Jian Ning then had Xiao Lingfeng install all the machinery and equipment. She had just taken a stroll around the nearby factories. There was a mineral water factory and a noodle factory nearby.

There are still quite a few bottled mineral waters inside.

Most of them are drinkable.

There's also the fully automated noodle production line at the factory next door; we might need that in the future.

Jian Ning packed everything up. Unfortunately, the dried noodles in the warehouse were all contaminated and inedible.

Many bags of flour, weighing fifty kilograms each, were also soaked by the flood.

The next day, when they left, the commander insisted that they take two soldiers back with them, saying that so many people were not needed to protect him here.

Xiao Lingfeng couldn't refuse, so he had no choice but to lead the two soldiers onto the plane.

The sky was clear and the journey was smooth on the way back.

As soon as they got off the plane, they could clearly feel that the air was much warmer. The snow in the areas where the sun was shining directly was already showing signs of melting.

"Is it going to get warmer?" Jian Ning muttered.

"It's possible. Be prepared for the temperature to rise; the weather is unpredictable. Xiao Ning, wait here for me for a moment. I'll go report to the commander, and then we'll head back immediately."

“Okay, no need to rush.” Jian Ning returned to the helicopter, but this time she didn’t stay inside. Instead, she went back into the jade pendant space.

Sensing her arrival, Nalan Rong appeared in front of her almost instantly.

He twitched his nose twice with a puzzled expression.

"I think I smell the scent of the Yin Spirit Flower. Master, have you found it?"

"Your nose is really sharp, no less so than Huang Fugui's. Here, these three Yin God Flowers should be enough for you to recover, right?" Jian Ning took out the Yin God Flowers from her storage bracelet and handed them to him.

"Thank you, Master. One plant is enough."

A surprised smile appeared on Nalan Rong's face. Although he had told Jian Ning about finding medicinal herbs, he really didn't expect to find them so quickly.

It seems that its new master is quite capable.

He carefully took a Yin God Flower from Jian Ning's hand, put it directly into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it. Almost the instant he swallowed it, a layer of gray mist visibly rose from his body.

It also carried a faint sweet scent. Startled, Jian Ning quickly erected a spiritual energy shield and retreated more than ten meters away in a flash.

The mist smelled poisonous. Why couldn't Nalan Rong have warned her? After circulating her spiritual energy through her body for a week and feeling no discomfort, she finally felt relieved.

"Master, why are you so far away from me? I've cleared the toxins from my body. From now on, I can serve you wholeheartedly." Nalan Rong opened his eyes, looking refreshed.

After consuming this Yin God Flower, he has fully recovered to his peak strength.

The entire jade pendant space was completely under his control. From now on, feeding the cattle and sheep and harvesting the rice paddies could all be done with his mind. He wouldn't have to do it himself anymore.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you from now on." Jian Ning didn't stay in the space for long and quickly came out, just in time to see Xiao Lingfeng striding towards the helicopter.

Open the cabin door and let him on.

"Shall we leave now?"

"Yes, Fu Mengfan hasn't made any progress in his research on Gu worms. Let's go back to the base first. The temperature outside is indeed starting to rise."

Once we get back and the prefabricated houses are built, everyone will be able to live more comfortably.

"Okay, let's go." Jian Ning was also a little homesick; she now felt a sense of belonging here. No matter how good it was outside, nothing beats having family around.

When Xiao Lingfeng returned to the base in his helicopter, he could see thick smoke billowing from the air, along with screams, shouts, and gunshots.

Startled, I accelerated the helicopter and soon arrived over the base.

"There are mutated rats attacking this place. Put the plane away, I'll go down and check it out."

Jian Ning immediately saw a giant rat tearing open a soldier's stomach with its claws. Blood flowed out, staining the snow red.

These rats have mutated so much that their fur is so tough that bullets from a pistol only produce a trail of sparks and do little to harm them.

However, they are afraid of fire.

Many people threw torches lit with kerosene at the rats. Their fur caught the sparks and quickly caught fire. The fire was impossible to extinguish, and the rats were covered in red flames, sizzling and darting around.

This makes things even more chaotic.

Jian Ning was a little puzzled. Didn't she wipe out all the rat nests near the Taoist temple last time? Where did these big rats come from? It seems that even though it's winter, they reproduce quite quickly.

They probably couldn't find any food, which is why they risked rushing into the base.

Without thinking twice, before Xiao Lingfeng had even brought the plane to a complete stop, she opened the cabin door and jumped out. The base was in complete chaos; she hoped everything was alright at home.

They threw Huang Fugui out in mid-air.

"Fugui, hurry back and help the family fight off the rats. I'll get rid of them here."

"Yes, Master." Huang Fugui flipped in mid-air, transforming from a chubby little boy into a large white cat, and flew towards the villa area with its wings spread.

Jian Ning landed on the ground from mid-air, and with a wave of her hand, the Ruoshui Sword appeared in her hand.

She could no longer hide her strength at this point.

The swarm of rats before them was too rampant; neither the soldiers at the base nor the civilians were a match for them.

Its sharp teeth alone could snap a person's neck in an instant.

One claw strike could probably leave a mark on steel, let alone the bare flesh of these warriors. They simply couldn't win.

And these rats' tails are over half a meter long; if they whip you, the wounds are so deep you can see the bone. The force is immense. Three or five adult men, armed with torches, kitchen knives, and hoes, are no match for them.

Not to mention women with less strength. But the civilians and soldiers at the base...

Even if they were to die in battle, not one of them would back down, because they all knew deeply that if this place were to be occupied by rats, then they would truly have no way out.

No matter what, they must protect their home and fight to the death.

Jian Ning's arrival gave them even more hope. The rats that were previously impossible to kill were now as easy as slicing vegetables under Jian Ning's sword.

One sword, one kill; every strike severed a head. In an instant, the base was a river of blood. Jian Ning was like a heartless rat-killing machine.

Any rat that stood in her way was doomed wherever Ruoshui's sword passed.