115 Chapter 115
Chapter 115
"You can all go ask around right now. The research institute hasn't officially developed it yet, but they've already produced a sample. It's just not as perfect as we'd like, so there's no news yet."
Hearing the question, Captain Dai had a vague idea. He had previously thought that most of his team members' families were living in the safe area designated by the official circle. The upstream village where his grandfather lived was protected by a locust tree that could provide shelter. In addition, since that thing had not been actually made, he did not care.
Now that he heard what Mo Shan wanted, Captain Dai forcibly dug out that vague information from his indifferent consciousness module.
"Really? I'll go ask. Wait, I'll find some connections at the research institute."
Mo Shan heard what his captain said, and after a moment of reaction, a smile appeared on his face. He activated his ability and went to harass the pair of brothers from the research institute.
The two brothers who were exploring the environment outside: ...
"Yes, but it's useless. It's still manual and complicated to use. You might as well just get an energy device to use. It's easier to use."
Hearing Mo Shan's question, the senior brother who was busy sorting out the data was speechless for a while before answering Mo Shan.
"How is it complicated? It's just as complicated as it should be. You can damage mutant plants and animals with just a wave of your hand, but now you have to go to the trouble of finding a container, first accumulating the attacks that could be released directly, then painstakingly finding a good angle, and finally releasing them all at once.
Although the attack power is high, if you calculate it, if you had attacked it one after another, the cumulative attack power might not be less than that of releasing it all at once, and it would be more convenient."
After the senior brother finished speaking, he decided not to discuss the matter any further and instead asked Mo Shan to discuss it with his junior brother, who might be able to come up with a better answer.
"I understand. I understand."
After listening to his senior brother's words, Mo Shan was silent for a while. Of course, it was his ideal. Since the research institute had not released the news, it was obvious that there were still major flaws there.
"Don't be discouraged. The research institute is currently researching a consciousness that can control this aspect, but they just didn't have a clue before.
I used to think about using AI to control that thing, but that thing is a mutated device after all. The AI that can only send instructions to the outside world in the chip will be corroded by the mutated energy over time and eventually become useless.
But now I have some clues. Come back and ask me later, and I'll tell you if there's anything useful."
When I asked my junior fellow student, his answer was not as decisive as my senior brother's. Instead, he gave some tactful comfort.
"Okay, I'll ask again later."
Mo Shan also knew that this was the most his fellow apprentice could tell him. Anything more would involve research secrets, and he couldn't say anything even if he wanted to. Since that was the case, he didn't dwell on it.
"Captain, that thing you heard about is a failed product. It can't be used normally and is troublesome to use. The research institute is planning to conduct further research in other directions."
Mo Shan retracted his ability and had a look of loss on his face when he spoke to Captain Dai and others.
It is understandable that research is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It is normal to fail many times. It is also normal that the failed products they heard cannot be used normally.
"Okay, since the current failed product is useless, let's put this idea aside for now and wait until a successful one comes out. We should set off."
Captain Dai reminded everyone after seeing that Zhuang Dun had packed up everything that could be packed.
"I'll call the rest of the people to assemble."
Upon hearing the news of departure, Mo Shan no longer dwelled on it. He activated his abilities to find the remaining teammates who had not come and asked them to prepare to gather and set off.
Even though Ye Wenheng already knew the news in advance, Mo Shan still reminded him.
After seeing that the people he reminded had responded, Mo Shan withdrew his ability.
Everyone in Captain Dai's team has a communicator, but they are already used to Mo Shan using his ability to summon them.
At first, he called people like this because he wanted to train Mo Shan's abilities, but later it was purely because he was used to this procedure.
If Mo Shan's voice had not suddenly appeared in their ears, informing them to set off, they would have doubted whether the mission information they received was false.
With Mo Shan's reminder, the teammates gathered quickly. Ye Wenheng also came quickly. Because he was socially anxious, he stayed in the corner and heard clearly what Captain Dai and others said.
When he heard the call, he arrived the fastest.
