As she was strolling around, Zhou Lerui suddenly noticed a large crowd gathered around a stall in front of her.

Zhou Lerui, who loves excitement and gossip, quickly pulled Peng Ze and Lin Xuan to squeeze into the crowd.

This was actually a stall selling live mutated beasts. The stall owner was a fierce-looking burly man who held a thick leather whip in his hand and occasionally lashed it at the cage where the mutated beasts were kept.

Inside several large cages made of fine iron were smaller mutant cats and dogs, as well as other small animals whose names I didn't know.

These mutant beasts share the common characteristic of being aesthetically pleasing, unlike other mutant beasts which have deformed appearances.

However, they still retained the ferocity of mutated animals, constantly ramming into the iron cage, each one covered in injuries.

Lin Xuan wasn't interested in these ferocious little animals; she didn't quite understand who would buy such ugly and fierce mutant animals.

To everyone's surprise, quite a few people went up to ask about the price, and even Zhou Lerui came closer to look at a mutated blue and white guinea pig.

According to the stall owner, these smaller mutant animals could potentially be tamed and kept as pets, but Lin Xuan thought he was probably just trying to fool people.

Aside from the little yellow dog she raised for her brother, she had never seen anyone raise any mutated pets in her past life. But maybe someone really did tame mutated animals, she just didn't know it.

Lin Xuan found it boring and was about to squeeze out of the crowd when Xia Feng grabbed her and led her to a cage of a gray, unidentifiable dog.

This dog didn't look as ferocious as the other mutated animals, but it was all scrawny and skinny, just a big skeleton, barely breathing.

The dog's eyes were half-closed, and its black pupils were draining away the life force within it.

"How many points does this mutated dog cost?" Unexpectedly, Xia Feng asked about the price.

The stall owner glanced over at the area and said, "That one isn't in good shape anymore. It used to be a beautiful Samoyed that hadn't mutated much. It got injured in a fight with other mutated beasts when it was kept together, which is why it turned into this. I'll give this guy the cost price, 300 points. You can take the cage with you."

The stall owner was telling the truth. Originally, these mutant dogs were kept together, but because of that group fight, he lost several good-quality ones. Since then, each mutant animal has had its own private room, and they are no longer allowed to huddle together.

This price is a steal compared to the other mutated beasts on the stall that cost thousands or tens of thousands of points.

Xia Feng squeezed Lin Xuan's hand, indicating that he wanted Lin Xuan to earn points. He didn't have a single penny in his card, so all the points would be transferred to Lin Xuan's ID card.

Lin Xuan knew her brother liked these small animals. Although she thought the dog was ugly and big and might not survive, she still readily swiped her card to pay.

When Zhou Lerui came out of the crowd after looking at the mutated animals, she found that Lin Xuan and her friend had actually bought a half-dead, ugly dog.

After asking Lin Xuan, I learned that Xia Feng was the one who wanted to buy it, and it only cost 300 points. This price is practically a freebie. The big cage with wheels for the dog probably cost 300 points as well.

Zhou Lerui and Lin Xuan didn't quite understand, but they respected Xia Feng.

Pushing such a big cage, they couldn't continue strolling around the market. Since they had already walked around enough, they simply drove home.

The car she brought couldn't fit such a large cage, so Lin Xuan switched to a van and put the dog in the back.

Zhou Lerui and Peng Ze drove back to the Zhou family villa in a separate car, while she and Xia Feng drove home in a van.

To avoid revealing Lin Xuan's unique ability to hold living beings, the two of them carried the cage to their rooftop home together.

Luckily, the front door is a double door, otherwise the cage really wouldn't have made it into the house.

After returning home, Lin Xuan drew the curtains and put the dog, along with its cage, into the yard of her spatial dimension. She and Xia Feng then entered the dimension as well.

Xia Feng first trimmed the tangled fur off the dog, then gave it a quick wash with warm water. After washing, he asked Xiao Huang to help lick the dog for treatment.

Little Yellow was terrified by the big, ugly thing and howled. Xia Feng had to coax and coax it, and opened several more jars for it before it finally allowed Xia Feng to hold it and lick its wounds for treatment.

The dog had quite a few lacerations on its body. Little Yellow licked them until his saliva was almost dry before he could lick all the big cuts closed.

Since Lin Xuan discovered that the kitten had healing abilities, it has only occasionally treated the minor injuries on the two of them. The most serious injury it treated was licking the zombie scratches on Zhou Lerui's thigh.

The pampered kitten had never experienced such a long and arduous treatment before, and it was so exhausted that it could no longer meow.

Xia Feng felt sorry for Xiao Huang and promised to go to the beach to catch fish and crabs to make it delicious cat food.

Lin Xuan also helped fetch warm water from the bathroom, find medicine, and retrieve dog food and canned food collected before the apocalypse from the warehouse.

Thanks to the combined efforts of the two people and the cat, the dog was finally rescued, regained some energy, and was able to eat some canned food mixed with dog food.

After taking care of the dog, Xia Feng started preparing food for Lin Xuan and Xiao Huang.

While Xia Feng went to the beach to catch fish, Lin Xuan, holding the exhausted kitten, stirred up trouble, saying, "Look, your Geigei has a new fluffy kitten to pet. He won't love you for long. You'd better be polite to me from now on, you know? I'm the one who brought you back in the first place."

"Meow, meow—" You're lying to the cat, I don't believe you. Geigei has always loved me the most. Little Yellow retorted with all its might to Lin Xuan.

"What? You don't believe me? The facts are right in front of you, you can't help but overthink it. Look, you even brought the dog home, and you had to treat its injuries and go through all that trouble. Geigei won't care about you anymore~"

Lin Xuan smiled wickedly and continued to deceive the kitten.

"Awooo meow—" Little Yellow finally broke down, forcefully kicked away from Lin Xuan's embrace, and ran into the house crying.

I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen, waaaaaah...

After teasing Xiao Huang, Lin Xuan was satisfied. She looked up and met the dog's pair of wet, black eyes.

Although the dog is now so ugly it's unbearable to look at, its eyes don't have the ferocity and cruelty of other mutated beasts; they look silly and innocent.

This made Lin Xuan, who had just done something bad, feel guilty for a moment.

Lin Xuan scratched her head and went back inside to get some treats for Xiao Huang. The kitten seemed really upset and needed some comforting, otherwise what would happen if she wasn't allowed to pet it anymore?

The dog was settled in the small courtyard of the space, and the cage was still locked.

Although it looks harmless at the moment, it is still a mutated animal from outside, so it's always good to be careful.

Because of Lin Xuan's instigation, Xiao Huang started a one-sided cold war with Xia Feng. However, Xia Feng did not notice and caught a king crab and a few fish to make a delicious cat meal for it.

After eating the delicious cat food and a bunch of catnip biscuits given to him by Lin Xuan, the kitten calmed himself down on its own.

How can that ugly thing in the cage outside compare to me? Geigei must be raising it as a reserve food.

So the kitten became clingy with Xia Feng again, which made Lin Xuan so angry that she pouted.