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Chapter 49
It's no wonder that Chu Qiang has such thoughts, he only thinks that this old man is a mental disorder.Not to mention that he was wearing a thick Hanfu on a hot day, and he still stayed up most of the night saying that he was a tree...Who would believe it?
Chu Qiang heheed twice: "Has the wall of the Second Courtyard collapsed? Anyone can come out to be a magic stick these days."
They rushed to D big in a hurry, but they didn't find a college student who needed rescue, and they even chatted with a mental patient here.If it weren't for Chu Qiang's self-cultivation, he would definitely have given this old guy a break now.
Jiang Rong lowered her voice: "Don't talk nonsense. Can't you see it?"
Chu Qiang frowned: "What did you see?"
Jiang Rong slightly nodded in the direction of the old man: "Light."
"Light?" Chu Qiang looked suspiciously, and his eyeballs almost popped out, "Damn it! What kind of special effect is this!"
The old camphor tree sprinkled clusters of blue-green light, and the light clusters slowly gathered towards the old man, staying on the old man's clothes.The old man looked up at the camphor tree: "The hour is coming."
As the light ball fell, the outer branches of the camphor tree began to wither, and the original green camphor tree leaves quickly turned yellow and fell from the branches.The leaves made a soft rustling sound as the leaves fell, and Jiang Rong and the two felt that the temperature around them was rising rapidly. It seemed that there was indeed a lot of shade under the camphor tree.
The old man smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry little friend, the old man didn't show his weakness on purpose, but he was relieved when he saw the little friend coming. Don't worry, little friend, this old man will wake them up for you."
As the branches withered, the sky gradually appeared in front of the two of them. Under the sky, a huge light blue light curtain was slowly closing in the direction of the camphor tree, and the sound of the horn outside the school gate became louder and louder.
"Dang-dang-dang-"
A distant bell sounded from the old camphor tree. Jiang Rong and the two followed the sound and saw a bronze bell the size of a washbasin tied to the middle branch of the camphor tree.The copper bell reveals a green patina, looks old, and almost blends with the whole tree.
The sound of the bell drowned out the sound of truck horns, echoing in every corner of the campus.The old man's old voice sounded immediately: "Students, get up, the supernatural beings from Xinghuo base are here to meet you."
Jiang Rong took a step forward: "Old man, please tell everyone to pack up your things and gather in front of the library."
The old man nodded slightly, and then repeated Jiang Rong's words.
After speaking, the old man's exposed skin became old at a speed visible to the naked eye.His figure was a little thinner, and he sat on the edge of the flower bed under the camphor tree exhaustedly, leaning against the tall and straight branches of the camphor tree.
The branches and leaves above the head kept falling, and the camphor tree, which was growing well, soon became shattered.After awakening the power, Jiang Rong was very sensitive to the vitality of plants. When he looked up, he saw that the vitality of the big camphor tree was gradually fading, and only a few branches were still alive.
Chu Qiang was puzzled: "Why did this tree die suddenly?" The vitality of mutated plants is generally more tenacious, and Chu Qiang really couldn't figure it out. Before they came, a giant tree that covered the sky and the sun could not be done.
Jiang Rong looked at the old man quietly, "Maybe he is the only one who understands."
The old man smiled slightly: "This old man has witnessed the great catastrophe of the world and the tragic death of countless creatures. I really can't bear it. This old man is willing to use this crippled body to protect the common people under the tree."
Long, long ago, the old camphor tree in front of the D big library building became conscious.It's just that at that time it couldn't speak human words, and it couldn't condense into a form that people could see.
After the Great Crisis, it mutated.It has witnessed the tragic death of countless teachers and students, and it has a great sense of responsibility when it is heartbroken.The people on campus have cared for it for so many years, and it's time to repay their kindness.
It forcibly stretches out its branches to shield teachers and students from the scorching sun and bring a little coolness to everyone.It uses the power of the whole body to defend the teachers and students against foreign mutant animals and plants.
Many of D big's students survived because of it.
However, forcibly rooting and sprouting is a heavy burden for the old camphor tree, not to mention the barren land under its feet, which is not enough for it to spread its branches and leaves.The old camphor tree has spent more than half of its strength being able to shield everyone from the scorching heat for more than two months.
If Jiang Rong and the others don't come again, the old camphor tree won't last long.It will slowly wither in front of the students, and in the end it can only become a huge fire stick.
