huaishu Yinghuai."
Hearing the little mermaid's solemn self-introduction, Ying Huai was not the kind of person to spoil the fun, so he followed the little mermaid's instructions and solemnly introduced himself.
"Okay, godmother!"
Although she heard the name of the locust tree, the little mermaid thought about it and finally followed Nuonuo's name for the tree and called her godmother.
That's it, this voice...
"Wow!!! It's Shark!!"
Just when the little mermaid was wondering what was wrong with the sound from the locust tree, the people under the tree had already noticed the movement here.
Although the people under the tree were having fun, some of them had awakened their abilities. Their five senses had been enhanced, and despite the noisy surroundings, they could still hear the vague movements here.
Nuonuo also heard it, and when she looked up, she saw the little mermaid flying among the branches of the locust tree.
The light should have been poor at night, but the villagers turned on the headlights at the village entrance specifically for this gathering, which not only illuminated the trunk of the Yinghuai tree clearly.
If you look a little more carefully, you can even see the leaves of the locust tree clearly, not to mention the little mermaid with fishtail scales floating suddenly among the branches of the locust tree, still reflecting the light and shining like stars.
As soon as Nuonuo looked up, he saw the little mermaid that seemed to be glowing at first sight. It was so beautiful.
After coming back to her senses from her astonishment, Nuonuo couldn't help but call out in the direction of the little mermaid.
The little mermaid who was flying in the air heard Nono's voice, and without even looking in Nono's direction, he turned his head and flew towards Nono.
"Nono, I've made it big! I can even fly by myself!"
He was still feeling proud while flying.
The villagers nearby were a little surprised to see this scene.
Although the world is always changing, they have seen many incredible things.
In the past, they had never seen a mutated plant that could hurt people after mutation, or a mutated animal that was so powerful that it could spit fire and turn the soil over.
But after seeing so much, they still say that those mutated animals and plants are just mutated, just like they are poisoned. But the mermaids are different.
They watched with their own eyes as the mermaid slowly transformed from a piece of stone into what it is today. It's no exaggeration to say that it had become a spirit!
"There really are goblins in this world!"
An aunt expressed the thoughts that were swirling in everyone's mind, and her eyes were full of amazement when she looked at the little mermaid who was sticking close to Nono.
"Mermaid! Isn't this a species that only appears in legends?"
After hearing what the aunt said, the people around who were stunned after seeing the little mermaid finally came to their senses.
Tang Tang continued, looking down at the little mermaid flying beside Nuonuo, his fingers itching to poke the little mermaid's slightly round cheeks.
The mermaid in front of them did not look like the ones in the legends they had heard. Although it could fly, it looked a little small. Its entire body from head to tail tip was probably only about 30 centimeters.
It was only as long as Nono's upper body, very small, and its face looked round. Tangtang was a little suspicious that it was probably a cub like Nono.
"My godmother mentioned this before. It's probably because of something Shitou and the others found in the mud pit on the mountain. That thing can enhance the stone statue's abilities. I didn't expect that after its abilities were enhanced, it would directly transform into a little mermaid."
Tang Rufeng stood aside the whole time and also kept an eye on the little mermaid.
When he heard people around him wondering why the stone statue had become like this, he began to explain.
Tang Rufeng didn't know much, he just remembered the information his godmother had told him.
But it is enough to remember this information.
“That’s amazing!”
Hearing the amazed expressions of the people around them looking at the little mermaid, the last bit of grudge in Nono's parents' hearts disappeared.
They had previously disapproved of Nuonuo taking the pressure stone home to keep it well, but later on they let Nuonuo keep it with her simply because Nuonuo wanted to. They couldn't persuade Nuonuo, and they didn't want to upset the child either.
Later, after knowing that most of Nono's abilities came from the pressure stone, although they mostly eliminated their negative views of the small stone statue, they still had some grudges in their hearts, fearing that something bad might happen where the small stone statue originally stayed, and that it would implicate Nono.
