"I now believe what you said is true." Chu Hang lowered his head and touched the little girl's head, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth. He completely ignored the big green-feathered parrot that was jumping and jumping next to him.
"What?"
Xia Runrun didn't understand what the other party meant for a moment, and subconsciously raised her head, confused.
"I believed that you were a real adult before, not a child whose body was mutated after being infected by the HCP virus." Chu Hang half-knelt down, his eyes level with Xia Runrun, and lowered his voice.
The man's voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear it.
Xia Ruanruan: “???”
Xia Ruanruan: “!!!!”
It seems she'd been talking for so long, but the person in front of her hadn't even considered fully believing she was an adult, a time traveler?! How was she not an adult? She was so responsible, taking care of the elderly, children, women, and children in the shelter! She was already 18 and in college!
The little girl was furious and slapped Chu Hang's hand away. "You say you believe it, but your body doesn't think so! Who would pet an adult's head? Only children and small animals would be treated like that!"
"Huh?! Mr. Chu, you're here! I was just trying to figure out how to give you the room card. I thought you'd gotten separated from the group..." Yang Fan, who had just received his room card from the hotel counter, slapped his head and cursed himself for not noticing such a large figure. It was only when this person started talking to waitress Xia Ruanruan that he noticed him.
"Thank you." Chu Hang took the room card handed to him and nodded.
He was breathing very slowly along the way. If he hadn't been a little distracted by seeing Chu Xing and the others' emotional fluctuations, the waiter wouldn't have noticed him the first time. Instead, the little girl who was looking at him angrily at the moment, for some reason, always found him the first time.
And every time he faced Xia Runrun, his emotions were not hazy like when he faced other people. Instead, his perception was very clear, as if there was a thick curtain between them.
Chu Hang subconsciously thought of the little girl's special behavior these days and touched the long hair hanging down at the back of her head.
Could it be that he has extra thick hair...?
…
Xia Runrun and his group slept for only one night at the Longquan base before they packed up their things, took some dry food, and grabbed the map manual they received from the Foreign Trade Department and rushed out of the survival base.
For the three missions this time, after carefully looking at the map, the group decided to go to the warehouse of the trading company closest to the Longquan Survival Base first.
The foreign trade company's warehouse was located near a national highway on the outskirts of the city. The black asphalt road was already riddled with potholes, and rows of towering trees and tall shrubs surrounded the area tightly. Xia Ruanruan and her group relied on 666 and Gugu's exploration to find the nearest route.
But even so, it took Xia Runrun and his group about three and a half hours.
"There are footprints here. It seems the target of the mission is not far ahead."
The claw marks of the mutant giant wolf were very large, and as the mutant wolves were walking in the snow, Xia Runrun and his group soon discovered the traces of the mutant wolves' activities. Yang Fan sat on Maomao's back, his eyes fixed on the footprints at his feet, which were obviously larger than Maomao's and had marks of sharp claws. His expression was full of solemnity.
It looks like they may have to go through a fierce battle.
One, two, three, four, five, six...
There are 6 different sizes of paw prints alone.
Someone else was equally nervous, "I wonder if these mutant wolves escaped from the zoo or the natural ecological reserve next door."
"No matter where they come from, their numbers definitely can't compete with the black and white bears..."
Yang Fan narrowed his eyes. "According to national statistics, before the virus outbreak, there were only about 25,000 wolves in our country, including those living in zoos... Wild wolves are mainly distributed in the northern provinces. Unless a large-scale wolf pack has traveled thousands of miles from the north to our south, the number of wolves in our area is definitely not likely to exceed three digits."
"Then how do we lure them out now? It's definitely not possible to make a big noise and attract a large group of them at once!" Huang Haichao said.
Old Man Yan was deep in thought. "How about we use a sneak attack? Let me take Gugu and lure them over here one by one?"
"How about digging a trap? Steel bars are hard to find, but sharp wooden thorns are fine." Someone else suggested.
"I think fumigation should be feasible. Anyway, we only need the metal inside. Burn down the surrounding buildings and let the mutant wolves leave on their own. We can then take the non-ferrous metals out of the warehouse and bring them back to base."
A group of people sat by the fire, talking to each other with serious faces, trying to discuss how to complete the task.
If they want to take control of the warehouse guarded by the mutant wolves and take back the non-ferrous metals stored therein, they will probably have to discuss and study it carefully.
"My stomach hurts and I need to go to the toilet..."
Xia Ruanruan looked at the people around her talking without joining in. She narrowed her eyes and deliberately tugged at Yang Fan's sleeve with her little paw. "By the way, take Dahei for a walk around and then come back. Let's all make lunch here first. We'll make a decision after lunch."
The little girl's voice was soft, and her big, watery, black eyes stared at Yang Fan without blinking, like a little kitten eagerly waiting for its adults to go out and play. In addition, the control of the mutant dogs was in the hands of the little girl, and Dahei was the tallest, strongest, and most powerful leader in the entire shelter. No one around had any other objections.
I just felt that the little girl had stayed in one place for too long and wanted to go out for a walk.
"Go, go, little boss, come back early for lunch." Wu Wenhua was blinded by the cuteness and blurted out the word "dog leg".
Chu Hang glanced at Xia Runrun, and a hint of understanding appeared in his dark eyes.
It goes without saying that this girl has the ability to communicate with animals, and she must want to leave the team alone to test the waters of the mutant wolves.
A person who can communicate with mutant animals and can make all kinds of mutant animals like him is much safer when acting alone than when acting with others.
