140 Chapter 140
Chapter 140
Captain Qing was extremely fast, but in the short time it took him to reach the source of the sound, the sound became noticeably weaker.
When Qingzhi arrived at the place and saw the scene in front of him, his face, which was already a little dark due to his appearance, became even darker.
This was a medium-sized base that didn't look very big. With instructions from above and the correct decision of the government leaders, they chose to take refuge on the mountain in front of them when the rain was first out of control.
Even during this hailstorm, they took great pains to get a large amount of them because their leaders knew in advance that the new materials developed by the research institute would definitely be useful.
It can be said that some of the shelter facilities in their medium-sized base are comparable to those of some of the lower-end large bases.
Normally, for bases that already have evacuation measures, this hailstorm will not have much impact on them. As long as they react quickly, perhaps even casualties can be minimized.
It was such a base that had done its utmost in every aspect and had tried its best to pursue survival, and the people in the base, faced a devastating massacre just after the hailstorm.
Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground below and the killer's gleeful expression, Qingzhi was extremely angry.
Almost at the same time when the murderer wanted to attack the innocent child again, Qingzhi also took action.
Qingzhi's strength comes from the ghost power he has honed himself, and he also has Tang Rufeng's ability to back him up.
In addition, the abilities of both the man and his soul were extremely strong, so even if Qing was the only one present, he had the ability to kill the butcher on the spot.
However, it was too cheap for him.
Looking at the scene in the base below, Qingzhi gritted his teeth.
He used all his speed to rush in front of the killer before he could react, blocked the attack, and picked up the child who was almost killed. With his dodgy skills, he was already a hundred meters away. After carefully putting the child down, he turned around and looked at the killer who had just attacked the child.
The opponent didn't seem surprised at all that his attack was blocked. Instead, he looked at Qingzhi with interest, observing Qingzhi's appearance.
The more I look at it, the happier I am.
"I really don't understand why none of you in this base are willing to die. You have to rush out and stop me when I'm having a blast, just to pique my interest when I'm about to kill someone. What good does this do you?"
As the killer spoke, he turned his head to admire the scenery he had been busy killing for a long time. His lips curled up and he looked at Qing Zhishi again, his eyes filled with bone-gnawing murderous intent and excitement.
"But your ability is really special, isn't it? You can actually turn your whole body transparent. Even in this situation, you still have the ability to attack. I want it too. What should I do?"
Although he said this, the other party had already taken action before he finished speaking, rushing towards Qingzhi, and the attack energy accumulated in his hands was extremely violent.
Moreover, that violent energy structure looked very familiar.
Qingzhi had seen this kind of energy structure before. It was the person he had sent to the official side. The energy structure of that person was the same as the one in front of him.
It doesn't take much thought to guess that they must be from the same place.
"People from other countries are so arrogant when they come to Flower Country. They don't know how to restrain themselves at all."
Qingzhi dodged the opponent's attack by turning sideways and looked around again. The miserable scene he saw made his eyes even colder.
After saying this, he directly used his ghost power to surround him. His intention was very obvious, he wanted to capture the person alive.
Facing Qingzhi's attack, the opponent wanted to resist, but there was a gap in strength between the two sides. In addition, the power used by Qingzhi was ghost power, which was not in the same system. It would be strange if he could resist it.
In addition, the opponent had been torturing Qingzhi for a long time in this temporary base before fighting with him. Although the other ability users in the base were not as strong as him, they still had some abilities, and at least they could consume his abilities.
It can be imagined that if there were more people with special abilities in this base, Qing Zhi might still be able to see this tragic scene when he came, but the person who stayed behind would definitely not be the person in front of him.
"Who the hell are you? Why can't my ability block your attack?"
The man who had vowed that with his own strength, he could easily withstand Qingzhi's attack looked at his hands in a daze.
Then he gathered his strength again at an extremely fast speed and attacked towards Qingzhi. This time, Qingzhi didn't even move to dodge. The attack went straight through his transparent body and went towards the ground behind Qingzhi.
This scene not only made the massacrers feel incredible, but even the survivors were surprised when they saw it.
However, after they were surprised, they felt completely different emotions.
The survivors saw the hope of life, while the killer was a little panicked.
From all his previous battles till now, this was the first time he encountered such a difficult person with such abilities.
Just think about it, if you meet someone who is very strong and has special abilities, and the other party can attack you but you cannot fight back, is there any hope of victory?
No!
If Qi wants to survive, he has only one choice, and that is to escape!
But, can I escape?
No matter how fast he is, he can never compare to Qingzhi, who can fly and ignore obstacles around him.
So, the killer, who had recklessly collapsed one of the buildings in the base in an attempt to use the survivors to divert Qingzhi's attention and thus gain a chance to escape, ran only two miles before he was delayed for some time to protect the survivors, and was later caught up by Qingzhi.
I asked you to run so long in advance but you still can't escape. What a loser.
Qingzhi threw the killer, who had been tied up by ghost power, to the ground and spoke with sarcasm.
"Come out, take revenge if you have any grievances."
After Qingzhi finished speaking, even though he knew that the survivors could not touch him, he still stepped aside and waited quietly for the survivors to take action.
This small survivor base itself was established by the people of a county under the organization of official personnel.
Before migrating to the mountains, the people in the county had suffered heavy losses due to the earthquake. Now, there were tens of thousands of people, but because of an extremely evil person who suddenly appeared, there are only a few thousand survivors.