But now, they don't have to worry anymore.
This little mermaid has become a flesh-and-blood creature. The unlucky parts they thought of before are definitely not there, and it is even less likely that Nono will be implicated.
Now I am worried that the little mermaid is too special. Once the news gets out, I wonder if Nono will be noticed by outsiders and something will happen to her.
Although they have been staying in the village in the mountains and under the protection of their godmother, they still know something about what is happening outside.
Not to mention the current chaos abroad, where strength is respected and the weak can only be bullied. If the weak have some good things and are discovered by the strong, there is only one result, which is that they will be snatched away.
Due to state control, there have been no incidents of people snatching other people's resources on the streets in China nowadays. However, there are still many people who complain privately online that the resources they just got either disappeared inexplicably or were forced to be lost when they were not paying attention.
The official is now short of manpower, and most people with special abilities have gone to the front line to perform tasks. The defense team is already exhausted just to ensure peace in most places and prevent bad incidents from happening. As long as they don't run into any loopholes, they have no time to specifically find out who would use their abilities to steal or rob things.
Because they had heard about these things on the Internet, Nono's parents did not think that the little mermaid would attract so much attention and would not take risks if outsiders knew about it.
Just when Nono's parents felt that there would be a lot of trouble in the future, Tang Rufeng, who noticed their condition, reached out and patted Nono's father on the shoulder.
"Don't worry so much. Even if Nuonuo can't handle it, she still has Shitou and the others by her side. Even if Shitou and the others can't handle it, we brothers and sisters will not let Nuonuo get into trouble."
Tang Rufeng said this, and with a smile he calmed the somewhat uneasy hearts of Nuonuo's parents.
"Besides, even when we were at our worst, we still had our godmother. She wouldn't let anything happen to Nuonuo."
Nono's mother was comforted. Her gaze fell on the locust tree in front of Nono and the little mermaid, standing in the night. Her frowning brows relaxed.
The reason why she and Nono's father were so worried just now was purely because of insufficient firepower.
In their family, only Nono has the ability. Neither she nor Nono's father has it. If something happens, it will be a problem whether the couple can even buy Nono a moment to escape.
This is why they are so worried.
With Tang Rufeng's words, not only Nuonuo's parents felt relieved, but even the elders who were worried about the future situation felt relieved.
After all, they are older, and because of their experience, they tend to look at things from a forward-looking perspective unconsciously.
The appearance of the mermaid allowed them to see more possibilities.
At present, the most mutated things in this world are the awakened abilities of animals, plants and humans. Before the appearance of the mermaid, no one had found anything on the Internet that could become a spirit like the mermaid and then grow a body after becoming a spirit.
The mermaid is the first case!
My godmother is still in the state of a locust tree and hasn’t been able to transform into a body.
Thinking of this, the elders in the village looked at the locust tree with a hint of regret.
It would be great if my godmother could transform into a human form. Then she could walk around and not have to stand at the entrance of the village all the time.
You've been standing in this place all day for so many years, you must be tired of it, right?
It was a pity, but they didn't say it out loud, for fear that it would make their godmother sad. After all, she was standing at the entrance of the village, and her godmother could hear everything they said clearly.
I guess my godmother also wants to create a body so that she can travel around.
Zuzu should be the one who knows Ying Huai's thoughts best.
After all, she has been accompanying her godmother all these years, staying under the tree whenever she has free time. Although her godmother is a tree that can only be quiet, she is also quite lively and likes to listen to their gossip.
If you listen to it with such joy, even the treetops will move on their own.
This is something that Zuzu has come up with himself over the years.
She could guess most of Ying Huai's little emotions by observing him.
It's simple. Zuzu and Ying Huai have been together for too long. When he has nothing to do, Zuzu puts all his attention on observing Ying Huai.
