"Ah Fu and Ah Shou, come on, let's go out and play."
Afu quickly finished licking the ice cream and immediately ran out after Lin Ruo, lying on the ground waiting for Lin Ruo to climb onto its back. A Shou was a step slower and didn't even have time to lick the cream off his mouth.
Seeing Afu's actions, it angrily barked at Afu, that scheming dog!
Lin Ruo quickly climbed onto Afu's back and said to A Shou beside her, "Alright, let's go."
Afu suddenly stood up, the two cloth bags hanging around his neck swaying back and forth, bumping together and scattering wisps of dust.
Ah Shou stuck out his big tongue and licked the cream off his lips before catching up with Ah Fu.
One man and two dogs raced down the mountain through the mutated plant forest surrounding their fortress.
Before they even reached the foot of the mountain, Lin Ruo had already extended his mental energy and discovered a mutated sheep drinking water by the water's edge. Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow slightly, knowing that drinking seawater directly would put a strain on their kidneys and intestines and could also cause dehydration.
But after the mutated sheep had been drinking for a long time, Lin Ruo scanned its body with his mental power and found no abnormalities in the mutated sheep's body.
Considering that the extreme heat has lasted for almost a month and a half, the fresh water on the mountain has long since evaporated. What do these mutated animals rely on to survive? It must only be this seawater.
Thinking of this, Lin Ruo couldn't help but gasp. These mutated animals were so adaptable. When humans could no longer drink seawater directly, they were already able to drink it without putting any burden on their bodies.
Just as Lin Ruo was still feeling sentimental, she suddenly felt a surge of mental energy and discovered that a mutated sea beast was approaching from the water.
The mutated sea monster slowly approached, and while the mutated sheep was still on the shore, it suddenly leaped out of the water, its huge body creating a large splash. The mutated sheep could no longer run away.
The enormous mutated sea monster moved with incredible speed, biting down hard on the mutated sheep's neck. Below it were two seals, now 8 meters long, their huge teeth deeply embedded in the mutated sheep's neck, dragging it into the water.
Blood was gushing out of the mutated sheep's veins, quickly staining its fur and the surrounding seawater red.
As the mutated sheep lost a lot of blood, its struggles weakened and it was soon dragged into the water. Just as the two seals were about to share their prey, Afu and Ashou had already run to the water's edge.
Lin Ruo's spatial domain spread into the water, and two giant seals and a mutated sheep all floated up from the water.
She manipulated spatial energy to extract the crystal cores from the brains of the three mutated beasts. They were three level-one crystal cores, which she then stored in her spatial storage.
She extended her mental energy along the water's surface and discovered that many small, mutated sea beasts had appeared in the waters surrounding the mountain. These sea beasts were not particularly large, which allowed them to swim in when the water level on land was only ten meters.
As the water level rises further, those large, mutated sea monsters will be able to swim to the foot of Yanshan Mountain, at which point the water will truly become extremely dangerous.
Many others have mutated into amphibious mutants, which would be troublesome if they came ashore.
The distance of 100 meters between the two mountain peaks was too great for Afu and Ashou to jump over. Lin Ruo put them into his space, his eyes shone brightly, and his spatial domain was instantly activated. With a teleportation, he appeared on the other side.
Then she released Afu and Ashou from the space, and Afu carried Lin Ruo and quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests.
A five-meter-long mutated roe deer was following the scent and walked forward. When it looked up, it saw a piece of flesh on a rock in the distance. It rushed forward happily, but when the piece of flesh was still a few meters away, its body suddenly went down uncontrollably and fell quickly into the deep pit that had been dug below.
The pit contained many sharp steel spikes, which were not only sharp but also had many barbs hanging from them.
When the roe deer fell in uncontrollably, its belly was facing down, which was exactly the weakest point on its body.
"Hiss..."
Using the force of the roe deer falling, these sharp spines pierced into its belly. However, because its skin was thick, the spines did not penetrate deeply. So, although the roe deer was injured in the abdomen, it did not die. It was just that its abdomen was caught by the barbs on the spines and it could not break free.
At this moment, there were a dozen or so people who were tanned and thin. They were all wearing vests and trousers, and many parts of their bodies were sunburned and peeling.
At this moment, they appeared at the edge of the pit, each holding a gun, watching the first-level mutated roe deer below with a fierce look.
"Quick! Shoot it in the eye!"
"It's caught on the barb, don't let it get away!"
In an instant, everyone above fired at the roe deer's eyes. Bullets thudded into the roe deer's body, some of them missing their mark and embedding themselves in its flesh. A few bullets struck the roe deer's eyes. The roe deer struggled a few times, then its head lolled to the side and it died.
These people poked the roe deer in the pit with a wooden pole to make sure it was dead before they dared to lower the rope. Someone grabbed the rope and slid down, carefully stepping over the spikes. Using a small underground ore knife they had obtained in exchange, they dug open the roe deer's head, revealing a level 1 crystal core inside.
"There's a crystal core!" The person underground happily held up the crystal core in their hand, and the dozen or so people above also showed happy smiles.
This is the second crystal core they've found today. With these two crystal cores, they can exchange them for 6 jin (3 catties) of sweet potatoes, so they won't go hungry today.
Just then, there was a rustling in the bushes nearby, and several people emerged from them. These people were wearing Qiyuan Base uniforms and carrying guns. They were taken aback when they saw the dozen or so people in front of them, as neither side expected to encounter the other.
The next group to arrive was a patrol team from the Qiyuan base. Seeing the huge pit next to them, the dead roe deer inside, and the bloodstains on the roe deer's head, they knew what was going on.
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