There are many ways to get drinking water from plants in the wild. Xia Lunong knows several of them.

For example, get it from bamboo and get it from wild banana.

Xia Lunong took a big sip of honey water and said, "I'm not saying that we must plant bamboo. What I mean is that my special ability has many uses. Don't be rigid about your ideas."

Yan Xinian rubbed his head and said, "Yes, that's the idea."

It took a long time to get water today. After the three teams finished their dinner one after another, it was already past ten o'clock. Everyone arranged to take turns to keep watch, got into their respective trucks, and took a rest with their quilts.

Xia Lunong and his brother slept next to each other, with his brother on the left and Kong Zhi on the right.

Xia Lunong curled up in the blanket and couldn't sleep much. He closed his eyes and was in a daze.

He could accurately distinguish Kong Zhi's breathing from the snoring in the car, and could also feel Kong Zhi's body temperature.

In the dead of night, Xia Lunong once again thought about his relationship with Kong Zhi, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep.

"What are you thinking about?"

A voice suddenly rang in Xia Lunong's ears at night, frightening him so much that he shivered and almost shouted.

He grabbed the quilt and turned around, but it was Kong Zhi who was looking at him.

"Nothing." Xia Lunong lowered her voice, "Why haven't you slept yet?"

"I didn't hear your steady breathing, so I was worried." Kong Zhi reached out to tuck the quilt for him and whispered, "Think about it during the day, we have to hurry tomorrow, go to sleep."

Xia Lunong was used to playing with him in the past, and she was used to holding hands and shoulders, and she didn't think there was anything strange about physical contact.

Now that the relationship between the two has changed slightly, Xia Lunong suddenly feels that the presence of that hand has become more obvious, and every move makes Xia Lunong hold her breath.

Kong Zhi's hands are broad, with long knuckles. He is relatively thin, and there is not much flesh on his fingers. He feels very bony, and the raised lines look a bit sexy.

If it was before the catastrophe, this was a pair of hands that a hand control would shout to lick the screen.

This hand pulled the quilt for Xia Lunong.

Xia Lunong's chest was gently pressed by the hand, and an unspeakable weirdness spread. He even shivered quietly, and his ears turned red in the dark.

Kong Zhi's hands were very well-behaved. He helped him tidy up the quilt and took it back. He whispered again: "Go to sleep."

Xia Lunong buried his face in the quilt and whispered: "You too."

Xia Huoqu turned over gently on the other side. Xia Lunong was afraid of waking up his brother, so he calmed down quickly.

I don't know if it's because of fighting poison with poison, Xia Lunong's mind was full of Kong Zhi's affairs just now, but now that Kong Zhi tucked the quilt, his whole mind was cleared, and he soon fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, everyone woke up, some were walking around, some were cooking, everyone was busy with their own things.

The morning mist was thick, and it made people feel damp.

The happiest thing in the morning was the little prickly ash tree.

It had been planted in the soil overnight, and this morning it was full of energy, following behind Xia Lunong like a little tail, shaking its stiff leaves and jumping around.

Baniu and the others looked at the little prickly ash tree, feeling both curious and envious.

Baniu glanced at it again and again, muttering in a low voice: "Xia Huajiao is simply the most perfect pet. It is powerful, has a lovely personality, and does not require much care."

Xia Lunong gently patted the prickly ash tree that had retracted its thorns, turned around and corrected Baniu's view, "It's not a pet, it's a partner."

Baniu envied, "No matter what name it is, you have such an active and worry-free little fellow by your side. Speaking of which, there are many plants that can move in the wild. Can ordinary people like us find plants as partners?"

Xia Lunong asked: "Can you communicate with Xia Huajiao?"

"Yes." Baniu said, "Didn't you say that it shook its head and nodded to respond? If it is willing to pay attention to me, it must be able to communicate."

Xia Lunong shook her head, "In fact, it may not be able to communicate. You will know if you try."

"Just give it a try." Ba Niu was unconvinced, "Tell the little prickly ash tree to stop rejecting me. I'll have a chat with it."

Xia Lunong followed his instructions and talked to the little prickly ash tree.

The little prickly ash tree turned its crown towards Ba Niu.

Ba Niu immediately came up and greeted the little prickly ash tree, "Hello, Xia prickly ash! Are you thirsty? Do you want me to water you?"

The little prickly ash tree shook its crown.

Ba Niu guessed, "Is it thirsty?"

The little prickly ash tree did not move.

Ba Niu scooped a small scoop of water from the bucket next to him and wanted to pour it under the roots of the little prickly ash tree.

When the water was poured up, the little prickly ash tree jumped back and avoided it directly.

Everyone was watching the excitement from all around.

Cong Lian asked, "Why do I feel that the little prickly ash tree said it's not thirsty?"

"I think so too." Old Liu came over, "You can tell from its behavior that it's refusing."

Baniu didn't believe it and asked again, "Xia Huajiao, do you really not want to drink water?"

The little prickly ash tree stood there without responding.

Baniu tried to communicate with the little prickly ash tree in a strange voice, dragging out his tone as if he was talking to a foreigner.

The little prickly ash tree occasionally shook its crown, but there was no other reaction.

Baniu's mouth was dry and he was very depressed. He scooped up some water and took a gulp, saying, "Why do I feel it's so difficult to communicate? Does the little prickly ash tree dislike me?"

The little prickly ash tree shook its branches.

Xia Lunong glanced at Xiao Huajiaoshu and said, "No, it likes you very much."

