141 Chapter 141
Chapter 141
After the leaders of the official base took Ying Huai's branches away, they returned at almost the fastest speed they could.
Now that they have obtained a treasure that can temporarily alleviate the current plight of mankind, they feel that any delay now would be a waste of time and would delay the time of the people who are still in trouble.
With this idea in mind, even though Captain Dai and the number one leader knew that they were old and could not withstand the high-intensity travel, they still returned as quickly as possible.
After returning, Captain Dai and the others were fine. After all, they often went out on missions, and they themselves were highly capable people with sufficient physical strength, so they would not get sick easily.
But the two elderly leaders were different. Even though their bodies had been strengthened to a certain extent due to the revival of the world's spiritual energy, they were still no match for the young people. They fell ill just after they brought Ying Huai's branches back and arranged them.
The illness came on suddenly, and they were admitted to the work ward for medical personnel in the base almost the same night they rested.
Fortunately, all the arrangements had been made before they went in.
For now, their absence for a short period of time is not a problem.
After all, after they left, the entire base was managed by several other old leaders, and no major problems occurred before the number one leader came back.
However, after knowing what Leader No. 1 and his men brought back, there is no guarantee that some people will not have ulterior motives.
They don't have any bad intentions, but they will definitely take care of their own younger generations within a reasonable range.
In these troubled times, it is understandable to be able to protect one's own family and let one's descendants live a good life.
But the number one leader will not allow it. According to his arrangements, the lives of the people can be protected to the greatest extent. If the people below act slightly biased, the consequences will not be as simple as the loss of resources, but human lives will be involved.
Therefore, even though his sick body was not fully recovered, the number one leader still got up and watched the people below him use the locust branches they brought back according to his arrangements where they should go.
Ying Huai breathed a sigh of relief when he sensed the sensation coming back from his branches thousands of miles away.
This time he will send out the branches with his own strength, and the risk he takes is extremely high. If those humans have even the slightest bad intention, Ying Huai will lose his strength.
Under the premise that there are mutant animals and plants with strong attack power everywhere, Ying Huai sent out the branches with his own strength at this time when strength is most needed to ensure his own safety and protect the humans on the mountain. It can be said to be a gamble.
Fortunately, he won the bet this time.
He chose to give away his branches at the beginning. In addition to quickly increasing his own strength, he also had requirements for others.
At the very least, in his eyes, the number one leader of mankind caught his eye and gained Ying Huai's trust for a short time.
Trusting someone does not mean that nothing unexpected will happen later. After all, the human population is large, and all kinds of people may exist.
Ying Huai appeared calm on the surface, but he had some hidden worries in his heart. However, these worries were put aside after he received more and more feedback from his senses.
The official base has already taken action, bringing the branches given out by Ying Huai to the place where they should be sheltered, planting them, and letting them grow.
And the ones who carry out this task are those front-line teams of capable people.
Among them, the team led by Captain Dai is the most powerful.
With Zhuang Dun in their team, they can carry a lot of resources, so even if they leave the base for a long time, it doesn’t matter, they don’t have to worry about not having enough resources.
It was different for other front-line teams. No matter how much they loaded their cars, there was still a limit on how much they could put in. After they went to a base and planted the locust tree branches, they had to return to the base to replenish resources.
Asked why not directly replenish at those bases?
Those bases that need the protection of locust tree branches are medium or small bases with insufficient resources.
The resources they use themselves are barely enough. If these teams replenish the resources from those bases to the next base, then after they leave, the small base will be stretched thin for a long time. It's unnecessary.
This idea is not only held by the front-line team, but also by the leaders of the central base.
They can run faster on their own, but if they really drain most of the resources of the small base for temporary convenience, if something happens and the higher-ups are too busy to take care of it, how will the small base resist?
Having locust tree branches doesn't mean you don't have to worry about survival resources.
The branches of the locust tree only ensure the safety of the human base to a certain extent, but they are not like nannies who have to take care of everything.
At present, Village Chief Wu and Tang Rufeng have rarely brought any major or minor lock-related matters in Daxi Village to Ying Huai to cause him any trouble.
Of course, they have filed many complaints.
But after filing the lawsuit, they always think about how to solve it.
It would be best if the godmother helps. If she doesn’t help, it means they can solve the problem themselves. They will slowly find a solution.
Because of these ideas, the people from Mayor Xiao's side who had just contacted them were quite surprised.
Based on their understanding of people, they will be more or less impetuous when they know they have someone to rely on.
Simply put, they do not have a clear understanding of themselves, but they have an accurate understanding of their backers.
But the people in Daxi Village are not like that. Although they rely on the locust trees, that dependence is more limited to their elders. They like to complain based on closeness. They want to tell their elders about their family affairs. They will listen to their elders' opinions, and they don't mind if they don't express their opinions.
Just at this moment, other people in Daxi Village learned from Mayor Xiao that there was something unusual about the new mountain behind their mountain range. The official side was organizing people to explore it. When they asked the people in Daxi Village if they wanted to join them to explore, the first thing the people in Daxi Village thought of was to ask their godmother.
Ali lay down beside the locust tree, listening to the villagers who came over in the severe cold and snow just to talk to his godmother and ask for her advice. He shook his ears impatiently, not understanding why they were so entangled.
If you want to go, go. If you don’t want to go, don’t go.
Anyway, the people with special abilities in the village are strong enough. Even if they can't find out anything after they go, at least they will have the ability to protect themselves and come back.
Especially Tang Tang, after her ability was improved, the protective shield could not only protect herself, but also protect others after expanding the range.
This was discovered when it was hailstorming a while ago.
When she went to the village outside the village to play with her senior schoolmate, she didn't pay attention to the time or the weather outside. When the hail fell, she was still outside. Although she was protected by her godmother, the hail could still fall into some weak places outside the village.
