The two of them got out safely from the other side of the dense forest.

When they reached the open space, Xia Lunong looked around and saw that there were indeed no large mutant beasts, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

If he encountered a large mutant beast, he would not be able to deal with it with his strength.

Kong Zhi threw the dying sheep on the ground, checked it, and said, "Let's go back."

Xia Lunong nodded.

After clicking, Xia Lunong asked, "Are you still changing into a beast?"

"Yes." Kong Zhi said, "You sit on my back and I'll hold the sheep."

Xia Lunong looked at Kong Zhi, hesitant, and stood there without moving.

Even though he was thin, he was tall and weighed about 130 kilograms. The bamboo shoots and the sundries in the backpack together weighed at least 40 kilograms, plus the sheep weighed 70 or 80 kilograms - it was too heavy for Kong Zhi to carry it all.

Kong Zhi saw that he was hesitant to move and cast a puzzled look at him, "What's wrong?"

Xia Lunong said, "It's too heavy, how about I change into a beast form."

"Can you change?"

"I think so, how about I try it first?"

Xia Lunong looked at him, and without taking off his clothes, he thought about changing into a cat.

The moment his mind was touched, his limbs retracted, his tail stretched out, and he turned into a cat almost instantly.

The clothes that lost their support fell softly to the ground.

Xia Maomao crawled out from the pile of clothes, looked up and called to Kong Zhi, "Meow."

Kong Zhi was more familiar with this smooth-skinned big forest cat than his human form. He squatted down and stroked his chin with a smile in his eyes.

Xia Maomao put her paw on his wrist, and asked with a question in her emerald eyes, "Meow?"

Is this okay?

Kong Zhi nagged him again, then took his hand back and said, "Okay, you change back to human form first, and tie the sheep and the backpack to my back."

Xia Lunong had no objection, and changed back to human form with a grunt.

Kong Zhi turned his back, and he quickly put on his clothes, put on his shoes, and jumped in front of Kong Zhi, "Okay."

Kong Zhi nodded, took two steps forward, stood in the most open place, took off his clothes and socks, and changed back to beast form.

The golden eagle's transformation speed was a little slower than the cat, but it only took a moment.

The huge golden eagle lay on the ground, and shouted at Xia Lunong who was lying on his back, "Jie——"

Xia Lunong quickly opened his backpack and took out the belt, threw the belt to the golden eagle, and then put the backpack and the sheep side by side on him, ran around him for several laps, and tied the belt tightly. The

golden eagle was really too big. Xia Lunong ran around him for several laps, and her face turned red again, and her skin looked more and more fragile.

Xia Lunong stood in front of the golden eagle and looked up at him, "Okay."

The golden eagle looked at the person in front of him and urged, "Jie."

Xia Lunong changed back to beast form under his eyes, and soon turned into a summer cat.

The golden eagle looked down at the cat, picked up the cat and its clothes in its mouth, ran forward a few steps, flapped its wings and flew up.

The cool breeze blew on Xia Maomao, ruffling his long fur and bringing the warmth on his skin. He felt refreshed all of a sudden and said softly, "Meow." The

golden eagle flapped its wings and flew higher.

Looking at the ground from the sky and looking at the sky from the ground are two completely different feelings.

Xia Maomao looked at the earth and felt indescribably refreshed physically and mentally.

When they flew over the base, Xia Lunong discovered that there were several wild geese circling above the base.

Looking at the shapes of the wild geese, they were obviously orcs. Xia Maomao poked his head out to take a closer look curiously. Is this a new arrangement for the base?

The wild geese and the people standing guard on the city wall knew them and did not stop them, letting them in directly.

The golden eagle flew over the city wall and headed for the base. After a while, it flew over Xia Lunong's house and glided down.

When it landed on the ground, the golden eagle first put the cat out of its mouth.

Xia Maomao lowered her head and held her clothes in her mouth. She used all four legs to run a few steps and ran to the door. She changed back to human form and quickly changed her clothes.

Kong Zhi also changed back to human form. After putting on his clothes, he picked up the sheep and backpack on the ground.

The sheep's blood stained the sheep's body red. Kong Zhi took a look and said, "The sheep is dead."

"I thought it could hold on for a while." Xia Lunong scratched her head, "Then send it to the cafeteria to pick it up. Eat some tonight and the rest tomorrow?"

"It's all right." Kong Zhi said, "You stay at home, I'll take it over."

Xia Lunong waved her hand, telling him to go and come back quickly.

They hadn't eaten mutton for a while. Xia Lunong thought about it at home and decided to roast the mutton.

Roasting is the purest way to eat it. You can eat meat in big mouthfuls without worrying about not being full. Roasting is more fragrant than hot pot, which can maximize the aroma of mutton.

Most importantly, he hadn't eaten roasted whole lamb for a long time and was a little greedy.

Thinking so, Xia Lunong poured out the bamboo shoots, washed them, put them in a bamboo plate, and placed them on the open space outside the house to dry the moisture in the sun.

He carried a backpack on his back and went to the vegetable garden.

The vegetables in the field have been propped up, and the tied tomatoes are growing again. It seems that the earthquake and heavy rain have not caused much impact on them.