Seeing that everyone was present, Captain Dai looked around at everyone present, and finally stopped for a moment on Ye Wenheng. After confirming that he was there, he led the team out.
They agreed to bring Ye Wenheng with them this time, so Captain Dai would pay special attention to whether Ye Wenheng was following them.
Everyone was there, and the group set off. Ye Wenheng didn't have a car, so when they set off, even though he knew that the other party was not used to it, he still carried him into the car and kept him in a corner.
It’s such a long distance, and Ye Wenheng doesn’t know how to drive. We can’t just let him run slowly on the ground following the car like before, right?
The reason why he was asked to follow behind was because he had the ability to ensure his own safety. Captain Dai and others could not walk fast because of the rat.
This time when we return to Daxi Village, there is no threat of the rat mark on my body, so I need to drive faster. If Ye Wenheng runs on the ground, it would be strange if he can keep up.
Ye Wenheng obviously knew that he couldn't keep up with the speed this time. Although he felt uncomfortable all over, he didn't struggle. He stayed obediently in the corner, curled up and was taken away holding the things he bought.
Also because he stayed in the corner with his bag, the people around him understood his current situation and did not pay too much attention to him. This led to the fact that none of Captain Dai and others noticed that he got on the car with something different and headed towards Daxi Village.
Captain Dai and others were heading towards Daxi Village. The little rat left in the official research institute was being stared at by a group of old men and women, and things were not going well.
At first, it could still hold on and maintain its mutant form in the eyes of everyone. However, after being stared at for a long time, its body slowly changed, slowly turning into the direction of a leather doll, until finally, it completely turned into the appearance of a mole in a game console.
"After observing for a few days, the sample data has been sorted out, but the direction is still a little vague. Do you have any better research directions..."
After seeing that the leather mouse was completely motionless, the old men withdrew their gaze and looked down at the information that the assistant had sorted out in their hands, thinking carefully about the possible connections between these data.
What they are studying now is how this toy mutated and finally successfully possessed a mutated consciousness.
Unfortunately, after looking at it for a long time and studying it for a long time, I still have no clue.
"Take your time. There's no rush."
The leaders above also know the current situation and what these elderly people are worried about, but being anxious will not produce any results.
As the abilities of the mutated plants and animals outside become stronger and stronger, humans are unable to keep up and are unable to keep up with the pace of the mutated plants and animals. More ordinary people have to rely on the protection of people with special abilities, which further weakens the strength of some human people with special abilities.
The reason why these old people in the research institute are so anxious to create mutant equipment that can be used by humans is that they want ordinary people to have means of attack and join the ranks of fighting against mutant animals and plants in the outside world.
Although energy devices are now available and some ordinary people can muster up the courage to take them and go out to fight, most people still cannot do it. Even some weak people have problems going out.
When they go out, they are unable to fight against the mutated plants and grasses that have been judged by the Agricultural Research Institute to be of low danger level and do not need to be cleaned up. They can only spend most of their time at home and find some work they can do at home to make a living.
In the past, such a situation might have been relatively balanced because of the country, and those people could still survive.
But this balance was broken with the earthquake and the sudden appearance of an area that should not have existed.
The emergence of those plots of land not only brought about the expansion of the area, but also brought about stronger mutated plants and animals.
The appearance of those mutated animals and plants not only prompted humans to explore inside and search for resources, but even the already existing mutated animals and plants would gather in that direction, and then their strength would increase due to the special characteristics of the area.
It is foreseeable that in the future, as time goes by, the abilities of those mutated plants and animals will become stronger, and human beings with abilities will not be able to keep those mutated creatures out like they do now. Will ordinary people living in the shelter still have room to find a place to stay?
No, the only way is to improve the abilities of ordinary people, so that they have the power to protect themselves and even a certain amount of attack power, and to liberate those who have the ability to protect ordinary people and improve their abilities, so that humans can continue to have the possibility of survival in the future.