The younger generation in the village were all looking at the strange little mermaid, but most of the older generation focused their attention on Ying Huai, wondering how they could make their godmother become a mermaid as well.
In their hearts, the godmother herself is very divine. They want Ying Huai to have only one way to transform and a path to ascend, and they also want Ying Huai to get better and better.
"How about I try and embroider a pattern for my godmother? Wouldn't that encourage her to come out and look around?"
Another capable grandmother in the village thought for a long time before speaking.
Unlike Stone Grandma, she knows a lot of medicinal herbs. Knowing the effects of those herbs, she can diagnose illnesses and prescribe medicines, and she has a strong presence in the village.
Her favorite thing to do is to stay at home and embroider. Many children in the village know her ability, and occasionally they will form teams to go to the embroidery grandma's house to play and watch her embroider, and finally the embroidered flowers become real.
These days, not only the children in the village like the little things embroidered by grandma, but even the adults in the village like them after seeing them.
It’s just that embroidery takes a lot of effort and the speed is not very fast, so the embroidery grandma hasn’t produced many embroidery works so far.
One of them was the panda that she promised to embroider for the younger generations in the village when she was counting their abilities at Rufeng's place.
At that time, her abilities were not very strong. After the panda was embroidered, it did not last long as a real panda. After the abilities on the embroidery were exhausted, the panda turned back into an embroidery state.
When the panda was first brought out to play, all the villagers who heard about it came out to see it, because they knew it was transformed by Grandma Xiuhua's power, so there was no need to worry about the panda hurting anyone, and everyone wanted to touch it.
The panda's abilities disappeared so quickly after it appeared that Grandma Xiuhua thought it was because the villagers kept touching it, almost making its fur tangled.
"Embroidery Grandma, how are you going to embroider this? Are you going to embroider a small locust tree sapling directly?"
The younger generations who heard Grandma Xiuhua talking turned their gaze away from the little mermaid and looked towards Grandma Xiuhua and the others.
They had no doubt that the embroidery grandma could embroider a real one, but how to embroider it became a problem.
"Well... Godmother, do you think I should embroider a seedling for you and you can focus on it? Or should I embroider a baby for you and then you can go up and stay for a while?"
Hearing the question, the embroidery grandma was a little confused.
She is not worried at all about whether her godmother can put her spirit into the embroidery after it is completed. She is basically unconscious about the embroidery becoming a real work.
I don’t know if it’s because the embroidery grandma’s ability is not strong enough, or because the things she embroiders are not alive, so they have no soul.
A body without a soul is just a moving empty shell, so it will be very easy for the godmother to control it when the time comes.
[You can try it.]
Faced with everyone's expectant eyes, Ying Huai did not spoil the fun and agreed directly.
However, Ying Huai felt that the body embroidered by the Embroidery Grandma for him to control should not be able to withstand his spiritual consciousness.
As of now, Ying Huai has discovered that the only part of his body that can withstand his spiritual consciousness is the locust tree leaves, branches, seeds and the like. Ying Huai himself has not found anything else.
I agreed to Embroidery Grandma’s request because I didn’t want her kindness to go to waste.
"It's getting late, let's all go home and get some rest."
The village chief watched the whole process from the side. When he saw that these people's initial emotions had passed, he told them to go back and rest.
Although they originally planned to play later, something unexpected happened.
Fortunately, everyone present was from the village. The people in Daxi Village have already practiced this and are very tight-lipped.
Village chief Wu was concerned about the people from villages outside the village and upstream villages who would celebrate and have fun with them in the evening.
Especially those from villages outside the village, they don’t live in the mountains themselves, and some of their family members are still at the foot of the mountain. If they let something slip when they go home for vacation, it would be bad if they cause trouble.
While the younger generations in the village were just observing the little mermaid out of curiosity and before asking her questions that were difficult to tell others, he should get rid of the other irrelevant people. He would go back and tell her what to say slowly.
