137 Chapter 137

Chapter 137

Shitou and the others were just watching their father having fun, but then they were attacked by a bear.

He also knew that their current situation was dangerous, so he pursed his lips and retracted his head.

My dad doesn't get any good treatment from my grandfather, but it may not be the same with these kids.

"Got it, we'll do it right away!"

After a response, Shitou and the other kids not only retracted their heads but also closed the windows.

"These kids are so impatient."

After Boss Wu made sure that the kids had closed the windows and wouldn't get hit, he continued with his work.

"You're not much better yourself."

Village chief Wu added a few words from the side.

"Alright, please pay attention. You're already standing up there, and you're still saying the kids are restless. I doubt you'll be quiet either."

Grandma Shitou was watching from below and couldn't help but urge them on.

"If you have anything to say, wait until you're done."

It was snowing so heavily that other families in the village were busy reinforcing their own houses and had no time to help them. After reinforcing their own houses, they had to go to other families to see if they needed help.

When you are in such a hurry, you are still dawdling here.

One bear after another, finally Grandma Stone came out. The father and son, whose combined age was over a hundred years old, who were still bickering, completely quieted down.

While they were busy here, Ying Huai on the other side was not idle either.

He opened the locust seed clip on Guaibao's body, sensed the situation on the child's side, and went to ask Xiao Tiandao when it started snowing.

Unfortunately, Xiao Tiandao was busy now and had no time to deal with Ying Huai's questions. Ying Huai asked for a long time, but He showed no intention of answering.

Seeing no response, Ying Huai had no choice but to give up and pay attention to the child's situation himself.

Captain Dai and his colleagues at the scene still don't understand the danger posed by the child, but Ying Huai knows the situation at the time.

The door that appeared over there was nothing else but a door to a secret realm, as one of the people with special abilities present guessed.

The secret realm has just appeared, and the space is extremely unstable both inside and outside.

If you wait until the door is completely opened, no matter how big or small the door is, at least your life will be safe.

However, Captain Dai and his men were not only located where the door was opening, but also happened to be at a time when the door was about to open and the surrounding space was fluctuating greatly.

Among so many people with special abilities present, only Zhuang Dun has a space-type ability, but he has never encountered such a situation, so it would be strange if he could react.

When everyone was caught off guard, they were directly hit by a huge space fluctuation. No, perhaps for humans, it could be said to be a space storm. It was already luck to be able to leave a few people alive.

Fortunately, they were all lucky, as the drunk father and son were both there.

It just so happened that Ying Huai gave Guaibao a locust branch collar, which helped them resist a spatial fluctuation at the critical moment, temporarily stabilizing the space and allowing them to evacuate in time.

The price is that the locust seeds are directly turned into powder.

This is also the reason why the child just discovered that the locust seeds exploded, but went to look for them later, but couldn't find any trace of them.

As for the snow, it should be a side effect of the doors. Once the doors stabilize, the snow should stop.

However, these are just Ying Huai's guesses, and he needs to ask Xiao Tiandao to confirm the details.

As for when the snow would stop, Ying Huai had no idea, so he could only wait.

As long as those doors are not fixed, Ying Huai cannot be sure of the actual time and the types of extreme weather that may continue to occur.

"What is Xiao Tiandao doing? He is so busy that he doesn't even have time to pay attention to me."

Ying Huai whispered helplessly, and seeing that he couldn't get in touch with him, he stopped bothering him.

He turned his attention back to the other side, to the drunkard and his group who were still in the temporary camp.

Although the situation over there seemed good at first, after all, they had a village with them and were not short of some basic supplies.

But as time went by, it became a bit embarrassing.

Although they are not in the mountains now, they can contact their leaders directly, and Zhuangdun can also be connected to a warehouse of a temporary Ling base, and can replenish supplies through that warehouse.

However, in the current situation, without the material transfer operation in Zhuangdun and the inability to replenish materials, the warehouse has to ensure the lives of ordinary people in the base and also supply Captain Dai and his team, which is really stretched.

After a few days, Zhuang Dun realized that it was not going to work. After explaining the situation to Captain Dai and others, he took the initiative to cut off the supply from there.

