116 Chapter 116
Chapter 116
Captain Dai and the others who had already gone up the mountain never bothered to see what Ye Wenheng had gotten from the official ability center while they were buying toys.
It's also rare. Even though Ye Wenheng is a socially anxious person, he has not missed out on any good things.
He basically bought everything he thought was useful.
Although he was socially anxious, he did have a lot of resources due to the special nature of his abilities. The resources he obtained while the mutant animals and plants were not noticing him were enough for him to live a normal life, and he could even buy some expensive things occasionally.
This is probably one of the reasons why he has the confidence to run so far to find someone.
As long as you have the resources to survive and are safe, you can live anywhere.
It took a while after Ye Wenheng and Tang Rufeng left for Village Chief Wu and the others to realize that there was no one in front of them.
Looking at the puzzled faces of the Daxi Village chief and villagers, Captain Dai and others were the first to react. They knew that Ye Wenheng had used his ability to temporarily block their perception, so they ignored such a large living person. The result was that the people who were originally standing there suddenly turned into living people.
Village Chief Wu and the others were not frightened because they had the support of their godmother. In addition, they had seen the children in the village use their abilities a lot in recent times. Tang Rufeng could even summon ghosts, so it was normal for more magical abilities to appear after him.
"Since Rufeng went to entertain them and has taken them away, let's wait and see and wait for Rufeng's reply. If the person he's looking for isn't in Daxi Village, he may need to contact you later."
Although he realized that Tang Rufeng had taken the person away, and there was a high possibility that the person he was looking for was in Daxi Village, the village chief did not say anything final and left some room for maneuver.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Village Chief. If you have any questions later, please contact me directly, or contact our old man."
Hearing this, Captain Dai nodded. After making sure that he had completed what he was going to do, Captain Dai took his men away.
"These days, there are actually people from outside looking for people from our village?"
The village chief frowned and muttered. Ever since he realized that the situation outside was far less safe than in the mountains, in order to ensure the stability in the mountains, he had already warned the villagers and even the people in the neighboring villages upstream.
Even when chatting with friends who used to work outside, I would not mention the situation in the mountains here, just to avoid people knowing that life here is better and coming all the way here.
Unexpectedly, after such a long period of silence and the villagers following his advice and not spreading the news, someone still came to find him.
Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that the person the young man is looking for is in the village.
"Hey, don't look at me. It's not that I don't allow you to talk too much about the situation in our village these days, nor that I don't want you to help your relatives, but you have to help within your means.
"Before, the town government at the foot of the mountain knew that it was safe on the mountain, so they were very easy to deal with by creating an out-of-village village. But if you provoke those people who have a bad life outside here, and they come here without any organization, will you intervene or not?"
When the village chief said this, his gaze lingered on several families in the village for a moment. He did not point out anything, and then calmly retracted his gaze.
After saying this, he ignored everyone's reactions and turned to head towards the village office. He was still a little worried and wanted to see with his own eyes what the situation was.
After seeing the village chief walk away, the children had gone off to play somewhere else and there were no outsiders around, the villagers who had been stunned by the village chief's words finally came to their senses and started discussing.
Ever since the incident, the village has never restricted villagers from using their own things to help relatives outside. The only thing is that they cannot tell others about the villagers' situation, and they cannot bring people from outside back.
The former is very simple. If you want to give it, just give it. It won’t affect your own life. You can just report it to the village chief.
As for the latter, that's a bit difficult.
The people in this village are all xenophobic. This is a behavioral habit formed over decades. Even if they want to change it, they can't. However, some of the family members in the village are married in from outside.
Their parents' home is outside, so it is normal for them to worry about their family. At first, they could hold it in because of the words of the village elders. But since the mayor of Shanxia organized the construction of a new village outside Daxi Village, their minds have become uncontrollable.
Once these little thoughts arise, they are not so easy to control. Since Village Chief Wu handed over the clerical work to Tang Rufeng, he has been wandering around the village all day, checking the crops in the fields, and resolving small conflicts that arise in the village.
It can be said that any disturbance in the village will fall into the eyes of Village Chief Wu, who is constantly paying attention to the situation in the village.
The reason the village chief said this today was because he saw that some of the families in the village could no longer control their thoughts, so he took advantage of the right occasion to say this.
