Chapter 68
◎Mutated fish in the reservoir◎
Chapter 68
After watching Captain Qingzhi leave, the village chief said goodbye to Tang Rufeng and prepared to go home to rest.
After all this busy work, it was already very late. If he didn't go back now, he probably wouldn't even have dinner.
"Village Chief, are you ready to leave now?"
Seeing the village chief turn around and prepare to leave, Tang Rufeng asked softly with a smile on his face, as if he wanted to say something.
"Huh? Can't leave? Is there something else?"
Hearing the voice, the village chief turned around and saw Tang Rufeng's look, feeling a little confused.
"The village chief is confused. You seem to have forgotten the text message this afternoon."
Tang Rufeng wanted to laugh when he saw the village chief's expression. He didn't think that the village chief had forgotten something. The village chief just wanted Tang Rufeng to work overtime.
"Village Chief, it would be better for you to go over there and communicate. I'll go back and rest first."
Tang Rufeng said this, turned around, packed up his things, put Huidou in his pocket, and when he took his things out, he called Luo Luo who was quietly waiting for him to come home, and left without hesitation.
"Hey...this kid." The village chief muttered to himself, but seeing that he couldn't leave, he could only squat in the office and continue waiting for the call.
Before those people from the foot of the mountain went up the mountain, they had sent a message to the village chief and Tang Rufeng, saying in advance that since there were so many of them and they were carrying equipment, it would definitely be slower for them to go up the mountain, so they wanted the village chief to wait a little longer and make arrangements for the people going up the mountain.
After learning the news, Tang Rufeng began to make arrangements. He had already made arrangements with the people in the village who had places to stay. When someone came up the mountain, they would stay at their homes.
After receiving a positive answer, Tang Rufeng felt relieved. Before leaving get off work, he thought about whether he had anything unfinished. Only after making sure that there was nothing left did he leave.
As for the village chief, the first thing the brothers and sisters in the village would do when they went up the mountain to deliver the message was to ask who would be the one to receive them, him or the village chief.
Before the village chief could answer, the brothers thought that Tang Rufeng was not in good health and did not want Tang Rufeng to wait for them to go up the mountain, and then have to take the trouble to take them to rest, so they let the village chief go.
After hearing their decision, the village chief made a phone call and started yelling at the people on the other end of the line.
They have taken Tang Rufeng's health into consideration, but have these guys taken the health of the elderly village chief into consideration?
Unfortunately, even though he roared, the final result was that the village chief came to receive him.
Who says the village chief is old and has more experience? He looks more stable than young people.
The brothers on the other end of the phone exchanged a few awkward compliments before impatiently hanging up the phone and starting walking up the mountain.
Tang Rufeng took Luo Luo for a walk in the village. At this time, many villagers still had not rested.
Even though he had been busy in the fields all day, he was an adult after all. He had lived in the city before returning to the village, so he usually went to bed late. He was not as sleepy as the children, so he was still awake.
Every household had their doors open and lights on under the eaves, and people were sitting there chatting with their neighbors.
Tang Rufeng walked in such an environment, looking at the lights around him, but he didn't feel uncomfortable because Captain Qingzhi was not around.
"Rufeng, are you going home to rest?"
An uncle from the village had just spoken to someone, and when he turned around, his eyes caught sight of Tang Rufeng, and he quickly greeted him.
"Well, I'm going home now. Some people from the village will be going up the mountain later. I'm sorry to bother you uncles. The village chief is alone in greeting them, and he may need your help."
Hearing the greeting, Tang Rufeng turned around and saw that it was a very enthusiastic uncle from the village. Knowing that the other party would definitely not rest so early, he continued to say this.
"Okay, I'm bored staying at home anyway, so I might as well go and help check out the situation. No one has come up the mountain in a while, and we can't go down the mountain. But it's been a long time since I last saw a stranger in real life."
As he spoke, the uncle stood up and greeted the neighbor next door.
"Are you going? I'll go with the village chief to take a look."
“…”
Seeing that the uncles had something else to talk about and were not paying attention to him, Tang Rufeng turned and left.
The meaning of the uncle's words was very clear. Although they could not go down the mountain and there were few unfamiliar faces coming up the mountain, they also went online on weekdays to read news and watch videos online, and anyone could see them.
Recently, there have been some unusual voices on the Internet. Many big bloggers are guiding public opinion and inciting emotions just to bring in traffic and make money.
What they instigated the most was that the countries next to the Flower Country were already in chaos, with families no longer united and now completely caught in a melee. Not only were those people fighting in melee, they also set their sights on the Flower Country, trying to take a bite out of it with their little power.
Many border lines have been occupied by the other side recently!
