"Everyone, get on the speedboat quickly!"
Yuan Chongming loudly notified the other five teams that stayed behind.
"Where's Ripple?"
Lin Yi asked directly.
“I’m back!”
Hearing that Lianyi had returned to the team, the rest of the people did not hesitate any longer and quickly boarded the speedboat, then started the engine. After Lianyi was the last one to jump on board, they immediately turned around and drove away from this horrible place.
The sound of "boom boom" explosions continued, and half of the shantytown behind them was blown down. Then everyone saw mutant rats flying in the flames, and more rats were fleeing in panic.
"Oh my god! We really disturbed the rat's nest!"
Sun Zhou took a deep breath and sighed.
"You should be thankful that we didn't go too deep, otherwise we would never have come out alive."
Chu Hong's cold voice reached everyone's ears.
"You mean all those people are dead?"
Tang Tianming licked his lips and asked.
"Otherwise! Otherwise Ripple wouldn't have used the time bomb!"
Zhao Jia continued.
After hearing this, everyone turned to look at Lianyi who was on the other speedboat. She was gasping for breath at this moment. This mission was the most embarrassing one for her in such a long time.
After Lianyi took a deep breath, he immediately said loudly:
"Get out of here, those rats are in the water!"
Sure enough, because of the ripples that blew up their nest, some of the rats were still on fire. These smart guys actually jumped directly into the water, and then the five speedboats became their target again.
"withdraw!"
This time everyone left their current location without hesitation, but everyone had an ugly expression on their face.
"Ripple, are you okay?"
Captain Lin Yi asked.
The ripple jumped onto the speedboat of Lin Yi's team.
After hearing the other party's question, she waved her hand, sighed and said:
"Our rescue mission has failed! There are no survivors there. All I see are bones."
“.”
Everyone on the speedboat fell silent; this was the news they least wanted to hear.
"But I worked with Tornado to get Rat Boss back. At least I can report back when I get back."
Lianyi finally told the good news.
"Boss Rat?"
Lin Yi was also shocked.
"Here it is! I'll show it to you guys when I get back!"
Lianyi patted the backpack behind him.
"Meow!" I also contributed a lot here, and Tornado immediately took credit for it.
"Your contribution is definitely indispensable!"
Lianyi raised her hand and touched the whirlwind on her shoulder.
"At least this time we came out with something."
Lin Yi sighed.
Then, everyone returned to the base before the sun set despite the high temperature.
After handing over Rat Boss, the team that took on the mission disbanded, and their spirits were not very high.
Shortly after they left, researchers in white coats took the rat away.
After everyone returned, they were greeted by Jiayao and Liu Zili. Seeing that several people who had been out for a day were injured, they immediately began to treat them.
"Uncle Liu, our wounds were caused by rat bites. We don't know if we will be infected with a virus. Please help us deal with it."
"Okay, I got it!"
After treating the wounds, everyone ate something and then gathered at Yuan Chongming's residence to discuss today's tasks.
"This is the first time our team has failed to complete a mission!"
"Oh! I always feel uncomfortable because I didn't rescue the person."
Zhao Jia said weakly.
"It's not our fault. It's because the rats are too powerful. I had previously guessed that those people should have become the rats' reserve food. At least they could have lived for two more days and waited for our support. What a pity."
Lianyi also shook her head helplessly.
"Do you think those rats will become a disaster? It seems that the animals that have experienced extreme weather have mutated."
When Li Qian spoke, all that flashed through his mind was a huge rat. Then he looked at Tornado who was combing his hair in Lianyi's arms.
"Indeed, Tornado has also mutated, otherwise how would it dare to fight with that mutant rat boss!"
Ripple did not deny it.
"The temperature is rising now. When all the accumulated water evaporates, what do you think will happen?"
Sun Weifeng asked.
"I don't know! But before that, let's store more water!"
Yuan Chongming ended the conversation with just one sentence.
Three days later, the base issued a notice to all survivors, allowing them to come to the base to exchange food for mutant rats they caught.
And we clearly tell everyone who wants to try the mutant mice that they carry a large number of viruses. Although you won't die immediately after eating them, that's because the virus has a one-month incubation period, after which it will start to rot from the internal organs. We hope everyone will not try it and exchange it for food through regular channels.
As soon as the announcement came out, the survivors began to prepare various mouse-catching tools. In their eyes, these mice were no longer hideous monsters, but food and the motivation for them to survive.
The whole nation has started a rat catching craze. They are not afraid of your numbers, but they are afraid that you will not show up. Even Lianyi, the tasker, is shocked. This is a fight with rats.
A few days later, Situ Yi came to them and explained the ins and outs of it.
"The rat that Lianyi brought back was dissected by researchers. They found that although its skin carried the virus, its meat was indeed non-toxic. Although it was non-toxic, it was not something that could be eaten simply by cooking. That's why the base recycled it. After high-temperature processing, it can be used as meat and temporarily supplied to the survivors."
After hearing this, Zhao Jia swallowed and asked in a trembling voice:
“Can you really eat it?”
"Um!"
"Oh my! Then we are at a huge loss! When we went to the mutant rats' nest, we killed so many of them. They all went to others, and only Lianyi brought back the Rat Boss!"
Zhao Jia sighed.
Lianyi touched her nose. She felt that if there were other foods available, she would not choose to eat rat meat for the time being.
"There are no missions recently, why don't we try our luck there? At least we can get a few kilograms of food."
Situ Yi suggested.
"Okay, ask who else wants to go, and we'll go there as a team."
Yuan Chongming did not refuse.
"You guys go ahead! I won't go, it's too hot! Remember not to go too deep."
Lianyi stroked the whirlwind that was a little wilted due to the heat, and gave some instructions.
"Okay, we got it!"
Because of the extremely hot weather, the temperature was almost 55 degrees at noon. You would sweat if you moved, and you would get heatstroke if you stayed for a long time. The water level was still continuing to drop. Lianyi felt that within a month, the accumulated water would no longer be able to trap the survivors.
Lianyi's guess this time was still very accurate. After 28 days, the accumulated water had almost evaporated. The shallowest water was only up to the calf, and the deepest water was only up to an adult's waist. A large number of survivors began to leave their trapped places and go out in search of food.
At the same time, a simply packaged meat pie appeared in the weekly relief food. Although it was only the size of a palm and tasted only salty, it was meat. This gave the survivors, whose eyes were green with hunger, finally hope of survival.
"Brother, what kind of meat is this? It's quite chewy!"
After a man received the meat pie, he opened it and took a bite.
"Mutated rat meat!" (End of this chapter)
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