[Exclusively published by Jinjiang Literature City]

Compared with the last time they woke up early in the morning and everyone screamed in panic and confusion after discovering the mutation of animals and plants, this time the people who got up early became particularly quiet and silent after looking at the changes in the city outside.

Because most of the trees have grown to two or three stories high, the residents living on the lower floors really thought that they had shrunk into the forest for a while. It was already dawn, but outside the windows it was dark and green, with only slight mottled light spots.

, seeping through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

Outside there is vigorous vitality, but inside the building there is a dull silence.

This vibrant green color makes people feel creepy.

In the past, everyone yearned for nature and enjoyed a moment of greenery and fresh air while driving on long outings. But now, everyone just wants to break free from this terrible sea of ​​green.

Plants represent mutation, represent danger, represent the loss of normal social life, and represent the past mediocre but peaceful life that will never return.

Earthquakes, tornadoes, bridge collapses, retrograde migration of migratory birds, giant insects, thunderstorms, and comprehensive mutations of animals and plants have caused many people to lose their families and their original lives.

But now, they think everything is about to get better, they think they see hope, and they think they can see the light as long as they persist a little longer, they are tired.

Just lie down, the world won't be better anyway.

They were once the masters of this planet, standing at the top of the food chain.

But this planet is sick, and is squeezing their living space like crazy. They all live in the same world, and those low-level animals with no intelligence have mutated. Birds, reptiles...the lower the level, the more changes.

There are more directions, but human beings remain the same.

On this day, from early morning to noon, most people in the city were either trembling with fear and afraid to go out, or they were tired of continuing to work hard and fight, and decided to huddle up, eat and wait to die...

Therefore, most people did not notice that the green city was quiet and there was no attack on the humans in the building.

Deep in the vegetation, the branches and leaves are densely intertwined, and many mutated insects and birds can also be seen. The natural food chain is still there, but the final outcome will be determined by the current size and characteristics.

Fierce fights took place one after another in every corner of the sky-covering forest. It was actually the right choice for humans to stay in the building.

At least he won't accidentally get involved in a vicious fight because of his dark face and become a victim; at least, most of the mutated animals and plants in the city now have no intention of actively attacking humans.

Of course, just most of them.

While the people were trapped in the building in silence, somewhere in the city, in a meeting room of a building with tight security, someone got into a dispute.

Those who advocated a comprehensive cleanup accounted for more than half of the members of the meeting, those who advocated waiting to see what happens and thinking twice before acting accounted for about a quarter, and the remaining ones abstained.

Seeing that the outcome of this meeting was going to be one-sided again, an old botanical expert couldn't help it anymore and started to protest.

"...Does burning work? How many people were dispatched last time, and how long did it take to barely clean up those mutated animals and plants? Now have you looked outside? It's not animals and plants that appear in our city now, but our city

Trapped in a world of animals and plants! Residential buildings with three floors or less are buried in the vegetation. How are you going to burn the house and take the people with it!?

Even if you rescue people, where will you place those people? They trust us. If we burn down their houses and homes, we must give them a new home!

But look at the pictures taken by drones, look at these satellite pictures, can you still see City S on the map? Even the steel and iron bones of the cross-river bridge were torn to pieces by plants... overnight

Oh, you saw last night's video, those trees looked like they were alive...

Do you still think this is a plant that humans can control? The ancients understood this truth, but we don’t understand it. Don’t take it for granted that we are the masters of this planet just because we are human beings.

!

We have never been the masters of the planet! Human civilization has only been around for tens of thousands of years. How long have animals existed? Look at the species with the most variations, insects, cold-blooded animals, reptiles, birds... Which ones have not existed on this planet for tens of thousands of years?

Millions or even tens of millions of years? Compared with them, who are we?!"

Some people don’t like hearing this and retort in a low voice: “But human history is millions of years old. How can we calculate it like this? Humans evolved from a branch of ancient apes. There were already ancient people on the planet more than 30 million years ago.

Ape..."

"Okay! According to what you said, human beings have a history of hundreds of millions of years, and they are equal to animals at most. What about this planet? How long has the planet existed? 4.6 billion years! In these 4.6 billion years, from

Counting from the beginning of human civilization, humans have ruled the planet for only 10,000 years, and dinosaurs have ruled the planet for 1.6 billion years. How can humans compare with them? Why do you think that those mutated animals and plants should not exist, and we should exist? Yes.

As far as this planet is concerned, we humans are the virus!”

Perhaps he was too excited, and because he had stayed up late from time to time, the scholar's figure was shaking and teetering.

"Zhang Yuan——" Someone on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

"It's okay. I was in a hurry today and didn't have breakfast. I'm a little hypoglycemic. I'll be fine if I eat something." Academician Zhang waved his hand and sat down on the chair again.

In the conference room, everyone fell into silence for a while.

Most of the people who can squeeze into this conference room and sit in this position are the elites among the elites. Such people have always been the best in the crowd. They must choose to give in in such a short period of time and admit that human beings have moved from the top of the food chain.

It's really difficult to pull the position down.