"We can't just keep waiting here. We have to find a way to start over and go back."

All they could see was a sea of white. Even though they had set up camp at the highest point, it was still obvious over the past few days that their field of vision was gradually leveling with the distance.

"It's not advisable to set off blindly. Let's see if we can move forward first."

After learning from Zhuang Dun that the situation was not good these two days, they began to investigate the situation in the water below.

"We should be able to leave in the next two days. They haven't frozen solid yet. We've waited for so long, we can finally leave."

The second captain, who was reminded, looked at the whiteness in the distance and seemed to be able to see the water below through the snow.

Although it was snowing, the temperature did not drop suddenly, so the freezing speed on the ground and the ice formation speed on the water surface were very slow.

When they checked before, they could clearly see that although there was a thick layer of snow on the water surface, the ice underneath that supported the snow was not thick.

It looks shiny on the surface, but actually has no supporting capacity at all.

You can't even leave.

After realizing this, they thought about continuing to sail, but they were afraid that their boat would get stuck halfway and could not move forward.

After the boat was stuck, there was no place to walk on the water. Unlike now where we have to wait and are apparently stranded in our current position, we were truly trapped at that time.

"Looks like we can go now."

After hearing what Captain Dai said, one of the team members couldn't wait to go in the direction of the shore, ready to test the current state of the snow on the water.

I felt relieved when I saw that even though I pressed it hard, it didn't show any signs of loosening.

Although his own abilities are not of the physical kind, as his abilities increase, his own strength will also be greatly enhanced.

It can be said that his current strength is not much worse than those of normal power-type ability users.

This is also the reason why so many people came to the shore after listening to Captain Dai's words, and he was the only one who reached out his hand in the end.

"Can you walk? That's great!"

After hearing his words, the other people with special abilities who were watching his experiment eagerly jumped directly onto the snow on the water.

"Ah!!! Oh my god, stop jumping! There are so many people here, what are you jumping for?"

As soon as they went up, before they took two steps, they saw a crack suddenly appear on the snow surface where they were standing. Since there was water underneath, it would not collapse directly, but it carried them on the water like a small boat, swaying back and forth.

"You guys better take it easy. We can walk normally on this snowy surface. If you jump around like this, you're just asking for our lives to be long."

He had just finished pressing the snow surface and knew from his own mouth that the snow was suitable for walking on, but these people behind him were trying to undermine his plan, and he really didn't know what to say.

After hearing the reminder, those who were standing on the snow stopped what they were doing without being reminded again. They stood still and waited for the snow, which was shaken violently by their jumping, to calm down.

"After a few jumps, it's only cracked a few times. It looks like it can really walk. Let's get ready to go now."

Captain Dai and his team had been watching from the sidelines from the very beginning, and when they saw the conclusion, they began to make arrangements.

The temporary camp they had set up on the top of the mountain had been frozen solid. If they wanted to dismantle it now, it would have to be destroyed. To avoid damage, Zhuang Dun simply asked others to dismantle the part that was close to the ground, and he put the rest directly into the space.

In this way, although it takes up some space, it is much more convenient.

When they are tired of walking on the snow and want to set up camp later, they can just take it out and use it.

After packing up these, they started to return towards the temporary base where the Ability Center was located.

Although the snow fell at an inopportune time, preventing Captain Dai and his team from returning in time, it did help them to a certain extent.

For example, they walked in the vast snow for such a long time, but did not see many mutant animals that posed a threat to them.

The mutated animals that have appeared now are all those that like to live on the snowfields, but their strength has increased slowly due to environmental reasons.

They posed no threat to them, and because they sensed the dangerous aura they emitted, they actively avoided them, which largely prevented them from fighting on the snow and avoiding unnecessary trouble.

This is good, but also bad.

This makes it easier for Captain Dai and his team to act, but it also makes it easier for those with ulterior motives to act.

But the snow is not frozen solid enough yet, and those people don’t want to walk. They want to wait for a while until the ground is firmer and then take a snowmobile.

