97 Chapter 97
Chapter 97
Ever since Guaibao came to Daxi Village, the children in the village have become much more active because of the indulgence of their elders.
In the past, due to concerns about possible dangers outside, the children in the village were detained in a small classroom specially opened by the third son of the Wu family and his wife every day and forced to study.
But things are different now. With the arrival of Guaibao, the adults in the village are afraid that Guaibao will not be able to adapt during his time back in the village, so they remind the children in the village every day to play with Guaibao so that he can be more lively.
In the eyes of the elders in the village, no matter how good the good boy’s father says his child is outside, after all, he has left his family and lived outside since he was young, and no one knows how much hardship he has suffered.
This time, I have to make the children happy.
With the consent of the elders, the children in the village who had been detained for a long time were finally happy.
Shitou and his friends took Guaibao around the village every day. When there was nothing fun to do, they thought about going to the villages outside the village or going up the mountain to the upstream village to play with the children there.
There are so many ways to play with these kids when they are let loose.
Looking at the mutant crow that came to complain, Ying Huai was speechless.
It's hard to believe that the mutant crow would come to Ying Huai to complain about the village children during his free time between traveling back and forth between Daxi Village and the border to hunt.
"Huaihuai, the kids in your village are going too far! They're tricking the kids from the Crow Crow tribe into working for them for free!"
The mutant crow stood on a branch of Ying Huai's locust tree, cawed twice, and then complained at the top of its lungs.
There is nothing it can do about this.
Most of the capable mutant crows in the crow clan have to go back and forth with the mutant wild ducks every day to hunt and pack insects. The mutant crows that stay in the clan to protect the clan can only watch over the clan and ensure that the crows are not in danger of life, but they can't guarantee anything else.
For example, the children of Daxi Village come to play with the little crows whenever they see the sky and the earth. Some of the little crows have not mutated, and although their brains can think, they can only be described as simple.
Although the remaining mutant crows are more sensible than the non-mutated ones, they are just newly hatched crow cubs after all. They are still children, so it is normal for them to like to play.
They are all crows, how can human crows trick the little crows into working for free?
After hearing what Yaya said, Ying Huai extended his consciousness along the roots and saw the children leading the mutant crows to roll in the mud to look for loaches.
These days, Guaibao has been playing with his brother Shitou and the others. There is a visible brightness between his brows, and even his eyes, which were a little timid before, are now bright.
Because he knew that in Daxi Village, no matter how he treated himself, Guaibao's father would not mind, and would even praise him for being really good and making clay dolls better than other children in the village.
The other elders in the village, whom he had never met before, would not look down on him just because he got himself dirty. Instead, they would greet him happily and share some delicious food with him.
Because of the unconditional pampering of these adults, Guaibao is almost being turned into a dirty baby by Shitou and the others.
This time too, Yaya complained to Ying Huai because the village children discovered that there were fun things in the mud pond.
But because they were not sure what it was, Shitou brought the children from the village to dig out the mud pond. Later, he felt that there were not enough people to help dig out the mud pond, so he turned around and used his ability to trick the crow children who were currently living in the village outside the village to come and help him work for free.
It was the first time for Guaibao to see Shi Tou's ability. He watched in amazement for a long time and tried to imitate Shi Tou's ability to talk to the little crows. Unfortunately, his ability could control mutant plants and animals, but he could not communicate with the mutant animals like Shi Tou could.
After confirming that he couldn't do it, he didn't get discouraged. He already knew the peculiarity of his abilities. After confirming that he couldn't establish communication between himself and those mutant animals through control, he didn't try again. He just followed behind Shitou and the others, and it was fine to be a little tail.
"Nono, did your stone really say that? We've been looking for it for two days, but we still can't find what it said?"
Xiao Ling'er looked at the mud on her body and turned to ask the little girl who was holding a human body and a fish tail.
"Yeah, yeah, that's what the Shark said. It said this mud pond is abnormal. It definitely wasn't there before. It must have formed because of a mutation. There must be something in it."
Hearing Xiao Ling'er's question, Nuonuo nodded in affirmation without any hesitation.
Since returning to the village and finding the pressure stone in her arms again, she has carried it with her every day.
At first, her parents didn't understand and were a little resistant, but as time went on, her abilities became more and more apparent. After she mentioned that she had these abilities because of the pressure stone, Nono's parents no longer objected to their daughter holding such an unlucky stone every day.
In today's world, no matter how bad the luck is, it is not as important as having the ability to protect yourself.
Especially, there is a girl in their family. Even though they live in Daxi Village now and it seems peaceful and quiet and the people around them are kind, that doesn't mean they are not aware of the dark side outside.
Their daughter will grow up one day and leave Daxi Village for various reasons to go out and make her own way in the world. They, as parents, cannot stop her just because they want to restrain her.
Instead of waiting until she grows up and watching her leave with a worried heart, it is better to accept all her unusualness now, watch her gradually become stronger, and let the future Nono have the ability to protect herself.
They can rest assured, and Nono can be happy and have a brighter future.
Because the parents understood, when Nuonuo wanted to give the little stone statue a bath, not only did they not show any resistance, they would also help boil water and get the basin when Nuonuo was too busy.
Since the mutation began, the small stone statue that Nono was holding had subtle changes every day. It was not very noticeable at first, but as time went on, its current appearance was completely different from when it first appeared in people's eyes.
If when Nuonuo held it at the beginning, the outline of the human body and fish tail of the entire stone statue could only be vaguely seen, now some details of its body could be seen clearly.
Its difference is also a fact visible to the naked eye to those in the village who have seen it.
Now Nono said that the little stone statue said there was something in the mud pond, so there must be something, otherwise the little stone statue would not have spoken.
With this consensus, Shitou thought about whether there was such a mud pond around Daxi Village in the past. Thinking carefully, he did not expect that there was any memory of a mud pond here. That was enough.
The terrain has never appeared before, but now it has changed. It must be because something has mutated.
"Have I heard anything online about mutations happening somewhere? This place is really weird."
After hearing what the children next to her said, Chu Xinran, who liked to follow Xiao Ling'er every day, also spoke out because she couldn't control herself.
