The two brothers even recalled that the year before the natural disaster struck, when they returned to their hometown and dug up more than a dozen field mice in the fields.
The delicious taste of the braised field mice was something the two brothers could never forget.
The two dark-skinned, thin brothers, each carrying a large rock, quietly approached the cage.
Smash it!
When he was still nearly two meters away from the cage, the tall, thin, dark-skinned man suddenly roared and hurled a large rock at the big rat outside the cage.
The short, dark-skinned man was a beat slower, but he also threw the stone in his hand over.
Although this large rat was big, it was naturally agile and quickly jumped in another direction to escape the moment the stone fell.
"What a pity, it got away!"
The tall, thin, dark-skinned man who had used the sharp stick he carried to kill the rat in the cage sighed with regret.
"That's right, brother. This rat weighs about eight or nine pounds, and the one that escaped must weigh thirteen or fourteen pounds!"
Seeing that the rat in the cage had completely died, the short, thin man immediately opened the iron cage door and reached in to pull out the rat, which was riddled with holes from being poked by a sharp wooden stick.
The two brothers carried the still-bleeding mutated rat to a wall that blocked out the sunlight, skinned it on the spot, stuck it on a stick, and roasted it on a dry branch.
Forty minutes later, the two meat-loving brothers devoured nearly seven pounds of roasted, glistening, mutated rat meat in one sitting.
"Bro, this rat meat smells fucking amazing!"
Although they had no seasoning or salt, the oily roasted rat meat satisfied the two brothers' stomachs immensely.
"One rat isn't enough. A bigger and fatter rat just escaped. Let's go look for it again, brothers. If we find it, we can have a good meal of meat!"
Having discovered the new continent, the tall, thin man, having eaten his fill of meat, felt energetic and strong again. He and his brother picked up the leftover rat bones and put them back into the iron cage, attempting to lure another mutated rat.
Actually, while the two brothers were skinning, skewering, and roasting the rat, and even holding the roasted rat meat in the large canter, the escaped mutated rat was hiding not far away, watching them.
Especially after seeing the two people finish gnawing on the rat, a strange red light flashed in its eyes.
Unfortunately, after waiting for two or three hours, the two dark-skinned brothers found no more mice on their trap.
The sun was blazing, and the two brothers couldn't stand the increasingly high temperature, so they carried the iron cage they had found and walked slowly towards the neighborhood.
At this time, eating meat was a big deal that people envied. The two brothers were afraid that others didn't eat, so they ate meat at noon. Whenever they met someone they knew, they would go up to them and brag about how they had just eaten seven or eight pounds of roasted rat meat.
"You two brothers aren't bragging, are you? Seven or eight pounds of roasted meat, how could this rat grow this big?"
"Of course, my brother and I have kept this rat's head. Look, take a look!"
After saying that, the two brothers opened a dark box they had found, inside which was a rat's head that was bigger than a cat's head.
"Dude, to tell you the truth, when my brother and I were catching this rat, another rat that was much bigger than this one escaped. That one weighed thirteen or fourteen pounds!"
The short, thin man, fearing he hadn't made a big enough splash today, revealed the story of the other, even bigger, mutated rat that had escaped.
After the brothers shouted loudly, passersby gathered around to ask about the giant rat.
People knew that rat meat was edible, especially field rats and bamboo rats, even before the natural disaster occurred.
If they could catch a large rat weighing over ten kilograms, the whole family could have a good meal of meat.
However, some of the more quick-witted people had more questions in their minds: "The outside is so dry that not a blade of grass grows, and even the trees have died from the heat. How did the rats grow so big? Could they be like those mutated ants?"
After these words were spoken, the onlookers' enthusiasm for the giant rat waned considerably.
It is said that these mutated ants were infected with some kind of virus. If the surviving rats were also infected with this virus, wouldn't they kill people?
So the way people looked at the two brothers changed from envy and jealousy at the beginning to pity now.
The two brothers, who had been looking proud just a moment ago, turned deathly pale the next second after hearing these words.
Won't they be poisoned to death after eating these infected rats?
Thinking of this, the two brothers stopped bragging and abandoned the rat's head, which was almost the size of their fists. They hurriedly went home.
As a result, one day passed, then two days, and the two brothers who ate the meat of the virus-infected rats showed no health problems whatsoever.
So the two of them ran downstairs to show off.
"See? My brother and I are perfectly fine. It seems that ancient virus is nothing special after all!"
Having had their fill of smugness, the two brothers longed for the fragrant, oily roasted rat meat, so they took the old iron cage and went back to the place where they had caught the big rat last time.
Seeing this, the onlookers could not resist the temptation of the plump rat meat, so they grabbed their tools and cages and followed.
Unexpectedly, this group of people, who must have had some incredible luck, managed to catch several of these mutated rats in just one afternoon. The largest of them weighed a full 21 kilograms.
None of these people have solar power generation equipment in their homes. They rely on the government's four hours of electricity per day, which is not enough to power their refrigerators.
So they gathered some firewood on the spot and roasted the fat, mutated rat.
This group of people ate the meat of the mutated rat and were still fine.
So when they received the government's message about the mutated poisonous rats on their phones, they weren't even slightly surprised.
So what if these mutated mice really carry the ancient glacial virus? So what if their saliva carries venom?
Anyway, their meat doesn't have any other side effects on the human body once it's cooked, as long as you don't get bitten by them.
Not only did no one care about the virus and toxins inside these mutated poisonous rats, but more and more people even joined the hunt for these mutated poisonous rats.
The temptation of meat is just too great!
Later, teams also appeared in Xu Lai's neighborhood to hunt down the mutated giant rats. However, Xu Lai, the Xiao family next door, and the Lu family in 904 were still relatively clear-headed and resolutely refused to touch the mutated poisonous rats.
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