Chapter 164: Who has ever seen a sparrow that is over two meters long?
The heavy snow fell intermittently for more than ten days. After the snow stopped, the sky cleared up and became as blue as a mirror.
But the temperature is lower than when it snows.
As the saying goes, it is not cold when it snows, but when the snow melts, it is cold, because when the snow melts, it absorbs heat from the air, and the snow turning into water will increase the humidity of the air and reduce the warmth-keeping effect of clothing.
"Come on, down jackets, cotton-padded jackets, windbreakers, all kinds of fleece, autumn clothes and warm clothes...you can choose whatever you want."
On this day, Qiao Lan was about to go out on patrol. He took out a lot of men's winter clothes from his space and asked the old chef and his son who were traveling with him to choose from.
As for Fu Xingyuan, who was following the old chef like a tail, Qiao Lan gave her a set of women's lightweight fleece clothes with waterproof and windproof outer fabric. The girl went back to her room with a blushing face and changed into them.
"...Thank you, Boss Qiao."
After changing clothes and coming back, his mumbled thanks were as soft as a mosquito.
"It's pretty good looking, and it has to be one of you thin people."
Qiao Lan looked at Fu Xingyuan, whose figure was outlined by the slim-fitting clothes, and felt very envious.
I pinched the fat around my waist and found that there was still quite a lot of it.
Having promised Ye Qi not to diet, she secretly switched to fitness to lose weight, increasing the intensity of her daily physical training and combat training. It was almost a hellish ordeal. The intensity of the exercise was similar to the supernatural stimulation training at the base. Finally, there was some effect, and she felt that her waistline had become smaller.
I was secretly proud of myself at first, but now when I compare myself with others, hey, I’m really angry!
Xiao Fu is so slim without losing weight, but she works so hard and wears the same clothes, but still looks like a cylinder.
Slim fit? What kind of slim fit? It makes your waist look even bigger.
"Let me get some fresh air."
Qiao Lan pulled Fu Xingyuan over and hugged the girl's slender waist to feel it.
She sighed, "When can I be as thin and beautiful as you..."
Fu Xingyuan's body stiffened, and he responded dryly: "You...you are very beautiful."
"Haha, do you believe what you said?" Qiao Lan let go of him angrily.
"You... Boss Qiao, you..." Fu Xingyuan held it in for a long time before saying, "You have a beautiful soul."
"Thank you." That's a nice compliment.
╭（╯^╰）╮。
After the two old chefs put on their clothes, the group of four set off.
After leaving the small building with air conditioning and water-heated blankets throughout the house, the biting air outside immediately chilled everyone to the bone.
"I'm over fifty years old, and I never imagined it could be this cold here!" The old chef opened his softshell jacket. "Son, if you can't stand it, come to your father's arms to keep warm. Daddy will carry you!"
Geng Duofu quickly zipped up his father's clothes and said, "Dad, I'm not cold. My down jacket is very thick."
Qiao Lan, Fu Xingyuan, and the old chef were all awakened, with stronger physiques than the average person, and they all wore double-layered jackets. Geng Duofu, an ordinary person with average cold resistance, wore a long, thick down jacket that he wore like a cloak. He walked like a penguin, fully equipped with a hat, scarf, gloves, and snow boots, but he didn't feel cold.
Why bring him out on patrol? Can't you just let him cook at home?
He also needs experience.
He is surrounded by a group of awakened people for protection, but he himself must also be familiar with the doomsday environment, have certain survival skills, and keep up with his physical condition, otherwise he will most likely be eliminated no matter how many people protect him.
So Qiao Lan also arranges training programs for him on a daily basis and takes him out for a walk from time to time.
"Hey, I'm lucky."
When several people walked two or three kilometers in the snow that was waist-deep, and even chest-deep in some places, Qiao Lan heard the chirping of mutant sparrows.
Judging from the sound, they are about 300 meters away, and there are at least three or four of them.
