The events in the woods and the public executions in the square in the afternoon quickly spread in Sweetwater, and the townspeople not only knew that there was a new man in the town, but also had a certain approval of him.

A person who risked his life to save people, and who wanted to defend Sweetwater Town by telling the truth under strange powers, would at least not disgust them.

"The cannon is coming!"

"Cannon!"

As soon as Zhuo Cheng entered the cafeteria, he heard a lot of commotion, especially the militia members who went out of town together in the afternoon.

Young people, not so poor and exquisite, one thing is pleasing to the eye, and there is a basis for recognition.

Lin Sheng was surprised: "Tsk, you can really blow." ”

A bald strong man came over at this time and said to Zhuo Cheng: "I am an Arhat, you are called a cannon, I am not convinced!" ”

Zhuo Cheng held back the embarrassment and behaved as normal as possible, anyway, he was not embarrassed, it was others who were embarrassed.

The others were in a hurry again.

At the door of the cafeteria, Duge and Mike, the material manager, stood outside, listening to the sound of hectic noises inside.

Mike's mouth is straight into a line, without a little curvature, and the person looks very serious: "He blends in quickly, not like an ordinary scavenger." ”

Du Qi said lightly: "Can I be wrong about the person I chose?" ”

Mike nodded, and suddenly said, "The collection team will go out again, I'll lead the team, I should have been in charge of the insect ash." ”

"I have carefully inspected the perimeter of the woods in the afternoon, and I have found no special circumstances, but I always feel that something is going to happen, and you should be careful," Duch reminded. ”

Hearing the noise in the cafeteria, Duch walked in first.

Yikes! Yikes!

There were ravens in the sky.

Mike threw something in his hand, and when he was in the cafeteria, a red-eyed crow fell from the sky, ate what was on the ground, and flew away with its wings.

As soon as Duge entered, the cafeteria immediately fell silent.

Lin Sheng called out to Zhuo Cheng and took the initiative to stay away from where Du Qi and Mike were sitting.

"Hey, Zhuo Cheng!" He motioned to Du Qi's side: "Heh, you say that you are a cannon, but you have the ability of the mayor?" Can you hit the Extraordinary Twister with all your might? ”

Zhuo Cheng thought of the scene in the slave camp and shook his head busily.

The mayor of the town not only made a hard connection at that time, but also caused rebound damage, who can do it with a real man?

No, no, no, you can't slander the mayor!

Everyone went to receive meals one after another, the militia team had relatively good food, and it was the season of sweet potatoes, and each person could receive a boiled sweet potato and a bowl of salted boiled sweet potato seedlings.

Although there are tumors growing on the sweet potatoes, and the sweet potato seedling soup is just a little salty, compared to when Zhuo Cheng was on the ruins, life here is not too good.

Zhuo Cheng, like the militia people, ate all the sweet potato skins and tumors, and drank the soup cleanly, leaving no mouthful.

Aunt Guo, who was in charge of cooking in the cafeteria, suddenly found Zhuo Cheng's side, and the dark wrinkles that were almost carved into the bones bloomed like flowers: "Zhuo Cheng, looking at your age and figure, you are not too young, you will take root in Sweetwater Town in the future, and I will introduce you to a daughter-in-law?" ”

"No need, Aunt Guo, I didn't think about this." Zhuo Cheng wondered, the world is like this, and the matchmaker still has the soil to survive?

It happened that Du Qi had finished eating over there, and seeing that Aunt Guo was about to say, Zhuo Cheng hurriedly left, and joined Du Qi to find the old god stick Paine in his mouth.

Out of the militia cafeteria, the two walked through the square, about to go to the singularity orphanage diagonally opposite, when Zhang Fan's sister An An suddenly ran over.

She stopped Zhuo Cheng, her little hand clenched into a fist, and raised it flat in front of Zhuo Cheng: "Here you go." ”

Zhuo Cheng hurriedly stretched out his hand, and what fell into his hand was a small piece of sugar wrapped in red paper.

