Chapter 54 Hot Spring in the Cave

Although the other road was a little longer, it was relatively stable. At first, Qin Muxue was worried that Lai Liangjun would appear. After all, she saw him last night. Although she shot him with an arrow, everything was safe along the way and everyone left the area safely.

On the way, we found a relatively flat piece of snowy ground and prepared to have a quick lunch with some bread and milk. After all, we had to hurry on our way.

Qin Muxue watched Shi Yan driving the snowmobile and always had the illusion that the car would flip over. After all, this guy didn't sleep last night, so he was tired. Moreover, he had been driving for four hours in the morning. She was really afraid that something might go wrong, so she volunteered and said, "Why don't you let me try to drive for a while! You can take a nap too."

"The mountain roads here are rugged and covered with snow, so it's slippery." The implication was that it was too dangerous, but he disagreed.

"I have a driver's license, and you can trust my driving skills. Let me drive!" Qin Muxue dragged Shi Yan down, and Shi Yan would not refuse her, so he had to let her drive.

Ding Manman, who was standing next to him, stuck out her tongue and said, "Qu Yanbai, I don't have a driver's license. You should drive from now on. I can't exchange with you."

"It's okay, I'll open it." Qu Yanbai replied carelessly. Seeing that Ding Manman's face was red from the cold and a snowflake fell on the tip of her nose, he couldn't help but use his hand to help her take it off.

Wu You turned his head and said to himself: I saw nothing, I saw nothing.

At this moment, an ambiguous atmosphere rose between the two of them. Qu Yanbai also felt that he had been rash and quickly apologized: "I'm really sorry, I just saw it... I couldn't help it."

Ding Manman felt her cheeks getting hot. She lowered her head and whispered, "It's okay." She ate the bread in small bites and couldn't help but look at Qu Yanbai's broad back. She had a different feeling. This was the first time she had such a feeling in more than 20 years. But thinking of the environment they were in now, Ding Manman still shook her head. Staying alive was the most important thing.

Qin Muxue sat in the driver's seat of the snowmobile and looked at some of the operations. There was not much difference from a car. She could even drive an RV, so this snowmobile should be no problem at all.

She was full of confidence and drove smoothly at the beginning. Shi was beside her to help her point the direction. The snow was relatively flat and she drove safely all the way. But when she reached the last turn, the snowmobile almost flew out. If Shi Yan hadn't hugged Zhenzhu and Baozhu tightly, the two would have been thrown out as well.

Shi Yan calmly freed up one hand to help Qin Muxue hold the steering wheel. Even though he had it under control, Qin Muxue still felt frightened. "I thought it was very easy." She smiled awkwardly.

"I'm by your side, and nothing will happen to you." Shi Yan still had a calm expression until Qin Muxue's hand accidentally touched his fingers. Then he felt his heart beating violently and his whole mind became confused. Even though he knew she didn't mean it, he was still happy in his heart.

Baozhu has never liked this man, and he always has a strong smell of blood on him. Others can't smell it, but her nose is very sensitive, so when she is with him, she always remains on high alert. If this man does anything dangerous to his master, she will definitely go up and bite him.

Shi Yan chuckled and touched Baozhu and Zhenzhu's heads. Zhenzhu had supernatural powers and could feel how powerful this man was, but as a cat, her keen intuition told her that this guy would not hurt his master.

Qin Muxue was driving a snowmobile in the snow. She was a little nervous at first, but later she got familiar with it and found it more and more exciting.

There was also a pop song she liked in the car, "The sun turned the earth into a desert, people started to mourn when the smell changed, the irony is that the air is very good, the chimneys are floating silently in the water, people are running for three meals a day without romance, all the love and hate are just asking for trouble..."

This song actually foreshadows the current situation of humanity in the apocalyptic world, but the disasters are far from over. The new blue planet is still hundreds of thousands of light years away, which is out of reach for humanity. Humans today are completely incapable of reaching there.

But soon a new round of snowstorm hit, and the raging blizzard made it difficult for them to move even with their snowmobiles.

“We can only find a place and wait for the snowstorm to pass before moving on.”

This seems to be a village covered with snow. It was submerged by the previous flood, and when the weather turned cold, it froze into ice. A seemingly prosperous small village is just under the ice.

