The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 272 Aunt Li Awakens

It's not that Liang Yuan is stingy, it's just that a sunflower that costs one thousand points is not cheap.

One hundred sunflowers are equivalent to one hundred thousand points.

Half of the more than 200,000 points he had just earned were gone in the blink of an eye.

Can he not feel bad?

But there is no way, these investments are necessary to make the shelter better.

Liang Yuan immediately consumed 100,000 points and directly drew 100 mutant sunflowers.

He thought about it and decided to set aside a separate area to grow mutant sunflowers.

“Let’s just create a sunny area.”

"This area is dedicated to growing mutant sunflowers. While providing plenty of sunlight and light, it can also be used as everyone's laundry room, drying room, and airing room."

Liang Yuan laughed and was very satisfied with his plan.

"When we expand production and have enough sunflower seeds, we can plant some in the mining area, Wuwang Pavilion, Meihai Garden, and Fenghuang Temple."

"When cold waves come in the future, the mutant sunflowers will provide heat, so at least everyone won't be frozen."

"By the way, maybe we can use this light energy to generate electricity."

“But that requires solar panels.”

Liang Yuan frowned. Solar panels can be considered as technological equipment, but he had no where to find them. Did he have to spend points to participate in the lottery again?
How many points does that require?
Liang Yuan felt a little melancholy.

How come the more points you earn, the more you spend?
"Forget it, let's talk about it later. I'll check the map later. I remember that there seems to be a solar panel production plant in the industrial park near Yangshan, and there seems to be a solar water heater."

Liang Yuan thought of this and suddenly thought of a water heater. After building this sunny area, it seems that he can also install a solar water heater to supply hot water to everyone. In this way, there will be no need to worry about a lack of hot water supply during cold waves.

"There's also a bathhouse. Maybe we can build one when the time comes."

"Tsk tsk, if you think about it this way, the Sunshine District really needs to be built."

Liang Yuan calmed himself down and went to the greenhouse again.

I saw Yang Mei, Dong Yan and others had arrived at some point and were all staying with Aunt Li.

Liang Yuan walked in and asked in a low voice: "How is Aunt Li?"

Song Wen whispered, "It's very strange. The fever went down just now, but it's back now. I don't think it's a cold or fever this time."

Liang Yuan asked: "What is that?"

Song Wen looked around, pulled Liang Yuan out, and whispered, "Mutation awakening!"

Liang Yuan's expression suddenly changed slightly. Self-mutation and awakening is a very dangerous process.

Ding Yan awakened her supernatural powers in this way and almost died.

The same was true for Liu Feifei. It was I who entered her spiritual world and pulled her out of the mental maze.

Now, Aunt Li has actually entered the stage of mutation and awakening because of an illness.

It seems that over a long period of time, the genes in many ordinary people have been changing, and the progress of mutation is actually increasing quietly.

Although slowly, it is indeed growing.

There should be quite a few people who are on the verge of mutation awakening.

The bad thing is an opportunity.

A life-or-death crisis, a jungle adventure, or even a cold.

All of these may activate the genes in their bodies and put them into a state of self-awakening.

Liang Yuan immediately said in a deep voice: "I'll stay and watch."

Song Wen said worriedly: "Aunt Li is weak. I don't know if this mutation and awakening will be successful. If it doesn't succeed..."

Her eyes were slightly red. If she failed, Aunt Li would become a mutant monster!

"Brother Liang, do you...do you have any way to help Aunt Li?"

Liang Yuan's expression darkened slightly, and he said, "What we can do now is to protect her self-awareness as much as possible during her mutation process."

"This process requires a strong mental force to enter her spiritual world and help her stabilize her self-awareness."

"Is it like what happened to Feifei last time?" Song Wen immediately realized something and asked quickly.

Liang Yuan nodded. The process of mutation and evolution is essentially a confrontation between self-consciousness and genetic chaos consciousness.

If you can bear it, you can awaken your special abilities, maintain your sanity, and awaken successfully.

If it fails, self-awareness will dissipate, and the consciousness fragments in countless genes will take over the body, and instincts will dominate the brain, thus evolving into various kinds of monsters.

Liang Yuan estimated that many of the people trapped in the building might turn into mutant monsters.

Because they have lost hope, are depressed, and have little expectation of survival, in this situation, it is likely that self-consciousness will find it difficult to overcome genetically confused consciousness.