Even in Sweetwater, sugar is very, very rare, not to mention the natural attraction of candy to children.

An An smiled at Zhuo Cheng: "Thank you for saving my brother!" ”

Zhuo Cheng glanced at the candy: "I am friends with your brother." ”

He wanted to return it to An An, but An An didn't accept it, and urged: "Eat quickly!" Delicious! Hurry up and eat. She tilted her head: "If you don't eat, I'm afraid I can't help but come back." ”

Zhuo Cheng opened the candy, pinched it in half, and stuffed a small piece into his mouth, which was refreshing and sweet.

The other piece was returned to An An, and An An next filled it into her mouth, smiled even more happily, and waved her hand: "Goodbye." ”

Zhuo Cheng flattened the candy paper and put it in the toolkit.

The beauty and kindness of human nature are as sweet as sugar.

Duqi said lightly: "Follow me!" He confessed: "Paine is well-informed and willing to teach, and although he believes in such an unreliable thing as the flying goat, he is very reliable. ”

The sky began to darken, and the big words of the Singularity Orphanage appeared in Zhuo Cheng's sight again, and through Zhang Fan and Lin Sheng, he had some knowledge of this prestigious organization.

This one in Sweetwater Town is just one of the many singularity orphanages.

As the name suggests, the Singularity Orphanage is an adoption institution set up by the Singularity Organization, specializing in the orphans of the Singularity Settlement.

Sweetwater is nominally a marginal town of the Singularity, and the orphanage naturally bears the name of Singularity, but the corresponding resources are all the responsibility of the town.

Plus, it's not just an orphanage, it's a school in Sweetwater.

Just like Zhuo Cheng thought, there was an old grandfather in it, who was responsible for teaching basic common sense and cultural knowledge.

Zhuo Cheng followed Du Qi into the gate of the bluestone wall, and saw an old man wearing a light-colored linen robe standing under the inverted five-pointed star stone plaque on the porch of the tower.

The man was thin, kind-eyed, very old, and his snow-white eyebrows were down.

The height is not easy to measure, the old man's forehead is only as high as Zhuo Cheng's chest, but the whole person is a lot taller than Zhuo Cheng!

Because he's wearing a hat!

The red conical spire pierces the sky, like the spire of the tower behind it, the wind can't blow, and the thunder can't be shocked!

Paine looked at Zhuo Cheng and spoke very slowly: "You are Zhuo Cheng?" ”

"Yes." Zhuo Cheng didn't know what to say: "Hello......"

Paine smiled slightly: "The young people in the town call me Teacher, you can call me Teacher." ”

Zhuo Cheng had a lot of questions to ask, and immediately said, "Teacher." ”

Paine nodded, trembling into the tower hall, Duch entered with heavy steps, and Zhuo Cheng hurriedly followed.

A candle was lit in the hall, and under the flickering candle flame, Zhuo Cheng found that there was a stone sculpture enshrined in the center of the hall, the stone sculpture was pitch black, with wings on its back, a goat's head, and two pointed horns.

Zhuo Cheng immediately guessed, this is a flying goat?

Paine sat down in a chair and gestured casually, "Sit as you like." ”

Wait until Duge sits down, and Zhuo Cheng sits next to him.

Paine's body shook, and the high conical hat seemed to have a support, not only did it not fall off, but it could not even fold up: "The twist should be put away, and the conditions allow to try its functions and weaknesses more, and if you use it well, it can be your help." ”

Zhuo Cheng knew that he was talking about the twisted red mushroom, and responded, "Okay." ”

Doochy lit his bony pipe and reminded, "Don't try it in town." ”

In case of an accident, many people pour out the truth without reservation, and Sweetwater Town itself will collapse.

"Teacher, I have some questions for you." Zhuo Cheng saw Paine nodding slightly, and explained in detail about the tumor in his arm and the seeds in his stomach.