Captain Dai and his companions walked for a while, and when they turned around, they saw a drunk dragging a big wild duck. They were speechless, but still walked slower. After seeing the drunk catch up with them, they reached out, grabbed the rope the drunk was holding, and helped pull the wild duck.

The mutant wild duck being pulled by the drunkard could walk in the rain before, but now it can't.

In such cold weather, it is not afraid of the cold because of the duck down on its body, but its feet become a little stiff when it walks.

Not only do you walk slowly, but you can also easily get frozen after taking a few steps.

It was so troublesome that the drunkard couldn't keep up with it, so he simply borrowed a board from Zhuang Dun, put a rope on it, and dragged it along.

Looking back at the mutant wild duck carrying the drunkard, they were also helping each other.

When coming, the wild duck carried the drunkard, and when going back, the drunkard dragged the wild duck.

It’s a very touching friendship too.

The mutant wild duck not only looks large in size, but it is also quite heavy. If Captain Dai didn't help pull it, the drunkard would probably have to let the wild duck walk slowly for a while.

As for why not let the wild ducks fly by themselves.

After all, it could fly before it mutated.

Judging from its current weight, it doesn't look like it can fly.

Instead of letting it fan itself constantly on the side just to reduce its own weight, walk a little faster, and bring a strong wind that shouldn't blow to others, it would be better for Captain Dai to help drag it.

When others saw Captain Dai's actions, they began to help silently.

You walk for a while and come up to help pull it, and I'll walk for a while and come over to help pull it too.

After a long time, they really became interested.

In the end, there was no need for a drunk to pull the cart. It was enough to just walk behind and watch the person in front pulling the duck as it ran wildly, and listen to the duck quacking because of the fast speed.

Fortunately, they were afraid that the children would catch a cold, so they didn't put the children on the back of the wild duck for a ride.

Happy times are always short-lived.

After just a few days of walking, the snow was frozen solid enough for them to use the snowmobile, but the snowflakes from the sky had changed from a blizzard to heavier sleet, and were showing signs of developing into denser hail.

"We can't go on like this. If hail really comes, we'll be out in the wild without shelter and it'll be bad. We need to get back as fast as possible while we can still walk."

This was the unanimous answer reached by the team leader and Captain Dai after a brief discussion.

When it first snowed, they chose to stay temporarily, which wasted a lot of time. Now they think that during the time they stayed and waited, they could have moved forward a little bit, at least to some temporary accommodation places ahead, so that they could have walked less distance.

So when they had to make a choice and decision this time, they were of the same mind and chose to move forward together.

The most important point is that their current location is not far from the temporary base where they started, only about a day and a half away.

If they walked faster, they might be able to reach the destination within a day and return to their temporary base.

While they were thinking this, some people were thinking the same thing.

"I feel like this snowfall is quite good. Those mutant plants and animals on the mountain that were constantly attacking our temporary base are now quiet."

A team of people with special abilities were on routine patrol around the temporary base, chatting quietly as they patrolled.

Their patrols have been relaxed since the mutant animals and plants rarely attack the temporary base.

As of now, they are all relaxed enough to take time out to chat during patrol.

"That's right. I don't know where they went. So many mutant animals disappeared without a trace in just a few days. There's no trace left."

"Maybe it's hibernating, right? Just like a hibernating bear?"

"Bears hibernate as soon as the snow starts to fall?"

"Those animals are mutated now, so who knows."

"You said that when we moved to the mountains before, some people refused to follow the officials. Now that the snow is coming, do you think they should come over too?"

The members of the ability team were chatting about all sorts of things, and finally the topic turned to those who were unwilling to follow the official personnel at that time.

They were certainly not referring to the residents of the official settlement where the ability center was located before.

But the people in other small places.

Such as the people in Mayor Xiao’s town who did not follow them up the mountain.

Those people had decided from the beginning to stay behind or go to the official temporary base in a larger city.

Now that so much time has passed, their thoughts must have changed.

Either they follow the direction of the official personnel up the mountain and meet up with the people organized by the official personnel, or they take advantage of the time when they can walk on the snow and continue to move towards the official large temporary base.

