Mr. Wu looked through one picture after another and sighed deeply.
About five or six days ago, a distress signal came from S City, reporting that a group of armed supernatural beings had infiltrated the northern sector of the city’s shelter and breached the defenses.
A day later, a new group of leaders sent a message, claiming to have taken control of S City and requesting cooperation with ZYZF.
The reason B City had previously adopted a relatively tolerant policy towards supernatural beings was to prevent such a situation from arising. The direction of supernatural mutations was highly diverse, ranging from common physical enhancements to the development of superpowers found only in movies and novels.
What was even more astonishing was that many individuals had undergone physical transformations, and some could even shapeshift for a short period of time! Some unexpectedly acquired abilities similar to certain plants.
The diverse nature of these mutations presented various possibilities and unpredictability among these supernatural beings.
In order to maintain social stability and considering that supernatural mutations were becoming a global trend, it was preferable to adopt a relatively lenient attitude towards these emerging forces. This was done to avoid irreconcilable conflicts between the two sides. Thus, B City implemented measures to support supernatural beings’ involvement in various fields of construction and management. They even allowed the establishment of small search organizations to foster cooperation.
However, S City took a completely different path. As the leadership consisted mostly of ordinary individuals, they naturally hesitated to relinquish power and adopted a suppressive attitude towards supernatural beings, which triggered subsequent backlash.
Upon receiving that message, B City did not immediately react. After all, S City was relatively far away, and they couldn’t dispatch a large number of troops to eradicate these individuals easily.
However, they couldn’t show immediate support either, as it would set a precedent for other cities’ supernatural beings who would also desire similar treatment, leading to complete chaos in society , although it was already quite chaotic.
Both sides were engaged in appeasement and negotiation, testing each other’s intentions. Who would have expected that the next day, they would no longer receive any messages from there? And now, the satellite photos revealed what had happened over there…
“Mr. Wu, the statistical report is here. In the past ten days, a total of twelve small bases across the country have completely lost contact. Five of them sent distress signals before losing contact, reporting large-scale attacks by mutated animals and plants on the bases…” Another person knocked on the door and entered, holding a stack of reports.
Mr. Wu asked them to put the documents down and asked the secretary, “Still no news from Wu Shen?”
The secretary shook their head. “Colonel Wu only sent one message before leaving S City, and there has been no contact since then.”
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“Now we only have this report… But what exactly is in Y City, in the ancient tomb? Does it have any connection to this incident?”
Abu is a good hunter. As a member of the Labrador Retriever breed, Abu has demonstrated excellent qualities as a guide dog and unexpectedly displayed exceptional hunting skills, greatly impressing Xu Song and his companions.
The name “Abu” was given by Mo Tianyou, and the small hedgehog was named Ahci. These two animals are extremely affectionate and particularly fond of sticking to Mo Tianyou, the person who can communicate with them spiritually.
Xu Song suspected that even the hedgehog might have been someone’s pet before the apocalypse.
Mo Tianyou told the others that the hedgehog was accidentally brought back to the mountains by a large snake. It used to sleep in a small alley in the city but got “touched” by the big snake while passing by with its prey. For some unknown reason, it was taken back to the snake’s “dining hall” and left there with the other captured animals.
Although it could have escaped, the little creature with a small size and timid nature lacked the courage to run away. Fortunately, due to its small size and minimal food requirements, it could survive by finding fruits and other things nearby. That’s how it managed to survive until it discovered Xu Song and felt Mo Tianyou’s goodwill, eagerly following them down the mountain.
As for the Labrador, its story was much simpler. After the apocalypse and the mutations occurred, its owner died or fled, leaving it to survive alone at the foot of the mountain. It was eventually captured by the big snake as a reserve food source until it encountered Xu Song and the others.
“A mutated rabbit?” Xu Song pondered, looking at the large rabbit that Abu had just brought back. “The fur is good. We can keep it to make blankets or clothes.”
“Oh, we can wear a rabbit fur coat!” The twins cheered and ran over to touch the rabbit, which was now dead and half the size of Abu. They then climbed onto Abu’s back, running their hands along its fur.
Abu loved children very much. After the twins climbed on, it would take them for a little run. Of course, it didn’t go too far and only ran around the area where the motorhome was visible.
“Well, this rabbit’s meat is enough for us to eat for a week.” Yue Zheng patted the fat rabbit. Abu went hunting every day, initially bringing back everything he caught to eat with Xu Song and the others. However, when Mo Tianyou told it that it didn’t need to bring back everything and only needed to catch prey for itself, Abu started eating its own share outside. It would bring back a fresh catch every few days to supplement Xu Song and the others with meat.
The two men rolled up their sleeves, let the remaining rabbit blood drain, and started skinning and cutting the meat.
When the twins had finished playing, Yue Zheng had already grilled the fragrant rabbit meat. The spicy one was for the adults, while the one with pure cumin flavor was for the children.