Thinking of this, Village Chief Wu raised his hand higher to wave to everyone.
Village Chief Dai originally wanted to come down to see the excitement today. The mountain itself is not the same as the one at the foot of the mountain. Most of the time, except for special festivals, the mountain will not deliberately create excitement for people to play. It is normal for Village Chief Dai to want to come down to see the excitement.
I just didn’t expect that today’s excitement was really right.
This was the first time he had seen such a strange thing, and he had never imagined it even in his dreams before.
Thinking of this, Village Chief Dai was a little confused. This was not a large-scale disaster. Normally, even if he didn't dream about this hexagram seriously, he should have mentioned something.
It's fine if he couldn't dream about the previous earthquake disaster, after all, that event was too big and his ability was insufficient. But this one didn't hurt anyone, and it wouldn't cause any major changes, so he should be able to dream about it...
With doubts swirling in his mind, Village Chief Dai followed Village Chief Wu's suggestion and took the villagers from Shangyou Village back home.
He planned to go back and find the official personnel, the Taoist priest, to ask for advice, but he still felt something was wrong until he got the answer.
Seeing that the people from the upstream village had already left, the people from Daxi Village were preparing to go back to rest. It was not convenient for the people from the villages outside the village to stay any longer. They couldn't just let them stay here and watch the fun before going back, right?
Although they didn't see the answer, the people from the two villages still followed Village Chief Wu's instructions and went back one by one.
"Let's go to the village office. We can continue our discussion there."
After watching the people from other villages leave, Village Chief Wu turned around, said a few words, and led the villagers towards the village office.
The focus of his words must be on Nono's family. After all, the most important person tonight is the little mermaid sitting on Nono's shoulder.
As for other people, they can watch if they want, as long as they don’t tell anyone and don’t cause trouble for the little girl Nuonuo.
Nuonuo's parents also knew that the villagers were not the type to tell village secrets everywhere, so they did not stop it.
"Nono, can you ask your little mermaid what's going on with it now?"
When they arrived at the place, Village Chief Wu, the person who was in charge of bringing people here, didn't know what to ask, so in the end, only Tang Rufeng could ask.
They have too many doubts.
"Smermaid Jiao Jiao herself isn't entirely clear on the matter. She initially thought the scale would be useful to her, and so she used it. Now, she's even mutated into the same species as the scale's original owner."
The little girl frowned when she heard the question and answered.
In fact, what the little girl didn't know was that the small stone statue itself was carved out of a mermaid. The reason why Ni Lin chose to merge with the small stone statue was that in addition to being a spirit of the pressure stone, the small stone statue also carried some of the sculptor's thoughts about mermaids. The small stone statue had the characteristics of a mermaid, which was inadvertently given to it by the sculptor.
Because of this characteristic, and the fact that the world itself was mutating, and Ying Huai using his spiritual power to assist, due to multiple coincidences, Ni Lin chose the little mermaid to merge with, and even incurred some cost in the process, completely mutating the body of the little stone statue towards the direction of a mermaid.
This is the reason why the little stone statue mutated into the little mermaid it is today.
However, Nono was not aware of these details. The mermaid herself was in a mutated state at the time, and her consciousness was vague, so she was not very clear about these things.
It just knew that its successful fusion with Ni Lin was thanks to its godmother, so it remembered this.
Since the little mermaid herself didn't understand, the words she relayed to Nuonuo weren't very clear either, and she kept talking in circles.
In the end, the adults who gathered around to watch the fun and Tang Rufeng who asked Nuonuo only knew that the reason why it became like this was because of the help of its godmother.
"Hmm, well, besides being so vague like this, what abilities do you have? Are you clear on them?"
Seeing that he could not get any specific information out of him, and not knowing whether more special mutated creatures like the small stone statues would appear in the future, Tang Rufeng could only give up and ask about other things.
