Chapter 41
◎The mayor's request for help◎
Chapter 41
In the eyes of the people in the room, his actions showed that he was confident that he would be rescued.
Everyone present felt relieved after seeing this.
They thought that they just needed to behave themselves and they would be rescued soon. With this hope, the panic in the hearts of the people present dissipated a little.
Who would have thought that the middle-aged man who was working at this moment was looking at the drawings on his screen and thinking about how to record what he knew as quickly as possible so that after he died, the people who came later could take away the information and facilitate the research of those above.
That's right, don't be fooled by his calm and composed appearance now, he doesn't have the ability to predict the future. He is just a worker without any special abilities who volunteered to go to the front line to collect information!
The world is changing drastically. He doesn't have a genius IQ to become the core of research, nor does he have awakened special abilities to join the official special team and become the kind of person who eliminates danger.
After much thought, he still felt that standing at the back and becoming a small figure protected by others was not what he wanted, so he finally chose to apply for such an extreme position.
Be at the forefront of collecting and understanding data on newly emerging species.
Just like the plants and animals outside.
He needs to move around with ease, recording the characteristics of the animals and plants to facilitate research by the research institute, and also to facilitate the special team who want to come and clean up, so that the information he submits can become the basic data for the designated plan.
His job seemed insignificant, and as a weak person with no special abilities, it was completely beyond his capabilities for him to move around in it.
But since the changes in heaven and earth, he has provided the research institute with hundreds of pictures of biological organisms and observation records.
Although they were unable to take the animals and plants away due to their own reasons, they still provided the coordinates and allowed the official special team to take them away.
The plant in the research institute, which has grown to the point where it can fight against the most powerful person in the Flower-Growing Country, was discovered by him, and after being marked, the institute applied to take it back.
The reason he came here this time was because the younger generation in his family had given the clan some information. After seeing it, he felt that something was wrong with it, so he decided to come and see it himself.
Who would have thought that when we were almost reaching our nephew's territory, we would actually encounter animals and plants with such strong attack power and little patience with humans.
Look at the stray animals outside. They must not have a good life on a daily basis. Otherwise, at this stage, when they see humans, even if they don’t like them, they will chase them, but they won’t want to eat them to the extent of that.
He had observed this before when he was escaping from the plant's attack range. The plant only allowed human blood to flow out as its nutrients, and the remaining bones and flesh were dragged away by stray animals.
What kind of disgust could make these small animals, who normally don't like this kind of meat, target humans for hunting after the changes in the world?
Based on the information he had learned and observed in recent days, it was easy to determine why these animals behaved like this.
Many of the things that happened after this sudden change in heaven and earth might be more appropriately described as a cause and effect.
After all, many crises that happen to humans are not naturally caused. Just like those stray animals outside, they would not be so aggressive by themselves, but their past experiences have created their current ferocity.
During these days, the official top leaders divided the special team into two parts, one of which was to search everywhere for mutated animals and plants and deal with them.
Some of them rushed around to provide rescue services based on feedback from the grassroots.
Because there are too many such incidents, these emergencies have now been classified into a special level.
They are the only ones who can still hide now, so they have to line up at the back.
In the end, whether you can survive those particularly dangerous levels depends on luck.
In the past, the middle-aged man had good luck. He had encountered such dangerous incidents several times, but he had always escaped harm.
He chose to be on the front line to observe and collect information, and no matter what dangers might arise, they would not be too great.
This is also the reason why he can still think about his work in such a dangerous and urgent moment.
Practice makes perfect.
"Do you want to give our parents another call and tell them not to worry?"
The couple next to the middle-aged man were still discussing that since they took refuge in this room, they would report their safety to their families almost every morning and evening.
Fortunately, neither of them likes to play with mobile phones, otherwise their phones would have run out of battery like those of the people next to them.
Even now, the remaining 30% or so of electricity is the result of their frugal use.
"Forget it. If we still can't go out tomorrow, let's save it for tomorrow, right?"
As Tang's father said this, he put away his phone with some hesitation.
"Okay..."
Hearing this, the wife had no choice but to swallow her worries.
She actually had a bad feeling. Looking at the stray animals outside gnawing on something ferociously, she was afraid that she would never have the chance to contact them again, so she asked this question.
But seeing her husband so confident and someone else calmly handling work beside him, she could only swallow her worries.
They were anxiously waiting for rescue, and the town's mayor, Xiao, was also anxiously contacting his family members, asking them to contact someone to come and rescue as soon as possible.
If he had known that his unreliable uncle would come all the way to look for the information he put back, he would not have organized it into documents and put it back, but would have just said it to his parents directly!