The remaining survivors needed an outlet to vent, and Qingzhi did not take this person away because he left it for them.
If people from the same origin want to study them, Daxi Village has already captured one. The authorities have no shortage of such a research subject, but this place where the crimes committed by the massacre need such an outlet.
Although, venting at this time cannot bring back the lost loved ones, it can only play a psychological role of comfort.
He sighed, looked at the killer who had been tortured beyond recognition and was dead, then looked at the enemy who had no breath left after venting, and the survivors who were crying bitterly, Qingzhi still spoke to bring their thoughts back.
"Have you thought about what to do next? Do you have any rules?"
Captain Qing asked this not because he wanted to interfere, but because most of the people with special abilities in this small base had been killed by the massacrer. Those who were left now were either weak or auxiliary-type people with no offensive capabilities.
In such a situation, if Qingzhi left without asking any more questions, he would probably have been attacked by some mutant animals and plants that could still move in such a temperature as soon as he left.
There's no need to think about it. With their current strength, it would be a miracle if they could escape.
"Do we want to temporarily stay at another adjacent base?"
Hearing this, a survivor whose emotions had temporarily calmed down thought for a moment and gave this answer.
It is a pipe dream for these people with low attack power to go directly to those large bases with good defense projects. The journey is too far and they do not have the strength.
What they need most now is a safe place to stay, and the adjacent temporary base is obviously their best choice.
"Well, sure. I can escort you there. I'll leave after you get there."
Seeing that there were rational and intelligent people among these survivors who could serve as leaders, Qingzhi didn't bother giving them advice. The distance was not far, so he decided to help them and send these survivors to where they wanted to go.
As for the official leader of this base, just looking at the unwillingness of these survivors to speak, we know that he is the one who has had an accident and is unable to show up to take charge of the situation.
Looking at the rotten flesh on the ground, what else is there to not understand?
Now that the decision has been made, things will be much easier.
Qingzhi let these people pack their luggage. After they simply packed some necessary supplies and food, he took them off.
For Qingzhi, a distance that only takes a short flight takes a long time for these people to walk. During this time, because the hail had just passed, there were large chunks of ice everywhere where they could walk, making it impossible for vehicles to pass. They could only walk to their predetermined destination.
Although they were tired and hungry on the road, no one asked to stop to rest.
Looking at the figures flying extremely slowly in the sky, they all knew that they were useless, so they had to let others protect them while accommodating their speed.
In order not to cause trouble to others, they didn't even say a word when they were tired on the road, and just kept walking.
Qingzhi didn't just see it, he knew that these survivors were feeling uneasy, afraid that he would be impatient and leave them alone, without protecting them, so they were in their current situation.
Qingzhi's major was not psychology, so he was not good at relieving emotions, so he didn't think about relieving their emotions.
For now, the situation is not too bad and they still have normal operational goals.
What if this half-baked person fails to address something and completely destroys their original sense of faith?
So he just watched the group slowly move forward in silence as they arrived at the destination chosen by the survivors at the beginning.
"We've arrived. Just keep walking. The leaders of this base are very nice. Talk to them and they'll help you deal with the people who died there. I'll be leaving now."
Looking at the base gate that appeared in front of him, Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, said a simple goodbye and left.
"Yes, we know."
Listening to Qingzhi's words, the person who was temporarily leading the group that stayed behind nodded slightly in response.
Simply put, not only will the leaders of this base take action to deal with the follow-up affairs after hearing about such a tragedy, even if their own temporary base is fine, if they encounter such a thing happening in other bases, the leaders of their base will make the same choice.
Knowing the possible reactions of the leaders later, they never thought from the very beginning that they would be rejected.
Fortunately, the result developed as they expected.
Looking at the group of people who had entered the temporary base from afar, Qingzhi lowered his eyes, sighed, and turned to leave.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to bring all these people back to the mountain where Daxi Village is located.
The truth is that he knew what the situation was like on the mountain. If he rashly brought these people back, Mayor Xiao and his men would not be able to afford it.
Rather than causing tragedy in the end, it would be better to send them to a temporary base with resources to support them from the beginning.
After the matter was settled, Qingzhi flew back towards Daxi Village as fast as he could.
While flying, he was organizing in his mind how to tell Tang Rufeng what he saw this time. He came out because Tang Rufeng wanted to know the situation outside, so now was the perfect time to organize his thoughts.
What he didn't expect was that after he returned, before he could even explain the details, he received another piece of news that messed up the draft he had prepared in his mind.
"It's easy to understand why Mayor Xiao brought this up. He's thinking from a human perspective. Knowing there's such a powerful force willing to protect humanity, it's hard not to be tempted."
Qingzhi lowered his eyes to look at the ground, and in just two words he expressed Mayor Xiao's thoughts.
"He may have some selfish motives, but generally speaking, it's for the benefit of humanity. It's just that he and we are on different sides."
Tang Rufeng understood what Captain Qingzhi said. He was not born in Daxi Village and was in the position of Mayor Xiao. It was difficult to judge whether he would make the same decision as Mayor Xiao.
"That's right, Godmother agreed. According to Godmother's wishes, we can plant his branches and other things next to those temporary bases. As long as the people in those temporary bases are pious enough, Godmother will be able to quickly improve their strength. When the branches grow into trees, they can protect the area like they do now."
Tang Rufeng stopped talking and didn't continue.
What he didn't mention was the potential hidden dangers of this matter.
In order to separate the powerful branches, the godmother needs to give away a part of her own strength. If the separated branches are not trusted by the people in the temporary base and cannot grow, it will indirectly weaken the godmother's power.
