Everyone tensed up instantly. It was pitch black all around, as if the whole world had been plunged into darkness. Only the night vision goggles worn by Qiao He and the others allowed them to see things clearly.
The RV stopped temporarily, and Bo Shiwu said in a deep voice, "Let me survey the surroundings."
He activated his telekinetic abilities and went to "observe" the area around the RV, eventually discovering a... dead rat under the RV?
Bo Shiwu frowned: "It's a dead rat. I don't know when it bumped into us. It probably wanted to get into the RV to steal some food."
Qiao He looked around. This was a national highway, and there were hardly any people living around. Villages were rare. Where did this rat come from, and why was it dead?
Bo Shiwu said, "He must have just died. It's alright, let's keep going."
Qiao He hummed in agreement: "We're being overly sensitive."
It was just a dead rat.
Qiao He also used her special ability to sense it; the dead rat showed no energy fluctuations and was not a mutated rat.
It's a very common kind of mouse.
Qiao He didn't take this thing seriously, but at this moment, Qiao Li suddenly sniffed the air and said, "It's strange, it smells like humans."
Qiao He was slightly surprised. "What? Ah Li, what kind of human scent is this?"
Qiao Li stared at the dead rat outside the car window and said coldly, "It smells like humans and dead rats. I'm sure I'm not mistaken."
Qiao Yin also poked her head out to sniff and nodded: "Yes, I can smell it too, but my sense of smell isn't as sensitive as A Li's. I think the dead rat smells stronger, and there aren't many human ones."
Qiao He exclaimed in surprise, "Could there be other survivors around here? Is anyone still alive?"
Qiao Yin shook his head. "I don't know. There's very little human scent in the air, almost none at all. Besides, it rained acid for a long time before, so even if there was, we wouldn't be able to smell it."
Qiao Li also said, "Yes, but we should still eat a little something. I just feel... never mind, maybe we're overthinking it."
Since Lin Qiao's death, the kittens have become very wary.
Since they were able to be ambushed even while they were still in the base, the probability of them being ambushed now that they've left the base is definitely even higher.
It's always good to be careful in everything you do.
Qiao He nodded, listening to the children's opinions, "Yes, we will be careful."
Shen Huai sighed and said, "Let's go, we need to keep an eye on our surroundings."
Qiao He nodded, and then Bo Shiwu threw the dead rat's body into the bushes beside him before the RV continued driving forward.
There are often quite a few obstacles on this side of the national highway, so they stop from time to time to move them. If there are sections of road that are really impassable, then they have no choice but to stop, Qiao He puts away the RV, and the group walks over.
They walked for three days and three nights until a dilapidated city appeared ahead.
Qiao He looked at the map; it was Pochinki.
This place was originally a third- or fourth-tier city, with relatively slow development. Industrial manufacturing wasn't a common activity here; it belonged to an agricultural province and used to produce a significant amount of wheat, making it a city with excellent grain production. However, precisely because it was an agricultural province, most young people were unwilling to stay at home and instead went out to work, resulting in a serious brain drain.
In P City, most of the residents are elderly people or women who stay at home to raise their children. Most of the capable young people have gone to other places. Those who remain in the city are either those who rely on their parents or those from well-off families who have been given stable jobs through connections.
After Qiao He had studied the map, she asked Li Zong to locate Ye Hong's position again.
Li Zong quickly said, "It's not here. We need to pass through this city; it should be up ahead..."
Li Zong held the map and then drew a circle in the city next to P City. "It feels like it's here, but it also feels like... it's constantly changing."
Li Zong sighed helplessly. He really wanted to find Ye Hong as soon as possible, but he couldn't use his special ability all the time because it would take too much strain on his body.
Just then, Bai Tiantian suddenly said, "Don't rush in yet. Let me patrol the skies above P City. If there are no problems, then we can go in."
Qiao He nodded: "Okay, be careful."
The night vision goggles can be adjusted to function like a telescope, and coupled with Bai Tiantian's ability to transform into a falcon, her eyesight is better than anyone else's.
Even kittens can't compare to her.
Bai Tiantian was wearing specially made clothes, with a zipper opening that allowed her to spread her wings; it was clearly Shen Tang's handiwork.
Bai Tiantian's eyes suddenly turned like an eagle's, and the expression on her face began to fade, giving off an animalistic sense of strangeness and eeriness.
When Bai Tiantian's wings suddenly unfolded, Qiao He stared in surprise at her large, beautiful brownish-yellow wings.
Its wings are full and round, as if they contain endless power.
Bai Tiantian's fingernails had also become unusually sharp, looking as if they could scratch a hole through a person's head with a single claw.
"Wow, you're amazing, Bai Tiantian! You look so handsome now!" Qiao He praised with a smile.
Bai Tiantian was stunned for a moment, then said a little embarrassedly, "It's okay, he's not... that handsome."
She always felt that after she completely transformed into a falcon, she was like an owl, or in any case, she had a bird-like quality to her.
This is the first time I've heard someone praise her and say she's cool.
Bai Tiantian shook her wings uncomfortably, then stepped out of the RV. The next moment, she took off into the air like a majestic falcon, soaring high into the sky.
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