She didn't go out to play with Shitou and the others in the past two days. After all, the children in the village were allowed to go out for some exercise because they wanted to play with Guaibao, so that Guaibao could quickly adapt to the environment and like the environment here. It was not appropriate for her, an adult, to follow them.
But when she was not following them, the children in the village rolled in the mud for several days in a row, making themselves look like dirty puppies. She was also curious about what these children were doing, so she followed them today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived here, before she could see the environment clearly, Shi Tou arranged a place for her to go down into the mud pond to touch things!
The most important point is that Shitou asked her to help touch something, but he didn't tell her what it was.
This is quite eye-opening.
What to do? There is no other way. She has been following Xiao Ling'er all day long. Seeing that Xiao Ling'er has no intention of rejecting her, she can only follow her.
Looking down at the mud on her body, she thought that she might be the only adult in the entire Daxi Village who played with children every day and got herself dirty too?
Chu Xinran wanted to laugh when she thought of this, but it was okay to get herself dirty, it was much better than going home to face a house that was as noisy as a slaughterhouse.
As Chu Xinran's abilities grew, not only did she not control the frequency of the small ornaments' speech, but she also made their voices and knowledge even louder.
Sometimes she couldn't understand why, as the abilities of other people in the village grew, they should have been able to control them better. Why was it that her abilities were becoming increasingly out of control?
She could already imagine that one day in the future, when her abilities became strong enough, those little doodads that could only speak within a certain range would be able to yell at her at the top of their lungs even from miles away because of her abilities.
Thinking of this possibility, Chu Xinran paused stirring the mud. Just as she was about to move towards Xiao Ling'er's location, her fingertips touched something and she reached out to grab it.
She was used to catching them, so although the appearance of this mud pond was puzzling, she had been following Shitou and the others in the mud pond for so long and didn't feel any difference.
All the creatures that can be found in a normal mud pond are here, and even more.
Some people may even get angry at their actions of digging in the mud and bite their hands directly after being touched.
If the children who fell into the mud pond did not have abilities, reaction speed, and increased physical strength, I'm afraid they would have countless holes on their bodies.
If there weren't so many people crying and going home after being bitten, there wouldn't be the current scene of people floundering in the mud.
Thinking of this, Chu Xinran lifted up what she had caught, and saw a loach twisting and swaying with mud hanging on its body.
The loach was slippery and he almost lost his grip on it. Just before it was about to fall back into the mud pond, a little crow that was guarding the edge of the pond flapped its wings and flew over, picking up the loach that was about to fall back into the mud pond and flew towards the shore.
The little crow didn't look big, but it was very strong. It didn't tremble at all while holding such a large loach that was still struggling. It flapped its wings twice and landed next to the small bucket on the shore. It lowered its head and put the loach in.
After seeing that the loach could not jump out of the bucket, he felt relieved and went to the small ditch beside it to wash his beak which was muddy from holding the loach.
After washing clean, the little crow shook its head to shake off the excess water stains, and then landed back at the place where it had originally stayed, waiting for someone to dig out something from the mud pond so that it could help transport it by air.
Seeing the eager looks of these little crows, the big crows that had already returned home were speechless.
I don’t know what Shi Tou has tricked these little crows into doing. Even if Shi Tou doesn’t pay them anything, these little guys just want to help Shi Tou.
When they first saw this scene, they thought that the little crows' wings had just grown and would be very tired if they used them for a long time, so they wanted to go up and help, but the little crows refused.
There was nothing he could do but watch his cubs flying around to help Shitou complete the transportation.
"Batta... Gah..."
A big fish was fished out of the mud pond. The little crow couldn't catch it, so it fell into the water halfway through the flight, carrying the little crow with it.
The crow parents were speechless when they saw their crow cubs unable to carry the baby crow in the mud, giving up flying and struggling to carry it away.
If these cubs could get a few bites of food after all their hard work, it would be acceptable to them. After all, it was the first time that the little crows had food to eat with their own ability. But the way they are now, it’s all in vain!
"Gah."
Seeing that its crow cub was about to roll itself in the mud and get stuck, and that the fish was about to run away with it, a big crow nearby was helpless and called out to the crow next to it.
After it finished calling, the crow next to it slid down from the treetop and glided towards the little crow. Its goal was very clear. It picked up the crow and the fish into the sky. With a flap of its wings, it returned to the shore and threw the fish and the little crow into the small bucket. Then the big crow flew towards the treetop again.
There was no nonsense throughout the whole process. When its crow cub popped its head out of the bucket, its own crow father and crow mother had already landed on the top of the tree, tilting their heads and looking at it helplessly.
"quack!"
The little crow called out twice to its father and mother, then flapped its wings happily beside the bucket.
Its movements were like those of a little crow, slinging mud all over its body without noticing any disdainful looks from its fellow crows around it.
After making sure that the fish in the bucket would not fall out, the little crow thought of the fish that had just been rolling around in the mud with great strength, and pecked the fish in the bucket twice in embarrassment and anger, then turned around and jumped out of the bucket, ready to wash the mud off its body.
But before it could move, another child in the mud pond caught a shrimp. The shrimp almost pinched the child's hand, and the child threw it into the air reflexively.
The little crow didn't care about the mud on its body and turned over and flew towards the shrimp that was still flying in the air.
This movement caused the mud that had not been cleaned off its body to be blown everywhere. If at first it flapped its wings to throw mud only within a certain range, now it was launching a group attack on the children in the mud pond.
Anyone in the mud pond would be hit by it.
Two puddles of mud were splashed on Momo's face, but he didn't mind at all. He turned his head and tried to wipe it off on his shoulder. He didn't mind if it didn't get on him, because his body wasn't very clean anyway.
On the other hand, the good boy who was standing in a corner of the mud pond was originally quite clean. Although his pants and sleeves were a little dirty, there were no mud spots on his upper body and face. But now it was gone. The mud spots thrown down by the two little crows snatching shrimps in the air made him look like a spotted cat.
"Ray, here, I have one."
Looking up at the two little crows still fighting over the shrimp in the air, Guaibao didn't want to be splashed with mud anymore, so he quickly sensed the mud and found a brainless shrimp. He controlled himself to grab it and threw it into the air.
