After eating some sweet canned food before going to bed, Xia Lunong kept smiling even after she fell asleep, her eyes slightly curled up, revealing a hint of childishness under her long eyelashes.

Xia Huoqu simply wrote a few words in his diary by the candlelight, and after finishing, he carefully put the paper and pen into the prepared compartment, turned around to look at his brother who was sleeping soundly beside him, and reached out to pull the thin blanket up to his chin.

Yan Xinian shook out another blanket beside him and whispered to Xia Huoqu, "Go to sleep."

"You go to sleep first." Xia Huoqu pushed the blanket towards him and said, "I'll go out to keep watch."

"You sleep, I'll go keep watch with them, I'll call you in the second half of the night." Yan Xinian said without hesitation, "You sleep for six hours, and then it's my turn."

Xia Huoqu looked at the clock in his backpack and saw that it was 8:30. "I'll sleep for five hours and come back to call you at 1:30. You also sleep for five hours."

Yan Xinian nodded, "Okay."

Yan Xinian stuffed the blanket into him, patted his shoulder, lowered his head and got out of the car to find Lao Liu to keep watch together.

Xia Huoqu wrapped himself tightly in the thin blanket that still had his scent, and fell asleep quickly next to his brother with his eyes closed.

In the wild, every minute of sleep is precious.

At 1:20 in the middle of the night, Xia Huoqu woke up under the influence of the powerful biological clock.

He took out a few sips of water, folded the blanket he was wrapped in neatly, and walked out with his long legs in the cool night to find Yan Xinian.

He had a certain night vision ability and saw the person on the roof of the car at a glance.

The two of them changed shifts, and Lao Liu also came to replace his men and worked the second half of the night with Xia Huoqu.

Yan Xinian came back with a chill, took the blanket that still had some of Xia Huoqu's body temperature, wrapped himself in it, and lay down next to Xia Lunong.

Xia Lunong seemed to know subconsciously that the person lying next to him was not his brother. He twisted his whole body like a big insect, moved thirty or forty centimeters to the side, and then fell asleep again with steady breathing. Seeing

him like this, Yan Xinian wanted to laugh, and a smile really appeared on his face.

Apart from other things, this sharp feeling alone is a good seedling.

Good seedlings sleep until almost dawn and are woken up at the darkest time of the night. It

was the first time that Xia Lunong was woken up in the middle of the night. When he lifted the blanket and sat up, the carriage was in chaos. He only vaguely heard Lao Liu yelling at the top of his voice, "...abandon the car...run...in beast form!"

Xia Lunong had no idea what was going on, but he knew something was wrong.

He panicked and stuffed the things in his hands into his backpack, put on the backpack and was about to put on his shoes.

Yan Xinian threw the blanket away, quickly stripped off his clothes, and only wore a pair of underwear. He said, "There is only one can of food and water in the bag. It will be too heavy if there is more!"

Xia Lunong nodded quickly, and took out the sundries in the backpack. In the end, only a can of yellow peach, two bottles of water and a small bag of salt were left. He grabbed Yan Xinian and his brother's clothes and pants and quickly stuffed them into the backpack, and then tied the backpack straps to his chest and abdomen.

Others in the car also took off their clothes and ran out in beast form.

Xia Lunong then realized that except for him, everyone had beast forms, and the beast forms were all very ordinary.

He glanced over and only recognized a big rooster, two big dogs, two foxes, and a donkey. The remaining beast forms slipped away too fast, and he didn't have time to see them clearly.

He just glanced at it, then continued to put on his shoes and pack his backpack, and lifted the tarpaulin of the truck to get out.

It took him only six or seven seconds to do this set of actions.

As soon as he stuck his head out, a huge tiger head stretched out, opened its bloody mouth, and took him out in one bite.

Xia Lunong was much calmer the second time he experienced the tiger's mouth. He rolled his eyes and looked out, and saw that his brother had turned into a giant silver-white wolf, standing on the roof of the car and majestically patrolling the surroundings. He was majestic and his fur seemed to be glowing under the reflection of the fire.

Old Liu was still in human form, standing beside Xia Huoqu, with his hands clasped to his mouth like trumpets, shouting at the top of his lungs: "...Run, don't worry about the supplies, run to the town, there are snakes behind!"

Xia Lunong turned around again, and all kinds of small animals gathered into a team, running wildly. For

a moment, footsteps, shouts, hisses and other various sounds filled his ears.

Yan Xinian ran calmly.

He was big and had big steps. He ran to the front in a few seconds and became the leader of the team.