Now such a dramatic thing happened. His uncle ran so far here just because of a word and a bit of information from him, and then was stopped by the animals and plants that had grown up outside his town before he had time to clean them up!
The key point is that after he received the call for help from his uncle, he had already sent someone to check it out. Normal people couldn't get there at all. Even the drone flying low in the sky could pull the plant down and roll it up to see if there was any nutrients.
Normal people can't get through at all.
The key point is that he can't find anyone in the town who can compete with the plant outside the town and the stray animals nearby!
Not only could he not find it, he went up there on his own. When he went up there, it was like he was delivering food, which was even worse.
He doesn't have that ability.
"That rain came at a really bad time..."
The mayor muttered to himself, his face wrinkled, and began to think of a solution.
In the end, he had no choice but to turn his attention to Daxi Village and the upstream villages on the mountain that had not yet moved down.
The head of Shangyou Village can tell fortunes in his dreams. There is an unusual-looking locust tree in Daxi Village.
Maybe it would be useful if he went there?
Thinking of this, he was about to set off, but gave up before leaving.
Now some abnormal plants in the town have been checked and removed by him and his men, but the animals and plants outside the town cannot be completely cleared due to lack of manpower.
Even such dangerous animals and plants appeared not far from the town. He could not guarantee that if he went up the mountain now, if he encountered the same dangerous animals and plants, he might not be as lucky as his uncle and find a place to hide.
After thinking it over carefully, he finally decided to give up the idea of going to the mountain in person.
There are probably dangerous animals and plants on the mountain now that even he can't imagine.
"Let's contact them by phone. When the official special team arrives, we'll ask them to go up the mountain and clean up regularly. There shouldn't be any more dangerous animals or plants."
The newly promoted secretary next to him spoke only after he hesitated for a long time and decided to give up.
He has not stayed with the mayor as long as Xiao Liu has. At present, they are still in the process of getting acquainted with each other. Many times he is afraid that he will say something wrong and offend the mayor, which will lead to his removal.
In the past, being removed wasn't a problem. It was simply because the leadership didn't take you seriously, and you couldn't move up in a short period of time, so you could only be a small clerk.
But now the world is changing, and it is obviously not normal outside.
If he was removed, it would mean that he would not be able to get the most cutting-edge information like he does now, and he would not be able to make better choices like he does now without knowing more information.
He is a native of this town, and it was just right for him after he passed the civil service exam. He used to think that it would be close to home and he could spend more time with his family.
And now, in this world where one can predict that it will be dangerous in the future without much thinking, he can stand in a relatively high position, which is undoubtedly a better choice for his family.
Hearing the secretary's words, the mayor frowned slightly, but still agreed with him.
"Contact Xiao Liu first and ask him if he knows anything."
After saying this, the mayor picked up the landline phone in his office and started calling the Daxi Village office on the mountain.
As far as he knew, the village chiefs of Shangyou Village and Daxi Village on the mountain had been calling on the villagers to come back some time ago, but he didn't know whether all of them had returned.
If not, that would be convenient.
The location blocked by the plant and the animals nearby happens to be the only way from the city to the town.
If it cannot be handled, it will be very difficult for people outside to come back.
As he was thinking this, the call he made was connected and the village chief's voice came from the other side of the receiver.
"Hello, who is this? This is the Daxi Village Office!"
The village chief's voice was loud and clear, not at all affected by the possible aggressive behavior caused by the further mutation of animals and plants after the rain.
The mayor boldly speculated that although Daxi Village was in the mountains, it was not affected at all by the possible aggressive mutant plants.
Even in the village, their own poultry, cats and dogs did not show any signs of hurting people, otherwise the village chief's voice would not be so calm at this time, and would definitely be a little anxious.
"Hello, Village Chief Wu. I'm the town mayor, Xiao Changdong. I'm calling to ask if all the villagers in Daxi Village have returned home."
The mayor didn't keep the man in suspense. It was already this late, and he didn't have the time to beat around the bush with the village chief, so he just started asking questions directly.
When the village chief heard the mayor's question, his heart skipped a beat.
"Excuse me, Mayor, please wait a moment. Let me take a look. There are indeed a few families in our village who haven't returned in the past few days. Let me see which families they are."
As he spoke, he took out the list of people who had returned to the village. After he turned to two pages, he looked at the names on them and thought about the mayor's words, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.
On this page, there is a girl who lives outside and has been married. The remaining two families are the son and daughter-in-law of the Tang family and the son and daughter of Chang Sen, a carpenter in the village. His children are promising. After they were admitted to a famous university, they have been staying in school and have rarely come back.
Originally, the village chief had called all the villagers back this time, and the Tang couple and the Chang brothers and sisters should have come back, but when they were about to come back, some situations suddenly arose, which delayed them for some time, resulting in them not arriving yet.
