Chapter 4: Shopping at the Hardware Wholesale City
Ten minutes later, the ground shaking gradually stopped and the plants stopped growing wildly, but the dust raised by the collapsed buildings covered the sky.
Fortunately, Yao Tao was wearing a mask, so the dust did not scare her away.
The survivors were in shock.
At this time, the plants and trees had grown almost as tall as buildings, and some herbs had become taller than humans.
Yao Tao held on to the safety rope tightly and stared at the sky warily.
She knew that what had just happened was just the beginning of the end of the world, and something truly terrifying was about to appear.
The hardware wholesale city opposite is no longer visible. It is crushed by a huge tree. The eastern part is completely smashed into the mud, and only the northern part is still intact.
Yao Tao took out the insecticide and mosquito repellent perfume from the space, sprayed them all on herself, and sprinkled the remaining half bottle around.
Finally, he pulled out the fire shovel and held it in his hand.
The crowd on the ground suddenly became agitated.
"Something bit me..."
"Whose dog is not good enough? Do you want to die?"
"It doesn't seem to be a dog..."
"It's a bee!"
“…I was stung.”
"Me too...it hurts when I rub it."
"No, bees aren't that big."
"A wasp?"
"Looks like a fly..."
"Nonsense, how can a fly be that big?"
"Look there!" someone pointed to the sky.
A swarm of flying insects was approaching them.
Someone slapped one down, and the insect that fell to the ground was as big as an adult's fist.
That look... clearly a fly.
"What is this?"
"Really a fly?"
"Such a big fly, and it bites people... Run!"
Yao Tao was on the rooftop when a group of mutated flies flew towards her.
As they got closer, they smelled the pesticides and perfume and moved away.
Yao Tao did not let her guard down.
The battle... has just begun.
Having experienced the end of the world, she is not afraid of mutant flies at all.
They are just the first batch to mutate and are also the smallest in size.
In a few days, people will see flying mutant cockroaches as big as cars, chasing people and biting them...
The people on the ground were being chased by the mutated flies and were running away in all directions, with no time to care about others.
Only then did Yao Tao take out another roll of safety rope, tied it to the branches of the mutant plant, and climbed along the plant to the top of the collapsed hardware wholesale city.
In her previous life, she had been here once with Zhu Hua's team.
However, most of the things here were looted by the survivors, leaving only some large and immovable equipment.
Because she has space, she can carry all the heavy things with her.
They had a great harvest that day and got several solar power generation equipment.
Yao Tao found a collapsed crack based on her memory.
The survivors of the previous life followed this crack into the hardware wholesale city.
More than half of the building on the first floor collapsed, and hardware accessories were scattered all over the floor.
She didn't spend too much time collecting the supplies scattered on the ground, but instead turned on the flashlight and walked deeper.
Her purpose was clear: she wanted those solar power generation equipment.
Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed towards her from the front.
She reacted completely instinctively and slammed the fire shovel in her hand.
"Squeak!" A mouse as big as a dog screamed when it was hit on the head, and it screamed and kicked its legs frantically.
Yao Tao raised the fire shovel without hesitation to finish off the enemy.
The mutant mouse twitched twice and stopped moving.
Yao Tao shone a flashlight around and confirmed that the mutant mouse was truly dead before continuing forward.
Along the way, she collected a lot of things into the space.
Everything was taken care of: pipes, fans, motors, water pumps...
She even took the wire, nails and loose-leaf pages.
Anyway, her space is not limited, so she can fill it with as much as she wants.
As for whether it is useful... In the end times, if you want to live well, you first need supplies.
It was common for survivors to barter.
No one complains about having too many supplies.
Passing by a stall selling labor protection supplies, Yao Tao casually threw work clothes, work caps, latex gloves, protective goggles and helmets into the space.
He threw it in too quickly and accidentally threw in a money tree on the stall.
As luck would have it, the moment she threw it, the money tree began to mutate.
Oh no!
Yao Tao's heart skipped a beat.
Plants mutating in her space would ruin her existing stock.
But when she found the mutated money tree in the space, the surrounding stocks were all intact, and the mutated money tree had not become very large.
She took the money tree out of the space, but it only grew to more than two meters in length, and the flowerpot was broken.
What's going on?
Why did the money tree suddenly stop mutating? Is there something restricting the growth of the mutated plant?
She knew that a mutated money tree could never be only two meters tall.
In the end times, she had seen many of the money trees that she had originally kept at home. After mutation, they could soar into the air and grow as high as a five-story building.
In her previous life, she had the experience of accidentally putting mutant plants into the space.
At that time, the mutated plants made her space a mess, so Zhu Hua scolded her and ignored her for six days.
She remembered all of this clearly; there was no way she was wrong.
It seems that after her rebirth, her space seems to have become different.
Could it be because of… the “light in the refrigerator”?
She suddenly remembered the light that came on when an object was placed in the space.
Maybe it was the effect of the light.
She beat a mutant rat half to death, then found a bag to put the rat in and put it back into the space.
The space was dimly lit.
After a while she took out the mutant mouse.
Living things will die after entering the space, but the mutant characteristics of the mutant mice will disappear.
After an animal mutates, the surface of its body will change, and a bloody "tumor" will split out in the heart area.
Although the size of the mutant mouse in front of us has not changed, the blood "tumor" in its heart has disappeared.
From the outside, it looks like an ordinary mouse, the only difference is that it is bigger.
Yao Tao's heart couldn't help but move.
Could it be that her space can purify mutations?
She killed a few more mutant insects, sent their bodies into the space, and then took them out.
Sure enough, the mutant characteristics on the insects disappeared.
She was so excited about her discovery that she almost bit her tongue.
If the mutation can be purified, the end of the world will be full of food for her.
Deep-fry a grasshopper the size of a bus, grill a goat the size of a tiger...
Slurp!
It smells so good.
She walked forward while cleaning up the mutant rats. In the distance, flashlights were flashing, and the swaying figures were mixed with women's screams and men's curses.
Yao Tao held the fire shovel tightly and remained alert.
The most terrifying thing in the end times is not the mutant creatures, but living people.
"What kind of monster is this!"
"Damn, it's so flexible."
"Hurry up and fight, you are so stupid!"
"Ahhh, it jumped on me..."
…
Yao Tao could guess what happened without even getting close to her.
These people are survivors in the hardware wholesale city who are attacked by mutant rats.
As Yao Tao approached, the mutant rats suddenly gave up attacking the survivors and pounced on her...
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