Xu Song held Xiao Shu in his arms and poked the oil fruits continuously. Mo Tianyou held the fruits above the basin, waiting for them to drain all the oil.
Mo Tiancheng patted Xiao Shu’s head and suddenly grew a vine. The vine formed a net that could hold the leaking fruits. As long as the basin was placed underneath, the fruits would slowly drain the oil.
What’s even more environmentally friendly is that once the plants finish bearing fruits, they quickly wither. When buried in the soil pot, they would be rapidly decomposed by the young tree, becoming its nutrients. The empty oil fruit shells can also be processed in the same way. As long as the young tree extends some leaves behind the window of the bed to absorb sunlight, it’s all good.
This way, with such environmentally friendly recycling, there won’t be any trace left to arouse suspicion, except for one problem, there will be some extra soil in the car, but that can be easily disposed of outside.
After a while, Yue Zheng and Mother Xu returned.
“How’s it going?” Xu Song quickly put down Xiao Shu and wiped his hands, the oil fruits were already dripping oil for a good half day.
“Haha, you guys really know how to make things easier.” Mother Xu laughed when she saw the vine net.
“We’ve made a deal. Besides the sewing machine, they also have a machine for stitching leather. Two machines in total, in exchange for fifty liters of oil, ten kilograms of rice, and ten kilograms of flour.” Yue Zheng also noticed their newly developed method of extracting oil from oil fruits, which made him smile.
“How will we give them the oil?” Xu Song walked to the sink to wash off the oil from his hands.
“Don’t we still have half a barrel of gasoline? There’s about twenty liters left. And we also have twenty liters of new energy oil that we received yesterday. We can take out ten liters of it to give them.” Hearing the voice, Xu Song quickly cleaned his hands and went downstairs with the items.
The two machines over there were brand new. If we consider the prices before the apocalypse, exchanging these two machines for these items seemed too cheap. However, considering the post-apocalyptic era, it was Yue Zheng’s group who ended up at a slight disadvantage.
But because of Mo Tiancheng’s abilities, they no longer needed the original gasoline. The new energy oil was also obtained for free yesterday. Not to mention the bag of rice and flour, they were also obtained yesterday, all of them being ordinary food from the pre-apocalyptic era.
The sewing machine was relatively large in size, but with Yue Zheng’s current strength, he could lift it onto the car by himself. Xu Song carried the leather stitching machine behind. This machine was electric, but fortunately, their solar panels were already installed, so they didn’t have to worry about running out of power, this was something that only Yue Zheng’s group could afford now. Most small teams couldn’t bear to change their solar panels.
In addition to the machines, Mother Xu also managed to obtain several replacement needles and a lot of cotton thread.
Yue Zheng was still driving, and Abu was running easily beside the car. Xu Song and Mother Xu continued extracting oil from the oil fruits with the two children following behind, they refueled the motorhome from inside as the fuel tank opening was located there.
First, they poured all the remaining oil into the tank and then started the second round of oil extraction.
After Xu Song was busy for a while, he remembered that he had to replace the gas tank from the kitchen. He quickly took the fuel tank they received yesterday and replaced the original one.
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When he returned to Mother Xu and others’ workplace, he was speechless to find that poor Aci was already shiny with oil…
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The car slowly drove out of the gate, and as they passed through, Yue Zheng extended his hand with a wristwatch. The other party scanned it and asked, “Going on a mission?”
“Yes.”
“Be careful on the road.” The staff kindly reminded and recorded the departure record of 0246. In this world, even hoping for a safe journey was a luxury. They had to be cautious in everything they did.
The road was filled with teams coming and going, either heading out on missions or returning to the city to complete their tasks. Xu Song and his group, with their large motorhome and a mutated dog, naturally attracted attention.
The GPS on the car was activated. Although satellites were still functioning, individual vehicle positioning was no longer possible. Therefore, yesterday afternoon, Yue Zheng and the others directly downloaded the map of the original City B from the computer terminal in the information hall and imported it into the vehicle. Now they needed to study the map and estimate their current location.
The roads outside the safe zone were relatively well maintained, but further away, they were still in poor condition. The car followed a road and headed towards the city.
Mo Tianyou sat in the passenger seat, assisting Yue Zheng in perceiving the distribution of mutant animals and people with abilities in the vicinity. After Xu Song finished replacing the fuel tank, he inspected all the electrical circuits and the water tank in the car before walking towards the passenger seat.
He picked up Mo Tianyou and placed him on his lap. Mother Xu, with Mo Tiancheng, Xiao Shu, and Aci, was busy planting trees and collecting oil from the fruits in the back.
“Is everything ready?” Yue Zheng turned his head to look at Xu Song, leaning over to give him a gentle kiss on his face.
Mo Tianyou, in Xu Song’s arms, covered his mouth and chuckled.
With the little troublemaker in his arms, Xu Song naturally didn’t need to be polite. He placed his hand on Mo Tianyou’s waist and started tickling him.
“Mom and Tiancheng are still working on the oil. It’s quite troublesome to extract it. I think we should fill up the fuel tank, the kitchen fuel container, and the two empty oil drums before stopping.” After lecturing the pleading Mo Tianyou, Xu Song let go of the little troublemaker.
“Yeah, it should be enough for now.” Yue Zheng nodded. Another convoy passed by on the opposite side, and Abu roamed freely in the fields. In a short while, he barked and ran off in a certain direction.
“Abu wants to catch some food.” Mo Tianyou pointed in the direction Abu ran off to.
Yue Zheng continued driving forward. Even if their car continued moving, Abu would be able to find his way back after hunting. After all, as a mutated dog, his sense of smell had improved.
