Chapter 56
◎Origin of mutant wild animals◎
Chapter 56
Normally, Ying Huai is not afraid of the attacks of these little gadgets. After all, his strength is above these and is overwhelming.
The main reason why these mutant ants did not approach Daxi Village before was that Ying Huai used his spiritual power to separate them.
But just separating them like this is not a long-term solution.
If Tang Rufeng really wanted to raise these brainless mutant ants in the village, one day they would overestimate their own abilities and get close to Ying Huai, and bite him from time to time.
These mutant ants have no brains. They don't know how to judge the situation, and they don't understand the gap in strength.
They only know how to eat, eat spiritual food, in order to ensure their future lives, and to ensure that the queen ant can give birth to similarly mutated ant offspring, to ensure the strength of their colony.
Even though the mutant ants have gained far greater power than before after the great changes in the world, they have no brains and can only calculate these survival patterns formed based on instinct.
Seeing the thoughts appearing in his mind, Tang Rufeng turned his head to look in Ying Huai's direction and wanted to laugh.
He had heard before that many ants would choose to locate their nests at the roots of tall trees. Before he brought these mutant ants back, he had never thought that his godmother would hate them.
Judging from the godmother’s past behavior, even if she encountered something that she found displeasing, she would choose not to look at it.
I'm afraid I really don't like it this time.
"Yeah, okay, we'll roast all these mutant ant eggs later!"
The village chief was the first to react and answer, nodding continuously with the ant eggs in his arms.
"Yes, yes, yes. Village chief, you make the arrangements first. We'll go back and rest."
Although the ant eggs were brought back by Tang Rufeng, he had wanted to ask Ying Huai from the beginning whether he could raise them. He had already prepared to eat them if he couldn't. When he heard the village chief's decision, he had no intention of objecting at all.
"Okay, Rufeng, you guys take a rest first. I'll figure out how to cook these ant eggs and share them with you guys."
The village chief said this and sent the group back to rest. He then asked the villagers to pack up the things that Tang Rufeng and others brought back, and prepared to see how to deal with them.
As for the wild animals that had not left yet, the village chief was not prepared to let the villagers just watch them, so he called on Boss Wu, also known as Stone Dad, to help move them to the back of the village.
"Boss, you keep an eye on this side. Let the stones lead them to rest over there first. We'll go over there tomorrow to fix up the old house."
As the village chief spoke, he had already arranged the focus of what the villagers would do in the next few days.
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Hearing his father's instructions, Shitou's father nodded hurriedly, and followed the village chief's instructions. He picked up Shitou, who was already showing signs of sleepiness, and carried him on his shoulders, heading towards the back of the village.
Under normal circumstances, Stone Dad can complete simple communication with Ahri. After all, he watched Ahri being born, and as Ahri grew up, he spent the most time with him. So even though Ahri has grown up now, he has no fear at all.
But now, it wasn't just small wild animals that followed Ahri back! There was also a giant tiger that definitely wasn't a cat.
He can guarantee that his own Ahri will not bite himself to death when she gets excited, but he cannot guarantee that the big tiger behind him will not do that!
Therefore, it is necessary to bring along my son who can sense and understand animal language.
At least when the big tiger is angry, he can still understand why he is angry and have a chance to run a few steps or call Ali for help, right?
Thinking of this, he walked forward with steady steps while carrying the stone.
The stone that my father had carried on my body without any reason was pressing against my stomach. I felt terrible, sleepy, and nauseous. I felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Dad, Dad, Dad, you're pressing against me. I want to vomit..."
Before he could finish his words, the undigested food that Shitou had eaten before leaving in the afternoon was carried out by his father in the middle of the night.
Feeling the dripping sensation on his back, Stone Dad felt unwell.
"Shi Tou! You idiot, what are you doing? It's so dirty..."
As he spoke, Stone Dad ran forward.
"Wow, wow, wow..."
When he ran like this, the remaining food residue in the stomach was also vomited out.