The few families behind still had some confused thoughts, and it was not just a few simple words.
As for what the village chief said, some villagers could understand who he was talking about, but some people who didn't pay much attention to village gossip felt confused about what the village chief said. They became curious and began to stretch their heads to look at the faces of the people around them, as if trying to see something.
As for those who were singled out, they went home calmly. As for what kind of opinions they would express after returning, no one outside could know.
In fact, it was just to maintain face. Those who lived closer to their families in the village heard some of the noise, but they just didn't say anything.
But since it was pointed out by the village chief today, there is nothing to worry about. If you want to know, you can find out by asking around. It's just that no one has come forward to tell them.
When the village chief returned to the village office along his usual route, Tang Rufeng had already summoned the brother that Ye Wenheng wanted to see.
From the very beginning when Tang Rufeng's ability appeared, Brother Ye was in the middle and lower position among the summoned ghosts in terms of ghost power. He was not as good as Captain Qingzhi, whose figure could be seen as soon as he appeared, nor was he as good as Brother Fan, who worked hard to improve his ghost power, slowly improved his strength and finally successfully appeared in front of people.
Brother Ye has maintained the appearance of this ghostly aura since he appeared. Although his strength has increased during this period, he has never revealed his original appearance.
In Brother Ye's words, instead of using some of the ghost power to maintain the appearance in life, it is better to save some of it. It will be more useful to save that part of the ghost power and use it at the critical moment.
However, he couldn't hold back his words after Tang Rufeng summoned him and he saw his brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Not only did he show his appearance that had never been revealed since being summoned back to the world by Tang Rufeng, but even Brother Fan's ability to lift others up, which he had practiced and accumulated for a long time before being touched, was revealed.
Tang Rufeng just stood aside, looking at Ye Wenheng who was crying and refusing to come out of his brother's arms. Then he looked up and saw Brother Ye who was in the arms of his younger brother. The grown man could be lifted up by his ghost energy. In such a touching occasion, Tang Rufeng was speechless.
Judging from the strength of the ghosts that Tang Rufeng can currently summon, Brother Ye’s strength is not strong, but if we only consider the ranking of the weight of the objects lifted for the first time, he is definitely the first by a large margin.
He really is the one who always liked to play tricks on the new kids in the team. Even now that he's become like this, he still likes to play tricks on others.
"Brother Ye, take your brother into the office to drink some water. He needs to drink some water after crying like this."
After being speechless for a while, Tang Rufeng finally did not attack the other man for Ye Wenheng's sake, and quietly made arrangements.
"Thanks……"
After hearing Tang Rufeng's words, Ye Wenheng realized that there was someone next to him. He raised his head embarrassedly and thanked Tang Rufeng. Seeing that the village chief who had just entered the village office yard was not excluded because of social phobia, he nodded in the direction of the village chief as a greeting.
It was also at this time that the village chief saw clearly the appearance of the person who came today.
"It's rare, this kid is even more afraid of seeing people than you were before?"
The village chief used this short time to understand the situation and knew that they must have found the right place. He would deal with the subsequent arrangements later and now started to tease Tang Rufeng.
Tang Rufeng has now recovered to normal. As long as nothing major happens in the future that causes his illness to recur, there will basically be no problem.
The village chief spoke casually because he knew that Tang Rufeng would not mind.
"Well, it's okay. He just doesn't seem to like interacting with people. He should be better after getting to know them better."
Hearing this, Tang Rufeng nodded and said something to Ye Wenheng.
"Since I'm here to find you, it's up to you to make the arrangements later. Don't let them come to the village. Some people in the village have some weird thoughts. Let's see if we can suppress them. If not, we'll have to find another way."
The village chief said this, but in fact he didn't have a better solution.
The one who has uneasy thoughts is the wife that someone else married, and the wife will have uneasy thoughts because she is worried about the family.
The villagers can't separate the couple or drive out the entire family just because of these thoughts, right?
The village can't do this either.
"There's no point in thinking so much now. I'll ask my godmother after I've made all the arrangements here."
Tang Rufeng nodded, indicating that he understood the situation, and took charge of the matter.
The task of suppressing those people needs to be done by the village chief. After all, the village chief is old and has been managing Daxi Village for a long time. The villagers trust him and he has prestige.