It just happened that he met the unlucky guy Tang Tang. Ying Huai should have calculated that the hailstones should not hit people, but Tang Tang was unlucky enough to be hit.
And her senior schoolmate was also unlucky with her.
Tang Tang herself was protected by the protective shield, but her senior sister was not!
I saw a piece of hailstone hitting the senior sister. It was sure to create a bloody hole.
Tang Tang was anxious and wanted to throw out his protective shield to protect the senior sister, but the protective shield did not work. Instead, the range of the protective shield expanded a lot, covering the senior sister completely.
In this way, Tang Tang discovered that her ability had become stronger, and she was able to protect others while protecting herself.
Everyone else in the village knew that Tang Tang's abilities had improved.
Not only the adults know this, but the younger generation of people with special abilities are also aware of it.
They came to Ying Huai this time and said so much, not so much to seek the godmother's opinion, but rather to ask the godmother to give them courage.
In such weather, the places they were going to explore were unusual.
Although I had been to that mountain once before, the time was different.
So much time has passed since they went there, the mutated plants and animals on the mountain must be more powerful than when they went up the mountain before.
"I wonder if the mutant plants and animals that were originally trapped in the mountains have now been driven out by those clever mutant plants and animals."
Hu Zi said this, looking in the direction behind the mountain with some concern.
"They should be driven out. Looking at the situation on our mountain, those smart mutant plants and animals are moving upwards on their own, driving those brainless ones towards the foot of the mountain."
After hearing Hu Zi's words, another person with special abilities answered softly.
In the past, the boundary between smart and stupid mutant animals and plants was not so obvious.
The reason why we can have such a clear line now is thanks to the continuous rain before and the rising water level.
Those who have brains will try to go as high as possible.
Although the brainless ones have instincts, they only know to run to places without water, and they don’t know anything else.
This also causes them to gather in large numbers at the foot of the mountain.
"If we go to that mountain, we'll probably be attacked by those brainless mutant plants and animals as soon as we get there. Given the strength of those mutant plants and animals, can we get past them and successfully enter the mountain to explore?"
Seeing Hu Zi and the others talking, Tang Tang, who had been quiet, came over and asked a question.
"There's nothing we can do about it. We can only rely on our luck. If it doesn't work, we can just come back and try again next time. Anyway, the mountain is right behind us, not far from here."
Hu Zi shook his head and said this at the end.
The "not far" he mentioned was actually for people with special abilities. For ordinary people, even if their physical fitness has improved, it would still take a long time to get to the mountain over there.
Nothing else to say.
The previous rain had flooded the foothills of the surrounding mountains. Now the foothills of the mountains that emerged in their range could not be seen. To the naked eye, they looked like small islands.
The weather is so cold that ordinary people can't stand walking on the ice for less than an hour.
That is to say, when the ability users' strength increases, their bodies will be able to hold on after being strengthened, while ordinary people now dare not go out for too long.
After the people with special abilities in Daxi Village finished their discussion under the locust tree, seeing that their godmother had no objection, they went back to get their things and prepared to set off.
Tang Rufeng knew about their actions. He had to take care of some villagers recently so no one went with them. But just because others didn't go didn't mean he wouldn't participate.
"Brother Qingzhi, please go further away. It's already cold, and it will get even colder if you come closer."
Hu Zi shrank his neck helplessly, glanced at the soul floating above his group's heads, and spoke helplessly.
Qingzhi himself is a ghost, and he is very spooky and cold. Moreover, the coldness around Qingzhi is somewhat different from the coldness of the environment they are in now.
If the cold outside now is just a physical attack, then the cold brought to them by Qingzhi is completely a magical attack.
I was almost frozen, and there was someone next to me blowing cold air at my soul. I was really freezing from head to toe.
If this continues, they will probably fall down before they even reach their destination.
Thinking about it, Hu Zi said it directly.
"Well, okay, I'll stay away. You guys just be careful."
Qingzhi also knew his current situation. After hearing the reminder, he did not stop at all and flew directly to a farther place.
Since they can't stand him following others, it's okay for him to explore the way.
They were currently standing right on a thick layer of frozen ice. They didn't know if the water under the ice had receded, but the ice showed no signs of melting.
Instead of going up the mountain in a straight line, it would be faster for them to walk on the ice and go around the mountain.
At this point they had been in this environment for quite some time. Even though they had never experienced such heavy snow or such thick ice before, they had almost adapted to it after such a long time.
Humans are always quicker to adapt when it comes to survival.
Ying Huai watched them go from falling down no matter how they walked to being able to slip out right away after a few steps when they got impatient.
If they had never learned to skate before and had no such tools at home, they would not be skating around at a half-speed now.
"Are we almost there?"
It was snowing, and hundreds of the surrounding mountains were mostly covered with snow. Even some obvious features that could be seen before were almost covered by snow.
"I counted them, it should be that one."
Hearing Hu Zi's question, his brother, who was sneaking behind him, stopped, looked up at the mountains covered with snow, counted them one by one, and finally looked at them twice to make sure that they were not in the wrong place.
"How come you can't find a place here?"
Qingzhi had not intended to get close to them unless they encountered any place that required help, but he did not expect that they would lose their place as soon as he moved away from them.
"Brother Qingzhi, aren't those mountains over there superfluous? We didn't come here often before. The last time we came, that mountain was very obvious. Just by looking at it, you could tell it was unusual. But now, it's almost blending in with the other mountains around it."
Hu Zi felt a little embarrassed when asked this question. He scratched his head and finally told the part that confused him.
"Brother Huzi, why don't you just find the highest mountain at the end of this mountain range?"
