After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower

That day, Li Pan did the cleansing purification alone, three times in both the morning and evening, and also tried to communicate with the forest’s interior. Everyone observed her activities.

"You should also rest, don’t overdo it."

Sister Qian pulled her to sit down.

"I’m okay, I recover faster than you all. Why can’t I communicate smoothly? Is there something wrong? Why aren’t even the animals responding? In the realm of sentient beings, there really are quite a few mutant animals."

"Perhaps they don’t trust us. After all, we are on opposing sides."

"That might be the case, I’ll try again tomorrow."

Li Pan sighed helplessly. It had been half a month, communicating three times daily, but still no response.

In the afternoon, after dinner, a little fox peeked out from a big tree in the distance.

It stared straight at Li Pan, neither moving nor hiding.

Everyone noticed it, but they did not attack her.

Li Pan waved her hand, "Let me try to communicate, I want to know what exactly is happening in the forest so I can address it appropriately."

"Can you understand what I’m saying?"

The little fox tilted its head, communicating telepathically, "Are you the one calling us?"

"Yes, I want to know what’s wrong with the forest, what help you need."

"It’s that grey energy you see. It’s been too long, it makes us go mad. Sentient beings have it a bit better, they can bear it, but the lower-level animals can’t, they become aggressive."

"I perform cleansing purification. I’ve tried it on both humans and animals, it’s effective. Would you like to try? My farm even has a wolf pack and a Golden Eagle, they’ve been around."

As she spoke, she blew a whistle, calling back the Golden Eagle.

The Golden Eagle cried a few times, seemingly communicating with the little fox.

Finally, the little fox jumped down from the tree, ran up to her, and signaled that they could start.

Li Pan smiled, purified its body, and even did it twice more to ensure it was thoroughly cleansed without any lingering issues.

The little fox bounced around, feeling the difference, and laughed joyously in a way that resembled the calls of children.

Li Pan reached out and stroked its head. The little fox remained still and let her pet it, making the other female superpower users envious.

The fur of the little fox was a reddish-brown, very attractive, truly a beautiful fox.

"You go tell them, I’m willing to help everyone cleanse the toxins from their bodies, help them regain clarity, clean the forest. Look, I’ve cleaned a large area already, and my friend is clearing in the southern route as well."

"All right, I’ll go tell them. I won’t let you work for nothing. Here, take this Spiritual Medicine seedling, you being a Wood Element user will definitely like these."

The fox pulled out a Spiritual Medicine from somewhere, which was a First Grade Spiritual Medicine, and moreover, one that her farm didn’t have, surprising her greatly.

"Really for me? Thank you."

Li Pan smiled with delight.

"A gift for you, I’m leaving."

The little fox wagged its tail at her, climbed a tree, and ran away.

Only then did Li Pan take out a clay pot to plant the Spiritual Medicine, to prevent it from drying out.

She then explained to everyone, "Some mutant animals have gone dormant; dormancy can slow down their madness. Also, the grey energy is toxic to them too, making them very uncomfortable, which is why they are a bit afraid of humans and dare not come out."

"What should we do now?"

"Keep moving forward and cleanse the forest. It is very beneficial for them. The little fox has gone to call the animals for me. I’m not sure how many will come, but we’ll cleanse as many as show up. If they no longer go mad, we won’t have to fight the mutant animals, and no warriors will have to be sacrificed. That’s also a good thing."

"Alright, I’ll listen to you. After all, this job can’t be avoided, so let’s just do it."

The superpower users also understood that under these natural disasters, no species could survive alone.

After resting for a day, they continued their journey. They budded into three shifts; even at night, some kept watch. The watchers also had to take care of purification and cleaning, working with everyone else during the day.

On the third night, some small animals came first, sitting in a row and blinking their big eyes at them.

"Purify and clean for them, each animal twice thoroughly. This shows our sincerity, and everyone must not slack off. There are highly intelligent mutant animals in the forest, and perhaps they are observing us."

"Understood, we mustn’t trigger a third animal surge."

"Exactly, that’s the intent."

Li Pan smiled at everyone and then took the lead in getting to work.

The small animals finished busying themselves as dawn broke, and, regaining clarity, they hopped away.

The gifts they left were very interesting. Some left two walnuts or other nuts; others left a wild fruit, while some gave a leaf.

Perhaps the small animals figured humans collect everything, so these items could also be gifts.

Though most of the items weren’t very useful, everyone felt a long-lost joy. These items held no monetary value but were very pure.

"Wouldn’t it be nice if humans and animals weren’t adversaries in the future?"

"Right, in the future, we still need to be careful to protect the ecological environment. We’ve suffered too much loss."

"After we eat, we’ll continue on our journey to meet up with Uncle Pei."

This matter with the animals wasn’t discussed with them because there was no signal. Phones no longer worked, and the radio was unreliable at such long distances. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Every day, a few small animals came seeking help, but not in large numbers.

They were continuously purifying the forest vegetation and hadn’t encountered any mutant plants, or if they did, none attacked them. They didn’t find much spiritual medicine, as winter snow covered the forest, making the medicinal materials hard to find, but they didn’t press the issue.

The purified forest indeed showed some effects, with the grey energy consistently retreating. Their journey was smooth as no animals or plants attacked them.

About a month and a half later, a drone delivered food.

They started encountering some larger animals, but as the purification deepened, even the caves were thoroughly purified by Li Pan, indirectly helping some sleeping animals.

When they met up with Pei Yuan and others, they exchanged information.

"We also encountered some animals coming for help. After cleaning, they just left. Their eyes were no longer red, much clearer, and they avoided us, not attacking us. But we also didn’t collect much spiritual medicine."

"We haven’t collected much either, just got something from the animals. Uncle, I think we need to come back again when spring warms and the flowers bloom."

"I’ve previously encountered a tiger that could speak human language. After communicating with it, we agreed that when spring warms and the flowers bloom, and the animals wake up, we will come again. They’ve promised to give us some medicinal herbs or spiritual medicine as gifts so our efforts weren’t in vain."

"Alright, then let’s completely purify the forest this time, to give everyone a breather and prevent another animal surge."

"Okay."

Then the two teams separated again, splitting into east and west routes to perform another round of purification and cleaning, ensuring the entire forest was thoroughly covered. This would mark the completion of the first phase of their task.

Busy until February, near the New Year, they finally emerged from the forest. They all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling almost like wild people. If it hadn’t been urgent, they wouldn’t have chosen the deep winter for forest purification. But it seemed the animals couldn’t wait, fortunately, the outcome was good.