XVII Comma vine
Back home, he habitually boarded the website, and this time, when he went to the news network in Tozawa City and quickly scanned the news headlines, a piece of news caught his attention.
"The hundred-year-old tree died inexplicably in one day, which is suspected to be water pollution." It was accompanied by a picture of a large tree hugging only an empty trunk, but his fell at the bottom of the picture, where there were a few tender green leaves.
Click on the picture to enlarge it, and he took a closer look. The leaves came from vines clinging to the trunk of the tree, and the reporter took some of it into the photo.
Unlike ordinary palms or oval leaves, these leaves are about the size of a thumb, with a large head and a thin tail, and at first glance, they are about the same as the "comma" in text symbols.
This reporter is really blind! Looking at this plant, he smiled silently, if this reporter's sensitivity is enough, invite a scholar in the field of plants to come and take a look, this year's "number one discovery of botany in the world" will not be able to run away if you do more.
This is not the original plant of the earth, because of the leaves, it is called "comma vine", and at this time in time, some of its properties can make very useful medicinal herbs.
He couldn't hold it back, closed the things and walked out of the door, the adaptability of the "comma vine" is really strong, just look at the leaves are still emerald green to know the way, but it was suddenly brought to a completely different ecological environment, if no one takes care of it, it will definitely not live long.
At this time, the shuttle bus to Dongze City was gone, so he could only find a taxi, which made him a little more motivated to buy a car.
When he arrived in Dongze City, it was already late at night, but fortunately, the reporter wrote in more detail, saying that the tree was in a park, and he asked a taxi to put him at the entrance of the park, and there was no one in the park at this time, so he walked in and found the dead tree.
Under the tree, the "comma vine" grows quietly there.
It's dangerous!
He sighed, but fortunately he came over, and saw that its leaves had begun to turn yellow, and if it was any longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to save it.
Bending down and putting down the porcelain pot that had been prepared, he began to separate the entwined vines, and then followed the vine to find the roots of the vines, which were all entangled and pierced into the trunk, and the poor tree had apparently died from its nourishment.
He was afraid of hurting the vine roots, so he simply used a knife to carefully dig out the whole trunk, which was not a small amount of work, and made him sweat all over.
He had just packed the "comma vine" in a porcelain basin and was about to pick it up, when his face suddenly changed, and he quickly took out a mask from his arms and put it on, turning his head to stare at the night on his right hand.
"Hello, good evening!" It was a young white man, greeted in half-baked Chinese, he was handsome, with short, neatly trimmed brown hair, and if Sister Wen Haixin was here, she would surely recognize this acquaintance.
Torvinson Darcy, Lin Jixin's heart flashed a name.
He has dealt with the other party, and knows a lot about him, this person is one of the first batch of new humans to gain ability, on the surface he belongs to the American military, but secretly he is an important high-level member of the new human organization "Green Tide", after the release of the "Mutant Control Act", his identity was revealed and he was killed by the American military while absconding.
He was still thinking about how to talk, but he saw Torvinson look at the porcelain basin on the ground, thoughtful.
His heart was stunned, and the words on his lips suddenly changed: "Good evening." If you can lend me your watch, it will be even better. ”
Torvinson was wearing a black "watch" on his wrist, which was not a watch, but a "Favasi Energy Stabilizer". It can both maintain communication under strong energy interference and monitor abnormal energy fluctuations within a certain range.
According to his memory, this thing should have been known to everyone for more than half a year, but he didn't expect it to start using it now.
He was sure that it was through it that Tovenson discovered his existence - this was normal, and on the low-energy planet Earth, the little "seven-prism crystal" mixture he carried with him was like a light in the night. He made up his mind, and when he got back, he quickly took care of it.
Feeling the huge amount of information conveyed in the simple words, Torvinson really threw the matter of the porcelain basin out of the clouds, and stared at him: "Who are you?" ”
The "Farvasi Energy Stabilizer" is the latest achievement of the American military, and even Tovenson only learned about the new development of this thing not long ago.
"It's not important," Lin Jixin chuckled in a deliberately changed voice, "What matters is Professor Farvasi's little toy. ”
Hearing that Professor Farvasi was called out, Torvinson's pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling, but he was already murderous: "As long as you have the ability, let alone small toys, my life can be borrowed from you." ”
"Forget it," Lin Jixin took a half step back, indicating that he didn't want to be hostile, "I can't stop your 'invisible nickel wire', that bit of bounty is not worth fighting for." ”
Hearing that the special weapon was pointed out, Torvinson's expression was a little more ugly.
"I heard that you guys are free to choose their own tasks, right?" Lin Jixin changed the subject.
Torvinson caught the anticipation contained in his words and nodded: "Well, we pay attention to humane management. ”
"That's good, alas-" Lin Jixin let out a long sigh, "Don't say it, it's too late if you don't report it." ”
"Let's go, bye!" He bent down to pick up the porcelain basin and walked slowly into the distance, feeling that Torvinson behind him did not make any move, and raised his eyebrows proudly.