After hearing what he said, Qing Zhidu hadn't said anything yet when a girl walking behind him reminded him with a smile.
The most special mountain in this suddenly appearing mountain range is the one they have climbed before. It is also the main peak and the highest one in the suddenly appearing mountain range.
That was also the mountain they were heading to now.
Well, you know what, it’s quite fate.
"From what Mayor Xiao said, the frontline team is too busy to handle this mountain right now, otherwise they would have come here on their own, right?"
We were almost there, and from a distance we could vaguely see the mutated plants on the mountain covered by a layer of snow.
Those mutant plants have obviously become accustomed to the pressure of the snow. Knowing that the snow will accumulate again after a while after being shaken off, they don't shake it as frequently.
Every time I wait until the snow reaches a certain thickness before shaking it off.
When Qingzhi and his friends went up the mountain now, they could no longer see the mutated plants that would shake when some snow fell, and the whole forest was almost shaking like the famous Parkinson's disease scene.
But they also hit the right time.
These mutated plants don't move much when it's cold, but that doesn't mean they won't move.
When they sensed humans approaching, although they were not in the mood to attack Hu Zi and the others, they were still able to shake the branches to shake off the snow covering them and let it fall on Hu Zi and the others.
"What's going on on this mountain? It's a little different from when we first came here."
"Well, when we came here before, there was no shortage of mutant plants and animals attacking us on this mountain. But now, even when we come down from the mountain near our village, we encounter quite a few mutant plants and animals attacking us, but there are really no such attacks here."
It’s not that Hu Zi and the others were making a fuss. The main reason was that they had been walking for such a long time and had been worried for such a long time, but they had not seen any mutant animals or plants. In this place where mutant animals and plants were everywhere and ordinary people would be attacked if they took a few steps out, the appearance of such a seemingly safe place was really unbelievable to them.
"Did the mutant plants and animals inside start fighting and killing each other, and eventually there are no mutant plants and animals left on this mountain?"
The person walking at the back listened to their discussion and, seeing that there was really no danger, joined in the conversation.
"Do you believe that I am the strongest in the world, or do you believe that they will kill each other and make room for us?"
Hearing this, Hu Zi and the others who were walking in front turned their heads, looked at the person who interrupted them with an indescribable look, and finally asked this question.
"This will liven up the atmosphere."
When asked this question, the man shook his head awkwardly.
"No matter what the situation is on the mountain, we have Brother Qingzhi watching from up there. He will remind us if anything happens. Let's walk faster and don't waste time."
Tang Tang had been taking a break while listening to them talk. Now that he had rested enough, he reminded them and walked faster, going to the front to clear the way.
"Tangtang, slow down. There might be a pit ahead..."
Before he finished speaking, Tangtang fell in.
"Why didn't you say so earlier..."
Tang Tang, who was wearing a protective shield, was stuck in the middle of the pit. He looked carefully at the distance to the bottom of the pit and felt that it was not high, so he lowered the protective shield and fell down.
After landing on the ground and making sure there was nothing special below, she looked up at Hu Zi and others who were looking at her at the entrance of the cave.
"Brothers, please pull me up quickly. There is nothing underneath."
After Tang Tang finished speaking, she waited for Hu Zi and the others above to find a way to get her up.
However, they didn't get the solution, but instead saw a muddy thing coming towards them.
"How come there are still people who break into people's homes these days when they're out?"
The slimy thing came hurriedly without even stopping. It just passed through the crowd surrounded by Hu Zi and the others and jumped directly to the bottom of the pit. While muttering, it stretched out its roots and kicked Tang Tang out of the pit.
The other party didn't have any bad emotions throughout the whole process. In other words, there was no malice at all.
Even when he kicked Tang Tang out of the pit, he didn't show any aggressiveness.
"Are you the two-legged people raised by the tree boss on the mountain ahead? Why are you running here?"
After kicking Tangtang out, the thing jumped out from the bottom of the pit, casually scraped the surrounding snow, turned around and picked up a piece of snow that had frozen into a piece and looked solid, and covered the entrance of the cave with it.
As if afraid that they would fall again, it stretched out its roots and patted them to make sure they were firm before feeling relieved.
"Do you know us?"
Hearing its question, Hu Zi asked in confusion.
"You look familiar."
Tang Tang tilted his head and looked at the muddy thing on the ground. While asking, he frowned and wondered where he had seen it before.
"You two-legged people just don't have good brains."
The slimy thing heard the two people ask the same question almost at the same time, and was speechless when he said this.
"Is it the mutant plant that followed us out of the mutant forest earlier?"
Seeing that Tangtang and Huzi still hadn't recognized the other person, Qingzhi, who was floating in the air, landed and answered softly.
“???”
Look at the slimy thing on the ground, and think back to the plant that had followed them back.
"Why do you look like this?"
Tang Tang remembered it, looked at the muddy balls on the snow, and asked almost subconsciously.
It's really no wonder they didn't recognize him. Compared to the previous mud ball, this one is completely different except that there is still mud on its body.
How did it manage to grow so fat in such a short time that it can no longer be recognized as what it was originally? Incredible.
"Alright, that's it anyway. The plant is growing normally! You haven't answered my question yet."
After hearing what Tangtang said, Nituanzi was speechless for a moment. Since they were all pets of the mutant tree boss, it didn't care!
"We heard there was something unusual on this mountain, so we wanted to come and take a look and explore it."
Hearing the question, Hu Zi gave a brief explanation.
Nituanzi was not stupid. He knew from the beginning of his words that he had not finished speaking, so he did not care.
"I know what you're looking for, but you'd better not go there recently. You can't even get into it."
He stretched out two roots and gestured at the height and size of these two-legged people in front of them, recalled the size of the door, and finally waved the two roots, directly indicating that they had no chance.