Too risky right now.
This is what the village elders and Tang Rufeng are worried about.
Mayor Xiao could think of asking the godmother to go out and protect the area, which was something they were familiar with. If those upper-level leaders were unfamiliar with her, would they try to find a way to plunder the power in the godmother's branches, as if it were a treasure, to enhance their own strength, just like in the novels about cultivating immortals?
Although these thoughts are a bit messy, they are their true thoughts.
This is also what they are most worried about at the moment.
"Once Mayor Xiao knows you're back, he'll definitely come looking for you. He'll ask you to take a letter to the base at the Ability Center and deliver it to the leader there. Please decide when to leave."
As Tang Rufeng spoke, he met Qingzhi's eyes and looked away embarrassedly.
"Godmother has already made the decision. How can a thin arm twist a thigh? Let's follow Godmother's wishes and have the leaders come and talk to Godmother in person. In Daxi Village, at least we can know the specific implementation later."
After saying this, Tang Rufeng no longer had any hope that his godmother would change her mind.
"I understand. I'll just wait for someone to come later."
Seeing Tang Rufeng like this, Qingzhi shook his head with some amusement and agreed to the task that might come up later.
"Now, are you ready to hear about my experiences on this trip?"
Seeing that Tang Rufeng had finished speaking, Qing Zhicai changed the subject and brought up other things.
The most noteworthy thing among what he saw, heard, and even met during his trip was probably the butcher who was dead beyond dead.
"So, if it weren't for our godmother, we would have likely become the target of those people?"
After listening to Qingzhi's story, Tang Rufeng pondered for a while and said this.
"Well, although it's unclear what their initial purpose was in choosing their location, judging by what the massacrer did in the end, their goal was probably simply to create panic and cause chaos in the Flower Country."
As they talked about the latter part, they couldn't help but think of the news about foreign countries that they had seen before the power outage. The foreign countries had been in chaos for a long time. Now there were many large and small forces, and a fight would break out every few days.
"How could they have the time to commit crimes in our country in such an environment? Perhaps they discovered something and wanted to disrupt our attention?"
After thinking for a long time, it is such a thankless task. Instead of keeping these forces for themselves, they are transferred to the Chinese Flower Country. There must be a purpose for this.
After thinking for a long time, they could only come to this conclusion, nothing more.
There is a power outage on the mountain now, and they cannot contact the outside world for the time being. The news is very blocked. It is still difficult to draw an accurate conclusion from this limited information. We have done our best in the analysis here.
"If I can't figure it out, I'll just forget about it for now. I can go out and see what's going on outside. If that doesn't work, I'll just ask my former comrades."
As Qingzhi spoke, he thought of his comrades who were still alive and had bright futures, and smiled softly.
"I don't know any of the captain's comrades, so they might not tell me much."
Looking at him, Tang Rufeng knew who the other party was thinking of. Those people were Captain Qingzhi's comrades in the army before he transferred to the rescue team, the kind who had fought side by side with him.
Nowadays, they have moved to other positions that are not as dangerous as before, and they are lucky, so they are still alive after so many natural disasters.
"Don't worry, they will tell you."
Hearing Tang Rufeng's teasing, Qingzhi pursed his lips and chuckled, and replied with this sentence.
"If I can't change my mind later and I still want to cooperate with the authorities, then I'll first release my branches to the bases where your comrades are."
The two laughed for a long time, and Tang Rufeng suddenly said this.
He said this not for any other reason, but mainly because he believed in Qingzhi. For a comrade-in-arms who had been remembered by him for so many years, there must be something outstanding about him. Regardless of other things, his character was not a problem.
Ying Huai was not practicing and was just looking at the surroundings with some boredom when he heard these words and felt helpless.
Is he so worrying in the eyes of the villagers?
There has been a power outage in the mountains recently, coupled with extreme weather, the old ladies and aunties in the village who used to squat under his tree to chat have not come out. There is no internet, so he can't see the outside world. He is really bored.
He knew that this decision was a bit risky.
But if he is placed on a position equal to human interests, he believes that the human authorities will be wary of him because of his strength, but will not do anything specific to him.
After all, with the current extreme weather, if he were stronger, he could protect more humans, right?
When those officials want to weaken his power, it will be after the world stabilizes. By then, with his strength, it will be questionable whether the officials will take action.
It was only after Ying Huai figured this out that he stopped worrying about the plans of Mayor Xiao and the others.
Of course, Ying Huai had always been friendly towards humans. He was a little unhappy that they would take such actions, so he proposed to ask the official leaders of humans to come in person.
Apart from the fact that this matter needs to be taken seriously and requires someone with a say among humans to come forward, he is just unhappy and wants to cause a little trouble for the leaders on the human side. It won't cause much impact, but it will make him feel better.
"Huaihuai, they all say your branches will reach more places and protect more people. Is that true? Wouldn't it be better to just stay in Daxi Village?"
Ali brought Hu Hu back from hunting outside. Looking at the locust tree that remained green despite the flying snowflakes, he came over to ask.
"You mutant animals need territory, and I want one too."
After listening to Ali's words, Ying Huai thought about it and expressed it in a way that Ali could understand.
"Huaihuai is amazing! Your territory will definitely be the largest in the future!"
After listening to this, Ali understood, nodded, licked his bloody mouth, and after saying this, he turned around and went back to the village with peace of mind.
Since Huaihuai is fine, it doesn't care.
