Chapter 278 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
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"boom--"
“Ouch—!”
The sound of bombs exploding and the shrill screams of mutant beasts overlapped and responded, and the members of the Yunlu Village hunting team continued to use their special powers to attack the group of mutant wild boars surrounding them.
In addition to the common attacks such as wind blades and fireballs, you can occasionally see vines different from vampire vines appearing around wood-type mutants.
As long as the mutant wild boar is not careful, the vines will wrap around its body, paralyzing it or causing it to fall to the ground due to poisoning.
In addition, some released spores of magic mushrooms, causing some wild boars to fall into hallucinations and spin in place like headless flies. Others took this opportunity to intensify their attacks.
In just a quarter of an hour after the battle began, all of these mutant beasts consisting of more than 30 wild boars were wiped out by the hunting team without exception.
"Finally solved." Zhang Chengming, sweating profusely from the fight, breathed a sigh of relief. "It's true, the mutated wild boars have much tougher skin and flesh than before. If it weren't for my supernatural power having reached level three, it wouldn't be easy to scratch their hide."
Others nodded in agreement.
Most of the combat-type psychics in the team have been upgraded to level three. It is not too difficult to deal with a group of mutant beasts that have just mutated, but it is also true that it is much more difficult than before.
After everyone rested for a while, Lu Xuan said, "Let's continue."
After hearing this, everyone picked up the wild boar on the ground and started looking for the next batch of prey.
Not long after, they discovered a group of mutant goats, and everyone's eyes lit up immediately.
Five days have passed since the mutant beast appeared.
After fighting for several days in a row, the hunting team has gained a lot of experience.
For example, after observation, they found that there was a certain preference in the species of mutant animals whose meat could be eaten.
If you encounter something that cannot be eaten, like the wild boar just now, don't hesitate, and don't worry about how to fight it, just crush it violently all the way.
It doesn't matter if you use superpowers, thermal weapons, or even just use satellite bombs to blow the meat into pieces like just now.
The only use of wild beasts that cannot be eaten is to enhance their combat capabilities. Their corpses can be brought back and crushed in a fermentation machine to accelerate the fermentation into fertilizer. The effect is no worse than plant nutrient solution, and it can be regarded as waste utilization.
If you come across a variety that is edible and most likely tastes good, like now, the situation will be different.
Bombs cannot be used, fire-based abilities must be used with caution, and wood-based abilities must not use poisonous plants to contaminate meat, which is becoming increasingly rare.
Although the battle was not as exciting as before due to various restrictions, everyone was still quite satisfied with being able to obtain edible meat.
By the time all fifteen goats were captured, it was almost noon.
The group did not continue searching, but took a detour to meet up with the women of the gathering team who had also followed them inland.
"Aunt Miao, how was your harvest?" Liu Chun asked Miao Jinfeng, who was in high spirits.
Miao Jinfeng laughed and said, "Great! We harvested over a thousand kilograms of mushrooms, wild fruits and vegetables this morning. How are you guys doing?"
Chen Rong groaned, "That's about right. I killed several groups of mutant beasts, and only the last group of sheep can be eaten."
Aunt Chen said, "Not bad. The mutated animals are much bigger than before. A sheep weighs four or five hundred kilograms, which is equivalent to two wild boars."
The hunting team actually understood this principle, but they killed tens of thousands of pounds of wild animals every day, but in the end, only three to four thousand pounds of them could be eaten, which was not even one-tenth of the amount.
If each family gets a share, the number will be even smaller.
Who wouldn’t feel at a disadvantage if it happened to them?
Wu Yinyin, who saw what they were thinking, soothed them, "Besides meat, isn't the fur of mutant beasts quite useful?"
These days, what they do most when they get home from collecting the skins is to sort them out and make coats, cloaks or boots for their family members.
Of course, they also did their part.
It's true, the leather is thick and soft. Although it is not as good as those high-level mutant beasts in Lu Xuan's hands, the quality is much stronger and more durable than before the mutation.
The men didn't hesitate for too long and soon asked the women what they had received.
Miao Jinfeng and others immediately and proudly took out their morning harvest from the space.
"Wow, these mushrooms are so big!" Chen Rong took out a mushroom from the basket and pointed it at his head, and found that the mushroom was even bigger than his head.
Weighing it in my hand, I estimate it weighs about three or four pounds.
Zhang Chengming commented: "Eating just one mushroom would probably make you full."
Wu Yang asked, "Are these mushrooms edible?"
Aunt Liu affirmed: "Of course, we have all tested it with the detector."
Although not every flavor may be good, as long as it is edible and so big, other problems can be ignored.
Lu Xuan glanced at the rosy-faced, neatly dressed women, then looked at the accompanying guards, "Did you encounter any trouble when picking them?"
Ge Yuan said: "We only encountered some mutant rabbits and pheasants."
There are also some people with special abilities in the guard team, and they are not short of energy guns and crossbows, so it is not difficult to deal with some small mutant beasts.