"Do you know where that thing is? We haven't seen many mutant plants and animals attacking us since we went up the mountain. Is it because that thing is open?"
Judging from what Nituanzi said, it knew about the existence of the door.
Since Hu Zi and the others were able to come out, of course they didn’t know anything.
Mayor Xiao can report to the higher-ups and discuss with his godmother about sheltering people in other bases.
It is normal for people in Daxi Village to know more news.
For example, now, if people in other small bases don’t know the door, Tang Rufeng doesn’t need to ask, because Mayor Xiao has already sorted out the information and sent it to them.
"Well, it's open over there. You can tell from the fact that I'm still here. The door is very small. For so long, only some small mutant animals and plants can enter through it. Moreover, it's very dangerous inside. Many mutant animals and plants that have entered have never come out."
Seeing that they were still interested, Nituanzi told them everything he knew.
When talking about small mutant animals and plants, it couldn't help but look down at its own body size. If it had known that such a door would appear, it would not have taken such good care of itself.
However, when thinking about the possible dangers inside and the mutated animals and plants that never came out after entering, he didn't know whether it was lucky or unfortunate.
"If you really want to see it, I'll take you there, but don't be reckless!"
Seeing that they were still unwilling to give up and wanted to go look for it, Nituanzi knew that even if he didn't take them there, they would still go look later. What if something happened and the mutant tree boss came looking for him?
Helpless, it could only say this and take them to see it.
The journey was very smooth.
The closer they got to the mountain, the more mutated plants and animals they saw.
"I remember that the center of this mountain used to be mostly filled with those unintelligent mutant plants and animals. Why didn't I see any of them this time?"
Tang Tang was a person who couldn't keep secrets, and she was sure that this mutant plant would not actively harm them. With this knowledge, she became more relaxed and asked directly if she had any questions.
"Yes, those mutant plants and animals were originally in the inner circle, but unfortunately, the place where the door appeared was also in the inner circle."
Nituanzi recalled the scene they saw when they entered the inner area after sensing the movement, and felt a little sad for a moment.
“Before the door was fully opened, it was extremely unstable. The spatial energy was chaotic, and ordinary mutant plants and animals had no way of avoiding it.
When the door opened for the first time, most of the mutated animals and plants inside were killed or injured.
The door at the back opened, and some powerful mutant animals and plants threw some more people in. Most of them didn't come out of the door.
The remaining ones ran away directly. For the time being, there would be no more mutant animals or plants with abnormal brains on this mountain range.
You want to find them? You'll have to go a long way."
As the mud ball spoke, it stopped moving forward, as if with just one word from them, it would not take them to guard the door, but would directly take them to catch the mutant animals and plants that had escaped.
"No need to look for it, I'm just asking."
Tangtang inexplicably saw the serious expression on the mud ball's face through its sticky surface and quickly refused it.
She still remembered the purpose of their trip. They wanted to see those brainless mutant animals and plants, so they could see them anywhere. There was still a group of them at the foot of the mountain in Daxi Village.
"Okay."
Seeing that Tang Tang really didn't want to go, Nituanzi turned around and continued to lead the way, with a hint of regret in his tone.
Hu Zi and the others were afraid that they would ask some questions that would interest Nituanzi, so they simply stopped taking them to guard the house and just kept quiet and followed, pretending that they didn't have mouths for the time being.
Because there was a mud ball leading the way, no one knew how the mud ball did it, but it looked harmless, just like when it was in the mutant forest. However, it led a group of people to walk in the inner area, and did not let Tang Tang and his friends be attacked in the territories of other mutant animals and plants. It directly crossed through the territories of other mutant animals and plants.
They were led by Nituanzi, and except for a detour due to the terrain, they were almost walking in a straight line, so they soon arrived at the inner center area that they had never been to before.
"We're almost there. There will be spatial fluctuations when the door closes, but it's not as dangerous as when it's open. If you notice something's wrong, don't get too close. Just watch. We can't get in anyway."
Nituanzi gave his final instructions, and just as he finished speaking, they had already arrived at the place. Looking up, they saw a place in front of them that was obviously different from the others.
A white, slightly transparent circle of mist was suspended in front of them, and the mist circle clearly reflected a scenery that was completely different from the mountain they were on.
"It's nice in there, isn't it? Too bad it's dangerous, and we can't get in."
Seeing that their eyes were fixed on the environment reflected in the fog circle, Nituanzi couldn't help but speak with regret.
If possible, no matter whether it is dangerous inside or not, it would like to go in and take a look.
You know, the growth rate of the strength of those small animals and plants that come out of it is really terrifying.
If this continues, those small mutant animals and plants with weak attack power will soon be able to fight back and forth with the powerful mutant animals and plants on this mountain.
Because it couldn't get in, the mud ball had no choice. It couldn't force its way in and hang itself at the door, could it? It could only comfort itself that it was dangerous inside and it was good that it couldn't get in for the time being.
But, has it ever been afraid of danger?
Whether it was in the mutant forest or on the mountain now, when its attack power was not strong and it could only heal mostly, it could live well in these places.
It would be more accurate to say that it encounters opportunities rather than danger.
"You tried it before, and you died if you forced your way in?"
Since they were already there, Tangtang didn't bother asking if it would divert Nituanzi's attention, and directly asked about the questions he was confused about.
"See that circle of seemingly transparent mist around the door? Don't think it's just decoration. It's the power that strangles any creature that strays beyond the door's range."
Nituanzi didn't keep anyone in suspense. He stretched out his roots and pointed them in the direction of the door, telling everyone everything he knew.
"Okay, that's all I know. We don't know more than that. I guess you'll find out after a while."