One of the little crows that was still fighting for the shrimp saw another one coming to its wings, and no longer bothered to continue fighting. It quickly lowered its head and picked it up, then turned back to the small bucket that was given to it and put the shrimp in.
It was also at this time that Ying Huai understood the distribution of the little crows.
These little crows are like the children distributing food in the cafeteria. Each of them has a small bucket placed in a different location. The only thing in common is that they are placed in places that are convenient for the little crows.
Looking at the two little crows fighting to put the shrimp into their own buckets, I'm afraid that Shi Tou must have promised something when he was deceiving the crows, otherwise these little guys wouldn't be working so hard.
After guessing this, Ying Huai wanted to laugh.
Although Shitou is a tiny kid, he has already mastered the techniques used by online bosses to paint a rosy picture for their employees.
The little crows were fooled around.
I just don’t know if the cake that Shitou gave out can be realized by these little crows.
If he fails to do so, the mutant crows in the villages outside the village will probably give him the cold shoulder when they see him.
Why didn't Shitou ask the mutant wild ducks in the valley for help? After all, those mutant wild ducks are the mutant animals that are more adapted to the muddy pond environment, right?
Did Shitou not want to? Of course it was because he couldn't be fooled!
Ever since Shitou took the village children to steal someone else's duckling, the mutant wild ducks in the valley looked at him with their noses not being a nose and their eyes not being eyes.
If Ying Huai hadn't been there, the mutant wild ducks wouldn't have wanted to attack him. They would probably have chased after kids like Shitou and beat them up every time they saw them, not to mention rushing to help with the work for nothing.
Since it was impossible to find mutant wild ducks that were more convenient to help in this environment, and the mutant crows were not easy to fool, Shi Tou turned his attention to the mutant crows' cubs and tricked them into coming with just a few words.
Come on, give each of these little crows a small bucket and let them compete to see who can fill the bucket first.
This kind of game fooled the innocent crows who had never seen a game before. Even now, even if they are so dirty that the black color can't be seen, they still have to work hard to get the first place.
The human cubs in the mud pond were working hard for what the little stone statue said, and the little crows flying in the sky on the shore were working hard for the first place. The scene was extremely harmonious.
It's really a test of the visual nerves of the crow parents who are watching this scene.
"That's okay. After they're done playing, let's see what Stone wants to give the little crows. If they don't like anything, just take the buckets they filled themselves back home."
When Ying Huai saw this, he answered Ya Ya who was waiting for his reply.
"There's nothing useful on those fish and shrimps. Most of them don't have much spiritual energy. Even if I take them back, eating them won't enhance my strength as much as the mutant bugs."
Hearing this, Yaya was somewhat dissatisfied.
In its eyes, only food rich in spiritual energy can make it work so hard. The taste of the food is not within its consideration. It doesn't quite understand what's the point of the little crows working so hard to get back a portion of food that is completely disproportionate to their efforts.
With this much time, even if I wander around the surrounding mountains, find mutant plants, and get some spiritual mutant seeds and fruits from them, it would be much better than just wandering around in the mud like now.
Thinking of this, Yaya shook his head and moved closer to Ying Huai, feeling the spiritual energy floating around the locust tree, and a light bulb went off in his head.
"Huaihuai, I'll have the cubs take the fish and shrimp in the bucket to the villagers. Can you let them stay on your treetop for a while?"
The Crow felt a little embarrassed when it said this, but it really didn't want to let the little guys busy themselves with making things that would not benefit their own strength much and waste their time.
In this mutated world, rapidly increasing their strength is the only way for small mutant animal groups like them to survive.
As the leader of the tribe, its main concern is always to increase its strength against all odds.
I don't want to see the little crows in the tribe wasting their time like this.
"Can."
After hearing what Ya Ya said, Ying Huai was stunned for a moment, then understood and agreed.
In fact, Ying Huai never refused the mutant animals from the village and the mountains to approach him, but these mutant animals had their own concerns and did not want to come and disturb him.
Every time he approached Ying Huai, he was very cautious, as if he knew that it was Ying Huai who provided protection for the surrounding area, so he did not dare to come and encroach on Ying Huai's cultivation resources.
"Okay, thank you Huaihuai."
Hearing Ying Huai's agreement, Ya Ya felt relieved and shrank closer to Ying Huai's branches, rubbing against them happily.
In the past, when Yaya saw the children in the village being naughty, he didn't dare to get close to them. He had seen before that the children were very ruthless when they got physical.
Unexpectedly, this time the crows did not come over, but the children in the village took the initiative to find the little crows to play, and in the end they got such a big reward. The friendliness expressed by the children in the village to these mutant crows made the crows a little dazed for a while.
In the past, people thought crows were ominous birds when they saw them, but it was just an illusion.
The people in Daxi Village are such an interesting group of people!
Yes, how could a village that is sheltered by the locust tree compare with the humans outside?
"Brother Shitou, what are you talking about?"
Ever since Guaibao used his ability to control the brainless mutant shrimps in a mud pond, he thought this method of catching fish and shrimps was pretty good, and he has been using this method ever since.
But this time he felt something strange when using his ability.
He could feel that the fish and shrimp in a certain place were under his control, but he used his ability for a long time and did not see the fish and shrimp over there come over.
Thinking of what Nuonuo and Brother Shitou had talked about before, he moved closer to Shitou with some doubts and asked Shitou softly.
"I don't know what it is either. I'll have to wait until I dig out everything in this mud pond and let Nuonuo see it before I know."
Hearing this, Shitou turned around and looked at the well-behaved younger brother in front of him. He was about to reach out and rub his brother's head like an elder, but after seeing the mud on his hands, he gave up the idea.
"Sister Nuonuo, can you sense where that thing is?"
After hearing what Shitou said, Guaibao tilted his head and looked at Nuonuo, who was holding a small stone statue in one hand and carefully turning the mud.
The little girl Nuonuo holds the little stone statue every day, and with the enhancement of her ability to the body, she has also trained well. Apart from other things, her arms are very strong.
Right now, she held the small stone statue in one hand, and used her hand to dig through the mud. She found no fewer fish and shrimps than other children.
Of course, this is also due to her own abilities.