"It can't be that fast, right? How long can we walk on this snow? It will probably take some time..."

Another person with special abilities was still answering the previous person's words. Before he could finish his words, he saw a black dot in the distance. The black dot was heading towards them with a clear target.

"What is that? Is it a mutant animal? Didn't they say that those mutant plants and animals disappeared somewhere? How could they appear again?!"

The more the person with special abilities spoke, the lower his voice became, but the surprise in his tone could not be concealed even by lowering his voice.

Even though they had just talked about other possible survivors, they obviously did not hold much hope that others could travel such a long distance to their base in such a short time.

So when they saw the black spots approaching, they didn't think of them as survivors at all. They thought they were some mutant animals that were more resistant to cold and were so persistent in attacking their temporary base.

As for why they didn't think it was Captain Dai and his team who had returned, it was of course because ever since Captain Dai and his team's signal was restored and they were able to contact the leaders in the base, their location had been within the sight of the leaders who were allocating resources above.

If they came back, there would be no need for Captain Dai and his team to tell the patrol team of capable people, because the leaders above would have been notified in advance.

Not saying anything now only proves that the frontline experts who went out have not returned yet.

"What are you waiting for? Contact your superiors directly!"

Seeing that the man was still a little surprised, a person with special abilities nearby reacted and directly contacted the leader in the base to explain the situation.

Although they were surprised, they often patrolled outside and dealt with mutated animals and plants. Although it was a little unexpected, their reactions were not slow.

After briefly explaining the current situation to the superiors, all they had left to do was wait.

They were on high alert for a long time, and just when they could see clearly what the black spots were, they received a reply from their superiors.

"The leader said that the people coming here are human beings. After they arrive, we will determine the situation. If they have no intention of attacking us, we will take them to a temporary rest area outside the base. We still need to investigate. If they have any intention of attacking us, we will deal with them on the spot."

After reading the leader's reply with a frown, the team leader looked up at the others and was relieved only after seeing that they all nodded.

They are all aware of some of the leadership's concerns.

During the long period of time since the world changed, they had also encountered people who felt that their lives were hopeless and went out to attack others and take revenge on society.

I think these people also have this possibility, so the leader gave them this answer.

As for other ideas, they don't have any at all.

To put it bluntly, now that their leaders have given them this choice, it is better to let them ensure their own safety. Who would make things difficult for themselves?

As they spoke, the black spot moved closer to them.

Only then did they see clearly the black spot they had been looking at.

The black spot was nothing else but a snowmobile converted from an ordinary car.

It looks weird, but it has all the necessary functions, otherwise I wouldn't have brought them here.

"People in front, stop!"

The person with special abilities who led the team stood in front, stretched out his hand and made a stop gesture. Afraid that the other party couldn't see clearly, he shouted loudly.

The other party didn't know whether he heard his voice or saw his gesture, but the modified snowmobile slowly stopped at a distance from them.

"We are people from other places, and we want to join your temporary base!"

A man got off the modified snowmobile. Seeing their serious expressions, he looked quite nervous and spoke carefully.

This is just the other person's appearance. Only he himself knows what he is thinking.

"Okay, we got it. Come down and follow us."

However, since the other party showed no intention of attacking, their team of capable people had no intention of making things difficult for them. After letting them get off the car, they prepared to take them to arrange things according to the leader's wishes.

The snowmobile is not big, but it can hold quite a few people.

Seeing that there were old and weak people among them, the person with the ability who took them away was much less guarded.

"Leader, can we go straight into the base? We've been out here for quite some time, and the food is almost gone... Can we send someone to the base to buy some food to fill their stomachs?"

The team of capable people led those people around the base's defense range, and they were about to pass through the base's gate.

It was obvious that the ability team was not planning to take them to the base.

The man who had communicated with the ability team before narrowed his eyes slightly, and then asked the other members of the ability team in an embarrassed tone.

As he said this, his face, which was already red from the cold, turned even redder, and even the exposed part of his neck turned red.

It was obvious that he was not a very expressive person and seemed a bit introverted.