What he said sounded so convincing that if Tang Rufeng wasn't someone in the internal system and was extremely good at organizing information, he would have actually believed it... What a joke.
Did the people living along the border wake up one day and find themselves dead? Or were they abducted by another country?
It’s unbelievable to think about it, so I started to refute the rumors online.
But they are just ordinary people after all. They usually just watch online and don’t express any opinions. Now, in front of those bloggers who obviously have a large base of fans, their voices are quickly drowned out.
Tang Rufeng watched and wondered what to do. When he got home and turned on his phone, he saw the official news about the handling of the matter.
Those opinion makers have been taken away by the authorities, and there will definitely be further investigations in the future. They can jump out at this time to guide public opinion and cause panic among the people. They say that they are just trying to earn a little traffic money, but the National Security Bureau will not really listen to what they say.
If the subsequent investigation finds anything wrong, those people will be in trouble.
After making sure that the authorities had the person under control, Tang Rufeng turned his attention to clarifying the news on the border.
There were indeed a few conflicts over there, but because the countries bordering the Flower Country had completely collapsed because of this incident, different forces were formed in one country. Even if those forces had thermal weapons that could pose some threat to people, the scattered forces could not fight against the country. After several unexpected conflicts, the foreign people on the border were directly evacuated.
They were afraid that they would make some noise again and be regarded as a provocation by the border troops of the Flower-growing Country, who would throw a few counterattack bombs at them, which would really hurt people. It was better to stay away from them.
After confirming that there was no chaos at the border, people online began to greet the bloggers who were guiding public opinion.
"You're too credulous."
Tang Rufeng just glanced at it before going to bed. He put his phone away before lying down, and then picked up the book on the bedside table next to him to read.
He usually couldn't sleep most of the time at night. Recently, because he had to deal with village affairs and Captain Qing was watching him, his daily routine had become regular, but he still couldn't sleep when he was in a bad mood and had to stay under his godmother's tree.
The captain was not with him today. He knew in advance that many people would come up the mountain in the evening, all strangers. He didn't want to go out and join in the fun. Since he couldn't sleep, he could only lie down and read a book waiting for Captain Qingzhi to come back.
What was Captain Qing, whom Tang Rufeng was thinking about, doing at this moment?
He was wearing the cloak given by the village chief and floating down the mountain. On the way, he met a group of people carrying things up the mountain. Although it was dark, his shadow was big enough and the distance was not far, so he was still seen.
Fortunately, the village chief's cloak protected them, so the people who went up the mountain thought someone on the mountain had the ability to fly. They turned around and asked the brothers who had come down from the village. Since there was someone in their village who could fly directly down the mountain, why couldn't they just let him go down the mountain to find someone? Wouldn't that be faster and save time?
"No, no one in our mountain village has the ability to fly. It was just an accident. You saw it wrong."
What else could the brothers in the village do? They had to fool the woman because they were going up the mountain to conduct a preliminary examination at her home and they couldn't let herself be scared and waste time.
The fooled man turned around and looked again in the direction where Captain Qing had just floated, but this time he saw nothing. Obviously, the shadow he had seen before had left and could no longer be seen.
I feel a little regretful that I was unable to leave any evidence to refute others. Now I can only sigh and choose to accept what the people of Daxi Village said.
Listening to the voice floating beside his ears, Captain Qing smiled slightly, and couldn't help but think of the series of actions taken by the village chief before going down the mountain. These villagers who went down the mountain to look for people were really worthy of being raised by the village chief. Although they didn't spend much time together on weekdays, they were surprisingly consistent in some ideas.
"It should be here."
I looked down at the note in my hand. The address was written clearly, and next to it was my phone number and pickup code.
This note was prepared by Tang Rufeng, fearing that he would not have enough spiritual energy halfway through and would not be able to open his phone and find someone to pick up his things. So he wrote an extra note, clearly stating the address and other things, so as not to delay Captain Qingzhi's time.
"Hey, who are you looking for?"
I took out my cell phone and called the number on it. The person on the other end was obviously playing with his phone. After the phone rang twice, he picked up the call.
"Hello, I'm here to pick up the package."
Captain Qing did not delay and explained the reason in one sentence.
"Oh, wait, I'll be right there."
Then came the clattering sound of slippers being dragged.
It was obvious that the person on the other end of the phone was preparing to rest, so he asked him to wait and took some time to come out and open the door for him.
Since the mutation, not to mention express delivery in this world, even communications abroad have been disrupted due to the control of those decentralized forces, not to mention express delivery.
The only countries that can deliver express to a rough location like this are a few big countries that don’t mind spending their energy on this, such as the Flower-Growing Country.
As for other places, there is no trace of express delivery.
"Why are you out here picking up a package so late at night? There are mutant plants and animals everywhere outside. It's so dangerous."
