51 Chapter 51
◎Going down the mountain in danger, mutant ants◎
Chapter 51
"Do you really know you're wrong?"
After hearing what the two girls said, Gangbi's mother lowered her head and asked gently, as if she wanted to hear them talk in more detail.
"Yeah, yeah, let's not play on the bed anymore. Mommy is tired."
Manman lowered her head, put down her hands and waved them towards the ground.
The power she had released earlier was somewhat unstable, and the ground that had been raising dust slowly became quiet, no longer raising dust.
Manman is also a smart little girl. She knows that if she draws soil from the air out of thin air, she will definitely not be able to beat Shushu, so she is very good at making use of the environment.
It just so happened that there were no tall buildings where they were staying, and it was close to the ground, which made her movements very convenient. She could exert her abilities to the maximum effect with just a wave of her hand.
As for Shushu, there are no shortcuts for her, but she is not an easy person to deal with.
After her ability was activated, she was like a vacuum cleaner, constantly pulling the surrounding water vapor towards her.
Including the more or less moisture on the ground and the people around her, she collected them all without any disgust.
Ying Huai could foresee that if this continued, if Xiao Shushu's ability became stronger, she would definitely be able to directly and remotely summon the water in the bodies of those animals and plants and use this water to kill them.
Gangduan's mother listened to what the two little girls said and smiled gently, not realizing that her smile was full of love and affection for the two children, which was about to overflow.
She is a very good mother and one who knows how to reward and punish.
Seeing that the twins now knew where they were wrong and were sure that they were not thinking in the wrong direction, she began to slow down the pace of punishment and started her rewards.
"You are so good, even though you were very naughty today and made the room dirty all over, and you even threw dirt all over me when I was cleaning it up.
But now that we know we're wrong, let's just go there for now. Mom will bake some cakes for us when we get home, and then we'll go out again in the evening to help the uncles and aunts around here water the fields and till the soil, right?"
As she spoke, she took the twins down from the rope hanging on the locust tree, and then softly arranged what they would do for the rest of the day.
Anyway, she had only one purpose. Since the twins were playing like this at home, it must be that they did not use up all their energy during the day.
She just didn't believe that such a thing could happen at night after she had exhausted all her energy.
People form habits very easily, especially children.
With the guidance of adults, they can imitate and learn the adults' lifestyle, as well as how they should reflect after adults educate their children.
The two little guys were able to react so quickly today, all thanks to the great work done by their older brother Gangduan.
How did the couple educate Gangduan in the past? Whenever he faced a problem or made a mistake that needed reflection, the first thing he would do was to think carefully about what was wrong in what he had done before, which was why he asked adults to tell him that he was wrong.
As time went by, and since the couple were usually busy, Gangduan was the one who played with the two little sisters most of the time, which indirectly affected them.
"OK."
Hearing their mother's words, the two little ones were a little hesitant, but when they looked up and saw their mother's smiling face and her eyes slightly narrowed after they hesitated, they agreed without hesitation.
They didn't know why their mother took them to work in the fields for the uncles and aunts around. Now all the two little ones were thinking about was how to stop their mother from standing there and smiling. They looked a little panicked.
I feel like my former mother is coming back at any time.
"Okay, come, eat some of the locust flowers that my godmother gave me, and then we'll go home and take a rest. When you're done, mom will bake the cakes~"
Seeing that the two children were so well-behaved, Gangbi's mother squatted down and rubbed the heads of the two little guys, and picked two locust flowers from the bunch of locust flowers given by Ying Huai and put them in the mouths of the two children.
The locust flowers carry the spiritual energy that Ying Huai has absorbed during this period, and they also emit a little spiritual energy themselves, so they are very delicious.
It just so happened that the two children had just consumed too much energy and needed to replenish it. Eating these locust flowers was just the right thing for them.
Seeing that the two little guys were about to cheer up after eating the locust flowers, Gangbi’s mother put away the bunch of locust flowers and prepared to take them home to preserve them well.
Today's education for the two little guys is not over yet, it's not the time to continue eating this.
After making up her mind, she left with her two children.
The people watching the excitement gradually dispersed, and before leaving, they were still telling the people next to them about the abilities of the two little guys.
The unusual things that have appeared in Daxi Village these days are not just the appearance of abilities in humans that should not have existed before.
There are also variations that can occur in various places in the home.
For example, there is an old tree under the eaves that looks very old and has no value, or there is a bird that moved into the crack of the wall at home.
As long as people observe carefully, they can easily see the differences between animals and plants.
The people of Daxi Village are still very friendly towards these mutant creatures. Because Ying Huai is in charge, those dangerous mutant creatures dare not enter his territory.