"Then I'll go find Feifei?"

Liang Yuan shook his head slightly: "No need to be so troublesome, just let Dong Yan come."

"Is Yan Yan okay?" Song Wen was a little worried. It was not that she looked down on Dong Yan, but Dong Yan's ability seemed to be different from Liu Feifei's.

One is a mental maze, the other is a mental link.

Liang Yuan said: "Dong Yan's spiritual connection is actually gentler than Liu Feifei's spiritual maze. She won't force people into her spiritual world."

"Her spiritual power is more suitable for connecting to Aunt Li's spiritual world."

Song Wen nodded and quickly called to Dong Yan who was not far away: "Yan Yan, come here quickly."

Dong Yan ran over quickly: "Sister Wenwen, Brother Liang, what's wrong?"

Liang Yuan immediately told Dong Yan his thoughts.

After hearing this, Dong Yan quickly said, "I haven't tried it, but I can try. But Brother Liang, what should I do after the mental connection?"

Liang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Find a way to bring Lao Ma's spiritual connection into Aunt Li's spiritual world as well."

"With Lao Ma with you, as long as Aunt Li's main consciousness is still there, she will definitely not give up easily."

"Okay." Dong Yan nodded quickly.

Then they returned to the bedside and told Yang Mei and Ma Guocai about the plan.

Ma Guocai nodded quickly: "Okay, Dong Yan, just go ahead and do it. When you get to Lao Li's spiritual world, I will talk to her."

"Let's start." Liang Yuan said immediately.

Dong Yan nodded immediately, then sat aside, spreading her mental power to communicate with the spiritual world of Lao Ma and Aunt Li.

Old Ma only felt that a familiar consciousness was gradually approaching in his mind.

A hazy mist seemed to appear in front of his eyes, and after a moment, he actually saw the young Li Lanhua.

"Old Li!"

The young Li Lanhua, wearing Liberation shoes, short hair, and worker's clothes, was probably in her twenties.

Li Lanhua was walking on the road to the supply and marketing cooperative with a smile on her face, greeting people around her.

Lao Ma was calling her anxiously from behind, but she seemed not to hear him at all.

Ma Guocai had no choice but to follow her all the way and soon arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative.

At the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, a young and handsome man was waiting for Li Lanhua.

When Ma Guocai saw the man, he was stunned.

"Orchid, you're here."

"Guocai, where's Dabao?"

"Here it is."

The young man smiled and pointed towards the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Li Lanhua saw her beloved son hiding behind the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative, as if he wanted to wait for her to go in, which scared her.

She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Let's go buy some food. My parents said they would come over at noon."

When Ma Guocai saw this scene, his eyes widened, memories swirled in his mind, and his eyes were suddenly filled with tears.

"No, don't go, Lanhua, don't go!"

Ma Guocai rushed over there and yelled at his younger self and Li Lanhua.

However, they seemed not to hear it at all. Li Lanhua walked to the counter with a smile.

The son at the counter suddenly came out from behind the counter, screamed, and scared Li Lanhua.

Li Lanhua pretended to be startled and screamed.

The child suddenly burst into giggles.

The young Ma Guocai was also smiling beside him.

The family of three looks so happy.

The couple of them went into the supply and marketing cooperative, bought some White Rabbit milk candies, and a lot of other food.

At this time, Ma Guocai said, "I'll go see if there's any offal for sale."

"go together."

"No, it smells bad over there. Take your child shopping here instead. Don't buy anything for him."

Li Lanhua smiled and said, "I know, I know."

Old Ma's eyes widened as he tried to reach out and hold himself back from leaving. He shouted in fear, "No, don't go, stay with them, don't go!"

Tears streamed down his face, but he couldn't catch his younger self at all.

I watched myself leave here and be drowned by the crowd.

Suddenly at this moment, a scream rang out.

Immediately afterwards, Li Lanhua screamed heartbreakingly: "What are you doing? Let my son go!" "Someone come, someone is trying to steal the child!"

"Someone come quickly!"

The crowd suddenly became a commotion, and Ma Guocai turned his head in horror, looking at the scene that was once deeply engraved in his mind.

Li Lanhua ran and shouted desperately in the crowd. Her son Dabao, who had been following her just now, was hugged by a man in a blue coat. After a few turns, he disappeared.