"It's not realistic to burn the surrounding buildings. The mutant trees grow quickly and have a high water content. Add to that the large amount of snow, and it's going to be difficult to start a fire anytime soon."
"Wolves hunt in packs, just like lions, and they rarely travel in packs."
Chu Hang's eyes remained calm as he coldly rejected everyone's suggestions one by one, trying to drag them down as much as possible. "Unless the trap is large and widespread... then we have to make all preparations in advance."
…
"Let's go! Dahei, let's go!"
Xia Runrun sat on Dahei's back, trying hard to grab the other's back fur. In order to facilitate the battle, Dahei did not carry the small carriage on this trip.
"Hurry up and smell where the mutant wolf pack is. Let's follow this road to find the wolf pack!" Following the little girl's order, Dahei immediately sniffed the obvious residual smell in the air and quickly ran towards the direction where the smell was the strongest. Almost all animals have their own territory, and wolves are no exception.
Even because of the ferocious genes engraved in their bones, their territories are wider and broader than those of ordinary animals.
The big wolfhound galloped across the silver snow and soon found the place where the smell of wolves was strongest - a large rusty warehouse area.
The tall warehouses were more than ten meters high, and the largest ones looked at least twenty or thirty meters from the side! It was no wonder that the wolves chose to stay in such an environment, with great shelter from the wind and rain, and convenient hunting in the suburbs.
"Awoo~~~" (You little brats, don't run around casually~Awoo~~)
"Aoao~~~~" (Don't run around, don't run around, do you hear me?! Aoao~~)
The howling of wolves, accompanied by the whistling north wind, kept entering Xia Ruanruan's ears. Xia Ruanruan asked Dahei to hide behind a building. After giving him a few instructions, he climbed down from the dog's back, walked with his short legs along the path the wolves had walked, and went straight into the warehouse.
She couldn't afford to waste time casually now, as others were waiting for her.
…
In the largest warehouse No. 18, a group of huge mutant wolves with shiny silver-white hair and an average height of more than 4 meters were rolling back and forth and playing in the warehouse. Among them, the leader was the largest, a white wolf that was five or six meters tall and had an agile posture. It had a slender body and bright eyes. From time to time, its eyes looked at the dozen or so cubs rolling and playing in the warehouse, and its eyes were full of love.
It's a pity that, whether it was because the wolf king was too powerful or because the white wolf seemed too ferocious to the other cubs, none of the dozen or so cubs dared to approach it. Some of them even ran away from here as far away as possible because of the gaze given by the white wolf.
White Wolf King: “…”
The White Wolf King slowly withdrew his gaze, lay on the ground, and looked out through the crack in the warehouse door.
The wolves couldn't find a cave to live in this city, so they searched everywhere and could only find these warehouses to make do with. The White Wolf King closed his eyes, as they had to go out hunting in the afternoon.
However, just as the White Wolf King closed his eyes, a faint and strange smell suddenly rushed into the warehouse along with the cold wind.
“Swish!——”
The White Wolf King opened his eyes instantly, stood up, and looked at the warehouse door vigilantly. The other mutant white wolves also bared their fangs, staring at the door. Their scarlet tongues and fangs flashing with cold light all appeared at this moment. Even the little wolves stopped fighting and looked up at the warehouse door.
"Please, is Mr. Wolf and Miss Wolf here?"
Along with the soft, sticky sound, the wolves heard a "squeak!" and a little girl poked her head out. She tilted her head back, a hint of timidity in her dark eyes.
White Wolf King: “!!!”
The White Wolves: "!!!!"
Xia Ruanruan looked like a very cute little girl, but she had a natural animalistic filter. The way she cautiously and timidly looked at the mutant wolves was like a little wolf cub suddenly stepping out of a cave for the first time, looking at the whole new world with a face full of surprise and fear! Especially the eager look in her eyes and the polite and sensible questioning like a dream lover, she instantly won over the entire mutant wolf pack!
“Ah! Where did this little cub come from? It’s so cute! This must be mine, right?!
"Ahhhhhhh~~~" (Get lost! This is obviously my house! Don't be a lone wolf and just join in the fun here!)
A group of white wolves raised their heads and howled as if they were trying to snatch their cubs.
The leading white wolf king glanced at the surrounding wolves, shook his ears, and walked directly to Xia Runruan. The white wolf king was closest to the warehouse door, and at this moment, he only took three or four steps to come in front of Xia Runruan, stretched out his two claws forward, and "crash--" the giant wolf lay down.
The tip of his dark nose gently nudged Xia Ruanruan.
"Ao" (Come in quickly, cubs should not go out alone casually.)
The White Wolf King's roar was majestic, carrying a seriousness that the wolf pack could not ignore.
Seeing that the cub seemed to be frightened by his own voice and froze on the spot, the White Wolf King shook his ears and closed his mouth in disappointment as he wanted to howl. He had obviously tried hard to lower his voice, but how could he still scare the little cub in front of him?
Seeing Xia Runrun standing there in a daze, the White Wolf King felt a little annoyed for a moment.
The mutant white wolf swung its tail regretfully, sighing silently inwardly. It was indeed the wolf least welcomed by the cubs. Even this little cub, whom the wolf seemed particularly fond of, clearly didn't like it very much...
However, before the White Wolf King could finish feeling disappointed, a soft voice suddenly came into his ears.
"Wow! Mr. Wolf, your voice is so cool! Just as handsome as you are!"
White Wolf King: “???!!!!”
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