Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 54: The Simple Residents of Wanling City (Additional chapter for "Young People Until Death")
The early morning sun just appeared and began to slowly dispel the chill of the night.

“Although the sun has become dimmer and is no longer as warm as before, I am still filled with hope when I see it rising every day.”

Three figures stood on the top floor of the City Lord's Mansion, and the tallest one among them said.

"No matter how bleak it is, it's better to have it than nothing."

Li Mu turned around and said, "Have breakfast. There are still a lot of things waiting for us."

Today's breakfast is still a combination of meat and vegetables, including porridge, noodles, stir-fried dishes, and barbecue.

After the three of them finished their breakfast, they walked to the big banyan tree in unison. At this time, the area under the tree was already crowded with people, about a hundred in number.

The crowd was crowded together, some were chatting in low voices in groups of three or four, while others were eating steamed buns or pancakes hurriedly.

Seeing the three people appear, the crowd, which had been a little noisy, immediately quieted down and looked at them together.

"Why are there so many people here? Didn't I only invite fifty people?"

Cheng Cheng walked to the front of the crowd and asked in confusion.

"Didn't I hear that the city lord needs help today?"

"We are able to live a stable life here, have enough food to eat every day, and don't have much work to do, so we all came here early, hoping to help the city lord finish all his work."

An old man who was about fifty years old walked out of the crowd and explained to Yao Chengcheng.

"You guys, this... ah!"

When Cheng Cheng heard the reason, he was stunned on the spot. It was also the first time that he felt the care of these residents. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Li Mu walked forward, patted Yao Chengcheng on the shoulder, and whispered, "They are all grateful people, no need to say more."

Then he looked forward and said to the crowd, "It's good for everyone to come and help. I won't be polite, but I may make you suffer a little bit in a while."

"My Lord City Lord, please don't be polite!"

"this is what we are supposed to do."

"We are so happy to be able to help the Lord City Lord."

There were immediate responses from the crowd, and everyone was waving their hands hurriedly, feeling flattered.

"Okay, everyone please step back. I'm going to build a staircase leading to the top of the tree."

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, the crowd immediately ran more than 200 meters away.

Seeing that the crowd had gone away, Li Mu placed two seeds on the ground about seven or eight meters apart, then activated his ability. Two hemlock trees immediately grew out, but not straight up, but at an angle of about thirty degrees to the ground.

As the hemlock tree grew longer and longer, after a while, the tip of the tree reached the crown of the banyan tree, and then it stopped growing longer and began to gradually thicken until the diameter of the two trees was close to one meter and the width no longer increased.

Li Mu once again placed his hands towards the two leaning hemlock trees, and dense vines began to appear, entwining between the two hemlock trees. Then the round vines began to flatten, eventually forming a series of half-meter-wide stairs.

Directly above the hemlock branches, two thick vines were connected from the crown to the ground on both sides, and the handrails were also made.

Li Mu stepped onto the stairs, and when his feet stepped down, he felt a solid touch.

Holding the handrail, Li Mu walked up to the treetops step by step without slipping.

In this way, he knew that this staircase was completely passable for ordinary people.

"You two come up and take a look."

Li Mu waved to Cheng Cheng and Ah Sao below. After the two of them walked to the treetops, Li Mu looked around the space of more than a thousand square meters and felt that something was missing. He then asked the two of them,
"Do you think there is anything missing here for farming?"

Cheng Cheng looked at the tree canopy and said, "There's nothing wrong with it, except that it's still missing a guardrail."

“Oh, yes, there are guardrails!”

Li Mu immediately realized that something was wrong. Those who came up to farm were ordinary people and they might fall down if they were not careful.

Twelve meters is nothing to them, but for ordinary people it is the height of three or four floors. If they fall down accidentally, they will be disabled if not killed.

Thinking of this, Li Mu raised his palms slightly, and at the edge of the tree crown, a branch more than one meter long rose up every two meters or so. Then the branches began to branch out and entwine with each other, eventually forming a wooden wall more than one meter high.

"There shouldn't be anything missing. Let's go down."

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction and greeted the two of them.

Walking down to the ground, Li Mu came to the crowd.
"Everyone, you see this ladder, right? I need you to go through it and move a lot of soil up there. Can you do it?"

The old man who had spoken before replied, "Of course, but we don't have shovels or tools to carry soil."

"Besides, where was this soil dug from?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mu immediately said, "No problem, these things will be ready soon." Then he waved his hand, and countless vines formed rattan baskets and wooden shovels.

"As for the soil, everyone can just dig that pile."

Li Mu pointed to the small hill of earth formed by digging the tunnel and said.

"Okay, let's get started!"

The old man replied, and immediately called on the people behind him to start taking action. They all picked up the tools for making vines and began to get busy.

Some of them were using rattan baskets to carry soil, while others were using wooden shovels to dig the soil. It was a busy scene.

Li Mu looked at this group of passionate people and said to Cheng Cheng, "You and Ah Sao should watch out for them. Don't let anyone get hurt. Let those who are tired have a good rest."

"Also, find a few more people to cook with Aunt Wang and the others from now on. The portions should be calculated based on 200 people. Use more mutant beast meat and use the beast bones to cook a few large pots of hot soup."

When Li Mu just arrived under the banyan tree, he saw many people in the crowd still hurriedly eating their simple breakfast. It was obvious that they had woken up and rushed over with some food.

When he saw them arrive, he swallowed even faster, fearing that he would delay Li Mu's business.

Li Mu took in all these scenes and was deeply moved by the simplicity of these people. In addition, he would need to move soil later, so replenishing his physical strength was crucial. Therefore, he told Yao Chengcheng to start preparing meals immediately.

"Okay, I'll go prepare it right away, but I see there's not much soil in that pile. Can it be used?"

Yao Chengcheng pointed at the small mound and asked.

"There's definitely not enough there. I'll go dig some more soil down there, and that will be enough."

The underground city was still waiting to be built, and Li Mu could use the useless soil produced when excavating the underground city to pave the ground for the sky garden.

"Just watch it, I'm going."

When Yao Chengcheng heard Li Mu's voice, he saw that he had already jumped into the tunnel.

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