NOVPUBTen minutes later, Qin Luzi waved his hand, and the small tornado came out of the house. The previously clean tornado was now full of dust, grime, and dirt.
Seeing this, Xiao Qi quickly opened the big trash bin in the yard and stepped aside.
Qin Luzi controlled the tornado, and as it floated above the trash bin, it slowly dispersed. The next moment, the dust, grime, and dirt fell into the trash bin.
"Alright, it’s done. All of you can go mop the floor now," Qin Luzi said casually.
Hearing this, Jiao Lizhi took out three mopping tools from her space and a bottle of floor-cleaning fluid. While the members were mopping the floor, Feng Yun and the others were scrubbing the pots, pans, and utensils found in the kitchen.
Even if they couldn’t live here for a long time, they could take away these things later. What’s more, they needed to use these things during their stay. So, it wasn’t a waste of effort to clean them up nicely.
Meanwhile, the Wen brothers finished sealing up the pipes and faucets and went to help Zhang Yuan reinforce the wall.
After Zhang Yuan used his earth-type ability to increase the thickness and height of the wall, the Wen brothers added thirty-centimeter-long metal needles densely on the wall. Now, even if the zombies broke into the base, they would be pierced by the needles before they could do anything.
While everyone was busy with their tasks, Yin Yusheng went to the backyard’s warehouse and found several sacks of seeds. Looking at the label, these seeds were flowers and vegetables.
He untied the opened sacks and grabbed several seeds. As he held the seeds to get a closer look, he felt the wood energy inside his body stir.
Before he could process what was going on, he saw the seeds on his palm start sprouting one after another. As the seeds sprouted, he felt his energy was drained.
Despite his heart being full of fear and panic, he quickly calmed down and controlled his energy flow. Five minutes later, his energy was finally brought under control, and the seeds stopped growing.
After taking a moment of rest, he quickly went to find his team. When his team members saw him coming back with a pale face, they were taken aback.
"Yusheng, what’s wrong with you?" Zhou Huajian asked worriedly as he helped him sit down.
Jiang Lixin walked over and said, "Let me take a look."
Yin Yusheng sat on the ground and leaned on the wall. While Jiang Lixin used her energy to check his condition, he didn’t let go of the sprouts in his hand.
After a while, Jiang Lixin said, "Brother Yin only overused his energy. He will be fine after some rest and absorb some crystals."
The moment they heard this, the Phantom team members let out a sigh of relief. They handed him a bottle of water and a few wood-type crystal cores.
"Yusheng, what’s going on? Why are you overusing your energy so recklessly?" Qin Luzi asked with a frown.
Yin Yusheng drank the water and absorbed a crystal core before he recovered his energy. Opening his palm, he said, "Brother Qin, I think my wood-type ability is not healing but controlling plants."
When everyone saw several sprouts on his palm, they looked at him with confusion.
"Brother Qin, I found several sacks of seeds in the backyard’s warehouse. When I grabbed some seeds, my energy suddenly went out of control. At the same time, the seeds sprouted at a fast speed," Yin Yusheng continued.
"Is that why you ran out of energy?" Zhou Huajian asked.
Nodding at him, Yin Yusheng said, "I think if I am able to control the growth of the seeds, I might be able to control the plants and use them in battle."
The moment they heard this, they were delighted. If he could use plants to fight, he would be able to protect himself better during a battle. But compared to that, his ability to induce growth in seeds was more valuable.
After a moment of silence, Qin Luzi said, "The matter regarding your ability to induce plant growth must be kept confidential. As for your ability to control plants, it’s fine to let others know. We can use that as a cover for your real ability."
As soon as he said this, everyone understood the implication of having such an ability. Right now, they were able to find supplies, but what about several years later, when the supplies were used up or spoiled?
At that time, humanity might have to depend on ability-users to grow food and create water. If people learned about his ability to induce plant growth, he would become the target of people’s ambitions, greed, and schemes.
Everyone nodded in agreement and decided not to talk about this matter anymore. As for informing the captain, they would leave that matter to Qin Luzi.
At the same time, Xun Che and his team were standing in front of the Mayor and the leaders in the meeting room. Sitting around the oval-shaped table, the Mayor and the officers looked at them with various expressions.
After a moment of exchanging glances, the Mayor finally said with a smile, "Captain Xun, it’s great to have you back. I heard from the soldiers that you brought back a group of ability-users. Is that true?"
Xun Che didn’t answer his question. Instead, he asked him back, "Mayor, where are the rest of my team members?"
When the Mayor heard this, his smile became more amicable as he said, "Captain Xun, you might not know, but the situation in the base is not good, and we can’t accept more people. So, we decided not to accept anyone into the base in the future."
"Since your team brought so many survivors back, we couldn’t just let them go. To appease the public, we could only wrong them and lock them up for a few days." no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
