This time they went out for many reasons, so Yan Xinian drove the truck out specially.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian were in the cab.

Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi were in the rear carriage.

Xia Lunong got up too early today, and after the excitement wore off, she lay down in a pile of sacks and ropes, staring at the blue sky outside the car. As the truck swayed, she became drowsy. Kong Zhi

leaned on the carriage, holding a book in his hand, with long eyelashes, reading very seriously.

Xia Lunong looked at the sky for a while, then at him, and the more she looked, the sleepier she became.

In the front cab, I don't know if it was his brother or his older brother Xinian who turned on the stereo, and a slow lyrical song sounded in the car. Xia Lunong heard it and couldn't help but hum along.

Xia Lunong has a clear voice, and his pronunciation is very accurate when he sings. He can distinguish flat and reflex sounds especially clearly.

When he sings reflex sounds, the slight friction sound makes his singing more sexy.

Kong Zhi was reading a book, but he didn't know when he started looking at him.

Xia Lunong closed his eyes and sang softly, his voice floating in the car fight and also floating in the whole field.

When he sang a certain section, a low voice suddenly joined in, with a very accurate beat, which made the casual and soaring singing calm and peaceful.

Xia Lunong opened his eyes and looked up at Kong Zhi's well-defined jaw.

He had heard Kong Zhi play the flute several times, but it was the first time he knew that he could sing.

Kong Zhi tapped his feet lightly, and when he saw him open his eyes, he made a gesture to him, signaling him to continue.

Xia Lunong's eyes narrowed, and her voice lingered on, singing leisurely and casually.

Xia Huoqu leaned back in his chair, listening to the two voices behind him, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

Yan Xinian was driving and said, "Xiao Nong sings really well."

"At least I majored in drama." Xia Huoqu put his two long legs in boots down, tapped his thighs with his slender fingers, and smiled, "Didn't you find the cram school he went to before?"

Yan Xinian paused and smiled with infinite sadness, "Yes, it was only three or four years ago, but now it seems like a lifetime ago."

Xia Huoqu was silent and pursed his lips, "You are here, I am here, and Xiao Nong is here too, that's good."

The road is really bad now, and it just rained recently.

The car was bumping on the road, and accidentally, the wheel sank into a big mud pit and the chassis was scraped.

Yan Xinian stepped on the accelerator several times, but couldn't drive the car out.

He slapped the steering wheel and sighed, "It's already been modified like this, but it still doesn't work. I think we have to transform this car into an armored vehicle sooner or later."

Xia Huoqu pushed open the door and said, "You stay here, I'll transform into a beast and push the car."

Xia Huoqu walked down quickly, stood on the grass, looked around, and after making sure there was no danger, he began to take off his shirt.

He threw his shirt on the passenger seat and was about to continue taking it off when Xia Lunong poked his head out of the car, "Brother? What's wrong?"

"The car got stuck in a mud pit, so I transformed into a beast and pushed the car."

"Oh." Xia Lunong jumped out of the car quickly, "I'll help too."

Kong Zhi followed him silently.

Yan Xinian stuck his head out of the car window, "We are almost at our destination. Kong Zhi, fly to the nearby area and look for some prickly ash trees first, and then check out the bees in the valley." Kong

Zhi nodded, "Which valley?"

"That's it." Yan Xinian said, "You will know when you fly into the air. The peach and orange groves there are particularly obvious."

Xia Lunong looked at his brother, then at Kong Zhi, "I want to go too."

"Let Kong Zhi take you." His brother raised his head, "Fly higher, and we will meet outside the valley later."

Xia Lunong nodded quickly, returned to the car, and turned into a cat.

He was the kind of beastman whose beast form was smaller than his human form. It was very convenient to change into a beast form. He could change on the spot and get out of the pile of clothes.

Xia Lunong quickly turned into Xia Cat, and her pink cat nose sniffed the air, analyzing the smell in the air.

In addition to their scent, there was also a faint smell of animal in the air. It was hard to tell what kind of beast it was, but it was not very threatening, so it should not be a ferocious beast.

Xia Maomao's round emerald cat eyes turned around, and just as he was about to run down to smell the smell carefully, his cat eyes met Kong Zhi who had just taken off his shirt.

Kong Zhi had scars on his arms and chest, which were not ugly, but rather had a rough beauty.

Xia Maomao stared at him without blinking.

Maybe he had eaten well and exercised a lot recently, his muscles were very obvious and smooth. Compared to the big muscles of those bodybuilders, his muscles were thinner and looked lighter.

This may be related to his beast form, in which he is a bird-like beastman who cannot develop large muscles.

Kong Zhi paused while taking off his clothes and looked at Xia Maomao.

Xia Maomao looked away, and his round eyes quickly scanned his body, and finally fixed on his chest, revealing an envious look.

This guy has beautiful chest muscles!

Xia Maomao subconsciously looked down at himself.

Xia Maomao has no chest, only a soft and fluffy primitive bag, the kind that can be grabbed with your hands.

Alas.

Xia Maomao raised his head and wanted to take another look.

A piece of clothing with the scent of Kong Zhi flew over from the air and gently shrouded his head.

"Meow!" Summer Cat protested, using all four paws to struggle out of his T-shirt. He wanted to take another look, but the empty space in front of the car had turned into a giant golden eagle.

Summer Cat's emerald eyes met the golden eagle's yellow eyes.

The golden eagle's eyes squeezed slightly, making his furry face smile.

Summer Cat raised his two front paws, and envy appeared on his cat's face again.

