Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 199

Chapter 199

The group jolted in shock.

Jiang Yu raised her voice. “A Mutant Plant?!”

Wan Yuan hurried down from the communications vehicle and ran toward them.

“Yes, a Mutant Plant. They really found a living Mutant Plant-”

In the Southwest, the communicator’s range was limited. Even with Wan Yuan constantly strengthening it, it still couldn’t send messages over long distances.

But they had already made arrangements for that last night. Messages could be relayed layer by layer.

Cheng Bairuo-the Non-mainstream youth and loyal subordinate of Jia Guangliang.

His group had discovered the Mutant Plant and passed the news to Gu Qiansheng. Gu Qiansheng notified Song Linwei and Ji Yani. Ji Yani then quickly ran into the communications range of the vehicle and sent the message back.

The process had been a little roundabout, but only ten minutes had passed from the moment of discovery to the message reaching them.

The Mutant Plant they had been waiting for so long had finally appeared.

It was sudden, yet somehow inevitable.

The Southwest was the most hopeless place-and also the place with the most hope.

Old Chu, Xiao Xi, and now this Mutant Plant.

Sheng An immediately began making arrangements. “Give me the location. Does Zhang Kun’s Space Ability still have any helicopters? Get one out. We’re heading over now!”

Hao Jingye hesitated. “But Qi Dui and the others aren’t here, and almost all the other Superpower Users have been sent out. It will take time to contact them. If we rush over like this…”

Right now was when Group B of the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department was at its weakest.

Their strongest fighters had gone to the Southwest border, and the other Superpower Users had been dispatched in every direction to search for anomalies. The people left in Group B of the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department didn’t have much combat power.

Sheng An understood his hesitation, but she shook her head. “If this Mutant Plant is the one from Qin Xuan’s Prophecy, then that thing can run. If we delay, there’s no telling whether it will vanish without a trace.”

What did a Mutant Plant represent?

It was the key to Wasteland Cultivation. It was the most crucial link if humanity wanted to survive on this land!

No matter the cost, they would do everything in their power to get that Mutant Plant.

Hao Jingye took a deep breath and, in the end, did not stop her.

Sheng An was right. The Southwest was vast, filled with miasma poison and unknown dangers. Now that they had discovered a Mutant Plant, they absolutely could not let it escape.

Wan Yuan would never stop Sheng An either.

Team 0 had absolute tacit understanding with her. Since she had made this arrangement, she had her reasons.

Wan Yuan said urgently, “I’ll organize people right away. There are still some Superpower Users left at Southwest Market. Also, Yu Feng and Jiang Huanshu are nearby. Have them go with you, and bring-”

However, Sheng An shook her head. “No. We’re not bringing any of them.”

She gave the order directly. “Hao Jingye and Wan Yuan will hold the camp. Zhuang Fan will assist them. Recall Yu Feng and Jiang Huanshu to protect Old Chu, Xiao Xi, Dr. Yan, Qin Xuan, and the others. I’m only taking Zhang Kun to meet up with them.”

She had no intention of bringing so many people at all!

On the contrary, she wanted to keep their remaining combat strength behind to guard the camp.

Jiang Yu pointed at herself. “What about me?”

Hao Jingye said, “Of course you’re going back into your Spa-”

Sheng An struggled for a brief moment, then said with certainty, “Jiang Yu comes with me.”

Everyone froze.

Jiang Yu, however, immediately raised her voice. “Yes!”

Hao Jingye was dazed for an instant before he reacted-

Jiang Yu was one of the Plant Ability Users, and what they were going to search for was a Mutant Plant. They needed her ability. Academician Zhou and the others were currently inside her Space Ability, so it was perfect to bring them along to help.

Moreover, the Southwest was dangerous everywhere now.

Jiang Yu would be at risk no matter where she was. Even if she entered her Space Ability, it was impossible for her to stay inside twenty-four hours a day. Sheng An would not leave her somewhere beyond her protection.

Time was tight, so Sheng An only gave one instruction. “Protect the camp.”

