The next morning at eight o'clock, in front of the city gate.
Ten military green trucks were lined up neatly in a row, followed by an off-road vehicle.
Yan Ning's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Let's go."
Su Yao stepped on the gas and followed the truck in front.
Just like the trip from City A to City S, to prevent snow blindness and fatigue driving, the seven people once again drove only one car.
Perhaps because the weather was too cold, the mutated plants and animals were hibernating, and they encountered no danger until noon. But no one dared to let their guard down, because danger often only appears after people relax their vigilance.
Banxia placed the tent, which had been set up, on the open ground to block the wind: "What are we having for lunch?"
Fang Yunyun was the first to raise her hand: "Hot pot, but I don't want any drinks."
She felt the urge to urinate after drinking too much water, but given the extremely low outdoor temperature and the long hours spent in the car, she often had to use adult diapers. However, she had a slight psychological aversion to diapers, so she had to reduce her water intake.
Banxia nodded without surprise. Apart from the hot pot, the other dishes would freeze into ice blocks in less than five minutes: "What about you guys?"
Zhao Xuan offered a small suggestion: "I request to have a hot pot with two broths."
The reason is the same as Fang Yunyun's.
Banxia took everything out and laid it out, preparing to take a few steps at the door before the pot boiled, to stretch her body.
Nanxing grabbed her hand: "I'll go too."
The two went outside hand in hand and walked around the tent.
Yan Ning, who was arranging soldiers to patrol nearby, shook his head and smiled when he saw this: "Young couples just have such a good relationship."
The aroma of the hot pot was overwhelming, and with twenty large iron pots cooking simultaneously in Yan Ning's area, the air within a few hundred meters was filled with a pungent smell.
Achoo! Achoo—
A round, chubby panda rolled down the hillside, its two black furry paws clutching its nose as it sneezed wildly.
Nanxing raised his eyebrows in surprise. His psychic abilities hadn't detected the panda's presence, so it seemed to be a mutated panda.
The giant panda sneezed more than ten times in a row before belatedly realizing that it had been exposed. It then covered its eyes in a self-deceptive manner, pretending that it did not exist.
Banxia, indulging in her mischievous mood, deliberately teased it: "Hey, where did that giant panda go?"
As he spoke, he deliberately circled around the giant panda. The giant panda was so frightened that its whole body stiffened, and it even deliberately slowed its breathing.
Nanxing responded tacitly, "I don't know, maybe they've left."
Upon hearing this, the giant panda cautiously moved one paw away, only to find it meeting Banxia's smiling eyes. Startled, it fell backward, its four legs pointing skyward, resembling a turtle that had rolled over.
Banxia quickly helped it up: "How dare you spy on us when you're so timid?"
The giant panda touched its shrunken belly, and its stomach rumbled with hunger.
"Hungry?" Banxia took out a basket of fresh bamboo shoots and placed it in front of the giant panda. "Eat up, then go back up the mountain."
The survivors don't care if it's a rare giant panda or not; as long as they can catch it, they'll skin it, eat it, and serve it the whole life.
The giant panda looked at Banxia in disbelief, then suddenly grew to three meters tall, grabbed the plastic frame with its two front paws, and ran away without looking back.
Yan Ning, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, walked up to Banxia and asked in a complicated tone, "Aren't you going to accept this mutated panda?"
Although this mutated panda looks weak at the moment and hasn't even stored enough food for the winter, it is still a mutated animal. If properly trained, it will definitely be a significant fighting force in the future.
Banxia has dozens of mutated animals under her command, so acquiring one more mutated panda wouldn't be too much of a financial burden.
Banxia shook her head: "Troublesome."
After spending a lot of time with her, the mutated animals in the space realized that she wouldn't deliberately cause trouble or withhold food. Now, they're all getting bolder and start causing mischief as soon as they finish their assigned tasks.
In the past two months, she has been involved in more than a dozen lawsuits, such as "an eagle steals a peacock's tail feathers to build a nest for its own cubs," "a monkey steals a chimpanzee's bananas," and "an elephant accidentally steps on a fox's front leg while walking." She is exhausted and refuses to add any more mutated animals to the space.
Yan Ning couldn't help but sigh. Some people can easily attract mutated animals without doing anything, while others try their best but still end up with nothing. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others.
After lunch, the group continued their journey north.
The weather wasn't good in the afternoon. Just half an hour after we started walking, a strong wind began to howl, and heavy snow began to fall.
Snow kept falling on the windshield, and the wipers stopped working after a short time.
The green truck ahead encountered the same problem, and Yan Ning had no choice but to stop the team and set up camp on the spot, preparing to wait for the snow to stop before setting off again.
Since it was very likely that she would be spending the night here, Banxia simply took out the RV.
Fang Yunyun's eyes lit up: "Will the air conditioner work?"
Banxia opened the car door: "I'll give it a try."
She fiddled with it for a while and said regretfully, "It won't work. I still need to turn on the heater and electric blanket to keep warm at night."
However, it's not a big problem, because there are several hundred fully charged small batteries in the space, which should be enough to last until the extreme cold ends.
As expected, the snow did not stop until nightfall.
Fang Yunyun peered out through the glass: "The snow is getting heavier. I hope it stops soon."
Banxia glanced at it casually and felt that the chances were slim, but she didn't say anything to spoil the mood.
“Honey,” Nanxing pointed to a moving snowball outside the window, “wasn’t that the giant panda we saw at noon today?”
Um?
Banxia looked in the direction he was pointing and saw a three-meter-tall snowball moving toward them.
Snowball seemed to notice her watching him, and immediately took off running. But after running only a dozen meters, he slipped and fell to the ground, sliding dozens of meters away.
Banxia: ...
Such a stupid animal, who else could it be but the panda from noon?
The giant panda, fearing that someone would see its embarrassing state, looked around nervously before getting up again and moving towards the RV.
Banxia didn't know why it had come to find her again, so she quickly put on a thick coat and got out of the car to greet it: "Are you hungry again?"
After saying that, he handed over a basket of fresh bamboo shoots. When the panda refused, he simply took another basket: "That's all."
She has no shortage of bamboo shoots, but she can't let this panda think it's rich and start relying on her.
The giant panda patted its round belly to indicate that it wasn't hungry, then anxiously opened its mouth wide and cried out, "Baa baa baa!"
While calling out, he observed Banxia's expression.
Banxia told the truth: "I don't understand."
The giant panda stomped its foot and changed its language: "Woof woof woof!"
Banxia coughed lightly: "I still don't understand. You get in the car first, and I'll find a translator right away."
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