Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 7: Shushu's head is bigger than hers
During the thirteen years of fighting against mutated animals and plants, human biologists discovered that the emergence of mutated species is not entirely a bad thing for humans.

For example, the hard teeth of mutant mice can be used to make tools to attack mutant crustacean insects.

The magnetic element bubbles in the body of the mutated flying fish can create a means of transportation that floats above the ground.

There are also evolved fungi that can promote human wound healing. In short, every mutated or evolved species on this planet has their uses.

If you find it troublesome to remove these mutated parts individually, you can directly send the entire mutant animal to the recycling station.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was excited for a while.

But when he saw his father in front of him, he felt a little unsure.

Can he defeat mutant plants and animals?

Those ferocious tentacles with bared fangs and claws should, probably, perhaps, have a certain level of combat power, right?

Zhao Xiaoxiu suggested with some hesitation: "Dad, we can also try to hunt some small mutant animals in exchange for points."

Zhao Gang answered with a resounding "Okay!"

Without thinking, he listened to his daughter and started searching for mutant animals from the track in front of him.

I don’t know if it was because Zhao Gang was so powerful or if the father and daughter were lucky, but the grass suddenly shook a few times.

A small mutant rat suddenly jumped past Zhao Gang's feet.

Without any hesitation, he swung the iron hook in his hand decisively and quickly, hitting it to death with one hit.

Zhao Xiaoxiu opened her mouth into an O shape as she looked at the mutant rat that suddenly died without even having time to scream.

The world outside is really scary. Shushu is bigger than her head!

As if sensing the cub's fear, Zhao Gang hooked up the mutant rat with a hook. Regardless of whether the cub could accept it or not, he directly held it in front of the backpack to show the cub, and told her:

"The garbage infected by the virus is afraid of noise. If you roar, it will stop. If you step on its tail, it can't run away. If you have a weapon in your hand, you can beat it to death with a stick. Have you learned it?"

After that, he asked her with great interest: "Do you want to try it?"

As he spoke, he pointed forward with the hand holding the hatchet.

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked in that direction and saw only a field of sharp green weeds.

"Forget it." Zhao Gang suddenly changed his mind again, "That one is big, Xiaoxiu is too skinny, let's eat a stronger one next time, and kill two!"

As he spoke to himself, he threw the mutant rat on the hook into the weeds in the distance.

"Squeak!" A scream was heard, and a black medium-sized mutant rat as big as a small wild boar ran out from the grass.

Zhao Xiaoxiu shouted excitedly: "Hit it, hit it!" That's points!
When the cub was excited, Zhao Gang was also excited.

As he stretched out his arm, two blood-red tentacles quickly flew out, one on the left and one on the right, wrapping around the escaping mutant rat and strangling it to death!
Before Zhao Xiaoxiu could react, the medium-sized mutant rat was dragged in front of Zhao Gang by the tentacles.

He retracted the tentacles that wanted to swallow the mutant rat, turned around and looked at the cub in the backpack, as if saying: Dad is awesome!
Zhao Xiaoxiu was shocked for a moment. She didn't expect her father to be so powerful.

He actually killed a medium-sized mutant rat in seconds, which was so difficult for two adult men to deal with.

Zhao Xiaoxiu clung to the edge of the backpack, trying to stick her head out of the basket which was taller than her and look out.

There were two mutant rats, one big and one small, with their bodies intact and they died peacefully.

Her heart was beating a little fast, and she couldn't tell whether she was excited or scared, but she still gave a thumbs up to the man in front of her who was waiting for praise.

Tonight’s dinner is settled!

Zhao Xiaoxiu handed the sack in the backpack to Zhao Gang and said happily, "Dad, pack it up."

After getting two mutant mice in a row, Zhao Xiaoxiu and Zhao Gang both felt a little swelled.

The father and daughter continued to search forward, expecting a richer harvest. However, they did not encounter the third mutant animal until the sun was about to set.

Zhao Xiaoxiu: "Is it really gone?"

Zhao Gang, who had already sensed every corner around him, shook his head with certainty.

It’s really gone!

Zhao Xiaoxiu could only blame the base troops for having done a very thorough cleanup job recently.

It was getting dark, so the father and daughter had to give up exploring further.

Zhao Gang was holding two mutant rats in his hands and carrying his own cubs on his back. He walked quickly and steadily and returned to the base before the gate closed.

When we arrived at the recycling station, the person in charge of the exchange today was Grandma Meng.

Unexpectedly, the father and daughter actually brought back two mutant rats. Granny Meng was surprised that Zhao Gang had such a talent. When she saw a head of yellow hair sticking out of the backpack, she couldn't help but asked in shock: "You actually took Xiaoxiu out of the base?!"

Zhao Gang nodded. Of course he would feel at ease only when he kept the cub with him.

Granny Meng was choked by his self-righteous attitude.

The main force of the hunting team also returned. A large group of people walked towards the recycling station noisily. Granny Meng had to quickly settle the points for Zhao Gang.

"The bodies are all in good condition. A small one is worth three points, a large one is worth seven points, a total of ten points."

While taking notes with a pen, Granny Meng gestured to Zhao Gang to give her the points card.

Zhao Gang placed the card on the integrator and entered the password. It showed points +10, with a total of 10.

Granny Meng looked at him with a rare look of relief.

Zhao Xiaoxiu tried her best to support herself and stretched out a hand from the backpack to wave at Granny Meng: "Goodbye, Granny."

Zhao Gang took the points card and carried Zhao Xiaoxiu to the store on the first floor of the unfinished building to exchange it for two bottles of ordinary nutrient solution.

The father and daughter returned to their dim and cramped home on the fifth floor of the unfinished building.

It was completely dark.

There was a dim light on in the corridor outside the house, and the light leaked in through the gaps in the doors and windows, making the room dim.

Zhao Xiaoxiu divided the two bottles of nutrient solution into two portions, one for tomorrow's drinking, and the other she skillfully bit open the plastic packaging of and put into her mouth to suck.

She was very hungry and drank very quickly. She choked twice and quickly stopped to find some water to drink.

The kettle was still in the backpack. Zhao Gang, who was always paying attention to the condition of the cubs, took a step forward to the backpack, scooped out the kettle, opened the lid, poured the water into Zhao Xiaoxiu's small cup, and then handed it to her.

Compared to the various discomforts outside the base, Zhao Gang was incredibly skilled in taking care of the cubs' water and food.

Zhao Xiaoxiu drank half a glass of water in one breath and let out a "ha" sound in comfort.

When she is happy, colorful bubbles will appear on her body, which is very beautiful.

Zhao Gang's pupils turned vertical again and rolled around.

While Zhao Xiaoxiu was sitting on a stool eating, he squatted in front of her and looked at her, his eyes almost sticking directly on her head.

Zhao Xiaoxiu comforted herself in her heart that she would get used to it, while handing the remaining half of the nutrient solution to Zhao Gang.

Somehow, even though Huo Die said he wouldn't eat children, Zhao Xiaoxiu was still a little worried. What if he was extremely hungry?
Even people will eat other people when they are extremely hungry, let alone the fact that he is not a human being.

Zhao Gang did not refuse. With some curiosity, he took a sip of the nutrient solution that made the cub bubble with joy. His brows immediately frowned, revealing an expression as if he had eaten shit.

(End of this chapter)