He held Xia Lunong in his mouth, so it was inconvenient for him to speak, so he only let out a muffled roar from his nose, turned around, and ran deep into Zhangshu County along the road full of grass and vines.

Xia Lunong was dizzy from his roar. The animals behind him seemed to have found a backbone. They adjusted their pace and followed him, and the formation gradually became neat.

Everyone ran as fast as they could.

Xia Lunong looked up at the roof of the car. Old Liu had turned into a kangaroo without knowing when. He jumped and hopped in front of his brother, his head turning around from time to time.

His brother was at the back.

The group ran wildly into the depths of the town.

The sky gradually brightened, and it brightened very quickly. It only took about ten minutes from the time when the shadows of objects could be vaguely seen to the time when the sky was getting light.

Xia Lunong only realized at this moment that there was a group of snakes chasing after the entire team.

In his early twenties, it was the first time that he saw so many snakes wriggling behind him, so densely packed that they looked like a surging tide.

If they were just a few minutes slower, they would be drowned by the snake tide.

He felt numb and goosebumps broke out all over his body.

"Oh oh oh——"

Just as Xia Lunong's eyes were fixed on the scene, the big rooster in the team seemed to have run out of energy, running slower and slower, and was six or seven meters away from the weasel in front.

The big rooster flapped its wings desperately and flew up, calling as it flew, to catch up with its companion in front.

Xia Lunong clearly saw that several chicken feathers fell where he flew over, and he really tried his best to fly forward.

Just when Xia Lunong was worried about the big rooster, his brother let out a roar and leaped forward on all fours, grabbed the rooster's wings, and continued to run forward. When

Lao Liu saw Xia Huoqu's move, he also ran forward desperately. Xia Lunong was held firmly in the rooster's mouth

, and he didn't feel any danger at the moment, but the scene was too exciting, and he couldn't get rid of the goose bumps.

They ran from early morning to dawn, and the number of snakes chasing them became fewer and fewer, and finally gradually disappeared, completely out of sight.

After Xia Huoqu confirmed that everything was fine, he put down the rooster and roared. The team of animals seemed to have lost all their strength. They did not move a single step further and immediately staggered here and there, panting.

Xia Lunong was also put down.

He was held in the mouth the whole way, but he was not tired. However, he was still frightened and could not slow down.

When he stepped on the ground, he deliberately took two steps forward and found a place with sparse grass and trees to ensure that no snakes would suddenly appear around.

His brother walked over on all fours. With such a huge body, there was no trace of him at all. He was as light as a cloud.

Xia Lunong came back to his senses a little, reached out and touched his brother's long hair, pulled the backpack on his back to the front, and took credit: "Brother, I brought you clothes."

Xia Huoqu looked at him with his gray-blue wolf eyes, and suddenly stretched out his tongue to lick his arm, silently comforting him.

Xia Lunong realized that the goose bumps on his arms were still there, and had not disappeared at all.

He hugged his brother with a pale face, burying his face in his brother's long hair.

The scene of snakes all over the ground was too shocking, and this nightmare-like scene actually came true in reality.

Xia Huoqu let him hold him quietly.

After Yan Xinian made sure that there was no danger around, he opened the backpack, took out clothes and socks, and put them on quickly.

Xia Lunong noticed the movement, raised his head, and saw that his former brother had already put on most of his clothes, so he let his brother go.

Xia Huoqu changed back to human form, rubbed his head first, and then took the clothes to put on.

Xia Lunong didn't want to watch his brother put on clothes, so he cast his eyes elsewhere and saw that most of the animals in the team had changed back to human form, either pulling off their pants from their backs or from under their necks and hurriedly putting them on.

As for shoes, there were none, so they could only walk forward barefoot.

Old Liu clapped his hands, counted the number of people, and his voice was full of fatigue, "Let's go back first, the snake tide should have receded. We were careless this time, but fortunately everyone is fine."

Someone in the team shouted: "Brother Liu, it's not your fault. The intelligence didn't say there were still snakes here."

"That's right. Thank you Captain Yan and Deputy Captain Xia today."

The survivors didn't seem to be affected too much. After a few words, they pulled each other back one step deep and one step shallow.

Everyone walked on the road, looking around to see if they could pick up something or collect some clues.

Only Xia Lunong, with her legs still soft, was sandwiched between her two brothers, walking forward like a wandering soul.

It took them no more than an hour to escape, and it would take even longer to go back.

Xia Lunong was the only one in the team who brought water and canned food. She shared the canned food with her two brothers and drank salt water to replenish their energy. Everyone else was hungry and thirsty.

