After Xia Lu Nong tasted the rose tea, he had to admit that the rose was not lying.
The energy contained in the rose is indeed stronger than that of the honeysuckle.
Xia Lu Nong and his brothers discussed, "In this case, should we stay here for a few more days? Exchange more petals."
Xia Huoqu agreed, "I think it's feasible." Kong Zhi had
no objection.
The metal they were looking for had been found, and the armored vehicles were almost full on the surface, but there was still a lot of space in the bamboo tube, so they had to spend more time collecting supplies.
Yan Xinian nodded, "In this case, let's stay here for a few more days."
Yan Xinian went down to communicate with Lao Liu and others about this matter.
Lao Liu and others also went out to collect supplies.
The area near Shangyan District is the territory of Yueji, and the supplies must not be moved.
This area is also rather desolate, and there is nothing worth collecting.
Lao Liu and his team thought about it and decided to go their separate ways and drive the armored vehicles to another area to collect.
The people in Ba Niu's car wanted to stay and help.
Yan Xinian and his three companions were all very strong, and they could handle any routine situations by themselves, so they didn't need help.
Ba Niu and his team would not gain much by staying here, and Yan Xinian heard that they just wanted to stay and help, so he simply drove them away and let them meet up with Lao Liu's team to collect supplies together.
The two teams were together and could take care of each other, so Yan Xinian felt more at ease.
The three armored vehicles separated the next morning.
Lao Liu and Ba Niu drove their armored vehicles to the outskirts of the city, while Xia Lunong and his car stayed behind.
After the outsiders were gone, Xia Lunong breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little more relaxed.
Yueji sensed his state and said strangely, "Since you feel nervous when you are with them, why do you still go out with them?"
Xia Lunong said, "I am nervous because I have a secret. Although we cannot share secrets completely, we are still partners."
Yueji commented, "Strange humans."
Xia Lunong smiled, "Contradictory humans. After a night of training, my superpowers have recovered a lot. Do you want me to input them into you now?"
Yueji immediately stopped worrying about the human personality, "Yes!"
Xia Lunong raised her hand and input a superpower into it.
Rose was very happy to have the superpower. After absorbing the superpower, she rolled out another rose ball.
This time, Xia Lunong did not use a sack.
After he put the rose ball into the car, he removed the dry branches and leaves on the surface and stuffed it directly into the space bamboo tube.
The space bamboo tube is moisture-proof and saves space, so it doesn't have to be inconvenient in the car.
After Xia Lunong and Rose exchanged petals, they drove to the nearby area to collect supplies while it was still early.
Rose was very familiar with the situation nearby, and Xia Lunong asked it, "Is there any place worth going nearby, such as a place with a lot of industrial products or a lot of leftover materials, but not dangerous."
The branches of the rose were raised, as if looking at him.
Xia Lunong felt that it had something to say, and looked at it expectantly.
Rose said, "Places like this are my territory."
Xia Lunong said, "Places where your branches can't reach are not your territory."
Rose snorted twice, "Next spring, when I sprout new buds, I can grow somewhere else."
Xia Lunong smiled, "To be honest, if that's the case, you can recommend us places where your branches can't reach."
Rose hummed and was unwilling to answer him.
Xia Lunong said, "We have traded so many times, and you gave me your body. We are barely friends, right?"
Yueji said, "It's no use trying to be friendly."
"I'm not trying to be friendly with you. We are friends. It's better for you to point out those places to me than for strange humans or mutant plants to set foot there first." Xia Lunong said, "You pointed out this place to me, and I'll thank you for it."
Yueji thought for a while, "Okay, then, you guys go west. There is a place called Fin Mountain here. I don't know if you have heard of it. It seems that there are good things there."
Xia Lunong succeeded in trying to be friendly, and smiled and said, "Thank you. We will go and have a look later."
"You're welcome." Yueji felt his smile and added, "I heard it from other plants too. I haven't been there myself. If you don't find anything good, you can't blame me."
Xia Lunong touched its branches, "No blame, thank you so much. Then we'll go there first. If everything goes well, we'll come back to camp in the afternoon. If not, then see you tomorrow."
Yueji snorted.
Xia Lunong and the others got in the car.
The armored vehicle started slowly.
Xia Lunong deliberately hid about 10% of his superpowers. He approached Xia Huajiao next to him to rest and transferred half of his superpowers to Xia Huajiao.
Xia Huajiao was still in semi-hibernation. After sensing the superpowers, its branches curled up and gently rubbed Xia Lunong's fingers to act coquettishly.
Seeing that his face was pale, Xia Huoqu urged him, "Hurry up and lie down and rest. There is rose tea in the thermos. Drink some yourself."
"Okay, right away." Xia Lunong said, "Brother, you guys are going to Chishan. Do you know where Chishan is?"
Xia Huoqu glanced at him, "I know. Haven't you seen the map before? Don't worry, we know it."
Xia Lunong knew that his brother didn't like nagging, so he said this and didn't say anything else.
He turned around to get the thermos.