The students who were able to see the students he sheltered before he died had a better shelter, and the old camphor tree unloaded the heavy burden: "Little friend, I entrust these students to you, and I hope you can treat them kindly. They are all good people."Children, sincerity, excellence, and seriousness."
Every student who can be admitted to D big is a proud child of heaven.Perhaps in some people's eyes, people with excellent grades are nerds, but D big students are not only good at reading, but also have good mobility.
Students will develop medicines to keep it from being bitten by bugs, and find fertilizers to keep its branches and leaves healthy.No matter what era it is, this group of children on campus is always the cutest, and this is the main reason why Old Zhangshu gave up his life to protect them.
In an instant, the human figure condensed from the old camphor tree became old and tired, with only a pair of eyes still shining with astonishing expression: "The world is difficult, and my little friend cherishes it a lot."
Chu Qiang muttered: "What about the inheritance of the cultural context?" And what is the cultural context?He has only heard of the mountain veins and the mysterious and mysterious dragon veins, but he has never heard of any cultural contexts.
The old camphor tree solemnly said: "These hundreds of students are the cultural context. With them, the spirit of literati will continue to live forever."
Jiang Rong was silent, he looked up at the bearded camphor tree.Such a fine camphor tree, he couldn't bear it to die like this.
Thinking of this, Jiang Rong took a step forward and stretched out his hand to touch the bark of the camphor tree.The cyan power flowed along the bark to the tree, and the body of the old camphor tree, which was rapidly losing its vitality, suddenly stopped. He opened his eyes in surprise and looked at Jiang Rong: "Little friend, this... can't be done, can't be done!"!"
The old camphor tree, who has been deeply influenced by books on campus all the year round, knows the nature of human beings. Human beings are very complicated creatures. They can be very kind or very evil.
It knows well that outside the campus, the war between mutant animals, plants and humans has just begun.As a mutated plant, it should stand on the opposite side of human beings.
The old camphor tree is very clear about its own strength. Unlike other mutant animals and plants that have sharp fangs and thorns, the only thing it can do is shade.Jiang Rong's wasting his ability to save it was really a waste of money.
Jiang Rong smiled and said, "Is there anything I can't do? You have helped so many people, so someone should come to help you."
The old camphor tree's eyes were moist, and he said a lot about it.Jiang Rong waved his hand: "It's a small effort, don't take it to heart."
Footsteps soon came from outside the library, and under the call of the old camphor tree, students in twos and threes with suitcases appeared on the trail.Even with the shelter of the old camphor tree, the students were pale and emaciated because they did not have enough food supplements.
The moment they saw Jiang Rong and Chu Qiang, many students surrounded them.Before Jiang Rong could say anything, the children burst into tears of joy.
God knows how they spent the past two months, their classmate died for no apparent reason.Chaos outside, D big has become an island.Without supplies, without rescue, the surviving students can only hold together tightly to support until now.
They tried to speak to people off campus, to call for help, but there were so many distress calls that they never got a response.If it weren't for the shelter of the old camphor tree, some of them might have passed away long ago.
Just when everyone was about to give up hope, someone actually came to save them.
Listening to the sound played by the loudspeaker in a loop, the students were afraid that this was a dream.If this is a dream, then this dream must be the most beautiful dream everyone has had in the past two months.
More than a dozen heavy trucks slowly entered the campus from the main entrance of D big and lined up neatly in front of the library.There are four or five cauldrons standing in front of the heavy truck, and each pan is fully fired. The cooks are standing behind the cauldrons in white chef uniforms and are very busy.
Bags of vermicelli are poured into boiling water, and whenever the noodles rise, someone quickly scoops them up and places them in disposable lunch boxes.Spoon a small spoonful of lard, pour two spoonfuls of soy sauce and a little monosodium glutamate, and then pour half a bowl of noodle soup, and a simple and quick soy sauce noodle soup is ready.
Although it was just a simple soy sauce noodle soup, the hungry students were moved to tears.
Before the big crisis, they were all the little princes and princesses at home. On weekdays, the chef cooked delicious meals, and they would only get complaints from them.However, after starving for more than two months, they deeply understood the importance of food.Before Jiang Rong and the others came, these people could only eat two liang of flour a day for more than half a month.
The fragrant soy sauce noodles exude the direction of grain and oil, which makes the students salivate frequently.
