Chapter 106: Beast Tide, Extreme Cold Descends Beast Tide + Extreme Cold...
Five days later.
The 472nd day of the end of the world, October 16th.
Qiao Qiao turned over and wrapped the quilt that she had kicked aside in her sleep around herself.
The next second, he realized something was wrong and immediately woke up, looking at the thermometer hanging on the wall.
【0℃】
No wonder I was woken up by the cold. Fortunately, I prepared a thick winter quilt last night.
Judging from the responses in the chat channel, the Federation has done a good job in its preliminary preparations.
"No wonder the Federation suddenly placed a lot of containers and model houses in the outer city a few days ago and imposed compulsory charges. It turns out they knew the extreme cold was coming."
"Don't complain. The cost of one contribution point a day is the same as free. It's better than sleeping on the floor every day."
"Don't you find it weird? It's definitely -20 degrees Celsius outside, but it feels like 0 degrees Celsius inside the house."
"So what? I've seen so many magical cards in the past year. Maybe this is the power of the cards."
"But who would use high-level cards for ordinary people like us? Those rich people only care about themselves."
Qiao Qiao looked at it for a while and then closed it. If it was just extreme cold, it would be fine. After experiencing it once, one would have the experience and know what to do. However, the beast tide was unheard of and he didn't know what preparations the Federation had made.
However, if the types of natural disasters are similar every year, humans should be able to adapt after experiencing them for a few more years, and may even find a way to coexist with them.
Yueying made shrimp dumplings for breakfast today. The skin was as thin as a cicada's wing and so tender that it could be blown away. Two fresh shrimps were wrapped inside. They were the freshest live shrimps caught yesterday. When you take a bite, your mouth is filled with rich flavor.
There is an underground well in the southeast corner of the inner city. It had dried up during the extremely hot period, but recently a lot of water has gushed out from the ground. To be safe, Qiao Qiao used a lot of water purification tablets, and it was covered in a protective cover to be completely clean.
She has been fishing for an hour every day lately and has had a good harvest, getting some seafood every day and even two stove cards.
[Stove Card: One unit of wood can burn continuously for 3 hours, keeping the temperature within a 5-meter diameter above 10°C]
I caught a pot of shrimps yesterday. In fact, there were no living creatures in the well, and I don’t know where the fishing rod led to, so I caught the fish.
After cleaning up, Qiao Qiao carried Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man, and came to the No. 2 Research Institute with Yueying. They heard that there were new discoveries there.
At this time, the office at the end of the third floor was full of people.
"Although these seeds have undergone slight mutations, they are positive mutations." Qiao Huizhou picked up a corn as long as an adult's arm. "No matter the yield, size, or taste, they are far superior to ordinary products."
Professor Yang Ning put on gloves and gently stroked the seeds, as if they were fragile treasures. "These seeds can be used as parent seeds to cultivate high-quality crops. There are too few samples now to determine the yield per mu, but it is estimated to be at least three or four times the original. If the verification is true, then less than 100 million mu of land will be needed to feed the current population of more than 500 million."
"No matter what, we have hope and a goal." The Chief Executive of the Northeast Region nodded. "How many seeds can be planted?"
Yang Ning frowned, "There are not many at the moment, only a few thousand pills can be used immediately."
The Chief Executive continued to ask, "What about the planting season tomorrow in March? How much can be provided?"
"If all departments give their full support, we should be able to produce tens of thousands of kilograms."
The various forces began to fight again, and everyone was fighting for their own interests, not caring about their image at all.
“Drip—drip—drip—”
The alarm interrupted the quarrel. Qiao Qiao's right eyelid kept twitching. An ominous premonition lingered in her mind, and she rushed out quickly.
I bumped into someone head on, "Ahh."
Xia Momo covered her head with her hands, looking extremely disheveled, with messy hair and blood all over her body.
Qiao Qiao quickly asked Tang Mingli, who was in an even more embarrassed state, "What happened?"
Tang Mingli took the bandage handed over by Qiao Qiao and wrapped the wound. "The beast tide is coming. It's different from the plan. No one cares about the ordinary people in the outer city."
Qiao Qiao was shocked. "What? Have you not taken any action in the past few days?"
She shook her head, her eyes full of regret. "After the meeting, the Federation decided to divide the work. The Northeast, Southwest, and Northwest regions are responsible for the protection against the extreme cold disaster, and the Capital and Southeast regions are responsible for the beast tide. Now something has happened, and it is different from the plan. We have been deceived."
"Time is running out, so I'll go in and report first." After briefly introducing the situation, she held Qiao Qiao's hand and pleaded, "If possible, I hope you can help me. Lieutenant General Liu and I will help you apply for a promotion."
"I will definitely take action within my ability." After saying that, Qiao Qiao ran in the opposite direction of the two.
In order to save time, Qiao Qiao just left the research institute and walked to an empty corner, then entered the shadow space and asked Yueying to take her there.
"boom!"
The makeshift shelters seemed to be made of paper and collapsed like dominoes.
“Oh my god, what is this?”
"Help me, I don't want to die."
"I just won a special winter suit. I'm not afraid of freezing to death this winter. I don't want to die like this."
"My child, my child!"
Dozens of mutant animals rushed over, including tigers, leopards, brown bears and other species. Many of the animals that were on each other's menu were extremely harmonious. In their eyes, there was no other than the people of the Northwest District.