With that, she took Zhang Kun and Jiang Yu onto the Helicopter.
“Sister Sheng, you actually know how to fly a helicopter?” Jiang Yu’s face was full of astonishment.

Sheng An put on the aviation headset. “I needed it for missions before.”

For some reason, Jiang Yu’s breath caught. She exchanged a glance with Zhang Kun, and both saw complicated emotions in each other’s eyes.

She felt half-dead from exhaustion just learning how to farm. Sheng An and the others knew so many skills-how much effort had they poured into learning all of them?

Before the Apocalypse, ordinary people like Jiang Yu had been able to live in peace because people like Sheng An and Qi Lingwu had carried the burden for them.

Now that the Apocalypse had arrived, they had become the front line. At this moment, looking at Sheng An’s determined brows and eyes, Jiang Yu was willing to bear that burden too, for the sake of the humans behind her.

She was no longer the Jiang Yu who, when she had first undergone Rebirth, had only love, hatred, and old grudges in her head.

The helicopter lifted off and sped toward Ji Yani’s location.

Ji Yani would guide them from the ground, leading them to Song Linwei’s original position. Then they would receive Gu Qiansheng’s signal and rush to the destination.

The signal was down in the Southwest, but they could relay it.
The helicopter was fast, and with a destination already set, they did not need to stop along the way or carry out Investigation. It did not take long for them to arrive.

The Southwest was mountainous, and their destination was near the high peaks.

By the time Sheng An arrived, Gu Qiansheng’s group had only just landed and made contact with Cheng Bairuo.

Sheng An strode over. Gu Qiansheng and Song Linwei both had their brows tightly furrowed.

Zhang Kun took water and a towel from his Space Ability and handed them to the panting Ji Yani. She was drenched in sweat and sitting on the ground to rest, clearly exhausted.

Sheng An said, “You’ve worked hard.”

Ji Yani smiled and only shook her head without speaking, then looked toward Gu Qiansheng and the others.

The most important thing right now was the Mutant Plant.

“Sister Sheng, you got here fast.” Gu Qiansheng let out a breath. “We only arrived a short while ago too. We were one step too late and already lost track of the Mutant Plant.”

Sheng An frowned and looked at the two people behind him.

There were only nine people present.

Aside from the three who had just arrived, Gu Qiansheng, Song Linwei, Ji Yani, and the Pilot, there were only two Southwest Superpower Users: Cheng Bairuo, who had the Shadow Supernatural Ability, and Liu Miao, who was also a Speed-type Superpower User.

At the moment, both of them looked awkward, even faintly ashamed.

Cheng Bairuo scratched at the hair covering his brows and eyes. His voice was as thin as a mosquito’s buzz. “That thing was small and really fast. I’m sorry, we lost it…”

Sheng An did not reproach him. She only asked, “When did you lose it? How did you lose it? And how did you discover it in the first place?”

Hearing that, Cheng Bairuo relaxed slightly and hurried to answer each question.

“We lost it after following it here. We don’t know which direction it ran in. That thing was just too fast, and Liu Miao’s Supernatural Ability was exhausted, so we lost it.”

Sheng An pressed her lips together. “Then that means it hasn’t gone far. Search!”

The Pilot was a special police officer. Hearing this, he turned and headed toward the helicopter, preparing to search from the air. Even if he could not fly too high, a little more altitude would always give him a wider view.

Cheng Bairuo continued, “As for how we found it, that thing was very small, but it could move, so we noticed it.”

Everything around them was bare and scorched black. In a dead world like this, even a tiny plant that could move was impossible to ignore.

Song Linwei asked, “What is it?”

Liu Miao quickly took out her communicator. “I took a picture, but it isn’t very clear.”

She took out the communicator Wan Yuan had issued and opened the photo.

Because of the distance, it was indeed extremely blurry. All they could make out was a tiny green dot, too small to see its exact shape.

It had leaves, so they could confirm it was a plant.

In this scorched, lifeless world of the Southwest, there really was a living plant!

Zhang Kun scratched his head. “What on earth is it?”

Cheng Bairuo swallowed. “I know it. Houttuynia, also called fish mint.”

-Now that he mentioned it, he was getting a little hungry.