Lin Tantan didn't know that she had influenced Ye Xiao's thinking to a great extent. She received another person who was close to awakening his superpowers. This was an old man, an old man in his sixties, with a high fever and blurry eyes. He could live to this day thanks to his amazing perseverance and his children's filial piety.
The population of this shantytown is much larger than the one yesterday, so there are also more critically ill patients. With so many patients and few treatment staff, we can only give priority to younger and stronger patients with a higher chance of survival. After all, every treatment is very precious.
Originally, this old man should not have been able to get a number, but his children begged him and said they were willing to work like a slave for Lin Tantan. So Lin Tantan went to see the old man and immediately saw the problem.
After further investigation of his abilities, he is on the verge of awakening. However, due to his poor health, he may die from the high fever before awakening.
In order to avoid breaking the rules and causing a disturbance, she calmly asked his children to take the old man home. After a day of treatment, she went to the old man alone to sort out his energy and left some food, which made the old man's family very grateful.
Lin Tan Tan waved her hand and left. If she was not mistaken, the old man might have awakened wood-related abilities. Both planting and healing abilities were extremely precious and scarce. She couldn't bear to lose such a talent.
It was already dark at this time. Because there were too many patients, they finished work late that day. Lin Tantan also suggested that the bodyguards' wages should be increased a little. Waiting for her at this time were the six people who lived with Jiang Zhongyi and Xu Tianjin.
Lin Tantan had talked to Jiang Zhongyi about it in the morning. Xu Tianjin behaved well. No matter how he asked about his relationship with her, Xu Tianjin just laughed it off.
"His Tai Chi lying skills are so poor that anyone with a discerning eye can tell he's trying to change the subject." This is Jiang Zhongyi's evaluation.
Anyway, just keep your mouth shut. After a day and a night, Xu Tianjin and Jiang Zhongyi became quite familiar with each other and were willing to continue living with them. Lin Tan Tan gave them a bucket of water as rent every day, and Xu Tianjin also had enough water and food every day. After all, they were fellow villagers and he had to take good care of them in Shanghai.
The car first took Lin Tantan back to the villa and then back to the residential area. When getting off the car and going upstairs, Jiang Zhongyi released a fireball to illuminate and keenly noticed that someone was lurking here in the dark. He knew that the other party was coming for Xu Tianjin and had appeared in the morning, but they would never let Xu Tianjin be alone, so the other party could not find a chance to do anything.
Jiang Zhongyi sneered and pretended not to notice. The group carried water and food upstairs, ate half a meal, washed up, and went to sleep again. Because of Jiang Zhongyi's fire ability, they didn't have to worry about the fuel problem, which was very cheap.
Lin Tan Tan entered the villa and found that everyone was there except Ye Xiao. The generator was working banging, and the lights in the living room were on, making it very bright. The entire living room was divided into several areas. Everyone was busy, busy looking for a location to build a house, and busy screening people.
Lin Tan Tan asked what they were doing, and they told her excitedly that they were going to form their own team and asked her if she had anyone to recommend.
Lin Tantan was very surprised, and then happy. Ye Xiao finally figured it out, which was a good thing.
She leaned over to Bai Cheng and whispered, "I haven't said anything to him yet." She said this without thinking, and then with an expression that I knew, she said, "You were the one who persuaded him, right? I said you were the one who could persuade him."
Seeing her confident expression and a bit of flattering look, Bai Cheng felt worried about Ye Xiao. At the same time, he thought that it was a good thing that he gave up quickly.
The girl is a good girl, but her brain... is it too slow or what
Bai Cheng said slowly, "He said that in order to prevent you from being bullied by others, he finally figured it out and felt that it would be better to have your own power. Do you believe him?"
"I'm not angry with him?" He looked puzzled, then thought of what happened during the day, and was shocked: "Are you talking about what happened in the afternoon? No, no, no, it's not like that. If you, Meimei, or anyone else were in my position at that time, he would be angry. And it's not just because of me, he said it himself!"
Lin Tan said with a look on his face: You have to believe me, I am definitely not special.
Bai Cheng gave up and decided not to get involved.
Lin Tantan asked about Ye Xiao again, saying that he went to Lu Jianping's place and investigated the mutated plants. When she saw the dark night outside, she became worried out of habit, but she also knew that Ye Xiao would protect her.
Then the topic returned to the selection.
They wanted to form a team, and of course they had to start with people they already knew and who had good character and ability. There were quite a few such people. More than half a month in the west of Yang City, ten days on the road, and more than half a month in the base were enough for them to come into contact with enough people and have an in-depth understanding of them.
Lin Tantan didn't have anyone to recommend. Jiang Zhongyi was one of them, but Jiang Zhongyi was already on Bai Cheng's list and could be cultivated vigorously. In addition, there were Yang Xinyu, Mingze and other supernatural people, as well as Qian Feifei and others, but they were all on the list.
Lin Tan thought for a while and said, "Does the patient also want it?"
"Well, it's not easy to recruit strangers, but patients, especially those in desperate situations, are more likely to be loyal to them."
"Then I happened to meet one today." Lin Tantan explained the old man's situation, "If everything goes well, he should be able to awaken the wood ability."
Bai Cheng wrote down the name.
"I've also encountered a few in the clinic before. They've been slightly marked in the electronic files, but they're all wealthy people, so they should be hard to win over."