Sure enough, after just half an hour, when Yue Zheng temporarily parked the car on the side of the road to discuss which route to take into the city, Abu returned with a giant hen in his mouth, causing quite a commotion.
“Grandma, we have feathers!” Mo Tianyou struggled out of Xu Song’s embrace and ran towards the back.
Mother Xu had just reached a certain stage, and another oil fruit tree had completely withered under Xiao Shu’s roots.
Perfect timing, as there was an excess of soil in the car, and it needed to be dealt with.
“We’ll take a 30-minute break. We’ll continue once Abu finishes eating.” Yue Zheng decisively stopped the car completely and got up to deal with the excess soil at the back.
They poured the soil into the tree roots by the roadside and, together with Xu Song, collected the useful and relatively soft feathers that Mother Xu mentioned, stuffing them into the temporary bag she had made.
“Mom, with Abu around, we’ll have plenty of feathers in the future. We don’t have to keep them all, right?”
Mother Xu pointed to the softest parts beneath the chicken wings and said, “Here, here, and here, just pluck the feathers from these areas. Take your time, I plan to make several down jackets for you.”
“No rush, down jackets require a different type of material than regular fabric, and we don’t have it in the car right now. We’ll find it slowly,” Yue Zheng replied. With his superhuman strength, he held the bag while Xu Song plucked the feathers. The bloody feathers flew in all directions, quickly filling up the bag.
Mother Xu pressed her hand into the bag, and immediately the volume of feathers decreased by nine-tenths…
With the feathers plucked, Abu carried the hen’s carcass and leisurely made his way back to the car, enjoying his first fresh meal in days.
Xiao Shu extended its branches and roots, with the branches basking in the sun while some of the roots entered the ground, replenishing water in the car’s tank. Another part of the roots extended toward Abu, secretly absorbing the bloodstains on the ground.
After Abu finished his meal, he dug a hole and buried the remains, while the leftover bones were completely absorbed by a certain tree, truly the best combination of waste utilization.
After planning their route and Yue Zheng memorizing the map, they set off once again.
This time, Mother Xu efficiently pierced a bunch of oil fruits and threw them onto the ivy. The ivy had rolled into a funnel shape, with a hole at the bottom for the oil to drain. Each pierced fruit was thrown into the funnel. Once all the oil had drained, Xiao Shu would decompose the fruits.
Estimating the amount of oil that could be extracted from these fruits, it should be enough for the car’s consumption. Thus, the labor of Mo Tiancheng and Aci was completely freed up.
Carrying the shiny Aci, Mo Tianyou and Aci went inside together to take a bath. Mother Xu placed the bag filled with chicken feathers into a large bucket to soak, while waiting for Mo Tiancheng and Aci to finish bathing and come out, they sat in the living room to rest.
“There’s a large shopping mall over there with a supermarket, electronics store, and more. But it’s located on the outskirts, and there aren’t any dangerous mutant creatures around here, so there might not be much left inside,” Xu Song said, pointing to a location on the GPS.
“Many of the buildings on both sides have collapsed. Let’s drive a bit further inside and assess the situation,” Yue Zheng observed. Although the roads were still passable, the buildings on both sides had mostly collapsed. It was likely not only due to earthquakes but also the battles between mutant creatures and humans, which would have caused such results.
“There’s a large group of very weak things over there,” Mo Tianyou frowned and pointed to the right.
Xu Song couldn’t sense much from the current distance. “Many of them?”
Mo Tianyou vigorously nodded, “A lot, densely packed.”
“Brother Yue, let’s take a detour… Even ants can kill an elephant if there are enough of them,” Xu Song recalled the giant cockroaches in City S, feeling a shiver down his spine.
Yue Zheng nodded and immediately adjusted their route, turning left at the next intersection.
If they encountered a large number of mutant animals, they would drive around them. But if there were only a few, they could try to establish contact. As long as the other party didn’t show any signs of aggression, they could peacefully coexist.
Furthermore, with Abu by their side, even if ordinary mutant animals discovered them, they wouldn’t actively attack.
As the vehicle went deeper into the city, suddenly Mo Tianyou pointed to a road junction ahead and said, “Something is coming, a few are fleeing, and a few are chasing!”
Although Mo Tianyou couldn’t identify what they were, based on his description, it seemed like a group of people with abilities encountered some mutant creatures and were now escaping.
“What should we do?” Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng.
Yue Zheng furrowed his brows, scanning their surroundings. He parked the car next to a collapsed building, and Abu crouched down beside it, trying not to make any noise.
They still hadn’t figured out the specific types of mutant creatures in this city, but fortunately, based on Mo Tianyou’s description, the number of creatures approaching wasn’t too high. Otherwise, if they encountered a swarm of insects like the one in City S, they would definitely turn around and run, not daring to stay here for another minute!
The two vehicles screeched and narrowly passed by the intersection where they were standing, rushing towards the outskirts of the city.
Several differently shaped mutant creatures followed closely behind, emitting deafening roars as they chased the group. They hurriedly crossed paths with Xu Song and the others.
Just when Xu Song and the others thought the creatures would continue following the group and leave them alone, one of the slower mutant Chihuahuas suddenly stopped and turned to look at them.
I got lucky!! As soon as I was lamenting over finishing all thr chapters it updated 🤭. Thanks for the chapter~♡
Yay, thanks for the update!
Chihuahua’s actually scare me… so this is actually a solid cliffhanger for me, lol.
Oy Chihuahua! Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦗🦮🦔
Thanks for the update
Thank you for the chapter!❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️♥️🥺
Mutant chihuahua does sound like a nightmare Thanks for the chapter 💖
“With his superhuman strength” he held a bag of feathers… sure, that’s definitely the harder job 🙄