From the beginning of the first sentence to the end of the last sentence, he kept implying that he knew them very well, that he had a strong background, and that he really scared Torvinson.
After all, it didn't take long to get the "seven-edged crystal", it was okay to bully ordinary people, and there must be a big gap compared to Torvinson's gang, although he was confident that he would not lose, but whether the "comma vine" could keep it was difficult to say, and it was of course best to scare off the other party.
"Wait!"
Seeing that he was about to go away, Torvinson suddenly stopped him.
It's not that easy. He sighed in his heart, but turned his head with a very vigilant look: "What are you doing?" ”
He put the porcelain basin in his arms: "Don't fight it, my task is it, if you want to grab it, I will fight with you." ”
Seeing his somewhat "childish" performance, Torvinson was a little less skeptical about the authenticity of his previous words, and asked with a smile: "What is your name and how old are you?" ”
"I won't tell you!"
"Don't say it," Torvinson smiled again, "I'll give you something." ”
As soon as his hand was raised, a white sheet half the size of a palm shot straight into the door like lightning, and he lightly clamped it with two fingers, it was a business card.
Torvinson shrugged, "Let's go, little brother." ”
Seeing him turn around and quickly disappear into the night, Lin Jixin breathed a sigh of relief, if he hadn't picked it up easily, Torvinson would definitely not be so easy to talk to.
Look at the business card, there is a web address on the top and the account password below. As soon as I saw it clearly, the business card turned into a flame with a bang.
The concept of secrecy is quite strong! This familiar website made him smile, he couldn't imagine that he would be able to contact these people so early in his life.
The journey back was smooth, and after a busy night, he went straight to bed.
The next day, when he appeared at a real estate company, he was already a thin man in his forties wearing black-rimmed glasses.
"The environment and property can be ordinary, but the transportation should be convenient, with a garage, rent or buy." The twenty or thirty-year-old salesperson in charge of the reception repeated his request again, and nodded vigorously after being convinced, "We will verify the listing immediately." ”
Scheduled to see the house tomorrow morning, he walked out.
At this time, it was close to noon, and he came to the hospital in Houshan after lunch.
On the rooftop, the girl who was so thin that it was panicked was standing on the railing looking at the vast sky.
"You're here?" Hearing the sound he had deliberately made, the girl casually glanced at her and turned her head away.
It may have been the mountain wind that had been blowing for too long, and her lips were slightly purple.
Sitting down beside her, Lin Jixin didn't know what to say for a while.
But the girl spoke first: "Hey, I don't know what your name is." ”
Seeing that Lin Jixin didn't speak, she sighed: "Okay, Zhilu said that it is inconvenient for you, my name is Yue Bing." ”
Although it was just an unconscious agitation, Lin Jixin couldn't help but be curious, didn't this stupid girl understand that the less she knew the Tao, the safer she was?
"You're not afraid of death?" He still asked.
"Dead?" Yue Bing spread his five fingers and brushed the long hair on the side of his cheek, with a slight force, flipped his palm that slid down, his palm was full of a handful of black hair, let go of his hand, and let the mountain wind take away these few strands of green silk, "Is there a difference between now and death?" In addition to being able to breathe. ”
Her expression was slightly gloomy: "I am leukemia, this is the sixth hospitalization, my hair falls out like this every time I undergo chemotherapy...... Now I know that it can't get better. ”
Speaking of this, she suddenly looked very uncomfortable, bent down suddenly, and unconsciously made a "huohuo" sound in her mouth, and kept retching, but only spit out a few mouthfuls of saliva.
After a while, she finally stopped, barely raised her head, her lips were terrifyingly purple, and her eyes were soaked with tears that I didn't know if it was uncomfortable: "I can't eat anything, it's uncomfortable, sometimes it's better to die." ”
"Lin Jixin." The ghost made the god worse, Lin Jixin stretched out his hand, although he was irrational, but he still hid his head and shrank his tail and looked down on himself, "Acquaintance, my name is Lin Jixin." ”
"Huh!?" Yue Bing reacted after a moment and held the hand he handed over.
"Nice to meet you." He said.
In the palm of his hand, the hand he held was so cold that it was almost not warm, and he could even clearly feel the small bone branches under the paper-thin flesh, which made him so careful that he would not break it if he tried hard.
As soon as the palm of his hand slipped, his cold little hand retracted, looking at the entrance of the hospital, Yue Bing's face changed suddenly: "I'm going down." ”
It's her mother, right? Looking at the woman who was approaching downstairs and slapped Yue Bing last time, he thought.
"See you soon."
Seeing Yue Bing's hurried back enter the building, he frowned thoughtfully, and followed after a moment.
In the inpatient building, he saw Yue Bing's bed number and diagnosis in front of the nurse's desk, inquired with the doctor as a family member of the patient, and walked out after confirming that the disease would not die for a while.
He needed to think about what to do with it.