This is how you mark your territory, and it's normal to run a little further.
Mayor Xiao arrived very quickly. Almost within an hour after hearing that Captain Qingzhi had returned, he braved the wind and snow to go to Tang Rufeng's house and personally asked Qingzhi to make this trip.
Of course, he had asked Captain Qing beforehand if he could go through with this request, and after receiving a positive answer, he started talking about it.
Both parties knew what his purpose was and agreed to go. What was happening now was just a formality.
So, Captain Qing went out again after only a few hours at home.
His mission this time was clearer, not as good as the one Tang Rufeng gave him before, which was to just look at the surrounding situation.
This is very simple. Just deliver the letter to the official top leaders.
So Qingzhi went quickly and didn't delay much along the way.
At this time, in the official temporary base, the leaders did not know that news of an explosion was on the way.
They are still studying the information brought back by the previous exploration team.
"According to your research, those doors aren't yet at their most stable state, so there's a chance someone could get hurt when they open them?"
The leaders looked at the final research results with frowns.
Captain Dai and his team knew the reason why they were in danger, but if they really wanted to go inside the door, they had to know the pattern of the door's appearance, but this pattern was not so easy to know.
At present, there are not many people with space-related abilities on the human side, and even fewer who are strong.
Zhuang Dun is considered the strongest among those with spatial abilities. Even he did not notice the spatial danger at that time. It can be seen that the spatial level of that door is extremely high, and it is impossible for humans to detect it so easily.
Difficulties lie ahead.
If they wanted to go inside the door and see what was going on, they would need to know when the door would appear and when it would be stable enough for them to enter.
These are things they cannot do at the moment.
"If that doesn't work, then just follow the instructions in this document and see when the mutants will act. Let them serve as our radar."
It seems that the old men and women in the research institute have not yet thought of a detection method, so the other leader can only say this.
As for what they saw, that it was a collar on a child that helped the exploration team block the space attack, they all chose to ignore it.
This kind of defense method is too accidental and cannot be used for a long time, so it has no research value in the future. You can't bring a bunch of things every time you go there and research what can withstand such a powerful attack, right?
Thinking of this, the leaders sighed with regret.
Of course, they also regretted one thing: the collar on the child was a talisman given to him by his elders when he returned. It was not available normally and could not be regarded as a common and easily obtained protective item.
"There's no other way. This is the only way. On your next mission, go to some humble place and see if there's a door inside. If there is, go in and take a look. If not, we'll have to find a way to go inside the door you saw before."
One of the leaders said this, his eyes fixed on Captain Dai and his team leader, his tone very serious.
“Good leadership.”
Captain Dai and his colleagues came to this meeting to serve as background members. They would talk to the leaders about the situation at the appropriate time, and they had nothing to do at other times.
Now that they have received the instructions for the next task, they will take it up directly in the meeting.
"Mr. Xiao, I heard that one of your grandchildren is working in that child's hometown. Have you heard any specific information from your side?"
The meeting was coming to an end, and most of the issues had been discussed and concluded. After the leading elder finished his free speech, took a break and left, they all relaxed and had time to talk to the people around them.
"What you said is ridiculous. If my grandchildren knew anything, look at my second son. He's still struggling to write a report for us and ask for the right materials to build a base."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Xiao shook his head in distress, sighed deeply, and said this.
It is true that he knew more information, but it is also true that they did not get any benefits.
So he wasn't lying at all when he said that.
At this time, the old man selectively forgot about the locust leaf around his youngest son's neck.
It's such an important matter, but he is old and forgot it. There's nothing we can do about it.
The reason why Mr. Xiao didn't say anything was not because of the interests of their family. There was a younger generation of their family there. If these old men knew the situation over there, there was no guarantee that they would not cause other troubles. By then, when that little bastard Xiao Changdong made his youngest son cry in front of him, he wouldn't know what to do.
Thinking about how his youngest son used to be so useless and would hug his legs and cry whenever he encountered something, Old Man Xiao still feels a toothache when he thinks about it.
Fortunately, although the children we raised at home have done some bad things, they are not bad at heart and never mess around outside. Now that they are older, they have become much more stable.
That is, he has not forgotten his youngest son's stubbornness at all.
People outside are now saying that his youngest son is a rising star in the front-line exploration team, but only he knows that he is a stubborn donkey that cannot be changed. If it were not for the leaf given by that person to save his life, he would have died countless times by now.
People have saved his youngest son so many times, and the younger generation is still under their noses. It would be strange if his old man would cause trouble for them.
So when facing his old friend of many years, he didn't let anything slip, not to mention the seemingly casual questions from the people next to him in the meeting.
After a few words like this, these old guys were almost done with rest, and the people in the meeting room lined up to leave one by one.
After they left, Captain Dai and his team looked at the documents that had not been returned to them, and they all became thoughtful.
They had just returned and after handing in the task, they spent the time following the old men and women at the research institute, asking them to study and recount what had happened.
After such a long time, none of them have returned home to visit.
Fortunately, the news of their return was basically known to everyone in the base who paid a little attention, which made their families feel more at ease. Unexpectedly, just when they felt relieved, they had to go on another mission, and it was estimated that the matter would be raised again.
"Keep these documents to yourself. They can't be leaked. You know the rules, huh?"
After Captain Dai returned, he handed the meeting materials to his deputy captain.
The deputy captain did not attend this meeting, but he is the deputy captain of the team after all. Many times, when Captain Dai is not around, he is needed to make decisions, so there are some things he must know.
