Chapter 21 The Calm Before the Storm
At this time, another message came from the radio. Qin Muxue adjusted it and heard the content clearly: "Sudden disasters have occurred across the country. Local authorities have urgently sent people to rescue the survivors. Please wait for good news."
The radio can now receive signals, but when I turn on the TV, there is only snow.
The primary school in Taoyuan Village also broadcast the news. When the survivors heard the news, they all cried and hugged each other, saying, "Finally, the clouds will clear and the moon will appear."
Qin Muxue felt something was wrong, "Qu Yanbai, did the rescue come so quickly before?"
Qu Yanbai shook his head silently, "Let alone rescue, no one came until Taoyuan Village was flooded."
In his previous life, he returned to Taoyuan Village to pick up his grandmother before the city was flooded, and then he was trapped here.
To him, that memory was unbearable and he felt heavy-hearted. In his previous life, Grandma Qu was drowned. He watched her die in front of him but was powerless to do anything. The pain was still deeply engraved in his mind. He was able to survive because of his evolved abilities.
But living in such an apocalypse is worse than death.
"But now you've been notified that there's a rescue team?"
Qin Muxue wondered, could it be that a series of butterfly effects occurred after they came to Taoyuan Village?
Indeed, the rescue of Taoyuan Village was largely due to Qin Muxue’s arrival.
After Sheng Xingyuan fell into the river in his previous life, all his stories ended. However, in this life, he did not die and was rescued by Qin Muxue instead.
He developed a great interest in Qin Muxue, and his real identity was the heir to one of the top chaebol groups in Hua Kingdom, with enormous power.
He has always hidden his identity as a top student and took scientific research in college. He has an extremely high IQ and is the first person in the country to discover the beginning of biological evolution. Sheng Xingyuan actually obtained two degrees in college, one in biology and the other in medicine.
After being framed for stealing research results, he quickly contacted his family and used some means to get his research results back.
Moreover, he found an investment agreement with Qin Muxue in a foreign research laboratory. The two bottles of evolution potions were actually sent by him personally, and he also knew all of Qin Muxue's personal information and address.
This time, because of his appearance, the report and experiments he brought back proved the reliability of the rapid evolution of organisms and that the self-defense system of the blue planet was about to begin.
The Blue Planet's self-defense system, that is, when the Blue Planet's tolerance reaches a certain level and can no longer withstand damage, it will begin a major cleansing and then restart.
This is how great evolution and various disasters will happen, the fittest will survive, and those who evolve will become the new humans.
However, the number of new humans is extremely small, and Sheng Xingyuan's research fills this gap. His experimental report proves that evolution can be catalyzed by drugs, and he has successfully developed such a drug. However, because the extraction of the drug is very difficult and it is now very scarce, there is still strong resistance if it is to be put into use.
He had used up all his strength to obtain these two bottles of evolution potions, and he sent them directly to Qin Muxue.
When he learned this, he quickly began to make arrangements and took back everything that belonged to him from the Sheng family.
He relied on predictions and became a researcher at the Flower Country Headquarters. Because of his advance planning, the Flower Country's shelter had already been secretly built, but the disaster came too suddenly...
Qin Muxue didn't know that all this was because of Sheng Xingyuan. When Sheng Xingyuan learned that her village was still alive, he immediately contacted the rescue team to give priority to rescue.
If the development had continued as in the previous life, Taoyuan Village would most likely have been flooded, and the only ones who would have survived would have been those few people with special abilities.
Not only can people with special abilities evolve, their physical fitness is also far superior to that of ordinary people.
For example, Qu Yanbai is a wood-type mutant who can control plants. However, as a primary mutant, he can only control some plants at present. He will continue to evolve into intermediate and advanced mutants in the future...
"Oh, right." Qu Yanbai took out the wine that Grandma Qu asked him to bring. "My grandma asked me to bring this. She said it's for your health."
Qu Yanbai didn't know why his grandmother asked him to bring such a strange wine, "But I suggest you be prepared, because it's a little scary."
There was a green snake in the transparent wine bottle. Qin Muxue frowned and asked, "What is this?"
"As you can see, it's a poisonous snake, and it also contains ginseng, wolfberry, and other things. It should be very nutritious."