Li Lanhua was blocked by the crowd and cried heart-wrenchingly.

Many people kindly stepped forward to inquire about the situation. When they learned that someone was kidnapping a child, they immediately helped to catch the human trafficker.

However, in just a short while, the human traffickers had disappeared.

Ma Guocai knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face. He dreamed of this scene almost every day during his first decade or so.

He didn't expect that Li Lanhua's memory at this moment was actually recalling their first child who was abducted.

At this time, the young Ma Guocai also hurried back. When he learned about the situation, he was so scared that his eyes turned red. He looked everywhere and asked everyone he met.

They chased all the way out of the supply and marketing cooperative, running away like headless flies.

Li Lanhua’s face turned pale. While searching, her eyes suddenly blurred and she fell to the ground.

The elderly Ma Guocai wanted to help her, but found that he couldn't touch her at all.

In a blink of an eye, the scene changed and I was already in the hospital.

Li Lanhua seemed to have lost her soul, staring blankly at the ceiling of the hospital.

Young Ma Guocai sat beside the hospital bed, wiping his tears.

Together with him were his father-in-law and mother-in-law who had long passed away.

When the elderly Ma Guocai saw this scene, he squatted on the ground in pain.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice in my ear: "Uncle Ma, cheer up, you have to find a way to cheer up Aunt Li and wake her up."

Ma Guocai was startled and looked around.

But he didn't see Dong Yan. Only then did he remember that he was actually in his partner's spiritual world!

"I, what should I do? I called her, but she couldn't hear me. They couldn't hear me either."

Ma Guocai asked excitedly. He couldn’t see Dong Yan, but he could feel that Dong Yan’s spirit was nearby.

Dong Yan was also a little anxious, but she didn't know what to do.

The two were anxiously running around in the hospital, when suddenly the spiritual world before their eyes changed again. Li Lanhua appeared in front of the door of the supply and marketing cooperative again, and the scene just now was repeated.

Dong Yan discovered something at this time: the child's appearance seemed very blurry.

On the contrary, Ma Guocai when he was young was handsome and heroic, with clear facial features.

The exact same thing happened again, and Li Lanhua was hospitalized again.

She still couldn't find her child.

The old Ma Guocai wiped his tears and said, "Why, why can't she hear me? Why is she trapped here all the time?"

Dong Yan also frowned, somewhat unable to understand.

She tried several times to use her mental connection ability to communicate with Li Lanhua.

But Li Lanhua did not give any response.

Dong Yan realized that there was no problem with her ability, but that the other party refused to establish a mental connection with her.

Dong Yan said, "Uncle Ma, Aunt Li's spirit body is very weak, but she is not unable to hear. She can actually sense it, but she doesn't want to wake up. She seems to be experiencing this incident over and over again and doesn't want to communicate with us."

"How could this happen?" Ma Guocai's eyes were red and he was wiping his tears.

Dong Yan didn't understand either, so she asked, "Uncle Ma, did you find your child later?"

Ma Guocai said sadly: "No, the trafficker took Dabao away. We have been looking for him for ten years and have not been able to find him."

"So what happened later..."

Ma Guocai said: "Later, your aunt gave birth to Xiaoya and Xiaoyuan, and she gradually came out of her grief."

"She has always been keen on helping people and doing charity work. She also joined the volunteer team. Later, she was spotted by the street and was sent to work on the street. Gradually, she started working on the street."

"I didn't expect that she had been thinking about this matter all along."

Dong Yan was also a little surprised. Aunt Li, who seemed hospitable and kind-hearted on weekdays, actually had such a sad past.

At this moment, the scene changed again, and Aunt Li returned to the supply and marketing cooperative again.

Dong Yan wanted to see what their abducted eldest son looked like, but when she took a look, she found that the child was still blurry and his facial features could not be seen clearly.

Dong Yan couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Ma, why can't your children see clearly?"

Ma Guocai was suddenly stunned. He stared at the child blankly, then looked at Li Lanhua.

His lips suddenly began to tremble, his hands began to tremble as well, and his mental consciousness became unstable.

Dong Yan was startled and hurriedly comforted him: "Uncle Ma, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Ma Guocai murmured: "No, no, I...how could I not remember Dabao..."

"It's impossible. How could we forget what Dabao looks like..."