As Tang Rufeng spoke, he took out the notebook in the village office that he had used to register the people with special abilities in the village, and prepared to write down the little mermaid's abilities so that he would remember them when he needed to use its abilities in the future.
"Okay, it's nothing serious actually. I can just sense if it's going to rain. I was able to sense this before. I can control some of the rain, manipulate the water, find my way on the water, and know what's happening underwater. Um... fighting in a place with water should be a bit more powerful than fighting in a place without water."
Tang Rufeng asked, and then the little mermaid was left there talking on and on about his current situation.
Generally speaking, it's as good as not saying anything. Without seeing it with your own eyes, no one can judge the mermaid's strength from its slightly stiff words.
Because from what I heard, most of those people with water-related abilities out there can do it.
Well, it’s just not as comprehensive as the mermaid. The abilities of those people with special abilities are separated, and each person only has one or two of the mermaid’s abilities.
Tang Rufeng carefully memorized the little mermaid's abilities, and nodded to Nuonuo after confirming that there was no problem.
"It's okay, Nuonuo, take your friends back."
Since the little mermaid is a playmate of the children in the village and has no bad intentions towards Daxi Village, the little mermaid is a part of Daxi Village, and the adults should protect her.
"Okay, thank you, Brother Rufeng."
Nuonuo reached out and hugged the little mermaid that had just flown off her shoulder, smiled happily at Tang Rufeng, thanked him, and left.
Tang Rufeng asked all the questions he needed to ask. The elders around who were paying attention all knew what the little mermaid was. Since it appeared in Daxi Village and would live in the village in the future, they should just treat it as a new younger generation and just keep an eye on it.
After confirming this idea, the village chief waved to the elders in the village, indicating that there was nothing else to do. Then everyone really dispersed and went home to rest.
But tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
The elders are all worried that in the future there will really be more mutant creatures like the mermaids that are transformed from stone and have the ability to attack humans.
The younger generation didn't have this worry. Every one of them stood in their rooms, scanning the "treasures" they had saved since childhood, trying to find something unusual in those little gadgets.
What if the little things they played with and treasured as children were as special as the little stone statue?
Thinking about it, people watched more seriously.
Ying Huai was bored because of what happened in the evening, and his roots were swaying underground. He was speechless after seeing this scene.
Then he chuckled.
These children in the village are really cute now that they have lost the mischievousness they had when they were little.
The village on the mountain became quiet for a while, but it was not so quiet at the foot of the mountain.
Xiao Liu did not go down the mountain with Village Chief Dai at night. Although he was transferred to Shangyou Village to serve as a village committee member, the things he needed to deal with did not decrease much because of his transfer.
It's just that he no longer deals with the affairs in the town at the foot of the mountain.
But he also handles some clerical work for the villages upstream of the mountain and some ancillary documents for the villages outside the village.
The person in charge of the out-of-village village is only responsible for planning and arranging the residence and transfer of people from the out-of-village village, as well as the tasks of working in the fields.
Simply put, all the tedious and meticulous work was basically handed over to Xiao Liu.
After learning that people from villages outside the village and upstream villages still had time to come to Daxi Village for fun, Xiao Liu was so busy that he had no time to observe the situation on the mountain.
Fortunately, he has spent quite some time in this mountain, and his contributions to everyone have been noticed. People know that he is not a bad person, so the villagers will not be so shy when speaking to him.
"A new type of mutant creature has appeared?"
When Mayor Xiao heard Xiao Liu's report, he had no doubts at all and his brows were almost wrinkled into a "川" shape.
The reason why he had no doubts was that Xiao Liu had always been by his side handling affairs before he went up the mountain to work as a village cadre. Xiao Liu's business ability and meticulousness in his work were obvious to all, so of course he would not doubt it.
Since what Xiao Liu said is most likely true, this is a bit troublesome.
"The mutated locusts are still at the border, the areas they suddenly appeared in haven't been fully explored, and post-disaster reconstruction work in the earthquake zone is still underway. And now, a previously unforeseen mutant creature has appeared. Whether it's friend or foe is still unknown..."
