Chapter 1. Population Statistics
[Today is March 2066, 3. It is sunny. The air variation index is 18. There are no abnormalities in Sanqing Mountain and the wasteland...]

[The mutation has subsided, and everything needs to be rebuilt! Alien Defense Army garrison officer Lin Xuefeng retired due to injury. The new garrison officer Wu Yue proposed at the ninth representative meeting of Hanzhang Academy that people's lives should be restored as soon as possible...]

[The first nationwide census in Huacheng begins! ]

[All citizens in Huacheng are requested to bring their personal contribution cards and valid personal identification documents, and come to the administrative center in an active and orderly manner for verification and registration, and to receive relief food...]

Loud and clear broadcasts were heard from all directions, and could be heard clearly even in the mountains and forests.

Gradually, voices were heard in the wilderness, as if someone was running back.

And there were bursts of noises coming from the forest, like the rustling of trees growing wildly, the popping of flowers blooming, and mixed with strange, pleading calls of animals and birds...

Suddenly, a young girl stumbled out from the woods.

She looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, with skin so white and tender that a light scratch from a leaf would leave a red mark.

But when she stumbled out of the woods in tattered clothes, the serrated leaves all gave way and the gnarled tree roots moved slightly, for fear of tripping over each other.

However, when she left the forest, what stretched before her was a rose wall about 5 meters high that stretched to the sides with no end in sight.

Clusters of pink buds hang on the flower wall, and the faint fragrance is carried by the wind, rolling the blooming petals into the distance.

But with just a quick glance, one can discover that beneath the blooming flowers, the densely packed branches are covered with sharp thorns that gleam with cold light, and the ends even have a faint metallic color.

[Looks so familiar...]

The girl murmured, and then reached out and touched it without hesitation.

The next moment, the rose wall began to move with a rustling sound, and the branches scurried left and right, crowding together to create a passable space for her.

The girl was confused for a moment, and then walked through without hesitation.

Inside, there is almost no green in the ruined city.

……

There was a great deal of noise in the city.

There are many tall buildings that still stand, but some have collapsed into ruins. There are many cracks and potholes on the road, and I don’t know what tragic scenes they have encountered.

In all directions, there were only clumps of green grass growing out of the cracks in the wall, swaying in the wind. Looking from afar, there was not a single mature tree to be found.

The whole city seemed more desolate.

In stark contrast to this desolation, the positive and upbeat voice on the radio kept repeating:

[The first nationwide census in Huacheng begins! ]

[All residents of Huacheng are requested to bring their valid personal identification documents and contribution cards to the administrative center for verification and registration, and to receive relief food…]

This sound was heard again and again, and more and more people came out from the surrounding area.

From residential areas, shopping malls, amusement parks...even from the ruins, people came out from unknown places one after another, covered in dust and dirt, but also extremely excited.

They were running towards the city in pairs, chattering:
"The mutation value has been very stable recently. I haven't heard any movement in Sanqing Mountain recently."

"There has been no movement in Sanqing Mountain. There are even fewer mutant plants and animals than in the wasteland..."

"With this mountain and the Rose Corridor as a shield, the damage to our Flower City is relatively minor..."

Huaiyu was listening silently in the crowd, and now he understood - it turned out to be Sanqing Mountain, and the flower wall just now was called the Rose Corridor. "There are many wood-type supernatural people in our Flower City. My mother said it was because of the blessing of the mountain god."

"There are only a few people with special abilities, and they have all joined the defense army. They have nothing to do with us ordinary people..."

"Why doesn't it matter? What if our mutation value reaches the critical point and we mutate as well..."

"Come on! Ordinary people like us would go crazy if we reach the critical point. And those with superpowers, aren't they also causing more and more pollution?"

Ability……

Huai Yu spread out his palms: My ability to make plants obedient is also a superpower?
She wanted to hear more, but the crowd was jogging and the topic that came up behind her was already another one.

"How many points did you get for your contribution? I did a lot of hard work before, and I get two extra points for this job... It's really sad, who knows, I used to study finance..."

"I used to study beauty and hairdressing! I got over 400 points, I don't know what kind of relief food I can get. I heard that the imperial capital distributes it according to contribution points..."

"Well, I'm not jealous. The defense troops are on the front lines, so they deserve to get more points... I just don't know if my points are enough..."

Everyone was walking with big strides or jogging, and Huaiyu, who was walking alone on the road and looking around blankly, seemed a little out of place.

As everyone poured into the square building that was obviously missing a part of its corner, she looked even more strange.

The hall was full of people, and everyone was talking excitedly or calmly. Voices came from all directions. Huai Yu tilted his head slightly and could also hear a lot of news -

[Look at this spacious hall. It used to be the Housing Authority. That guy! There were always people coming and going all day long. Now, you can live in any unfinished building in the city...]

[What nonsense are you talking about? How great it is to have unfinished buildings! There was no greening at the beginning, how safe it is! ]

[You're talking about the city center. The suburbs are overgrown with weeds and it will take a long time to clean them up before people can live in them...]

[That’s right, many of the properties in the suburbs used to say they were close to nature and close to Mount Sanqing]

[The unfinished building doesn’t even have any shelter, and the air is ventilated and sunny, and the plants grow very fast! You can’t live there.]

[Damn it, I used to live in a villa area for the sake of greenery, but the plants and animals mutated, and the creeper on the wall directly tore down one of my walls]

[Alas, don’t mention the past. We can get through this now, and we can always get by…]

She listened silently and followed the team forward silently. She didn't know how long she stood there, but finally it was her turn.

In front of a simple desk, a middle-aged man was numbly going through the procedures:

"Give me your ID card."

Huaiyu was at a loss for a moment, then shook his head: "No."

The other party sighed: "Why are you queuing here without you? Don't you even read the announcement? Go to the team next door."

Huaiyu couldn't think of anything and could only rely on the current simple technology. After hearing this, he changed lines again.

There was also a long queue next door, which stretched from the dawn to the high sun, and finally it was her turn.

"Why didn't you go get a new ID card sooner if you lost it? How did you get a contribution card without one? You used a temporary one before?"

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