Just one night later, many mutated weeds appeared on the way down the mountain.
Zhao Xiaoxiu chopped grass all the way until her hands were almost too heavy to lift, and finally she saw the main road.
The once clean road is now covered with fallen leaves and plant roots.
However, these plant roots don't live long. Passing cars will mercilessly crush them, and on a sunny day, the roots will become brittle and burnt.
It scattered with a gust of wind.
The base also regularly sends people out to maintain the roads and ensure smooth vehicle passage.
Each hunting team on a mission is also responsible for clearing the roads.
All the survivors have become accustomed to constantly fighting with mutated plants for a path to survival.
The van driver didn't come today.
Zhao Xiaoxiu and her group could only try their luck as they walked toward the base.
Let's see if we can run into a hunting party's car and hitch a ride.
Meng Laoda made three torches: two large ones for himself and Zhao Gang, and a small one for Zhao Xiaoxiu.
The flames can drive away the roots of the mutated plants that are spreading rampantly along the road, preventing them from entangled in your feet.
The three adults and one child made their way towards the base at a moderate pace.
Zhao Xiaoxiu's training results over the past month were fully displayed today.
The little girl not only has physical strength and endurance far exceeding that of her peers, but also has amazing perseverance.
I've been walking on my own the whole way down the mountain.
I didn't complain of being tired once during the process.
Her little face was etched with exhaustion, and her eyes showed numbness as she stared at the endless road, yet she never once asked to be carried or held.
It wasn't that she didn't want to, but seeing the adults injured and carrying huge backpacks and two heavy hyenas, sweating profusely, she sensibly didn't want to add to their burden.
Just as Zhao Xiaoxiu was secretly fantasizing about how wonderful it would be if her family had a car.
They were finally blessed by Lady Luck.
A modified Wuling Hongguang minivan roared by, its tires relentlessly crushing the roots of the mutated plant, kicking up a pile of debris.
With a loud bang, the van screeched to a halt in front of Zhao Xiaoxiu and her group.
"Get in!" the driver shouted.
Zhao Xiaoxiu's numb eyes gradually brightened, and she declared—Wuling Hongguang, you are my god!
Once everyone was in the car, the driver performed a drift turn, floored the accelerator, and launched the silver van into the mountains like a streak of lightning.
Inside the car, Zhao Gang and the others quickly fastened their seatbelts to avoid being thrown out.
The driver rambled on, "I'm just too kind-hearted. I guessed if you were still alive, you would be heading down the mountain by now. The rain had just stopped, and I was bored anyway, so I came to check on you. I didn't expect to actually run into you guys."
"How was it? Did you make a profit this time?" the driver asked, looking at the bulging sack in the car through the rearview mirror.
The sacks were full of fresh fruits and vegetables, but the smell wouldn't be noticeable in the fresh air of the mountains.
But now, placed in the cramped carriage, it's incredibly tempting.
Meng, being quite perceptive, clutched his aching leg and forced a smile, saying:
"Don't worry, you'll get your share."
The driver was actually quite nice today; Meng Lao Er didn't say anything, which was unusual.
When the group arrived at the base, he even took an extra bunch of "evolution tomatoes" from his bag and gave it to the driver.
"Brother, what's your name?" Meng Lao Er asked.
The driver laughed and said, "Just call me Old Turtle."
After saying that, he put the large pumpkin and tomato he had obtained into the car, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go. I, Old Turtle, am not one to take advantage of others. I'll take you to the hospital."
Two great joys for the Meng brothers.
Especially Meng Lao Er, who kept calling him "Brother Bie," he liked that kind of straightforward person.
The van first stopped in front of the biotechnology company's office building. Zhao Gang and his daughter took the hyena to hand in their mission, and then the van continued to take the injured Meng brothers to the base hospital.
The biotechnology company's headquarters is located in the core area of the base, separated from the unfinished building by a high wall, forming two completely independent areas.
Over there, at the unfinished building site, there are dilapidated buildings and chaotic crowds everywhere.
Inside the core area, the buildings are new, the land is clean and spacious, and there are complete infrastructure such as streetlights and trash cans along the roads, making it no different from a small town before the apocalypse.
Here, cars come and go, and soldiers returning from missions can enjoy warm water and a wide variety of food.
The pedestrians walking on the street were dressed in clean and tidy clothes.
A mother led her child into a convenience store to buy a small cream cake priced at 200 points.
Next to the sports equipment in the flower bed, several elderly men and women who looked to be in their early sixties were playing music on a stereo and choreographing square dance.
There are kindergartens and schools here, where children can learn various kinds of knowledge from their teachers.
In the green belt in the middle of the road, there are non-aggressive mutant daisies, with huge orange-yellow flowers blooming enthusiastically and emitting a charming fragrance.
This fragrance is the smell that mutant mosquitoes hate the most, and it can repel mosquitoes.
The clerk sitting inside the glass window coldly calculated the points for the two mutated hyenas and told the father and daughter:
"We have enough hyenas; there's no need to send any more live hyenas."
Zhao Gang responded with an "oh".
He carried a huge hiking backpack, held a stick in one hand and a sack full of fruits and vegetables in the other, and gestured for Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was sitting on the steps at the entrance of the office building, to follow him.
Zhao Xiaoxiu, who had finally managed to get a short rest, sighed and could only prop herself up on her two little legs, trying her best to keep up with her father's pace.
The father and daughter left the dreamlike town and returned to the dilapidated, unfinished building.
This harvest was very fruitful.
I've successfully accumulated 500 points, and I also have a sack of fresh fruits and vegetables, a solar-powered charging station, a satellite phone, and a bag of evolution seeds.
There is a charging station next to the convenience store downstairs.
Following his cub's wishes, Zhao Gang sold half of the hard-to-store evolved tomatoes and cabbages in exchange for 300 points and a month's supply of nutrient solution.
I spent 20 credits to fully charge the satellite phone and found that it was working perfectly.
You only need to spend another 200 points to buy a phone card to use it directly.
However, given that they didn't have many points on hand, the father and daughter didn't buy a phone card.
When I got home after fully charging my satellite phone, the flashlight I had placed by the window to bask in the sun had also been charged to one bar.
Zhao Xiaoxiu pressed the switch, and the dimly lit room lit up instantly.
The father and daughter exchanged a glance, and Zhao Xiaoxiu was especially happy.
Zhao Gang was happy to see the cubs happy.
Zhao Xiaoxiu instructed her father to replace the old bed sheets and quilts with new bedding brought back from the temple.
After cleaning her hands and feet, she put on the little BMW toy necklace she brought back from the temple and happily rolled around on her new bed.
In the evening, the Meng brothers returned from the hospital. After treatment with medical equipment, their injuries had almost completely healed.
After a hasty dinner, the two immediately called Zhao Gang and his daughter to go to the outskirts of the core area to find Meng Lao Er's friend.
There are many people watching the factory vacancy, and no one dares to waste a minute.
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