After saying this, Nituanzi felt that he had told these humans everything he knew and warned them of the danger. If these humans still wanted to commit suicide, it would be none of his business. Even if the mutant tree boss came looking for him, he would not care.
And the mutant tree boss was obviously reasonable.
After making up his mind, Nituanzi prepared to go home.
"I'm leaving now. Do you want to stay here or let me get you out?"
As Nituanzi spoke, the meaning of his words was obvious, he wanted these people to follow him and leave.
Although most of the mutated animals and plants here have seen that it was it that brought the two-legged beasts in, and will not attack them easily, what if there are some who are blind, or the two-legged beasts provoke others?
As the saying goes, if you like to worry, you will have endless worries.
Just like now.
Tangtang and the others had already seen the door. They didn't need to get close to it. If they felt carefully, they could feel the obvious and trembling energy fluctuations at the edge of the door. With the reminder and the sense of danger, they certainly wouldn't continue to stay there.
After hearing what Nituanzi said, he expressed his desire to follow Nituanzi without any hesitation.
It's not like they haven't been to this mountain before, and they've experienced how powerful the mutated plants and animals there are.
They had a hard time fighting at first, but now those mutated animals and plants are obviously stronger. They didn't practice Iron Head Kung Fu, so their heads are not that hard, so they have to take a few hits before they are satisfied.
Nituanzi had been thinking about sending these two-legged beasts away directly, but unexpectedly, before he could even bring up the matter, the shameless Hu Zi took advantage of the situation and, knowing that Nituanzi was not in any danger, he got close to Nituanzi and smiled carefully.
"Master Mutant Plant, look, we came out this time just to take a look at the door and didn't find anything. If we go back empty-handed, the other people in the village will definitely laugh at us. So many people came out here and didn't get anything. If they hear later that we had a master like you to lead the way, but we still didn't get anything, they will definitely call us useless every day..."
He chattered a lot, and at the end he expressed his deep feelings, and the sadness on his face did not seem fake.
"You are so miserable..."
Seeing Hu Zi and the others like this, Nituanzi felt a little sympathy. In addition, Hu Zi kept calling him a big boss, and the flattery really made him feel flattered.
Although Nituanzi is smart and often comes into contact with some smart mutant animals and plants, it has only come into contact with humans in Daxi Village for such a long time. As for humans in other places, it has at most observed them for a period of time. It has no idea how changeable humans are.
"Yeah, yeah, we won't make things difficult for you. Just take us to some places where there are no beasts or mutant plants that need things, and we'll just pick up some trash. We don't want the extra stuff, is that okay?"
Tangtang echoed from the side.
Seeing Hu Zi and Tang Tang like this, the others also reacted. One by one, they all nodded, as if agreeing with what Hu Zi said.
But looking at their red ears, it was clear that they felt embarrassed about tricking a group of people into giving away a mutant plant.
When Hu Zi was trying to trick Zhi, Qing Zhi remained calm and raised his head, showing through his actions that he was not in the same group as Hu Zi and the others.
After all, what does human deception have to do with ghosts? He just didn't participate.
It is not known whether Nituanzi was fooled by Hu Zi and the others in the end. Anyway, during the time they went down the mountain, Nituanzi took Hu Zi and Tang Tang and the others to almost all the territories of powerful mutant animals and plants to pick up garbage.
The fur shed by a mutant tiger, the fallen leaves of a mutant plant, etc...
Don't think it's useless, but those flexible hairs can transform into steel needles by injecting supernatural powers. The fallen leaves of that mutant plant are poisonous on the back, and applying them to the front will scab over the wound in less than half an hour...
On the way down the mountain, Nituanzi and Hu Zi picked up a lot of garbage. Just looking at the harvest, it seemed that their regret of not being able to enter the door was alleviated.
As for those mutant plants and animals that Hu Zi and his friends took away, would they cause trouble for Ni Tuanzi? Not really.
In their eyes, they cannot process those things themselves, so they are no different from garbage after falling down, and they will probably become one with the land after some time.
Anyway, they are all things they don't want. As long as it's not taken by enemies they dislike, it doesn't make any difference whether they take anything else.
With Nituanzi, Hu Zi and his friends had a lot of fun picking up trash.
If they hadn't brought enough bags when they came out, they would probably have had to go back and get two more bags.
"You are so pitiful..."
Looking at these two-legged people who pick up the unwanted garbage of mutant animals and plants with great pleasure, Nituanzi feels sympathy.
However, they had wasted too much of its time, and it didn't want to continue taking these people around the mountain. In addition, seeing that Hu Zi and the others had nothing to pack their garbage in, it didn't ask Hu Zi and the others whether they wanted to go down the mountain, and just took them down directly.
"Just go in that direction. There's no trash for you to collect."
Nituanzi used his roots to point Hu Zi and the others in a direction, indicating that they could leave directly.
"Thank you, Boss! We got so many things this time thanks to you. Next time we come, we'll bring you something that the mutant plants in our village like to eat!"
Seeing that they couldn't stay and there wasn't much left for Hu Zi to grab, he didn't argue any further and simply nodded and agreed to leave.
"Delicious? Then bring it to me next time you come."
Although he didn't think that there would be anything in humans' hands that mutant plants would like to eat, Nituanzi didn't want to discourage Hu Zi and the others.
After all, as humans themselves say, relationships are built by giving gifts to each other!
These humans are raised by the mutant tree boss. What if one day they need to ask the mutant tree boss for help!
Thinking about it, the mud ball stretched out its muddy roots, rubbed its smart head, and praised itself. How could things go so smoothly when it thought about it?
The exploration of Daxi Village went very smoothly because of the mud ball. We even brought back a lot of mountain specialties when we went down the mountain.
