noffsinger Chapter 124: Strange Water Village and Water Forest
Chapter 124: Strange Water Village and Water Forest
Yunmeng Village is located more than 5 miles north of Tianlan, in the shallow sea area on the southern coast of Beihai. Yunbai's team of five mainly used the teleportation array combined with the spirit beast car and walking, and it took a total of 3 days to arrive.
On the way, they also did some relevant homework and had a preliminary understanding of Yunmeng Village. They knew that it was a large village with a forest in the village, surrounded by the forest, and completely floating on the sea. According to the information, although it is a village, its scale is comparable to that of a small town. In its heyday, it had more than 800,000 villagers and was very prosperous and lively.
Although they already had a conceptual understanding of Yunmeng Village, when the village appeared in front of them, they were deeply shocked by its huge size and dilapidated scene. From a distance, it was clearly a huge island, but when they got closer, they found that there was no soil or rock on the island. The outer part was made of tough straw mats woven from some unknown aquatic plants, reinforced by countless metallic tree roots! When they probed their spiritual sense into the water, they saw that there was no soil or rock in the underwater part. In addition to the huge straw mat that served as a float on the water surface, the rest were all the tree roots that emitted metallic luster. The root system was dense and endless, and various underwater creatures shuttled through it from time to time, which looked particularly wonderful.
It can be seen that there should have been a huge space in the center of the roots, and some dilapidated facilities can be vaguely seen inside, which may be the famous underwater park mentioned in the information. Compared with underwater, the water is even worse. The villages on the periphery are almost dilapidated, with only a few houses that are still intact, and there are new houses that are obviously built later. The houses are also woven with tough aquatic plants. They look fragile, but they feel very strong. The central water forest surrounded by the village is even worse. Almost no tree is intact. Most of them have been broken, some have become charcoal, some have been uprooted, and some are luckier. Although they are severely broken, they are still alive, and some tenacious little green buds have quietly drilled out...
Almost subconsciously, Yun Bai activated his magical skills and immediately established a connection with the surviving spiritual plants and trees - they were still shrouded in the haze of pain, and some of them were almost dead. But despite this, the moment they felt Yun Bai coming, they immediately mustered their greatest strength to express welcome and joy. This made Yun Bai's nose sore and tears almost fell. Yun Bai immediately made up her mind to do her best to help the spiritual plants here recover as much as possible. She was sincere to the spiritual plants, and the spiritual plants were sincere to her. Perhaps because of this, she would sincerely do her best for the good of the spiritual plants, willing to work hard for them, and even fight for them, and she was completely accepted and welcomed by the spiritual plants as a human being.
Just as the five of them were thinking about how to enter the village, a voice suddenly came from the island. When they looked in the direction of the voice, they saw an old man who could barely walk steadily, slowly walking out of the most "luxurious" thatched house in the village, supported by three young men he had met. There was obvious vigilance and inquiry on his face.
"Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?" The old man's voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly. It must have been blessed by spiritual power.
"Hello, old man. We are students from Tianlan Academy. We are here to help and contribute to the restoration of your village. This is also the task given to us by the school, so you don't have to doubt it." The speaker was Wang Xiaoqiang. As soon as he finished speaking, he used his spiritual power to slowly send an identity badge of Tianlan Academy to the old man.
The decision to let Wang Xiaoqiang be their spokesperson for the mission was a result of discussion on the road. Mu Yun was a child of an aristocratic family, and he was so noble that he was afraid that he would not be able to adapt to communicating with ordinary people; Xiaohua and Zhao Hongshan were both too big, and they were afraid that they would be mistaken for threats; and Yun Bai was not very good at communicating with strangers. Only Wang Xiaoqiang, who had lived independently since he was very young, was used to the customs of the people in the market, and could deal with all kinds of people like a duck in water, so he was the most suitable to be the "speaking representative".
As expected, when the old man saw Wang Xiaoqiang's thin and simple appearance, and heard him speak politely and honestly, his guard was reduced a little. After seeing the unique identity badge of Tianlan Academy, the old man and the three young people behind him were even less wary. The tone of his speech was also much more relaxed and easy-going:
"So you are Tianlan's top students. I have heard about the mission you were given. Two groups of students came here more than a dozen days ago, saying they were here to complete the mission and help. But..." The old man stopped talking here. However, a young man behind him, who was about the same size as Zhao Hongshan, could not help but take over the conversation, and his tone revealed a strong sense of dissatisfaction:
"But they didn't help much at all, and they just made things worse. They worked for several days, and finally took away the few intact spiritual trees we had left. If our village wasn't so weak right now, I really wanted to beat them up!"
After hearing this, Yun Bai and the other five were all confused. They didn't know who had done such a good thing. They had to suffer the consequences. However, since they were here, they really wanted to help. Wang Xiaoqiang immediately said sincerely:
"Don't worry, our students at Tianlan will not do such a thing. Moreover, we will not ask you for any compensation. If you think we have done a good job, please allow us to take away some unwanted spiritual wood and spiritual fruits before leaving."
After hearing what Wang Xiaoqiang said and looking at Tianlan's sign, the old man's expression became more relaxed, but he did not invite the five people into the village. Instead, he communicated with the young man from Sanming behind him. Yun Bai heard everything clearly. It was probably about whether to let them go to the island. If they encountered another wave of unreliable people, wouldn't they be in a worse situation? But Tianlan has a great reputation and it's good. If they really have the ability to help, it would be a great thing for the village.
Hearing this, Yun Bai seized the opportunity and showed his hand a little bit. He waved his hand slightly, releasing a green aura, which wrapped the aura around the dead tree closest to them. Then, to the surprise of the old man and the three young men behind him, the dead tree actually shed its outer layer of charcoal-like bark bit by bit, and grew new branches and sprouted new green leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, it was resurrected! From beginning to end, Yun Bai didn't say a word, but the eyes of the other four people looking at them had changed - that was the light of hope!
“Please come in, five young friends! Our village is in such a difficult situation, and we are finally expecting you to come!” The old man seemed a little excited, and he let down his guard and alertness. Without any hesitation, he immediately invited Yun Bai and the other five to the island. However, the following scene shocked them completely - the difficulties they faced might be much greater than they imagined, and the problems might be much more complicated...