A child's wailing cry echoed through the sky.
The birds and beasts in the forest scattered and fled at the sound.
The blood tentacles, which were munching on a sweet autumn pear, felt as if they were being electrocuted. They spat out the half-eaten pear they were holding in their fleshy buds with a "plop," their panic visibly evident.
Zhao Yong instantly flashed to his cub's side.
Zhao Xiaoxiu, who was breaking down in tears, looked at him through her teary eyes, then turned to look at her own pants, and let out a "boo-hoo," feeling even more aggrieved.
She didn't cry when she was chased by the mutated bird.
She didn't cry even when the mutated bird pecked at her.
Her pants were torn, but she cried so hard she almost couldn't breathe.
This situation was completely unexpected for Zhao Gang. He panicked, his eyes darting around, completely at a loss. He raised his hands but they froze in mid-air, not knowing what to do.
Two tentacles hurriedly stretched out from the back of its head, one of them quickly picking a golden autumn pear from the tree and handing it to the cub.
One of them went and gathered a large bunch of broad banana leaves, trying to help her plug the hole in her pants.
The tip of the bud accidentally touched her buttocks, making Zhao Xiaoxiu shiver from the tickling sensation, and her crying abruptly stopped.
Holding the golden autumn pear, I saw her eyes light up, and quickly used my sharp teeth to gnaw off the skin, revealing the whole juicy and sweet white pear flesh.
The aroma was enticing. Zhao Xiaoxiu raised her small hand and wiped away her tears, grabbed the golden autumn pear, and took a big bite.
Crisp, sweet, and juicy—just as I imagined!
I felt instantly satisfied.
Zhao Gang and the two Blood-Touched Pears breathed a sigh of relief. They quickly picked all the golden autumn pears from the tree, gathered them on the broad leaves, and placed them under Zhao Xiaoxiu's feet. More than sixty pears were piled up into a small hill.
Zhao Xiaoxiu finished one in a few big bites, then picked up another one called Tentacle and started gnawing on its skin.
As she ate, she stretched out her little index finger and pointed to her own bottom.
That wasn't just a hole; it was a girl's shattered face!
Zhao Gang's eyes darted around, and he squatted down to pick up the remaining broad leaves from the ground.
No one knows how he did it, but in no time he had woven an apron, then tore the fallen leaves into pieces, and a green tassel skirt was wrapped around Zhao Xiaoxiu's waist.
"Do you like it?" Zhao Gang asked expectantly.
The little girl hummed twice, then proudly raised her chubby chin: "It's alright!"
With a twist of her tummy, the tassels swayed in a wave-like motion, and the little girl's mood instantly brightened from cloudy to sunny.
Only then did Zhao Gang dare to ask her, "Did Xiaoxiu see anything just now?"
Zhao Xiaoxiu recalled carefully, "Sparrow wings, and a green light."
"Dad, what is green light?"
Zhao Gang didn't answer immediately. Instead, he picked up a golden autumn pear and asked her to focus her attention to see what she could tell.
Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded obediently, finished the last bite of her pear, took the pear from Zhao Gang's hand, and stared at it with all her attention.
She still remembered the feeling of "seeing", so this time seeing was very smooth, and she could see some green and yellow light spots flowing inside the golden autumn pear.
"What is it?" Zhao Gang asked, trying to coax him.
Zhao Xiaoxiu hesitated and said, "Yellow and green spots. The green spots are the same as those on the mutated sparrow. I've never seen the yellow ones before."
Zhao Gang: "What color is more common?"
There are more green colors than yellow.
Zhao Gang: "How much exactly?"
Zhao Xiaoxiu has a mathematical concept in her memory; she has never had any trouble counting since she was a child.
But this time, the data presented was as natural and simple as eating and drinking.
"There are 209 yellow dots and 791 green dots."
The little man squatted down and placed the golden autumn pear on a broad green leaf.
Then he picked up the machete he had just thrown away, walked back, gestured a few times on the pear, and shaved off a small piece from the left side.
"The yellow part has been cut off, now only the green part is left." Zhao Xiaoxiu held up the remaining half of the Golden Autumn Pear and handed it to Zhao Gang to see.
Curious, she asked, "Dad, what do these bright spots represent? Will I be okay since I've already eaten them?"
Zhao Gang smiled reassuringly at the cub, "No, you can eat both yellow and green."
As he spoke, he glanced at the pile of mutated sparrow corpses at the entrance of the tree hole, his meaning clear.
Zhao Xiaoxiu was stunned in disbelief for a moment before finally realizing what she had seen.
"Is it the degree of mutation?" She looked up at Zhao Gang to confirm her guess.
Zhao Gang nodded emphatically, "Xiao Xiu is great, she has learned to identify the degree of mutation of the mutant species so quickly."
"The reason why people perceive green and yellow is probably due to preconceived notions about the base's detection lights."
In fact, the degree of mutation in variant species is not determined by color.
But individual differences naturally exist, as long as they can be identified.
Zhao Xiaoxiu found it incredible that she had mastered the super self-healing ability and the ability to automatically identify the degree of mutation of mutant species so easily.
For a fleeting moment, the cub felt incredibly powerful!
However, when he looked up and saw his living father standing in front of him, he was immediately pulled back to reality.
The reality is that humans are terrifyingly weak in the face of unknown monsters.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Xiaoxiu couldn't help but ask tentatively in a low voice, "Dad, is killing a human as easy for you as killing an ant?"
Zhao Gang, who was shaking out a sack to help the cubs pick up the mutated sparrows, paused, looked up at him blankly, and asked, "Why would I kill a person or an ant?"
Zhao Xiaoxiu: I'm numb! Humans and monsters are definitely not on the same logical chain of thought!
Twenty-three C-grade mutated sparrows were wrapped in broad leaves and put into a burlap sack.
The remaining sixty-four fist-sized golden autumn pears, as well as the golden autumn pears that had been cut in half, were all close to B-grade mutations. Zhao Xiaoxiu put some in her small backpack and the rest, separated by leaves, into a burlap sack.
Zhao Xiaoxiu was very satisfied with her afternoon's work and did not plan to delve any further.
Zhao Gang recalled how the cub had been wailing earlier and decided to stop there, since he had already achieved his goal for the day.
Zhao Xiaoxiu dug up a large handful of unidentified C-grade mutated small purple flowers growing next to the tree hole. The father and daughter packed up and headed home.
She had only taken a few steps when the satellite phone in Zhao Xiaoxiu's bag buzzed twice.
"Dad, there's a text message." Zhao Xiaoxiu was still holding flowers and couldn't easily reach out, so she arched her back and slung her backpack over her shoulder, gesturing for Zhao Gang to take out his phone to check.
"It's the weather forecast, reminding you that there will be localized thunderstorms from this evening to tonight." After reading it, Zhao Gang stuffed his phone back into the cub's fully packed backpack and zipped it up.
Zhao Xiaoxiu looked up at the sky. The sun hung high on the horizon, its rays shining brightly, showing no sign of rain.
But as soon as the father and daughter left the cordon and found the hidden bicycle and drove into Zone B, it suddenly got dark.
The air quickly became humid, and a few drops of rain drifted in from the north.
Zhao Xiaoxiu watched helplessly as the rain curtain moved from north to south and quickly reached her head.
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