Those that can enter Daxi Village are animals and plants that are not very dangerous, and even have no ability to protect themselves, and can only seek protection from Ying Huai.
They were prepared to live in peace with the people in Daxi Village. Because of Ying Huai, even if people didn't like them, they wouldn't harm them. At most, they would nag them for a few days and ask them to move away and not stay in their homes.
For example, a nest of little mice moved into a family’s home in the village.
"We're not mice, we're squirrels. He keeps calling us mice, so we came out to find a new place."
A little squirrel with its tail fur tucked in, not showing how fluffy it was, was talking to the stone while chewing on the peanuts in its hand.
The place where their family lived before could no longer accommodate them. After a day of observation, it set its sights on the stone that could understand the mutant animals.
Anyway, Shitou already has an Ali and a Xiaohei at home, so he shouldn’t mind a few more squirrels, right?
"But where are you staying when you come to my house? There's nowhere to stay."
Shi Tou squatted on the ground. After seeing the little squirrel finish eating the peanuts in his hand, he walked forward and handed him another peanut.
"You're so kind, human child. It was so hard for us to find food after we came down the mountain. We didn't find much to eat. The owner of that house even said we were thieves for stealing beans and peanuts from his warehouse."
The little squirrel was so moved when he saw the peanuts appearing in front of him again.
They were completely certain that they had found a very good owner this time, and they would definitely not be forced to run around like rats this time!
The family they are staying with now actually leaves some food for them, but it is all leftovers that humans cannot eat, just to prevent them from stealing the food in their warehouse.
Now they also know that the things in the warehouse are owned by others and they cannot touch them. They can only go out to find food every day and fill their stomachs with the wilted beans given by others.
It has been a long time since it has eaten such delicious nuts.
"When you were staying in the mountains, didn't you store your own food?"
Gangduan asked with some confusion. He had already finished copying all the texts that his mother asked him to copy, and he just had some free time now. As soon as he found Shitou and the other kids, he saw the little squirrel chatting with Shitou.
After listening to the conversation between Stone and the little squirrel and understanding it, he asked his questions.
"Hey, isn't it because the mutations on the mountain are too severe? Many animals and plants have mutated. The tree where we used to live has also mutated. It swallowed up all the nuts we saved and left us nothing. It's even planning to eat us all."
The squirrel gnawed on peanuts, thinking about the food it had diligently saved in the past, and felt a little sad for a moment.
Fortunately, it was not the most unlucky one among the animals going down the mountain.
In fact, there used to be a very powerful boss in their territory on the mountain, but no one knew what happened to that boss, and he hasn't returned since he went down the mountain.
"Boss? You still worship the boss?"
Listening to the little squirrel's mumbling, Stone was a little surprised.
He had only heard of this name from his elders and from those unruly classmates outside of school when he was in school.
It’s just that the eldest child, as the elders call him, is someone who shoulders the responsibility of leading his younger siblings in the right and positive direction.
But the boss mentioned by those frivolous classmates outside the school is in the completely opposite direction.
I just don't know which direction the boss the little squirrel is talking about is heading.
"Yeah, yeah, the eldest has been on the mountain since our family became conscious. We don't know when it awakened, but it's very powerful. It doesn't like to eat little ones like us. It likes to eat long things."
A group of people started chatting happily around the stone and the little squirrel. Ying Huai watched from the side and made sure that they were not planning to hurt each other. Only then did he feel relieved. Looking at the little squirrel among the group of children, he missed the two little guys who followed him in the Tianyuan Secret Realm.
He missed the Tianyuan Secret Realm, but he couldn't see the Tianyuan Secret Realm, so he could only calm down and look at the Tianyun Fruit that was being nurtured in his natal space.
"When will I be able to put you next to the Heavenly Dao? I don't know when the Heavenly Dao will come out. Isn't it possible that the Heavenly Dao of this world is already dead, so without the Heavenly Dao watching over this world, this world will develop in a chaotic direction?"
Ying Huai murmured softly.
At the beginning, he thought that Tiandao was sleeping. Later, he thought that Tiandao was very old. Now, he suspects that Tiandao is dead.
He had so many thoughts, and he didn't hide them at all. Sometimes he even used some spiritual power to think in the direction of the sky, but there was no reaction from the sky, and no intention of speaking out?
At the moment, Ying Huai didn't even think about the possibility that something unexpected had happened to Tiandao, which would prevent him from appearing right now.
I was making random guesses that had nothing to do with the truth, and my thoughts were becoming more and more wild.
"If you can sprout, you might be able to connect to the Tianyuan Secret Realm. After all, the Tianyun Tree in the Tianyuan Secret Realm is your mother."
Unable to understand the laws of nature, Ying Huai could only use his spiritual power to poke the shriveled Tianyun Fruit lying in his natal space.