"This mission is a bit tight. Do you need me to follow you?"
Looking down at the information in his hand, the deputy captain immediately focused his attention on it.
"Well, according to the instructions above, this mission is somewhat dangerous. The mutant plants and animals here at the base don't appear frequently. You can also go with us. More people means more strength."
Hearing this, Captain Dai nodded and answered.
The last time they went out, almost none of the deputy team members were left behind to guard the base. This time they were asked to go out because the higher-ups had observed that the snow would not last long and that the mutated animals and plants would be hiding for the time being and would not come out.
"Captain, I think before we leave, we need to deal with the few people at the gate. They are quite capable."
The deputy captain nodded, indicating that he understood. Since he was going out, he could not let those people he had targeted before go.
Who can guarantee that those people won't cause any trouble after the main forces of the base have left?
There are so many people in the base, including his family, and he feels that he can never be too cautious.
"Don't worry about that. We've already reported it, and the leaders have already set their sights on those people. Now we're just waiting for the higher-ups to find out more about them. Don't worry, we'll definitely be able to deal with them before we leave."
Captain Dai understood the deputy captain's concerns. Although his family was not here, as long as the threat from these people remained, his grandfather and the entire Daxi Village would have no hope of peace.
Besides, those modified snowmobiles that Zhuang Dun brought back before were not just for decoration. It was such an obvious thing, and they showed up so suddenly. Who else could we suspect if not them?
Now the leaders haven't ordered them to take any action, they just want to fish and see if there is anyone in the base who has contact with them.
Since such people have appeared, it is normal to catch a few people with ulterior motives.
There had been no movement for so many days that they almost thought those people had no connections in the base. But before the meeting, people from the leadership saw them contacting their official subordinates, and their level was not low.
Fortunately, that person was not yet qualified to attend today's meeting and was only able to access some of the meeting materials.
But this alone is enough to make the leader angry.
The fact that they received the next task so quickly might be due to their leader being a little annoyed.
"If we follow what you say, we will be ready to leave in the next few days."
Listening to Captain Dai's words, the deputy captain nodded and guessed a time.
"Yeah, about right."
At this time, they did not know that someone was coming towards their location, and the news he brought forced their leader to temporarily put aside the tasks assigned to them.
"It should be right in front."
Even at Qingzhi's speed, it took him almost ten hours of non-stop flying to reach the destination. When he arrived, it was already evening.
There were not many people active in the base at night, and it was very quiet. If Qingzhi was not a ghost now, he might not be able to tell that such a large shadow was a base based on the color the base leaders had painted the base.
Looking at the red light flashing in the hidden corner, he paused slightly and flew directly into the base.
After walking around the base twice, he finally found the location of the Xiao family. After putting down the letter to Mr. Xiao, he used his ghost energy to wake the old man up. Seeing that he had opened his eyes, Qingzhi left a word and left.
"Xiao Changdong asked me to come here. This is the letter."
Qingzhi left, leaving behind an old man who was suddenly awakened by a slap. Then he looked at the ghost shadow swaying in front of him. The frightened old man stroked his chest for a long time.
After a long while, Old Xiao managed to calm his heart. Recalling what the ghost had just said, Old Xiao gritted his teeth.
"Little bastard, sooner or later I'll let your father deal with you..."
After saying this, Mr. Xiao did not forget the letter left by Qingzhi.
The letter was delivered in the middle of the night so late that there was no time to even find a way to make a phone call or communicate. Although Mr. Xiao was just scolding the junior as a little bastard, he still took the letter seriously.
He opened the letter and read it carefully for a long time. When he saw what Xiao Changdong said to him at the end, he was still a little stunned.
"Grandpa, this is an opportunity. We all know what Godmother is capable of. As long as the branches fall to the ground, the Xiao family will still thrive in this troubled world."
After reading this last sentence for a while, Mr. Xiao sighed deeply.
"The future of this world still belongs to you..."
After his spiritual energy revived, in order to protect the Xiao family, he came out of retirement again despite his old age.
After much maneuvering, he was able to save most of the Xiao family. For this, he almost had to give up the clansmen who were very far away from the center of power many times. But even so, the Xiao family still lost a lot of people.
Many of his sons and younger generations, after their abilities were awakened, slept forever in the ground in order to fight for a future in this chaotic world and ensure that the Xiao family still had a place in this world.
But even with such sacrifices, it is still difficult to move forward.
Unexpectedly, their Xiao family was just as their grandson Xiao Changdong said when the changes just started. Their future, whether it was the Xiao family or the people, their future was on that mountain.
After coming back to his senses, he also realized that the shadow just now had definitely not only delivered a message to him. Although it was already late at night, he still got up, dressed, and prepared to go find those old guys to talk.
It's obvious that this news cannot be concealed. When the person who came up with it came up with this idea, it had already become a trend.
It was also their good luck that they were favored by that person. The skills that the Taoist brought back were like this, and it was also the same when they went down the mountain at this difficult time.
Ten minutes later, the senior leaders who had just fallen asleep for two hours were urgently awakened. Without even bothering to wash or get dressed, they rushed out of the room and headed towards the meeting room while getting dressed.
"Oh, it's so late, what's the urgent matter? I didn't hear anything."
An old lady from one of the families was holding a few pieces of clothing and helping the old man get dressed. She followed his steps as he walked outside, still asking questions.
"You'll find out soon. Don't go to the research institute tomorrow. I'll look at the list and try to get you a place there."