Qin Muxue looked at all this with some emotion. Their days in Taoyuan Village were so carefree before, which was much easier than life in the city. Away from annoying people and things, they lived a life like in a paradise. Although there were bad people in the village, there were still more kind people. In today's world, people's hearts are treacherous. She no longer dared to trust anyone who was not familiar with her.

"Come and have a look, there seems to be signs that someone has been here." They looked at the fire that had been put out not long ago.

Shi Yan touched the ashes, which were still a little warm. "These people left not long ago."

This means that there are people living here, and it seems that there are survivors in this village. However, Qin Muxue looked around and did not see any place suitable for living.

However, Qu Yanbai found a cave nearby. It turned out to be right on the mountainside. Because the water level had risen, it was just the right time to go in.

If there were people nearby, living in the RV would be too conspicuous, so they could only stay in the cave for one night. No one had any objection to this, after all, it was nice to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain at this time.

Qin Muxue took out a few large candles and lit them in the cave. She found that it was quite spacious. There were some cold-resistant weeds growing on the ground. There seemed to be hot smoke coming out from the depths of the cave. The environment here was good. If there were survivors, why didn't they live here?

"It doesn't look like anyone lives here, but it seems like there are wild animals living here." Shi Yan checked the surrounding grass and found animal feces.

Ding Manman asked: "Then do we have to stay here all night?"

Qu Yanbai smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if a few vicious wolves come, we are still here and will definitely guarantee your safety."

At this time, Baozhu seemed to have discovered something wrong. He made an attacking gesture and growled, as if there really was a wild beast present.

"Baozhu, do you think there are any other creatures in this cave?"

Baozhu barked a few times in response, as if there really was some dangerous creature inside.

"Why don't we go in and take a look first?" Qin Muxue asked others.

"Okay, I'll go with you." Shi Yan nodded.

"Qu Yanbai, you stay here to protect Manman and Wu You. We will go in and investigate first. If there are any dangerous people approaching, you know what to do." Qu Yanbai certainly knew what to do and killed them directly.

"Pearl, you stay here too. If any wild beasts appear, you will be able to deal with them. Baozhu and I will go in and investigate first. Be good, and I will give you some dried fish to eat when we come back."

Pearl rubbed her affectionately a few times, jumped off her shoulder, and snuggled into Ding Manman's warm embrace.

Qu Yanbai picked up the dead branches around him and lit a small fire. Instantly the whole cave felt warmer. There was a huge rock at the door, which could block the wind and snow blowing in, making it not so cold.

Qin Muxue, Shi Yan, and Baozhu walked into the depths of the cave together. The cave was indeed very deep. After they walked for dozens of meters, Baozhu, who was always obedient, suddenly became out of control. When Qin Muxue followed her to the depths breathlessly, she found that there was actually a dog here, which looked like a golden retriever.

When the golden retriever saw a stranger coming in, he stood up and growled in panic, and his eyes became even more fierce when he saw Baozhu.

Qin Muxue was afraid that Baozhu would get hurt, so she quickly asked her to come back to her side, "Baozhu, come here quickly, it's too dangerous."

Baozhu motioned her to bark towards a corner, and Shi Yan reminded her, "There seems to be other creatures in that corner."

The two were originally in a state of high alert, but who knew that a few little puppies suddenly appeared from the corner, whimpering and hiding in the golden retriever's arms, looking for milk in his arms.

Qin Muxue's defense was instantly broken, "It turns out to be a puppy, so cute, no wonder the mother dog is so fierce, but why is there a golden retriever here." Qin Muxue took a closer look and saw that the golden retriever had wounds on its legs and was very skinny. It was possible that it had given birth to puppies but did not have enough nutrition, so it was so thin.

"Baozhu, did you ask us to come here to save these dogs?" Qin Muxue suddenly understood Baozhu's intention. Although Baozhu had not evolved any superpowers, she was very human and was originally a rescue dog.

"Woof woof." She barked a few times, as if responding to Qin Muxue's question.

Qin Muxue sighed. If she had seen a person, she might not have saved him, but when she saw a dog, she couldn't help it... She originally wanted to get closer to the golden retriever to take a look at the wounds on its body, but as soon as she got close, it whimpered softly and bared its teeth. Maybe it was the nature of a female dog. The puppies looked like they were not even a month old, but they were all round and chubby, very cute.