As soon as the door of the express station was opened, the sorting staff inside could be heard muttering.
He said this not because he was impatient, but he really didn't want to see some people going out at night just for a courier. What if they encountered any danger?
That would really make it possible to lose both your money and your life.
Perhaps the only thing to be thankful for at night is that after the sudden changes in the world, the country has strengthened its defense while strengthening mobile phone data.
In addition, the punishment after committing a crime has become heavier, and it is very likely that when the crimes accumulate to a certain level, the person will be put to death.
This has led to people not daring to commit many minor incidents such as provoking disturbances and harassment that would occur in peacetime, and people who go out for a short period of time are safe.
Perhaps the most unsafe thing for humans now is the mutated animals and plants that may appear and attack at any time and place.
"There was a package that was urgent, so I came to pick it up as soon as I saw it."
Seeing that the other party was not paying attention to him, Captain Qing pushed the door open, reached out to him, took the note with the pickup code on it, and turned around to walk into the station.
"Let me see, he must have arrived today, otherwise he wouldn't have come down in such a hurry."
The station sorter looked down at the series of addresses and numbers on the slip of paper, and was not surprised. In this town, there were often elderly people who bought things online, but after receiving the goods, they could not go out to pick them up, so they asked the younger generations in their family to pick them up. So when he saw it, he just looked for it as usual.
"Well, that's troublesome."
After the other party finished speaking, Captain Qing took a small machine and scanned the side. After determining a direction, he walked straight over and searched on a row of shelves.
The entire site is packed with packages because many people's packages have been stranded there and cannot be picked up recently. It is quite difficult to find the packages.
It’s not that those who buy things in the town don’t want to come and pick them up, but they are mainly afraid of any danger outside, so they gather together and form teams to pick them up.
They wanted to save up some money, and finally ended up using it to expand a warehouse for the town's express delivery station.
I watched the sorter rummaging through the shelves for a long time before he finally found a box as tall as an arm from a corner.
"Here, this is it. It's not big. Take it and be careful on your way home."
After handing the box to Captain Qing, the sorter put the machine on the table, yawned, and wanted to send the person out and go back to rest.
He had just finished yawning, and after taking two steps behind Captain Qing, he lowered his gaze and glanced at the ground...
Um……?
Floating?
!!!
With a start, the sleepiness that had just been brewing in my head was scared away, and I quickly opened my sleepy eyes wide just to see more clearly.
Well, the person he was following was indeed floating.
"Dude, you're dressed quite stylishly this late at night..."
With some hope, the sorter behind Captain Qing asked with a trembling voice.
"Well, my elders found it for me before I went down the mountain."
When Captain Qing heard him say this, he knew that he must have been noticed, so he floated faster. As soon as he walked out the door, he heard a bang behind him.
"It's an elder looking for me. Could it be a ghost of an elder? It's so scary in the middle of the night..."
Just as I was about to turn around and thank the station sorter, I heard this mutter.
The other party was obviously not a person with special abilities, so he didn't know what was going on. Even if he was muttering quietly, anyone with some abilities could hear it.
Upon hearing this, Captain Qing looked down at the box in his hand. After confirming that the sorter in the room, even though he seemed very sleepy just now, had not given him the wrong things, he did not continue to go forward to scare him, but turned and flew towards the mountain.
What he didn't know was that shortly after he left, the sorter in the room, who was frightened and shivering, lying by the door listening to the noise, quietly opened the door and was relieved when he saw that there was no shadow outside.
But when he came to his senses, he felt confused again and looked down at the note still in his hand.
"These days, can ghosts write and buy packages themselves and then go down the mountain to pick them up? Is the underworld really that advanced?"
He suddenly thought of something and turned to look towards the warehouse.
He turned around like a sleepwalker and looked for it. When he saw that he had actually found a package and gave it to a ghost who came to pick up the courier with a note, sweat broke out on his back.
"Oh, it's over, it's over. This package obviously doesn't belong to that ghost. I gave it to the ghost now. What should I do if the real recipient comes to ask for it later?"
At this time, he didn't care about being afraid of ghosts. All he could think about was that he lost a courier. If he couldn't find it, how much money would he have to pay later!
When a worker encounters money, even if it is a ghost, as long as the other party is not poor, he will turn around and forget about it.
After a lot of trouble, he finally found the sender of the package, explained the situation, and asked the other party to inquire whether the package had reached the recipient.
Even though he felt the hope was slim, he still had to have some ideas.
What if, what if that ghost really came down the mountain to help the recipient pick up the express delivery.
"Yeah, that's what happened. I didn't pay attention at the time and just gave the package away without thinking..."
After hearing the words of the express station sorter on the other end of the phone, Captain Dai sat on the edge of the bed speechless.