"That's not necessary." Bai Cheng tapped his notebook with the hand holding the pen and said, "Let's talk about this. When you face a patient, how do you know whether he is just sick or about to awaken?"
"Some can be seen with the naked eye, while others require hands-on testing with supernatural powers." Lin Tan said with a smile, "Why, do you want to pick up leaks on a large scale?"
Bai Cheng said: "There are more than 6 million people in the base at present, and more than 4 million people live in shanty towns. Even if one out of 10,000 people is found, there will be more than 400 people with special abilities. With such a huge resource, who wouldn't be jealous?"
At this stage, the proportion of people with special abilities is still very small, and there may not be one person with special abilities in a hundred people. Once a person with special abilities appears, it is easy for various forces to divide him up. Bai Cheng found an intermediary and recruited many free people with special abilities, but if he really wants to turn these people into his own people, the price he has to pay is extremely high, and other forces will not sit idly by and watch this happen.
So if you can find a bargain, the cost is small and the resistance is also small. Isn’t that the best of both worlds
They only have 100 tons of food now, and can only feed a limited number of people, so they naturally want to maximize their profits. Early development is the most important, and they have missed the first opportunity to share the cake, so now they have to catch up.
Lin Tan Tan thought for a moment and said, "Based on the current incidence rate, there shouldn't be one person in every ten thousand who will awaken, but it's not far off. I'll keep an eye out. Starting tomorrow I won't go to the clinic and will stay in the shantytown all day."
At worst, everyone who comes to see the doctor can be touched.
Bai Cheng smiled and said, "Let's talk, thank you."
"Hey, I'm a part of it too! Everyone does what they are best at." Lin Tantan felt a little embarrassed. She also found that she was becoming more and more integrated into the team. This time was a new starting point, so of course she had to contribute more. Otherwise, when there were more people and the business got bigger, everyone would surely not be able to live under the same roof and see each other every day. What if their relationships became alienated
In short, you must demonstrate your value and presence and become an indispensable part of a team.
Just as I was thinking about my presence, I suddenly heard the squeaking of mutant rats outside, and there were several of them squeaking at the same time, making their presence very strong.
"What's going on? These mice don't usually make noises?" Some people said that they were used to the mutant mice of different sizes and colors. They didn't bother people at all. They usually went out to find food and came back to sleep. They didn't run around. Although they haven't been found to be very useful, it's quite interesting to keep a nest of these little creatures. People are also used to sharing some of the delicious food with them. The most common thing is that when people eat fruit, they throw the peels and cores to them to taste, and they will squeak and chew happily.
These mutant rats are obviously very satisfied with their living environment and are not noisy at all.
It was obviously unusual for him to suddenly cry out at this moment.
Everyone immediately put down what they were doing and gathered together as much as possible.
Lin Tan Tan said, "I'll go out and take a look."
"I'll go too." Mei Baisheng said, and then Zhong Xiong and Xu Li also came out with their guns. Xu Qin's body had not fully recovered yet, so he stayed by the door with Bai Cheng. Jiang Xiaotian and Cheng Qinan still needed protection.
Cheng Qinan closed his eyes and his eyelids trembled. After a while, he said, "It should be a mutant plant."
"How could it be?" Bai Cheng frowned. He had just checked during the day and there was not a single blade of grass around. He looked at the marble under his feet. Could it be that it really had run underground
He immediately notified the private people outside the villa through the intercom that it might be a mutant plant.
At this time, Lin Tantan was holding a flashlight and looking at the fresh marks on the outer wall of the villa, as if something had just emerged from the mud, and his face looked ugly.
The hole was deep and round, with a cross-section the size of two fists. Except for some broken parts near the ground, the bottom looked like it had been pounded by a columnar object. Well, it was curved. Several mutant rats were squeaking at the hole.
She had only two guesses about such traces: mutated animals such as snakes or giant earthworms, or mutated plants.
She would rather it was the former, but Bai Cheng's notice shattered that hope.
Xu Li held the hilt of the sword and whispered, "Be careful."
He and Lin Tan are in a group, and Mei Bosheng and Zhong Xiong are in another group. This is because they are worried that some emergencies can only be handled by people with special abilities.
"Yeah." Lin Tan Tan moved a little away from the cave entrance, but his eyes never left it. He informed others of the discovery here. After a while, Mei Bosheng and Zhong Xiong, who had not found anything else, came over, and then the other four also came.
Everyone looked at the hole in silence, and asked Cheng Qinan unwillingly, "Are you sure it's a mutant plant?"
"I can't be sure, but my instinct tells me it is."
“Are there any plants around here?”
"With the villa as the center, there is no grass within a hundred meters. In fact, the entire villa area has only a few bushes at most."
What kind of shrub can have roots like this
They all assumed that it was the rhizome of a plant, which quietly emerged from the ground, and when discovered by the mutant rats, it quickly shrank back and never showed up again.
Judging from the thickness, I seriously suspect that it was the same thing that Lin Tan and Bai Cheng encountered in the afternoon.
"Are you crazy?" Zhong Xiong, the oldest and most stable man, touched his hair and muttered.
The author has something to say: The third update is done. My eyelids don’t hurt or swell after waking up. I’m happy. I’m going to bed early today. Okay, it’s almost midnight. Good night everyone~~