Chapter 21 Chapter 21 "This should be the apology they left behind. ...
This is probably the reason why, even though Lu Ning's punch did hit it, it was not affected much and could still move freely.
Lu Ning just felt that his fist was extremely hard, but now he noticed that the mutant's long hair almost covered its entire body, with only a slight gap in the front.
If you can find an opportunity to hit there, one punch will be enough.
However, the mutant was really smart. It knew that its weakness was that exposed area, so it kept its waist hunched over. In addition, its movements were agile enough, so after that, neither Lu Ning nor Xie Yi touched it again.
I don't know what obsession it had, or maybe it thought the other two people in this space were weaker, so it would rush to the stairs whenever it found an opportunity.
Dahei tried to stop it once, but not only did it not react when it bit me, it almost broke its fangs.
Ye Mian then ordered it to wait at the door to prevent the mutant from running away.
Then he simply threw away the hatchet in his hand, which had a bent blade and cracks, and took out another object and threw it at the mutant that was flying towards him again.
With a "pop" sound, the mutant seemed to be stuck and fell to the ground with its back facing up. Lu Ning didn't have time to be stunned and immediately took the opportunity to punch it in the chest.
When she heard the puffing sound, Chen Jia knew what had happened without looking. Even though she knew that it was no longer her sister, she still bit her lip and looked away with some reluctance.
"Huh?" Ye Mian confirmed again and again that the mutant had completely lost its ability to move, then he looked at the black fishing rod in his hand with surprise.
She thought that this fishing rod was much stronger than a hatchet, so it should be fine to use it to block something temporarily. She didn't expect it to be so useful.
Lu Ning also looked at the fishing rod in Ye Mian's hand thoughtfully, and then dragged the mutant corpse out.
Xie Yi followed behind: "Leave it to me, we'll burn it together later."
The group of people who had just followed him did not all leave. Instead, a few of them stayed to defend in the distance. After seeing the situation here, they all ran over.
Lu Ning handed the body to them and went back to the house.
The mutants have been dealt with, and it’s difficult to find tools when there are people gathered in this village. Now there is only one thing left.
Glancing at Chen Jia, who was finally showing some emotion on the stairs, Lu Ning took a few steps towards Ye Mian and said, "It's getting late. We should go up the mountain."
The mountains behind seem close, but in fact it will take some time to drive over there, and then you have to find the so-called treasure, which also takes some time.
"Well," Ye Mian put the fishing rod into the system warehouse, turned his head and looked at Chen Jia, "Do you have a hatchet at home?"
Chen Jia was stunned for a moment before she realized what was happening and nodded, "Yes, in the kitchen."
Then he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the kitchen.
Ye Mian entered the kitchen and found a hatchet next to an ancient earthen stove that looked like it was often used and sharpened. He waved it in his hand and then took it for himself with great satisfaction.
"Leave?"
Chen Jia looked at Ye Mian who came out of the kitchen, and then glanced at Lu Ning who was wiping his hands. When she was hesitant and about to speak, she heard Ye Mian exclaim.
"It seems there is no room left... Do you want to find another car?"
"She's not very old, and she probably hasn't gotten her driver's license yet."
"Then..." Ye Mian had just moved his gaze to Dahei at the door when he heard Chen Jia speak anxiously.
"Well, I can squeeze in the trunk!"
“…”
“…”
Ye Mian held his forehead with his hand and then chuckled: "Not really, Dahei can run after the car, but you may not have a seat."
The reason why she removed the back seat and let Dahei stay in the car was because she was worried that they would encounter a large group of mutants near villages and towns again. Now it has been confirmed that they will not do so, and since they are heading into the mountains, there is no need to worry.
Chen Jia rubbed her hands awkwardly: "Oh...it's okay."
Since he had already agreed to go with them, Ye Mian placed some of the food on the table, then took out a bottle of corn juice from the blind box and handed it to Chen Jia.
"We are in a hurry. You can drink something first to fill your stomach and eat something else on the way."
Ye Mian took out things one after another out of thin air, which made Chen Jia stunned for a few seconds. Then, when she saw Lu Ning was about to leave, she quickly took it and said, "Thank you."
After sitting in the car, Ye Mian remembered and gave the treasure map to Chen Jia.
"By the way, can you help lead the way?"
Chen Jia had just taken a sip of corn juice and had not had time to feel the magical effect, so after taking the treasure map, he was confused for a while before he recognized where the picture was.
Then it soon became clear that Ye Mian and the other person wanted to go to the place marked with a five-pointed star on the map.
She nodded: "It should be possible. When I was a child, I often went up the mountain to pick herbs and wild fruits."
I really found a treasure.
Ye Mian and Lu Ning looked at each other, then smiled: "Let's go."
Chen Jia leaned back on the passenger seat, watching the familiar house slowly disappear outside the car window, and heard Ye Mian's voice again.
