Antas Vineyard is one of the 50 most famous vineyards in Abel City.
The wine produced here sells well all over the home planet.
Antas is the owner of the manor, and this vineyard has been in the hands of his family for more than a hundred years.
After getting up every morning and having breakfast, Antas drives his ATV around the vineyard to check on the growth of the grapes. This has been his practice for 30 years.
But what he never expected was that today would be his last visit to the vineyard.
After he drove his ATV into the vineyard, he disappeared and was never seen again.
His family immediately called the police, but after the local police station sent people to check, they could not find his whereabouts.
It can be seen from the surveillance of the vineyard that Antas drove an ATV into the vineyard, but the surveillance at the next intersection in the vineyard never showed his figure again.
In the following days, workers in the vineyard also disappeared one after another, with a total of 5 missing.
This undoubtedly scared the remaining workers into quitting their jobs.
So many missing persons once again attracted the attention of the local police station.
But this time, several police officers sent by the police station disappeared after entering the vineyard led by Antas's widow.
By this time, everyone knew there was a problem in the vineyard.
Local people even spread rumors that there was a ghost in Antas Manor.
But no matter what, with so many people missing, the local police station must come up with an explanation.
But at this time, even if the director personally ordered it, no police officer dared to enter the vineyard.
In desperation, the director decided to have the walls of the vineyard knocked down, and a large number of heavily armed police officers entered the vineyard from all directions. At the same time, their law enforcement cameras remained connected to the Internet.
The Director does not believe that under such circumstances, someone would still be missing.
But something unexpected happened.
Soon, the first police officer's body camera stopped moving.
The command center immediately called nearby police officers to check.
But when several nearby police officers rushed over, they only saw a law enforcement device that had fallen under the vines, and the police officer disappeared without a trace.
"Fake!!"
The director immediately cursed and ordered all police officers to withdraw from the vineyard.
But he gave this order a little late.
When all the police officers exited the vineyard and gathered, they discovered that 21 people were missing!
"Burn it for me!"
The director gritted his teeth and issued the order.
Barrels of gasoline were then poured into the vineyard, and a raging flame ensued.
And at this moment, an astonishing scene occurred.
The grapevines burned by gasoline started to move. They were like monsters in the legend, twisting the vines, and then pulled the roots out of the ground. Then, while everyone was stunned, they moved toward
Everyone outside the vineyard came to kill him.
There were burning flames on those vines, which looked particularly scary.
"Shoot! Shoot!"
At this time, no one knew who screamed, and then the police officers present opened fire on the grape trees.
But soon, they discovered that the bullets they fired were not of much use to the vines.
Although these vines do not have high defenses and will be broken off by bullets, they are fundamentally different from humans.
Even if the vines are interrupted, they can still twist their bodies, and even the broken parts will fall to the ground, and then they will take root into the soil and become new vines.
One person said that everyone, including the director, was dumbfounded when they saw these vines getting closer and closer.
After that, no one said anything, and then everyone turned around and ran away.
In fact, after they got into the car and escaped a few kilometers, most of the vines that were on fire were scorched black and fell down dead.
But when the police officers used drones to check, they found that many grapevines that had been burned to death began to take root and sprout again in a short period of time.
Keep burning!
At this time, the director no longer cared about the impact of public opinion, and immediately mobilized a helicopter to fly over the vineyard, spray fuel, and then set fire to the vineyard again.
This time it was much more intense than last time.
Even a few days later, when people were sent to check, there was no movement on the grapevines that had turned into charcoal ash.
Everyone originally thought that this incident would just go away.
But within five days, there were also disappearances in some surrounding vineyards.
In just five days, 34 workers disappeared.
At this time, many people already knew that the so-called disappearance was actually caused by the mutation of the grapevine.
Therefore, many vineyard owners took the initiative to burn their vineyards without waiting for anyone from the police station.
It can be said that this kind of loss is huge.
But these vineyard owners are also afraid. They live here. What if those vines attack them?
But what these people didn't expect was that this grapevine mutation disaster would spread so quickly.
In just two days, more than 80% of the vineyards in Abel City were missing.
It's like a rapidly spreading plague.
The top management of Abel City immediately held an emergency meeting to discuss whether to eradicate all vineyards.
After all, no one is afraid of the thought that those vineyards have now turned into an abyss swallowing human life.
As a result, the top leaders of Abel City quickly passed relevant bills, and the local guard and the police department cooperated to burn all vineyards in order to eliminate these mutated grapevines.
Soon, more than a dozen helicopters from the Guard took off. These helicopters carried large auxiliary fuel tanks, each filled with 500 gallons of gasoline.
According to the plan, it would take them three days to burn all the vineyards.
But that morning, just after a dozen vineyards were burned, a helicopter came under attack.
It can be seen from the video footage transmitted back in real time that a large number of round objects were suddenly shot out from the vineyard below the helicopter. After these round objects hit the helicopter, it directly blew up the helicopter.
After research and judgment by experts, they guessed that the possibility of those round objects being grapes was as high as 87%.
In fact, by the time the experts came to a conclusion, the relevant personnel who went to investigate the place where the helicopter crashed also sent back information.
They were attacked by vines near the vineyard!
And the way those grape trees attack is to shoot out grapes one by one.
And these grapes can explode like small bombs.
Of course, the guards quickly found a way to capture some grape vines and handed them over to experts for study.
After research, experts found that the grapes did not explode after being picked by humans, even if they were hit with a hammer. They would only turn into a pool of smashed grape juice.