Why are sparrows counted by number? Because after mutation, their bodies become larger, at least as big as a big fat swan, and some are comparable to ostriches. Counting them by number does not seem to reflect their majesty.
The snow nearby was higher than Qiao Lan's head, and everyone had to push the snow along the way.
Qiao Lan is ready for a hunting trip.
Although the mutant sparrows are not poisonous, they are not tasty. The meat is sour and hard. She definitely won't eat them. She hunts them mainly for crystal cores and to practice combat techniques.
But she was short and couldn't see what was happening over there with the sparrows, so she asked someone taller to look, "You're the tallest, look at what those big birds are doing and count how many there are."
Geng Duofu then stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to look into the distance.
"One, two, three... five in total. Oh, that one is really big! They are... uh..."
Before he finished speaking, everyone felt a strong wind blowing in their faces.
A huge black shadow blocked out the sunlight, and its hooked claws flashed with a cold light, appearing in front of everyone in an instant!
Who has ever seen a sparrow that is more than two meters long!
With its wings spread out, it must be over six meters long!
"Gah!"
It descended from the sky like a giant airplane, aiming one claw at Geng Duofu and the other at Qiao Lan, and grabbed them fiercely.
Qiao Lan wanted to hunt, and it wanted to too.
This is treating everyone as prey and only catching the fattest ones!
"Son, get out of the way!"
The old chef kicked his eldest son away to keep him away from the bird's claws, and at the same time raised his knife to meet the attack.
when!
The big sparrow's sharp brown claws collided head-on with the kitchen knife.
There was actually a sound of iron clashing.
The old chef was almost at the maximum level, but he couldn't even cut through the bird's skin with one knife.
The big bird pressed the blade with one claw, and the inertia of its swooping down directly pressed the old chef down, while the other claw continued to grab Qiao Lan.
Qiao Lan rolled away on the ground and fired a shot while rolling, hitting the bird's eye.
"Gah!"
The bird was surprisingly fast and dodged the bullet by shaking its head in an instant.
Fu Xingyuan added two energies to the old chef and Qiao Lan respectively, and then ran away quickly.
The girl became braver and braver, and finally she dared to take action in a fight.
While Qiao Lan and the old chef were working together to fight the big bird, she ran over and helped Geng Duofu up from the snow.
"...They are...looking at us, as if they are...about to attack..."
Geng Duofu was dizzy and continued what he had not finished saying.
Fu Xingyuan told him to shut up: "We've already attacked, save your energy!"
Chirp!
Flutter!
After the first big bird, the other four sparrows also flew over.
The five mutant birds sharpened their claws and regarded Qiao Lan and the others as a rare delicacy in the snow.
Just like before the apocalypse, food was hard to find in the snow, and sparrows would pounce on anything edible. These four living people excited the sparrows to no end.
"Gah!"
The largest bird in the lead was busy dealing with Qiao Lan and the old chef.
So he shouted and gave orders, asking his younger brothers to deal with Fu Xingyuan and the other two who looked easier to deal with.
Well, the four mutant sparrows went towards the two of them.
“Hurry… run!”
Fu Xingyuan is not a fighting type, so he dragged Geng Duofu into the snow.
There was no other way. The snow all around was very high. I would fall if I stepped on it. I couldn't walk normally, so I just had to hide in the snow.
“Chirp!”
“Chirp!”
The sparrows flapped their wings and turned over the snow, trying to dig their prey out of it.
"Boss Qiao! Help!"
Fu Xingyuan was scratched by a sparrow and started crying in fear.
——What can I do? I’m still a loser! A loser that even a sparrow can’t handle!
“Ahhhh—”
Screaming, she lay in the snow and danced around.
There were a few bangs, accompanied by the sparrows' screams, and several sparrows were actually beaten away by her.
"twitter!"
The sparrow fell to the ground and glared at her angrily.
"You are the scum!"
Fu Xingyuan struggled to get up from the snow, wiping his tears, and rushed towards the sparrow that was cursing angrily.
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