Now, judging from what the mayor said, something may have happened, making it difficult for them to return to the village?
"There are still two families in the village whose children haven't returned yet. Do you know something?"
After the village chief took a closer look at the records in his hand, he asked with some concern.
"Well, there are some very dangerous mutant plants outside the town, as well as some ferocious stray animals that attack people. The town can't handle it right now. We have to wait for capable people to be sent down to deal with it. We can't do anything about it for now.
There's a call for help from that location, someone is trapped there."
The mayor said this, seemingly informing someone, but his ears were perked up, listening intently to what the village chief was saying on the other end of the phone, trying to guess something from him.
Because it was a phone call, the village chief had no idea what the mayor looked like now. After listening to the mayor's narration, he became a little anxious.
Although he is old, he is not one who likes acting.
Judging from the time, it was very likely that the children from Daxi Village would also be trapped there, so he ran out anxiously with his phone in his pocket.
Because it was the kind of landline phone that could be carried around, he didn't even have time to say the next words to the mayor before he rushed out of the village office and ran towards the locust tree at the entrance of the village.
He was a little anxious because the two remaining families in the village had not returned for a long time. Now, when he suddenly heard the mayor's words, he thought of the old couple of the Tang family who always said that their son and daughter-in-law were on the way, but they never came back. It was obvious that something must have happened!
Since the mayor called him at this time, it must be as he said, that he himself, including the people in the town, could not handle it, and needed to wait for people outside to come to the rescue.
According to what the mayor meant, it would definitely take a long time to wait for rescue. Instead of putting hope on a result that requires so much waiting and may not even come, it would be better to rely on my godmother!
With this in mind, he soon arrived at the village entrance. The village chief was already old, and the sight of him running made him a little breathless.
"What are you doing? You're running so fast, aren't you afraid of hurting your back?"
Grandma Shitou had just accompanied Grandpa out and was about to help Grandpa sit on the recliner when she saw the village chief running towards her from afar, frowning and calling out.
He was already old, and some time ago he was still complaining that he was getting old and his back hurt from sitting at the desk for a long time to handle things, so he wanted to ask the boy from the Tang family to handle the complicated things.
Is your old waist feeling better today?
"Something's up! Help me sit down first. I have something to ask my godmother!"
The village chief hadn't hung up the phone yet, and was still holding it in his hand. He didn't even think of putting it down, so he just walked forward and came to the side of the locust tree. He looked up with some anticipation, gazing at the dense branches and leaves.
"Godmother, something big happened outside! The Tang family's son and daughter-in-law and Chang Sen's son and daughter haven't come back yet. The mayor said that the road outside the town was blocked by bad guys. Do you know what happened?"
Ying Huai saw the village chief running towards him anxiously from afar, and was a little surprised when he heard his words.
His roots and growth are all within Daxi Village. He learns a lot of news about the outside world from the villagers, so he has no idea what is happening outside.
I was a little surprised when I heard the village chief's words.
But after the surprise, I began to understand a little.
The world after the great changes in heaven and earth was always beyond his expectations. Thinking of those plants that had not yet awakened their intelligence but could attack people everywhere after mutation, he didn't find it so strange anymore.
[Wait, I'll get you something. You can go to Tang Rufeng's house later.]
Now is not the time for him to think so much, Ying Huai did not delay. Although he was not sure what was happening outside, Ying Huai still had some ways to deal with it.
"thing?"
When the village chief figured out what Ying Huai was going to say, he sat down without caring whether the ground was dirty or not, obviously preparing to wait under the tree.
Seeing this, Ying Huai didn't let him get up and wait for too long.
The village chief has been in office for so many years and has never encountered any major problems. The biggest problem in the past was when outsiders wanted to pay to buy Ying Huai as their godmother. He thought about it every day and tried to refuse them.
I've lost a lot of hair because of this, although it doesn't seem to have any effect on the surface now.
What the village chief and Ying Huai said was not only heard by the town mayor on the other side of the phone, but also by Shitou Grandma and Zuzu. They looked over with some concern, as if they wanted to get clarification, but thinking that their godmother was probably trying to figure out a solution, they didn't dare to speak.
The atmosphere was quiet for a moment. Neither the people under the tree nor the mayor on the other side of the receiver made a sound. They just waited for Ying Huai to think of a way to get the things out.
Seeing the look on their faces, Ying Huai didn't let them wait for long and quickly came up with what he had in mind.
After a while, three leaves fell from the trunk of Ying Huai tree, gleaming with light, and slowly landed in the hands of the village chief. At the same time, Ying Huai's instructions appeared in his mind.