In just a few steps, the old man was putting on his clothes, and with the help of his wife, he quickly put on his clothes. Before leaving, he thought of something and turned back to give some instructions.
Ever since the incident, those researchers were gathered together and rarely left the institute.
His wife is also one of them. She went home to rest today because her research there has come to a temporary end, so she has time to come back.
I didn't expect to have such an opportunity this time.
Listening to what her husband said, the old lady knew that he was a man with great potential. He must have his reasons for giving her such instructions. She didn't say much, but just nodded to indicate that she agreed.
After watching everyone leave, she gathered her clothes, breathed in the cold air, and turned back to rest.
As for why the old man was able to know everything about the content of this hastily convened meeting with just one phone call, he had his own channels. The old lady didn't know about this and didn't care.
As for how the old man knew this, it was all thanks to Mr. Xiao.
At this stage, he is the only one who knows the details.
After all those who were notified arrived at the place, the old man in charge started to speak. He briefly talked about their current situation. Then he changed the subject and did not mention Ying Huai. Instead, he talked about the bad incident that Qing Zhi had witnessed and participated in arresting.
"Outside forces are coveting us. Right now, only our country and one other major power on the entire planet are still maintaining stability. This is already difficult, with internal and external troubles. We need an opportunity to prevent our base from being easily invaded and left powerless in the future."
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The letter that Number One saw was not only the one written by Mayor Xiao, but also another one that Tang Rufeng asked Captain Qingzhi to bring.
The above describes in detail the scene at that time.
Now, except for the temporary base in the central government, most other bases are in a power-off state. After the small bases have no power, they cannot report any emergency situations.
If this continues, they will probably be forced to move out the antiques and use them.
Tang Rufeng also knew that the massacre at the base could not be reported to the higher-ups for the time being, so he asked Qingzhi to bring it over to show the leader.
The incident of that small base can be regarded as a wake-up call to the leaders.
In such extreme weather conditions, it is not a good thing that so many foreign forces are coveting it. The people in power need to come up with a specific and feasible plan.
The locust trees in Daxi Village are their best cooperation partners at present.
It can be said that in that letter, Tang Rufeng was not so much reporting as highlighting the current difficulties faced by the grassroots.
How could the number one leader, who has been in office for such a long time, not understand what Tang Rufeng meant?
After realizing this, he didn't feel offended at all. Instead, he felt that the young man who wrote the letter was very much to his liking.
The number one leader also started from the grassroots level. When he was very young, he experienced the hard work of farmers. How could he not know some of the difficulties at the grassroots level?
The meeting did not last long, but in such a short time, the old men who had been somewhat at odds with each other reached a consensus.
Since that person is interested, they must definitely invite him back at all costs.
The conversation had some results, and before leaving, an old leader brought up another topic.
"It's time to deal with those at the base. Let's lay out the results tomorrow before we finalize the departure list."
Now that we know how that small base was destroyed, those people who have been targeted by him will have no chance of escaping.
"Think of another way. There are definitely more people coming out of the same place than just these few."
While they were talking, the one from Daxi Village was also put in.
"Those hiding bugs had better pray we don't find them, otherwise..."
The rest of the words were not finished, but the unspoken meaning was well understood by others.
Qingzhi left after seeing them finish the meeting and get a result.
Because the way he first appeared was unusual, not many people noticed when he left.
By the time the number one leader turned his attention to him, Qingzhi had already left for a long time.
After searching the room for a long time without seeing the transparent figure, the leader laughed, "It really is like he comes and goes without a trace!"
After saying this, he shook his head. He had no time to sleep anymore, so he just continued to sit at his desk and handle official business.
Leader No. 1 didn't tell anyone else that he would go in person to invite that person this time.
It's easy to imagine that the person could make such a request and there was a letter placed on the table for him to see. In order to get that person to come down the mountain this time, the official team over there must have made an effort.
Maybe, when I was using my strength, I accidentally offended someone.
They don't care about the price, but I still feel a little uncomfortable.
He made this trip just to relieve the other person's discomfort.
Having made the decision, he did not hesitate at all and put his name at the top of the list of people who were about to go.
After making sure it was finished, he turned around to organize other documents and materials.
He had to deal with the most important part before leaving so that he could set off with peace of mind.
Fortunately, they had to deal with those people before leaving, so they still had some time to handle the affairs.
Leader No. 1 was working overtime here to process documents, and Captain Dai and his team, who had just gotten up early the next morning, were called by their leader.
Let them work together to deal with those people, and the subsequent exploration tasks were temporarily put on hold. Obviously, there were more important tasks for them, but they were not mentioned. We will know only when we set off.
Since the higher-ups are urging them to move faster, how could they possibly be slower?
Therefore, under the siege of so many front-line teams, no matter how strong those people were or how much they had been transformed, they still couldn't withstand the fate of being abandoned and left to the research institute to play a subsequent role.
The Flower-Growing Countries disdain human experiments, but that doesn't mean they don't want to know themselves and their opponents, and understand the research results of other countries. There are several ready-made results in front of them, so how could scientists let them go?
Just like the old lady who had previously discussed with her husband about going to Daxi Village, after hearing about the research results from other countries, she didn't remember anything. In addition, she waited for a whole day and her husband didn't come home, so she simply went into the laboratory.
This is so rare that she would regret it if she didn't study it.
When the old man came home from get off work, he looked at his empty house in silence.
"Where's your mom? Didn't she say she would wait for me?"