"No, Jiao Jiao said the thing is in here. It can only sense the general location, not the specific location."
Upon hearing this, Nuonuo looked carefully at the small stone statue in his arms, as if confirming something. He waited for two seconds before answering Guaibao's words.
"Okay, I sensed something strange in one place, but I'm not sure. Brother Shitou, do you want to go there and check it out?"
After hearing what Nuonuo said, Guaibao lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked up and asked Shitou and the other children.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Upon hearing this, not only Shitou Nuonuo had no doubts, but even the other children who heard their conversation nearby had no doubts at all. They immediately gave up the positions designated for them and went straight to where Guaibao Shitou and the others were.
Because they were walking in the mud, they walked a little slowly. After walking for a while, a group of children gathered together and stared at Guaibao with curiosity, waiting for him to point out a place so that they could go directly there.
They have been searching in this mud pond for the past few days. At first, they thought it was fun, but later they became a little impatient. If they didn't want to help Nuo Nuo and were really curious about what was in the mouth of the little stone statue, they probably wouldn't have come here by now.
When they heard Guaibao say that he sensed something special, all the children came without any doubt.
They are not as likely to consider the truthfulness of the information spoken by their peers as adults are.
On the contrary, because they are children, they have an extraordinary curiosity and desire to explore the world.
A bunch of kids can rummage in the mud pond for days just because of Nuonuo's words, or they can give up rummaging in the mud pond just because of Guaibao's words and follow his guidance to find something.
Seeing that his opinion was adopted by the children without any doubt or objection, Guaibao was very happy and pointed to a place.
"It's right there. We've dug there before, but we probably didn't dig deeper, so we didn't notice it. I'm not sure if the anomaly there means there's something there."
Guaibao said this and headed in that direction first.
He had not been sent to that place by the stone before. That place was found by other children. That child found a lot of fish and shrimps there, but did not look deeper, so he missed them.
If he hadn't accidentally used his ability to help himself find fish and shrimp, but was simply looking for something, he probably wouldn't have noticed the abnormality in this place.
"It's okay. If we don't find it, we can just continue searching as before."
Shitou followed behind Guaibao, listening to what Guaibao said, following Guaibao's steps and walking in the direction he led, while comforting Guaibao with his words.
Shitou should be considered a qualified brother now. The children in the village listen to him not only because he can play with them, but also because he has grown into a steady person by learning the qualities of his elders.
Of course, while Shitou is steady, it also has the childish desire to explore. It is normal for him to take his friends to do some weird things out of curiosity.
"Yes, yes. This time we have to thank Guaibao for that. If it weren't for Guaibao, based on our reputation among the elders, we would have been rolling in the mud for days. It's lucky we weren't hung up and beaten."
Gangduan followed behind and added after hearing what Nuonuo said.
"It's no longer a matter of being hung up and beaten. You also have to wash your own soiled clothes every day."
As he spoke, Gangduan looked down at his pants, the color of which could no longer be seen.
"It would be strange if we could clean ourselves in this state."
Gangbi said this, shook his head and sighed.
Right now, the adults at home rub the dirty clothes they have worn in the past few days, and scold them every time they wash them.
If their clothes were cleaner they could be put into the washing machine, but the problem is that they are not clean!
They are covered in mud. It would be a wonder if their clothes can be washed clean in the washing machine. Not only that, but the adults will have to clean the washing machine again after washing their clothes.
Hearing this, Guaibao looked down at his dirty clothes and began to feel a little guilty.
He had never gotten himself so dirty before.
At the beginning, it was because he was being taken care of by a nanny and his adoptive parents didn't care about him. If he caused trouble to the nanny, the nanny would not scold him, but would not talk to him for a long time. Later, he learned to be clean, take care of his clothes, and not cause trouble to others.
Later, he was rescued by the team and brought back with them. Even though he was fighting mutated animals and plants on the front line every day, he would control himself and not get himself dirty. He was a good boy and did not cause trouble for the captain and the others.
To be frank, Guaibao has never been indulged or pampered by adults since he was a child, and he has never experienced the feeling like now, where he can get himself dirty without worrying about causing trouble to others. For a moment, he was a little overwhelmed and played with Shitou and the others without any scruples.
"Right here, I feel something strange at the bottom of this area."
Guaibao lowered his head, feeling embarrassed to participate in the previous conversation. He pointed to a place in front of him and stated his target.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll go first. The older kids will go and look first. It's great that you helped find the location, dear. Just watch from the side!"
Shitou looked in the direction that Guaibao pointed and gave a warning.
He was afraid that there might be some danger in that unusual place over there, so he asked Guaibao to wait there.
"Okay, Brother Shitou, I'll watch over you from the side."
After hearing Shitou's advice, Guaibao didn't want to fight for anything and just nodded in agreement.
Of course, when he said "watch", he didn't mean to see directly with his eyes, but to see with his ability. There were still quite a few brainless mutant fish and shrimps in this mud pond, enough for him to control them to stare at him and give him feedback.
In the small area where he noticed the abnormality, there were quite a few fish and shrimps at the bottom that were under his control, but he could not command them or provide him with any feedback.
With a destination in mind, the children became very anxious. The child walking at the back saw that the place pointed out by the good boy was not big, and was afraid that he would have no place to step when he walked there, so he could only stand by and watch like the good boy.
He hurried forward, but accidentally, before one foot was out of the mud, he was about to take the next step. In his haste, he fell flat on his face into the mud.
Before, the child was only dirty on his body, so at least you could tell whose child he was. But now his head and face are covered in mud, and even his parents may not be able to recognize his own child.
By the time the group of children finally arrived at the place, the small area was already crowded with children in a circle.
"Start digging. Be careful while you dig. Gather the mud into balls and throw them farther away to prevent it from spreading and flowing this way."
Shitou saw that all the children around him were already in their seats, and when he thought of something, he started to give some advice.
"Okay! Brother Shitou, let's get started!"
After hearing this, the children bent down anxiously and started digging. After turning over the mud in front of them, they followed the stone's instructions and rolled it up and threw it farther away.
There were many children coming out to play and rummaging through the mud. If they were scattered around looking for things at the beginning and it seemed slow, now that they were gathered together, their speed was extremely fast.
