After emerging from Wang Chengye's consciousness space, Qiao He's expression remained extremely grim. She recounted Ye Hong's supernatural abilities, including everything she had witnessed within it.

Upon learning of this, Wang Chengye's expression turned quite grim. He couldn't help but touch his head and chest, muttering to himself, "Could it be that the rat's brain and heart are still inside my body?"

Qiao He said softly, "It should be gone, because you defeated the mutated rats, so now your body is completely your own body."

Qiao Hua nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, Uncle Wang, Hua Hua has checked your body. You're very healthy, and there aren't any weird mutant rats."

Wang Chengye finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile, "That's good, you scared me..."

"Haha, I thought I was going to turn into a rat-man. Nobody really likes rats, right?" Wang Chengye joked.

Qiao He chuckled: "Yeah, but if you really become a ratman, it's fine. Maybe you can scare Ye Hong so badly he'll pee his pants."

Wang Chengye was both amused and exasperated: "If only it were that simple. Well then, shall we set off?"

Qiao He nodded slightly: "Let's set off now."

There's basically no way to gather any more intelligence here, so it's best to set off as soon as possible.

As for the mutated factory, this tricky matter most likely fell into Zhang Chen's hands.

To provide his daughter with a comfortable living environment, he will definitely deal with the mutated factory. Now that the factory has awakened, it will surely become like a mutated rat, attracting any passing animal to taste it.

However, what happened to Zhang Chen later had nothing to do with Qiao He.

Zhang Chen didn't know that Qiao He and her group had been there until Qiao He left the base. He didn't care who killed Qiao Yimu or how the factory mutated. These things didn't concern him much. As long as things didn't involve him and his precious daughter, everything was fine.

Life in the far north is ordinary; the polar night still exists. But for some reason, the further north I go, the lonelier I feel.

It was a strange feeling, as if the whole world had fallen into a cold and dark abyss.

Qiao He tried to shake off her loneliness, only to find that the people around her felt the same way.

The RV moved slowly forward in the darkness. Qiao He sat on the sofa, stroking the kittens' heads while talking to Shen Huai.

"Second brother, have you noticed that you've been feeling down lately? I can't quite put my finger on it." Qiao He sighed helplessly; she seemed to be sighing more and more frequently lately.

Shen Huai said dejectedly, "Now that you mention it, it's true... I guess it's because we don't see the sun all day. Being in the dark all the time can easily make people depressed."

Qiao He hummed in agreement: "Okay, I wonder if there's anything that can help alleviate this."

Shen Huai thought for a moment and said, "Take some vitamins, vitamin D, it'll probably make you feel better."

Qiao He was slightly surprised: "Really?"

Shen Huai: "Let's give it a try, but it's only a temporary solution."

Bo Shiwu said in a low voice, "We can give it a try, it should work."

Qiao He started rummaging through her spatial storage for the medicines she had stockpiled. In principle, she had stockpiled all the medicines that were available on the market, but finding something as small as vitamins was indeed not an easy task.

Qiao Yin searched the space with her, and after an unknown amount of time, they finally found it.

Qiao He took them out and distributed them to everyone: "Eat something when you're bored. It's not good to stay in a bad mood all the time; it will affect our spirits."

Bai Tian nodded slightly: "Okay, I also often feel down, and sometimes I feel that life doesn't have much meaning."

Li Zong scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly, "To be honest, I keep dreaming about my mother these past few days. She died so tragically... I often wake up crying from my dreams."

Shen Huai said helplessly, "I also always have nightmares, and I don't remember what I had. In short, I always feel a sense of loss when I wake up. I really suspect that the polar night amplifies people's negative emotions."

Being in darkness for extended periods is actually very dangerous, and even if they have night vision goggles, it's all in vain if they can't see the sun.

Although humans are not plants that rely on photosynthesis to survive, they still need the sun and light.

Or perhaps it is because the closer one gets to the far north, the colder it becomes.

They are now wearing thick cotton coats to ward off the cold.

The polar night and the cold gave Qiao He the feeling that she had fallen into the deep sea.

The RV continued onward, the world was pitch black, and there wasn't a single spark in sight. It seemed... they were the only ones left here.

Qiao He simply couldn't imagine whether she would have the mental strength to keep going if she were alone in this ghostly place.

No one spoke inside the RV; the only sound was the crunching of the wheels on the ground.

Qiao He took a deep breath and shouted from inside the RV, "No, I can't take it anymore! Let's sing!"

Shen Huai: "??? No, Ahe, what's wrong with you? We're singing in this godforsaken place?"

Qiao He put her hands on her hips and said, "Yeah, otherwise it would be too boring. You said it yourself, this is a ghost town, there's nothing here. So even if we sing terribly, it won't bother anyone."

Shen Huai was both amused and exasperated: "Ahe, little sister... that's enough. Don't you know you're disturbing yourselves? Hahaha, I'm tone-deaf."

Qiao He coughed lightly: "Well, I'm tone-deaf too... Never mind! Let's sing!"

Qiao He started wailing and howling at the top of her lungs. Just as she said, Qiao He was really tone-deaf, and she was screaming like a madwoman.

Everyone: "..."

Kitten: "?" Mommy must have gone crazy.

After shouting, Qiao He's mood inexplicably improved a little. She said to Shen Huai, "Alright, Second Brother, it's your turn now."

Shen Huai's lips twitched: "You really want to listen to me sing? Aren't you afraid of being so loud that your facial features will be distorted?"

Qiao He smiled and said, "Of course I'm not afraid. My singing is terrible."

Shen Huai: "...Alright then."

Then, Qiao He quickly regretted it; she wished she could slap herself for suggesting singing.

There's nothing else to it, but Shen Huai's singing is even worse than hers; saying he sings like a ghost wailing is an exaggeration.

The kittens were all painfully covering their little ears with their paws.