Chapter 5: Harvest: There are too many things to move back.
"Don't do this kind of thing again in the future. It's very dangerous." Xinxue's nose felt sore and she rubbed her eyes to prevent the tears from flowing out.
She wasn't sad and didn't want to cry.
But my nose is sore and my heart feels full and bloated.
Ah Shu frowned at her and explained stubbornly, "You will feel uncomfortable eating my food... so let's eat human food..."
"Oh...so that's the reason." Xinxue recalled.
I did vaguely say something like this yesterday when I had a fever, but it was just a casual guess.
Humans are like this. When they feel uncomfortable in their stomach, the first thing they will do is review what they have eaten.
She had previously either been hungry for long periods of time or could only find a little food.
That roasted rat was the freshest, most delicious and most filling thing she had eaten in days.
It seems that I have to be careful about my words and actions in front of the snake girl in the future.
Otherwise, she will believe everything you say and things will become very complicated.
"Ashu, I'm not that squeamish." Xinxue said seriously, "I'll eat whatever you eat. If I can't finish it, I'll process it into something I can eat."
She walked over and hugged Ah Shu's snake belly, rubbing her face against the scales, and said firmly, "Let's not do this in the future, it's too dangerous.
I like to eat the prey you catch. I had a good meal yesterday. My fever should have nothing to do with that."
"Really?" Ah Shu was still a little worried.
For her, a high body temperature is a very dangerous thing. Yesterday, the girl had a fever but felt helpless and could do nothing about it, which made her very uncomfortable.
Ah Shu hates things that are out of his control.
Xin Xue nodded solemnly: "Really, I don't want you to be in danger."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the snake girl laughed heartily.
She put her hands on her hips and twisted her waist in a very majestic posture, "I'm very powerful, there will be no danger!"
Ah Shu, this is the truth.
Over the years, many humans who wanted to invade her territory and set their sights on her flesh and blood were driven away.
What's more, because of his powerlessness and arrogance, he left his life on this land forever.
But there's no need to tell Xinxue that. I can just deal with the dead bones outside the gymnasium when I have time.
Ah Shu silently made a to-do list in his mind.
Xinxue always laughs at her little pride that comes from nowhere.
"Okay, okay, you are very, very good." She giggled twice.
Suddenly I smelled that the food on the campfire was almost burnt, my stomach growled, and I started to feel hungry.
"I'll go see what they are eating." Xinxue ran over and smelled the clay pot. After feeling that the smell was good, she scooped some food with a wooden spoon on the side.
These people cooked stew.
It contains carrots, potatoes, cabbage, mushrooms, vermicelli, and slightly fried pork cubes.
Even when her mother was still alive, Xinxue hadn't eaten such a sumptuous meal in a long time.
Now I am not only hungry, but also greedy.
Xinxue swallowed and poked the various ingredients with her chopsticks.
When you find that it is cooked, take the clay pot off the fire and set it aside to cool.
Because I was in a hurry, I almost burned my hand.
This clay pot is quite large and heavy, and the stew it cooks is enough for six or seven people.
Xinxue felt that with her current appetite, she would still be a little short of finishing the meal.
She turned her eyes to the half pork and thought to herself that if she was still hungry, she would try this.
While waiting for the stew to cool down, Xin Xue began to gather up the belongings left behind by the group.
Sugar, salt, MSG and other seasonings were the first things she packed into her backpack.
This is the magic weapon that keeps the new snow alive. Once you see it, you must take it back.
Apart from the first time, she also picked up and put away the bread slices that fell on the ground without any disgust.
Seeing that there was still some space in the bag, Xinxue stuffed a few more raw potatoes into it.
This is what people who are afraid of being hungry will do. They cannot tolerate any sign of food waste.
Secondly, her light brown eyes were fixed on the clean clothes that those people had hung out to dry in a panic and had no time to collect.
Xinxue was lucky because there were smaller teenagers and women in that team.
She rolled up the trouser legs and cuffs of the remaining clothes so that they could just fit.
Those larger men's clothes can also be put away and altered to a size that suits her body shape when needles and thread are found, or they can be used as bedding.
What made her happiest was a pair of woolen slippers one size too large on the ground, which should have been worn by the woman who screamed so loudly.
The soles of the shoes were thick and soft, much more comfortable than the pair she was currently wearing.
After trying on the shoes, Xinxue sat down and thought for a while, then took them off and put them in the side pocket of his backpack.
The slippers were comfortable, but they didn't have a tripping rope, and she was afraid they would fall off while she was in a hurry.
I'd better take it back to the gym and wear it to feel at ease.
Girls love cleanliness, and they are very happy to see these clean clothes that smell good after being dried in the sun.
Xinxue couldn't stand this anymore.
Her cheeks felt hot, and she said to the snake woman who was watching TV beside her, "Ashu, turn around. I want to change my clothes."
A Shu didn't understand why he couldn't watch it openly.
But seeing Xinxue's insistence, he just nodded and turned away obediently.
But secretly he was sniffing and observing the girl with the infrared sensor near his nostrils.
Xinxue's series of movements of lifting her legs and stretching her arms were all clearly visible in her mind.
