Chapter 274: The Beasts in the Cangyuan Mountains
The girls no longer had the energy to speak, their eyes filled with tears as they tried to express themselves, unable to even lift their hands.
The four cubs and the four black panthers surrounded each other and fought each other. Their faces were pale and they were at the end of their strength.
The Goshawk General and the Prime Minister were also among those fighting. Both of them were arrogant and proud. They used to look down on other animals. Today, they were besieged by mutant beasts and looked miserable. Their hair was gone in several places. Lan Shiruo didn't dare to remind the General for fear that he would cry.
Most of the mutant beasts have special abilities, but they are not proficient in using them and rely on instinct to hurt many of their own kind, and some even hurt themselves, but they also caused considerable damage to their companions.
The friends used their special powers to fight back and resist, and their physical strength, energy, and special powers were rapidly consumed.
Lan Shiruo, however, remained silent. Besides concentrating on collecting the mutant beasts with her husband and children, she didn't stop or try to help. In her opinion, her friends still had a lot of room for improvement. She quickly wiped the sweat off her face and said encouragingly, "Come on, keep going, you can do it."
Girls, men, boys and animals, no, they can't do it.
Ao Chengyi unconditionally supports all of his young wife's decisions. While collecting the mutant beasts, he stays by her side and protects her from most of the beasts' attacks.
In fact, they have to work much harder than their friends. Not only do they have to collect, but they also have to fight. The mutant beasts are not human, so it is impossible for them to ignore the couple.
During the global earthquake period, City C, the only large city in Cangzhou, merged with other small counties and cities in Cangzhou after the end of the world, making the entire Cangzhou a whole. It is also the only safe base that can represent the state at present.
But Cangzhou was originally small, and the area suitable for building a city was even smaller. It was also far from the Cangyuan Mountains. After the apocalypse, the Cangyuan Mountains were filled with mutant beasts, and humans dared not approach them. Therefore, such a large commotion here did not alarm anyone.
Now is the earthquake season, and humans who have not adapted are still in a panic. Even if they hear the noise here, they dare not come.
Another two hours passed. Lan Shiruo had exhausted all of her friend's potential, and waved to Xiao Feifei to take action and stop temporarily.
"Wheeze, whiz, whiz," Xiao Feifei screamed, and the mutant beasts that were fleeing in panic stood there in a daze, as if they didn't understand how they got here.
The girls and boys took advantage of the beasts' distraction and quickly ran out of the herd, collapsing on the ground to catch their breath.
The family of three quickly took away all the mutant beasts that ran to the barren rocky land, and let the others that were still in the mountains stay where they were for the time being.
"Huh," Lan Shiruo exhaled a breath, her hands and feet were shaking, and her head felt a little swollen and painful, probably because she took in too much at once.
Ao Chengyi frowned slightly and reached out to give his young wife a gentle massage, "Is the strength okay?"
"Well," Lan Shiruo leaned into Ao Chengyi's arms, "Let's get some food for everyone. Xiao Feifei will help keep watch. Everyone, eat something and rest."
"Okay, got it. Just be good and don't move. I'm here." Ao Chengyi felt so distressed. His young wife's face was frighteningly pale, and she was covered in sweat. Half a basin of water could be wrung out of her clothes.
"Dad, you take care of mom, and Lebao can take care of uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters." The little guy came over with his short legs, his chubby face raised with a very serious look.
Ao Chengyi smiled, "Okay, then go get food for everyone, clear the villa, let everyone wash up and rest, and then you and Xiao Feifei will stand guard for everyone."
The little thing's chest immediately puffed up, "Lebao got it, don't worry, Daddy will do a great job."
"Okay, go ahead." Ao Chengyi patted his son's head.
The little guy ran very fast with his short legs, and showed his courtesy to his uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters and animals. He took good care of everyone and the animals. He was very capable and received a lot of praise and kisses.
The little thing was so happy that it became more and more energetic as it worked.
As night fell, the big team that had been fighting for five or six hours was snoring. Little Lebao, who had been asked to stand guard for everyone, was sleeping more soundly than anyone else in his mother's arms. Only little Feifei stood firmly outside the villa.
The other friends and animals have been sleeping since they had eaten, drunk and washed up, with no signs of waking up.
It was not until near noon the next day that everyone got up, tired and sore, with cries of pain coming one after another.
My bones hurt, my flesh hurts, everything hurts.
The external injuries have almost healed after applying the powder made from the mucus freshly spit out by the ice toad. However, the muscles and bones have not fully adapted to the high intensity of the exercise, and it will take several days for the pain to subside.
The family of three descended, flanked by two bald beasts. The goshawk was relatively okay, though, a bit tsundere and not too vain. The general was in a worse state, his hair shed in patches, looking like a scabby dog. The ever-beautiful mastiff refused to leave the house, and only after Lan Shiruo soothed Le Bao's pampering and Ao Chengyi's serious, nonsensical words of comfort did he muster the courage to come out.
Its purple eyes swept coldly over the group of friends, and it would bite to death anyone who dared to laugh at it.
Fortunately, they all valued their lives and held back.
"Did you have a good rest?" Lan Shiruo asked with a smile.
The friends all looked over with a sad look, "Sister, I'm almost dead. I'm fighting monsters in my dreams. I'm so tired."
"Sister-in-law, I was in the middle of my sleep, punching and kicking, and got several bumps on the bed."
"Oh, I dreamed that I was bitten by a mutant snake. I was so angry and furious that I bit back. Damn, I almost bit my arm off."
"I dreamed of being chased by a group of wild beasts. I kept running and running. I ran the entire time, from the moment I lay down to the moment I woke up, without stopping. I almost died from exhaustion."
The little friends told each other about their beautiful dreams, and Lan Shiruo listened with a faint smile.
He Lian came over and said, "Shiruo, can we discuss this and try a different method?" If we continue like this, someone will die.
Lan Shiruo just smiled and said nothing. She waited until her friends were so nervous that sweat broke out on their heads before she spoke, "It seems everyone had a wonderful sleep. Good, let's keep it up. Xiao Feifei said that if we do it three or five more times, we'll be good enough. Come on."
"Ouch" again? Three or five times? Just kill them.
Lan Shiruo ignored her friend's wailing and glanced at the time. "It's almost noon. Let's have lunch early and then rest for half an hour. Then we can strike while the iron is hot and start moving. Everyone should eat more and eat your fill. We won't have any rest until dark this afternoon."
"No!" a wailing sound resounded through the sky.
But even if they wailed, they still had to act. After eating and resting, Xiao Feifei called over countless mutant beasts, and the big team started fighting again.
This process was repeated six times, which took half a month, and finally all the mutant beasts in the Cangyuan Mountains were collected.
During the battle, casualties were inevitable. The injured were thrown into space, where it was up to them to survive, while the dead became dishes on the table of the larger group.
There are also many unmutated wild animals and small game, all collected in the forest of the space. These can be hunted by Lan Shiruo Ao Chengyi. There are many kinds of animals, including elk, wild boar, pheasant, hare, roe deer, fox, wolf, tiger, and other animals that cannot be named.
The forest environment in the space is much better than that outside. Regardless of whether these animals have mutated or not, after entering, they all go to their own species' territories and reproduce on their own.
(End of this chapter)
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