"You...you're a college student, you should have manners, you can't bully the elderly."

The old lady thought Lu Sheng was just bluffing at her, so she sat on the ground and shamelessly asked for things, saying, "Anyway, you female students are always nagging about losing weight, so it's good to share some with us."

"You think college students owe you anything? You're really giving yourself a hard time." Lu Sheng raised his knife, ready to strike.

The two adults and one child were terrified when they saw that Lu Sheng was really willing to use a knife. They broke out in a cold sweat and ran upstairs in a panic.

Lu Sheng sheathed his knife and returned to his dormitory, where he heard a weak meow.

When I went out onto the balcony, I saw that Zhuangzhuang had been completely subdued by the four chickens. The fattest hen was riding on Zhuangzhuang's back, swaggering around, and Zhuangzhuang didn't dare to utter a sound.

"Why are you such a coward?"

Lu Sheng reluctantly snatched the cat from under the chicken, rubbing Zhuangzhuang's round head while casually scrolling through the group messages.

Although rice and noodles were delivered yesterday, there were no side dishes, only staple food. People in the building were complaining and asking each other in the group if they could borrow some pickled vegetables to go with the rice.

"Look outside, the lawn has grown back! And there are fresh mushrooms too!"

An hour ago, someone posted a photo in the group chat. Lots of plump little white mushrooms were growing on the lush green lawn; they looked very fresh.

"Could we pick some mushrooms and stir-fry them?"

"Making mushroom sauce would be fine too! It's better than eating plain rice!"

There were many people in the group who responded positively, and dozens of posts were made about how to cook mushrooms.

Lu Sheng lifted the curtains and glanced at the scene, then frowned slightly.

Yesterday's withered and decaying green belt seemed to have been reborn overnight. The dead trees sprouted tender green branches, and the parched lawn grew wildly to ankle height overnight.

Amidst the vibrant scenery, a hint of the strange lurked beneath.

The lawn was packed with people; almost everyone from Dingxianglou had come down, including Lin Dong and Su Zicheng.

Lin Dong looked completely drained, his former arrogance gone.

Fearing the mushrooms would spoil if left too long in the hot weather, most people picked only two and headed back.

Lu Sheng quickly spotted two familiar figures among the mushroom-picking crowd.

Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu were also there, each holding two mushrooms and waving at her.

A bad feeling rose in Lu Sheng's heart.

In the previous life, both plant and animal mutations and insect plagues broke out simultaneously a few months after the apocalypse. However, both the giant moths and the ticks that drained Lin Dong's life force indicate that the mutations are occurring earlier than expected.

Something unusual must be going on.

Lu Sheng rushed out the door and bumped into Sun Tiantian when he got to the second floor.

"Lu Sheng, look, these little mushrooms are so tender. I'll make you fried mushrooms later." Sun Tiantian held up a palm-sized mushroom in front of Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng carefully pinched the mushroom stem.

The slender stem feels cool and slippery to the touch, as if a liquid is slightly oozing out. The milky-white cap is very smooth and soft, and feels great to the touch, although a layer of slippery powder will stick to your fingers.

It's so good it doesn't feel like a mushroom; it's as smooth and tender as a baby's bottom.

"This mushroom is inedible, there are ants in it." Lu Sheng shook it, and a tiny ant crawled out from the crack in the cap, but was crushed to death as soon as it crawled onto the back of Lu Sheng's hand.

Sun Tiantian was startled and quickly threw the mushroom in her hand to the ground.

Lu Sheng knew that she was most afraid of insects, so he used this excuse to dissuade her from eating mushrooms.

"You don't want it? Then I'll take it."

The mushroom that had just landed was immediately picked up by a chubby boy, Song Xiaoxin, who lived on the third floor.

"Aren't you afraid of these mushrooms spoiling?" Xiao Yu and Song Xiaoxin were in the same experimental group and were quite familiar with each other.

Song Xiaoxin chuckled and lowered her voice, saying, "I have a secret weapon. My mom packed several large bags of sealed fermented soybean paste for me before she came. After I wash the mushrooms, can you help me make a few jars of mushroom sauce so we can share them?"

He was carrying a whole basin of freshly picked mushrooms in his arms, and casually stuffed the mushrooms he had picked up into his pocket.

After parting ways with Song Xiaoxin, Lu Sheng coaxed Sun Tiantian back to her dormitory with a few words and turned on the TV to listen to the live news.

"A military aircraft carrying a large amount of disaster relief supplies encountered an accident during takeoff from the airport an hour ago. The entire aircraft crashed, and all crew members on board were killed instantly."

A news report about a transport plane crash was urgently broadcast on television.

The surveillance footage clearly shows the plane colliding with a dark shape shortly after takeoff. The aircraft then lost balance, wobbled a few times, and crashed to the ground.

Although the dark figure was blurred out, Lu Sheng still recognized it at a glance.

It is a sparrow.

To be precise, it was a mutated sparrow.

When mutated birds take over the airspace, it means humanity loses its most convenient transportation routes. Relying on government support will become much more difficult.

And supplies will become even more scarce.

Sun Tiantian knocked on the door, "Lu Sheng, shall we go help each other?"

"Not afraid of ants anymore?"

Lu Sheng opened the door and asked with a smile.

Sun Tiantian chuckled twice and took Lu Sheng's arm. "Song Xiaoxin said he washed it several times and told me not to worry."

Song Xiaoxin's dormitory was on the third floor near the stairwell; Lu Sheng and the others went down one step to get there.

"Why didn't this guy close the door?"

When the three arrived at Song Xiaoxin's door, they found that the dormitory door was ajar.

Xiao Yu pushed open the door first and led Sun Tiantian and Lu Sheng directly into the living room.

But after searching around, they couldn't find Song Xiaoxin anywhere, only a pot of washed mushrooms in the kitchen sink.

"Give him a call."

Sun Tiantian suggested.

Xiao Yu took out her phone and dialed Song Xiaoxin's number. Soon, she heard a cheerful ringtone coming from the direction of the bathroom.

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