The cooks who cook are selected by Jiang Rong from the Spark Base, and there are young and old in their family.Seeing the sallow and emaciated students, the chefs couldn't help but add an extra chopstick of noodles to the lunch box.They warmly greeted the students: "Eat slowly, don't burn it, there are too many noodles, add more if you don't have enough!"
Not enough plus, how simple and how confident this is.If there is no food in the Spark Base, how can they be willing to feed them?
Hundreds of students were sitting on the steps in front of the library holding lunch boxes, and the sound of snorting noodles could be heard from everywhere.It was the best thing they had ever eaten in their lives, and they didn't want to waste the noodle soup.
After working in the middle of the night, Jiang Rong and the others were also hungry.Jiang Rong sat under the old camphor tree with a large bowl of noodles in his hands. Just as he was eating the noodles, a handsome female student appeared in front of him.
Jiang Rong sized up the female student and smiled, "Student, what's the matter?"
The female student nodded and introduced: "My name is Lin Meng, and I am the chairman of the D big student union. I have a list of all the surviving students of D big in my computer. I think you can use it. I will pass it on to you."
Jiang Rong couldn't help showing a smile: "Thank you."
In the past, every time the team of supernatural beings came to a village, Ruan Hanyu would record the names and occupations of the villagers.After arriving at D big, Ruan Hanyu was supposed to register one by one, but Jiang Rong saw that the children were so hungry, so he decided to let everyone have enough food first.
Unexpectedly, before the meal was finished, some students had already offered Jiang Rong what he needed.Lin Meng not only registered the information of all the survivors, but also carefully marked whether these people had supernatural powers and whether they were injured.
D big Hidden dragon and crouching tiger, there are more than fifty people with supernatural powers alone.Jiang Rong carefully looked at the list of people with supernatural powers, and the most powerful people were those with supernatural powers and those with supernatural powers.
With this list, the work of the supernatural beings can be carried out more smoothly.
Although the students of D big have gone through hardships, they have not lost the enthusiasm and initiative of the students.After eating, the students saw that the supernatural beings were too busy, so they took the initiative to ask if they needed help.
Usually, people with supernatural powers need to take the initiative to find someone. On the D big campus, they fully appreciate the benefits of students.
Pan Pan couldn't help but gave Jiang Rong a thumbs up: "As expected of Brother Jiang, no wonder he rushed here as soon as he heard the rescue signal." The college students are very obedient, and they are the seedlings of the construction base.
They were still worried about the lack of manpower before, but now the manpower is coming?
After eating and drinking, the students counted the number of people by roll call.Every time a person was called, that person dragged his luggage and climbed into the heavy truck compartment.Chu Qiang and other power-enhancing system users stood at the back of the carriage. Whenever someone came, they would carry the luggage with one hand and the person with the other.
It didn't take long for the students of D big to get on the heavy trucks, and they all sat crowded together with their luggage, and everyone had a bright smile on their faces.Fortunately, there is no traffic police to check the guards, otherwise, according to the way Jiang Rong and the others transported the students, they would definitely have to drink tea.
Five heavy trucks drove out from D big slowly, Jiang Rong did not turn back with the convoy.In fact, Ruan Hanyu was the only one in the team of supernatural beings who went back with everyone. She had to go back and arrange the students.Even with the help of students like Lin Meng, it is not easy for more than 500 students to settle down.
Seeing the taillights of the heavy truck disappear from sight, Jiang Rong got up and said slowly to Old Zhangshu, "I'll go to other schools first, and come back to you when I'm done."
The old camphor tree was surprised and said, "Looking for me?"
Jiang Rong nodded slightly: "Yes. I want to ask you, would you like to go to the Spark base with us? Our base is near the Lingshan Reservoir. There are mountains and water. You can choose a place you like to take root."
The old camphor tree was even more surprised: "Why, why? The old man has only a broken body and cannot leave the range covered by the root system. Even if you move the old man back to the base, the old man will not be able to obey your orders. Besides, you already have a spiritual plant.It's not bad for an old man..."
Jiang Rong smiled slightly: "I just feel that you will be lonely without the students. Our team has wood-type and earth-type supernatural powers, so you don't have to worry about getting hurt when you move. Before I come back, you have several hoursTime can be considered. If you still don't want to leave by then, I won't force you. "
There are more than a dozen comprehensive colleges and universities in the University City of D City, and Jiang Rong wants to see if there are any survivors in the remaining schools.If there is, he can take it back with him.