During the digging process, the little crows on the shore seemed to notice something unusual here. Instead of waiting on the shore, they flapped their wings and flew in the air to observe.
Unable to fly anymore, it landed directly on one of the dirty dolls, resting its feet while tilting its head to observe it carefully.
When they saw the children digging out the fish and shrimp, before the children could pick them up, they swooped down, picked them up and left.
The children worked together and soon dug out a deep muddy puddle.
"There seem to be a lot of fish and shrimp here, but are they stupid? They don't move at all. Even when the little crows take them away, they won't move at all."
Shitou saw that the deeper he dug, the more fish and shrimps appeared. He even frowned when he saw that the little crows picked up the big and healthy loaches without even moving them.
At this time, not only Shi Shi was certain, but even the children around were certain that eighty percent of what they were looking for was underneath, otherwise this place would not be so strange.
"Wait a minute, don't dig yet. I'll go find Sister Tang Tang to dig. She has a turtle shell."
After thinking for a while with a frown, and confirming that the strange thing here made Shitou a little uneasy, Shitou made a prompt decision, signaled the friends around him to stop, and strode towards the shore in a crooked manner, preparing to take out the children's watch on the shore to contact Tangtang.
When the children around heard what the stone said, they looked at each other and finally chose to listen to the stone. They stopped and stared at the big hole in front of them that they had dug.
They watched as the fish and shrimp in the big pit were squeezed out by the fish and shrimp in the lower layer, and then taken away by the little crows resting on their shoulders. During this time, the fish and shrimp had no intention of resisting at all, as if they were confused by something and lost their ability to move.
Others don’t know, but Guaibao knows clearly that these fish and shrimps are indeed strange, but they are only strange when they are in the mud pit.
When they were carried away by the little crows, they had the opportunity to struggle, but because they were controlled by Guaibao, their chance to resist was suppressed by Guaibao after they were away from the mud pit.
Since you didn't mean to struggle from the beginning, don't struggle later.
Thinking of this, Guaibao controlled the fish and shrimps without any mercy.
When Shitou called Tangtang over, the children had already been squatting by the mud pit and observing for a long time.
In the beginning, fish and shrimp were squeezed out from the deeper parts of the mud pit from time to time. Now, all the fish and shrimp that could come out of the surface have been taken away by the little crows, and what is left is a quiet mud pit.
"Sister Tangtang is here, hurry up, use your turtle shell to clear a path for us!"
When Momo saw Tangtang coming from afar, he shouted in the direction of Tangtang.
"You little bastard, this is my protective shield, and this is just a turtle shell!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Tang also shouted back at the top of his lungs.
It’s okay if the elders in the village call her that, after all, her protective shield really looks like a turtle shell, but these little ones also describe it that way, which makes Tang Tang unhappy. Who describes a girl’s protective shield as a turtle shell?
These little ones are so ignorant!
"That's not a turtle shell, it's a diamond shield!"
A little boy next to the steamed bun said.
"Tsk, I still have my iron shirt..."
Tang Tang was speechless and didn't continue to argue with these kids.
"What are you looking for? Why are you walking in the mud?"
Tang Tang looked down at the mud puddle that had been turned into a mess by the children, then looked up at the children who were all dirty, and was speechless.
Thinking that Shitou was not a child who would ask for help for no reason, he still went down into the mud pond with the protective cover on.
Tang Tang had just taken two steps when he felt something trip him and he fell over onto the muddy ground.
Just when she thought that she would be covered in mud like the children standing in the mud puddle, she rolled over and rolled towards Shitou and the others.
I didn't feel any sticky mud on my body, so I realized that I had turned on the protective shield, and the mud should have been hanging on the protective shield.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that, as expected, she had fallen and rolled in the mud for a few rounds. Her body was not dirty, but the protective shield she had released was not presentable at all.
It was covered with mud, and the mud stuck on the protective shield made it difficult for Tangtang to see the road ahead.
We don’t know why the mud could stick directly to the protective shield that Tangtang created with his ability, but it stuck to it in the end.
Tangtang was like a nut trapped in a chocolate ball, completely unable to see what was happening outside. He was a little panicked trying to find a sense of direction, and finally chose the one he felt the most comfortable with and took two steps in that direction.
Shi Tou was speechless when he saw how unlucky Sister Tang Tang was. Although he couldn't see the scene inside the mud ball clearly because it was wrapped in mud, when he saw the protective shield of Tang Tang's mud ball rolled twice in one direction, he knew that Sister Tang Tang should have stood up, so he hurriedly spoke.
"Sister Tang Tang, you're going in the wrong direction. Follow me."
After saying that, Shitou hurriedly walked into the mud pond, spoke to Tangtang, and used his voice to point out the direction for Tangtang.
I asked Shitou why he didn’t just go up to Tangtang and wipe the protective shield for her so that she could at least see the road ahead clearly?
Shi Tou dared to guarantee that judging by the unlucky look his sister Tang Tang had just shown, he would have just wiped it clean and within a minute, his sister Tang Tang would have fallen again.
If I'm unlucky enough, he'll fall with me.
Shitou was a sensible child, so he decided not to go up to her. He walked in front to lead the way for Sister Tang Tang. When they reached the pit, he made sure that Sister Tang Tang did not have to walk and would not fall, and then he wiped her turtle shell for her.
After making up his mind, Shitou deliberately kept a distance from Tangtang while leading the way.
After walking a few steps, just when Shi Tou thought that Tang Tang's bad luck today was due to the previous fall and that she would not be unlucky again, he heard some noise. He turned around and saw that Tang Tang's protective shield covered with mud turned back and forth and rolled twice. It was obvious that his sister Tang Tang had fallen again.
"Sister Tang Tang, thank goodness your ability is the turtle shell, otherwise you would be in trouble three miles away."
Shitou tried to hold back his laughter. Through the muddy protective shield, he saw a vague figure inside, teasing his sister Tangtang.
"Stop talking nonsense and just lead the way."
When Tang Tang heard this, she could hear the smile in his words, but she was already used to bad luck. She spat at him with a smile, but thought in her heart that it would be better to ask her senior schoolmate to come with her next time she went out.