But when the situation really gets out of control, Tang Rufeng is still needed to handle it. We can't let the village chief, who is so old, have to run around and take care of things.
"That's all you have to say. Go and take care of your business."
With the promise, the sadness on the village chief's brow dissipated a little, and he smiled a little. He lightly pointed his finger in the direction of Tang Rufeng's office, indicating that he was busy.
"OK."
Ying Huai knew that the villagers were coming to him to ask for a solution. After all, the village chief and others did not avoid others when they talked about it, and they did not avoid Ying Huai and keep him from knowing.
The fact that Daxi Village has had so few outsiders coming up the mountain to inquire about news and settle down in the village for such a long time is something the village chief and Town Mayor Xiao at the foot of the mountain have done their best.
The village chief did not want to let people who were irrelevant and might harm his godmother go up the mountain. Mayor Xiao respected Daxi Village's decision because of Ying Huai's existence and would rather wait, take a detour, and finally achieve his goal.
But during this time, the villagers in the mountains were fine. Although some people had some thoughts, they all knew that they could live safely in the mountains, and even safer than the defense ranges drawn up by many people with special abilities in the city, all thanks to their godmother.
But the people in the town at the foot of the mountain are different. Most of them have not been protected and have not enjoyed any personal benefits. They do not take the official instructions for them to remain silent seriously.
This also led to people in the town at the foot of the mountain inadvertently spreading what happened on the mountain.
No one comes here now, simply because the road is too long and there are mutated plants and animals blocking the way, making it impossible for them to achieve their goal.
When the authorities are no longer able to completely guard against attacks from mutated animals and plants in the future, there is no guarantee that there won’t be people with special abilities like Ye Wenheng coming here today, or people with special abilities forming a team to send their families here to seek refuge.
After realizing this, Ying Huai began to think of ways to expand the scope of his protection.
For now, it is impossible to rely solely on him to increase his strength and then naturally expand the scope of protection.
As the spiritual energy of this world slowly increased, Ying Huai's own strength was also recovering. In addition, the children in the village and mutant animals such as Ali went out and brought back useful things to Ying Huai, which made Ying Huai's strength recover at a considerable speed.
However, even the fastest recovery speed requires time, and time is what humans lack most at present.
"Boss Huaishu, what are you thinking about?"
The slimy mutant plant was originally talking to Ying Huai, but after talking for a long time, it found that Ying Huai didn't respond at all. After a quick observation, it determined that Ying Huai was distracted, and asked him directly.
"Nothing, I'm just thinking about how to expand my territory."
Ying Huai came back to his senses and explained softly.
Ying Huai's territory is also his protection range. Even if it is expanded to the maximum, it can still deter some mutant animals and plants with lower strength. Those who are stubborn and fearless will be expelled if they enter the protection range.
Just like the mutated plant in front of you.
In order to save Tang Rufeng and others who were in the mutant forest, Ying Huai communicated with this mutant plant and asked it to pass on the message. Later, this mutant plant entangled him.
When Tang Rufeng and others left without taking it with them and it didn't know the location of Daxi Village, it groped its way to find the location of Daxi Village.
It passed through many towns in the middle without alarming the defense team members inside. If it had not been about to enter the village and was noticed by Ying Huai and thrown out directly, it would probably have arrived in the village and the villagers would have had no idea.
Fortunately, it had no ill intentions, and Ying Huai did not use his spiritual power to hurt it when he threw it, which gave it a chance to explain.
Although this mutant plant did not enter the village later, Ying Huai arranged for it to live in the mountains behind the village, and it would often see the mutant plant when it passed by the mountain peaks.
This time, it came to Ying Huai because it wanted to change its territory. The snake across the mountain often messed around in the mountains, and finally gave the things it didn't need to its cubs as toys.
While tinkering with it, it also snatched away the resources it had worked so hard to get back, treating them as balls.
If it had little attack power, it would really like to fight with the one crossing the mountain.
"If you don't want to stay in the back mountains, you can't go into the village. There are a lot of children in the village, and some of them are capable of catching you."
Ying Huai said this with a smile in his tone.
This mutant plant also wanted to enter the village at first, but Ying Huai tried to stop it and it kept making trouble. Finally, Ying Huai had no choice but to let it in.