Not only the leaders above, but even ordinary people who pay a little attention to current affairs can guess that if human beings' strength does not increase, those mutant creatures will not let go of the vulnerable humans when they become powerful in the future.
Even now, when humans can still resist, there are so many mutant creatures attacking human settlements, not to mention the time when they know that humans cannot resist their attacks.
"We're almost there, just wait a little longer."
Mo Shan looked at the person with mushrooms growing in the corner behind the car and reminded him softly.
"good……"
When Ye Wenheng heard someone talking to him, he was not sure at first that they were talking to him. He looked up and only responded after meeting Mo Shan's gaze.
"If he just goes there like this, can he explain himself clearly?"
Tang Ji was right next to them. He took in Ye Wenheng's expression and asked his teammates next to him softly.
"It shouldn't be possible. Let's wait and see when we get there. If it's not possible, we can help explain it. We may not know the details, but we can help say a few words to make his purpose clear."
Upon hearing this, the deputy captain followed Tang Ji's gaze and his eyes fell on Ye Wenheng. There was nothing he could do but say this.
The deputy captain said this simply because he was not confident in Ye Wenheng's ability to express himself.
If they hadn't been patient at the beginning, Ye Wenheng would probably have been left behind halfway.
After all, the other party has the ability to walk in the wild without any harm, so even if he doesn't follow them, his life will not be in danger.
Since the other party can survive in the wild and has a clear destination, it’s not a big problem if he just gets lost along the way.
Fortunately, Ye Wenheng's ability was of some use to Captain Dai's team at the time, and he himself had already decided to follow Captain Dai and others, so he caught up.
"Captain, do you feel that this trip up the mountain is a little different from the previous ones?"
Captain Dai led his team straight through the town at the foot of the mountain and headed towards the mountain.
Their destination this time is Daxi Village on the mountain. It is better to go early and return early, after all, there are a lot of children on the mountain waiting for them to give them toys.
We had originally promised to deliver the compensation toys to the mountain the next day. The delay was already long enough. They had already arrived at the destination, and further delay would have been bad.
"It's definitely different. It's easier to go up the mountain."
After hearing what the team members said, Captain Dai recalled their condition when they were climbing the mountain, which was more relaxed than before.
This is obviously not right. Even if the team members didn't remind him, Captain Dai would have felt it a long time ago. Now it is just confirming what he thinks in his heart.
"What's going on? We just went up the mountain a few days ago, and there are such big changes in just a few days?"
"You'll have to ask the people on the mountain. They should know."
The group discussed it and finally took advantage of the ease of climbing the mountain to speed up.
Ye Wenheng, who followed them up the mountain, sounded a little confused. He had been using his ability to keep himself ignored by the mutated animals and plants for a long time, and he didn't feel anything at all.
Although I didn't understand, I still followed obediently.
The road on the mountain was rugged, and he was afraid that he would lose them. Even his social anxiety was alleviated a lot, and the distance between him and Captain Dai and others was shortened a lot, maintaining a position where he would not lose them, but had some distance.
"We're almost there. Follow closer. When you see the people on the mountain, don't be speechless for a long time. Tell them the reason for going to Daxi Village. They are a bit xenophobic in the village. If you don't explain clearly, you won't be able to stay on the mountain."
Seeing that they were almost within sight of Daxi Village, Captain Dai turned around and looked at the person following at the end of his team, stopped, and only spoke out instructions after the person caught up.
Although he had already made up his mind, if Daxi Village did not allow this man to stay, he would talk to his family and let him continue to go up the mountain and live in the upstream village for two days. After he calmed down, he could continue to look for the person he wanted to find.
"I see."
After hearing Captain Dai's instructions, Ye Wenheng knew that the other party meant well, so he didn't try to offend him and replied in a low voice.
Seeing that Ye Wenheng was fine, Captain Dai sped up and returned to the front of the team to continue leading the way.
There were quite a few people in their group, and even though they didn't make any noise when they went up the mountain, and there weren't any special mutant creatures attacking them to make a big noise, they were still seen early on by the people staying at the entrance of Daxi Village.