Kong Zhi had already brought the thermos over, opened the lid of the cup, and poured the rose tea into the cup.
Xia Lunong drank the warm and sweet rose tea and felt much more comfortable.
The armored vehicle kept driving forward. The frost on the road had melted, revealing the withered grass.
They looked far away with a telescope and could see all kinds of mutant plants and animals.
These mutant plants and animals had very sensitive senses, and when they heard the sound of a car, they started running away from a distance.
If they drove over, they would not be able to hunt at all, even with a gun.
The armored vehicle drove forward and soon saw Fin Mountain.
Fin Mountain is a town.
Judging from the remaining buildings, it should have been an industrial town.
But now it has become the world of mutant animals and plants.
They looked outside and could see groups of mutant mice and mutant cats.
Various mutant birds landed on dead trees or remaining street lights, chirping.
It was a scene that made people's scalps tingle. If they didn't have armored vehicles now, they might not dare to come over.
With armored vehicles, the situation is much better.
Xia Lunong focused on looking outside.
Xia Huoqu and Kong Zhi had nothing else to do now, so they just stood on both sides of the car, opened the firing ports on the car doors, raised their guns and looked outside.
If mutants attack their armored vehicles, they will take action immediately.
Armored vehicles are so rare that even if mutants fail to destroy the vehicles, they will not give them this opportunity.
Xia Lu observed the situation outside and tried to collect information.
This industrial town was severely damaged, with ruins everywhere.
It can be seen that someone has been here before, but not many.
Xia Lunong also saw some materials exposed to the air, but they seemed to be severely oxidized and useless.
Yan Xinian held the steering wheel, "We have arrived. Should we go down and take a look, or drive a little further?"
Xia Lunong said, "There doesn't seem to be anything worth searching nearby. How about driving a little further? Brother, Kong Zhi, what do you think?"
Xia Huoqu said, "Drive forward."
Kong Zhi also said, "Drive a little further. When we are farther away from these mutant plants and animals, I will go down and take a look, and search from the air."
Xia Huoqu continued to look forward steadily.
After driving for a while, Kong Zhi chose a relatively empty place, took off his clothes, jumped out of the car directly, and turned into a giant golden eagle in mid-air and flew into the sky.
Xia Lunong also wanted to follow, and looked at the sky eagerly by the car door.
The golden eagle circled in the sky and suddenly flapped its wings and pressed down.
Xia Lunong and he had a perfect tacit understanding. She immediately understood that he wanted to take her with him. She immediately curved her eyes, smiled with her small white teeth, waved her hands at the golden eagle in the sky, and then turned into Summer Cat by the car door.
Summer Cat popped out from a pile of thick winter clothes, sat on the ground with her buttocks and two front paws pressed on the ground, looking very well-behaved.
Seeing this, the golden eagle suddenly flew down and stretched out its claws.
Summer Cat's emerald eyes lit up, the tips of his ears moved, and he stood on his two hind paws, stretched out his front paws, and stood up, waiting for the golden eagle to take him.
The golden eagle called majestically, grabbed Summer Cat, and successfully brought him to the sky.
Xia Huoqu came over and closed the car door after seeing them fly away.
"How cool!" Yan Xinian looked up at the sky, "They have a good relationship."
Xia Huoqu glanced at him and said nothing.
Yan Xinian smiled, "Our relationship is not inferior to theirs."
Xia Maomao didn't know what was happening in the car. He was looking down at the town below.
His vision in beast form was average, but much better than when he was a human.
The vision of the sky golden eagle is famously good.
They circled in the air and quickly got a general idea of the situation in this industrial town.
The two returned to the armored vehicle.
Xia Lunong, who hadn't even put on her clothes, hurriedly said, "Let's go to the northeast corner first. There are a lot of cars parked there!"
"What cars?"
They were not short of cars.
In this era, most of the cars that can be found on the streets or roads are still in good condition, and most of them can even find the keys.
Cars are not practical. The road conditions are very bad now. Small cars are easily broken down while driving. It would be terrible if people were left in the wilderness.
To drive outside, you need a sturdy and durable car such as a truck, an off-road vehicle or an armored vehicle.
Xia Lunong said, "It seems to be a tool truck, a shovel truck, a crane and other tool trucks. There seems to be a tool truck yard over there. Brother, aren't we going to clean up the small plain at the foot of the mountain? It would be much more convenient to have a tool truck."
Whether they were building the city wall or the protective belt on the mountain, they didn't use many tools.
The main reason was that the tools were inconvenient and could not be used in the mountains. If they had the time, they would have been faster to use the beast form directly.
It's different on the plains. The plains are so large that tools can completely replace manual labor.
Yan Xinian said, "Okay, let's go over there and see if we can find any car repair tools. The people in the white building always complain to me that they don't have enough tools."
"Of course!" Xia Lunong said, "We saw a lot of cars parked there, which means that no one has been there. We might find a lot of interesting materials if we go there now."
After he said this, everyone looked at him.
Xia Lunong paused while pulling down her clothes and said, "I have a hunch!"
Yan Xinian smiled, "Well, there must be something to gain."