Hu Zi and his friends, one by one, were carrying a lot of bags filled with mud and garbage in their mouths. They couldn't control their urge to jump and run even when walking on the thick ice.
"When we go back this time, the village chief and the others will definitely say we are capable. The last time we went up the mountain it was so hard and we were injured before we brought back so many things, but this time, we didn't even use our abilities and we were able to bring back so many useful things!"
A little girl from the village was carrying a big bag and walking beside Tang Tang, letting Tang Tang's protective shield wrap her up and talking excitedly.
"Yeah, that's right. We suffered a terrible loss last time, but we weren't the worst off. The other teams of people with special abilities that followed us suffered the most. They didn't get as much as we did."
Tangtang and the others kept talking along the way, and the smiles on their faces did not fade even in such cold weather.
If they hadn't had the foresight to wrap up their gums, they would probably have frozen off by now.
Compared with them who were so happy that they almost jumped up and down while walking on the ice, the official team was not doing so well.
Just like what Tangtang just said, it’s terrible.
The more successful Tang Tang and his team were, the more embarrassed Captain Dai and his team were.
It was different from the mountain that Tangtang and the others went to. Although the danger level was not high, the gate on the mountain that Tangtang and the others went to was only open a little bit. The other mutated animals and plants knew the danger of the gate, and knew that even if they wanted to squeeze in, they were afraid of getting strangled. Therefore, the competition was not fierce, and they could still allow Nituanzi to lead humans to wander around the mountain.
But the place Captain Dai and his team went to was different.
The door has been opened to the size of a single-door security door of a normal house. Not to mention the mutant animals and plants that are particularly large and cannot enter, it is still possible for most mutant animals and plants of medium and small sizes to enter.
After Captain Dai and his team detected the fluctuations of the door, they directly followed the induction of the instruments made by the scientists, and they just happened to bump into it!
Among the many mutant animals and plants waiting to enter the door, there appeared a group of humans who looked ill-intentioned and obviously wanted to compete with them for resources. It would be strange if those mutant animals and plants would let them approach the door.
Captain Dai and his team had thought about using the special abilities of some of the team members to go directly through the door.
But it didn't work. The team member with special invisibility ability was discovered when he approached the door. It wasn't intentional, but the door could reflect his invisible figure.
Once one is exposed, those mutated animals and plants will go crazy.
They all started to rush around until they had negated the abilities of Captain Dai and the others, then they stopped and started to attack them.
"Captain, we can't force our way in!"
After a team member blocked the attack of a mutant animal, he turned around and shouted to Captain Dai.
"No, this is the only way."
Captain Dai nodded.
Their mission this time was to go in and see what was going on inside the so-called secret realm.
If they were blocked by those mutated animals and plants now, they would have no chance of completing their mission.
The team leader was struggling to fend off the next attack beside Captain Dai. Although he didn't object after hearing what they said, he also had his own concerns.
"But what if the mutant plants and animals follow us in after we force our way in, and then continue to attack us? Can we still explore the secret realm inside this door in peace?"
"The leader's concerns are not without reason, but the most important thing for us now is to get in. As for the dangers we might encounter after entering, we can consider them later. We can't think about and plan so much when we can't even get through the door, right?"
While dealing with the attacks of the mutated animals and plants, Captain Dai did not delay after listening to the leader's words and directly answered his question.
"We have no objection. Captain Dai's arrangement is very good. At worst, we can split into two teams after entering. One team will investigate the records, and the other team will lead away the mutant animals and plants that are attacking us."
The second captain stood behind Captain Dai and the team leader to the right, and after listening to what they said, he added this sentence.
In fact, they could have handed over the exploration to more professional researchers in the research institute in a more detailed manner, but seeing that this place was so dangerous, they really couldn't lead them, so they had to go on their own to explore and collect samples.
During this period, the front-line team is considered the central base, or in other words, it is the busiest among the people with special abilities in most bases.
They were supposed to come here to complete the mission directly after returning from the high-risk area exploration, but since the number one leader had to go to Daxi Village, they had to delay the mission at hand.
Later on, they had to travel all over the country to deliver locust tree branches.
Because of the importance of the locust tree branches, Leader No. 1 was worried and specially approved their front-line team to suspend their mission and deliver them.
Now that all the branches have been delivered with great difficulty, it is time to start the exploration mission that has been delayed for a long time.
Since the door's opening time was uncertain, they waited in the base for two days, waiting for the research institute to bring out the space detector and lock onto the doors that were opening.
They were lucky because the door was open only in the area where they were now these two days.
Moreover, the danger level of the area is still at the medium level, which happens to be within the scope of their mission.
What are you waiting for? They came directly with their equipment.
They just didn't expect that even in a medium-danger area, they still had a hard time facing the mutated plants and animals that attacked them.
"Let's go in quickly! These mutant plants and animals are definitely more powerful than before. We can't go on like this. Sooner or later, we'll be completely left behind. This time, no matter what the cost, we have to go in and find out what's going on inside!"
Captain Dai had a hard time dealing with the attacks from the mutated animals and plants. After sensing a brief pause in the attacks, he felt something was wrong and called out to the others.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other people who were still defending against the attack would rather take the blow than leave the battle and rush directly towards the door.
Seeing such an obvious trend, those mutated animals and plants were not stupid. Seeing Captain Dai and his men charging, they followed suit one by one, and while charging, they also attacked the humans in front of them.
The ability users at the bottom of the list were almost covered in wounds because of their attacks.
If they hadn't rushed in quickly, they would have been killed.
However, they are not necessarily lucky now.
They discovered it after entering the door, but because of the difference in speed, they were separated from their teammates in front of them as soon as they stepped into the door.