It seemed that Grandma Qu had kept it there for decades. The age of the wine might be even older than her. She was able to give such a precious thing to Ding Manman and Qin Muxue, which showed that she loved them very much.
Ding Manman was frightened. "Thank you for your kindness, Grandma Qu, but I can't drink this kind of thing. I think it's scary just looking at it."
"This is good wine, how can it be horrible? Smell it, it's mellow and rich."
As he said that, he put the bottle in front of Ding Manman. Ding Manman jumped three feet high in fright and hid behind Qin Muxue, with only her head exposed. "Xiaoxue, he bullied me."
Looking at Qin Muxue standing in front of Ding Manman, Qu Yanbai said with a smile: "Why don't we play cards? Whoever loses has to drink a sip of this wine."
Qin Muxue nodded slightly, "Okay, no problem."
Qu Yanbai is very good at playing cards, and he said this because he is absolutely sure that he can beat both of them.
The fire in the fireplace was burning brightly. Ding Manman had grilled three thick steaks on it and was drinking some authentic pure meat grilled sausages. The sizzling aroma aroused people's appetite.
The three of them sat together and started playing Landlord. As a result, Qu Yanbai was the landlord every time. Qin Muxue and Ding Manman, as two oppressed farmers, cooperated very tacitly and caught Qu Yanbai off guard, causing him to lose several games in a row.
"You have to accept the defeat. Who says you have to drink after losing?" Ding Manman smiled. They were sure to win again this time.
She stood up and looked at the steak on the grill. It was already cooked and the sausages were starting to ooze oil. "Dinner is ready. Brother Qu, you lost. You should keep the wine for yourself to replenish your body!"
Qu Yanbai smiled without any anger or embarrassment, and instead asked, "Xiao Ding, how did you know that?"
Ding Manman blushed. "You look pale and your steps are weak. In traditional Chinese medicine, this means you have kidney deficiency."
"Okay, we can drop this topic now." Qin Muxue looked at the sparks between the two and hurried to stop them. She always felt like someone was taking advantage of her.
"I have confiscated this bottle of aphrodisiac wine. None of you need to drink it." Qin Muxue put the wine directly on the cabinet on the side.
Although she really wanted to watch Qu Yanbai drink it with her own eyes, she didn't want to cause any death. The green snake in the wine seemed to be still alive. Drinking this kind of wine would probably be a lifelong shadow!
Ding Manman cut the steak neatly, added some cooked vegetables as decoration, and sprinkled some black pepper on it.
"Xiaoxue, come and try it. How does it taste?"
Qin Muxue picked up a piece of tender and juicy steak with a fork. It tasted delicious.
The steak was thick and big, and one piece was enough for two girls. The other piece was given to Qu Yanbai, and the other piece was shared by Zhenzhu and Baozhu. No seasoning was added, and the two of them ate it with great relish.
The steak is original, medium rare, juicy, and has alternating fat and lean meat.
After Pearl finished eating, she was still not satisfied. She looked at the green snake soaked in the wine bottle with great interest. She jumped onto the table, stared at the wine bottle closely, and occasionally scratched it with her claws.
Qin Muxue and the other three were concentrating on eating and didn't notice what was happening here at all.
Baozhu looked up and watched Zhenzhu's every move. Zhenzhu often jumped onto the table to pick up things, and she was used to it, so she just watched her.
Pearl kept pulling at the wine bottle until she watched it fall to the ground and the wine spilled all over the floor. What was even more terrifying was that the snake also came out.
After hearing the noise, the three of them immediately stood up and saw the messy scene.
"Pearl, what are you doing?" Pearl was seen running very fast with a green snake in her mouth, and no one could catch up with her.
By the time we followed Baozhu and found her, she had already eaten almost all of the green snake, and had almost no reaction, just licking her claws obediently.
Seeing her like this, Qin Muxue had no chance to scold her, because she just circled around her feet, raised her head, and looked like she did nothing.
Not knowing how to scold her, Qin Muxue could only hold Pearl in her arms and take her back.
She has become the cat king of the village. The remaining cats in the village have to obey her orders and tremble in fear when they see her. This little female cat is extremely good at fighting.
Although she is only four or five months old, she is very strong and is loved by children.