In this situation, no one was in the mood to collect supplies. They just wanted to get back to the base as soon as possible to replenish their energy.

Xia Lunong hadn't slowed down yet, her legs and feet were weak, and she couldn't walk as fast as the people who had escaped. She felt ashamed and didn't look at anything along the way. She just kept walking forward.

"Ha! There's a snake!"

Someone in the team shouted, the voice was sharp and high, and Xia Lunong subconsciously looked forward.

He saw Zhao Changjian, who was standing in front of his brother, holding a limp, green-backed, white-bellied snake in his hand.

The snake was not dead yet, and its slender body wrapped around his wrist and rolled violently, its white belly and green back twisting back and forth, and its two sharp and curved fangs exposed in its mouth, which made Xia Lunong's scalp numb.

His consciousness even stopped at this moment.

Yan Xinian behind him noticed something was wrong and gently pushed him, "Xiao Nong?"

Xia Lunong screamed, "Ah——" and jumped three feet high. When she jumped down, her clothes and pants became limp, and her backpack fell to the ground with a "bang".

Xia Huoqu's face suddenly changed.

The screams and the sound of the backpack falling to the ground attracted everyone's attention. Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian reached out their hands at the same time to turn over the pile of clothes, and they both felt a warm body in the clothes.

The two looked at each other and had a bad feeling in their hearts.

The backpack was picked up by Yan Xinian and put aside.

There was a small bulge on the clothes. Xia Huoqu gently took off the T-shirt and saw that there was indeed a ball of fur inside.

It was a kitten.

A long-haired sweet kitten with a silver-gray back, a square face, green eyes, a pink nose and a pink mouth.

This kitten seemed to be frightened and curled up between the clothes, not moving.

Xia Huoqu gently picked up the kitten. The kitten looked to be only more than two months old, and Xia Huoqu could hold it steadily with one hand.

"Xiao Nong?" Xia Huoqu's deep voice rang over the kitten's head.

The kitten came back to its senses a little, and subconsciously looked up. Its big green eyes sparkled, and it opened its mouth to let out a sweet and coquettish "Meow!"

"Meow meow meow!!!" Xia Lunong immediately realized what had happened, and opened his mouth to speak, but all the sounds he made were meows.

He looked up at his brother. Even at this death angle, his brother was still very handsome, but he was too big, so big that it was a bit scary for cats.

"Meow meow meow!" Xia Lunong stretched out his claws and desperately scratched his brother.

This script is wrong, even if he is transformed into a beast, shouldn't he become a little wolf? !

He and his brother are brothers from the same father and mother!

How did he become a cat? !

Xia Lunong meowed loudly, and the sound was still very sweet.

He stretched out his claws to scratch his brother, and his brother's hand did not leave any white marks, but the cat's claws were a little injured, and a little blood was oozing from the claws.

His brother gently picked him up by his two front paws, rubbed his head, and said in a gentle voice: "I know, it's okay, don't be nervous, we will go back and see Doctor Ou."

Old Liu came over, "What's wrong, Xiao Nong turned into a beast? What did he turn into..."

Old Liu hadn't finished speaking when he saw the soft little fur ball on Xia Huoqu's hand. He swallowed the rest of the words, his face full of surprise.

He didn't expect Xia Lunong's beast form to be a cat, or a kitten.

Old Liu's approach brought considerable psychological stimulation to Xia Lunong.

Mainly because of this high-altitude angle, Old Liu looked very strange, and the asymmetry of his face was magnified, making him look even less like a human.

Xia Lunong was so scared that her head shrank. She scratched her brother's hand a few times and tried to jump onto his brother's back along his arm.

Old Liu saw it and hurriedly stepped back.

Xia Huoqu gently reached out and held the kitten, saying, "It's okay. He just feels uncomfortable. He will be fine after a while."

"Hey." Old Liu responded, stepped back a few steps, and comforted Xia Lunong, "Xiao Nong, don't be afraid. Everyone feels uncomfortable when they first transform into beasts. It will be fine after a while."

"Meow." Xia Lunong reacted, opened her mouth and lowered her head to respond sadly. Halfway through the soft meow, he reacted and closed his mouth in humiliation.

Old Liu smiled, walked forward a few steps, and returned to his original position. Xia

Huoqu gently stroked the little cat's chin and stroked his head.

Xia Lunong felt so good from being stroked that she tried not to cry out, but her stomach started to growl, betraying her feelings honestly.

