Chapter 44
◎The team went up the mountain to see someone off◎
Chapter 44
Hearing the middle-aged man's question, the captain turned around and looked at the other person's current appearance.
The middle-aged man at this time had been trapped in the same place for a while and had not washed much. In addition, he had fought with those mutated animals and plants before, so he looked extremely miserable.
But when the other party was asking the captain, he looked up at the glowing leaf in the sky;
The captain was very familiar with this kind of light, because when he was alive, he was always surrounded by this light.
However, he doesn't have much of this light on him now. He is full of ghost energy and doesn't have the time to emit this kind of light. He can reappear in reality only because of Rufeng.
Thinking of this, he sighed and did not answer the other party's question.
"You wait for the mayor."
He spoke very briefly, but strangely enough, Uncle Xiao understood what he meant.
The figure opposite him might not have been unwilling to tell him the details, or perhaps he felt it was too troublesome to explain it this way, so he simply stopped talking and told him to wait until he met the mayor of the town ahead to explain to him.
He thought about how he came here in the first place because of the information sent by his nephew and the elders of the clan, saying that some strange sights had been discovered here, and that this place might become a relatively safe place to live in the future.
That's why he took the trouble to come all the way here, even taking the risk of being killed by mutated plants and animals along the way, just to get more specific information.
Thinking of this, Uncle Xiao looked up and cast his gaze on the small leaves floating in the sky, and had some guesses in his mind.
Maybe... it has something to do with the owner of this leaf?
Uncle Xiao and the captain were quietly thinking about their own ideas here. On the other side, a group of people who had luckily bypassed the area of mutated animals and plants had already arrived outside the town.
If they just walk a few hundred meters forward, they will be able to reach the town and find a relatively safe place later.
After realizing this, everyone started to quicken their pace and move forward.
Just in front of them, the mayor's men had been waiting for a long time. When they saw them enter the town, the first thing they did was to take them to the town clinic for a check-up to see if they had any serious injuries.
After all, they were all local residents, and Mayor Xiao was not an unreasonable person. He took them all for examination. Later, even if it came to examining their injuries or prescribing medicine, he said he would not charge them any money and would bear the cost himself.
That is why those who came back from outside and were not wealthy would be so obedient and follow the inspection.
These people didn't say anything on the surface, because they couldn't say anything now because a lot of their luggage was lost when they escaped.
But privately, they had even more respect for this mayor who had just taken office.
Although there is still danger outside the town, just look at how quiet it is inside the town now.
It's easy to imagine that the minimum security within the town can be guaranteed. This is all thanks to the good arrangements made by the young mayor, which has led to the current peace.
"Doctor, my brother seems to have been hit hard in the chest area before, and he keeps complaining about pain. Do you think there is anything you can do?"
Almost as soon as Chang An entered the examination room, he started talking about his condition as soon as he saw the doctor, and then turned around and told the doctor about his brother's condition.
Chang Le was standing at the door feeling a little embarrassed. He covered his chest and smiled cautiously at the doctor.
"Brother, why are you so timid? Come in quickly!"
Chang An turned around and saw his brother in this state, feeling somewhat puzzled.
Chang Le looked at his sister who didn't understand what was going on, and then smiled awkwardly at the doctor inside.
"Come in quickly, what are you doing standing outside?"
Chang Le didn't say anything, but the doctor inside spoke to Chang Le.
“Okay… okay!”
Hearing this, Chang Le quickly stood up straight and stood at attention in front of the doctor. He accidentally touched the painful area and bent down slightly, with a mask of pain on his face.
At this point, Chang An still had nothing to understand. It turned out that his brother knew the doctor there, and now it seemed that they knew him quite well.
Tilting his head, Chang An looked around, somewhat puzzled as to how they knew each other. Later, he decided to keep an eye on his brother first.
After putting this matter aside for a moment, both parties sat down together to see the doctor.
The doctor was an experienced and good doctor. He quickly understood Chang Le's condition and gave him advice. After confirming that he only had a bone fracture and needed to go home and lie down, he simply prescribed some medicine and sent him off.
However, the doctor let Chang Le go, which made Chang Le feel a little guilty.
"Uncle... Coco..."
Before he could finish his words, the doctor opposite him who was busy working on his papers raised his eyes and glanced at him lightly.
"Speak nicely."
Chang Le shut up, turned around quietly, and prepared to leave with his sister who was still looking at him with curiosity.
If you don’t want to tell me, then don’t tell me. Anyway, he is back now. He can sneak into town someday when he has time. The doctor is so busy every day, who can stop him?
Chang Le muttered to himself, and walked away with his sister with a look of grievance on his face.
After they were out of sight, the doctor looked up, gently took off his glasses, and wiped them gently with a piece of paper.
"You little brat..."
