This is an era where humans and beasts are prey to each other.

Mai Dong said, "It depends on your strength and what kind of prey you want. For example, I--"

He coughed when he said this, and a blush appeared on his pale face.

After coughing, he said, "With my strength, if I go hunting, I will be the prey of the beasts."

Xia Lunong and the others thought about it and their faces were not very good.

Yan Xinian asked, "Where is the river? We brought a net and want to go fishing."

Mai Dong said, "There are quite a lot of rivers nearby, but there are many people who have the same idea as you. Since the beginning of winter, several rivers near the Black Gold Base have been screened with electric machines, and there are not many large fish with higher value in them."

Xia Lunong couldn't help but interrupt, "Are there still people using electric machines to electrocute fish?"

"Of course there are. There are quite a few of them. The most amazing thing is that there are a few people with the supernatural power of electricity. They discharge electricity directly into the river water. The fish in the nearby rivers were almost electrocuted by them. If we hadn't encountered a mutant big fish in the fall that killed several of them, there would be no fish in the nearby rivers now."

Xia Lunong didn't know what to say after hearing this.

Yan Xinian looked calm and asked, "What about places farther away?" "

The farther one is on the Chiming River. If you are not absolutely sure, it is not worthwhile to go there to fish. You don't know how much fuel and energy you will consume, not to mention the various dangers you may encounter. But you have a car, so you don't have to borrow one from outside. This is easier."

Yan Xinian asked him to point out the direction.

Mai Dong had a small friendship with them, so he found a map and gave it to them. "This is the map that we circulate internally. The circles are places with more prey. The Chiming River is here. There seems to be a group of bears nearby that specialize in catching fish in the river. Everyone will avoid this river when fishing."

Yan Xinian took the map and looked at it carefully.

There were circles of different sizes on the map, with words marking various animals. There were

mutated tigers, mutated lions, mutated wolves... There were quite a few dangerous animals marked in red.

In addition to these wild animals, there were also plants marked in red.

Poplars, willows, banyan trees, roses... All kinds of plants that looked ordinary before the disaster became very dangerous after the mutation.

Mai Dong watched them pass it around and said, "This is the latest map. If you are not strong enough, it is best not to try to find those valuable things."

He laughed at himself and said, "Of course, this is for us. You are so strong, you don't have to worry about this. Anyway, the Chiming River has the most fish and the greatest risk. You should consider it carefully."

Yan Xinian patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you for the reminder. We will consider it carefully."

"You're welcome. We are all compatriots. I also hope that you can be safe." Mai Dong said, "I am not strong enough, so I can't accompany you. If you want to go, you can only go by yourself."

Yan Xinian and the others had a brief discussion and decided to go to the vicinity of the Chiming River.

When Mai Dong sent them out, he reminded them, "Those bears are quite powerful, but now they have learned to work together. Be careful if you go there."

They drove out.

Their truck was sturdy and had been modified. Facing all kinds of malicious eyes on the street, they were not too scared, but they had to be careful.

Xia Lunong muttered, "It feels like humans are really different."

"Normal." Yan Xinian drove the car. "What are your plans? Do we really have to deal with those bears?"

Xia Huo said, "Avoid them as much as possible. We already have a lot of fish now, so there is no need to take risks. When we get to the Chiming River, we will go down in beast form, and Kong Zhi and Xiao Nong will drive."

Kong Zhi nodded, "No problem, but we have to inspect the vehicle before we go."

Xia Lunong said beside him, "Speaking of this, I'm so jealous. The armored vehicle of the Black Gold Base. If we also have an armored vehicle, equipped with a space bamboo tube, it

will be so convenient to go out." Yan Xinian smiled, "Let's see how much we can get from this hunting trip. If we get a lot, we will change to another one and drive it back to the base to let the people in the white building see if we can imitate it."

Xia Lunong immediately said, "And the food energy detector. No one in our base has thought about it at all. It's a pity!"

"Otherwise, why did you say you wanted to go out and take a look?" Yan Xinian said, "I'll drive, and you check the tools in your hands and take the time to sleep. At noon, we will go directly to the hunting area after checking the car."

In addition to two guns, two jars of honey, and a jar of honeysuckle, Xia Lunong's backpack also contained various seeds wrapped in sealed bags.

These seeds were just replenished in the Black Gold Base.

There are not only bamboo seeds, but also various crop seeds and medicine seeds, especially some detoxification seeds that can heal wounds.

There is no doctor in their team, and they have to prepare everything by themselves, so they have to be extra careful.

