The two of them walked into the yard, leaving a trail of muddy footprints behind. Hearing the commotion, Mother Xu came out and took their shoes to the car door, allowing them to change out of their muddy shoes before getting in.
“Oh my, these old shoes are not suitable for days like this anymore,” she sighed while hanging the two pairs of shoes in the yard. Mother Xu pointed to the house and said, “I’ve already charged several batteries these past few days.”
In her free time, she had been recharging all the batteries in the house. That’s how abilities worked – the more you used them, the more skilled you became. When a user’s experience reaches a certain level, they can easily control a stable output instinctively.
“We’ve accepted the mission, and we’ll leave early tomorrow morning. The people from the base are clearing the roads outside, so as long as it doesn’t snow tonight, our journey tomorrow won’t be affected,” Xu Song said, and the two children cheered with excitement once again.
Xu Song and Yue Zheng knew that leaving the city wasn’t a big problem, but dealing with the roads covered by heavy snow and finding prey after leaving the base were challenging tasks.
Fortunately, they had a dog.
After the strange events, the natural instincts of these animals were greatly enhanced. At least, before the heavy snow sealed everything off, Abu could always find suitable prey whenever he went out.
They were going out the next day, so everyone was especially motivated today. Xu Song and Yue Zheng, along with Xiao Shu, organized two containers, consolidating everything from both containers into one. They emptied one large container entirely and tied it with thick ropes behind the RV.
They took out some dried or frozen game and loaded it into the RV, just in case they couldn’t find any prey. At least they would have food to eat.
After a whole day of preparation, early the next morning, the gate opened wide, and Team 0246 set off once again.
In the open space they lived in, there were still many things left. However, since the items stored in the base had some degree of security, and their walls were relatively high, ordinary people couldn’t break in.
If it wasn’t for Mo Tiancheng’s plant abilities being limited after leaving, and the vitality slowly dissipating, then they would have planted some mutated plants to guard their home.
Although most of the essential supplies were in the RV, there were still a lot of fabrics, fur, meat, and other items in the remaining container truck. Each of these items was highly sought after in the current base.
Fortunately, due to the base residents’ conventional thinking – missions meant no food at home, and they would take all their belongings with them – there was nothing valuable left at home.
You could consider this as a second form of insurance, right?
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When they approached a snowdrift almost as tall as a person, a bright orange fire dragon flew out of the window and spiraled into the snowdrift, evaporating a path through the high-temperature heat.
“Can we do that too?” A military officer stationed on the high walls surrounding the base used binoculars to watch the two large vehicles getting further away, filled with amazement. “Shouldn’t we recruit fire-elemental ability users to clear the roads inside the base, just like they do? One blast of fire, and the vehicles can pass through!”
The officer furrowed his brows and thought for a while, then looked at his comrade with a troubled expression. “Do you think… they would be willing to do it?” There were already not many fire-elemental ability users in the base, and elemental ability users acted like nobility, often refusing to do work like road clearing.
Moreover, what would be the right price to offer? Too little, and they might refuse; too much, and the base might not be able to afford it!
This approach is no different from using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken. Except for the fact that the abilities users in the military are willing to follow orders and do any job, those fire-elemental folks inside the base…
“Maybe we should continue clearing the roads manually…” Another person also realized this and shrugged, continuing their duty on the wall, standing guard.
The first day’s harvest wasn’t very good, and it wasn’t until evening that Abu finally caught a big rooster and brought it back.
Abu’s mobility in the snow far exceeded that of Xu Song and the others in their RV and container truck. Therefore, he was primarily responsible for scouting and finding prey.
Mother Xu directed Xu Song and the children to pluck the feathers from the rooster, and then, asked Mo Tiancheng for a pile of dried wood. After growing the tree, the plant ability user can then further accelerate growth, mankind the tree wither, making it convenient for obtaining wood for fire. After setting up a large campfire, they roasted the chicken for Abu.
It had been a long time since Abu had eaten such a complete and fresh catch, and he happily wagged his tail, thinking about finding more animals tomorrow to bring back home. This way, he would have plenty of meat to eat every day!
“Wow… it seems even chickens have abilities now!” Xu Song looked at Yue Zheng, who had extracted a small earth-yellow sac from the rooster’s head, and he marveled, shaking his head.
“This is probably the trend. When all animals have abilities, our human lives may become even more challenging,” Yue Zheng sighed and put the sac into another small bag.