After cursing under his breath, he put his glasses back on and began to call the next patient in.
The mayor arranged everything well for the people in the town, and the area outside the town also welcomed the official special rescue team that was supposed to come to rescue.
Seeing those people arriving, the captain breathed a sigh of relief, shook the locust leaves in his hand up and down, and then put them into his clothes. After putting them close to his body, he stood up and watched the group of people coming from afar.
The noise these people made was quite loud, and even Uncle Xiao, who showed no signs of mutation, noticed it. He subconsciously looked up and saw a very simple modified off-road vehicle driving towards them from a distance.
"There's something wrong with the movement up ahead."
Before they arrived at the destination, Mo Shan, who was observing the situation in the passenger seat, had already keenly noticed that something was wrong.
"Normally, the noise up front should be louder, but it's a bit too quiet right now."
After the strange changes in the world and their abilities, they spent all their time running outside, except for the initial days when they stayed by the pit to absorb spiritual energy.
At the beginning, we collected unusual mutated animals and plants based on the regions and locations reported by some special explorers and brought them back to the research institute for research.
Later, the authorities recruited another group of people with special abilities. The abilities of the latter group were not as good as theirs as they had been absorbing spiritual energy from the beginning and practicing how to use it, so they naturally took over their original work.
Their team is responsible for facing those dangerous mutant animals and plants that have become more aggressive after their abilities have been enhanced, as well as rescuing people who are in crisis and seeking help.
"There seems to be something floating up there? The energy field over there is so chaotic, it seems like a lot of abilities appeared at the same time."
After hearing Mo Shan's words, a team member in the back seat opened the car window, felt it carefully, and came to this conclusion.
"The energy field is chaotic? Can you tell how much there is?"
Captain Dai Qian frowned and asked after hearing what he said.
If such a chaotic energy field appears here, we have to consider whether it is emitted from those mutated animals and plants.
If there really were a lot of them, the few people they brought might not be able to deal with them.
"Let me try..."
Hearing the captain's words, the team member nodded and carefully opened his perception to check ahead.
"A very strong energy field envelops two smaller energy fields, releasing the energy within one of them..."
What he said was a mess, leaving the other people in the car confused. Before he explained, he was probably the only one who understood what he was saying.
"If you look closely, there are eight of them, big and small."
Finally, when he finished counting, they were almost there.
The mutant plant could be seen moving from a distance.
The other party was strangely illuminated by a ray of light and stayed in place. It seemed that because of the light, the mutant plant's mobility was suppressed to a certain extent.
"Wow, what kind of ability is this? It's amazing!"
Seeing this scene, Tang Ji didn't even bother to listen to his teammates' analysis and exclaimed in amazement.
"Well, that energy field hanging in the sky contains many abilities. It seems to be a combination of abilities, which is why it has the current effect. It's really amazing!"
After hearing Tang Ji's words, the team member looked up at the sky carefully, showing some understanding, and said enviously.
"If we can combine them like this, then can we also combine more powerful abilities together to unleash even greater power?"
As he thought about this, he looked at Tang Ji who was sitting next to him with sparkling eyes, then turned to look at the two teammates behind him who had strong attacking abilities.
"Don't mess around with couples. If you're not careful, it could easily go wrong."
Hearing his bold guess, the captain felt as if his eyes went dark.
"Have you forgotten the Taoist master's instructions?"
He said, a warning in his eyes.
"But... outside..."
"No!" The captain refused to listen to his bold imagination. After denying his idea, he looked at the scene outside.
"Okay..."
Being rejected by the captain, the team members could only swallow their thoughts.
"Okay, Luo Sui, don't overthink it. We can't fully understand it with our own abilities right now, let alone how to integrate and utilize it.
This ability may only be achieved after we become more capable and have better control.
You yourself have sensed the energy field outside. Look for yourself. Do all those different energy fields over there seem to be any repulsion? No, right?"
Seeing that he looked a little depressed, a team member who looked very gentle behind him spoke to comfort him. After saying this, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, signaling him not to think too much.
"Okay, Deputy."
After hearing what people said, he couldn't think about it any further. He could only suppress the idea and try it later when his ability improved.
His ability is to sense the ability fields released by other people. During battle, within a certain range, he can steal the opponent's abilities and use them for his own benefit. This is equivalent to using the opponent's own abilities to attack itself, and the effect is quite good.
There are just too many restrictions, so he is so deliberate in thinking about how to integrate abilities in order to improve his own combat effectiveness.
But it seems that it cannot be done in a short period of time. He suppressed the idea temporarily. They have already arrived at the destination.
As soon as they arrived at the place and parked the car, they got out of the car and saw two people standing next to a building nearby.
No...it can't be said to be two people, it can only be considered one and a half people!