The person with the ability who was leading their group turned around and looked at each other. Without thinking too much, they made sure that the other party didn't notice anything wrong, so they didn't think too much about it.

However, they still remember the leader's arrangements.

"That's easy. Once we've settled you in, tell us if there's anything you don't want to eat, and we'll send someone in to bring you what we can buy."

Anyway, it is absolutely unacceptable for the leader to go in without conducting a thorough investigation.

Having said this, the man nodded, seemed very satisfied, and a smile appeared on his face. He stopped talking and fell silent.

After the team of capable people brought the people to the temporary resting point and asked other capable people who were resting there to help watch over them, they continued to patrol along the patrol route.

As for the matter of buying food that the man mentioned, he also asked other people with free abilities to do so, so as not to delay their meals.

If it really doesn't work, you can ask your leader to let them have a meal with the team of capable people, so that they won't starve.

Those who were resettled just watched them leave, opened their mouths several times, as if they wanted to ask something, but in the end they gave up without asking.

The other people with special abilities saw their dilemma, but their situation was not clear yet, and no one took the initiative to mention what they wanted to ask.

Instead, a few enthusiastic-looking people with special abilities approached them and asked them some unimportant questions.

At first they thought that those people with special abilities wanted to find out something, but after chatting for a long time, everyone on their side was a little tired of being on guard, and those people with special abilities didn't seem to have finished talking yet.

"Hey, leaders, we've come all the way here and are a little tired. Can we make a bed and rest now?"

Looking at the expressions of the others, the man knew that this would not work, so he ignored everything else and pointed at the place where the people with special abilities had placed them and asked. He looked very reserved and even asked again about the position that had already been arranged.

"Well, that room is allocated to you for temporary rest. Do you want to rest now? Do you want us to help you?"

The person with the ability being questioned looked up at him carefully. Just when he thought something was wrong with him, he suddenly smiled and returned to his enthusiastic attitude of chatting with them, as if he didn't notice anything wrong.

"No, no, leader, we can do it ourselves."

The other few people who had just been approached by the person with special abilities quickly refused. After they finished speaking, as if they were afraid of really bothering others, they hurriedly stood up to tidy up the resting place for themselves.

"Then you guys go ahead and do your work. I'll go buy you some food at the base later."

The person with the ability didn't react much after being rejected. He was as enthusiastic as ever and directly took over the other person's work.

Judging from his appearance, he seems to be really enthusiastic.

The man couldn't make an accurate judgment, so he lowered his eyes and thought for a while, temporarily putting aside the bad idea.

After talking with him, the person with special abilities went out directly.

The words are ready, go and buy food for them.

He stopped only after he walked a short distance and made sure that his current condition could no longer be seen from the temporary rest stop.

A person with special abilities who was previously in the rest area quietly appeared from a corner.

"Deputy Captain, have you found out anything?"

"No. Either I'm tight-lipped, or it's really nothing."

The deputy captain shook his head and frowned. Obviously, his professional instinct told him that there was something wrong with those people, but the reality was that those people had no flaws at all and seemed to be fine.

"Have you found anything by checking the big data?"

Since I haven't found any unusual details yet, I decided to conduct a big data investigation.

Their domestic network is not as good as that in foreign countries. There are many places that are in chaos, and when there is no maintenance, they are in a network vacuum zone.

The network in the Flower Country has never had any major problems even when a major earthquake occurred, and the network sensitivity has not decreased much.

During this long period of time, only those places that occurred after the earthquake had signal fuzzy problems, but there was no problem in other places.

"No problem was found. Since you, Deputy Captain, feel there is a problem, we need to investigate in detail. There must be a problem."

As the man spoke, his eyes became serious.

They had already been prepared for other people to come here at this time, and they did not intend to investigate those people so seriously at the beginning.

The reason why they are investigating so carefully now is because they have previously learned the news from abroad.

Those experimental subjects who came out of foreign laboratories may have already arrived on the land of the flower-growing country.

Thinking of this, the deputy captain's brows became even more serious.

"Deputy Captain, are the captain and the others coming back soon? Once they come back, things should be simpler."