The world changed dramatically, and the spiritual energy revived. It was not only Ying Huai who benefited, but also the Tianyun Fruit on his body. Although it still could not sprout, its fruit body, which had been completely deflated before, had been nourished by the spiritual energy.
Ying Huai was looking forward to the Tianyun Fruit getting better and sprouting faster so that he could see his friends in the Tianyuan Secret Realm again.
Now I can only think about it.
Still need to wait.
Daxi Village entered a relatively peaceful period. During the day, villagers went out to work in the fields, working from sunrise to sunset.
Recently, because Ying Huai did not take away all the spiritual energy in the fields, mutated crops have appeared in many people's fields. This has made them more interested in working in the fields than ever before.
For now, going to the fields is not equated with working and eating.
After all, their enthusiasm for going to the fields now is not to have enough food to eat in the future, but like playing games and drawing elf cards, just to see if they can be lucky enough to draw one.
Since there are mutated crops at home and the crops have no intention of harming the owner, everyone feels relieved and goes to the fields happily every day. On the one hand, it is to clean up the fields that were delayed before, and on the other hand, they want to have more contact with the mutated crops.
Even though they couldn't see any benefits now, they were full of anticipation for the mutant crops that their godmother agreed to keep and that would be in the fields where they would eat in the future.
Just when everything seemed to be going well for the villagers of Daxi Village to stay in the village and become secluded farmers, the pregnant daughter-in-law of one of the families who had returned to the village was about to give birth.
Before, the pregnant woman agreed to come back with her husband, but she just said that she would listen to the elders for the time being and come back to take a look. After the visit, she would continue to go to the city and rent a house near the hospital to continue preparing for delivery.
When they were in the city, they were planning to clean up their house and look for rental houses near the hospital.
However, they did not expect that the words from the elders were quite harsh. After they came back, they had no time to go out. The lease of the house they had rented had expired, so they missed the opportunity to return to the city and could only continue to stay at home.
As the pregnant woman's pregnancy gradually approached the due date, the young couple planned to go to the city. They didn't plan to rent a house, but to check in and wait in the hospital.
Unfortunately, things did not go as they wished. Just as they were about to pack up and leave, something happened outside.
Many people from other parts of the town have returned and are posting videos in the nearby video area all day long, expressing how lucky they are to be back.
This scared the young couple.
The townspeople who live in the big cities outside can only come back in shame. Can they still go out?
Can this child only be born at home?
No way!
In the past, the older generation gave birth at home because that was the condition at the time, but their generation is different.
Their generation has grown up in contact with constantly developing medical conditions. After they became pregnant, they learned specifically about childbirth. If they are not careful, it can be a matter of life and death.
If you give birth in the hospital, you might die. Isn't it crazy to give birth at home?
"Grandpa Village Head, please think of a solution. Didn't the town leaders come to our village before? Ask them how they got here. What if they can come up again?"
The young man originally wanted to take his pregnant wife down the mountain by himself, but just as he was about to take action, he felt a little hesitant.
He told his wife about it and prepared to go down the mountain to check the area out.
Recently, the Internet has been full of news about people encountering danger. He didn't want to rush down with his wife without any preparation, so he decided to go on his own.
Unexpectedly, before we even reached halfway down the mountain, we encountered insurmountable difficulties.
It is a mutant ant, and it is not like the mutant animals in the village. They still recognize their owners, or have a mild temper and can live peacefully with the villagers.
The other party rushed towards him the first time it saw him. Although he retreated towards the mountain the moment he discovered it, he was still bitten.
"After they mutated, those ants became as big as my palm. They were fast and strong. They bit off a small piece of my flesh as soon as they made contact."
As he spoke, he lifted up his trouser leg and showed the bite wound on his calf to the village chief.
Fortunately, there were not many ants catching up with him. He retreated fast enough, and after he returned to Daxi Village, the ants retreated reluctantly.
"This! It's so serious!"
The village chief was a little surprised when he saw the fresh bite wounds on the legs of the young man in front of him.
These were completely different from the ants they had previously known. These ants were clearly planning to bite people to death outside, and then decompose and transport them back to their nest.
Moreover, they are very confident in their own strength and are not afraid of the huge humans standing in front of them.
"I can only say it's a blessing. I wanted to take my wife down the mountain, but I was still a little uneasy, so I walked it by myself first. I didn't expect that even the way down the mountain would be so dangerous."
The younger generation buried their heads, still feeling frightened.
One of the reasons why he is so brave is that his godmother is in the mountains and will not let anything happen to him.
The remaining reason was that people from the town had come to Daxi Village on the mountain before, and he still remembered the news he heard from the rescue team members.