"Dad, you have no moral integrity. I didn't even tell you that I was uncomfortable with you carrying me like that, but you yelled at me first..."
Shitou complained about his grievance.
That's right. When Shi Tou was sleepy before, Shi Tou's father insisted on taking Shi Tou with him to protect him. As a result, he was fine as long as he held Shi Tou tightly.
But Stone's father didn't agree. He was annoyed that the nine-year-old Stone would block his view when he carried him while walking, so he insisted on carrying him like this. As a result, he couldn't carry the child properly, and the undigested food in the sleepy Stone's stomach was knocked out.
Now he still feels disgusted and spits on him because of the stone.
"Can't you tell me if you feel uncomfortable carrying me like this? I can just change my position..."
"I didn't have time to tell you! Who knew you walked so unsteadily..."
The father and son were arguing with each other as they walked forward.
If they didn't have important things to do and the world had become unsafe at night, the two of them would probably have started chasing each other around the village as usual after their quarrels.
The village chief looked at his eldest son, who was already old but still childish and could quarrel with his own son, and wanted to shake his head and sigh.
Ali, who was following behind the father and son, also wanted to sigh.
The two-legged beasts passed down from our cat mother grow slowly and are not very powerful. Moreover, they have been as immature as ever for decades, no matter whether they are big or small.
A bunch of animals followed the father and son away. The rest of the people packed up the things brought back by Tang Rufeng and others, re-cooked the ant eggs, and then went home to rest.
One of the reasons they would stand at the entrance of the village and wait was because they were worried about the people who went out and were afraid that something might happen. In case someone came back to ask for help, they would not be able to find anyone, so they wanted to be prepared at any time.
But now everyone is back, and they don’t need to continue waiting.
Seeing that everyone in the village had gone home to rest as usual, the village chief took a last look at the ant eggs and other things that had been placed in the village office. After making sure that there was no problem, he left.
Because the thing was a little special, Ying Huai placed his roots there after the village chief left, and only took them back after making sure there was no problem.
Ying Huai was still confident in what the villagers were doing, he was just taking precautions.
The ant eggs that Tang Rufeng and others brought back had a very high spiritual energy content, and even if they were cooked again, it did not affect the spiritual energy at all.
After Tang Rufeng and the others learned from Ying Huai that the spiritual energy there was good for the human body, except for those who left, the rest of the villagers basically got some, and each family got some.
Fortunately, the ant nest was big enough and they brought back enough for everyone in the village to taste.
You know what, these ant eggs are really delicious.
Almost everyone who has eaten these ant eggs is looking forward to tasting them again the next time they discover mutant ants.
Of course, because of Ying Huai, the villagers never thought of bringing those dangerous mutant ants back to raise them as poultry for laying eggs.
In an ant colony, only the queen ant lays eggs. If we raise them as poultry, how many colonies would we have to raise?
If one day they fail to control the situation well, not only the villagers of Daxi Village, but also their godmother will be eaten by those mutant ants.
Knowing the danger of these things, no one in the village really wanted to bring the mutant ants back to raise them as Tang Rufeng had originally thought.
The mutant ant eggs taste good, and their shells are also good.
This was discovered later by Tang Rufeng when he was cleaning up the mutant ant nest.
When they dug the nest, it was late at night, so they didn't clean it very thoroughly and there were still many remains of mutant ants inside.
These remains were revealed later when Wu Hun melted the nest model and turned it back into molten iron.
After seeing that after the shells of these mutant ants were burned in high-temperature molten iron, only the internal organs inside the shells were burned clean, while the outer shells were fine, he had some ideas.
Ant shells are small, but it is still possible to make a piece of armor by drilling holes in them.
To this end, Tang Rufeng took Captain Qingzhi back to the place where they fought the ants, brought back the remaining ant corpses, peeled off the shells and made a protective armor.
You know what, after putting it on, it really looks like armor.
A simple knife cut will not break it, it will only leave a mark.
As long as it's not a heavyweight mutant animal like Ahri, it still has some defensive effect. At least it can provide them with an extra layer of protection when walking on this mountain.
