Su Xiao rested her chin on her hand: "There are a lot of zombies in the city, so it's hard to find a quiet, undisturbed empty house."
“Sigh,” Zhao Xuan sighed, “I thought we could live at home until we’re old.”
Banxia and the others couldn't help but sigh. Although they had only moved to Miaomiao Mountain less than two years ago, they had completely regarded this place as their home. How could they not be sad when their home was gone?
"Didn't we make a pact before the apocalypse that after we retired from the entertainment industry, we would travel all over the country together and appreciate the beautiful landscapes of our motherland?"
Su Yao suddenly clapped his hands, breaking the somber atmosphere. "Although it's the apocalypse, we're still quite strong. We can protect ourselves in case of danger, and we don't need to worry about survival supplies. How about we go and fulfill our wishes from before the apocalypse?"
"Um?!"
Banxia and the others were taken aback. This was a route they hadn't considered, but after calming down and thinking about it carefully, it seemed... not bad?
The group looked at each other, their hearts brimming with excitement: "Why don't we travel all over the country?"
Su Yao excitedly asked Da Ju for the map, skillfully flipped it open, pointed to a coastal city, and said, "Ninghai City is less than 500 kilometers away from City A. It only takes a day by speedboat. How about we make it our first stop?"
Daju and Lihua had probably heard Su Yao mention wanting to go to Ninghai City to eat seafood quite often, so they immediately meowed in agreement.
Banxia shook her head: "It's inconvenient to travel when it's raining. We'd better wait until the rain stops before we set off. Besides, if the land animals have mutated, the aquatic creatures are probably the same. We'd better wait until we're stronger before we go."
The aquatic life is abundant and has been less affected by the extreme weather of the apocalypse. Its mutation rate is much faster than that of land animals, which is beyond their current ability to deal with.
"Lobsters taller than a person, crabs two meters wide..." Su Yao imagined while swallowing his saliva frantically, "I really want to eat them!"
Banxia was at a loss for words: "Besides that, there are whales bigger than Miaomiao Mountain, octopuses with hundreds of tentacles, sea cucumbers covered in eyes..."
"Yue~" Su Yao touched the goosebumps that had involuntarily appeared on his arm and stopped him, "Don't say anymore."
Banxia looked completely innocent. She wasn't trying to scare Su Yao on purpose; she had actually witnessed it herself.
It was the fifth year of the apocalypse. For some unknown reason, marine creatures gathered on the coastline, joined forces to create huge waves, turning dozens of coastal cities into ruins overnight. They then quickly came ashore, killing people and destroying buildings indiscriminately, showing no sign of being at odds with humanity.
Base leader Yan Ning was given a critical mission to lead his men to negotiate, and Banxia happened to be one of them.
The blue whale that organized this attack was already a level nine whale, taller and more majestic than Mount Miaomiao, and even possessed considerable intelligence, capable of speaking human language.
It bluntly rejected humanity's request for peace talks: "The ocean is enough for us to live in. Our attack is not to occupy the land, but to make humanity pay the price for its past actions that have harmed the ocean!"
With the advancement of technology, humanity has gradually lost its reverence for nature, regarding itself as the master of the planet. It has engaged in deforestation, burning forests for hunting, draining ponds for fishing, littering, and discharging nuclear wastewater, wantonly destroying the marine and terrestrial environment and disregarding the lives of other creatures.
After the apocalypse, the status of humans and other creatures was instantly reversed. Other creatures evolved superpowers with great destructive force before humans, and gained the strength and confidence to seek revenge.
Quiet and gentle creatures live in seclusion, while those with a fiery temper seek revenge on humans.
Every one of those marine creatures had suffered persecution at the hands of humans and harbored deep resentment. Even creatures that were normally their natural enemies restrained their instincts and joined forces to take revenge on humans.
Before she died, the war between humans and marine life was not over, and the marine life won every battle. If she had lived a few more months, she might have witnessed the process of human extinction.
Although that great war is still several years away, the hatred of marine life towards humans is not something that will only arise in a few years. For them to go to the beach now is tantamount to sending themselves to their deaths.
Another problem is: "We've overlooked extreme weather."
She hadn't forgotten that the next round of extreme heat and cold would once again push the limits that ordinary people could endure.
Although they are all superhumans with greater tolerance to high and low temperatures, they travel around to relax and fulfill their pre-apocalyptic wishes, not to suffer.
Su Yao then realized he had been too presumptuous and lowered his head in disappointment.
Nanxing glanced at the darkening sky and changed the subject, saying, "Let's eat first, and think about it slowly when we have time."
"Let's eat together tonight? I want hot pot," Banxia added, remembering that Fang Yunyun wasn't feeling well. "A half-and half-and half pot, and I'll also cook a pot of lean meat porridge for Sister Yunyun."
Su Yao and the others had no objections. They had been caught in a cold rain today, and eating something spicy would be good to warm them up.
Banxia released several gold and silver coins from her spatial storage, intending to help wash the vegetables, but Nanxing chased her away to rest.
She couldn't stay idle, so she had Jinzi and Yinzi help move the moldy cabinets and bed in the room to other rooms, cleaned the floor, and set up the winter tent.
Banxia carefully laid a moisture-proof mat at the bottom of the tent, then placed a 1.8-meter latex mattress on the mat, and then covered it with a thick blanket. In this way, a simple double bed was made.
Recently, the temperature has been dropping and is approaching zero degrees Celsius, so she put the goose down pillow and goose down comforter, which are covered with a milk fleece four-piece bedding set, on the bed.
"Honey, dinner's ready!"
"Coming right away!"
The steaming hot pot was bubbling away, its irresistible aroma filling the air, causing Jinzi and Yinzi to gasp and drool wildly on the side.
Nanxing pulled Jinzi to the dog bowl filled with mutated beast meat: "Little dog can't eat hot pot, be good!"
Jinzi stared at him with resentful eyes and sighed in a human-like manner.
Su Yao shook his head and exclaimed, "These little animals are practically sentient!"
The orange cat gave him a disdainful look. What do you mean by "becoming a spirit"? It has clearly evolved. Your uncultured pet owner is really making a fuss over nothing!
Su Yao, looking defiant, reached out to pinch the orange cat's ears, but Fang Yunyun and Su Xiao each grabbed one of his hands: "Why are you, a mature adult, arguing with a kitten? Eat your food!"
Banxia found it amusing, took out two boxes of pet food from her spatial storage and placed them next to Jinzi and Yinzi's food bowls. She then prepared a basket of bamboo shoots and hay for Tuanzi and Heizi respectively, before sitting down next to Nanxing to eat.
Eating a steaming hot pot in cold weather is one of the ultimate pleasures in life. The spicy and fragrant ingredients burst on your tongue, and the coldness accumulated in your body is expelled with the fine sweat on your forehead, making you feel extremely comfortable.
Banxia wiped the sweat from her forehead: "I want to eat hot pot again tomorrow."
"Okay," Nanxing placed the freshly cooked beef into her bowl, "What else would you like to eat, wife?"
"Crispy fried pork!"
Crispy and fragrant fried pork is absolutely perfect with hot pot!
"I'm absolutely sure I'm not mistaken, this is the place!"
Suddenly, joyful voices came from outside the window. Banxia and the others stopped eating and looked out the window at the same time.
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