Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 55 The call from the distance

In the meeting room of the West Lake Shelter, Mayor Qian gazed at the packed venue and solemnly announced: "We have tentatively set the number of people to be transferred at 2,000."

This was the third meeting in just two days. After intense discussions and consultations among all parties, the final consensus reached was to transfer 2,000 people to Wanling City.

"Next, Tang Anguo will lead people to visit Wanling City to discuss this matter."

"Do you have any opinions?"

Mayor Qian continued to ask.

After hearing this, the various forces below expressed their agreement. After all, the people in the visiting group represented the most powerful forces in the shelter.

After the meeting, in Mayor Qian's office, Tang Anguo was sitting on the sofa beside him.

"Li Mu's request to us to find his relatives has been successful. His and his friend's parents are still alive.

He has now been taken to the local county government for safekeeping. When you go there, tell him about this."

"This is a satellite phone. You can contact the local city government at any time. Give it to Li Mu as well, but tell him that it is a loan to him and he has to return it after use."

After Mayor Qian finished speaking, he took out a black object that looked like a brick from the safe on his desk and gave it to Tang Anguo.

"The number to contact the Fuli Municipal Government is 92581. The battery in this satellite phone should be enough for him."

"Okay, should we use this information to exchange for more resources?"

Tang Anguo asked Mayor Qian holding the satellite phone.

"No, you just need to tell Li Mu about this and then give him the satellite phone."

“It’s easy to repay a debt of money, but it’s not so easy to repay a debt of favor.

According to Li Mu's character, if you ask him for resources for this matter, he will definitely give you a lot at once.

But no, he will remember this favor for the rest of his life!"

"Remember, asking for something is never as good as something someone else gives you."

Mayor Qian smiled meaningfully. He had been in the government for many years, and few people understood the ways of the world better than him.

Upon hearing this, Tang Anguo nodded as if he understood. As a man who had been in the army for more than ten years, how could he understand all these twists and turns?

"Then I will meet up with the others and set off immediately."

"Okay, go ahead."

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Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

On the other hand, in Wanling City, hundreds of residents were still busy transporting soil to the treetops, and Li Mu was acting as a human excavator, frantically opening up space underground.

After all, there is strength in numbers. The vast tree canopy has now been completely covered with mud.

Although the thickness of the soil layer is only a few centimeters now, it will only take more than two hours of work.

Under the big banyan tree, an old man in his fifties was carrying a basket full of soil and walking towards the stairs, but he stopped after two steps.

His body tilted and he almost fell down. Fortunately, a young man next to him came to support him in time, took down the rattan basket behind the old man, and said to him, "Uncle Zhao, you go and have a rest first, and let us young people do these things."

The old man steadied himself, glanced at the young man, and couldn't help but sigh, "I'm really old, I have to admit my age!"

"When I was young, I could carry dozens of bags of food weighing 100 kilograms at a time. Now I can only carry some soil and run two or three times."

"Time really is unforgiving!"

The young man next to him heard this and immediately replied, "Don't say that. You are still strong even now."

"It may be because the weather is too cold. Why don't you drink some hot soup to warm yourself up?" Hearing this, the old man sighed again, "Okay, Ah Fa Ni, stop comforting an old man like me. I'm going to take a rest. You continue with your work. Don't delay the important business of the city lord."

After the old man finished speaking, he immediately walked towards the city lord's mansion next door. When he entered the first floor, he saw that the dining table was full of people of about his age.

"Hey, Lao Zhao, you are here too."

"You're not feeling well?"

A gray-haired old man at the dining table joked.

"Old Ghost Wu, if that's the case, then you're not even able to do it before me, right?"

Old man Zhao looked at the man and couldn't help but laugh and scold.

"You two stop fighting. Come and have some hot soup, Lao Zhao."

Another old man in a black cotton jacket at the dining table pushed a bowl of milky hot soup over and greeted Old Man Zhao.

Upon hearing this, Old Man Zhao walked to the dining table, sat down, picked up the hot soup and slowly drank it.

"The Lord City Lord is really thoughtful. He has had people prepare hot soup and meals early."

Old man Zhao put down his bowl and couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, it is a great blessing for us to be able to join Wanling City!"

"Then let's take a break and continue moving the soil later. Don't delay anything."

This group of elderly people, whose average age was over 50, chatted for a few sentences and then stopped talking and rested quietly.

At the same time, on the other side under the banyan tree, Li Mu was still digging frantically, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but his eyes were full of determination.

He knew that time was running out and he had to dig the underground city as quickly as possible to prepare an additional escape route for the people of Wanling City.

On the treetops, residents were also busy. They poured soil on the uneven ground of the treetops, and then went down to carry new soil.

Although many people's faces were filled with fatigue, their eyes were full of hope.

They know they are fighting for their own survival and that of their families.

"Old Li, Tang Anguo and the others are here again."

"Okay, I'll come right up."

Li Mu climbed up to the ground and walked directly to the reception room on the second floor of the City Lord's Mansion. He knew that Tang Anguo and the others were already waiting there.

It was still the same people who came last time. When Tang Anguo saw Li Mu, he went straight to the point and said, "City Lord Li, we found your family!"

Li Mu was stunned at first, then asked in disbelief, "Are they okay?"

“The parents of the three city lords are all fine, and have now been taken to the local county government for protection.

This is the satellite phone that Mayor Qian asked me to lend you. You can contact the Fuli Municipal Government at any time and locate it at any time."

Tang Anguo handed the satellite phone to Li Mu and said no more.

Li Mu took the satellite phone, unable to hide his excitement, and looked at Ah Sao who was also overwhelmed with emotion and said,
"Go and get Cheng Cheng here quickly."

Then he said to Tang Anguo, "I am so grateful for your kindness. Please tell Mayor Qian that if there is anything I can do to help you in the future, I will do my best to help you!"

Li Mu wanted to go back to find his family as early as the Ice Age. However, at that time, firstly, he did not have the ability to travel thousands of miles in such a cold environment. Secondly, there was no navigation, so he could not find the way home.

It is a thousand miles from Lin'an to Fuli. If you just choose one direction, you will not be able to find the right road in this snow-covered world. China is so big that you may end up lost in this world of ice and snow.

Several readers think that the protagonist is cold-hearted by nature because he never goes to look for his parents, but have you ever thought about how he can find the right way across thousands of miles in this environment without a mobile phone navigation?
For me, if I go a few miles out of the community, I have to turn on the navigation to find my way back.
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(End of this chapter)