Xu Song closed his eyes and depicted his spiritual power on the opposite bank of the river bit by bit. Collapsed buildings, cracked asphalt roads, fertile soil, earthworms, and other strange bugs hidden in the soil, some more or less mutated creatures, and giant footprints left on the soil…
“There’s not much over there,” Xu Song thought for a moment, explaining specifically, “The closer positions on the opposite bank have fewer mutated creatures, but there are quite a few plants and insects in the soil, similar to the wild before the big fire.”
“Tiancheng and Tianyou,” Yue Zheng called down from the roof to the two clapping below, watching the little guy fishing with tree roots, “Check the safety situation on the other side.”
The two children quickly released their spiritual power, and after a while, they raised their heads: “There are several level three fish in the water, no higher-level creatures on the other side.”
“There is a level three plant at the end of the road, and the rest are low-level,” added another.
When the children now calculate the threat level of these plants and animals, they use level two as the benchmark. Anything lower or equal to level two is considered a low-level mutant creature, while anything level three and above requires everyone’s attention to safety. This is mainly because the abilities of people like Luo Wen’an on the car are only level two, so safety needs to be considered.
As for aggressive creatures? Even if the children don’t remind them, Xu Song and the others can discover them in advance. Of course, they still make the suggestion in advance now to avoid accidents.
After obtaining the data, the two of them formulated a plan to cross the river and prepared to wait for the others to scare away the fish nearby before crossing. When they finished their calculations and lowered their heads again, they twitched their eyes at how many fish had been caught again?!
There were too many fish surrounding the river, and because there were so many of the same kind, whenever something fell into the water, they all thought something good had fallen and rushed to bite it. Almost every time they dropped a line, they could reel in a fish. What’s even funnier is that sometimes, one drop could catch two or three fish at once!
Luo Wen’an and the others worked in pairs, each time they caught a fish, they either had Mother Xu help stun them with electricity or directly used something like a large shovel to knock them out, and then threw them beside the RV. In just a short while, the fish they caught were not fewer than the ones caught by ostriches a couple of days ago!
It wasn’t until the two of them had a plan to cross the river that the speed of fishing slowed down. And at this moment, several big fish that found they had been teased leaped out of the water, attempting to “go ashore to kill the enemy”. As soon as they jumped onto the shore, they were hit by a thunderball from Mother Xu, shivered all over, rolled their eyes, and passed out.
“Humph, can these still be considered level three mutant fish? They’re nothing but water,” Mother Xu crossed her hands in front of her chest, looking disdainfully at the strange fish that had just passed out with sharp thorns on their bodies.
As soon as the fish came up, Tianyou was on the side jumping and shouting, “Level three! Level three is coming up!” As a result, she was directly dealt with by the old lady.
“You’re awesome and domineering!”
“Unified rivers and lakes!” Luo Wen’an and Su Tanji, one left and one right, sang and danced like actors, cheering up the two children.
“Let’s wait for them to finish playing before building the bridge?” Xu Song leaned against Yue Zheng’s chest and asked quietly.
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After all this, it was already noon. Everyone finished their lunch and then started to build the bridge.
Tiancheng first manipulated a vine of a plant to slowly cross the river. Sure enough, he found a shadow on it, and some of the fish hiding in the water actually spat out water arrows to shoot at the vine!
After the advent of the apocalypse, many bridges were slowly broken by these aquatic mutant creatures using water-based abilities!
Mother Xu loaded her gun, and two thunderbolts exploded directly in the water, stunning the nearby disruptive school of fish. Only then did everyone start to build the bridge in earnest.
Tiancheng’s plants, combined with Wang An’s earth-based abilities, quickly constructed a sturdy bridge in no time.
Xu Song and Tianyou were responsible for monitoring the surroundings, while the roots of the small tree floated out of the car windows, guarding around the several vehicles just in case.
The cars slowly drove to the other side of the river, with Luo Wen’an at the wheel, Yue Zheng in the passenger seat, and Su Tanji clearing the roots of various plants that stealthily lurked ahead, each using their respective methods—Su Tanji with a gun and Yue Zheng with spatial slashes.
“All clear! It’s safe!” Xu Song announced loudly only after the three large vehicles had completely crossed the river, and the nearby plants were cleaned up by Yue Zheng and the others, not daring to show themselves.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and then cheers erupted in the camper.
“Is the situation still not good today?” Elder Wu sat on the sofa in the small building, with a few red marks on his forehead, seemingly pinched out from a headache.