There have been quite a lot of people going up the mountain recently. When the aunts sitting at the entrance of the village saw so many people, they thought that they were people from the town below who had gone up the mountain again. It was not until Captain Dai and his men came a little closer that the aunts at the entrance of the village could see them clearly.
"Shitou, the uncles you're waiting for are here. Do you want to come out and wait?"
Seeing that people were really coming towards the entrance of Daxi Village and not going up the mountain along the road, the aunts at the entrance of the village turned around and shouted to the children who were playing in a corner.
"Hey! Here they come!"
After hearing the shouts and understanding the meaning of the words, Shitou immediately thought of the uncles who had brought Xiao Hei's toys down the mountain. His eyes lit up and he immediately stood up and ran towards the village entrance.
Seeing the stone running away, the children who had been playing with the stone also reacted and followed the stone one by one, their faces full of anticipation.
They had been looking forward to it since Captain Dai and his men came down the mountain, imagining what kind of toys these uncles would exchange with them. Unexpectedly, there had been no news from these uncles for such a long time since they went down the mountain.
Before today, Shi Tou thought that these uncles were too busy and forgot about them, and was planning to ask Brother Rufeng to call those uncles. Unexpectedly, before Shi Tou and the others could take action, Captain Dai and others had already returned.
A group of children rushed out of the village, but by the time they came out, they were all standing at the entrance of the village, and Captain Dai and others had not arrived yet.
"Wait, right away."
Captain Dai and others saw the children running out of the village from afar and hurriedly quickened their pace.
Looking at the children around him, who were full of anticipation, he waved his hands to signal them to wait patiently.
"Dunzi, take the things out."
They didn't carry much with them, and all they had on their backs were the necessary equipment. The toys were all in Zhuang Dun's space. Before Shi Tou and others asked where the toys were, Captain Dai had already told Zhuang Dun to get them.
The moment Captain Dai finished speaking, Zhuang Dun activated his ability to release all the toys that had been sorted in the space in advance.
I had considered before that the children living in the mountains were not only from Daxi Village, but also from the neighboring upstream villages and villages outside the village. Although the toys given to them were of lower quality, they were not less.
In this way, it seems that Zhuang Dun took out too many toys.
Shitou and other children looked at the toys piled up like a mountain in front of them with their eyes shining, they were so excited.
"Uncle, are these all for us?"
"Uncle, what toy is this?"
"uncle……"
“…”
Excited, a group of children rushed towards Captain Dai and his team, and started chattering around Captain Dai and his team members.
Although the children were talking around Captain Dai and others, their eyes were almost glued to the piles of toys.
"Yes, these are for you kids."
Hearing the children's uncertain questions, Captain Dai bent down slightly, looked at the children who were much shorter than him, and answered their questions seriously.
"Yeah!!! That's great..."
As soon as Captain Dai gave the affirmative answer, the children spun around even faster.
"That won't do. It's too expensive. We know you took toys from the kids before, but asking for so much compensation is a bit inappropriate."
Looking at the children's current appearance, and then looking at Captain Dai and others who didn't look like they were joking, the adults around them couldn't help but disagree.
"The things we took from these children before were worth more than these toys, and they have now been handed over. Moreover, we said from the beginning that we would compensate for the toys. Now we are just fulfilling our promise. It is not troublesome and does not cost much."
Seeing that some parents with children nearby wanted to take their children away and did not want them to take the toys, Captain Dai quickly spoke up.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask your godmother behind you. What I said is true. You can keep these things."
After Captain Dai finished speaking, he was afraid that he would not be able to persuade these parents and would disappoint the children, so he quickly moved Ying Huai out.
When they took the leather rat away, not only was Guo Shanfeng present, but the godmother of Daxi Village also knew about it.
After hearing the latter sentence, the villagers began to hesitate.