When the man saw the deputy captain's appearance, he couldn't help but think of Captain Dai and his group who were still on a mission outside.

If they came back, they wouldn't have to worry about those experimental subjects causing trouble.

After all, those who went out were the top ones in their ability center.

"They'll be back soon. I asked the leader before I left, and they're speeding back. They should be here tonight. The specific time depends on whether the environment allows it."

When the deputy captain heard the question from his team members, he thought of Captain Dai and his group who would be back soon, and his solemn expression relaxed a little.

"That's good. Deputy Captain, I'm going to get busy now. You keep an eye on those people."

After getting the OK, the team members left with smiles on their faces.

Some people with doubts appeared at the official temporary base, and they also appeared in other places at different time periods.

It was just that the leaders above had given advance notice, and the official personnel at the temporary base all remembered it, and they were still very cautious and put those people outside for observation.

Just like at the temporary base of the Ability Center, those people did not show any signs of abnormality for the time being, and the scene was temporarily calm.

As for whether they will be accepted by those temporary bases without any problems or be placed under custody due to problems, it depends on the final investigation results.

Not to mention whether there are experimental subjects appearing elsewhere, right now, an unidentified person has appeared outside Daxi Village.

The man seemed to think that the townspeople who had gone up the mountain before were temporarily settled in Daxi Village. After going up the mountain, he went straight towards the entrance of Daxi Village, as if he wanted to enter the village.

"Stop, where did you come from? Why are you going up the mountain at this time? What are you doing in our village?"

As he approached the village entrance, he was discovered by several villagers with special abilities who were still reinforcing the roof of their house in the snow, and they shouted at him to stop.

"I, I came down from the mountain. The mayor and his men took people up the mountain before, but I didn't follow them. Now I can't survive at the foot of the mountain. I can't get to the official base farther away. I took advantage of the snow these days to get up the mountain."

Faced with the scolding and questioning, the man answered without a single flaw. It seemed that because of his situation, he spoke particularly smoothly.

If Ying Huai had not been there, perhaps he could have really deceived the villagers who had not received professional training and were not sensitive enough to this, and made them believe it and then bring him into Ying Huai's defense range and into the village outside the village to be dealt with by Mayor Xiao and others.

As for bringing people directly into Daxi Village, even if they let down their guard and trust other people, the villagers of Daxi Village would not do that.

"Just stand there and don't move. I'll go find someone."

The village child always put his godmother's words first. After seeing the godmother's instructions, he immediately did as he was told and asked Tang Rufeng and others to deal with the man.

The man standing at the entrance of the village had a bad feeling when he saw the man who was sitting on the roof and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

I recalled how I had walked up the mountain and to where I was, and the two simple words I had just exchanged with that person, and I didn't notice anything wrong.

The other party did not have the chance to sense anything wrong with him, so he let go of the worry that had just been raised.

They also think that the other party cannot make decisions on their own, so they need to go to the leader to handle it.

I looked around and found that there was snow all around and there was no place to rest, so I could only continue standing there.

While the man was away, I observed the villagers who were still doing something on the roof.

After observing for a long time, I saw that they were just carefully reinforcing the roof.

It seems that he is just a small worker who was assigned to do some work. It is normal that he has no right to bring people into the village.

Thinking of this, the last trace of doubt in his heart dissipated, and he stayed there quietly waiting.

What he didn't expect was that he didn't see any of his leaders, and after standing for a while, his eyes went dark, followed by his body obviously losing weight, as if he was lifted up by someone.

Just as he was about to struggle, he felt a bone-chilling coldness in his limbs, which went numb and he couldn't move at all.

"What are you doing? I'm just an ordinary person trying to survive in the mountains. Is this how you treat ordinary people?!"

He could not see, his limbs could not move, his ears were filled with the sound of the biting wind, and his face was hurt by the cold wind, but none of these could compare to the bad premonition that arose in his heart.

He vaguely realized that he seemed to be exposed!

But he couldn't understand why he was exposed when he hadn't had any contact with anyone since he went up the mountain?

【Author’s words】

Finished. [Three-color cat head]