As for the mutated plants, the aggressive ones are a minority after all, and most of them can be identified from their appearance. If you avoid them after discovering them, it will not affect them.
At noon they cooked some of the food from the morning's harvest.
In order to save time, the dishes are relatively simple. The meat is sliced and stir-fried, the mutated wild vegetables are blanched and served cold, and the mushrooms are torn or diced and cooked with the mutated chicken to make soup. One mushroom can make a big pot, and the taste is so delicious that people can't wait to swallow their tongues.
Even the villagers who were used to eating a lot of good food couldn't help but eat it all.
The audience in the live broadcast room were showing off their delicious food while feeling frustrated.
[Wow, why can’t I eat such delicious food in real life! ]
[Why can't we eat the mutant beasts here? The more I think about it, the angrier I get!]
Even Miao Jinfeng and others who initially complained and cursed that the mutation of animals and plants left no way for people to survive suddenly felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with mutation.
Anyway, the young people in their village are strong, and now everyone has a personal protective shield, so there is no need to worry about getting injured. They have stockpiled a lot of non-mutated meat, enough to eat for decades.
The mutated meat tastes even worse. If they can eat better, why not?
With this idea in mind, everyone was obviously more motivated when gathering and hunting in the afternoon, and the harvest was also a little greater than in the morning.
Five thousand kilograms of edible meat were obtained, and more than three thousand kilograms of edible mushrooms and wild vegetables were picked.
During this period, they also met the Huo family army who were filmed hunting in the Western Continent and asked about their gains.
The number of people with special abilities in the Huo family army was far less than that in Yunlu Village, but each of them was equipped with alloy crossbows and energy guns, and there were more of them, so their total harvest was more than ten times that of Lu Xuan and his group.
However, there is a lot of meat to be divided after taking it back.
After the new emperor, ministers and nobles took a lot of it, there were still hundreds of thousands of disaster victims to share. Even if it was distributed by household, each household might only get less than half a pound, and with the collection and harvest, they could barely get two or three pounds.
In comparison, the happiness index of Yunlu Village, where every family can get at least dozens of kilograms, is very high.
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The hunting and gathering teams worked for more than ten days in a row, and harvested a total of 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms of meat and 40,000 kilograms of edible mutant plants.
It was not until the acid rain that lasted for three days that the group returned to the island to rest.
In an empty greenhouse reserved as a processing shed, men, women, young and old gathered together and busily prepared the mutant beast meat.
The strong men would first skin the animals, clean the internal organs, and cut the meat into pieces. The women would then process the meat according to the needs, either pickling it or throwing it into a meat grinder to grind it and add seasoning to make meatballs.
In addition to meat, the soup made from the mutant beast's bones is also particularly fragrant. It can be drunk alone or used to make noodle soup. It is also necessary to make ten or eight pots of it for backup.
Among them, Lu Xuan is a little different from the others.
In addition to the bacon, jerky and meatballs he managed, he also took out some special ingredients and made something special.
For example, deer blood, deer antlers, deer penis, tiger bones, and tiger penis were prepared with the help of Lin Qingfu, and then some other medicinal materials were added to make wine.
Then use the time ability to speed up the process by one to three months, so that it can be made and drunk on the same day.
Of course, Lu Xuan himself was not going to drink it, nor did he want to give it to his family, nor did he have the need to do so.
He planned to take all this wine to the Western Continent and sell it to the noble families in the capital.
Zhang Chengming and others stopped him immediately after learning about it.
"No, no, no, the good things should be kept within the family. We can't let all the benefits go to outsiders. We are also here."
Lu Xuan:?
Live broadcast audience:?
Lu Xuan looked at Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao and the others with a strange look on his face, "Do you have any needs?"
Although the effects of these medicinal wines are slightly different, generally speaking, they are nothing more than nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, strengthening muscles and bones, replenishing blood and qi, and enhancing physical fitness. Among them, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang account for a particularly large proportion, and they are basically not suitable for the elderly, the weak, women and children to drink.
[Hey, so many people want it. Could it be that the men in the hunting team are all just strong on the outside but weak on the inside?]
[How could they still be weak even though they are all superpowered? No way.]
[No one says you have to be weak to drink it, so can't you get stronger the more you drink?]
As expected, Xiong Mao said loudly without blushing at all: "I am strong and healthy, but there is no harm in drinking more. Only by becoming stronger can my wife be more satisfied!"
Although the others didn't say it so bluntly, the meaning revealed by their eyes was similar to Xiong Mao's.
Lu Xuan remained silent.
It doesn't matter who you sell it to. Since they want it, then let them change it.
He also reminded them, "The effects of the mutated parts have been greatly enhanced. Drink less to avoid problems."
Everyone nodded, "Don't worry, we have it in mind."
In a blink of an eye, one third of the dozens of newly made medicinal wines were exchanged by the young people in the village. Even Wu Yang, who looked very calm and introverted, exchanged dozens of kilograms without making a fuss.
