The chicken coop at Xia Lunong's house was made by Yan Xinian himself.

He took Xia Lunong to the market to exchange some bricks and wooden boards, and in no time he made a chicken coop of three square meters. He also padded the chicken coop with straw and wood ash, and replaced it when it got dirty.

Xia Lunong watched the chicken coop from scratch to perfection, squatting beside it, stars almost popping out of his eyes, and his admiration for his brother Xi Nian reached a new level, "Brother Xi Nian, you're amazing."

Yan Xinian smiled, "No problem."

Xia Lunong asked, "When did you learn this craft?"

"It's not a difficult job. I can learn it after watching it a few more times." Yan Xinian put away his tools, "You can drive the chickens in in the evening."

"Okay." Xia Lunong responded and called out, "Brother Xi Nian."

"Hmm?" Yan Xinian gestured for him to speak while arranging the straw covering the wooden boards of the chicken coop.

Xia Lunong asked, "My brother is going to Zhangshu Town with Brother Liu and others in a few days. Are you going?"

Yan Xinian smiled, "No one invited me."

Xia Lunong squatted and moved her feet, and said to him, "They must be embarrassed to invite you. If you go, I will tell my brother."

Yan Xinian looked at his eager expression and smiled, "If your brother and I go, you will be the only one left at home."

"Can't you take me with you? My brother said that there are more mutant plants in Zhangshu County and it is not very safe. If you, brother Xinian, go with us, there will be no problem."

"Want to go to Zhangshu County for fun?"

"See what I have to say." Xia Lunong massaged Yan Xinian's shoulders attentively. "I have asked around. Many people transform into beasts when they are out gathering or hunting. Brother Xinian, please add me. Maybe after going out, I can also transform into a beast."

Yan Xinian said, "Most people don't transform into beasts when they are gathering or hunting. Instead, they stimulate their potential when they are in danger of life and death. If you encounter danger outside, your brother will go crazy."

"Brother Xinian, you are so awesome, and with my brother, what danger can I encounter with the two of us?" Xia Lunong flattered him, "It was so difficult after the disaster, you all brought me to the base, and now I can run and move, so there will be no problem going out."

No matter how much he talked, Yan Xinian still didn't agree, "You have to convince your brother first. If your brother agrees, I will go with you."

Xia Lunong said happily: "It's settled, I'll go talk to my brother! "

Xia Lunong ran to his brother and said, "Brother, my brother said he was willing to take me out. With him around, there will be no danger."

Xia Huoqu glanced at him, "Exact words?"

Xia Lunong coughed lightly and tried to look his brother in the eye, "I can't remember the exact words, but it's probably something like that."

Xia Lunong saw his brother pursed his lips slightly, pulled the corners of his mouth outward, and smiled perfunctorily. He thought his brother would agree, but unexpectedly his brother raised his hand and gave him a slap.

"?!"

Xia Lunong covered his head and looked at his brother with accusations.

Xia Huoqu raised his eyebrows, "Next time you lie, I'll beat you up. Your brother will never take you out without my consent."

Xia Lunong wilted and looked at his brother, "Then do you agree? My brother said that if you agree, he will go with us." Xia Huoqu

pondered.

Xia Lunong said again: "Brother, you see, we have to hand in supplies according to the soldiers' quota. If we don't give them out after handing them in, it would be a big loss." Xia Lunong

tried softly and hard, but his brother didn't give in. He just said: "I will find out about the current situation in Zhangshu County first."

After Xia Huoqu found out, he asked Lao Liu and finally agreed, but he asked Yan Xinian to go with him.

Lao Liu was also very happy. Xia Huoqu's power was indeed very strong, but Yan Xinian was the best expert in the base. The two of them were in charge together, so it didn't matter if they brought Xia Lunong with them.

They were going to Zhangshu County on the second day of May this time. They planned to go there for five days and come back no matter how much they gained.

Xia Lunong asked Liao Cheng to take care of the family's fields. He had weeded and applied fertilizers two days ago. Liao Cheng only needed to help water the fields these days.

Their fields totaled only five mu. Even if the crops in front of and behind the house were included, it was only six mu. There was not much work at all.

Liao Cheng agreed without saying a word, waved his hand and said to him, "Have fun."

"I will!" Xia Lunong smiled, "See what you can collect this time. I will bring you some delicious food."

"Then I'll be waiting." Liao Cheng saw him carrying a huge backpack and smiled, "Have a safe trip."

There were a total of sixteen people in the team this time.

In addition to Xia Lunong and the other three, the remaining thirteen were all from Lao Liu's side.

Xiao Tang, who Xia Lunong had dealt with before, was also among them. When he saw him looking over, he waved at him proudly.

What surprised Xia Lunong was that Lao Liu and his team actually drove out in two trucks!

When they went out, they did not go down the wall behind the base, but moved the heavily stacked roadblocks at the main gate and drove out.