After Tang Rufeng's protective armor was made, except for the testing period, the person who wore it was not himself, but the young man from the village who had been planning to take his wife down the mountain.
Because of the previous incident with the mutant ants when he went down the mountain, he no longer dared to take his wife down the mountain to give birth. What he was thinking of now was to go down the mountain to find an experienced midwife, or an obstetrician and gynecologist who was not currently working in a hospital, and bring the person up the mountain.
The idea of bringing people up the mountain sounds a bit ridiculous on the surface. They are staying well at the foot of the mountain and are being watched and protected by the government's security team. There is no possibility of danger in the short term. How can we follow them up the mountain?
But this was the best method he could think of. His wife was pregnant and it was difficult for her to go down the mountain. If the world had not changed, he would have just had to be careful when taking his wife down the mountain.
Now that the outside world has changed so much, he cannot guarantee that even if he has walked up and down the mountain several times, even dozens of times, there will be no problems when he really takes his wife for a walk.
Nothing is more important than the lives of his wife and children. This time when he goes down the mountain, he is ready to risk all his wealth.
After hearing what he meant, Mr. Wu and Shitou's mother thought of the doctor who had been in long-term contact with their family.
It was his wife who helped deliver Shitou, and later gave her such a good job, which she has been doing for many years.
If the world hadn't changed recently and her family hadn't allowed her to keep running up and down the mountains, she would probably still be working in town.
"Recently, Doctor Fu and his men have been saying that things are not going well down the mountain. Why don't you ask them to go down the mountain and look for Doctor Fu's home?
Doctor Fu's wife works in obstetrics. They were able to deliver our son, Shitou, even when his condition was so critical. Their medical skills are impeccable. When their family comes, Doctor Fu and his wife can help with almost any illness."
As Shi Tou Ma was speaking, everyone was already thinking about where they would live after going up the mountain.
"You're just imagining things. He has a job at the hospital, so how can he follow us up the mountain?"
Listening to what his wife said, Shi Tou Dad sat behind a big round basin and rubbed his clothes, while denying what his wife said.
He was washing the vomit on Shitou's body. There was a washing machine at home, but because it was so sticky and disgusting on his clothes, Shitou's mother didn't let him use it and asked him to rub it slowly himself.
Now he could only sit here and wash clothes feeling so aggrieved.
"Scrub it clean. Later, you can also scrub the dirty clothes that Shitou wore when he went out fooling around. If you don't scrub his clothes, they won't get clean even if you put them in the washing machine."
After hearing what Stone Dad said, Stone Mom rolled her eyes at him and didn't answer him directly. Instead, she pointed at Stone Dad.
"I'll call and ask later, and then you can talk to our dad and see if it works out. If not, forget it. It's just a suggestion anyway."
Shi Tou's mother said this without any special thoughts. She could think of this because she had been in contact with Dr. Fu's family for a long time and knew each other's personalities. She would only think of them first if there was no problem.
Otherwise, given how xenophobic the people in their village were before, how much better would it be for her even if she married into the village?
There must be nothing wrong with the character of a person who can take such a long time to get to know and finally be recognized by such an xenophobic family.
"Okay, I'll talk to you when Dad comes back.
But Dad would definitely think more about it. There was no village doctor in the village before, so the villagers were not very anxious. Anyway, they could find the health center in the town by going down the mountain. The doctors there were all the same, except that the journey was far. If there was no serious illness, my mom would also treat headaches and fevers, and I could just take some medicine at home.
But now it’s no longer possible. The world has become so dangerous. If there is no doctor on the mountain, I feel uneasy.
As Shitou's father spoke, he wrung the water out of his clothes, turned around and poured out the water that had already been used for washing. Following his wife's instructions, he added detergent again and scrubbed Shitou's dirty, reflective clothes.
Seeing Shi Tou's father brushing Shi Tou's dirty clothes, Shi Tou's mother didn't plan to continue talking. She just mentioned it anyway. Whether it would succeed in the end depended on the intentions of both parties.