Afterwards, middle-aged people also got wind of the news and came quietly to find Lu Xuan, including Zhang Wende, Li Tie, Gao Dalin and others.
It can be said that except for Ge Yuan, who has never been married and has no habit of finding a partner, almost all the men in the village have changed some of their partners.
Lu Xuan was amused and speechless, so he casually asked Lei Yan if he wanted it. Unexpectedly, Lei Yan touched his nose and nodded awkwardly.
Lu Xuan: “…”
Audience in the live broadcast room: Phew.
By the time Lu Xuan traded the medicinal wine to the Western Continent, the quantity had been reduced by half.
The noble families in the capital were very dissatisfied with this, and they urged Lu Xuan openly and secretly to make more, preferably another hundred or eighty tanks.
Lu Xuan: “…”
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During the three days of acid rain, in addition to processing the prey, Lu Xuan was also observing the status of the mutant beasts in the acid rain.
It has to be said that the mutation has brought great benefits to the wild beasts. Not only have they become stronger, but the acid rain that once corroded their fur and even flesh can no longer pose a threat to them.
Except for the mutant chicken whose feathers had the outermost layer corroded, the other mutant beasts were the same as normal beasts.
The same is true for mutated plants, some even look more energetic after being exposed to acid rain.
What’s even more infuriating is that after the acid rain stopped, the hunting team went out and fought for another five or six days, and then the insect fog appeared again, and the group was forced to return home again.
Then I found that the insect mist had no effect on the mutant beasts!
Li Tuo couldn't help but mutter, "The advantage of mutation is too great. I want to mutate myself."
Lu Xuan glanced at him and thought, just be content with being able to obtain superpowers.
If this were to happen according to the mutation laws of the apocalypse, people would become zombies if they accidentally mutated.
Wu Yang looked at Lu Xuan and said, "I heard from people in the holographic world that many people in the Western Continent have become stronger. Did they also mutate like the mutant beasts?"
Li Tuo said excitedly: "Is this true? How come I didn't know about this?"
Some of the others were not very well-informed, and they looked at Lu Xuan excitedly, asking for answers.
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "Most of the people who changed were those who developed a fever shortly after the volcanic eruption."
The fever did not subside immediately after taking the antipyretic medicine, but lasted for two or three days. Perhaps it was at that time that those unknown ingredients, whose use they still cannot understand, were changing the physical constitution of those people.
The changes were not obvious at first after the fever subsided, but the new emperor received reports in the past two days, which showed that more than half of the people had twice the strength than before, and some were even faster.
Some time ago, the disaster victims in the Western Continent thought that these people with fever were unlucky, but now they are so envious after learning that their physical fitness has become stronger.
This is not bad luck at all, it's clearly great luck, you are the chosen one!
Zhang Chengming and the others were shocked and a little anxious when they heard this. "The victims in the Western Continent have all experienced this change, so what about our village? No one seemed to have a fever at the time. Is there no chance for them to become stronger?"
You know, there are still many people in the village who have not awakened their superpowers.
Without waiting for Lu Xuan to speak, Lei Yan said, "Didn't your family tell you? There have been changes in the village a few days ago. The village chief, Uncle Zhang, and even Wei Xiang's father are two or three times stronger than before."
Li Tuo exclaimed as if remembering something. "My mother has been carrying 100 to 200 kilograms of mushrooms and wild fruits in one go these past few days without any difficulty while leading the foraging team. Has she become stronger?"
Lu Xuan nodded, "More than 70% of the people in the village who haven't gained superpowers have had their physiques strengthened."
It’s just that because of the presence of these people with special abilities, the others are a little insensitive in this regard and can’t react for a while.
If those whose physiques have been strengthened are included, more than 80% of the people in Yunlu Village are no longer ordinary people, a proportion much higher than that in the Western Continent.
Zhang Chengming and others excitedly called home to confirm the news. After discovering that the news was true, they felt more and more that mutation was not a bad thing.
The upper echelons of the Western Continent, led by the new emperor, also think so.
The size of the mutant beasts is indeed scary at first glance, but there are also quite a few humans among them.
Since the official prey was not enough to be divided among the people, the common people formed teams to hunt on their own initiative.
If you can’t beat them one on one, how can you beat them three on one, five on one, or ten on one?
As long as they can kill an edible mutant beast, everyone can get dozens of kilograms of meat by dividing it equally.
Isn’t this much better than taking nutritional supplements every day and eating so much fish that I’m almost vomiting?
In order to relieve pressure, the higher-ups did not stop the operation after confirming that the number of casualties was within an acceptable range.
After the initial panic period, the Western Continent showed some signs of prosperity.
Until as time went by, the number of mutant beasts began to increase significantly. More than half of the mutant beasts in the entire inland area showed signs of gathering towards the western continent. The proportion of casualties among travelers began to increase abnormally, and the upper echelons headed by the new emperor gradually became unhappy.
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