Dong Yan was stunned, and then she realized that it was not that the child could not see clearly, but that Aunt Li had almost forgotten what the child looked like in her memory.

Not only Aunt Li, but Uncle Ma too...

Judging from their ages, when the child was lost, Aunt Li and Uncle Ma were only in their early twenties.

Now they are both in their fifties and sixties. Thirty years have passed, so it is normal that their memories are vague.

In that era, they probably didn't leave behind any photos or anything.

Dong Yan thought of this and suddenly remembered something: "Wait a minute, Uncle Ma, you said Aunt Li refused to leave and kept recalling this past. Could it be that she wanted to see Dabao clearly?"

Ma Guocai was startled and his whole body began to tremble. He burst into tears: "I... I can't remember what Dabao looks like. I... We are so sorry for Dabao..."

Dong Yan couldn't help but said, "Uncle Ma, now is not the time to be sad. You have to find a way to wake up Aunt Li."

"Think about it quickly. How did you wake Aunt Li up from her sickbed?"

"If Aunt Li doesn't wake up, she will fail to awaken sooner or later and become a mutant monster."

"You have to cheer up, Uncle Ma!"

Dong Yan's persuasion helped Ma Guocai's trembling spirit to gradually stabilize.

He took a deep breath and said, "Yes, yes, Lao Li, you can't get into trouble. You are the only one left now. Both of us, old couple, can't get into trouble."

Dong Yan said quickly: "Uncle Ma, you are right to think so. Think about it, how did you cheer up Aunt Li back then?"

He quickly recalled what happened back then and said, "I remember... a few years after that incident, she went everywhere to look for the child, and when she came home she was listless."

"We haven't found her for several years. She knows that there is no follow-up to this matter, so she stays in the house all day."

"I felt so sorry for her, so I wanted to take her out for walks more often. I don't know how she got to know someone from the Women's Federation on the street."

"Among the comrades in the Women's Federation, there was an old lady who fought against the Japanese invaders. She talked to her a lot and often took her to participate in the activities of the Women's Federation."

"Gradually, she got over the shadow of that incident."

"Gradually, I became a warm-hearted person in the street office."

Dong Yan couldn't help but ask, "Then what should we do? Do you have any way to wake up Aunt Li?"

Ma Guocai thought for a moment and said, "Comrades from the Women's Federation often get together to recite quotations from great men. Let me give it a try."

Dong Yan was stunned. She never expected that this was the method Ma Guocai mentioned.

She also found it hard to imagine that people of that era could really gain tremendous spiritual strength from that collection of quotations.

Half believing and half doubting, she looked at Ma Guocai standing beside the bed in the hospital, standing with the young Ma Guocai, and squatting down to recite quotations in Li Lanhua's ear.

To this day, Ma Guocai can still clearly remember the contents of the quotations and recite them fluently, his voice not loud but powerful.

As he chanted, Li Lanhua, who was lying on the bed with a hollow look in her eyes, twitched her eyelids.

Her eyes glanced slightly towards the elderly Ma Guocai.

Dong Yan was immediately pleasantly surprised and couldn't believe it: "It actually works!"

"Aunt Li, Aunt Li, can you hear me?"

She quickly called out to Aunt Li and her mind connected with Aunt Li's consciousness.

Ma Guocai's voice became louder and louder, and Aunt Li's consciousness seemed to become clearer and clearer.

The surrounding environment swayed gently like water waves.

Dong Yan was overjoyed, as this meant that the spiritual illusion here was about to be shattered.

Once Aunt Li wakes up, she will be able to walk out of here and completely defeat her inner demons.

"Lao Li, Lao Li, wake up, it's all over, are you really willing to leave me alone and struggle in Yangshan?"

Ma Guocai burst into tears and sobbed, not even bothering to recite his quotations.

Li Lanhua finally spoke: "Old Ma..."

Her appearance and expression aged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everything around me was dissipating.

Dong Yan opened her eyes, her forehead covered with sweat. She looked at Aunt Li lying in the bamboo building, and Ma Guocai sitting next to her with tears streaming down his face. She couldn't help but smile.

Yang Mei and Song Wen looked over quickly.

"Yan Yan, what's wrong?"

"Yan Yan, are you okay?"

Dong Yan said happily: "Success!"

(End of this chapter)