It came out shortly after entering because it saw the village children playing, and they were so naughty.
The mutated grape vine in the village was not moved to the fields by its owner. Now it has become a toy for the children in the village, and they play with it whenever they have time.
It still regrets it to this day, so much so that its first reaction after seeing this new mutant plant was not to enter the village, thinking that the children in the village were all troublemakers.
The mutant plants, which were initially skeptical, quietly observed from the side for a day, but then hurriedly listened to Ying Huai's words and went up the mountain overnight to become neighbors with Guo Shanfeng.
This time, we also took its things away from the mountain. Otherwise, it might not want to move. There is a big boss next to it, and it can be protected if it lives close. It doesn't have to worry about life danger, humans catching it as a resource, or mutant animals eating it as a tonic.
But now it is no longer possible. There is a neighbor next door who likes to steal rare things as toys, which may slow down its strength improvement. As a last resort, it can only ask Ying Huai to move.
"This area is very far from the mountain range. If you want to move, it may be very far away."
Ying Huai tried to persuade it but failed. Finally, he suggested a place that satisfied the mutant plant's wishes.
"Sangshan? Is it really that easy to hide there?"
Upon hearing the news, the mutant plants were overjoyed.
Although the mutant tree boss said that there are more humans over there, it is not worried as long as there are enough hiding places.
It likes to move around in the soil. The mine in Sangshan can shield communications, and there are spiritual stones in the mine. The resources are sufficient, which completely meets its expectations for its future residence.
With a goal in mind, the mutant plant didn't even wait to go back to the mountain to collect the remaining resources. It just gave Ying Huai a picture and set off directly towards Sangshan.
"Huaishu, just wait. When I become rich, I will give you some resources!"
Hearing the words of the mutant plant, Ying Huai laughed silently and shook the tree branches slightly, as if saying goodbye to the mutant plant.
"It's one of your kind, and it can run around, but how come you've only just learned to talk?"
After the mutant plant that had gone away was completely out of sight, Ying Huai lowered his head and asked about the ginseng planted under the tree by Grandma Shitou.
The ginseng today is completely different from the one that was chewed up by mutant animals in the mountains.
Under the care of Grandma Stone, it grew very well and was clean and energetic.
"It's powerful, but it gets itself dirty every day."
When the little ginseng heard Ying Huai comparing himself with other mutant plants, he felt unhappy and rarely used his little voice to refute Ying Huai.
Soil is food for plants. They need to absorb nutrients from it. No plant dislikes soil.
But no matter how much it likes it, no plant would cover itself with rice, right?
Humans don't do this, covering their entire body with rice grains.
Listening to Little Ginseng's rebuttal, Ying Huai chuckled and did not continue the topic. He continued to study what he had thought about before, how to expand the scope of protection.
Only when your protection range is expanded can you protect more people.
Thinking of the situation in the village, Ying Huai wanted to sigh.
This world forces people to take care of themselves first, but when their lives get a little better, they start to turn their attention to those who are not living well.
Fortunately, the village chief has been keeping things under control, so the situation has been relatively quiet for a while now, with no more disturbances.
It can be seen that those families were able to be controlled at the beginning, but they were soft-hearted and wanted to test the attitudes of the elders such as the village chief.
Now that I have understood the attitude, I have given up.
These days, both the children in Daxi Village and the children in the two neighboring villages are very happy.
The toys that Captain Dai and his team brought back have been distributed to each child.
It is rare for children to have new toys when daily necessities are scarce in this mountain area, so they are all very happy to get one.
Captain Dai and his crew brought back a lot of toys, so many that after several children from the village had them all, there were still a few left, which were finally given to the older children.
Tang Tang was very happy because Ms. Mei Zi took advantage of arriving early and got one for her.
Brother Ye was also happy. Although he did not receive the toys that Captain Dai and others bought for the children, his younger brother bought a few for him and brought them along the way.
Because Ye Wenheng wanted to buy the best things for his brother, when he saw Captain Dai and others buying toys, he also found someone to buy some for him.
At first, he didn't know what his brother's current condition was. He was afraid that his brother had been reincarnated as a child. Since other children had it, his brother wanted more.