The secretary nodded somewhat reluctantly, “Yes when the hunting teams went out these past two days, they didn’t catch much prey. Moreover, even the land near the base is not like before, where we could dig up animals and plants that could serve as food…”
Elder Wu sighed deeply and shook his head, gazing out the window into the distance, “No matter how tough it gets, we have to hold on… The number of bases we can contact is decreasing. From the hundreds before winter, to before the bird tide, and now. There are only twelve bases we can contact in the country now. Among them, six are hiding in underground shelters and haven’t seen the sun for a long time. Of the remaining bases, three are in the desert. Among the large bases, only ours and the base in city X remain.”
As Elder Wu spoke, he closed his eyes deeply, “Of the dozen or so bases, how many people are left?” Now, they dare not believe that there are any other survivors outside the bases. Especially after the wildfire, even if there were survivors in the wilderness before, what about now?
Even though satellite photos scanned the country’s territory every day, trying to capture clear images to send back to the base, the traces of human survival that might be discovered were still few and far between.
“Leader, there will always be… a way,” the secretary suddenly smiled, nodding somewhat wistfully.
“Yes, in ancient times, wasn’t it said that only Nuwa created the human tribe? The West also says that humanity could reproduce solely through Adam and Eve. Ancient humans all developed from small tribes, let alone now?”
Just as he was speaking, someone knocked on the door and entered.
“Leader, Team 0246 has transmitted some data,” the secretary’s expression seemed somewhat shocked.
“Oh? What data?”
“It’s… about new plants that can replace traditional food!”
“Quick, let me see!”
Team 0246 had left the base for over a month now, and previously, they hadn’t transmitted much data back—mostly simple reports on common animals. The wildfire outside could explain this, Elder Wu and the others understood. Moreover, even if there were any new discoveries, it would likely take a lot of time to communicate back and forth. Additionally, there was only one young member in that team who had some knowledge of analysis methods. Could what they learned really be useful?
Therefore, the base didn’t dare to harbor too much hope. It was already considered good if their team could achieve some results within a year, bringing back some specimens and seeds.
But now…
As Elder Wu read the contents of the report in his hands, his eyes widened considerably. “Can we somehow bring back some seeds of these crops?”
The secretary who came in later looked somewhat troubled. “The team is too far away from the base now…”
“Establish contact with them,” Elder Wu raised his head, “try to get them to come back, or find a way to bring the seeds back. The nearby fauna and flora around the base are still too scarce. We don’t know exactly which crops can produce these kinds of seeds, but if we can get them back, they can be grown by the plant-based abilities of the base…”
The secretary nodded. “I’ll contact them and see.”
The previous secretary and others had left before he asked, “Leader, how did they obtain those seeds? And now… are there really so many plants bearing fruit?”
Elder Wu’s hand paused as he flipped through the documents, and then he muttered softly to himself, “Plant-based abilities…”
“What?” The secretary didn’t catch it clearly.
Elder Wu shook his head. “They always find a way.” Plant-based abilities… Yes, it couldn’t be ruled out that they had someone with plant-based abilities among them. Perhaps… one of the two children.
Although he deduced the outcome, Elder Wu didn’t pay too much attention. That team’s situation had always been unique. Now that they had taken on this mission, the stronger their abilities, the better.
…
“Now?” Xu Song, holding a bowl of cherries, raised a particularly large and red one, feeding it to Yue Zheng.
“Yes, it seems urgent for the base.” Almost all the plants outside were burned in the wildfire. Although they had started to grow again, mutant plants grew fast, and there weren’t any seeds or fruits to harvest for the time being.
The cultivated area inside the base was too small, and there weren’t many plant-based ability users. Elder Wu and the others must be worried.
Among the data uploaded this time, the production speed of the two crops was much faster than that of other staple crops. If stimulated by ability users, the harvest speed would be even faster. Hence, Elder Wu was anxious to obtain the seeds.
“How can we manage that?”
Yue Zheng looked to Tianyou, who was playing with their pet nearby while eating cherries. “Tianyou, can the little eagle fly that far?”
Tianyou looked up, and the mutated eagle in his arms, which stood half a meter tall, taller than Tianyou’s upper body, also turned its head. Patting the eagle in his arms, Tianyou nodded. “It can fly!”
Only then did Yue Zheng input another string of information into his wristwatch, confirming the delivery location with the other party and ensuring that their “messenger” wouldn’t be harmed.
Kinda like ordering takeout…apocalypse style….