Xia Lunong carefully checked, and after making sure there was no problem, she turned into a cat and fell asleep on Kong Zhi's legs.

He now has the ability to fall asleep whenever he wants. They must seize every minute and rest as much as possible, so as not to be insufficiently energetic when something really happens, which will be very dangerous.

The truck bumped forward and soon drove out of the gathering area.

The Black Gold Base is a large base, and pedestrians can be seen from time to time on the road.

They drove all kinds of cars, wore all kinds of armor, and had obvious signs of bestiality on their bodies.

Some of these people looked unkind, while others looked very friendly. It seemed that there were all kinds of people.

Xia Lunong saw it and kept it in mind.

There were no valuable hunting areas near the Black Gold Base.

The Chiming River was quite far away, and they only arrived there in the afternoon.

They didn't need to change into beast form, but they could easily smell the unique stench of black bears by smelling the air.

Yan Xinian said, "I originally hoped that the black bears would hibernate, but now it seems that they are still very active. This smell must be from the territory they just marked this morning."

Wild animals will use their own urine or feces to mark their territory, and the smell is very strong.

They smelled it as soon as they sniffed it.

When Yan Xinian and Xia Huoqu used their beast forms, their smell was actually quite strong, but they were human after all, and if they controlled it properly, they could barely avoid disturbing their prey.

Yan Xinian tapped the steering wheel with his fingers.

"The black bear must be very fierce. We have to think of a way." Yan Xinian said, "It's late today. Kong Zhi, you fly up to the sky and see what the situation is like in this area. We will rest outside for a night and go fishing tomorrow."

Kong Zhi responded and went to the truck to transform into a golden eagle.

Xia Lunong then transformed back into a human form.

The golden eagle is very convenient for sentinel and patrol. He flew in the sky for more than ten minutes and came back.

After putting on his clothes, he said to Xia Lunong and the others, "The intelligence of those bears is much higher than we thought. I saw them dig a fish pond outside their den, and specially caught fish to raise in the pond."

Yan Xinian was surprised, "Are they so smart? They already know how to dig a puddle to raise fish? Apart from this, is there anything else we should pay attention to?"

"Yes." Kong Zhi said with a bad look, "They also eat people. I saw a lot of human bones in their territory."

Xia Huoqu sat up straight and said solemnly, "Are they eating human bones now, or human bones left by people in the past?"

"They should be eating people now. I saw winter clothes on human bones."

After this, everyone fell silent.

The black bears were so ferocious, which was definitely not a good thing for them.

Yan Xinian said, "Let's vote. Do we bypass these black bears or kill them?"

Xia Huo said, "We don't have enough information now. We can't judge the strength of the enemy and us. Let's observe tomorrow."

Yan Xinian said, "That's the only way. Have a good rest tonight and recharge your energy. We will observe tomorrow. We must fish. The fish in each river are different. If we don't fish, it will be easy to reveal our tracks."

They found a relatively safe place to park the truck, took out the food in the bamboo tube and had a good meal.

There were many abandoned houses by the river, and they searched them specifically, but they didn't find anything valuable.

As time goes by after the catastrophe, the possibility of them finding something valuable will become lower and lower, and it will be even harder for them to find those things after most of the things have decayed.

They still have to find a way to produce and develop themselves, otherwise they will one day regress to ancient life.

Xia Lunong took advantage of his abundant superpowers and planted another bamboo and made eleven space bamboo tubes. Xia

Lunong's superpowers are not very useful in combat, they are mainly used for hiding and escaping, and it doesn't matter if they are used up now.

After making the space bamboo tubes, he breathed a sigh of relief, turned into a beast form, and had a good rest.

In order to gain the most rest time, they will not be on guard tonight in groups of two, but in groups of one.

Xia Lunong's superpowers have been used up, so he doesn't have to keep watch tonight.

Night watch should have been peaceful, but Xia Maomao woke up suddenly in the middle of the night.

He heard a strange sound.

He opened his eyes suddenly and looked at his brother and his ex-brother. They were still sleeping soundly and obviously didn't hear the sound.

Xia Maomao gave each of them a cat paw, woke them up, and meowed softly.

At the same time he meowed, Xia Huoqu had already opened his eyes, no sleepiness in his eyes.

Xia Huoqu turned around, lifted the awning, looked outside, and asked softly, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Xia Maomao changed back to human form, wrapped himself in a blanket, and said, "I seemed to hear a cat meowing."

After a pause, he added, "There should be a lot of wild cats outside."