Mou Xuan was calibrating the radiation detector when the armored vehicle rolled over the broken concrete blocks.

The blue light from the dashboard reflected the scrape on his brow, which was caused by fixing the protective net in the sandstorm three hours ago.

In the rearview mirror, five modified pickup trucks were following closely in a wedge-shaped formation, the bulletproof steel plates welded on the roofs glowing bluish-gray under the scorching sun.

"There is a heat source fluctuation in the southeast direction." Chen Yao, who was in the co-pilot seat, suddenly pressed the earphone. The carbon fiber texture on the tactical gloves rubbed against the dashboard, causing a series of electronic noises.

Before she finished her words, the onboard artificial intelligence had already popped up a holographic projection - twenty-seven scarlet spots of light were pouring out from the shadows of the abandoned overpass.

Mou Xuan grabbed the emergency valve under the steering wheel and pulled it down hard, and four alloy steel spikes immediately popped out from the chassis of the armored vehicle.

"Old Fan, prepare the seed bombs." As he shouted into the communicator, the automatic turret on the roof had already rotated to a forty-five-degree angle.

From the rearview mirror, one could see Seed Collector Fan with half of his body sticking out of the skylight, and the seed bag made from a bulletproof vest fluttering in the strong wind.

The mutant hyena pack arrived seven minutes earlier than expected.

When the first monster covered with bone spurs pounced on the convoy, Farmer Du was holding the seedling box tightly in his arms.

This 40-year-old farmer was still arguing about whether to bring his ancestral hoe three days ago, but at this moment he suddenly unbuckled his seat belt, swung the hydraulic jack under the seat and smashed the car window.

"Old Fan, lower your head!" Farmer Du's roar was trembling with a Guanzhong accent.

As soon as Fan the Seed Collector retracted his neck, he saw Jack flying out, brushing against the filter of his gas mask and hitting the throat of the mutant hyena that was rushing towards him.

Sparks flew as metal collided with bone spurs, and smelly purple blood splattered on the bulletproof glass, making a hissing sound.

Mou Xuan caught a glimpse of the scene in the rearview mirror and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He swerved the steering wheel to avoid the collapsed area, and the steel spikes on the right side of the armored vehicle lifted up half of the concrete beam, pinning the three hyenas that had surrounded them to the wall of ruins.

"Well done." He pressed the team communication button, "Uncle Du is in charge of the left wing defense."

When the convoy broke through the encirclement of mutant creatures, Seed Collector Fan discovered that there was a hole in the protective suit on his left leg.

Dark red blood was seeping out through the cracks in the radiation-proof coating, staining the canvas bag used to collect the seeds, leaving a palm-sized stain.

The hemostatic gel thrown by Chen Yao drew a parabola in mid-air and was caught steadily by agronomist Meng in a petri dish.

"Two kilometers to go." Mou Xuan stared at the holographic map jumping on the windshield.

At the end of the dust-covered road, a rusty steel frame structure can be vaguely seen - that was the old seed bank of the Agricultural Science Academy, now surrounded by a concrete wall graffitied with black scorpion patterns.

The negotiations took place under crossfire from two machine gun bunkers.

Mou Xuan unbuttoned his tactical vest and threw it to Chen Yao, revealing the old centipede-shaped scar on his left arm.

The other leader was a bald man wearing a breathing mask and a necklace made of mutant animal teeth around his neck. He was pointing a laser pen at the list of supplies they brought.

"We don't want canned food." The bald man tapped the table with his welding gun-modified fingers. His electronically synthesized laughter sounded like a transformer with a leakage. "I heard you have glowing wheat seeds?"

Chen Yao suddenly coughed lightly, and a data stream flashed through the windproof lens of the tactical mask.

Mou Xuan felt her fingers quickly tapping the Morse code behind her back, and the signal receiver on the roof of the armored vehicle was receiving a special frequency band.

Lead-gray clouds gathered in the southeast sky at some point, and the air was filled with a pungent smell similar to that of ozone.

Mou Xuan's left hand hung at the seam of his tactical pants, and his index finger trembled slightly three times.

Chen Yao immediately understood and adjusted her position. The heel of her tactical boots seemed to accidentally hit the bumper of the armored vehicle. The sound of the metal collision just covered up the buzzing sound of the satellite locator starting up.

"The luminous wheat seeds need pure water to cultivate." Mou Xuan used the tip of the dagger to draw a cross crack on the negotiation table, "You just lost the water purification device last week, right?" The bald leader's breathing mask suddenly sprayed out two streams of white mist, and his modified fingers slammed heavily on the list of supplies.

Chen Yao noticed that the guard at the bunker on the right quietly tightened the grip of his shotgun, with the symbol of a black scorpion and thorns scribbled on the butt.

Agronomist Meng suddenly squeezed to the front row holding a petri dish. Several fluorescent wheat seedlings in the test tube were swaying in the radioactive dust.

"This is cultivated with wastewater from Base No. 3." He raised his voice deliberately, and the black sediment surging in the turbid liquid made the guards on the opposite side step back half a step.

The seed collector Fan took the opportunity to open the canvas bag, and the rotten mutant corn kernels emitted a pungent sour smell.

"Boss, they're cheating!" A guard wearing a gas mask suddenly opened his collar, revealing a festering wound on his collarbone. "The water purifier delivered last month is simply..." The bald leader suddenly changed direction of the laser pen, and the guard's screams were cut off by the burning sound.

Chen Yao's pupils shrank slightly behind her goggles - she saw clearly the diamond-shaped identity card hanging around the guard's waist, which was exactly the same as a graffiti mark on the outer wall of the bunker.

Mou Xuan suddenly grabbed the radiation detector on the negotiation table and adjusted the reading to the maximum level.

Amid the piercing alarm, he shouted to the bunker on the left: "Evacuate now so that we can catch up with the medical team's anti-radiation agents!" Almost at the same time, three seed shells exploded from Fan Seed Collector's modified shotgun, and countless barbed mutant vine seeds grew wildly on the concrete wall.

In the chaos, six guards suddenly turned their guns and the bullets tore apart the bald leader's breathing tube.

When Chen Yao dragged Mou Xuan and rolled under the chassis of the armored vehicle, she saw Agronomist Meng stuffing a piece of metal that was glowing red into the dead man's pocket.

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