These seasonings were also discovered during their journey. Speaking of which, the hedgehog Ahci couldn’t be ignored. Due to its habits, Ahci loved to wander around, searching for bugs and small snakes to eat, and would come back covered in fruit. Among them were not only common fruits and vegetables but also various strange fruits.
After Mo Tiancheng identified them one by one, their seed reserves greatly increased, and they managed to gather almost all the commonly used seasoning seeds. They also acquired some mutated plants with special effects.
For example…
“Come back, the meal is ready.” Xu Song divided the food and spoke to a string of white jade-like lilies hanging on the car.
From inside, Mo Tianyou and Mo Tiancheng’s cheerful voices could be heard saying,
“Oh!”
This mutated lily is an extremely special variety. Its function is similar to a telephone. After the lily is grown, the mother plant is placed on Mo Tiancheng, and the cut flower branch can be used for communication with whoever holds it and the mother plant.
Although each lily plant can only survive for twenty-four hours and withers afterward, and apart from communication, it has no other abilities, having just this one function is already sufficient for the group. Originally, lilies were a poisonous plant, but this mutated lily lost its toxicity during the mutation and gained the communication function.
Previously, Yue Zheng and the others found some walkie-talkies in a small shopping center, but they consumed a lot of power and took up a lot of space. However, these lilies’ flowers are small, not conspicuous when worn, and extremely useful. Moreover, Mo Tiancheng can control whether the communication between the sub-plants is enabled or if the sub-plants can hear the sound coming from the mother plant’s side. If utilized well, they could discover even more unexpected uses. However, for now, the group only uses them as communication devices.
Descending from Abu, the group sat on the motorhome’s sofa and began to have dinner.
Ahci twisted its way up Mo Tianyou’s leg and begged for meat from his hand. Mo Tianyou fed the unseasoned roasted rabbit meat to both Ahci and Abu, who had their heads resting on the car window. These two fellows were omnivores and would eat anything, including fruits, vegetables, and staple foods, in addition to meat.
If it weren’t for Abu’s enormous appetite, Xu Song and the others wouldn’t have to let it go hunting every day. They could have simply grown some mutated rice and potatoes and supplemented it with dried meat to satisfy its hunger.
Unfortunately, Abu now needed to consume prey at least the size of a mutated rooster each day. If it didn’t catch anything outside, the group would prepare a steamed mixture of potatoes, rice, and dried meat for it when it returned. Mixed together, it made for a delicious meal.
“We’ll be near City J tomorrow, and if the road is clear, we should reach City B within a day,” said Xu Song as they finished dinner and packed up. He and Yue Zheng climbed onto the large bed on top, leaning against the side of the vehicle, examining the map side by side.
“Yeah, I wonder how things are in City B and if Abu will be allowed inside. Also, our vehicle…” Without mentioning their previous experience in City S, after leaving Longshan, the group passed through several small bases. To enter these bases, they had to pay a significant amount of supplies per person, and vehicles would be confiscated (but with priority usage rights). The mutated animals they brought along also had to be placed in a designated area for management and required a substantial amount of supplies to be brought in.
These bases were mostly small and cramped, unable to accommodate more people, and the resources were extremely scarce. They were referred to as small bases, but they were even less well-equipped than the initial shelters and had a tendency to develop into refugee camps.
Xu Song and his group didn’t enter any of these bases along the way. However, because they were accompanied by mutated pets and had a motorhome, they attracted the envy of many small groups that were out searching for supplies. Some people approached them to exchange goods and build relationships, and that was how they gathered information.
“I’ve heard that the situation in City B is much better, and many people who came from there passed through those previous bases. It sounds like things are relatively good. We’ll see how it goes when we get there.” If all else failed, they would leave Xiao Shu and Abu outside to guard the vehicle while Xu Song and Yue Zheng went in to find people.
Xu Song nodded silently. Throughout the journey, his cellphone hadn’t rung once, and he couldn’t make any calls. He had no idea how his mother was doing at this moment…
Wrapped in a warm embrace, Xu Song leaned against Yue Zheng’s chest and closed his eyes.
Perhaps he was feeling a bit apprehensive about returning home? As they got closer to City B, his emotions became increasingly anxious, afraid of receiving bad news.
Early the next morning, the group set off again. They didn’t go to the nearby City J to assess the situation or search for shelters. Instead, they continued straight towards City B.
The closer they got to City B, the better the condition of the highway became. On the previous roads, they would occasionally come across abandoned and broken-down vehicles. But ever since they passed City J, they hadn’t seen any abandoned vehicles on the streets.
With their fuel-consuming motorhome, Xu Song and the others would stop at gas stations along the way and search for any remaining gasoline in abandoned vehicles.
After traveling for some time now, the storage space beneath the motorhome still contained several full barrels of gasoline. The fuel tank was also half full.
Happy family plus two! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🌳🦗🦮🦔
Wait, city S was destroyed then what happened to the three and Yue Zheng’s rescued co-workers?
Was wondering if it was the fight between the ability users and the military/scientists who were killing/taking the ability users… hmmmm
Sorry for replying…😁
No prob. I’ve done that myself…often…pfft!