Fortunately, in the end he saw his original brother, not the child brother who was reincarnated with his previous memories.
Ye Wenheng had this misunderstanding because when he contacted Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Fan was not sure whether Ye Wenheng's brother was still alive and whether anyone could go to Daxi Village, so she was vague, which led to Ye Wenheng's misunderstanding.
Fortunately, the final result was very good.
Captain Dai and his team stayed in Shangyou Village for two days, and only prepared to leave after using up all the vacation time they had just saved.
There are still piles of tasks on the front line, so even if they want to stay for two more days to take care of Ye Wenheng, there is nothing they can do.
Just when Brother Ye was feeling proud and the children in the village were happy, it started raining again in the village.
The rain was not a torrential downpour, but it successfully prevented Captain Dai and others from going down the mountain.
When it started to rain at the beginning of the period, the villagers around were still very happy.
It hasn't rained for a long time since one of the spiritual energy potholes appeared and the spiritual energy exploded, bringing rain.
Even if it rains, it will only be a light rain. There has never been a rain as heavy as this one.
"I feel like there's something wrong with this rain. It's getting a bit heavy."
Ying Huai was still recalling and organizing the contents of the jade slip he had read in the Tianyuan Secret Realm, trying to find a way to expand his protection range.
I had just been flipping through the pages for a while when raindrops started falling from the sky.
The rain had no effect on him, and he even felt comfortable when it fell on him. But after a while, Ying Huai felt something was wrong.
"It should be another spiritual energy explosion."
As Ying Huai spoke, he looked down at the water that had gathered in the gutter in just half an hour, feeling a little helpless.
After a simple fortune-telling, he didn't find any clues about the future. The vague meaning revealed was not good, and the appearance of this information made Ying Huai a little worried.
The balance that humans have barely maintained may collapse because of the appearance of this rain.
Ying Huai's premonition became more and more obvious as the rain lasted longer.
"No, I have to try again."
A few words were whispered, and then the treetops that had just been swaying in the wind and rain slowly quieted down and there was no more movement.
Since he had contacted Tiandao many times before but received no response, Ying Huai stopped contacting him frequently and only contacted him occasionally, giving up after receiving no response.
But this time it was different, Ying Huai had a very bad feeling.
In the world of cultivation, not only the premonition of the cultivator is important, but the premonition of the demon plant is equally important.
Its appearance represents a possibility that may be realized. It doesn’t matter if it is in a good direction, but if it is in a bad direction, Ying Huai must definitely explore it and it is best to make some preparations.
With this idea in mind, Ying Huai went straight for it this time. Even though he failed to get in touch with her for many times and had exhausted all his spiritual power, he did not give up. He concentrated on practicing and tried to get in touch again after recovering his spiritual power.
The rain was getting heavier, but Ying Huai could no longer hear anything. His mind was completely absorbed in it. He didn't even hear the village chief and Tang Rufeng coming to him to ask about the situation, and he didn't react at all.
"What should we do? It's been raining for almost half a month now. The town down the mountain is relatively high, but it's almost flooding two floors, not to mention the outside. Even though our mountain isn't flooded, it doesn't mean there's no danger. I'm afraid if it rains any more, the mutant animals in the mountains won't be able to find food and come back to attack."
The village chief said, his tone full of worry.
After the mutation, there are more mutated plants and the mountain is more lush and green. There is no need to worry about mudslides caused by prolonged rain, which would threaten the village on the mountain.
But the mutated animals in the mountains should not be underestimated. Their riots are incomparable to the riots of ordinary animals in the past. Just think about it and you will know that if a real riot attacks the village in the mountains, the danger will increase many times.
By then, they were all worried about whether their godmother could protect them and whether she would be hurt.
Because of these concerns, Tang Rufeng and the village chief came over to inquire about Ying Huai's situation.
It turned out that the godmother, who always responded even to false complaints in the past, did not react at all at this time, which made Tang Rufeng and the village chief even more worried.
They were afraid that the rain would harm the locust tree, which was why their godmother couldn't respond to them.
After realizing that the rain had been falling for so long and something was wrong, the two of them came to the locust tree at the entrance of the village every day to look for their godmother. After many days, they found nothing. Faced with the villagers who stayed at home, they didn't know what to say, so they could only ask the villagers to stay at home as much as possible, as they were afraid of getting sick and not even being able to find medicine if they went out.