He turned his head and looked in the direction of the locust tree for a few more seconds. After making sure that he had received a positive answer from the other party, his frown relaxed and he no longer stopped his child from going up to choose a toy.
"Here, these toys are specially bought for you. You can carefully choose which ones you like."
When the children were choosing toys, Captain Dai watched from the side and gave them a reminder from time to time.
After the children had picked out the toys they wanted, Captain Dai asked Zhuang Dun to put away the remaining toys and take them to his old man a little further back, so that the old man could distribute the remaining toys to other children who did not get any toys.
The children's affairs have been explained, and the only thing left is about Ye Wenheng.
"Aunt, where is Village Chief Wu? Someone here said he wants to find someone in Daxi Village."
Captain Dai said this, turning his head and glancing at Ye Wenheng who was squatting in the corner. Without stopping, he turned his gaze away and his eyes fell back on the aunt in front of him.
Listening to Captain Dai's words, the aunt followed Captain Dai's gaze and also saw Ye Wenheng. Although she didn't understand why the other party was so secretive when mentioning the young man, she thought of the toys Captain Dai had just brought and the fact that the other party did not say to directly settle the person in Daxi Village, but instead went to find Village Chief Wu, so she didn't say anything.
"Village Chief Wu has been inspecting the mutated crops in the village these past few days. Those crops are about to be harvested, and he's worried about any problems."
As the aunt spoke, she lowered her head, took out her cell phone, and called Village Chief Wu. After she finished speaking, she hung up the phone. The aunt thought for a moment and called Tang Rufeng again.
Over the past period of time, as long as Tang Rufeng was in the village, most of the village affairs were handled by Tang Rufeng. So even though Captain Dai said she wanted to find Village Chief Wu, she still wanted to be safe and called Tang Rufeng to avoid having to look for him again later.
While waiting for Village Chief Wu and others to arrive at the village entrance, the children in the village had already gone to play with the toys they had received, and the rest were basically adults in the village who were temporarily free.
Seeing that Captain Dai and others have not left yet and do not show any intention of resting in Daxi Village for a while, it is obvious that they are staying for something.
Every villager couldn't help but look at Captain Dai and his team members, trying to use their 'sharp' eyes to figure out the purpose of Captain Dai and his team staying.
Unfortunately, after looking for a long time, he couldn't see anything. Village Chief Wu, Tang Rufeng and others had arrived, so he had no choice but to give up.
It is impossible to just let them leave and make some space for a conversation between Village Chief Wu, Tang Rufeng and others. Don't be too curious.
"We have a new acquaintance here. He couldn't find his way, so he asked us to lead him here. He said he was looking for someone, so we brought him here to ask if anyone knows him, or if he is looking for someone among you."
Captain Dai said this, and raised his hand slightly, and with a slight movement, he confirmed to Village Chief Wu and Tang Rufeng who the visitor was.
Ye Wenheng was also a very sensitive person. When he saw Captain Dai talking about looking for the village chief, he knew it must be because of him.
Normally he should take the initiative to introduce himself and explain his situation clearly, but he was unable to do so.
He raised his head slightly and glanced at the villagers who were still circling around to watch the excitement, as well as the remaining team members surrounding Captain Dai. There were so many people that he felt a little timid.
But if he wanted to find someone, he had to take this step.
Almost subconsciously, he instinctively used his ability. After seeing that the people around him had shifted their gazes away from him and were no longer on him, Ye Wenheng relaxed.
"Hello...Hello, I'm here to look for someone."
Holding his bag, Ye Wenheng walked to the slightly older village chief Wu and spoke in a low voice.
But after he finished speaking, he realized that Village Chief Wu's eyes were fixed on nowhere. He was looking behind him with some confusion, as if wondering how there seemed to be someone over there just now, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the village chief's actions, Ye Wenheng realized that he had overused his abilities.
Just when he was about to retract the power that he had just released instinctively due to fear, he saw a golden dog appear in front of him, grinning happily at him. Inexplicably, the moment he saw the dog, Ye Wenheng's timidity caused by the crowd around him and the urge to curl up into a ball were relieved.