"Do you want to say goodbye to them?"
"……No."
Just as Xie Yi and his companions put the body away, they heard the sound of a car starting. When they rushed over, they could only see the tail of the car.
"Are they leaving now?"
"So what are they here for..."
The people behind Xie Yi looked at each other, all confused.
Xie Yi didn't say anything, but just pushed open the half-open door of Chen Jia's house and walked in. The inside was still in the state of a fight, with some things casually placed on the table in the corner.
He looked at the corn and sweet potatoes that seemed to be newly harvested and paused slightly.
Someone went upstairs to take a look, and when he came downstairs he was a little surprised: "Chen Jia is missing too."
"This kid, we tried our best to persuade him but he wouldn't come out. Why did he run away with the person he just met for the first time?"
"Ayi..."
Seeing that Xie Yi didn't react, several people couldn't help but gather over and saw the food on the table.
Almost all of them are from farming backgrounds and have grown corn and sweet potatoes. They can tell at a glance that these are not something that has been stockpiled for a long time, but rather have a sense of freshness that is still covered with dew.
Several people were stunned and couldn't speak for a long time, and the same question popped up in their minds.
Not only did those two people carry mutant beasts with them, they could also casually take out freshly grown crops. What were their origins?
Is he really just an ordinary evolver like them?
"Take it back," Xie Yi suppressed all the speculations in his mind, "This should be the apology they left behind."
apologize?
They were stunned again, and then they realized that this was because of the incident when they drove their car in earlier.
They were surprisingly polite.
On the other side, Ye Mian and his two companions, as well as Da Hei who was running beside the car, had successfully driven to the road leading into the mountains.
Perhaps because the population became increasingly sparse as one went deeper into the mountains, the low-level mutant beasts still avoided Dahei, so the journey was very safe.
However, after officially entering the forest, as the number of unusually lush trees on the roadside increased, Ye Mian felt more and more like he was being watched, as if something was waiting for an opportunity to strike, but he was also afraid.
In this case, driving too fast can easily lead to a collision.
Ye Mian signaled Lu Ning to drive slower, and then made a few gestures to Dahei, who was following the car with ease outside the window, asking it to run around the car as much as possible.
After driving up the mountain for a while and reaching halfway up the mountain, we saw two forks in the road, one going up and the other going down.
"This is..." Chen Jia leaned over the car window and looked out for a while, "The road on the upper right leads to the forest farm. I don't know about the road on the lower left because I haven't been there. It should be a new road built in the past two years."
Ye Mian looked at the two forked roads and asked, "What does the forest farm do?"
"Well, I'm responsible for cutting down trees, planting trees, and collecting wood."
Thinking of the timber packages in the system warehouse, Ye Mian pointed to the fork in the road on the upper right: "Go up and take a look first."
However, the forest farm did not have a lot of wood piled up as Ye Mian had imagined. Instead, it had been emptied out early. In addition, it was attacked by mutant beasts, and everything was in a mess. It was impossible for there to be any treasure hidden there.
However, Ye Mian still remembered that Xue Kai said there was no saw on the farm, so he took a few carpenter's tools including the saw.
There was no complete road for cars to go further up, so Ye Mian had to choose between exploring on foot and checking the fork in the road on the lower left, and he decisively chose the latter.
However, what the three did not expect was that the road on the lower left was actually built by a private person and led directly to a three-story country villa.
There was a white SUV parked in the open space in front of the villa, and it was surprisingly well preserved, with only some dead branches and leaves on it, indicating that no one had driven it for some time.
When Lu Ning was on the road, he had been thinking about changing his car in the future. Unexpectedly, a perfectly suitable car fell from the sky.
Moreover, it is a pickup truck, with a flatbed cargo box similar to that of a small truck in the back. The railings on both sides are not high, so Dahei can lie down comfortably inside and can also jump out of the car directly in an emergency.
She subconsciously walked over to take a look, and was surprised to find that the car door was not locked, the car key was still in it, and the gas tank was full.
“This car can be driven.”
Not only that, the three-story villa next to it also seemed to have escaped the disaster. Although the door was half open, there were no signs of a break-in from outside. Instead, the inside of the door had some dents that could not be made by human hands.
It was as if a mutant had been locked inside and then forced his way out by breaking the door lock.
And from the fact that Dahei was very calm and just sniffing around, he could tell that there were no evolvers or mutants either in the villa or outside.
Ye Mian and Lu Ning, who had already searched two villages and towns on the way here, pushed the door open and went in without any pressure.
Chen Jia had been secluded at home for several days, but he still retained some of his pre-mutation moral concepts. It took him a while to catch up.
The hall was empty with only a few simple pieces of furniture, so the three of them went straight to the closed rooms inside. Unexpectedly, they found something in the first door they opened.
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