The thought suddenly occurred to Jiang Yue, and even he was startled by it.
Then he remembered the stampede at Wuzhou Park last time. It was said that tens of thousands of people had flooded into the park.
Had those people been affected too?
Could the peaches and pears they'd snatched and taken home have unexpected side effects after they ate them?
One thing was beyond doubt: the peach and pear trees had borne an abnormal amount of fruit overnight, and outside forces had to be responsible.
At the time, Jiang Yue and Director Luo had even taken soil samples and analyzed them. The soil's composition had changed drastically.
Back then, they'd assumed it was simply part of the Era of Strangeness's revival. Now, it seemed things might not be that simple.
All of this was remarkably similar to what had happened at the Ecological Park.
Jiang Yue suddenly remembered that he'd asked Han Jingjing to study Professor Lu Jinwen's research materials. It might not have been a waste of time after all. Perhaps she really could find some clues.
But deciphering Professor Lu Jinwen's materials clearly wouldn't happen overnight. It couldn't help with the urgent situation at hand.
Jiang Yue knew he had to investigate further and try to gather more evidence.
He had almost made a complete circuit of the neighborhood and was certain there wasn't a single living person left inside.
The residential complex was enormous, and it must have had plenty of residents. By proportion, there should have been quite a few Awakened among them, yet every one of those Awakened had disappeared too.
That proved the strange force here was not to be underestimated.
There were quite a few residential developments of various sizes around Wuzhou Park. If Jiang Yue went through each one, he