They went up the mountain just to clear a path to make it easier to go up and down the mountain.
Now, those people have gone to the upstream village and have not come down yet. The area that was previously cleared is in danger again.
So is clearing a path really useful?
The village chief frowned and felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of this.
He had no doubt about what the rescue team and the mayor and others who went up the mountain said. The fact that they were able to bring back people from their own village proved that they had completely eliminated the danger on the road.
But now, on the road where the danger has been eliminated, a more dangerous group of mutant ants has reappeared.
Does it prove that their previous ideas were useless?
It feels a bit uncomfortable.
However, the village chief could not show it in front of the younger generation.
"Go back and have a good rest first. Before you go out, ask Granny Stone for some medicinal powder. Although I can't bandage you like the hospital down the mountain, this powder is still very effective. Granny Stone grinds it herself."
The village chief gave a warning and signaled the younger generation to leave, saying that he would find a way.
With the attitude of the village chief, the younger generation finally put down some of their anxieties, turned around and walked out of the village office, ready to go to Grandma Shitou to get the medicine powder.
The village chief walked around the office twice and felt that it was not working, so he decided to go find his godmother to think of a solution.
The people from the official rescue team who went up the mountain before have not been seen coming down yet. Of course, it is possible that they took another path down the mountain, but they did not pass through Daxi Village, so they didn’t know.
But there has to be some hope.
But now, he was running towards the locust tree at the entrance of the village.
As soon as he arrived under the locust tree, he began to cry.
"Oh my god! You have no idea how arrogant the mutant animals out there are! The paths that the rescue team had cleared for us to go up and down the mountain have all been taken over by those mutant ants!!!"
Ying Huai was watching a group of children playing under a tree. Before he could react, the village chief was hugged in his arms.
"Brother Shitou, what happened to the village chief?"
A child was holding a small animal that appeared in his home. He was asking Shi Tou what kind of animal this furry ball that appeared in his home was. Before Shi Tou could answer, he heard the voice of the village chief ringing in his ears.
A group of children turned around in amazement and looked at the village chief who was hugging the tree and telling the story in a long-winded manner.
Even the little animals in their arms looked up and followed the direction the children were looking.
The little animals were a little confused. What was wrong with this human? He was a little strange.
Several of the children came out holding flower pots. Inside the pots, the mutated plants were stretching their branches and pointing in the direction of the village chief. Then, they seemed to be startled, and the branches became tangled after being stretched out.
"It's okay, Grandpa does act like this sometimes."
At first, Shitou just glanced in the direction of his grandfather reflexively, but after seeing the other party's state, he was sure that his grandfather was just complaining and was going to ask his godmother for help, and had no other intentions, so he looked away without caring.
By this time he already knew that the tree trunk mother at the village entrance was able to communicate with people, but she just couldn't speak yet.
When he was fiddling with the little snake and trying to climb up the godmother tree to pick locust flowers, Xiaoxiao hit him on the head.
Before the little snake could climb up the tree, a bunch of locust flowers that should have been growing beautifully on the treetop fell down, hit him on the forehead, and then landed in his arms.
At the same time, he also saw what his godmother said.
Unlike the way he could perceive and understand the words of animals, his godmother's words appeared directly in his mind in the form of information.
Because it was just a string of meanings, even though Shitou was not a good student and did not recognize many characters, he still understood Ying Huai's meaning clearly.
Xiao Hei is still too young, so he can climb small trees, but it would be difficult for him to climb a big tree like Ying Huai.
It was because Ying Huai had a good temper. If Xiao Hei had encountered those mutated trees on the back mountain, he would have been thrown down as soon as he climbed up.
Being thrown off the tree like this is still very dangerous. Although it won't hurt the awakened Xiao Hei, he will still feel pain.
From then on, Shitou would never let Xiao Hei pick on someone he shouldn't provoke when he was unsure.
However, my godmother’s locust flowers are really delicious! They are warm and sweet!
Shitou on this side was recalling the taste of the locust flowers that Ying Huai had given him some time ago, while the village chief over there was still telling Ying Huai about the difficulties he had encountered.
It’s not that he really didn’t know what to do, but he didn’t understand many things after the sudden changes in the world. He was afraid that making a wrong decision would put the villagers in danger.
The method that the godmother thought of, even if there might be danger in the end, at least the godmother would not let them get into trouble and their lives would still be there.
After he discovered that the world was undergoing changes that were completely different from the past, he knew that in the future world, the people of Daxi Village would have to face various challenges even if they lived under the protection of their godmother.
In a world rife with dangers, challenges always lead to casualties, which is unavoidable. But he wanted to postpone this unavoidable danger until later...
【Author’s words】
Modify ing~
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