Because although half of them was standing there, their bodies were obviously abnormal and transparent. Looking at their appearance, it was easy to tell that they might not be human.
Because they had been in contact with the Taoist priest quite a lot during this period, and the mayor had mentioned it vaguely when they had contacted him before, they almost subconsciously blurted out their speculations about it.
"ghost……?"
His eyes were filled with surprise and a bit of disbelief.
"Well, hello, clean up."
Hearing the voice, Captain Qing, who had been waiting quietly, turned around, nodded in their direction, and simply said hello, which was considered polite.
"Um... hello!"
Hearing his greeting, the people on the opposite team subconsciously looked at each other, and finally the team leader took the lead in replying.
After saying this, he turned his attention to the mutated animals and plants that were being suppressed in front of him.
"Let's make a quick decision."
They came here originally for these things, and now that they have someone to help, it would be easier for them to just go along with it.
Thinking of this, he took the lead and went up.
After this period of improvement, Tang Ji's abilities have become proficient and he has developed some of his own moves, which are quite powerful.
Now they are cooperating with their teammates, and these mutated animals and plants have been suppressed to a certain extent, so they are ready to use their abilities to solve the problem directly and quickly.
What no one expected was that the leaf hanging in the sky, while suppressing the mutated animals and plants, also had a certain suppressive effect on their abilities.
As he walked in and was about to use his abilities to deal with the mutated animals and plants, it was as if he had been given a debuff, and his abilities decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Finally, it dropped to the state where they had just awakened.
Seeing the fireball that should have appeared on his hand turned into a small cluster of sparks at the beginning, Tang Ji couldn't believe it. He put his fingers close to it and took a closer look. "It's really suppressed from the beginning to the end!"
Well, now that the pressure has been so high, what else can we do? We can’t let others take away the thing hanging in the sky, right?
In the end, they had no choice but to use their own combat power to start the attack.
Fortunately, they were soldiers selected from thousands of miles away before they acquired their abilities, and their physical fitness was excellent. Now, dealing with mutated animals and plants whose abilities were suppressed like theirs is as easy as it can be.
It didn't take long to deal with all the mutated animals and plants.
Catch those who can be caught, and deal with those who cannot be caught on the spot.
After finishing the work, the team members looked up at the leaves hanging in the sky and were stunned for a moment.
At first they didn't know what the suppressing force was so fierce. After they dealt with the mutated animals and plants, they watched quietly for a while and finally confirmed that it was actually a leaf!
"Looks like it's a locust tree leaf. Has the locust tree also mutated? Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to have such powerful abilities."
The deputy captain spoke softly, with a puzzled look in his eyes, and turned to ask the two people who had been standing behind and watching them fight for a long time.
"Um."
The captain didn't say anything extra, just a sound was his answer.
Seeing that the surrounding area had been cleaned up and it looked like such strong mutated animals and plants would not appear in the short term, he flew up and landed at the place where he had placed the locust leaves before.
He reached out and took the locust leaf, made a fan shape with his hand, and gently fanned it. The evil spirit he had put on it before was fanned away by himself, and then he carefully put it away like the previous leaf.
He nodded to the small group of people on the ground and to Uncle Xiao who had been standing with him for a long time, as a farewell, then turned and flew away.
He now has few abilities left that were given to him by Rufeng, and he doesn't want to use the abilities in Ye Zi, so he can only return to Daxi Village as quickly as possible and return to Tang Rufeng.
After seeing the figure completely disappear and his figure could no longer be seen in the sky, the people on the ground were still staring at the direction he had left.
"Hello, I'm Xiao Lan, a frontline supervisor in the Mutation Monitoring Department."
Seeing that he couldn't get any answers, Uncle Xiao wanted to hurry to the town ahead to find his nephew and learn something from him.
Now I don’t want to stay in this wilderness any longer, staring at the direction where people are leaving with the group in front of me, like a wife-waiting stone.
So he took the initiative to say hello, drawing the team's attention to himself.
"Hello, Special Support Team, I'm Captain Dai Qian."
Hearing his voice, team leader Dai Qian turned around and looked at Uncle Xiao and answered seriously.
Even though his attention was diverted back, he still had some doubts in his heart.
"That direction looks familiar, like the direction of home."
Although I thought so in my heart, I didn't show anything on my face.
It just so happened that things here had been dealt with, and they couldn't rush back. They had to go to the town to find the mayor to find out more about the situation and know more details.
So after realizing that they had the same goal, Uncle Xiao naturally squeezed into the team's off-road vehicle.
His squeeze made the already crowded and narrow space in the car even smaller, and Zhuang Dun even wanted to use his ability to move another car in.
However, he had previously used up too much of his supernatural energy in transferring back the mutant animals and plants that they could catch. Now his whole body seemed to have been sucked dry by goblins, and he felt limp and unable to do anything. He was forced to squeeze into a small corner.
