Xia Feng found it a bit strange, since Xiao Bao wasn't one to join in the fun, even without those two resentful best friends.

Why did she suddenly become interested in someone else's injured team member? Or is there someone she's interested in in the Gale Squad's vehicle?

"Why did this injury take so long to heal?" Bai Botao asked Luo Haoran.

"Oh! Don't even mention it. The team members were so busy processing the beef that they didn't see Xiang Qing lying on the ground injured."

"We only realized one person was missing when we boarded the bus and counted the passengers. We found her in a pile of bison carcasses; she had almost frozen to death."

"Thank you so much, Brother Bai, and thank you so much, Captain Gu. Our Swift Wind Squad will remember your kindness. We will definitely pay you a visit to express our gratitude after the mission is over and we return to base."

"The cost of this treatment will be settled for you at double the base's price, using points."

Luo Haoran held Bai Botao's hand, his gratitude evident in his expression.

"You're too kind," Bai Botao said, his heart filled with compassion, and he didn't feel it was anything special.

"Captain Luo, we are all from the base's hunting team, and we should help each other. You don't need to be so polite. Just let me know if you need anything."

After exchanging pleasantries, Gu Xinghuo accepted the few buffalo horns that Luo Haoran had insisted on giving him and returned to his team's vehicle.

It's not that Luo Haoran is stingy; they didn't bring anything worthwhile with them on this mission except for food and weapons.

Lin Xuan helped load the cow horns and quickly jumped off the truck.

In a little while, it will be completely infused with the aroma.

Gu Xinghuo's head was throbbing from the smell in the Gale Squad's vehicle; his own squad's vehicle was much better.

You don't usually notice anything special about it, but when you compare your car to someone else's, oh my god, this one smells so good!

He looked at Xia Feng with deep affection, thanking him for helping them modify their car; he really loved him.

Xia Feng felt Gu Xinghuo's burning gaze and looked up, only to be met with a wink from the other man.

Holy crap! That's disgusting!

Xia Feng felt a jolt that shot from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

He quickly pulled the fluffy Lin Xuan into his arms for protection.

There are always men eyeing your brother, protect me!

He buried his big head in Lin Xuan's neck and sucked hard. Lin Xuan always had a soft, babyish scent that had never changed from childhood to adulthood.

The smell in the Gale Squad's vehicle was also quite overwhelming for him.

Lin Xuan was forced to act as an air purifier, but at that moment she was thinking about how to kill Ba Rong, so that Xia Feng could breathe in whatever he wanted.

From midnight to dawn, the group fought with the mutated bison and then processed the beef. They were all hungry, cold, and exhausted.

Gu Xinghuo made the decision to have a beef hot pot meal, and all the team members happily agreed.

No, what kind of nice person would eat beef hot pot so early in the morning?

Lin Xuan urged the cabbage, potatoes, romaine lettuce, and other vegetables that were going to be put in the hot pot to ripen, all while complaining.

This is something only their captain would do. If the vice-captain Zhou Xinran were here, he might have drunk some more beer.

"Little Bao, get two more watermelons."

Okay.

Gu Xinghuo had already set up the pot, and the two wind-type ability masters in the team were using their wind blades to slice beef into pieces.

Tong Hui, a water-type ability user, drains the water to wash the pot and vegetables.

She is a bright and cheerful girl with powerful water-based abilities that allow her to attack.

Yu Guangyuan, the water-elemental uncle who joined the team early on, has been eliminated from the team because he was too weak.

A Song of Ice and Fire doesn't tolerate idlers. Yu Guangyuan only knows how to hold back, and when he goes on missions, people have to be assigned to protect him. His water-based ability isn't a rare ability, and there are plenty of people who can replace him.

Gundam was also pounding beef balls by hand in a mortar and pestle.

Su Ye contributed all the hot pot base and dried rice noodles he had treasured in his space.

Xia Feng quietly set up another pot to make soy sauce fried rice for Lin Xuan.

This guy doesn't eat hot pot. He wouldn't even eat the beef he cooked before the apocalypse, let alone these mutated bison.

Lin Xuan took a bite of the soy sauce fried rice that Xia Feng had carefully prepared and sprinkled with cilantro.

"It's a little salty..."

Then the unlucky kid put down his rice bowl, went to the side to eat cucumbers while watching others eat hot pot.

She doesn't eat hot pot, but she enjoys watching others eat.

Lin Xuan had just absorbed energy from the mutated plants outside, so she wasn't very hungry right now.

Xia Feng, unable to resist any longer, grabbed Lin Xuan and started kissing her cheek.

Lin Xuan sucked on him until he cried out in pain, leaving a big purple spot on his face before he finally felt relieved.

He handed the whole pot of fried rice to Gu Xinghuo, who smiled and took it, then distributed it to the girls in his team.

The girls were used to doing this kind of thing in pairs, and they didn't mind sharing Lin Xuan's leftovers without any hesitation.

This is normal rice grown by Lin Xuan's superpowers, the taste of the pre-apocalyptic era, made with Xia Feng's skills, it's incredibly fragrant.

Several plates of beef were poured into the bubbling pot and cooked for a while longer. The mutated beast meat had to be thoroughly cooked, otherwise even a superhuman might get diarrhea after eating it.

Gao Da squeezed beef balls into the pot one by one, while Gu Xinghuo added a handful of mung bean sprouts that Lin Xuan had urged him to eat.

The team members stared intently at the pot until Gu Xinghuo scooped out a piece of browned meat and took a bite.

"It's ripe."

As soon as Gu Xinghuo finished speaking, more than a dozen pairs of chopsticks simultaneously plunged into the pot, vying for the broth and splashing it everywhere.

The gamey smell of the mutated wild beef was masked by the seasonings in the hot pot. Apart from being a little tough and salty, it tasted almost the same as normal beef from before the apocalypse.

Delicious! Tears welled up from the wide noodles!

The team members wolfed down their food. What did it matter if it was a little tough? The superhumans had plenty of teeth.

Before long, all the meat in the pot was scooped out, and the wind-elemental ability user simply started slicing beef into thin slices.

While waiting for the meat to cook, we cut two watermelons, one slice for each of us, which was incredibly refreshing!

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