Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 3 Mutation and Evolution

There was a riot in the water queue.

A dozen people who were causing trouble were kicked out of the team by the building manager.

Zhao Xiaoxiu and Huodie took a big step forward, and soon it was their turn to get water.

Both buckets were used to hold water and could no longer accommodate a human cub.

Zhao Xiaoxiu followed behind her father, waving her little arms and legs hard and walking back by herself.

Adults take big steps, and Zhao Gang, who is 1.9 meters tall, takes even bigger steps.

Zhao Xiaoxiu had a hard time keeping up and almost jogged all the way back home.

On the way, the father and daughter met the two brothers of the Meng family who were helping their mother fetch water.

Boss Meng mysteriously pulled out a deflated rubber duck from his trouser pocket and stuffed it into Zhao Xiaoxiu's hand.

"Let's play with it."

Zhao Xiaoxiu said in surprise: "Thank you, Uncle Meng!"

The sweet little voice made Boss Meng's heart melt.

No wonder the base always promotes that children are the hope of mankind. Sure enough, seeing this little one looking at you obediently, your tense nerves will relax a lot.

After rubbing the little kid's prickly yellow hair, Boss Meng asked Zhao Gang:
"Brother Gangzi, Lao Er and I got a test gun and are planning to go look around the perimeter. Do you want to join us?"

Meng Laoer put the water into his own room, told Granny Meng not to save water today, and to wipe herself or something, then walked out and lowered his voice and said excitedly:
"My friend secretly told me that a new task will be posted on the bulletin board in two days. The biological company needs a batch of C-level mutant hyenas, preferably alive, 50 points each! I plan to go out with my brother to take this risk. If we can catch ten, my brother will have a job at the factory."

Having said this, Meng Lao Er looked at Zhao Gang with regret.
"Brother Gangzi, I know you and your sister-in-law were both members of the hunting team before, but things are different now. The hunting team is now full of evolved people, and ordinary people like us can't get in at all."

"If you can get a stable job in a factory and become a worker, then you and Kosode will have hope for the future."

This time we only need to move around near the isolation zone and outside the forest, so the danger level is not high.

The three of them work together, and they also have a detection gun with built-in detection function, which greatly improves safety.

He would feel like he’d be missing out if he didn’t try.

Moreover, only people inside the base will know this kind of news in advance.

Originally, the base would issue cleaning missions from time to time, and these mutant cats and dogs would be cleaned up once they reached their breeding period.

So if they want to capture enough living C-level mutant hyenas at one time, they have to act earlier than others.

Zhao Xiaoxiu asked curiously: "Uncle Meng, what is a C-level mutant hyena?"

She had never left the Hope Base until she was three years old.

He never even left this unfinished building.

The biological father, who didn't care about anything and only cared about the baby's nutritional solution, was afraid of the trouble of taking the child out, so he locked her up in that cramped little house most of the time.

It is common for me to go on a long trip and disappear for a month or two.

Thanks to the care of Grandma Meng next door and her two sons, Zhao Xiaoxiu is able to live safely until now.

So what she could know was actually very limited.

I basically learned it from conversations among the adults in the building.

All she knew was that thirteen years ago, a meteorite shower brought a horrible virus called SHASI.

No living creatures around the world were spared.

Human reproduction has become difficult, and even newborns that are born successfully basically carry natural genetic defects.

It has become extremely difficult to give birth to a normal and healthy human baby.

The plants and animals on the planet mutated into brutal man-eating hunters, and countless towering ancient trees sprang up from the ground, blocking out the sky and the sun.

The natural forest that had been driven to the edge of the city by people instantly destroyed the newly built technological civilization and cities of mankind at a speed beyond people's imagination. But Zhao Xiaoxiu had never heard anyone mention C-level, A-level, or evolved humans in the unfinished building.

Meng Laoer did not fool Zhao Xiaoxiu just because he was young, because he himself had the mind of a child.

He squatted down and carefully explained to Zhao Xiaoxiu the things that she didn't understand.

It turns out that the biological company has divided the existing mutant species into three levels: A, B, and C according to the degree of mutation.

Grade A means a high degree of mutation, and is considered an extremely dangerous species.

Grade B represents a medium degree of variation, and is a species that needs to be treated with caution.

Grade C represents a low degree of variability and is considered to be of general danger.

The evolved humans are new humans whose body parts have been strengthened after taking the evolutionary potion produced by the biological company.

Also, because the evolution potion has only been available for less than a year, there are actually not many evolved people. They are a privileged group in the base.

Meng Laoer: "Now there are not only evolved humans, but also evolved animals and plants have been discovered in the Central Taoyuan Base."

"Those evolved animals and plants don't eat humans, and their genes have been optimized. Animals have become very smart. Plants are not only resistant to soil and pests infected by the SHASI virus, but their size and yield have also increased. I heard that someone has seen potatoes as big as footballs. I don't know if it's true or not. Anyway, I haven't seen it, so let's just assume it's true. At least there's still hope for the future."

"Kosode, don't you think so?"

Meng Laoer asked in a low voice, fearing that his loud voice would scare the child.

Zhao Xiaoxiu nodded, indicating that he had learned something new.

Meng Lao Er felt particularly accomplished. He chuckled twice, then stood up and approached Zhao Gang, lowering his voice:

"By the way, Brother Gangzi, did you manage to buy the evolution potion?"

Evolution potion?

Zhao Xiaoxiu blinked her eyes. It turned out that her father took away all her relief nutrient solution in order to exchange it for evolution potion.

Did he get it changed or not?
But Zhao Xiaoxiu knew with her feet that it didn’t matter whether the evolution potion was obtained or not.

There was no hope of getting back her special relief nutrient solution for healthy children that had the function of suppressing viruses!
Seeing that Zhao Gang didn't say anything, Meng Laoer wanted to ask again.

Boss Meng quickly bumped into his younger brother and pushed him into the house.

This kind of thing, no matter how close the relationship is, you should not care too much about it.

Besides, they are not that familiar with Zhao Gang.

The evolutionary medicine developed by the biological company is simply not available to ordinary people now.

Some powerful people bought up all the evolution potions on the market and secretly sold them at a markup that was two or three times the original price.

Even if there are channels to buy evolutionary drugs, they are kept secret.

Especially those in the hunting team, they always have a rich harvest every time they go out. If their cards are easily leaked out, they will die miserably.

"The second brother is immature, don't bother with him." Boss Meng hurriedly apologized for his younger brother's ignorance.

Zhao Gang didn't say anything, just said, "Let me think about it."

Added another sentence: "Going to the garbage dump today."

So I didn't leave the base with them.

Boss Meng was a little surprised, because as a former member of the hunting team, Brother Gangzi didn't think much of him and his two brothers, who were just scavengers.

When I talk to them, my tone is quite arrogant.

He was a little uncomfortable with how calm her tone was today.

And it was surprising that they showed little interest in the invitation from the two brothers.

You know, when other people invited this former hunting team member to leave the base to do low-level tasks with almost no reward, he was very active.