Looking at his eldest son coming out of the room, the old man roared.
"Didn't we get some research results from abroad today? Mom went to study them."
Seeing his old man like this, the eldest son knew that his father had gone crazy again. After replying, he went to the kitchen to help his wife cook.
"Leaving again. Ever since the incident, she hasn't been home..."
Seeing that no one else was paying attention to him, the old man frowned and sat down on the sofa in the living room, muttering something in a low voice.
"Dad, stop pouting and come eat."
The eldest son went back and forth serving dishes and bowls, but seeing that his father ignored him, he said nothing.
As soon as he finished speaking, his wife pinched his lower back.
"hiss……"
After dinner, the eldest son finally had time to ask his father what happened in the meeting room last night.
"Don't worry about this. The base will still need you guys to take care of it. Two of us old guys are going to go, and you who stay here will listen to the other old guys. Of course, don't listen to anything that will hurt your reputation."
The old man looked up at his eldest son, whose face was covered with wrinkles. Considering that he was the first child born to his wife, he gave him some advice as if he were a child.
"Yeah, I know."
Even though the eldest son was accustomed to the tone his father used to coax children, he still felt helpless when he heard it again.
"That's all I need to know. I'm going to be busy now. Take it easy on yourself."
After saying this, the old man left for the study.
Today seems to be a very ordinary day.
After the leader decided on the candidates for departure, they set off after only one day of preparation.
Of course, the number one leader is among them.
When everyone first knew he was going, they were all against it, but he had been in office for so many years and hadn't stepped down, it would be strange if others could persuade him.
So, when they set off, Leader No. 1 was also among them, and the car in the middle of the convoy was protected by many capable people.
"Leader, since it's only snowing these past two days, we need to leave quickly. The drive might be a bit bumpy."
After the driver finished speaking, he saw his leader nod and drove away.
Under the influence of such extreme weather, they had only one thought in their minds, which was to rush to their destination as quickly as possible while the road was still passable, so as to avoid being trapped on the road.
If they are trapped on the road, they may not be able to find shelter in time, and the danger is self-evident.
It would be fine if it were just the team with special abilities, as they themselves have abilities, and at worst they can use their abilities to handle the situation.
But now there are two Tianting in the team. If they lose one, it will be irreparable.
Having made preparations in advance, they had a very smooth journey. When they encountered obstacles and couldn't get through, Zhuangdun could directly move them through space. When they encountered mutated animals and plants, there were so many people with special abilities rushing forward to deal with them.
But even with such a large convoy of people, they still encountered many difficulties.
There was also an extreme weather incident that trapped them for three days.
If it weren't for Zhuang Dun, who had a lot of special materials in his space and had built the shelter before the extreme weather came, every one of them would have been injured several times and had a lot of bruises on their bodies.
The group walked slowly, and special events would block their way from time to time. Their speed of progress was even slightly slower than when the Taoist took his students out for actual combat.
They were walking slowly over there, while Captain Qing on the other side had gone back early.
As soon as I got home, I saw Tang Rufeng who had not slept all night. After giving him a positive answer, Tang Rufeng felt relieved and went back to rest.
On the other side, Mayor Xiao also felt relieved after hearing from his subordinates that Qingzhi had returned.
After that, I just waited patiently for the leader above to come and talk to my godmother.
Feeling that his mission was accomplished, he fell asleep happily.
He had no idea that while he was enjoying himself here, his old man was still in the temporary central base thinking about how to deal with him and scare him.
After waiting for half a month, just when they thought they had misjudged and the leaders above would not come, a long convoy of snowmobiles stopped at the junction of the frozen rain water and the mountain halfway up the mountain.
"Leader, we've arrived at the destination now. The rest of the way, it's easy for a snowmobile to get into a ditch, so we're going up the mountain on a snowmobile. Do you think we can set off now?"
Captain Dai walked to the front of Leader No. 1's car, told him the current situation, and waited for a response.
The elderly man's face was inevitably tired from the days of traveling. After hearing what he said, he nodded slightly, which meant he agreed.
"Okay, we'll arrange it right away."
Seeing that the leader had agreed, Captain Dai turned around and went to find Zhuang Dun.
After the other party released the snowmobiles and put away the snowmobiles parked on the mountainside, they set off.
The weather outside was getting colder. They had just gotten out of the car and sat on the snowmobile when they felt their hands, which still had body temperature, getting colder quickly.
These young people are like this, not to mention the two older leaders who came.
"Leader, please wrap yourself in a cloak. It's really cold outside."
Zhuang Dun took out the cloak he had prepared in advance in his space and handed it to the two of them.
The two leaders were not the kind of people who would try to show off. They still remembered why they came here, so they put on their cloaks without hesitation.
After the mutation, the cloak was made of silk spun by special mutant animals and mutant cotton. The moment it was put on, it could directly block out the whistling wind and coldness outside.
These things are rare. The reason they came out this time is because the two leaders are old, so the tailors in the base were asked to make them urgently.
At other times, these materials can be placed in the research institute to directly make several sets of combat suits. The materials are rare and have special properties.
There were many of them, and the noise they made going up the mountain was quite loud.
Fortunately, Ying Huai is watching over this mountain, so there won't be an avalanche or something to give these people a warning.
When the snowmobile stopped, Leader No. 1 gently took off the hood of the cloak that covered his face and looked up at the surrounding environment.
In fact, after snowing for so long and being hit by such large hailstones, the mountain has completely lost its original appearance.