Ba Niu said, "You have to be honest with yourself. If it really likes me, why would it ignore me?" "

It didn't ignore you." Xia Lunong said, "It didn't understand some of my words at all. It responded to you with some of my words, but you didn't notice it at all."

"Huh?" Ba Niu widened his eyes and smacked his lips. "Fuck, isn't this just like speaking a foreign language? You are talking at cross-species levels."

Lao Liu laughed on the side, "This is harder than speaking a foreign language. You are communicating across species."

Ba Niu didn't believe it and said, "That's not right. Xiao Nong can communicate with Xiao Huajiaoshu. Don't Captain Yan and Deputy Captain Xia also say a few words occasionally?"

Yan Xinian said, "We just said a few words. It may not understand us, and we may not receive its response. It doesn't count as communication. Except for Xiao Nong, no one else in the family can communicate with the little prickly ash tree normally."

Baniu was disappointed, "Then our wish of raising a plant that can move has been shattered?"

"Raise it if you want. If you can find a suitable plant and it is willing to go back with you, you can raise it." Xia Lunong said, "Maybe as you raise it, your communication will become smoother and smoother."

"I don't think it's possible." Baniu looked at the small prickly ash tree and sighed, "I thought our base could have a new trend, but it turns out this is your patent."

Old Liu said, "It's obvious. If everyone could communicate with plants, the plants outside wouldn't be so ferocious."

Xiao Tang smiled and said, "Xiao Nong is a level 10 plant language master, he can listen and speak, but we are not beginners, we can only imitate, and we may also get the wrong skill points, which will make the plants "The animals have become more ferocious."

Xia Lunong said, "Actually, this is not true. When we communicate, language only plays a part. My ability can secrete some substances to convey my thoughts and capture Xia Huajiao's thoughts. This, combined with words and actions, makes it particularly easy to understand."

Baniu said, "Anyway, this is your patent, we can't raise it."

After hearing this, everyone showed more or less disappointed expressions on their faces.

The small prickly ash tree is so cute and has strong fighting power. If you can raise one, it will be much more convenient to go out in the future. Even if you don't go out, it can help look after the house. Raising plants is much less troublesome than raising animals, and the investment is also small.

Ba Niu asked: "Xiao Nong, if you see other suitable plants on the road, will you keep them?"

Xia Lunong: "Of course. But how can it be so easy to meet the right plants? You see, we have been out quite often in the past six months. Isn't this little prickly ash tree the plant that we really meet with a destiny?"

The little prickly ash tree seemed to understand, and rubbed against him with its branches.

Xia Lunong rubbed back, thought for a while, and said: "That's not necessarily true. If we want to keep a second child, we still have to get the consent of the little prickly ash tree. If it doesn't agree, we won't keep it."

The little prickly ash tree seemed to understand, and rubbed against Xia Lunong with its branches, and it felt more and more happy.

Xia Lunong said to the little prickly ash tree, "Even if we raise you, we still love you the most."

"Swoosh--" The little prickly ash tree shook its branches violently, and the wind passed through the leaves, making a strange sound, as if it was talking.

The little prickly ash tree paused, and then made a series of sounds, "Swoosh, woosh, woosh!"

It sounded very pleasant.

Baniu was surprised, "You're done with it now?"

The little prickly ash tree: "Swoosh, woosh, woosh--!"

Breakfast was quickly prepared, and the few people chatted while eating. After the chat, they packed up their things and loaded them into the car, and drove forward along the route they had decided yesterday.

They mainly took the cement roads before the disaster.

No matter how badly the cement roads were damaged, there were still cement pavement, which was relatively easier to drive on. Their trucks had been modified, and they could barely drive on such roads.

That day they passed by a gas station and luckily found oil inside. After clearing the mutant plants and animals that were spying near the gas station, they took a lot of diesel and gasoline.

This diesel and gasoline filled up a whole truck. Yan Xinian asked Liao Quannan and Conghan to drive the truck with the oil back to the base first, and Lao Liu also sent three people to escort.

There were four cars left in the convoy, and they continued to rush to the city according to the plan.

They arrived at the outskirts of the city in the evening of the third day. The city had long become a ruin, but compared to the towns, there were still some high-rise buildings in the city.

They looked far away with a telescope and could see mutant rats and mutant cats shuttling in the high-rise buildings.

These mutant cats and rats are just like lice on a high-rise building, so dense that it makes your scalp numb.

Baniu rubbed his arms vigorously, "Fuck, I said I don't want to go out to the big city to collect supplies. These mutant rats are too disgusting."

Yan Xinian said, "That's nothing. You haven't encountered mutant cockroaches on a large scale. That's scary."

"Captain Yan." Baniu turned his head and looked at him sincerely, "Please don't tell horror stories."

Yan Xinian patted him, pressed the intercom, and said to the people in the other cars, "The situation in the city is too complicated. Today we won't go to the city. Let's go to N outside the city first."

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

The three cars behind all gave affirmative answers.

The car of the women's team at the end turned around first and drove to another destination.

Ba Niu waited for the car ahead to clear the way, took out a cigarette from his pocket and held it in his mouth, "There may be more mutant rats in the university than in the city."

"This time we went out to collect supplies and find out the situation, not to avoid mutant rats." Yan Xinian said, "The university has a strong scientific research foundation, maybe we can get more interesting instruments and research data this time."

Xia Lunong was sitting in the back seat, and when he heard what his brother said, he hoped to get some more interesting plants or plant seeds.