But it just so happens that grapes like this will turn into small bombs after the grapevine actively launches them.
And after experts analyzed and tested the grape juice, they found no abnormalities.
To put it simply, there are no flammable or explosive ingredients in these grapes, and there is no difference in ingredients from ordinary grapes!
This moment made the experts dumbfounded.
But at this time, Fang Xiaoyue, who received the news, also rushed to Abel City.
Although he could not find anything attached to the strange fog for the time being, he also conducted research on these vines.
Of course, his research is definitely different from those of experts.
After research, he discovered that these grapevines were no longer ordinary mutant plants, but a life form with supernatural abilities!
It should be said that this world has strict restrictions on supernatural abilities, and it is impossible for any supernatural abilities to appear.
But with the continuous appearance of strange fog, this restriction seems to be broken bit by bit.
Not much to say about the strange mist itself, it’s a rule bug and it was originally considered a supernatural ability.
However, the mutations of animals and plants caused by the strange fog are generally relatively small in terms of supernatural abilities.
Among giant animals, grizzly bears are considered to have supernatural abilities. As long as they are over 20 meters in size, they will have a layer of light that can resist any attack.
Now, these mutated grapevines can turn grapes into bombs and launch them, which is undoubtedly a supernatural ability.
Of course, for now, the gap in supernatural abilities that was pried open was not big enough, so Fang Xiaoyue tried to open the channel to the Kingdom of God, but failed.
But precisely because of this, Fang Xiaoyue did not help Abel City eradicate these mutant grape trees this time.
Although wiping out all these mutated vines can easily force out the hiding strange fog attachments, considering the existence of such supernatural creatures, the suppression of supernatural abilities in the world is a kind of continuous damage.
So Fang Xiaoyue decided to keep these vines.
But having said that, the existence of these vines will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for Abel City.
Until now, any place with vineyards has become a no-go zone for humans.
No joke.
Any human being approaching these vineyards, whether by land or air, will be attacked by grape bombs.
The range of these grape bombs is approximately 300 meters.
As a result, Abel City was plunged into dire straits.
You know, more than 60% of the land in Abel City is vineyards, and even both sides of the highway are densely packed with vineyards.
As a result, land transportation has been interrupted, and even water sources have been occupied by those mutant grapes. Food and drinking water can only be transported by airplane.
The most terrible thing is that this mutation trend is still spreading. Sporadic grapevine mutations have appeared in Pider City and Grand Colon City, which are adjacent to Abel City.
Obviously, the senior officials of the Gallic Kingdom were not decisive. Even at this point, they still held meetings to discuss the matter.
As for the proposal to destroy all the vineyards in Abel City, it has not been passed.
Because 50% of the vineyards in Abel City belong to a few large chaebols.
For these big tycoons, these vineyards are their family's precious property. Even if they are mutated, no one will be allowed to destroy them.
But without destroying these vineyards, how can we curb the spread of grape mutations?
Just a few days after the high-level officials held a meeting and argued endlessly, the citizens of Pidel City and Gran Colon City took the initiative to burn down a large number of vineyards.
This undoubtedly aroused the anger of the plutocrats.
Many citizens were arrested.
At this point, public opinion in Gaul exploded.
Citizens from all over the country took to the streets to support the citizens of Pider City and Gran Colon City, and many people even attacked the corporate headquarters of those chaebols.
This is not surprising, as Gaul has always had a tradition of citizen uprisings.
However, precisely because the news from the Gaul Kingdom went viral on the Internet, the number of people from the Xuanyan Kingdom who were willing to go to the space station immediately increased sharply again.
As the number of people staying in the space station increased, Fang Xiaoyue had to temporarily return to prepare for the educational institutions in the space station.
Well, compared to eating, drinking and having fun, most families who live in the space station hope to solve the education problem of their children.
Although Xiaoxiao Smart Equipment Company has previously reached cooperative relationships with schools from various places for online teaching, there is still a big difference between online teaching and real-life teaching.
After all, many children are in class in front of computers, and even if a housekeeping robot is following behind them, they may not be able to concentrate.
There are also many teachers and professors who live in the space station. Although life in the space station is very comfortable, they will miss classes and research work after a long time.
Therefore, Fang Xiaoyue simply opened some elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools in each space station.
As for the kindergarten, the space station will not interfere and it will be opened by private individuals.
The teachers in these schools are selected by AI intelligence, or invitations are sent to teachers who have not yet moved into the space station.
As for universities, invitations have been sent to many universities in Xuanyan Kingdom.
These universities can first open branch campuses in the space station, or they can move to the space station as a whole.
Let them choose.
In addition, the space station has also set up a large number of various research institutes to recruit researchers extensively.
Therefore, in recent times, most of the people staying in the space station are teachers, professors, and researchers.
It has to be said that after the establishment of many educational institutions in the space station, parents became very happy.
The only ones who weren't too happy were the students who were acting crazy before.
Life was so comfortable before. I didn't have to do anything. I went to the zoo, amusement park, or played games at home every day. This kind of life couldn't be more comfortable.
But things are getting better now. With the establishment of each school, parents are sending students to school quickly.
Many students even cried all night.
Of course, Fang Xiaoyue would never sympathize with these students.
After all, the reason why human beings can stand at the pinnacle of all living things is not achieved by playing in a day, but by constantly learning and discovering knowledge.
But having said that, with the establishment of schools and even research institutes in the space station, many Xuanyan people who were reluctant to live in the space station in the past have also applied for places.