Fortunately, for now, only Xu Song, Yue Zheng, Mo Tiancheng, Mo Tianyou, and Xiao Shu needed this sac. If Mother Xu and Abu also needed it, they would need to acquire five more of these every three days. This was completely disproportionate to their consumption! If they didn’t have the base, what would they do with the remaining prey? Throw it all away? It would be such a waste.
“Brother Yue, what about plants?” Xu Song suddenly thought of this issue and looked at Yue Zheng.
Yue Zheng also paused, furrowing his brows again. After animals gained abilities, they were intuitive, just like humans, but what about plants? If they also gained abilities… it would make survival even more challenging!
“Let’s assess the situation on our journey and be cautious,” Yue Zheng suggested. The root systems of plants were buried in the snow and even in the soil. If they didn’t actively attack, Xu Song, Mo Tiancheng, and the others wouldn’t be able to determine if they were safe.
They could be thankful once again that Xu Song’s abilities were the natural enemies of these plants, and they had Mo Tiancheng and Mo Tianyou, the two little radars, in their team.
The first night in the white world passed amidst the aroma of the roasted chicken cooked over Mother Xu’s campfire, and Abu enjoyed his meal.
The next morning, the fully equipped group headed in a certain direction on the outskirts of City B, following the determined route.
Where would be suitable to find a large group of mutated creatures with abilities? It was either heading to the urban area and looking for the animals that had escaped from the B City Zoo or searching in the surrounding farms and livestock facilities.
Now that the heavy snow had blocked the roads, the urban roads were in ruins, making it unsuitable for vehicles to enter. So, they turned their attention to the farms on the outskirts of City B.
Whether it was a place for raising chickens or a place for pigs, cows, and sheep, in any case, heading to the surrounding areas was undoubtedly the right choice!
While clearing the road and advancing, Xu Song’s abilities were indeed effective in creating a path, but they consumed a considerable amount of energy. The group continued for a whole day, and in the evening, Abu returned.
Mo Tianyou patted Abu’s body, which had already frozen from the water spray, and acted as a translator for the poor dog. “He said a bunch of water-spitting guys, so annoying!”
“Water-spitting? What could they be?”
“Water-based mutated creatures? Many of them?” Yue Zheng was equally puzzled, so he asked Mo Tianyou to continue communicating with Abu.
“White, yellow, chubby, and they can spit water, a lot of them…” Mo Tianyou translated for a while, furrowing his small eyebrows, and looked at Yue Zheng and the others. “Abu says they look delicious.”
So, it seemed like they were some kind of edible mutated creatures, possibly with water-based abilities.
“Which direction are they in? We’ll go find them early tomorrow morning,” Xu Song consoled Abu as he patted the dog. If Abu thought they were delicious, then at least humans should be able to eat them. They just didn’t know what these creatures were. Could they be aquatic creatures? Otherwise, why would they all be able to spit water?
Because the creatures were quite far away, neither Mo Tianyou nor Xu Song had sensed their presence. It wasn’t until the next morning that the group woke up early, prepared to meet these “chubby, white, yellow, water-spitting” peculiar creatures.
What made Xu Song relieved was that someone didn’t bother him last night, knowing there would be a battle this morning… After all, he had been pinned down for the past two nights! It was truly a blow to his male dignity!!
White, chubby figures moved around in the nearby snowy field, occasionally stretching their necks or burying their heads in the snow. Their mouths were yellow…
“Geese??” There were so many of them! And they were huge, at least two meters tall each!
Mother Xu held binoculars and shook her head. “No, these are ducks, or rather, Peking ducks. I didn’t expect Peking ducks to mutate and gain abilities?!”
“Peking ducks?! You mean the ducks used for the Peking duck dish?!” Xu Song was completely shocked. That’s why there were so many of them! So, it turned out they had ended up in a famous gourmet ingredient base in some part of City B!
“Yes, that’s right, Peking ducks. I wonder how their meat tastes now. Is it even more delicious than before the apocalypse?” Mother Xu speculated.
Including Yue Zheng, everyone’s mouths watered.
“How should we kill them?”
“Lead some of them over here and kill them slowly,” Yue Zheng decided, instructing Abu to lure the creatures.
“Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack…” Abu attacked one of them, and then the whole group—nearly four to five hundred ducks—chased after him! Wasn’t it like they shared a common hatred?!
“Woof woof woof!” Abu’s fur stood on end, and he let out a series of mournful barks as he ran desperately towards the RV.
“Let’s go up.” Xu Song shivered and opened the door, being the first to step out. Who knew why all those ducks were so coordinated? Almost every duck ran in their direction!
Stampede! Lmao! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦗🦮🦔🐝
🦆 All the food if they catch a bunch of those!!!
Delicious duck neck! Droll