His ability is to transfer some inanimate objects. As long as the objects are not large enough and his transfer space can accommodate them, it is quite simple.
However, after he discovered that he could transfer mutant plants and animals with weak signs of life, his ability became difficult to maintain.
Whenever they came across anything outside that was not in the research institute, he would collect and transfer it. As a result, he had very little time to get out of the car since he came out, and he spent most of his time resting in the car.
They arrived in the town in such a crowded manner and were warmly welcomed by the mayor who had learned the news in advance. The mayor then flattered them and asked them to help clear the road up the mountain.
There happened to be some villagers from a mountain village in the town. When they learned that the mayor was going to ask a very powerful person to take them to the village, they all came out and looked expectantly, as if they wanted to know when they would set off.
Seeing how much they were looking forward to it, and Captain Dai also wanting to go home, he agreed to the mayor's proposal.
Captain Dai is the youngest son of the village chief Dai from Shangyou Village. He had heard about some things that happened to his father before and knew that his father must have awakened his ability. This time he happened to be here on a mission, so of course he had to go home to see his father before he could feel at ease.
He is not a particularly great person and cannot pass by his home three times without entering, so it is understandable that he wants to go back and take a look.
Obviously, the few members of his team who had followed him for many years knew where their captain was from. Now that they saw that their captain wanted to take them up the mountain and asked for their opinions, they all understood the other party's ideas and of course agreed.
As long as these team members live close to home and have no tight schedule after completing their mission, the captain will let them go home. Now that they happen to be in the captain's hometown, going home is just a matter of convenience.
With this in mind, they had just arrived in the town for less than half an hour, and after a brief rest, they were ready to set off again to send people off to the two villages on the mountain that had not moved down the mountain, and to clear the road at the same time.
In this half hour, they were able to learn from the mayor what he knew.
For example, there are two villages on the mountain and they are not planning to go down the mountain. Or, the reason why one of the villages does not go down the mountain is because they have something to rely on, and that something is a locust tree.
When Captain Dai heard this, he suddenly thought of the last time his father spoke to him. The first part of the conversation was about asking him to pay attention to his own safety, and the second part was about their village being protected and asking him to go home if he was in danger.
Thinking of the locust tree leaves floating in the sky just now, a guess suddenly came to his mind: could the protection his father mentioned later be the locust tree in Daxi Village?
When he was very young, he went to Daxi Village to play. His peers were all very surprised. No matter how naughty they were, they were very well behaved when facing the locust tree. No one thought of hurting the locust tree, and no one even pulled its branches.
He was a little surprised at the time, but as time passed, he saw that the people in Daxi Village valued the locust tree so much, so he just accepted it as a natural thing.
What if... there was something unusual about that locust tree from the very beginning, so it had such powerful abilities after the changes in heaven and earth?
"Let's go back and ask Dad..."
Muttering softly, he put the thought aside for the time being, showing nothing special on his face.
Looking around, there were already several people gathered, including a couple, a pair that looked like siblings, and a drunk who looked very decadent.
"Are you guys going to Daxi Village or Shangyou Village?"
Although he grew up in Shangyou Village, he didn't go home much since he was recruited. He didn't recognize many people in his own village, so it was normal for him to ask this question.
"We were all going to Daxi Village, but we came back too late and missed the date. I'm so sorry to have troubled you. And thank you!"
When Tang's mother heard Captain Dai's question, she quickly answered.
They now all thought that the reason why the official team in front of them sent them back to the village was because the mayor had invited them, so they were very respectful in their words, and their words were full of gratitude to them.
"No need to do that, it's just a matter of convenience for us."
Captain Dai waved his hand, smiled at Tang Ma and the others, turned to look at the mayor, and asked.
"Are these the only ones here? Shall we leave now?"
"Yes, yes, that's all. Plus, I'll go with you too!"
When the mayor heard the question, he nodded quickly.
The mayor and others at the foot of the mountain were already preparing to go up the mountain, and Captain Qingzhi on the mountain had just floated back to Daxi Village.
When he saw Ying Huai when he entered the village, he stopped flying and landed gently under the Ying Huai tree.
"They've already delivered it. They've also taken away the mutant plants and animals. There's no particular danger down the mountain right now."
After Captain Qing finished speaking, he handed over one of the leaves in his hand and asked Ying Huai.
"This leaf still contains some of that little girl's abilities. Do you want to take it back?"
"No, keep it for yourself. You should be able to use it later."
When Ying Huai heard his question, the branches rustled and he refused.
"I already know what's happening down the mountain through my perception of this leaf. You did a great job. Thank you."
As Ying Huai spoke, a small bunch of locust flowers fell from the rustling branches and fell into the hands of Captain Qing.
"Here, it's very sweet."
【Author’s words】
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