Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 138 It was a close call, my house was almost robbed!

"Yes, it is indeed the sound of digging, and it seems to come from underground!"

Having said that, Wang Quan and Hu Fugui looked at each other, then lay down at the same time with their ears close to the ground.

"Swish, swish, swish"

The slight but clear sound of digging continued to reach their ears. Hu Fugui asked in confusion, "Why is there someone digging underground in this place? Is there something new going on in the city?"

Wang Quan's eyes flickered, "I haven't heard anyone mention the dungeon expansion recently."

After a pause, he asked again: "Is it possible that the people digging underground are not humans, but..."

"Mutated beast!"

The two men said their guesses in unison. At the same time, their expressions began to change in opposite directions. Wang Quan's expression changed from worry to fear, while Hu Fugui's expression gradually changed from surprise to joy.

"Brother Hu, if it's really like what we guessed, and the one digging underground is a mutant beast, that would be bad. Will it dig into the city, or even the underground city? What should we do then?"

Unlike Wang Quan, Hu Fugui was full of excitement and said something unexpected: "Old Wang, we are going to be rich!"

The topic changed too quickly. Before Wang Quan could react, Hu Fugui continued, "You think too much. With the ability of the hunting team and the means of the city lord, dealing with some mutant beasts is definitely not a problem. What we have to do now is to verify the authenticity of this matter and then report it to the city lord. Then, the reward, tsk tsk."

Wang Quan now understood. If they confirmed the matter and reported the information to the city lord, they would receive a handsome reward, which would be much more than what they could earn from catching rabbits!

"Then we must hurry up. If others find out about this, we will lose all the wealth we have gained."

The two discussed it for a while. In their opinion, no matter whether this thing was a mutant beast or not, and where it came from, there had to be a starting point if they wanted to dig underground. As long as they could find this place, they would basically be done.

They don't have the ability to deal with this thing, so they just have to report it.

So they decided to divide the work and search in different directions, but they could not stray too far from the city wall to avoid getting lost. And whoever found it would blow a whistle and meet at the city gate.

After saying that, the two of them slowly groped their way towards the north and south directions, keeping their bodies low and trying not to miss any details.

Half an hour later, Wang Quan tightened his clothes, took out the last tomato from his pocket and ate it in two or three bites. "It's really cold outside. If I can't find another one, I have to go back to the city to replenish the heat-generating tomatoes."

While he was muttering to himself, he felt sorry for the spirit coins he had used to buy the heating tomatoes, as these were all his wife's money!
Feeling annoyed, he kicked a small snow pile on the ground, and the snow flew up immediately. But he didn't expect that this act of venting his anger would bring him unexpected gains.

Under the snow pile, there suddenly appeared a circular hole more than one meter wide. It was pitch black and it seemed to be leading to the interior of Wanling City.

"Fuck, I found it!"

Wang Quan was sure in an instant that this was the place he was looking for. Except for mutant beasts, nothing would go to such a hole. Then he put his finger into his mouth, and a loud whistle began to sound.

"We wanted to go out and set up traps, but because of the thick fog, we were afraid we wouldn't be able to find the way back. Then I found this cave entrance and came to report to you." In the cafeteria on the first floor of the City Lord's Mansion, Li Mu quietly watched Wang Quan finish the whole story, nodded, and said seriously: "Thank you for the timely information you provided, which protected Wanling City and other residents from harm. You are the real heroes of Wanling City!"

Hearing Li Mu's praise, the two rubbed their hands embarrassedly and couldn't help but smile.

Although they do this just for the reward, who doesn't want to be a hero who saves the world?

Li Mu also understood that the two of them were not only considering Wanling City, but it could not be denied that without their timely reporting, once mutant beasts suddenly appeared in Wanling City, ordinary residents in the city would inevitably be harmed.

Moreover, when people live in this world, they should consider themselves first, and take care of their own families before they can take care of the public. There are not so many "saints" with noble character in the world.

He has always firmly believed in one sentence: Those who carry firewood for the public should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow!
Thinking of this, he looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "I remember that you two are residents of the underground city, right?"

Wang Quan and Hu Fugui nodded, "Yes." At the same time, they began to look forward to it, because they knew that the next step was the reward session.

As they expected, Li Mu continued: "In that case, I will give you two rewards, and you can choose one of them."

"First, I will reward each of you with a tree house. From now on, you can move to the ground and live there."

"The second is to join the Research Department, become my subordinate, and work for me from now on."

After listening to the two completely different rewards, the two looked at each other, feeling a little difficult to make a decision.

Moving to live on the ground has always been their dream, not to mention living in a stand-alone tree house. They heard that the tree house is only available to the initial residents who joined Wanling City or those who have made meritorious services, and it cannot be bought with money. It is very comfortable to live there, comparable to the luxury villas they used to have.

But the second option also made them excited. Although Li Mu did not say what they would do after becoming his subordinates, nor did he say the specific treatment, being able to work for the city lord was in itself a silent class transition, and they would be exposed to a whole new world!

Li Mu saw the embarrassment of the two and said with a faint smile: "You don't have to give me an answer now. Just go back and think about it carefully before giving me an answer. Next, take me to the cave entrance you found."

"Okay. Okay." The two felt relieved after hearing this and took the lead to walk outside.

Three minutes later, Li Mu looked at the cave entrance in front of him, his eyes became deep. Plans can never keep up with changes.

But this is easy to understand. Wanling City is too special in this area. There are too many plants and humans in it. It is only a matter of time before it is targeted by mutant beasts. However, what he did not expect was that there are mutant beasts that would avoid the city walls by digging holes. He really had never considered this before.

Then he raised his head slightly and said, "It seems that the sky must also be on guard."

After thinking about it, he moved his mind and a vine as thick as a thigh appeared in front of him. It drilled into the cave, looking for the mutant beast inside.

After a while, with the sound of friction and squeaking, the vines pulled out of the cave a creature that was more than two meters long and had a waist as thick as a bucket.

(End of this chapter)