"This is Lalao, you can touch it."
Almost at the moment when Ye Wenheng's brows relaxed, Tang Rufeng's voice sounded in his ears, which scared Ye Wenheng. He instinctively wanted to look away and lower his head, but a warm, fluffy dog's head came close to his hand.
This was the first time that Ye Wenheng had encountered a situation where even after he had released his ability, the other party was still able to penetrate his ability barrier and communicate with him directly, so he was shocked just now.
After realizing what was happening, a hint of confusion inevitably appeared on his face.
He was well aware of his own abilities, and he had never met anyone who could truly break free from the mental power he had set to ignore.
Tang Rufeng was the first person he met who ignored the interference of his ability after he awakened his ability.
Faced with the failure of his ability, Ye Wenheng should panic. His ability is his confidence, but now, his confidence is being ignored.
"Don't worry, your ability is still useful to me, but the place you are standing on now is a little special."
As if he could see what Ye Wenheng was thinking, Tang Rufeng chuckled and tried to comfort him. As for what was so special about the place they were in, he didn't elaborate and just lightly changed the subject.
"Are you looking for someone? Can you tell me who you're looking for? I have a general impression of the people in Daxi Village. As for those who are not from Daxi Village, I also have a general impression of the people in the two surrounding villages."
Tang Rufeng did not elaborate on how to ignore the other party's abilities, but instead turned his attention back to what they had asked in the first place.
"Well, looking for someone..."
Hearing Tang Rufeng's question, even though Ye Wenheng was socially anxious, his IQ was not a problem. He knew that if the other party didn't say it, he didn't want to say it. Even if he wanted to know, he couldn't, so he didn't stare at Tang Rufeng's vague words and dwell on it.
"Who are you looking for?"
Ye Wenheng didn't tell him who he was looking for for a long time. Tang Rufeng was not anxious, but waited patiently for him to speak.
Although Tang Rufeng is in much better health now, he still remembers the physical discomfort he once suffered.
Although Ye Wenheng was different from his previous state in many ways, it was not difficult to see that he did not want to be like this subjectively, and that he had mental problems that led him to act like this. There was nothing he could do about it, and he did not even lack this little patience.
"I want to find my brother. Sister Fan said she found Brother Fan. I want to come find my brother too..."
As he spoke, Ye Wenheng's voice became increasingly quiet. It was clear that even though he had initially set out towards Daxi Village with a sense of luck, he still had doubts about whether his brother could ever return to the world of the living.
Because you are not sure, you will hesitate when you speak and your words will be unclear.
Although Ye Wenheng's voice was unclear and he didn't even say his brother's name after talking for a long time, Tang Rufeng guessed who he was looking for.
It can only be said to be a coincidence. Today, Ye Wenheng is facing Village Chief Wu, and it may not be so easy for him to get news about his brother.
But he was lucky, because it was Tang Rufeng who asked him, and Tang Rufeng was very patient with him. He sorted out his confusing and unclear words, and guessed the person he was looking for.
After guessing who the other party was looking for, Tang Rufeng fell silent, swallowed the remaining words, looked at the bag in the other party's arms, and reached out to take it carefully.
"I know who you're looking for. I'll take you there. Come with me."
When saying this, Tang Rufeng's eyes inevitably showed sadness.
Although his ability can bring his teammates back to this world, he still feels regretful that even if they return to the world, they will no longer have the flesh and blood they once had.
Because of these concerns, they are even reluctant to contact their families, for fear that their appearance will make their families, who have already escaped pain, sad again.
Just like the brother of the young man in front of me.
When Ye Wenheng heard the answer he wanted, he no longer cared about his social anxiety. Seeing that Tang Rufeng had turned and left, he hurriedly followed him.
Captain Dai saw that the people had been delivered and the people from Daxi Village had taken them in. He felt that there was nothing left for them to do, so he led his team members away and headed towards the upstream village.
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