Xia Lunong looked around, picked tomatoes, eggplants, beans, and picked all the red peppers. He picked more than 40 green peppers.

When he returned, Kong Zhi had not come back yet. He cut ginger, chopped garlic, washed chili peppers, and took out the star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, etc. that he could find at home, washed them, and mixed them with ginger, garlic, and chili peppers.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian came back first, and they smelled a spicy aroma as soon as they entered the door.

Yan Xinian walked and laughed, "It smells so good. What are you cooking tonight?"

"It's too late tonight. We'll have to make it tomorrow." Xia Lunong used chopsticks to stir the seasoning and tilted her head to say, "We shot a sheep today. We'll have fried lamb offal and braised lamb tonight. The remaining sheep will be marinated overnight and roasted tomorrow morning."

"Oh, we're lucky." Yan Xinian poked his head out to take a look and said, "There are a few sheep outside the base, but they are always smart. Many people who have tried to catch them have failed."

Xia Lunong showed a proud look on her face, "We're lucky. At that time, we were several meters away from the sheep. We didn't have time to get over there, and Kong Zhi gave up. I threw a hatchet over and hit the sheep, killing it."

Xia Lunong was talking with great excitement, and his expression was very vivid. Yan Xinian was laughing beside him, and he was chewing a tomato while laughing, as if he was trying to cover his mouth to avoid laughing too loudly and making Xia Lunong embarrassed.

Xia Lunong was talking happily, and he didn't think anything was wrong.

His brother touched his head and asked, "Have you become stronger?"

Xia Lunong's attention turned away immediately. He really didn't think about this aspect.

But today the backpack was so heavy, and he didn't feel too much effort when carrying it on his back. It seems that his strength has indeed increased.

After reminiscing for a moment, he nodded, "Probably."

Yan Xinian interrupted, "Orcs are all stronger, but I don't know how much Xiaonong's strength has increased. Let's measure it some other day."

Xia Lunong was most troubled by her side when she went to school. When she heard what he said, her scalp almost went numb. She quickly waved her hands and politely declined, "No need. There's no competition. It's useless to know these data."

Yan Xinian smiled again.

As they were chatting, Kong Zhi came in with a sheep on his back and said, "We left the head and hooves to the base, and brought back the remaining blood and dirty hair."

Xia Lunong went over to take a look, and after looking through it, she smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll prepare to cook. Let's fry the sheep's offal today - how about stir-fried sheep's offal with pickled cabbage? As for the sheep's blood, let's mix it up and cook a modified version of Maoxuewang?"

Several people had no objection.

It was still some time before dark.

Everyone worked together to clean up the sheep.

Xia Huoqu smeared the seasoning prepared by Xia Lunong on the outside of the sheep, inside and outside, and even spread it on the thicker parts such as the thighs.

Yan Xinian took a hatchet and went up the mountain to cut bamboo. There was no iron rack now, so he had to make a temporary rack with bamboo and tie the sheep to it with wire. Kong Zhi

was left in the kitchen to help Xia Lunong.

Xia Lunong was very fast, and soon there were waves of aroma coming from their kitchen, with the pungent smell of chili peppers.

Kong Zhi was burning the fire by the stove, smelling the aroma and saying nothing, but his stomach was rumbling again and again, so loud that Xia Lunong, who was cooking by the pot, could hear it.

Xia Lunong rarely had the heart to laugh at him.

Xia Lunong was also hungry.

After changing into a beast, the energy in his body seemed to be devoured, and he was attacked by waves of hunger, so hungry that his hands and feet became weak.

Xia Lunong called Kong Zhi, "Make the fire bigger, use a high fire." Kong Zhi

nodded and stuffed a handful of dry grass into the stove.

The flames licked the dry grass and instantly became much stronger.

Xia Lunong quickly stir-fried the mutton offal in the pot. The bright fat wrapped around the mutton offal, and the high fire baked them until they were slightly curled.

The skin of the green and red pepper rings between the mutton offal was slightly browned, and the pungent spiciness turned into a more harmonious spiciness.

Xia Lunong picked up the rice wine from the side of the pot and poured it along the edge of the pot. The moment the wine entered the pot, it turned into a bright yellow flame and rose in the pot.

The xialunong was not stiff at all, and did not even step back. It stir-fried directly, poured soy sauce, salt, and minced garlic, and took it out of the pan and put it on a plate.

The freshly fried haggis is wrapped in a bright sauce color and decorated with green and red peppers. You can imagine its deliciousness just by looking at the presentation.

Yan Xinnian, who had returned from cutting bamboo, came in from outside, sniffed hard, and exclaimed: "It smells so good!"

Xia Huoqu came in with a large wooden basin filled with whole sheep, covered it with a bamboo plaque, and suggested: "There are many dishes today, can you ask Liao Cheng to come over for dinner?"

Xia Lu Nong had no objection at all, and Kongzhi followed them.

Only Yan Xinian took a breath, looked at Xia Huoqu and said with a sigh: "You are just thinking about him."

Xia Huoqu frowned slightly, and was about to say something, but Yan Xinian raised his hands and said: "I will go and call him, I'm quick."

Xia Huoqu turned around and watched his tall back leave, half of his face buried in the shadows, no one knew what he was thinking.