Not to mention communication, even Captain Dai and his team, who had been marked by Mo Shan's ability and could communicate directly over long distances, were too far away, so the words Mo Shan heard were intermittent and difficult to relay.
The only good thing was that the mutated animals and plants that had attacked them crazily before entering the door disappeared after entering.
If they don't meet again in the short term, there will probably be no more fatal conflicts for the time being.
After much difficulty in communicating through Mo Shan's ability, Captain Dai and the others finally reached a consensus.
While exploring the secret realm, look for other teammates. When encountering danger, try to avoid it. Before meeting up with other teammates, do not confront those mutated animals and plants head-on.
Given the current strength of those mutated animals and plants, it would be difficult to deal with them even with their advantage in numbers. Now their team members are scattered, and if they were to confront them directly, the team members would be wiped out if they were unlucky.
After the communication, Captain Dai finally had time to observe the surrounding environment.
It has to be said that the environment inside this secret realm is more beautiful than what they saw outside through the refraction of the door. If the spiritual energy outside the secret realm has undergone a spiritual energy recovery and the spiritual energy content is 10, then the spiritual energy content inside this secret realm is 100.
With such a high spiritual energy content, Captain Dai stood there for a short while, and with every breath he took, he could feel his strength slowly increasing.
With the attitude of using spiritual energy as feed for pigs, it is no wonder that those mutated animals and plants grow so much faster than humans and their strength increases so quickly!
After standing there and observing for a while, and making sure that there were no hidden mutant animals or plants around, he took out special instruments and small photographic equipment from his backpack and took pictures of the situation in the secret realm.
He didn't even bother to absorb the spiritual energy. He always knew why he came here, so he explored it very seriously.
Since we don't know what the research institute wants to study specifically, we will do the same as when the mutation first started. We will collect everything we see and take it back to the research institute for their research.
Walking in one direction, Captain Dai looked up at the sky again. The sun was still shining brightly.
He looked down at the time, then looked up to compare the sun's movement with the shadows of other plants.
"The sun moves very slowly here..."
Either this secret realm is very large, or there is something wrong with the sun in the sky, and they have completely deviated from their original planetary system.
Thinking of this, Captain Dai just recorded what he observed. Moreover, he was not a researcher in this area and could not be sure, so he could only take it back to the research institute to find someone to study it.
After the marking was completed, Captain Dai put aside the doubts that had just arisen in his mind and turned back to continue collecting plant species that did not originally appear on the Blue Planet.
But he did not give up observing the sun in the sky.
Now that they have entered this secret realm, they are completely unfamiliar with the environment inside and even have to try and determine the direction.
The sun, which is so obvious in the sky, is the best direction indicator.
Captain Dai started preparing to reunite with Mo Shan before he was sure that the sun in the sky could be clearly distinguished in a certain direction.
After all, their current communicator is not working, so it is necessary to reunite with Mo Shan, the humanoid communicator.
In fact, he was not sure of the direction when he was communicating with Mo Shan to meet up. Fortunately, they were lucky. Although the distance was a bit far, they were coming from the right direction and met each other.
Captain Dai is strong, but Mo Shan doesn't have much offensive power.
But he himself is an auxiliary type of person with special abilities, and he has a very clear understanding of his own position. He usually pays great attention to the training of his own strength. That is why he is able to reach Captain Dai safely even though he does not have enough attack power in a strange place.
With Mo Shan's ability, it became easier for Captain Dai to contact the others. After knowing that the other team members had reunited, he could focus on his own work.
If Captain Dai and his team didn't know that they couldn't carry away too much material, he would probably have dug up the ground and scraped the deep soil before he was satisfied.
But although it’s not as exaggerated now, it’s not far off.
Just didn't take that much.
Captain Dai recorded where the materials in his hand came from, turned around and put them away, then inadvertently looked up at the sky.
"Mo Shan, look, is there something wrong over there?"
Layers of light appeared in the distant sky, and the light looked like it was stacked together. Based on Captain Dai's experience, there was something wrong with the light.
"Yeah, I saw it. Is there anything good over there?"
Looking at the glowing area, Mo Shan couldn't help but think of the novels he had read before the change.
"From my experience reading novels before, this kind of light must mean that some treasure has appeared in the world."
As Mo Shan spoke, he put a hand on his chin as if thinking.
"It depends on the distance... We're too far away to get through here. Contact the others and see if any of them are close to that place so we can go and take a look from a distance."
Captain Dai didn't interrupt him when he saw that. He simply estimated the distance and finally gave up his previous idea. Instead, he asked Mo Shan to contact other people to check it out.
"I've contacted them. Zhuang Dun and the invisibility user from Team 2 are over there. They'll go check it out later."
Knowing that it would take time for Mo Shan to contact other people, Captain Dai did not stand by and wait. When he saw Mo Shan concentrating on using his abilities, he began to stand guard and pull out the grass he did not recognize.
After waiting for a long time, Mo Shan finally contacted someone.
It’s not that he was dawdling, it’s just that the distance was too far and it was difficult to speak clearly, so he could only take it slowly.
Fortunately, the final result was satisfactory.
"Tell Zhuang Dun and the others to be careful and get out of the way if they see anything wrong."
Captain Dai couldn't help but feel worried when he thought about the fact that Zhuang Dun and the person with the invisible ability had weak attack capabilities.
After giving some advice, he felt relieved when he saw that Mo Shan had told Zhuang Dun and the others about his advice.
No matter how vigilant you are in an unfamiliar environment, it is not enough. However, Zhuang Dun did not expect that his vigilance was really not enough.
“Good fellow…”
Zhuang Dun was taken by the person with invisibility ability and slowly retreated from the location where the multiple layers of light had just been emitted. After making sure that the location was far enough away, the person with invisibility ability breathed a sigh of relief, put Zhuang Dun down, and sat down on the ground.