With the senior student around, at least she won't have to suffer bad luck once or twice, and nothing bad will happen in the next two days.
But then she thought again, her senior sister had just moved the mushroom cultivation base to the mountain and was busy these days, so it was not convenient for her to find someone to accompany her out. She thought about it and decided to forget it. It would be the same if she asked her senior sister to go with her next time when something big happened.
"Okay, okay, Sister Tang Tang, please walk slower."
When Shi Tou heard Sister Tang Tang's voice, he smiled, turned around and continued to lead the way.
It took Tang Tang more than 20 minutes to walk the short distance after getting out of the mud pond. He fell and rolled out several times, and then had to find his way back to his destination after rolling in the wrong direction.
"It's really strange here. There must be something unusual in the pit you mentioned, Stone."
Tang Tang had been falling for such a long time that her skin was numb. But because she had the protective shield, she didn't feel any pain from the fall. At most, she would just roll out and have some trouble finding her way again.
While falling, Tang Tang still had the mind to take some time to think about how often she had been unlucky in the past, and how often he had fallen since he got into the mud pond today, which was obviously abnormal.
"There must be something that doesn't want me to get close. Stone, you guys are really into something good."
Tang Tang was very excited as he spoke.
She was excited not because she had found a treasure and wanted to possess it, but because she was curious about the unknown things she was about to see.
After saying that in the direction of the stone sound, Tang Tang took a step forward when he felt something blocking the way in front of him. He fell backwards and rolled several times.
Tang Tang didn't mind. Instead, he became more curious about what Shi Tou and the others were talking about. He turned over and stood up, continuing to walk towards Shi Tou.
Even though that thing repeatedly tried to stop her, the stubborn girl Tang Tang still reached the mud pit.
Seeing Tang Tang reaching the edge of the mud pit, the children in front who had seen Tang Tang walk through the mud pit with difficulty were afraid that they would be dragged into the mud by Tang Tang, so they squeezed to the side and made room for Tang Tang.
Although their bodies were not very clean due to their previous activities in the mud pond, they did not want to turn into mud dolls completely.
So there was some distance between him and Tangtang.
"Sister Tang Tang, just stand here and wait. I'll clean your turtle shell for you."
Shitou was walking a little ahead of Tangtang. When Tangtang arrived, he also returned to the mud pit that he and his friends had dug out before.
After saying this, seeing that Tang Tang's muddy protective shield did not move, he stepped forward and first wiped the surface of the protective shield with the grass leaves he had picked up on the shore. Then he found the position within Tang Tang's line of sight and wiped it clean with the paper towels that Xiao Ling'er and Momo always carried with them.
"Okay, now you can see clearly, Sister Tangtang, this is the pit!"
After Shitou finished speaking, he pointed to the mud pit below to Tangtang with satisfaction.
Tangtang could see the outside clearly through that small clean area.
"It's okay. Wait, you guys stand away and I'll dig the rest."
Tang Tang said this and waved to Shi Tou and the other children, signaling them to go away.
After seeing that the children had gone far away, Tang Tang began to soften the protective shield and continued digging down along the pit he had dug before.
The little crows circling nearby were not affected at all, their eyes fixed on the mud pit.
After seeing Tang Tang digging out a large number of fish and shrimps, they swarmed towards the mud pit and took all the fish and shrimps away.
Tang Tang was a little surprised by this scene at first, but after it happened a few times, he got used to it.
After digging out more fish and shrimp, she knew to stop and wait for the little crows, and only continued to dig the mud after they had taken all the fish and shrimp.
Tang Tang is an adult after all, and his abilities and strength have been enhanced. Even though it is a little inconvenient because of the protective shield, he is still faster than the children in digging these pits.
"Shitou, let's discuss this. Have we ever considered using tools to dig?"
Seeing that the protective shield in front of him was covered with mud again, his vision was a little blurred. As Shi Tou stepped forward to help Tang Tang wipe the vision, Tang Tang asked.
"It's not impossible, but we don't know what it is. If it's something fragile, we're afraid that using tools might damage it."
Shitou frowned and thought about it, then decided to refuse.
"Well, that's right."
Tang Tang accepted this answer. She had just mentioned it casually. Even if she was asked to use the tool, she probably wouldn't use it if she thought about it herself.
After making sure that he could see clearly, Tang Tang waved his hand, and Shi Tou retreated to the side in tacit understanding, watching Tang Tang continue to dig the mud pit.
No matter how deep the mud pit was, it could not withstand Tang Tang's digging after he increased his strength. Soon, the number of fish and shrimps that Tang Tang could dig out was decreasing.
Just when Tang Tang was feeling a little nervous, thinking that he had dug in the wrong place, or that the thing could move by itself, he felt something wrong with his hand.
“It seems like I found it.”
Tang Tang whispered something towards the children at the pile of rocks, but did not let them go forward. Instead, he lowered his head and continued digging.
Tang Tang was a little surprised as he dug deeper and saw things slowly appearing before his eyes.
"Does this thing have the same abilities as me?"
Looking at the thing covered by a bubble-like layer, Tang Tang exclaimed in surprise.
Just as she completely dug the thing out and watched it slowly float up from the mud pit and drift into the air, Tang Tang was afraid that the thing would run away, so she subconsciously reached out to grab it.
"Bang!..."
There was a loud bang, and the children who were farther away from the thing were simply blown back by the blast of air, lying on their backs in the mud.
Tang Tang, who was closest to the thing, had no problem because he had a protective shield on, but he was not so lucky. He was directly carried away by the explosive breath.
Fortunately, Tang Tang was prepared in advance, and it was also because of her own unlucky physique. After realizing that something was wrong, she directly opened the protective shield. She was fine, but this time she was really blown away for several miles.
The townspeople and villagers who were tidying up the fields in the three villages on the mountain heard the noise and thought that some illegal elements were making explosives on the mountain. Before they could arrange for people to go up in that direction to check, they saw a mud ball in the distance being carried by an invisible impact and rolling towards the outside of the village. The speed was so fast that ordinary people could not stop it.
"Wow, what's going on? Can this be stopped? Is it some kind of offensive weapon?"