When they moved the roadblocks, they also handed in the materials for entering and leaving the base.

It was Xia Lunong's first time riding in a car after waking up. He sat in the truck and looked out along the hood.

Looking at the slowly retreating scene outside, he whispered to his brother, "Brother, does our base still have a car?"

Xia Huoqu whispered, "Of course we have a car, but it's hard to collect gasoline, and it's hard to protect the car when something happens outside. The damage is relatively large for a trip, so except when Lao Liu and the base are doing business, we generally don't drive out."

Xia Lunong was curious, "What business?"

Xia Huoqu said softly, "Collecting important supplies, especially collecting supplies needed by the group of scientists in the White Building."

The scientists in the White Building are the most mysterious. Xia Lunong has been awake for so long, but she has only seen them from a distance a few times.

Yan Xinian approached the brothers and whispered, "When collecting instruments for the scientists in the White Building, we use trucks because the instruments they need are relatively heavy. Ordinary people can't carry them back in their beast form, and it's easy to damage the instruments if they carry them back."

"Is that so?"

"That's it." Yan Xinian said, "In addition to saving gasoline, another reason for not driving is that the situation outside is too complicated. If you are not careful, you may leave your car outside, which will cause great losses."

Xia Lunong had only been out of the base once, and that time he went to a mountain village. Although there were a few more mutant animals, except for wild boars, the other mutant animals were not dangerous. He could hardly imagine that they would encounter any danger that would cause them to leave the car outside.

After Yan Xinian said that, Xia Lunong became more alert, and her joy of going out turned into caution.

Seeing this, Xia Huoqu looked at Yan Xinian.

Yan Xinian smiled back.

The truck was not driving fast, and it was often bumped by vines, gravel, mud pits, etc. as it drove slowly forward.

Except for Xia Lunong who kept driving out through the gap in the tarpaulin, most of the others leaned against the wall of the car with their arms folded and closed their eyes to rest.

The car drove forward all the way, and the further it went, the better the road conditions and the cleaner the road surface.

There were collapsed houses or piles of rubble on both sides of the road. Various steel bars and wood were exposed, and only the outlines were exposed because of vines and weeds.

Xia Lunong asked his brother in a low voice: "Aren't we going to visit these places?"

"This place is convenient for transportation and has been visited countless times by countless collection teams. There is no collection value." Xia Huoqu whispered, "It's okay for a single person, but it's a waste of time for a team to collect slowly in a place like this."

The car continued to drive forward.

There were also places like villages and towns around, but they didn't stop.

Xia Lunong noticed the traces of wheels on the muddy road. "Brother, are there any human bases nearby?"

"Of course there are, and there are more than one." Xia Huo said, "Our base is not large in scale, and its combat power is average. The strongest base nearby is Black Gold. They have guns and are not friendly to people from other bases."

Xia Lunong opened her mouth, "There are guns?"

"Of course there are, but bullets are hard to come by, and now the industrial system has been destroyed. Most people are reluctant to use guns unless they have to. In any case, remember that as long as they are human, they may have lethal weapons in their hands, so be more careful."

Xia Lunong nodded quickly.

The car drove along the way, and the more ruins they encountered, this also indicated the prosperity of these places in the past.

In these ruins, Xia Lunong gradually found traces of mutant plants.

When their car passed by a huge tree, Xia Lunong saw that the tree's crown was several dozen meters wide, and the tree was full of dark green vines, dotted with bones - snow-white, yellowish, dark... All kinds of bones entangled in the tree crown made Xia Lunong feel cold in his heart.

Especially when he saw a human hand bone, the chill in his heart reached its peak.

The collapsed city was almost covered by plants, and groups of mutant rats roamed in the ruins.

Xia Lunong saw many pink tumors on their bodies, exposed outside the fur, disgusting and scary. In comparison, an extra pair of eyes and a few tails were nothing.

Xia Lunong understood why Liao Cheng was unwilling to come to the big places to collect or hunt. This thing was too disgusting and too scary.

What was even more terrifying was that according to the number of rats, if they went down, they would probably be drowned by the rats immediately.

Even though they were sitting in the car now, there were several rats chasing the car from behind, making sharp squeaking sounds.

"How do you feel?"

Xia Lunong heard his brother's voice, turned his head, and met his brother's eyes.

His brother was looking at him without blinking, with worry on his face.

Xia Lunong clenched his sweaty fists, and smiled at his brother with a pale face, "It's okay, not as scary as I imagined."

Xia Huoqu frowned, looked at his face for a moment, and said, "After getting off the car, you follow me and don't run around."

Xia Lunong nodded vigorously, "Brother, don't worry, I know the seriousness."

Xia Huoqu's face was still worried.

Yan Xinian's voice came from the side, "I will watch Xiao Nong, don't worry."