After a long time, the decision of this meeting has still not come out.

And every minute and every second they spend waiting here represents the suffering of the people outside.

In another building, a man in combat uniform who was checking the status of the loot next to an armored vehicle looked up at his companions and asked, "Have you not been notified yet?"

The other person shook his head.

The man irritably stuffed his gun into the holder and went to check another one.

Next to them, there were hundreds of young men and women all dressed in combat uniforms, all of them waiting for orders.

Fan Qi's mood has not been good since morning, not because of the wildly growing forest outside, but because at 24 o'clock tonight, her precious daughter will travel to the apocalyptic world again to experience life and death.

She wanted to follow him, even if he just stayed in the star house every day and cooked delicious food for her, and didn't go out to hold her back.

"Mom, the Star House cannot enter the apocalyptic world." You Xi has never studied this issue. She travels through the apocalypse and always runs naked (without hiding space).

But when Fan Qi said this today, she became a little curious and asked the system in her mind: Can't Star House follow the apocalyptic world?

[There is a barrier between the two. Even if the portable function of any world in the Star House is unlocked in the future, travelers who are not bound to the Star House will not be able to leave the Star House and step into that world. ]

You Xi:......??!!!

This answer made her whole body feel numb.

So, in addition to her native world, the Star House can also be her shelter in the apocalyptic world!?

【Yes.】

You Xi: Why didn't you tell me earlier?

[Host, that is a function that can only be unlocked after the Star House reaches the top level. It doesn’t make much difference whether you say it or not. 】

You Xi:……

How much he looks down on her...

[Host and Star House can be upgraded five times in total, and the cost of each upgrade is double the previous one.]

You Xi:……

You Xi had no time to reply and had already begun to make crazy calculations in his mind.

The first time is 200 star coins, the second time is 400 star coins, the third time is 800 star coins, the fourth time is 1600 star coins...

Well, the result is - she is a poor girl who wants everything but can't afford anything.

The poor Youxi turned her poverty into appetite and decided not to cook that night and take a day off. She took out two large boxes (ten pounds) of crayfish, as well as dried pot bullfrog and paper-wrapped fish.

This paper-wrapped fish is the same as the crayfish. After the original reservation, she went to the store to pick it up in person. She went to four stores in total, each with 20 packages of paper-wrapped fish of different flavors. It was a takeaway for a group building of a large company.

Ordered in the name of the order.

Each portion comes with a disposable aluminum box and a heater (disposable liquid alcohol tank). The side dishes are also washed and cut and packed in boxes, including lettuce, louver leaves, enoki mushrooms, konjac, potato slices, celery, and rice cakes.

Taking into account her parents' taste, she got the garlic-minced one today, which is not spicy, so they can eat the fish and cook the vegetables at the same time.

Dessert after the meal is a six-inch ice cream cake and three cups of prickly pear ice drink.

Fan Qi was preoccupied and spoke little. She wanted to ask what the apocalyptic world would be like, but she was afraid that asking too many questions would make You Xi see her anxiety, which would make her look forward and backward after entering the apocalyptic world and not be able to complete the task.

"Mom, don't worry. Apart from the fact that I can't fly, I'm no different from Superman."

It was approaching midnight, You Xi put away the tent where he slept in the Star House, moved the tables and chairs and placed them in the apartment outside the door, preparing to temporarily clear the things in the warehouse into the Star House.

Normally, her mission lasts for three months, but in reality it takes less than one second. To be honest, if she throws an apple upward now, the apple may not have fallen yet when she returns from the mission.

So she can clear out most of the supplies in the warehouse and fill up the star house, as long as she leaves a little space for her parents.

Even if something unexpected happened to the mission, she would stay there for sixty years, but in reality it would only last for one minute, so there would definitely not be too much stuff that would leave them with nowhere to stay.

Before clearing the warehouse, she had already sorted it out with her thoughts to make the stacking of the things inside more orderly and scientific. She moved the three 500l large buckets filled with water and two empty spare buckets in the bathroom into the warehouse, and then counted down one minute.

When I was there, I took out all the stacked materials in an instant.

At this moment, there are only two rows of aluminum alloy shelves left in her warehouse with all the food items on them, a box of fresh vegetables and fish, a box of various fruits and snacks, a box of eggs, milk and various drinks, and a box of self-heating instant noodles.

Convenience foods such as canned hot pot rice, two boxes of 24 bottles of 500ml water, 10 barrels of 5l water, and one box of protective equipment and medicines.

What also takes up more space are survival tools, camping equipment and self-defense tools, including all ammunition.

Finally, I kept two 30-gram gold bars and two diamond rings for later use.

These supplies can be advanced or retreated. She tried not to touch the food on the aluminum alloy rack. Those were rare foods after the apocalypse.

If this time passes and the conditions and environment are very poor and she is unable to stock up on too many things, she can eat more convenience foods and leave the good supplies to her parents.

But if conditions permit, she will calculate the space in the warehouse, stock up as much food and other protective materials as possible, and then take them back to her own world.
To be continued...