"Okay, I understand. I'll ask my father tomorrow. If he receives the information, he'll call you back. If not, go find someone with special abilities on the official side and ask them to help find it."
After Captain Dai finished speaking, he made sure that the other party understood and then hung up the phone.
Looking at the time, it was time for the old man to rest, so he put the phone down and didn't call again.
Seeing him like this, the group of teammates who were playing on the floor next to his room finally stopped talking, and Tang Ji turned around and asked.
"Captain, what phone call were you on just now? Was it a call about going on a mission?"
Having said that, Tang Ji turned around and looked at the sky outside the window.
"It's already evening, and we still have to go on a mission..."
There was some reluctance in his tone.
They have been going out on missions at night quite a lot recently, so even though they know it is normal to go out on missions, they still don't want to move.
"No, continue playing your game, and clean it up for me when you leave."
After hearing what he said, Captain Dai glanced at him and indicated that it was okay.
"Okay."
As long as it wasn't a mission, Tang Ji didn't feel reluctant at all and turned around to continue playing with Zhuang Dun and the others.
They all knew that the mission was inevitable, and he was just complaining. If he was really not allowed to go out on the mission, his tone would be even worse than it is now.
"Have you heard recently that there's a kid coming to Team Three? I heard he's young, but very capable."
Tang Ji lowered his head to flip the cards in his hand and threw them away. As soon as he finished speaking, before Zhuang Dun on the opposite side could react, he took away a few fruits in front of him.
"Hey! I won!"
After saying that, he stuffed one of the fruits he had just picked up into his mouth.
The fruits are all good ones. They are mutant fruits that they picked when they were on a mission. They are full of spiritual energy and are very good to eat for people with special abilities like them.
"You're cheating, I haven't played the cards in my hand yet!"
Zhuang Dun rushed forward and took back two of the fruits that the other party had pushed away. After sitting down again, he threw down his cards.
"Okay, it's even."
Seeing the cards being played, Tang Ji moved his hand away from Zhuang Dun's hand with a look of regret, still crunching the fruit that he had stuffed in his mouth before.
Although he didn't win, he managed to eat the fruit!
Thinking about it, he turned his attention to several teammates next to him.
"Don't try to hit me. I'm almost done with what I have."
Seeing Tang Ji's gaze sweeping over, Luo Sui and Mo Shan hurriedly stuffed a fruit into their mouths. Mo Shan warned Tang Ji while eating.
Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Tang Ji knew that he couldn't cheat anymore and had to give up his idea.
Several people have been playing since they had dinner. It is hard to tell whether the fruits in their hands were eaten by others because they lost the game or they were eaten by themselves while playing.
"I haven't finished yet, what happened to the kid?"
After the cards were put away, a group of people sat on the ground and began to question Tang Ji, who had spoken at the beginning.
"Well, what else could it be? He's just very capable. I heard he went to the reservoir with Team 3, and within a day Team 3 came back. I heard the research institute received some very good research materials."
What Tang Ji said were all things that were being spread outside and had been refined by him. They were all events that had already happened, without any of his own conjectures.
"So you're saying that the kid's abilities are strong enough to lead three teams to compete against ours?"
Mo Shan turned around while chewing the fruit, his eyes wide open.
"Don't be ridiculous. We were the first team to awaken and absorb spiritual energy after the great changes in the world. Most of the other three teams only awakened after the second or third increase in spiritual energy."
"What kind of joke could I possibly be playing on you? I didn't even put my own guesses into it."
When Tang Ji heard what he said, he rolled his eyes over there and threw the fruit core in his hand into the trash can.
"Captain, if we were to do the mission at the reservoir, how long would it take us to complete it?"
He turned around and asked the captain who was resting with his eyes closed. Since they were so noisy, he knew that the captain must not be asleep.
"I can't be sure about that. There are a lot of fish in the reservoir, and they're all brainless. They rush out the moment they hit the water, and they can chase you for a distance even after leaving the water."
Hearing Tang Ji's question, Captain Dai thought for a moment and remembered the information he had seen about the reservoir before.
Those data were slowly observed by front-line data explorers, so they had already noticed it before the mission came out.
But at that time they thought of waiting until they had more capabilities, and then taking a pump valve to the other side to pump out some water before doing it.
There are not only those brainless mutant fish in the reservoir, but also some mutant aquatic creatures with brains that also live there.
It takes a long time just to get the water out of the reservoir, and it takes even more time to fight those mutated fish.
It would take at least a week, or even four or five days to finish it.
"So, Team Three actually came back in such a short time and sent those brainless ones to the research institute. Isn't that surprising?"
Tang Ji said, then changed the subject, "By the way, once the research institute has the results, can we determine whether those fish can be eaten?"
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