It is precisely because of this that he brought more than a dozen heavy trucks.If they can bring the heavy truck full of people back to the base tonight, it will be a worthwhile trip for them.
Just as Jiang Rong thought, there were survivors in other colleges and universities in the university city, and there were quite a few survivors.However, because there was no shelter from the old camphor tree, students from other schools could not organize themselves.The students were scattered and hiding in the campus, and Jiang Rong used Strength of Nine Bulls and Two Tigers to find them out.
After walking through more than a dozen colleges and universities in the university city, the sun has already risen.This night, the heavy trucks from Xinghuo Base kept coming in and out of the University City, and there were more than 2,300 college students who were finally transported back to the base, including 2,300 people with supernatural powers.
Chu Qiang looked at the data sent by Ruan Hanyu and was overjoyed: "Look, Xiaojiang, we have released it now. There are so many people with supernatural powers. I won't worry that no one will use them in the future."
Jiang Rong responded, but was not as excited as Chu Qiang.Chu Qiang asked in confusion: "Xiaojiang? Are you unhappy?"
Jiang Rong calmly glanced at the list in Chu Qiang's hand: "The more people there are, the more thoughts you have." Especially with so many supernatural beings among them, how many of them are not bad.
Students do have advantages. They are enthusiastic, obedient and proactive, but they also have corresponding shortcomings.They are hot-blooded and easily provoked.
If there were one or two people in this group with strong appealing ability, they might be able to recruit their younger brothers by stepping on Jiang Rong in the Spark Base.When the time comes when they pat their butts and leave, leaving Jiang Rong a chicken feather, the loss outweighs the gain.
Chu Qiang scratched his hair speechlessly: "Then you still save them all?"
Jiang Rong laughed lightly: "It's not written on your face whether it's good or bad, you can't ignore human life because of something that didn't happen."
Chu Qiang's expression was complicated: "Then what do you say?"
Jiang Rong said calmly, "I've asked Han Yu to do it."
The easier it is to get something, the less cherished it is.Jiang Rong specially asked Han Yu to place these students in several vacant villages.The conditions in the village are simple, with only basic facilities and no electricity.He wants to see if these students can endure hardships and stand hard work, and whether they can stay at the Spark Base with peace of mind.
Chu Qiang gave a thumbs up silently: "My Xiaojiang is amazing."
The sun rose higher and higher, and the temperature began to soar.Jiang Rong greeted Chu Qiang: "Call Pan Pan and the last heavy truck, let's go to D big."
Chu Qiang was stunned for a moment: "Hey? Why do you still want to go to D University? Didn't the people there go away?"A tree, where are you going to plant it? Can it survive? How about we plant it next to the market in front of our village? Doesn’t that guy like to be lively? That’s the most lively place.”
Jiang Rong got a headache from Chu Qiang's noise, and gritted his teeth, "Qiang Zi."
Chu Qiang stood up straight: "Well! What do you think?"
Jiang Rong: "Shut up."
Chu Qiang was wronged and hummed twice: "Oh."
After a few hours of thinking, the old camphor tree had already made a decision, and before Jiang Rong could ask him anything, it sent an old response: "I am willing to go to the Spark Base."
As Jiang Rong said, it was reluctant to part with those students.What's more, Jiang Rong gave it a new life, and it also wanted to see what the Spark Base looked like.If Jiang Rong needs it, it is also willing to extend its branches for Jiang Rong.
I don't know if it's because the sun is too big or the old camphor tree is not strong enough, but Chu Qiang couldn't see the old man last night.However, he was used to seeing little guaiguai and little fairy pronouncing one or two words, and now he was no longer surprised when he saw a tree that could talk.
Chu Qiang is more concerned about another matter now: "Xiaojiang, is this tree too big? How can it fit in the car?"
The trunk of the old camphor tree is more than one meter in diameter, and the trunk is more than ten meters high.Although many of the crowns of the old camphor trees are dead, there are still vibrant crowns that can easily cover their carriages.The heavy truck compartment is only ten meters long, and no root system has been added. What should do?
Jiang Rong was also asked this question, and he swore to the old camphor tree that he would not hurt it when he moved his nest.But looking at the current posture, it is impossible not to saw off some branches.
