Wasteland Farming, Manual for Raising Human Cubs

Chapter 81 It’s time to eat

"Aunt Yangmei!"

Zhao Xiaoxiu quickly stood up and politely called for help.

I quickly realized that this delicious fruit yogurt salad was sent by Yang Mei.

Looking at Yang Mei's gentle smile, Zhao Xiaoxiu always felt something was strange.

Aunt Yang Mei seemed to have suddenly become a different person and was very caring towards her.

Not getting a reply from Zhao Xiaoxiu, Yang Mei asked her again: "Don't you like this yogurt soup?"

Zhao Xiaoxiu looked down at the food container in her hand. Only the bottom of the large box of yogurt was left, and the rest had gone into her stomach.

You can tell whether you like it or not without me telling you.

Yang Mei also obviously noticed that the yogurt box was almost empty, and said with a smile: "Auntie has a lot of delicious snacks over there. If you like, you can go directly to Auntie."

Zhao Xiaoxiu smiled embarrassedly, "Thank you, Auntie Yang Mei, but you are so busy, I won't bother you."

Yang Mei looked a little disappointed, but didn't say anything. She stood up and repeated to Zhao Gang what she had just said to Zhao Xiaoxiu, telling Zhao Gang that he could bring the child to see her at any time.

"Then everyone should have a good rest. We will have a tough battle tomorrow." Yang Mei gave everyone an encouraging smile and left with the guards.

Everyone watched her go away, and when they turned around and looked at Zhao Gang and his daughter, their eyes changed. They were inquiring, curious, polite and flattering.

Yang Mei made this trip specially, and even Mo Shigui was surprised.

When Yang Mei specifically asked about Zhao Gang and his daughter before, he found this sudden attention very strange.

Now Yang Mei has come here again in front of everyone and asked about the father and daughter's well-being. It is hard not to suspect that Zhao Gang and his daughter actually have other identities.

Are they relatives?
Mo Shigui glanced at the father and daughter who continued to eat as if nothing had happened. They don’t look alike!
Forget it, don't think about it anymore. He is just doing physical work and there is no way he can guess what the leaders above are thinking.

Mo Shigui clapped his hands, attracting the attention of everyone in the camp. After informing everyone of the current situation in Jiangcheng, he immediately announced:
"We, 528, will follow the second main team to dig trenches tomorrow!"

Aji asked in confusion: "Why dig a trench if you don't want to get rid of that S-level mutant hallucinogenic mushroom first?"

Mo Shigui frowned: "What we have to do is to follow the orders issued by the higher-ups, and there is no need to ask anything else."

"Do you all understand your tasks for tomorrow?"

Everyone: “Understood!”

Mo Shigui waved his hand and said, "Five of you come with me to get the excavation tools. The rest of you stay here and wait for the next instruction."

Zhao Gang and Zhao Xiaoxiu looked at the empty lunch boxes, stood up and decided to go back to the logistics department.

All we saw along the way were soldiers resting their equipment. One group was debugging reconnaissance drones in an open space, as if they were preparing to release them all out to investigate the situation inside Jiangcheng.

After returning the lunch box, Zhao Xiaoxiu pulled her father to stay and watch for a while. Seeing that the drones flew out and never came back, she sighed quietly: "The purple mushrooms in the city are amazing."

Zhao Gang licked the corner of his mouth and said, "Eat it in one bite."

Zhao Xiaoxiu: “.”

The father and daughter looked up at the sky and sighed in unison, wondering why it wasn't dark yet.

The two stood there for another hour watching the drone take off, disappear, take off, and disappear.

It was finally dark.

Lights were turned on in the camp, and patrol convoys were moving densely around the camp. From time to time, bursts of gunfire could be heard, but after a few minutes, everything returned to silence.

Gradually, the camp became quiet. Except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else fell asleep. Zhao Xiaoxiu lay in her sleeping bag with her father and quietly checked the time on her phone. It was 11:30 pm.

The entire 528th team lived in a military tent and everyone had fallen asleep.

After all, the army has strict discipline. You have to go to bed at the time you are told and you can't make any noise.

Zhao Gang couldn't wait any longer and unconsciously murmured "hungry" several times.

Seeing that everyone had fallen asleep, the father and daughter sneaked out of their sleeping bags.

Zhao Xiaoxiu was afraid of waking up the other people in the tent, so she moved very quietly and stealthily.

Zhao Gang couldn't stand any more procrastination, so he picked up the cub and put it in his arms. Without making any sound, he flashed out of the tent like a ghost.

There were vehicle-mounted towers surrounding the camp, and the strong light of the searchlights swept across the camp. Zhao Gang was able to dodge in advance every time.

Zhao Xiaoxiu didn't even dare breathe loudly as she slipped out of the camp's cordon. She felt nervous and excited.

Twenty miles away from Jiangcheng, out of human sight, Zhao Gang no longer hid himself. All his tentacles extended out, wrapping Zhao Xiaoxiu in the center, and the tentacles shot forward.

The wrapped Zhao Xiaoxiu could not perceive any information from the outside world. She only knew that her father was extremely excited and happy.

When the flesh in front of him revealed a crack, the dreamlike forest city that he had passed by came into view, and Zhao Xiaoxiu was once again shocked by the gorgeous and dreamy scenery.

She slid down from the huge tentacle and saw several dead drones on the streets of the former city that were overgrown with mutated plants.

Once you get here, you will reach the territory of the mutant mushroom bush. All electronic devices will become ineffective here.

Waves of strange fragrance wafted into my nose, and the mutated plants around me were exceptionally quiet.

Looking down, the spider-web-like white mycelium on the ground connected the roots of all the mutated plants, greedily sucking up all nutrients.

A flock of mutant birds flew over Zhao Xiaoxiu's head, and as if the pause button had been pressed, their flapping wings suddenly stopped and they fell to the ground.

The white mycelium immediately lit up with silver-blue electric light and covered the mutant bird flock.

The whole process seems slow, but it is actually very fast.

After just a moment of distraction, Zhao Xiaoxiu discovered that the surface of his shoes was covered with mycelium that was flashing with electric light.

The huge blood-red body standing behind her stretched out a tentacle, and the tip of the tentacle gently swept across the shoe surface. The mycelium that tried to devour the cub was like a mouse seeing a cat, and it retreated rapidly!

The other tentacles turned in all directions, eyes wide open, searching for a place to place the cubs.

Finally, she was placed on the roof of the tallest building in Jiangcheng.

[Little Xiu, be good. Dad is going to eat. He will be back soon. Take good care of yourself.]

As soon as Zhao Xiaoxiu's feet landed on the moss-covered roof, this message came to her mind.

She opened her eyes slightly, was surprised for a moment, and tentatively answered in her mind: Yes/No.

Got feedback immediately.

【Weapons and yogurt are behind you, Dad is gone. 】

The moment the words fell, a huge blood-red body suddenly appeared like lightning, right above the huge mushroom bush in the center of the city.

The main parasol mushroom seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly a silver-blue light burst out, illuminating the entire city as bright as day.

The light flickered for a full ten seconds before it was completely covered and swallowed up by the expanding blood-red flesh and disappeared dimly.

At the same time, the machines at the monitoring stations outside the city collectively issued sharp alarm buzzes and red lights flashed wildly!
(End of this chapter)