Qin Muxue didn't know whether Zhenzhu would be in trouble after eating the poisonous snake soaked in wine. This was what she was most worried about. After observing for a few days, she found that her worries were unnecessary.
Zhenzhu eats when she’s supposed to eat and sleeps when she’s supposed to sleep, and she’s still the best at fighting. Baozhu doesn’t dare to mess with her.
Perhaps because her physical condition had improved after evolution, this poisonous snake no longer had any effect on her.
Not only that, Pearl would often bring back some useful things for them from the floods.
The occasional heavy rain made everyone feel a little sad, although a few people in the village could often get together to play cards.
After Qin Muxue taught Grandma Qu how to play cards, she became addicted to playing mahjong. She often played mahjong with Grandma Wu and a pregnant distant relative, and from time to time she would call Qin Muxue and Ding Manman to join them.
Everyone seems calm on the surface, talking and laughing, but in fact everyone is anxious and uneasy, and some entertainment activities are also to eliminate the inner anxiety.
Taoyuan Village completely lost power a few days ago. There was no electricity, no internet, and no water. Everyone was feeling depressed these days.
Ding Manman started to use some unused branches to make a fence to enclose the yard.
Qin Muxue is still the same. She works out every morning. Because it rains outside, she basically exercises at home and eats the delicious food made by Ding Manman. Then in her spare time, she goes to the space to plant her vegetables. She has made use of the black soil in the space. The planting area is divided into vegetable area, grain area, fruit area, and green plant area, and it is arranged in an orderly manner.
She looked at the fruits of her labor like a hard-working farmer, "Even if the supplies are used up, these fruits of my labor will be enough to eat for a long time."
Moreover, these vegetables and rice have the effect of strengthening the physical body, which is more effective than tonic medicine.
She replaced the water in her mineral water bottle with spiritual spring water and drank it regularly. Even her cats and dogs did the same. As a result, Baozhu gained some tendon muscle. Now she is much stronger than before. Even if she encounters a gangster, she can subdue him.
Qin Muxue and Qu Yanbai would take Baozhu and Zhenzhu out to buy things for free from time to time. They would go to some small supermarkets nearby. Of course, they couldn't find anything there as they were basically robbed clean and most of them were flooded. They could only salvage some canned food and the like.
Some villagers initially felt a little contemptuous when they saw others stockpiling supplies. "Didn't we see reports of people stockpiling supplies before? But later everything returned to normal. The compressed biscuits I stockpiled are about to expire, and I didn't see any disaster happen!"
But now he is like a mute, starting to regret his past actions.
But now it is too late, and we can only live by relying on the food stored at home and tightening our belts.
In the beginning, neighbors would help each other, but as time went on, their own lives became difficult, so they had no time to care about others.
Looking at the rising water level, everyone was eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the rescue team.
Only Qin Muxue and Ding Manman lived their own lives. They didn't care what happened outside. Except for Grandma Qu's family and Grandma Wu's family, they didn't interact with the rest. After experiencing those previous things, they stayed indoors and never went out.
Manman cooked delicious food for her in various ways, and she also often took out delicious snacks and meals from the space. She lived a very happy life during this period of time, if Qu Yanbai had not come to eat and drink from time to time. However, he had also stockpiled a lot of supplies, but he was not as rich as Qin Muxue, and not as generous.
Moreover, Qu Yanbai left most of the supplies that he could not take away with him with Qin Muxue.
Qin Muxue even joked, "Aren't you afraid that I will embezzle all your supplies?"
Qu Yanbai touched his nose and said, "I think you should not think highly of these things. You have stockpiled much more supplies than me. Besides, our cooperation is based on trust. You and Manman are not bad people. I believe in you."
Originally, Qu Yanbai would not trust anyone, but after spending many days together, he found that the two of them were extremely reliable people, and trust is mutual. If you don't trust them, how can they trust you?
Qin Muxue snorted coldly, "You have chosen the right person. I have always been a person who will not offend others unless they offend me. But if you become my little brother, I will protect you."
She extended her hand. "It is now officially announced that we are teammates. You have been promoted to a regular employee ahead of schedule!"
Qu Yanbai stretched out his hand and the two shook hands in a friendly manner.
Although she said this on the surface, Qin Muxue was still a little wary of him. If he did anything wrong, she would show no mercy.
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