Ten minutes later, Su Yao and the others, dressed neatly, arrived with Da Ju and Li Hua to meet up.
As soon as Big Orange and Pear Blossom saw Half Summer, they came up to greet her in a friendly manner: "Meow—"
Dear benefactor!
Banxia patted each of the cats' heads in response.
"Holy crap!" Su Yao and the others were completely drawn to the submachine guns in the living room. "How many guns did you buy???"
With limited time, Banxia didn't intend to explain: "The rat swarm is very likely carrying the plague, so everyone must be careful and avoid being bitten!"
Plague is a highly contagious disease primarily transmitted by fleas and plague bacteria. It is also known as the Black Death because the skin of infected individuals turns blackish-purple.
There have been three severe plague outbreaks in human history, with the death toll exceeding the total number of deaths from wars throughout human history.
The plague bacillus carried by the mutated mice has been affected by the extreme environment, making it even more infectious and lethal!
Nanxing and the others nodded solemnly: "Understood!"
The mutated rats were several times faster than Banxia had anticipated. Just two or three hundred meters from their house, they saw a group of gray-black rats, about the size of calves, running wildly toward the western part of the villa.
She couldn't help but exchange a glance with Nanxing. Could it be related to the beef jerky they threw into Zhao Zekai's yard?
Su Yao and the others were also puzzled: "Why are all the rats running that way?"
Banxia looked completely innocent: "Maybe it's because Tan Qiuxin and Zhao Zekai live over there, and the rats smelled human flesh."
Cai Yuan asked hesitantly, "Then do we still need to kill the rats?"
Banxia's voice was firm: "Yes! There are only a few families in the villa area. After the rats have finished harming them, they will definitely come to harm us. We must strike first!"
Perhaps their ingrained hunting genes were awakened, because Jinzi, Yinzi, Daju, and Lihua became excited the moment they saw the mouse. However, they had been taught before setting off that they must consult Banxia before taking any action, so they all looked at her expectantly.
Banxia patted the several fluffy heads: "No rush, you can catch as many as you want later. But,"
She looked sternly into the several pairs of clear, large eyes. "Rat are smelly and dirty. You're not allowed to bite them. You can only scratch them with your paws, understand?!"
The dog and three cats nodded obediently.
They have plenty of food and water, and have no interest in the smelly rat meat.
Banxia felt slightly relieved. The cats had antibodies in their bodies, which gave them a certain degree of immunity to various germs such as plague. The furry cats were all mutant animals, so their antibodies would be even stronger.
As they were talking, the rats spotted them and immediately split into two groups. One group continued towards the western part of the villa, while the other attacked Banxia and her group.
The mutated rat that led the pack was a size larger than the others, about the size of an adult cow, and its eyes gleamed with a greedy, ferocious light as it looked at Banxia and the others.
Banxia didn't hold back and shot it in the head.
The smell of blood stirred the rats, and they lunged forward, baring their sharp, gleaming teeth.
Nanxing and his group were no pushovers either. They raised their guns and opened fire on the swarm of rats. The mutated rats were large, so there was no need to worry about missing them.
"Bang bang bang!"
As gunshots rang out, the mutated rats fell one by one.
Gold, Silver, Tiantian, Apricot, Orange, and Pear Blossom were not idle either, quickly killing the rats that tried to surround them.
Perhaps the forceful suppression was too obvious, the rat swarm quickly changed tactics and turned to try to escape.
Banxia frowned slightly and looked at Nanxing: "Nanxing, Tiantian and I are going to chase the escaped rats. Be careful!"
She then looked at Jinzi, Yinzi, and Xingzi, "Help your sister protect your brother!"
As soon as he finished speaking, to the astonishment of the others, he flipped over and sat on the branch of Tiantian's tree, holding a gun and chasing after the swarm of rats. For a moment, Nanxing and the others couldn't tell who the prey was.
*
“Reporting to the base commander,” a soldier in a green uniform saluted Li Kongyuan, “the mutated rat swarm has fled to Miaomiao Mountain.”
Li Kongyuan looked resolutely toward Miaomiao Mountain: "Chase after them! We must wipe out the entire rat swarm this time, otherwise, if the plague spreads to other cities, we will be sinners!"
When he first discovered the mutated rat carcasses in the city, he didn't take it seriously, because since the apocalypse, so many mutated animals had starved and died of thirst, and a few dead rats were nothing to worry about.
But the rat carcasses he ignored dealt a near-destructive blow to the base!
The hot weather caused food to spoil quickly, and edible food became increasingly scarce. Many survivors turned their attention to the carcasses of rats.
No one expected that a rare, hearty meal with meat would cause him and his family to develop a high fever less than an hour after eating rat meat, accompanied by symptoms such as confusion and swollen lymph nodes in the groin and armpits, and they would die rapidly within just three days.
Because of the gruesome manner of their deaths, coupled with the large number of deaths on the same day, people who had worked in the hospital finally realized that it was the plague!
But it was too late. Plague is highly contagious, and fleas, skin, respiratory tract, and the corpses of patients are all sources of infection.
In addition, the base was located underground with poor air circulation, and in less than a week, the infection rate of the survivors inside the base reached 50%!
The base currently has more than 230,000 survivors!
Li Kongyuan gritted his teeth and looked in the direction of Miaomiao Mountain. If he could, he would love to use cannonballs to flatten Miaomiao Mountain and kill all those hateful rats immediately!
"Bang bang bang—"
Li Kongyuan snapped out of his thoughts: "Who's firing?"
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