Those who saw this scene looked at each other in confusion, some hesitant, considering whether to step forward and stop the rolling ball.
But before they could make a move, they saw the ball running all the way down the mountain. Finally, when it was about to pass Daxi Village, it was stopped by the spiritual power of the locust tree at the entrance of the village.
Hearing the noise, Zuzu and others who were chatting at the village entrance were startled. Before they could recover, they saw a ball rolling straight down the mountain like a cannonball, and they were frightened again.
Before he could see the ball clearly, he saw it being stopped by a white light that was already visible to the naked eye.
Ying Huai watched Tang Tang rolling down the mountain, feeling speechless but also wanting to laugh.
After stopping Tang Tang, he looked at the little girl who was already dizzy in the protective shield. The shadows of the trees were swaying, and the treetops were shaking because of Ying Huai's smile.
"Hey, who is this? Our godmother is so happy to see her. It turns out to be our little girl Tangtang~"
Zuzu hadn't reacted at first, but after hearing the rustling sound of the treetops, he looked at the mud ball again and grinned. The wrinkles on his face were piled up layer by layer because of laughing, and the smile in his eyes could not be concealed.
Hearing this, Ying Huai smiled and used his spiritual power to give Tang Tang a cleaning spell. He watched the mud on Tang Tang's protective shield fall off, and the entire protective shield became bright and clean.
This action exposed Tang Tang, who had just recovered and was embarrassedly covered by the mud hanging outside the protective shield. Tang Tang's face turned red instantly, and the aunts around who saw this scene all laughed out loud.
"Tangtang, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
When Mei Zi's mother first saw that it was Tang Tang, she was a little worried, but when she saw Tang Tang's face turn red with embarrassment, she couldn't help but want to laugh. After she finished laughing, she picked up her identity as Tang Tang's mother and walked to Tang Tang to ask about the situation.
"I'm fine. I have a protective shield. I'm just a little dizzy after rolling around so much."
Seeing his mother's question, although Tang Tang was still a little embarrassed, he answered Mei Zi's mother's question seriously.
"Didn't that kid Shitou ask me to go to his place before? So I went to help. Who knew the thing they found was so powerful? It exploded as soon as I touched it."
Speaking of this, Tangtang felt a little aggrieved. She didn't know that thing would explode. If she had known it would explode...
Well, if she had known she would be bombed, she would have joined in when Shi Tou and the others started looking for something.
If Shitou hadn't asked her to go up today, but a group of kids had gone up and gotten the things out on their own, it's conceivable that the final result would definitely not be as good as it is now.
Thinking of this, Tang Tang put aside his previous awkward mood and turned to look in the direction of Ying Huai.
"Godmother, please help keep an eye on that thing on the mountain. I'm afraid there's danger behind it."
Tang Tang said this, looking at the mountain with some worry in his eyes.
When Ying Huai heard Tang Tang's words, he put a soothing emotion into Tang Tang's mind.
When he stopped Tang Tang before, Ying Huai put his consciousness back on the mountain. When Shitou and the others said they wanted to find something, Ying Huai scanned the mud pond with his consciousness, but found nothing special. He thought that the little stone statue of Xiao Nuonuo had sensed it wrongly.
Now that he had seen clearly the thing that had blown Tang Tang several miles away, Ying Huai finally realized that this thing had been using all its strength to defend against him from the very beginning.
Because all the defensive attention was focused on Ying Huai, the small stone statue that Nuonuo carried with him was able to sense something.
Another possibility is that the statue can sense it because its abilities have the same origin as this thing, thus amplifying the statue's sensitivity.
"The dragon's reverse scale is a good thing."
Ying Huai muttered something in a low voice, then frowned again.
"How did this thing appear here?"
The revival of spiritual energy has given many spiritual creatures and monsters that have experienced an era of thin spiritual energy a chance to recover, just like Ying Huai and Xiao Shi.
Ying Huai's spiritual energy was revived, which alleviated the risk of his soul collapsing due to lack of spiritual energy.
The small stone statue allowed the spiritual power that had been extinguished to grow rapidly, and after it recovered, it had the opportunity to make a contract with Nono and become stronger together.
The same is obviously true for this piece of dragon's reverse scale. The dragon itself should have died completely for some reason, and the remaining unwillingness allowed the remaining reverse scale to barely survive.
After seeing this reverse scale, Ying Huai had not yet figured out what to do with it. After all, it was a very useful spiritual object. There was also a Taoist priest in Shangyou Village who knew something about these things. If the other party saw it, he would definitely apply to take the thing away.
Within Ying Huai's spiritual awareness, the Taoist had obviously also discovered the abnormality and was heading towards the direction where Shitou and the others were currently.
"Let's put it away first."
Ying Huai whispered something and was about to use his spiritual power to wrap the reverse scale and put it back into his natal space for safekeeping, when he saw the little stone statue that was originally quietly lying in Nuonuo's arms seemed to sense something and used all the spiritual energy stored in its body to fly towards the reverse scale.
Just before Ying Huai was about to use his spiritual power to wrap up the inverse scales, he stuffed himself into the range of Ying Huai's spiritual power.
“…” Ying Huai was speechless.
"How can I praise you? You are such a clever little guy."
Ying Huai amusedly extended a tentacle using his spiritual power and poked the little stone statue's forehead.
At the same time, give up the action of putting away the reverse scale.
The little stone statue was smart. It didn't move at first, but it thought Ying Huai would come to see it, so it moved because it wanted Ying Huai to help it protect the law.
Later, when it saw Ying Huai wrapping its reverse scale with spiritual power, it knew that its chance had come.
I asked, in this mutated world, is there any place safer than the protection formed by Ying Huai's spiritual power?
there is none left!
Unless the Way of Heaven appears and the dragon vein of national destiny is fully awakened, Ying Huai will be the strongest person in this mutated world.
Tiandao has not been able to contact Ying Huai until now. The dragon vein of national destiny has been wilted by those immortal monks in the last spiritual era. It is unknown how long it will take to recover.
What is certain is that it will not be able to recover in the next few hundred years.
Ying Huai watched as the small stone statue approached Ni Lin and used all his spiritual energy to absorb Ni Lin. Ni Lin followed the pull of the small stone statue and slowly melted on the head of the small stone statue like water.