Yan Xinian simply rolled up the clothes on the ground and stuffed them into his backpack. He stretched out two fingers and gently stroked the little cat's smooth and soft head. He glanced at a young man in the team and whispered comfortingly, "Don't be depressed. It's better to become a kitten than a big rooster. Cats will grow up. Maybe they can grow as big as a tiger in the future?"

"Meow?" The little cat tilted its head, opened its pink mouth and called out to him in confusion, revealing its snow-white fangs like millet grains, and its green eyes were full of confusion.

Yan Xinian couldn't help but rub the cat's head again, "It's true, if you don't believe me, ask your brother."

The little cat turned his head to look at his brother.

Xia Huoqu nodded without changing his expression, "I wasn't that big when I first transformed into a beast."

Xia Lunong believed it a little, looked down at his little paws, and hoped that he would grow up soon.

He relaxed a little and immediately felt sleepy.

His brother held him in his hand and whispered, "Go to sleep, I'll take you home."

Xia Lunong fell asleep in his brother's palm without worry, and snored in his soft body. His slightly higher body temperature warmed his brother's hand.

Yan Xinian carried his bag and whispered, "Fortunately, I ate canned food last night and this morning, which provided some energy."

"Yes, thanks to our good luck." Xia Huoqu held his brother's small and soft cat body to make him sleep more comfortably, and whispered, "I have to find Doctor Ou to check him out after

we go back." "Let's go back early."

The little cat's ears trembled slightly, making Xia Huoqu's palms itchy.

Xia Huoqu immediately stopped talking, and after a while, he said, "Well, go back and discuss it with Lao Liu."

The two did not talk much along the way.

Others in the team caught a lot of small birds, small snakes and other prey on the road, or found some useful things on the roadside.

The two got nothing, and Xia Huoqu also paid attention to adjusting the posture of holding his brother along the way, so that his brother could sleep more soundly.

The sun rose, and they returned to the truck.

A few of Lao Liu's strong men or those with a keen sense of smell changed into their beast forms again, sniffed back and forth near the truck several times, found and killed all the remaining snakes, and then returned to the truck, found clothes, shoes and socks, put them on, and checked some supplies.

Last night, when the snake tide came, they abandoned the truck and ran away. The snake tide only chased them, and not many got on the truck. Their supplies were also preserved, except for a few items that were contaminated by snake saliva and had to be thrown away, most of them were fine.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, tired and hungry, and didn't care about collecting. They found water to fill their stomachs, and then collected firewood, collected prey, and everyone set up a barbecue on the spot and started grilling food.

The kitten was awakened by a scent. Its pink nose twitched and its wet green eyes opened. The first thing it did was to look around, trying to find its brother.

Xia Huoqu stretched out his big hand, touched the cat's head and tail, and said concisely, "I'm here."

Xia Lunong felt relieved and meowed at his brother.

So hungry.

Hearing the cat's cry in the car, a hand lifted the tarpaulin, and it was Yan Xinian who came out.

Yan Xinian held a wooden stick in his hand, and a roasted bird was skewered on the stick, "Give it to Xiaonong."

Xia Huoqu looked down at the kitten, which was not much bigger than his fist, with doubt in his eyes.

Yan Xinian passed the roasted bird forward again and said, "I roasted it without much seasoning. Xiao Nong is not an ordinary cat, so you don't have to worry about his stomach."

Xia Lunong looked at his brother and said, "Meow!"

He wanted it.

Seeing that his brother, who had turned into a little cat, had already been arching on his legs and stepping on his milk, Xia Huoqu had no choice but to take the roasted bird from Yan Xinian's hand, gently tested the temperature with the back of his hand, and put it to the little cat's mouth.

Xia Lunong's stomach had been growling with hunger, and when the fragrant roasted bird was passed to his mouth, he opened his pink cat mouth without saying a word and bit it with a roar.

The next moment, his green eyes were full of water, and he looked at his brother aggrievedly.

"What's wrong?" Xia Huoqu asked after looking down.

"Meow!" Xia Lunong opened his mouth to show his brother.

His teeth are actually soft, he can't chew!

The little cat's face was full of accusations.

Xia Huoqu quickly understood what was going on, and rubbed his soft fur helplessly. After carrying him out to wash his hands, he tore the roasted bird into shreds for him to eat.

Xia Lunong found that not only had his teeth become soft, but the position of his teeth was also wrong. He chewed the shredded meat in his mouth, but it was useless. He could only bite it and swallow it randomly.

He raised his head and looked at his former brother with envy.

Compared to the kitten, he really wanted to become a big tiger like his former brother!