"Oh, go to the vicinity of Yilan Mountain. Recently, a large number of pikas and locusts have been discovered there. The safe zone is worried that their excessive numbers will affect the balance. One of these creatures is not picky about food and can eat all the plants on the ground bare, while the other likes to dig up all the roots of plants and eat them."

"Oh." Chang Dongning had heard of this place name, but had never been there. It was said to be named after a very abrupt and lonely mountain.

"Put these devices into your space first," Yan Xin instructed.

Chang Dongning stepped forward and put the equipment she needed into her space one by one. During her rest in the safe zone, she had tested the limits in the group's warehouse. As long as she was not injured and did not frequently fill and empty the space, her space could be used normally.

Of course, this is the result she wants to present. Her space is refined in her soul. After so many missions, her soul is very powerful, and there are basically no restrictions on the use of her space.

After packing her things, she found there were still empty seats when she got on the bus. The only empty seat was next to Ding Jiajia, so she sat down next to her. Ding Jiajia was already resting with her eyes closed in the window seat.

Chang Dongning didn't take it seriously and began to close his eyes to rest.

After about two hours, we arrived at our destination. Chang Dongning glanced out the window and suddenly understood the name of the place. In a mountain range, there was a mountain peak that stood out and soared into the clouds. From its vantage point, one could see all the other mountains below!

The electric vehicle did not stop, but drove directly into the lush vegetation and stopped outside a bamboo grove.

Chang Dongning didn't need to participate in the battle. After taking out the equipment from her space, she got into the vehicle. The gene warriors were divided into three teams. One team stayed near the vehicle, while the other two teams took different equipment and began to debug them.

Those devices had the function of attracting sound waves, and soon two kinds of creatures emerged from different directions: grayish-white pikas and swarms of locusts, along with a very unpleasant odor.

The capture equipment had already spread out a large net. Once the net was full, the capture equipment automatically replaced it with a new one. The soldiers then tightened the fully loaded net and pulled it aside.

The soldiers on the outside were tasked with finishing off any fish that slipped through the net of equipment. This was a job that ordinary people couldn't do. The locusts were as big as two adult fists. When they hit someone, they made a loud thud. Even if you were wearing protective clothing, they could still knock you over.

Not to mention the pika, whose two large, sharp teeth pounced on the soldiers' knives and began gnawing at them. Knives made of slightly inferior materials were easily chipped and broken.

Occasionally, some would break through the two lines of defense and rush to the front of the vehicle, while the soldiers on this side would finish them off. After more than ten minutes, the capture nets were replaced twice, and then no more pikas and locusts came. Some even turned around and left.

Once it was confirmed that there was no danger nearby, the soldiers near the energy vehicle dispersed. The pikas and locusts were to be inspected one by one, picking out the edible ones and destroying the inedible ones.

Chang Dongning put on a mask and prepared to get off the bus, and Ding Jiajia followed suit.

The soldiers pulled the capture net, made an opening, and a pika ran out. A soldier then held it down and used a needle-type detection device to prick it. Those with high radiation were twisted by the neck and thrown into a large box. Those with low and moderate radiation were knocked unconscious and thrown into cages that could be locked.

"What's going on?" Chang Dongning asked, who was participating in the mission for the first time.

Ding Jiajia, who was behind her, explained, "There's a possibility that energy stones could be found inside a pika's stomach, so even those with high levels of radiation need to be brought back to a safe area for processing. The smell of blood from gutting them in the wild is too strong. Once you twist their necks, you can put them into your spatial storage."

Furthermore, the fur and teeth of pikas can be recycled.

The locusts were more difficult to deal with. Only their two legs were edible. The soldiers would catch a locust, cut off its head, and then examine its legs. If they were edible, they would cut off the two legs. The inedible parts would be thrown into a container to be buried later, because apart from the two legs, the rest of the locusts were useless.

Most importantly, it doesn't smell of blood; instead, it has a foul odor. This stuff won't attract any wild animals, so it can be processed in the wild.

"vomit!"

Chang Dongning was trying to suppress her nausea when Ding Jiajia next to her started feeling nauseous first. It's like once one person can't hold it in, everyone starts feeling nauseous.

Suddenly, retching sounds filled the air, which was tough on the warriors, as gene warriors are naturally very sensitive.

In the end, Yan Xin asked Chang Dongning to take out a box that had been stored in his spatial storage. Inside were more than twenty gas masks, which the soldiers dealing with the locusts would take turns wearing.

"Why didn't you let me take this out sooner?" Chang Dongning had no idea what was in the boxes in his storage space.

"Why would you wear a mask just because it smells a little? It's just a bit unpleasant to smell, but it's not toxic. You'll get used to it. Gas masks are limited in number and require energy."

Chang Dongning didn't know how the gas masks in this wasteland world worked, but since she didn't need to protect against poison, only the smell, she took out a few pieces of wormwood leaves she had collected earlier from her space, placed them on the outside of the mask, and then put on another mask with the leaves inside. This way, she could block out some of the smell.

When the others saw this, they followed suit, placing some fresh-smelling grass leaves between their two masks.

Perhaps due to limitations in materials or the need for survival, the technology in the wasteland world is extremely fragmented, with advanced technologies being very advanced, while development related to people's livelihoods is slow.

Chang Dongning packed away a large box filled with highly radioactive rabbit-shaped plants. Since she didn't have anything to do for the time being, she wandered around the neighborhood, took out her newly bought testing scissors, and casually tested the nearby plants.

"Drip, low radiation, edible."

Huh? What's this? It's a pretty big bunch, like an upgraded version of foxtail grass. These little grains look so much like millet before the harvest. Grains?

I checked it with my watch.

"Drip, low-level radiation, small grain, edible after peeling."

Chang Dongning put away the testing scissors, took out a small knife, and with great effort finally managed to pry open a golden-yellow seed.

"What did you find?" Ding Jiajia asked, standing a few steps away.

"This is a small grain, it's edible." Chang Dongning held up a stalk of grain that was over a meter tall and gestured to it.

"Oh my, there are more of these here? We need to find more, otherwise we won't have enough machines to run even once," Ding Jiajia said with delight.

"But it seems there aren't any nearby." Chang Dongning looked around but found nothing else.

"That shouldn't be the case. This kind of grain should grow in patches." Ding Jiajia also started looking around.

The two searched the surrounding area thoroughly but found nothing more.

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