The thousand-year-old camphor tree is simple and mighty, not to mention sawing off the trunk, even if a big branch is broken, Jiang Rong will feel heartache.
The old camphor tree didn't care: "It's okay, you can saw it. The old man has been transferred several times before, and some damage is normal."
Just as Jiang Rong was hesitating, Lei Lei walked quickly to Jiang Rong's side: "Uncle Jiang, why don't I try it? But there are a lot of things in my space, so I have to take some out first."
Jiang Rong looked at Lei Lei in surprise: "Leilei, is what you said true?"
Lei Lei nodded: "I tried it before, and I can put living things in my space. I think as long as I take out the things in the space, I should be able to stuff a big camphor tree in it."
Last night, after Lei Lei arrived at the school, she packed a lot of supplies. She and Ruan Hanyu followed the truck back and forth several times, and now her eyes were red.
Jiang Rong patted Lei Lei's shoulder lightly: "Leilei, thank you for your hard work."
Lei Lei showed her small white teeth: "It's not hard, just go back and let Xiaoheng call me "Fairy" a few more times!"
Just as she said, Lei Lei quickly got on the heavy truck and took out bunk beds from the space.Seeing the neat bunk beds on the heavy truck, Pan Pan was speechless: "Good guy, is Lei Lei going to move all the school's assets back?"
Lei Lei raised her neck and was not convinced: "What's wrong? If it wasn't for the conditions, I would even want to move the teaching building and the dormitory building."
Their base is just starting out and needs a lot of supplies.There are not many teams of supernatural beings competing with them for supplies now. If there are more supernatural beings of the space system in the future, some things will not be able to be snatched.
Lei Lei's words reminded Jiang Rong: "Yes, Lei Lei is right. We will move back as many things as we can now. This way, when you are free in the future, everyone will come out more and see useful things.All supplies are taken away."
After clearing out a heavy truck of supplies, Lei Lei walked to the camphor tree: "I'm ready."
Jiang Rong first injected some supernatural powers into the old camphor tree to protect its main root system and crown. The old camphor tree gave out a loose sigh after receiving the supernatural power, and the leaves became shiny with the naked eye.
Pan Pan slapped his hands on the ground, and the cover on the roots of the old camphor tree was removed one after another, exposing a large group of roots.The root system of the thousand-year-old camphor tree is very developed, and it is almost impossible to completely extract its roots.
Pan Pan worked hard for a long time, and only cleared out the roots of the tree with a radius of 20 square meters.He stood up and wiped the sweat from his brow: "Brother Jiang, if you keep moving, the library will collapse. I think there should be no problem with so many tree roots."
The old camphor tree responded quickly: "This gentleman is right, and old age is really fine."
Chu Qiang wiped his face in pain: "My God, you have to change your way of speaking in the future. Who can stand such a polite way of speaking? People who talk so much will get dizzy when they hear it."
The old camphor tree paused and then said shamelessly: "I will remember it in my heart."
Chu Qiang took a deep breath, and the muscles in his whole body swelled several times, even his height increased a lot.He took a step forward and hugged the camphor tree's body tightly with both hands, and with a loud roar, he exerted strength with both hands at the same time.Under Chu Qiang's shaking, the huge tree swayed from side to side twice, and the tiny roots couldn't bear the pulling force and broke one after another.
At this time, a burst of light blue power moved along the deep pit, and there was a small clicking sound, and the root system buried deep in the soil was cut off by a small ice knife.Ruan Hanyu stood by the pit: "Brother Chu, make another move so that my skates can go deeper."
With the cooperation of Chu Qiang and Ruan Hanyu, the huge camphor tree finally left the ground briefly.At the moment when the camphor tree loosened, Lei Lei stretched out her hands in time.
Everyone held their breath and opened their eyes wide, for fear that the noise they made would disturb Leilei.However, as soon as Lei Lei's hand touched the camphor tree, the camphor tree disappeared.
Lei Lei laughed happily: "Successful!" It was the first time she stored such a large object, and it was still a living thing. Does it prove that she is making progress?
Jiang Rong breathed a sigh of relief: "Good job! Everyone has worked hard, let's go home."
When leaving the university town, Jiang Rong couldn't help thinking: When Guan Shao came back, if he found so many people in the base and such a wonderful camphor tree, what expression would he have?