These include inexplicable golden light and sounds, plant sensing, face surrender to the sun and distorted red mushrooms, and more.

This seed made Zhuo Cheng feel at ease.

Du Qi interjected: "Old god stick, Zhuo Cheng is his own person, just say it." ”

Paine smiled slightly, and spoke like he walked, trembling: "The arm is a very common type of muscle and skin twisted tumor, and the stomach is not like a normal visceral twisted tumor, but more like the remnants of the swamp tree man taking root in your stomach and fusing with your flesh and blood, allowing you to have some of the abilities of the swamp tree man, such as plant sensing, such as facing the sun." ”

Zhuo Cheng thought of the appearance of the sunflower man, and hurriedly asked, "Will I become a swamp tree man?" Or, the seed grows into a new swamp tree man in my stomach? ”

Paine shook his head slowly, and the conical pointed high hat moved with him: "Generally speaking, no, the mutation of swamp tree people has both the necessity of their growth environment and the premise that there must be a triple twist of the mind, blood and muscle skin, muscle skin can allow them to take root and absorb nutrients in the soil, carry out light and action, blood is responsible for transmission, and the twisted tumor of the mind controls the whole body as the center, subtly changing the body structure for a long time, and finally becoming a tree man form that adapts to the southern swamp environment." ”

Hearing this, Zhuo Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, he could be a normal person, who would be willing to be a tree man and an existence closer to a monster!

Why did Du Qi accept Zhuo Cheng into Sweetwater Town, and what Zhuo Cheng did in the afternoon, Paine was clear, and he was willing to teach people, and said: "When using the inner vision method, the golden light and questioning sound that the spiritual world feels as if it were the end of the world, I have never seen or heard of it. In my speculation, this seed is most likely not born from the swamp tree man itself, but may be a spiritual information connection point, connecting to a powerful being, so there is a distorted object of living consciousness to show submission. ”

Zhuo Cheng nodded: "I had this kind of speculation, so I didn't dare to respond." ”

"In this world, there are some very powerful existences, and it is good to be cautious." Paine smiled, "It's just my family's words, not necessarily true. There are so many secrets in this world, there are so many things that have been buried by the great destruction, and I don't even know the corners, and there are many things that you young people need to explore and seek by yourself. ”

Zhuo Cheng didn't have any luck, and he lacked relevant experience in dealing with it: "What if it is really a powerful existence that forcibly connects to my spiritual world?" ”

Paine thought seriously for a moment and said cautiously: "The only thing that can connect your spiritual world is your spiritual consciousness, your spiritual world is your home field, and your spiritual will will will be your most powerful weapon." ”

Zhuo Cheng roughly understood, and the phrase of playing games in the 2020s is similar to mental resistance? That...... Is it possible to set up a cage of mental will to lock up the intruder? Or just cut off the intruding psychic consciousness?

Zhuo Cheng took it for granted, and told the two of them that Dudge and Paine had not experienced it and could not provide a clear answer.

In short, this kind of unknown thing, caution is the best.

Zhuo Cheng reiterated the old words: "Teacher, is there really a god in this world?" ”

Paine looked at the flying goat with wings on his back and horns on his head, and just wanted to speak, he was robbed by Duchy: "Don't take it out and say that the drunken goat has created a defective world, do you believe such an outrageous thing?" ”

"At least I've seen the flying goats descend!" Paine's kind eyes disappeared, and he sneered: "Have you ever seen the so-called Singularity Creator?" Do you believe that when the third singularity comes, humanity will be able to restore civilization and order? Cyborg humans, still ......"

He stopped the latter sentence and didn't say it.

The difference in ideas, Du Qi had nothing to refute, stood up and left: "Zhuo Cheng, let's go!" ”

Zhuo Cheng had no choice but to keep up, and before going out, he turned around and asked, "Teacher, can I come again to ask for advice?" ”

Paine turned into a kind brow and a trembling look: "You can come at any time." ”

Zhuo Cheng had an excellent attitude: "Thank you, teacher. ”