Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 127 Giant Mutant Python

Zhao Xiaoxiu shook her head and said she was fine.

Something happened at Taoyuan Base!

When the second artillery roared, the noise was louder than before. Zhao Xiaoxiu thought that everyone in the entire planting area would react.

But in fact, normal people cannot hear sounds one hundred kilometers away.

But the sudden shrill alarm from the patrol station successfully alarmed everyone in Area B.

The patrol station was right next to Zhao Xiaoxiu's territory. The alarm sounded as if it was ringing right next to their ears. Both adults and children were startled and felt their heads buzzing.

Liu Miaomiao was so frightened that she trembled all over and forgot that she was still holding Zhao Xiaoxiu on the snow slide. She moved her body and the two of them slid down to the bottom at a very fast speed.

Fortunately, the slide was not long and the slope was not steep. The two of them crashed into the fluffy snow pile used as a buffer, screaming in surprise.

Liu Chuan immediately dropped the hatchet in his hand, rushed over, picked up the two children, and held his daughter in his arms.

Jiang Ning shouted anxiously towards the house next door: "Dad!"

Qiu Bai and Wang Xiang, a married couple, immediately ran out of the empty house they were cleaning and looked around nervously.

"What happened? Why did the alarm suddenly sound?" Grandpa Jiang ran over nimbly, carrying his daughter and son-in-law's weapons, and handed the weapons to the children while asking.

Sister Monkey roared and ran down the back hillside, found Zhao Xiaoxiu at the door, stood in front of her, and vigilantly prepared to attack.

The lords from other areas also rushed out of their houses, looking serious and nervous, thinking that the mutants had raided the planting area.

The alarms were getting louder and louder, but the lords were confused as they could not see any mutants around them.

The Jiang Ning and Qiu Bai families looked at each other and found that the landlord was not there. They were about to call him.

Zhao Gang walked out of the house with steady steps and a calm face, picked up his cub, took a few steps forward, and looked towards the west that was blocked by mountains and forests.

"Taoyuan base was attacked," he said.

The normal speaking volume was drowned out by the alarm, so people could not hear clearly and could only vaguely hear the word "Taoyuan".

"Alarm! Alarm!"

All patrol cars in the planting area were deployed, and the trained soldiers turned on the loud speakers on the roofs of the cars and shouted throughout the planting area:

"Latest alert! Taoyuan Base has just been attacked by an S-class mutant giant python! The two sides are fighting outside the city. Taoyuan Base has sufficient firepower, and the mutant giant python's attack will definitely not succeed. Everyone, don't panic, stay normal, stay out, and stay home for the winter."

Hearing these words, the lords who were almost scared to death by the alarm all breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Chuan, who was holding his daughter and ready to escape at any time, relaxed his tense arms and looked at his wife and father-in-law: "Fortunately, we have already left the city."

The Qiu Bai couple frowned but asked worriedly, "How could an S-class giant mutant python suddenly appear near Taoyuan Base? Didn't the base summon a hunting group to conduct a large cleanup of the surrounding area a long time ago?"

Qiu Bai shook her head. She had never seen this kind of S-level mutant with her own eyes. She could only guess: "Could it be that they didn't store food during the winter and came to the base because they were hungry?"

When the people nearby heard this, they all felt that this possibility was very high.

Mutants of this level basically have a certain level of intelligence, and unless they are extremely hungry, they will not suddenly launch an attack on the human base.

Seeing everyone's worry, Grandpa Jiang comforted them, "The patrol station said everything is fine. Taoyuan Base has sufficient firepower and high walls to defend against it. This giant python shouldn't be too difficult to deal with."

"Besides, it's still more than a hundred kilometers away from here. Let's all go home. Just stay in the planting area and you'll be fine."

There is one thing Grandpa Jiang didn’t mention.

An S-class giant mutant python. Just by hearing this adjective you can feel how huge and terrifying its size is.

If this really happens, unless they have nuclear bombs at their base, no one can escape the fate of death. So there is no need to worry in advance, it is better to live well now, eat more, sleep more, and enjoy the present.

The patrol car finished one round and started the second round. Update on the latest battle situation at Taoyuan Base.

The high walls provided sufficient defense and the tower defenses provided dense artillery fire. After less than half an hour of fighting, the mutant python discovered that it could not break through. After sweeping the surrounding planting villages, it fled to the mountains in the east.

"It's good that they ran away. Don't worry about it now. It's getting dark. Go back and rest." Grandpa Jiang waved his hand and urged the group of young people in front of him to go back to the house.

Jiang Ning nodded to Qiu Bai, and left with her husband and daughter.

"Let's go too." Qiu Bai pulled her husband Wang Xiang's hand and told him to go home.

It’s not like there haven’t been cases in the past where mutant animals gathered and besieged cities in winter. At that time, the survivors hadn’t even built a base yet, yet they still managed to survive.

Although the sudden alarm today did frighten Qiu Bai, she quickly figured it out and just treated these things as normal.

Wang Xiang, however, was still standing there motionless, his eyes fixed on Zhao Gang and his daughter who were standing in front of him and looking towards the forest to the west, wanting to confirm the words he had just heard.

"Brother Zhao, before the patrol car came over, you said that Taoyuan Base was attacked?"

Seeing the father and daughter coming back, Wang Xiang seized the opportunity and tentatively confirmed.

Zhao Gang nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Qiu Bai, who was about to leave, turned around and looked at Wang Xiang in shock. He then quickly looked at Zhao Gang and said in an exaggerated tone:

"Brother Zhao, do you have a radar installed on you? You actually knew about the attack on Taoyuan Base faster than the patrol station did!"

"No radar." Zhao Gang looked calm. He didn't have a radar, but he saw it.

He also "saw" the giant mutant python destroying all the buildings and factories outside the high wall, and eating many ordinary people and soldiers in one bite.

The outer wall collapsed under its fierce attack, dozens of shops were crushed, and hundreds of people were buried under the rubble.

However, the giant mutant python was stuck on the wall due to its huge size, which gave the guards a chance to repel it.

The final result was consistent with the intelligence from the patrol station, except that the lords were not told the casualty data of Taoyuan Base.

But this is not a primitive world where information is closed.

By tomorrow noon at the latest, any lord with a sharp mind will know the true situation of the battle at Taoyuan Base through various channels.

Zhao Gang ignored Wang Xiang and his wife's amazement and doubts about his ability to hear at a distance of 100 kilometers.

He asked Sister Monkey to move the poplar trees that Jiang Ning and his wife had cut down today away from the front of the gate and pile them neatly on the side of the house, and then he carried Zhao Xiaoxiu into the house.

The father and daughter went to the kitchen, lit a fire, boiled water and washed their faces and feet.

"Dad, is Taoyuan Base really okay as the patrol station said?" Zhao Xiaoxiu asked worriedly.

Zhao Gang knew what she was worried about, so he poured the hot water into the washbasin which had been filled with cold water in advance and brought it to Zhao Xiaoxiu.

"Don't worry, the mother and son of the Meng family are all alive."

"Really?" Zhao Xiaoxiu's eyes were fixed on her father.

Zhao Gang nodded affirmatively.

Zhao Xiaoxiu patted her chest with her hands and said, "That's good, that's good."

(End of this chapter)