From now on, it seems that the protection in the town at the foot of the mountain is not as good as the protection of their godmother on the mountain. The reason why she mentioned this is because her family and Dr. Fu's family have indeed gotten along well over the years, otherwise she would not have said a word.
After all, my godmother's situation is too special. If some people who don't know the limits go up the mountain, they might do something to her.
She naturally knew which was more important, the friend she had known for a few years at the foot of the mountain or the godmother who had protected the entire Daxi Village for a hundred years. There was no need to compare them.
"Just briefly tell us about Dr. Fu's family situation. Don't say anything else. Dad agreed to ask Dr. Fu and the others again. We'll see when the time comes. Anyway, let's not get too excited."
Finally, Shi Tou's mother gave some instructions, and seeing that there were other things to do, she quickly got up and went to work. Shi Tou's father was left looking at the clothes on his hands that had been rubbed black by the water, sighed, and resigned himself to his fate and continued rubbing.
"This kid..."
I was just about to complain about playing with stones endlessly and making my clothes so dirty.
But then he thought that Shi Tou's clothes seemed to have been dirty when he was dealing with the mutant ants, and thought about the two bite holes on Shi Tou's legs, so he swallowed his words.
It's good to be able to wash.
Anyway, he couldn't beat those mutant animals. If the stone was so powerful, what would it matter if it got a few more clothes dirty?
Sigh, and rub it resignedly.
As soon as Ali entered the house, he saw his two-legged beast playing in the water, looking very unhappy. He walked up to it and used his tail to scoop up a handful of water from the big round basin in front of Stone Dad. He flicked his tail and splashed it all over Stone Dad.
As soon as he finished swinging, Ahri turned around and ran away with his tail erect.
Hearing Stone Dad's shouting from behind, Ali shook his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and his whole face was full of pride after the prank was successful.
Ali jumped out of the Wu family's wall with his head shaking and headed towards the village entrance.
It had been down the mountain for a long time and didn't talk much to Ying Huai last night. After coming to see its own two-legged beast today, the first thing it thought of was to find Ying Huai.
The village chief was staying at Tang Rufeng's house, discussing the young man's family affairs with Tang Rufeng and preparing to come up with a solution.
Tang Rufeng just listened to the village chief's words, his hands and eyes never stopping, looking at the news on the computer screen.
After seeing Ali bringing some animals that were not normally seen in the mountains to their area, Tang Rufeng began to search for news in the surrounding area, hoping to get some specific information from the Internet.
After all, no matter which zoo suddenly loses so many animals, including ferocious beasts, it will issue a press release.
He wanted to know the background of the zoo and its reputation, so as to speculate on the previous lives of those mutated wild animals.
Many of the personalities of mutated animals after the revival of spiritual energy are formed by their previous living environment.
For example, after the mayor went up the mountain, his uncle mentioned that the living environment of animals before they mutate is very important. If many humans are malicious towards them, they will not be very friendly to humans after they mutate.
The wise ones will choose to return to normal life after revenge, but the unwise ones will choose to put the entire human race on their revenge list, full of hatred until they kill humans or end their own lives.
It can be said that many of the attacks by mutated animals after the changes in heaven and earth were the result of actions sown by humans themselves.
Now Tang Rufeng wants to find the place where those mutated wild animals originally lived, in order to determine whether the environment they lived in before was stable, and to determine whether their current temperament needs attention.
Avoid villagers accidentally provoking and touching the valve areas that cannot be touched by mutated wild animals.
"Found it..."
After searching for a long time, Tang Rufeng finally saw the relevant news in the news bulletin of one of the cities.
A lot of things happen every day during this period, and each city’s external news window will release a lot of related news and handling results.
Of course, it took Tang Rufeng some time to turn each page, but fortunately the result was good now. He found the origin of those mutated wild animals.
"What did you find?"
Hearing Tang Rufeng's words, the village chief came over curiously, put on his reading glasses, and followed him to read the news on the computer.
"Oh, the next city, those two little guys, Ahri, ran really far."