This guy is really handsome, handsome as a person, and handsome in beast form too! The

golden eagle waited for him to step out, but after waiting for a few seconds, he didn't see him, so he simply stretched his head and reached directly into the car, grabbed Summer Cat by the back of the neck and picked up the whole cat.

The golden eagle held the cat in its mouth and took a few steps to the side. Then it flapped its wings a few times and flew into the air.

Summer Cat was looking down from a high place, and his vision suddenly widened. He immediately discovered the peach forest planted in the valley.

The pink peaches were looming among the green leaves, and were very eye-catching in the sun.

There was an orange forest above the peaches, and next to the orange forest there was a half-collapsed house, which should have been the house where the forest ranger who used to take care of the orchard lived.

Summer Cat's eyes were glued to the orchard, and as the golden eagle brought him closer, he discovered that there were not only tempting fruits in the orchard, but also big bees buzzing around.

These bees were not as big as the ones they had seen on the banyan tree before, but they were not small either.

Summer Cat had already discovered that there were so many mutated animals and plants outside, and the directions of mutation within the population were not consistent.

Take ants for example, some ants grow very large, while others are just average.

Even among those ants that grow very large, the eggs they lay may not be much larger than ordinary ant eggs.

They seem to wait until they hatch before further mutation.

The golden eagle took Summer Cat over the orchard and circled over the nearby mountains and forests.

Summer Cat looked around, and when he could no longer see the orchard, he quickly turned his attention to finding peppercorns.

Before the catastrophe, peppercorns were considered an economic crop in this area, and Summer Cat had seen them on some mountains before. At

that time, the peppercorns had not yet grown, so he didn't pay much attention to them when he saw them. He didn't expect to go out and look for them now.

The peppercorns were not yet red, and it was not an easy task to find a green tree in a forest.

Xia Maomao stared for a moment, and soon felt that his eyeballs were about to be blown dry and astringent by the cold wind in the sky.

Kong Zhi took him over the forest.

Xia Maomao soon discovered that wherever there were peppercorns, Kong Zhi would take him to circle a few more times.

He specialized in looking while circling, and soon he could find traces of peppercorns.

After flying in the air for more than half an hour, Kong Zhi took Xia Maomao out of the valley, found the truck, and slowly landed.

The truck had been pushed out of the mud pit by Xia Huoqu.

Yan Xinian drove the truck outside the valley and stopped there to wait for them.

Xia Maomao felt a little cold after being blown by the wind in the air for so long.

Fortunately, he is a long-haired cat with a certain ability to resist the cold. After returning to the ground, his four paws can still move freely.

Xia Maomao walked on all four legs with his tail hanging down in the sun for two circles.

Kong Zhi had already turned back into a human form outside the car race. After getting into the car, he said to Yan Xinian and Xia Huotong: "We found seventeen prickly ash trees. I don't know what kind they are. The big ones are seven or eight meters tall, and the small ones are just saplings over one meter tall."

Xia Maomao looked at him in surprise and forgot to put down his raised front paws.

He also flew in the air for a circle and only found prickly ash trees below. He really didn't count how many there were and what the condition of each tree was.

This guy is too meticulous.

Xia Huotong: "That's enough. Our yard is not very big, and the prickly ash trees can't be planted too densely."

Kong Zhi nodded.

Yan Xinian said, "Then let's go up the mountain to dig up the prickly ash trees. Bring a few sacks with you and see if we should pick the prickly ash first, cut off part of the tree crown, and then drag the tree down."

Kong Zhi had already put on his clothes and came down.

Xia Maomao landed on all fours, ran to the front of the truck, raised his head and jumped hard, jumped onto the back of the truck, hooked the tarpaulin outside the truck, and then gently landed in the truck.

As soon as he landed in the truck, he immediately changed back to human form. While picking up his pants and putting them on, he said, "It doesn't matter whether we cut the tree crown or not, but the prickly ash trees are covered with thorns. If we don't cut them, we might be unlucky."

Xia Huo said, "Let's dig out the prickly ash trees first. Digging out prickly ash trees is also a big project."

"Yes, yes, yes." Xia Lunong said, "I don't know if the root systems of these prickly ash trees are well developed. We'll pick the small ones to dig later."

Xia Lunong quickly put on her clothes, rolled up her sleeves and trousers, and jumped out of the car. "Are we going up the mountain now? Park the car here? I just smelled the scent of a wild animal."

Yan Xinian said, "Don't worry, it should be the smell of a cow. Just lock the driver's seat later. The mutant cows are not very courageous and usually don't dare to come over."

Xia Lunong asked, "What if it's not normal?"

"That's a treat." Yan Xinian took out a sack from the truck and stuffed a hatchet, a hoe, a rope and other items into the sack. "Let's go and see how many prickly ash trees we can dig today."

Xia Lunong quickly regained her composure, put on her backpack, and took off the sack. Together with Kong Zhi, they arranged the tarpaulin in the back and tied it tightly, sealing the entire truck.

It took them more than an hour to drive here. If they dug too few prickly ash trees today, they would have to stay here for one or even two nights until they finished digging.

Time was running out, so Xia Lunong followed Kong Zhi up the mountain.

Led by Kong Zhi, they soon arrived in front of the first prickly ash tree.

This prickly ash tree is only about one meter tall, with a trunk as thick as a bowl, but thin branches, and not many prickly ash on it.

At first glance, this prickly ash tree actually gives people a slender feeling.

Xia Lunong looked at this prickly ash tree and always felt that something was wrong.