After serving herself a bowl of stew, Xinxue noticed something on the stove with her sharp eyes.
"Hey, there's a small bag."
She ran over and opened the bag. Inside were a few candies, half a pack of cigarettes, a soft red ball, a deck of playing cards, and an unresolved dark blue Rubik's Cube.
The red ball and the Rubik's Cube are not made of ordinary plastic and feel very textured.
These were all rare items. Xinxue happily tied the small bag to the strap of her backpack, preparing to take it back and study it slowly.
When she picked up the bowl again, she looked up and saw Ah Shu staring at her intently.
Xinxue remembered that she hadn't eaten yet, so she scooped another bowl and placed it next to her: "Let this cool down and you can eat it."
Ah Shu was quite interested in human food, but she put it down after eating two bowls.
She said it was not even enough to fill her teeth, so she refused to eat.
Xinxue slowly finished the stew by herself, and then toasted the bread slices and ate them.
Looking back at the items left behind at the temporary campsite, she let out a long sigh.
Hearing the snake's tail sliding towards her, she turned her head and her eyes met the puzzled Ah Shu.
"What's wrong?" Ah Shu asked her.
Xinxue spread her hands and said, "It's fine to pick up leftovers by the river like we did yesterday. But we came so far to get food today, there's no way we can carry it back."
She didn't know how far it was from the gymnasium, she only knew that Ah Shu had just run along the river for almost an hour.
Although we have gained so much, the big problem is that we cannot move it back.
As expected, upon hearing this, Ah Shu's expression became visibly stiff.
She looked around with some loss.
Those people must have camped here for two or three days. In addition to food, moisture-proof mats, sleeping bags, and various commonly used tools were scattered all over the ground. If you look closely, you can see that there were also magazines that had not been retrieved in time.
A Shu came to the conclusion that it was impossible to move it away in one go, or even three or four times.
Seeing that the snake girl's mood suddenly became low, Xinxue also felt uncomfortable.
She thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we go find a car first, even a broken one will do.
As long as the truck bed is usable, we should be able to slowly push it back."
Before the apocalypse, most cars had been turned into scrap metal by the wind, rain, and tortured by evolved plants and animals, and could no longer be started.
But a lean camel is bigger than a horse. As long as the cart bed is not broken and can hold things, they can find a way to get it back.
Xinxue looked at her own thin arms and legs, raised her eyes and smiled ingratiatingly at the snake girl: "But you still have to do the work, I can't push the cart."
The snake girl was never shy about exerting herself, and she immediately recovered to full health: "No problem! Let's go find him!"
Picking up Xinxue again, Ashu deliberately walked along the path where humans often moved.
However, she did not appear on the main road, but hid in the deep and dense grass, slowly sliding her snake tail.
As leisurely as on the way to a picnic.
On the other side, the third exploration team of Hope Base escaped from Shekou.
After parking the car on the wide road, more than a dozen members felt like they had survived a disaster.
A burly man with a beard slammed the steering wheel hard to vent his anger.
When he saw the two-story-high snake head, he was scared to death and the only thing on his mind was escaping. When he stopped, he realized that he had not pulled the handbrake.
The car was forced to start, and the brake pads were worn red, and there was a possibility of scrapping it at any time.
"That's the stadium's python king! She's been active for 70 or 80 kilometers, how did we run into her this time?"
In the era of evolution, animals and plants appeared in various places, some of which were huge in size, some had intelligence, and some had awakened special powers.
Research has found that these evolved creatures have a more strict hierarchy and concept of territory than humans.
Theoretically, the place where they camped was a place that the Python King had never set foot on and would never come here.
The barefoot woman beside him frowned. "Maybe the Python King got wind of the Red Lizard's death, and is here to expand her territory?"
Over the years, humans have never given up on reclaiming their territory. The vampire red lizards occupying the river are the first evolved species they have killed.
A girl with glasses flipped through the information in her arms: "No, after analysis, the Python King prefers human buildings.
After occupying the gymnasium as its lair, it has been active in several residential areas and the vegetable market. This is the first time it has been spotted in the wild.
"In short, go back and report to the base. Be prepared for the Python King to expand his territory." The captain pinched his brows and gave the order.
The boy who had been rummaging through his backpack since the car started up raised his hand with a pale face: "We might have to go back... The Red Lizard's Eye of Heaven is lost..."
Their team went out this time to find the red lizard's third eye.
That is its third eye on its forehead.
It contains enormous evolutionary energy and is an important task target assigned by the base's scientific research institute.
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire team became furious.
The man's face turned pale with fear.
Trembling, he walked to the door of the cab and said to the driver, "Get out. I'll go back and look for it myself..."
"Are you crazy? The snake might not have left yet!" The driver slapped his hand away, turned around and looked at the captain deeply.
The captain sighed heavily and said, “Just say that the eyeball was not preserved properly and broke on the way back.
We'll collect the penalty for mission failure and give it to the base. Xiaobai will pay it back later."
She had no idea how important the red squishy item in her bag was.
Xinxue and Ashu followed the road and came to an abandoned open-air parking lot.
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