"Oh my god... Damn, those people are so perceptive, we almost got discovered just by looking a few more times!"
He sat down invisibly for a long time before relaxing a little. He lifted up his sweat-soaked clothes. The innermost piece of clothing was already soaked with his sweat.
They came directly after they knew that they were the closest to the light, and thought it was simple at first.
Although both of them are auxiliary ability users, his ability is invisibility. Even if they can't beat him, they can still run away.
I didn't expect the place to be, and when I looked at the light from afar, I was stunned.
Those layers of light were nothing but the light emitted from those people who were teleported in from outside.
At first they were still wondering where those people came from. Even some lower-level superiors didn't know the mission Captain Dai led them on, not to mention the crazy appearance of those mutated animals and plants before they entered the secret realm.
Ordinary people can't get in at all, and those with stronger abilities don't have the strength to fight against mutated animals and plants.
After all, these people who came in were already the strongest group among all the capable people in the Flower Growing Family.
But even so, it was still difficult for them to get in.
Zhuang Dun became suspicious of those people and observed them more carefully.
But such meticulous observation was keenly noticed by those people.
The other person first took a sword and walked around the place where they landed for a long time. He didn't find Zhuang Dun, but his eyes were fixed on a mutant beast that seemed to be lying in ambush.
With just a slight swing of the sword in his hand, he caused great damage to the mutant animal, which looked very powerful.
Seeing that he couldn't deal with it, the mutant animal turned around and tried to run away. The man simply threw out a piece of paper, and something like a vine trap appeared on the ground, trapping the mutant animal tightly. The man swung his sword again, and this time the mutant animal had nowhere to escape, and its head and body were separated.
It only took a few simple moves to kill the mutant animal that was so difficult for Zhuang Dun and his team to deal with. How could this not be shocking?
Before they could finish being shocked, they felt an overwhelming sense of crisis.
It turned out that after the man killed the mutant animal, he found that the feeling of being stared at had not dissipated, and his eyes began to wander around again.
With such a strong sense of crisis, Zhuang Dun and Yinshen are not stupid, so of course they have to escape.
Fortunately, they were far away at the time and had the ability to be invisible, so they escaped danger in the end.
After a good rest, Zhuang Dun directly used his ability to trigger the ability mark left by Mo Shan, told him the situation here, and signaled him to remind other teammates.
"No way... have we really entered a secret realm of cultivation?!"
Mo Shan listened to Zhuang Dun's narration with difficulty, his eyes full of disbelief.
He doesn't want to think in that direction!
However, he was wearing a long-sleeved ancient robe and holding a sword. When the mutant animal was running away, he could trigger his skill to tie it up by just throwing a piece of paper. This was not talisman paper. He chewed the paper!
"Captain, judging from Dunzi's description of those people, they are very strong!"
As Mo Shan spoke, worry was evident between his brows.
"Well, we can't wait any longer. The reconnaissance mission should be almost over. Let them converge on their location. After they converge, I will take people to observe those people and collect some information before we leave."
Captain Dai had no choice but to be cautious.
Since they were able to enter this secret realm through the gate of Blue Star, they didn't know those people. Based on their guess that those people might be immortal cultivators, they had no idea what incredible abilities and formations the other party had.
What if those people discovered them and followed their route to Blue Star...
Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle.
Captain Dai didn't think that the man who had grown his power to that extent and who could chop dead things with two swords without batting an eyelid would have much sympathy for them.
Not wiping out all humankind is already a sign of their mercy.
Looking back at the Taoist scriptures that the Taoists had studied in the past, they all illustrate one issue: the changes in the world brought about by the revival of Blue Star's spiritual energy, and the awakened abilities of human beings are a completely different system from those of cultivating immortals.
Since they are not sure what use they can make to the cultivators on the other side, it is safer to hide.
With Captain Dai's words, Mo Shan directly called over those teammates who were still busy collecting information. Because of the urgency and the words Mo Shan relayed, anyone who realized the seriousness of the situation rushed towards Captain Dai and his team with all their strength.
Now they can only be thankful that they were dispersed after they came in, and no mutated animals or plants chased and attacked them. The noise they made was not big, and it could barely be considered quiet. In addition, those people came late, so they did not attract their attention.
After some urging, the others first found Zhuang Dun and then got a few quiet mobility scooters from his space and headed in the direction where Captain Dai and the others were.
After hurrying and hurrying, they finally reached Captain Dai and reunited with them before the sun, which was descending at an extremely slow speed in the sky, set.
"Captain Dai, what should we do? Should we leave now?"
Although the team leader had never seen those people in person, he believed in Zhuang Dun and the others. After all, they had been working together on the mission for such a long time, and he knew what kind of people they were. They would not act without purpose on such an important matter.
"Find an exit. You guys find a secluded place to hide. I'll take some people to set up some cameras and see if we can figure out their origins from their words."
After Captain Dai finished speaking, he was ready to take his men out, but was stopped by Zhuang Dun.
"Captain, don't go yet. I put a lot of them on the way here. It's not too late to go get them after we make sure the police have passed by. The most important thing for us now is to find the exit."
When the third captain heard that they were looking for an exit, he spoke up immediately.
"I know the exit. I was called there. It's not far from where we are now, so we can go directly there. But I have a question. What if those people find the exit and follow us out?"
After hearing what Captain Three said, Captain Dai and the team leader were silent for a moment.
This is a bit tricky...
They knew too little about the secret realm. The only Taoist who knew more about traditional Taoism did not come out with them. Currently, he spends most of his time in the base guiding those people with abilities who are not yet able to stand on their own.
Although these people occasionally heard the Taoist talk about it when chatting with him, they were not clear about the specific situation.
It's difficult.
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