Even so, Leader No. 1 still looked carefully and finally set his sights on the locust tree at the entrance of Daxi Village.
In such a snowy scene, normally, the plants would have been covered with heavy snow, or they would have been unable to withstand the cold air and their leaves would have been frozen off.
But the locust tree in front of me is different. In such an environment with continuous snowfall, there is no sign of snow covering the trunk or branches, or frostbite.
The treetops are so lush that at first glance you'd think they were growing in the warm and brilliant summer.
With just one glance, Leader No. 1 knew who he was looking for.
He took a step forward, and when the person with special abilities following behind him wanted to catch up, he waved his hand to signal the other party not to follow.
Once the leader gives instructions, others cannot disobey and can only obey.
As for the other villagers in Daxi Village, after they found out that so many people went up the mountain, they guessed who they could be. After listening to the words of Village Chief Wu and godmother, they counted them one by one. Even if they were curious, they just stayed at home to look and did not leave the house.
"Feng'er, what is that leader talking to godmother?" Grandpa Tang was also at home. Seeing his grandson also looking out through the open window, he asked curiously.
"I don't know the details, but it's basically what Godmother told you before."
Hearing Grandpa Tang's question, Tang Rufeng shook his head, but still answered his question.
"Of course I know they came here for this matter, but I'm just curious about what exactly my godmother discussed with that leader."
Grandpa Tang shook his head. Seeing that his grandson didn't know either, he could only continue to look outside, intending to find out the specific content of what his godmother and the leader said by taking a few more glances.
Of course, in the end he saw nothing.
Many people paid attention to the conversation between Ying Huai and the number one leader that day, but only another old leader knew the specific content, and no one else was clear.
Even those people with special abilities who came with Leader No. 1 could not hear anything after the two old leaders approached the tree.
Obviously, their keen sense of hearing was blocked, and the only thing that could make such a move was the lush-looking locust tree in front of them.
The guard who had been following and taking care of the leader wanted to go towards the locust tree as soon as he noticed the change, but was stopped by Captain Dai.
Just when he was about to argue with the other person, his leader waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, so he gave up and waited quietly on the side.
When they could hear the leader's voice again, the leader had already finished talking to that person.
Village chief Wu, who had been waiting in other people's houses at the village entrance, appeared and led Leader No. 1 and others to the rest house that had been prepared in advance.
The No. 1 leader in the middle also talked cordially with Village Chief Wu and others for a while, and only stopped when he saw that it was getting late.
Leader No. 1 and his team came out in a hurry this time, and they had already finished their work as soon as they arrived. The plan was to rest for two days before setting off again.
They had been delayed on the road for a long time. There were still so many survivors in the temporary base in the center, and the research institute was still there. They had been out for too long and there was no strong and prestigious person in charge. Even if there were a few other old guys left to watch over them, they were afraid that something might happen in the middle, so they hurried back.
Daxi Village and the surrounding upstream and outer villages all knew that their leader was leaving, but because they were under pressure from above, every one of them kept their tails between their legs and did not come out, for fear of bumping into others and being mistaken for attacking people by the powerful people around the leader and being caught.
Just like the man who has been handed over to Captain Dai and his men, he was relatively well behaved when he was caught by Captain Qing before.
Later, when he found that although he could not break free from the restraints set by Qingzhi, Mayor Xiao and others could not do anything to him, he gave up.
The tone is arrogant.
Except for the period of time when he told the truth at the beginning due to Qingzhi's threat, everything he said afterwards was lies.
The key point is that apart from locking him up, the other interrogation methods used by Mayor Xiao and his men were not painful at all. The other party must have undergone a long period of physical transformation before coming here, and their methods were not worth mentioning compared to the physical transformation.
What Mayor Xiao and the others couldn't understand was that this man didn't have anything on him that could threaten his life, so how could he be so devoted to them?
Even after all this, his body has been modified into this state, and he has gone through who knows how many rounds of research, yet, his love for that place hasn't been extinguished?
In this regard, Mayor Xiao and others could only sigh, "He was born to be a dog."
Now that we have sent the person out, they don’t have to worry about us anymore. It’s easy now.
Before leaving, Leader No. 1 specifically called Mayor Xiao over. He first praised him, and then said that Mayor Xiao's way of delivering things was wrong, which scared his old man. He would probably be punished when he returned.
What could Mayor Xiao do? At that time, only Captain Qingzhi could run that far, and there was nothing he could do!
The old man in the family was so scared that he could already imagine how his father would punish him after he was reunited with his family.
Seeing the younger generation's somewhat sad face, Leader No. 1 just smiled, patted Mayor Xiao on the shoulder, and then left with his men.
Of course, they also took away a lot of branches of Yinghuai tree before leaving.
"Huaihuai, you are weak."
Ahri appeared only after Leader No. 1 and the others had left. She lay quietly beside the locust tree and meowed softly these words.
"Well, don't worry, I'm expanding my territory."
Hearing this, Ying Huai just smiled gently with a soft voice.
The branches he separated contained most of his current strength, so Ahri said he was weak.
"Huaihuai, Huhu and I will guard you." Ali tilted his head and rubbed the roots of the locust tree. The big cat looked even more adorable after doing this.
"Okay~"
Ying Huai lowered his eyes. The small string of locust flowers, which shouldn't have bloomed in such weather, fell down and landed right on the left ear of Ali's head, making it even more adorable.
【Author’s words】
[Three-color cat head][Three-color cat head] Good evening, my dears~
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