Mayor Xiao muttered these words in a low voice, his brows knotted with worry.
"How can the world force people to leave like this? The people in the town haven't even finished making arrangements yet."
Thinking about the ruins in the town that have not yet been cleared and the townspeople who are still living in temporary camps, Mayor Xiao is really tired.
In the first moments after the earthquake in the town, the people in the ability defense team were thinking about guarding against the mutant animals and plants that might appear around at any time, repairing the walls, and only then rescuing the people trapped under the houses.
This also led them to make choices unconsciously. The rescue speed of ordinary people was far slower than that of people with special abilities. The people with special abilities from Daxi Village and the upstream village on the back mountain all came down the mountain to help, but some people were still not rescued due to time delays.
Although most people in the town understood this delay, a small number of people still felt resentful about the lack of rescue efforts by the defense team.
During this period, he refused to distribute food and made the people eat in the canteen. This was also an attempt to ease the inexplicable resentment.
But it seems to be of no use.
Shortly after Mayor Xiao finished listening to Xiao Liu's report, his office phone rang again.
It's his secretary.
"Mayor, we might need your help here. I just received a call from the captain of the defense team. They've captured a few people who seem to be mentally unstable."
As soon as I picked up the phone, the secretary's voice came from the other end, a little hurried.
"good."
Without further ado on the phone, Mayor Xiao didn't delay. He answered and hung up the phone, then looked down at the time.
Early morning.
It's late at night, and the defense team is already very tired from staying alert to guard against the mutant animals and plants that may attack at any time. What do those people in the town want to do?
Thinking of this, Mayor Xiao got up, dressed and prepared to go out.
Since the earthquake, the people in the town government and the town defense force have been extremely busy, even their sleep time has been reduced.
When Mayor Xiao received Xiao Liu's call, he had just returned home from the office. He had just laid down when he received a call. After hanging up the phone, he was still thinking about something when the next call came.
Mayor Xiao put on his clothes with an expressionless face, closed the door and started working again.
"...You guys are just good for nothing, just eating for free..."
As I approached the place the secretary mentioned, I heard someone shouting from afar. The shouting was shrill and tearful. People who didn't know the situation would think that the defense team was torturing someone.
"What is this for?"
Walking closer and looking at the several people tied together in front of him, Mayor Xiao turned to look at the captain of the defense team who was sitting on the ground.
"Well, what else could it be? We told you back then that a few of them have been displeased with us since the earthquake, so we asked you to keep an eye on them. Are you really not going to do anything about it?"
Hearing Mayor Xiao's question, the somewhat angry captain of the defense team didn't care whether Mayor Xiao was his superior or not, and started to retort.
"You say it."
Listening to the captain of the defense team's angry words, Mayor Xiao didn't get any information from his words. Seeing that the other party was now suppressed to the point of exploding at any time, he didn't want to provoke him and turned to ask the frightened secretary beside him.
The secretary had obviously come out in a hurry and was disheveled.
"These people are desperate. They attacked the defense team even before I arrived.
The defense team had already contained them before I arrived, but who knew there was someone with special abilities among them who attracted the mutant plant? The key point is that the mutant plant was even tied with explosives, right over there, and it almost killed everyone present."
The secretary's eyes were trembling as he said this. It was obvious that he had been frightened.
He often follows the mayor, who has been dealing with the town's residents frequently due to post-earthquake work. Anyone who knows Mayor Xiao knows him.
Just now, those people saw that they couldn't do anything to the defense team and they were trapped, so they used him as the center of their last attempt.
If the explosives explode, if you are unlucky, the secretary will die. If you are lucky, one or two people from the defense team will be taken away. At worst, the defense team will be crippled.
Thinking of this, the secretary gritted his teeth. What a good idea those people tied to the ground had!
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