After seeing the name of the city, this was the first thing that came to the village chief's mind.
After hearing what the village chief said, Tang Rufeng was speechless.
However, he was also a little surprised that in such a short period of time, Ali and Guo Shanfeng were able to cross such a long distance, find so many mutated wild animals, and persuade them to bring them back. It was also very impressive.
"Well, it says this zoo is facing closure because of a lack of visitors. Plus, the world has changed recently, and the staff can't take care of the animals, which has caused them to riot. After applying to the higher-ups for a deal, they discovered a lot of animals were missing, and they still haven't found them."
Tang Rufeng looked at the news notice, summarized it briefly, and talked to the village chief.
"It's just that they don't have the money to support them, and they can't take good care of them afterwards, so they're starving and going crazy."
After hearing what Tang Rufeng said, the village chief was speechless.
It can be imagined that given the temperament of these wild animals that have stayed in the zoo for a long time, if they have food and water and are surrounded by high walls and iron nets, they will really try their best to run out.
After all, after running away, you may not be able to have the same life as before or eat good food.
"Well, at least there wasn't much physical abuse. They just starved me."
As the village chief spoke, he suddenly turned his head as if he remembered something.
"Ali brought back that big tiger. How can we eat this?"
Thinking about how much Ali eats after the great changes in the world, before, if they had one cat at home, Ali would have to go out and hunt for food in the wild to be full. Now there is a big cat, how are they going to raise it?
The village chief was a little worried about the food problem of the mutated wild animals that Ali brought back to the village.
"How about we contact the mayor, tell him about our situation, and ask him to give us some help?"
"Well, we can talk about it. Forget about getting rid of those mutant wild animals now. Let them stay where they want. Don't create unnecessary dangers just to move them."
When Tang Rufeng heard what the village chief said, he nodded in agreement.
We must tell the mayor about the appearance of so many dangerous wild animals on the mountain. The mayor and his men will definitely go up the mountain again in the future, so we must tell him about this situation.
"Let's get back to the topic. We're going down the mountain to find a doctor to deliver the little girl in the village..."
The matter of wild animals came to a temporary end, and the village chief quickly turned the topic back and began to discuss with Tang Rufeng what they had been discussing before.
The village chief and Tang Rufeng were brainstorming, but Ali's side was indeed calm.
After leaving Wu's house, he ran all the way towards the village entrance.
Such a big cat was running wildly in the village, and the dust it raised along with its fur was floating in the air.
Everyone in the village who was passed by Ali couldn't help but cover their faces to avoid being covered with hair and dust.
"Ahri, run slower, there's too much dust!"
When he heard the voice, although Ali didn't understand it, he could understand that it was talking about the fact that it raised too much dust when running.
When it was small, it wouldn't have brought up so much dust. It's just that now that it's grown up, it's still not used to it, so it hasn't made the transition and needs to adapt to its size.
Ignoring what the villagers behind him said, Ali walked all the way to the village entrance and saw a big cat of similar size to him lying there.
At this time, a child was lying on the other person's body, with his head resting on the big cat's head and one hand stretched out to reach the big cat's whiskers.
One side of the cat's whiskers was pulled, and its mouth was raised uncontrollably, with sharp fangs showing between its fleshy lips. But even when the child's hand was about to reach its mouth, the cat didn't show any temper on its face, and looked like a good-tempered cat.
Zuzu, who was watching the stone's movements from the side, felt a pang of pain in his teeth.
Shitou is a kid who knows how to treat people differently, including animals.
In such a short time, after knowing that the big tiger had a good temper, he dared to climb onto the tiger's back.
Ahri looked at it and walked up to it and clawed at the stone's butt.
Even though he knew his current size and used 90% of his strength, he still managed to knock the stone away.
From the head supporting the big cat's head, to the belly supporting the big cat's head.
If the big cat hadn't reacted quickly, raised its head, and hit the stone with its head, he would have been knocked to the ground.
【Author’s words】
Fix the typos~ Happy reading, everyone~
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