When Nuonuo saw the little stone statue flying away, he took two steps forward to chase it, but was stopped by Ying Huai, who comforted him.
[Don't worry, Nono, it's okay.]
[Stone, you take your friends down the mountain, be careful. I'll take the stone statue down first.]
After Ying Huai finished speaking, the ball of spiritual power wrapped around the small stone statue and Ni Lin flew down the mountain.
Before his consciousness left, Ying Huai seemed to remember something and cast a cleaning spell on the pile of muddy children. After cleaning them up, he regained consciousness.
If these mud kids were really allowed to go down the mountain like this, coupled with the noise they made before, and the blast that sent Tang Tang rolling all the way from the mountain to the entrance of Daxi Village, they would end up being beaten with sticks as soon as they returned home.
Thinking that there was a reason for what happened today, Ying Huai took action.
"Brother Shitou, you've been cleaned by your godmother!"
Guaibao felt Ying Huai's spiritual power flowing through his body, and then the dirty spots on his body disappeared.
He looked up with some surprise, and when he saw that Brother Shitou and the others, who had been so dirty before, were now clean, he was amazed again.
Shitou looked down at his current appearance, then looked up at the surprised Guaibao. Shitou opened his mouth and then closed it again.
What can he say? Can he say that his godmother didn’t help him when he was beaten before?
Guaibao's godmother cleaned them up, and Shitou pouted.
"That's right, godmother is the best!"
Although he pouted, Shitou still raised his head when mentioning Ying Huai, looking so proud.
"Let's go down the mountain quickly. Nuonuo is still waiting to see her little stone statue."
Shitou didn't dwell on this topic and turned around to take the children down the mountain.
Watching Shitou and the others walk away, the mutant crows resting on the treetops came forward and called their silly cubs back to their nests.
The crows that arrived late called on their parents to pick up the small bucket that the crow cubs were holding and flew towards Daxi Village, preparing to deliver the fish and shrimp to the villagers.
Since they had agreed with the locust tree that they didn't want the fish and shrimps and let the little crows stay on the branches of the locust tree for a while, the crows would not go back on their word and would be very active instead.
After hearing what Crow said, the crow parents immediately became alert and headed towards Daxi Village, carrying the small bucket, which was a bit heavy for them, in their claws.
Although I have never stayed near a locust tree myself, just looking at the strength of Crow now, he is already the most powerful crow in the crow clan. This shows how beneficial it is to stay near a locust tree.
Since they don't have a chance at the moment, it would be nice to let the little crows stay for a while.
After making up their minds, the mutant crows flew towards Daxi Village, carrying heavy buckets filled with fish and shrimp.
When they arrived at the place, even the mutated crows were a little tired.
The grandparents and aunts who were staying at the entrance of the village saw the crows that had been staying outside the village flying in pairs towards Daxi Village, and they thought something had happened.
When he saw clearly what they were holding in their claws, he frowned in confusion.
"They seem to be holding onto the buckets that village kids often play with, right?"
"These idiots carried it up the mountain and then forgot to bring it back."
"Don't mention it, the mutant crows from the village outside the village are quite particular. They even helped return the things left behind by the children in our village."
The aunts discussed with each other, but did not take the initiative to approach the mutant crow.
No matter how intelligent these mutant crows are, they are still mutant wild animals. They have no abilities of their own, and if they get close to others and provoke them, many of them will be killed.
To be on the safe side, they should be cautious. Unless these mutant crows actively approach them like the mutant fox in the village who likes to act cute and coquettish, and show harmlessness, they themselves will not actively approach these strange mutant animals.
After all, these animals were not the type that were close to humans before they mutated.
Seeing that these humans had no intention of approaching them, the mutant crows tilted their heads and thought for a while, then dived down to a place a little further away from these humans, put down the small bucket of fish and shrimp steadily, then flapped their wings, flew up into the sky for a while, stayed in the air for a while, and when they saw that these humans were not scared by them, they felt relieved, turned around and flew towards the village outside, ready to return to their nests.
After the crows flew away completely, the aunts who had been watching this scene and waiting for the mutant crows to make the next move finally came to their senses and turned around to look at each other.
"I thought these mutant crows would interact with us for a while, but when I saw them coming down, I didn't dare to move, and they were scared away anyway."
An aunt recalled the mutated crows flapping their wings and saw the colorful light reflected through the sunlight, feeling a little regretful.
Not to mention, although the mutant crow looks black, the light it reflects in the sunlight is more beautiful than that of an ordinary crow.
It looks like a divine bird covered in rainbow and colorful rings of light, very beautiful.
"That's normal. These birds don't like to get close to humans. Being able to get close like they did just now already makes them feel like family."
When Zuzu heard what the aunt said, she replied softly.
"Let's go and see what those crows brought back."
The aunt next to her didn't participate in this topic. The mutant crows had all left, so why bother discussing this topic? Anyway, the mutant crows were in the village outside the village next door. If she wanted to see them, she could find time to go there for a walk the next day and see them.
"Wow, fish and shrimp! These kids really found quite a few."
The aunt at the entrance of the village was attracted by the buckets of fish and shrimp brought back by the crows, so she naturally didn't see the small stone statue wrapped in Ying Huai's spiritual power that floated down from the mountain.
Ying Huai pulled back the small stone statue that was merging with Ni Lin, and did not put it into his natal space, but placed it directly between his branches.
The child who had followed the stone all the way down the mountain just arrived at the village entrance. Before he could ask his godmother where the small stone statue had gone, he looked up and saw the small stone statue placed among the dense branches, surrounded by a circle of white light.
"Godmother, how long will it take for the mermaid to come out?"
Nuonuo stood under the locust tree, sensing the small stone statue that was merging with Ni Lin. After confirming that there was no problem, she turned around and asked Ying Huai in a soft voice.
[Don't worry, it will be soon.]
Ying Huai raised his eyes to glance between the branches and comforted Nuonuo.
"Okay, then Nuonuo will wait a little longer, and Jiao Jiao will work hard."
Hearing Ying Huai's words, Nuonuo nodded and gave instructions to the small stone statue that was motionless among the branches.
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