Because of the earthquake at the foot of the mountain, Dr. Fu's western medicine cannot be purchased from the town, so there are not many left, and he is now using them sparingly. The herbal medicine was sent by Grandma Shitou, and the village chief is aware of this, so he advises people to take care of their health and not get sick.
Because there were not enough supplies on the mountain before, the villagers on the mountain would not have enough supplies even if they did not have enough. They had their own food stored, so they did not have to worry about not having enough food with the arrival of this rain.
The situation at the foot of the mountain is not as optimistic as on the top.
While the village chief and Tang Rufeng were worried that the mutant animals on the mountain would riot due to lack of food, food was already running out in the town below the mountain.
There are many people in the town. Even if the town has built an out-village on the mountain, the food supply can only barely maintain a balance between income and expenditure to the point where people are neither hungry nor full. If they want to eat their fill, they have to rely on outside to allocate the remaining food.
But now it’s no longer possible. The rain not only flooded the town, but even the passable roads were flooded.
The water is full of mutant plants, and if they don't want to be drowned, they can only grow towards the water surface.
In the end, the water was full of mutated plants, and people had to give up their boat travel because of them.
Everything is fine in the town at the foot of the mountain. The people in the town do not rely entirely on official allocation from outside for their food resources.
In addition, some of them moved down from the mountains. Although they did not have large tracts of land to grow crops at home as before, they still planted some easy-to-survive mutant crops at home just in case, so that they could at least fill their stomachs.
It’s different in the big cities outside. There are no places to farm in the mountains like in the towns at the foot of the mountain, and there are no good farmers to plant something for backup just in case.
Big cities are now so short of resources that many people are posting videos online, complaining about how supplies from outside can't get in, how they can't get enough to eat, and how there are resource shortages.
The authorities mobilized a team of people with special abilities to transport supplies to those places, but it still didn't work. The current water level made it impossible for large ships to move, and the little supplies transported by small boats were simply not enough. After much effort, a batch of supplies was sent, but it couldn't last more than two days.
"Besides rescue and evacuation, do the leaders have any other instructions? We still have food in town, but a lot of places have been flooded. If this continues, everyone in town will have to live on their roofs."
The secretary handed over the documents he had sorted out this morning. His face was forced to be calm, but a hint of worry still leaked from his furrowed brow.
He grew up in the town and is a local. His family lives in the town, so he can more directly feel the concerns of the people in the town.
During this period, his family members did not ask too much about his work situation. Knowing that there were many things he could not say, they still asked him with concern, just to know some more specific plans for the future from him.
Not to mention other families in the town, even the secretary's own home is a small Western-style building built by the elders. Half of the building has been flooded in the past two days. The family can only squeeze into the upstairs room, and can only rely on the small boat line specially opened by the government to go to work.
This is the route taken to work by government officials. Those who don't have a boat at home and no one to pick them up at work have to either suspend work or take down door panels and use some mineral water bottles to tie together a homemade boat to travel.
This is not a long-term solution, which is why the secretary asked this question today.
"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry for now. If we can find a place to stay in the town, we can do so. If that doesn't work, we can go up the mountain. There's always room for us there."
Mayor Xiao glanced at his secretary and knew that the other party was asking not only about the arrangements from above, but also about the direction of his arrangements. He didn't care and directly expressed his thoughts.
We have to give the people in the town outside an idea.
Giving people a direction for the future is better than leaving the townspeople confused and panicking, which could lead to chaos.
There was nothing to worry about at the foot of the mountain for the time being, and people were preparing to go up the mountain in the future. Although there was nothing to worry about on the mountain at the moment, Tang Rufeng and a few other people who knew a little about the situation were living in extreme worry.
"How many days has it been since Godmother responded?"
Seeing Tang Rufeng's silence, Grandma Tang couldn't help but glanced towards the village entrance with worry, then turned back to ask Tang Rufeng.
"It will be fine in a few days, grandma. Don't worry."
Tang Rufeng comforted Grandma Tang, looked up at the dark sky again, stood up, took his rain gear, and prepared to go out again to take a look under the locust tree at the entrance of the village.
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