Baozhu was very anxious and called out to the golden retriever a few times. She didn't know how they communicated with each other, but the golden retriever was no longer on guard against them.

It stood up. It turned out that there was another puppy under it, but the puppy looked not well and a little weak. The other three puppies looked very healthy, only this one looked listless.

Even if the golden retriever feeds it milk, it will not suck and will just hang its head.

Baozhu nudged Qin Muxue and asked her to check on the puppy's condition. Qin Muxue could only say, "Okay, I'll check on it right away."

Shi Yan, who was behind him, had originally wanted to take action, but when he saw the soft light in Qin Muxue's eyes and watched her gently pick up the puppy, he finally gave up his murderous intent.

Qin Muxue is not a veterinarian, and doesn't know what's wrong with the puppy. She could take the puppy over to let Manman see it, but she doesn't know whether the golden retriever would be willing to do so.

Moreover, the golden retriever's leg was injured and the wound needed to be bandaged. Qin Muxue thought it would be better to take them together. Baozhu reminded Qin Muxue again and asked her to go inside again.

There was a narrow hole next to it through which dogs could pass freely, but she still had to lower her head and walk in the passage with Shi Yan, which still felt a bit crowded.

After Shi Yan's unintentional physical contact, his head felt numb as if he had been electrocuted. He put his hand on Qin Muxue's head to prevent her from hitting the rock above her head.

Qin Muxue looked at the big hand above her head and felt a little warmth in her heart.

After passing through the narrow passage, the view suddenly opened up. It turned out that the hot smoke was coming from here. There was a natural hot spring here. It was very warm deep in the cave, not at all like the ice and snow outside.

White smoke surrounded Qin Muxue. She put her hand into the hot spring and found that the temperature was just right, not too hot for humans.

"So it's a hot spring. Baozhu, are you trying to tell us about this place? It's indeed a good place, but let's go rescue the puppy first and come back here later."

Baozhu responded twice, seeming to agree with Qin Muxue's suggestion.

They turned around and first comforted the golden retriever. It was still struggling at first, but when Shi Yan held it, the golden retriever didn't dare to move at all.

Qin Muxue held the sick little golden retriever in her arms, and the other three followed Baozhu, stumbling out with them, whimpering and looking up at their picked-up mother.

Ding Manman was surprised at the dog in their hands, "Is this the beast in the cave?" Looking at the little puppy rushing out, with the smell of milk on its body, her heart was immediately melted, "Isn't this too cute?"

Everyone originally thought it was some ferocious beast, but it turned out to be just a few puppies and an injured female golden retriever.

Qin Muxue opened the zipper and a small head appeared from inside the clothes. It turned out to be a puppy. "It seems to be sick. Can you see if you can save it?"

"I have a lot of medicines that can be used on animals. Wait a minute, I'll look for them."

Qin Muxue's consciousness entered the space and took out a lot of medicines for dogs. In the eyes of real people, it seemed as if the medicines were taken out of thin air.

"Take a look, can you use it?"

Manman picked up the puppy and touched its back. She now had an ability that allowed her to feel what was wrong with another person's body as long as she concentrated her mental power and put her hands on the other person's body. All the body structures would appear clearly in front of her.

"It should be acute gastroenteritis. It will just need some anti-inflammatory and stomach medicine for dogs. I will heal it first and then give it some medicine to consolidate the condition." She focused her sensor on the stomach and intestines, and quickly identified the symptoms. The dog was relatively small, so she only spent some mental energy to heal it.

Qin Muxue prepared some medicine for the puppy according to its weight, mixed it with goat's milk, and gave it to it to drink.

The female golden retriever only had some skin injuries, and it would be fine after disinfecting the wounds and taking some anti-inflammatory drugs. Qin Muxue opened a can of dog food for it, and the golden retriever gobbled it up without leaving a single crumb.

Wu You was playing with the remaining three puppies. They all smelled of milk and they didn't seem to be afraid of people.

Seeing that everything was taken care of, Qin Muxue suddenly remembered the hot spring in the cave, "Oh, by the way, we also found a hot spring in there!"