They pushed down the flimsy shelters and tore at ordinary people. In a moment, the outer city area became a river of blood.
Qiao Qiao stood on a high-rise building in the central city closest to the outer city area, and only realized something was wrong when she saw it with her own eyes.
The outer city and the middle city were not protected by walls, and a barrier strip separated the two. The middle city was fine, although people were panicking, but it was far away from the battlefield, so no accidents had happened yet.
The situation in the outer city area was more complicated. The mutant animals did not surround the area from all sides, but rushed in from several corners and avoided certain places.
Considering the effectiveness of mutant repellent, it is certain that cards must have been used in these places. As for other places, someone must have cut corners. Only those who are officially involved can know the problems.
Most of the people living in the outer city area are ordinary people who only have N-level cards. They are powerless to fight back against the powerful mutant animals and can only wait for death in despair.
"This is really crazy. It's ok for them to be greedy at ordinary times, but they actually dare to tamper with such life-saving supplies."
After analyzing the situation, Qiao Qiao immediately used the flight card to fly towards the most tragic place. Fortunately, he was lucky and it was the wings of a golden eagle that appeared this time.
Wind Blade!
Floating technique!
Fireball!
Water blade!
Ground spikes!
Ice shield!
Relying on her air superiority, she waved her magic wand in the air. Fortunately, the mutant animals were mostly in their infancy, with only six in the growth stage. A few spells could kill one.
When the energy is exhausted, take energy recovery liquid immediately. After two rounds, use the mechanical arm energy cannon. After five shots, another group of mutant animals will fall to the ground.
Xiao Qiao recovered into a giant cat several meters tall, recuperating for many days, with nine tails flying in the air;
Qiao Man transformed into her true form as a bloodthirsty parasitic vine and, relying on her passive skill relative defense (which can absolutely defend against attacks from creatures of the same level or below), she charged directly into the beast tide. She used her first and second skills simultaneously, and the beast tide was gradually eliminated in the chaos.
By the time the federal army arrived, the beast tide had completely ended.
This is the picture everyone saw:
In the sky full of flames, a figure stood with his back to the crowd, his long hair fluttering in the heat waves, and under his feet were piles of mutant animal corpses.
The nine-tailed giant cat's vertical pupils swept across the crowd, making people's hair stand on end, but it bent down obediently, retracted its sharp claws, and lay obediently beside the girl, rubbing her body lightly and leisurely licking the blood on its claws.
The crimson vine covered in flesh and blood surrounded the girl, and behind it followed ten mutant animals that were as stiff as puppets.
Weird and harmonious.
"Yes...it's an SR-level card drawer!" someone in the team said in a trembling voice.
Qiao Qiao turned around and saw the robotic arm emitting white smoke from overheating. She shook her numb arm, not wanting to have too much interaction with the official crowd.
The golden eagle flapped its wings and left despite people's calls to keep it, leaving them and the ten mutant animals staring at each other in bewilderment.
"Sir, wait a minute!"
"Meow!"
In the shadow space, Qiao Qiao put Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man, who had turned into kittens, into a basin of water, "Be good, your bodies are covered in blood and ashes, let us wash them clean."
Xiao Qiao suppressed his instinct to hate water, and lay listlessly beside the basin, meowing. You could sense his dissatisfaction without even having to understand. Qiao Man was very happy, swimming happily in the water, and the roots would occasionally splash water onto Xiao Qiao, causing another round of meowing.
In the warm atmosphere, Qiao Qiao's heart, which had been beating excessively due to killing, finally returned to normal.
This is what family is, a place where they accompany and heal each other in pain, confusion, and fear. Otherwise, can people still be human beings...
Qiao Qiao came out of the shadow space, lay on the soft and warm bed, snuggled into Yueying's arms, hugged the furry cat, used the electric heater beside the bed, and felt drowsy.
At this time, Tang Mingli sent a message, "The mutant animals have been contained, and the country's top zoologists have been called in to perform dissection and analysis."
When Qiao Qiao returned, she informed Tang Mingli to take over the mutant animals and told him the current situation. She didn't know whether Qiao Man could regain consciousness after leaving her for too long, so she suggested that she kill it as soon as possible to be on the safe side.
"We will let you know as soon as the report results come out."
Qiao Qiao replied: "Okay, be safe."
"Come to the military headquarters when you have time. Lieutenant General Liu has already applied for your rank of major general, but this is the most power he has. It won't be so easy to get promoted in the future. I hope you can understand."
Qiao Qiao expressed his understanding, and thought about what happened today, "Today was just the first wave of beasts and we suffered heavy losses. What are you going to do next?"
Tang Mingli was furious when he mentioned this. "The Capital District and the Southeast District each sent out a deputy director of the logistics department. They admitted that the mutant repellent was only used in the inner city, midtown, and a few outer city areas. The rest was embezzled by them."
Qiao Qiao was stunned, "Huh?"
Tang Mingli was helpless. "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these two are just deputy directors of the logistics department! How can they have the courage and ability to embezzle the money? But for the sake of the overall situation, this is the only way for the time being."
"Okay, if you need help, just tell me."
"Don't forget to state your conditions. We must give them a good beating."
"That's natural."
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