[First, go find Momo and have him take one of the leaves. Give the leaf on the side to Xiao Ling'er, and finally give the remaining leaf, along with the two leaves in front, to Tang Rufeng.]
After giving these instructions, Ying Huai felt a little tired.
Making these things already consumes a lot of his spiritual energy, and today he made three pieces at once, which was really a bit of a consumption.
"Oh! Okay!"
After receiving Ying Huai's instructions, the village chief ran towards home without any delay.
Ying Huai didn't make a sound, and his orders went directly into the village chief's mind. This resulted in the rest of the people waiting on the side having no idea what Ying Huai had ordered, and they could only wait anxiously by the side.
The mayor listened to the voice on the other end and became anxious to know what the tree trunk lady from Daxi Village had instructed. However, he knew that the village chief must be busy and had no time to deal with him. Hanging up the phone was just to reassure him, so he didn't want to rush him.
Just as he was sitting there waiting anxiously, the secretary who had gone out earlier to say that he would contact Xiao Liu from Shangyou Village came over. Seeing that he still had the phone to his ear, he calmly handed him a note.
"I've contacted Senior Liu from Shangyou Village. He said the village chief hasn't predicted anything dangerous in his dreams these past few days, but he just needs to be careful. Something might come down from the mountain, but it won't be a bad thing."
Seeing the note handed over by the secretary, the mayor breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little angry. He had to wait for Village Chief Wu to finish the job.
Although they knew the predicted results from the village chief of Shangyou Village, no one could guarantee whether the predicted results would change due to their negligence at this time of great changes in the world.
He never does nothing after knowing the outcome.
Knowing the result is one thing, but not making an effort after knowing the result, even if the result was predicted to be good, will change because of his inaction, which is what he does not want to see.
After reading the note, he nodded at the secretary and pushed the note back.
The secretary took a blank page from the side at the right time, placed it neatly in front of him, and waited for his next instructions.
This shows that he still has some vision.
Seeing this, the mayor picked up the pen he had been using before and had not yet closed it, and began to write on it.
He quickly wrote down what he needed his secretary to help him with next.
Seeing the instructions, the secretary nodded solemnly at the mayor, made no sound, and carefully left the office.
While the mayor was talking to his secretary, the village chief had already arrived at the house and found several children playing.
He didn't know why his godmother asked him to come find Momo and Xiao Ling'er. He was very confused, but he didn't have any doubts about his godmother's decision.
"Momo, Xiao Ling'er, come here and help grandpa."
Hearing the words of the village chief, Momo, who was originally playing with the twins, looked up, a little confused. Seeing his sister stand up directly and walk towards the grandfather, he did not delay and followed her.
"Grandpa, what do you need us to do?"
Xiao Ling'er looked up at her grandfather and asked in confusion, but her expression was calm.
"Well, my godmother asked me to give you these two leaves so that you can help. Take a look."
As the village chief spoke, he handed two of the leaves to Xiao Ling'er and Momo who had just come over, and asked them to hold them.
A few children nearby saw the commotion and came over curiously to see what was going on.
As soon as Xiao Ling'er took the leaves given by her grandfather, the words Ying Huai told her appeared in her mind, and after a moment she understood.
I turned to look at my brother next to me, and saw a moment of relaxation on his face, and then there was no reaction.
She knew in her heart that her brother was a calculating person, so it was normal for him to hide his shortcomings before.
"Xiao Ling'er, hurry up, let's follow Godmother's wishes."
After Momo digested the information in his mind, he glanced at Xiao Ling'er with a smile, who had a calm face and seemed to have no reaction at all, and urged her.
"Yeah, okay."
Xiao Ling'er didn't object. After responding, she activated the new ability that had appeared in her body, which she had been trying to master for a long time.
Momo was next to Xiao Ling'er. After sensing the power emanating from Xiao Ling'er, he immediately reached out and held Xiao Ling'er's hand. At the same time, he also activated his own power.
When the two children closed their eyes and concentrated on using their abilities, the two leaves in their hands floated up. The leaves that were originally emitting white light flickered for a moment, and then merged together to become one.
"Okay, Grandpa, you take it."
After using up his ability, Momo opened his eyes, looked at the leaves floating in his hand, handed them to the village chief, and signaled him that it was okay.
“??? Oh, okay!”
The village chief watched helplessly as the miraculous things happened to the two children, feeling full of doubts, but now was not the time to ask questions.
Thinking of this, the village chief didn't bother to ask any more questions. He took the leaf and turned to walk towards Tang Rufeng's house.
Fortunately, his home is not far from Tang Rufeng's home, so he can still walk along this road.
The village chief, who had been running around the village after receiving a call from the mayor early in the morning, felt a little relieved.
【Author’s words】
Corrected the typo~Happy reading everyone~
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