Quick travel: the life of smuggling is so exciting

Lin Xia and his companions stayed in the mountains of Province G for a total of one year.

That day, Shen Xingchen was waiting for Lin Xia to come back home in a depressed mood.

"What's wrong? You look unhappy." As soon as Lin Xia came in, she saw Shen Xingchen sitting silently on the sofa with a long face.

"Now there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

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"Good news."

"The good news is that the exorcist has been successfully developed."

I have been researching for a year and a half, it’s not easy!

Lin Xia was happy for a second, then immediately calmed down.

"What about the bad news?"

Shen Xingchen adjusted his glasses.

Lin Xia once praised Shen Xingchen for looking particularly charming in these glasses, so he changed them into plain glasses and put them back on.

"The bad news is that the side effects are quite severe. Once the drug is taken, the demon will turn into a fool."

all in all.

The good news is that the person was saved; the bad news is that the brain could not be saved.

Uh, Lin Xia felt that Lin’s mother would definitely not be able to accept it.

"It's a breakthrough achievement, and you'll be able to conquer it sooner or later. You should go out for a walk and change your mind. I recently found a paradise and I plan to take you and Mom there to relax."

Shen Xingchen was indeed tired and wanted to go out and play. Not to mention Lin's mother, she needed to socialize with people of her age.

The three of them entrusted Lin Dong to the care of Liu Chun and asked Hai Qiu to take them to a large base in the south of G Province.

The base is called Ginkgo Base, and in the center is a thousand-meter-tall thousand-year-old ginkgo tree.

The ginkgo tree is the patron saint of the base, protecting the people living here.

The Ginkgo Base is like a real paradise, isolated from the world. The vast mountains serve as a natural barrier, and outsiders cannot come in and people inside cannot go out.

Lin Xia had secretly come to the base and stayed there for a few days before, and found that the awakening rate of wood-type abilities here was significantly higher than that of other ability users, so the entire base lived very well and had no shortage of food and clothing.

The atmosphere at the Ginkgo Base was cheerful and positive, and Lin Xia spent half a month living in a group with the two of them.

That day, Lin Xia and the other two went on a final shopping spree and planned to go back tomorrow.

"Lin Xia, why is it that Ginkgo Base, a large base with hundreds of thousands of people, rarely has demons appearing?"

Human demonization can happen anytime and anywhere, and large bases usually deal with a demonization incident every day.

However, these incidents rarely occurred at the Ginkgo Base. They had been there for half a month and had only encountered one incident. According to the onlookers at the time, the two incidents occurred about 20 days apart.

This question stumped Lin Xia. She hadn't thought deeply about it. "...Because they have a high happiness level?"

Shen Xingchen shook his head. His intuition was different. "What's so special about this base that other bases don't have?"

There are so many strange and bizarre plants in the base.

However, there is indeed a special item that everyone in the base uses.

The two of them were thinking in unison, their eyes met, and they said in unison: "Ginkgo!"

Yes, everyone at the Ginkgo Base carries ginkgo leaves on them. They are all fallen from the ginkgo trees, and everyone can pick them up.

People not only like to pick up leaves, but also like to pray under the tree.

If faith can create gods, this ginkgo tree definitely has a place.

Lin Xia and Shen Xingchen figured out some things and walked quickly towards the ginkgo tree.

A red cordon was drawn two meters outside the thick trunk of the ginkgo tree, and outside the cordon were believers coming and going and kowtowing devoutly.

The two men originally planned to pick up a few leaves, but the ground was clean and there was nothing there.

Lin Xia looked around and found a fanatical believer wearing a ginkgo necklace. He used the same reason of worshipping ginkgo to get a leaf for free.

"Little girl, we Ginkgo God believers pray here at 8 o'clock every morning. Please come more often when you are free." The old man kindly advised Lin Xia.

"Okay, sir, I'll come when I'm free. Thank you so much for coming today. We're both almost at work this afternoon, so I'll be leaving first."

"Okay, okay, you young people have worked hard, don't be late for work."

"Okay, sir, goodbye."

"Uh-huh."

Lin Xia said goodbye to the old man obediently and left.

Shen Xingchen nudged Lin Xia with his elbow, looked ahead, and asked softly, "Are you really going to pray with them?"

"I said I was free, but I'm leaving soon, so how can I be free?"

Shen Xingchen: ...It still has to be you, Lin Xia.

He lied with such sincerity that I believed him.

That afternoon, Shen Xingchen was slicing Ye Zi's slices in the rented house.

"Lin Xia, Lin Xia!"

Shen Xingchen strode out of the small room in the laboratory and caught up with Lin Xia who was reading a novel. He said excitedly: "Lin Xia, ginkgo leaves have a substance that can calm the mind. It contains..."

A bunch of chemical terms came out of his mouth.

Although Lin Xia had studied chemistry, she seldom used it often. The string of chemical terms gave her a headache, and she couldn't bear it any longer and interrupted someone who was excited.

He put down the novel and made a pause gesture with his hands, "Stop, let's get to the point."

Shen Xingchen slumped onto Lin Xia's sofa, pushed up his glasses, and said seriously, "The Qi-condensing substance in ginkgo leaves is very mild and plays a vital role in harmonizing L2 and demonic energy. However, the content of one leaf is very small, so we need a lot of ginkgo leaves."

L2 is the name given by Shen Xingchen to the special light-based substance extracted from Tang Qijun's blood.

Now that she had a clear goal, Lin Xia paused and decided to go and pray tomorrow morning.

Early the next morning.

"Uncle Wang, I see a lot of ginkgo nuts on the sacred tree. Why don't I see any of them when I'm at the base?"

After following the old man in bowing three times and praying nine times, Lin Xia quickly integrated into the religious elderly group.

When Uncle Wang heard Lin Xia's question, he explained to her seriously, "Xiao Lin, don't collect ginkgo nuts. They are poisonous, extremely poisonous!"

Then Grandpa Wang told a story. He said that when the base was first built, a person with special abilities went to steal ginkgo nuts and took them home. As a result, his entire family was poisoned to death.

The key point is that the psychic did not eat the ginkgo nuts, he just stayed in the same space.

Later, after inspection by the base staff and communication with the sacred tree, they learned that after the ginkgo fruit falls or is picked, it will emit a toxin. In just half an hour, all living things within three meters will be poisoned. This toxin has no antidote for the fragile human body.

After that, the base issued a clear ban on stealing fruit and leaves without permission, and picking up leaves on the ground did not count.

If theft results in death, all is over. If the person survives, he will be punished by the base afterwards. The punishment is severe and he will be severely punished even if he doesn't die.

The ginkgo tree is a super mutant plant. It turns a blind eye to people stealing its fruits because this is a way for it to establish its authority.

It can protect the people here, but it won't let humans shit on its head. Once humans try to get too far, the poisonous fruits on its head will not be tolerated and will cause an explosion, and few people in the entire base will survive.

Someone at the base had previously proposed to study the ginkgo tree. However, after the official talked with the ginkgo tree, all the dirty things were buried. At least on the surface, no one at the base was studying the leaves and fruits of the ginkgo tree.