Whatever may be his destiny, man is neither born a savage nor a beggar. Man is surrounded by true and noble wealth—wealth of body and soul.—Horace Mann

Li Baoqiang thought about the current construction of Hope Village. Everything was on the right track. After the last fire that burned the rats, safety had also been tested and improved. Only then did Li Baoqiang feel relieved and decided to expand the search scope. The main purpose was to and

Other survivors get in touch...

He checked his national map and determined the current location of Hope Village. Hope Village is in the mountainous area in the northern part of Guangyuan City. Going north, you can go to Hanzhong, and further north is Shaanxi. On the way, you have to cross the Qinling Mountains, and there are highways and railways.

Passing through tunnels, these tunnels were probably damaged in the earthquake, making the journey more difficult.

If you go south, you can reach Guangyuan City in a relatively short distance. Guangyuan City is on the Jialing River. If you can find a boat, you can go down the river and reach the hinterland of Sichuan. It is a densely populated area and you should be able to get there.

The survivors got in touch. Li Baoqiang consulted Zhang Juncai and other locals, and finally decided to go all the way south.

Although going south is getting further and further away from the north and away from his hometown, Li Baoqiang can only silently accept that going home is a distant dream. The villagers in front of him have placed too much on themselves, too much.

Without serious hope, I can only accept the reality and move forward.

Li Baoqiang calculated the trip in his mind, and it would take about a month to go back and forth. Li Baoqiang, Professor Zhao and others discussed it and finally decided to lead a team of fat Wang Zhiming and a team of female soldiers to set off, while thin Li Dayong led the remaining team members to protect Hope Village.

Zhao Xiaoxiao strongly requested to follow Li Baoqiang. Li Baoqiang saw the girl's eager eyes and remembered the life-and-death feeling when the rats besieged the school, so he agreed to the girl's request. Zhao Xiaoxiao happily nestled next to Li Baoqiang, and the haze in He Qun's eyes deepened.

Professor Zhao whispered to Li Baoqiang: "Protect Xiaoxiao!" Li Baoqiang promised.

Li Baoqiang led a team of 33 people to set off. The team members did not take cars. The forward base in Songling Town is under construction. The little remaining gasoline in the village will be used in cars to transport cement and other materials back and forth. Walking training also exercises the team.

A good way.

The fat man led the five team members and the grown-up wolf dog Candy to search about 500 meters ahead. Li Baoqiang, Zhao Xiaoxiao and the female soldiers, and the male soldiers walked behind. Although a sparrow is small, it has five internal organs.

Everything is ready. Although the team members are not regular troops, after Li Baoqiang's intervention, they have already thought of this.

And the equipment on his body is already fully armed. He has a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle with one hundred rounds of bullets; a serrated dagger, a modified relatively short Miao knife, a spear, and a pocket crossbow, with fifty

Crossbows, training uniforms, military and police boots, and everyone also carried a large backpack, which specially contained twenty kilograms of salt.

The salt was specially prepared by Li Baoqiang. After thinking about it, Li Baoqiang realized that the outside world has undergone tremendous changes and salt will inevitably become a scarce commodity. These 600 kilograms of salt may bring some surprises to himself. At least one to ten can be exchanged for five thousand.

Li Baoqiang had a small calculation in his mind.

In the past few days, they passed some collapsed villages along the way. Fatty led the team to check, and found no human habitation or food. It seemed that they had been swept away. Li Baoqiang thought about it, and it seemed that the surviving people were also starting to move towards the village.

Larger towns are clustered together.

"There seems to be something wrong!" Fatty found Li Baoqiang during a break and reported his suspicions to Li Baoqiang.

"Have you seen those collapsed houses? They are now covered with weeds and vines. These plants seem to be growing crazily. There are crazily growing plants everywhere. It's only been a month since spring." The fat man pointed around.

, said doubtfully.

Li Baoqiang looked around, and it was indeed the case. Everyone was sitting on a high-sloping rock by the roadside. There were wet moss under their feet, and the open space was covered in patches. Unknown various herbaceous plants were more than one meter high, and they looked even taller.

It continues to grow upward. Clusters of iron ferns stretch out huge leaf wings, and the leaf buds curled in the center slowly stretch out at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye, and soon they stretch out and grow.

Wild vines are spreading overwhelmingly, covering the barren land, entangled with towering trees, forming large green nets in the woods, stretching from the branches to the ground like waterfalls, blocking the sun and making the woods look brighter.

Extremely eerie.

Li Baoqiang pushed aside the grass and observed the unknown insects such as ants and spiders that were busy in the grass. These insects also grew in size. One ant was as big as a grain of rice, which was ten times its previous size. The originally small red spider bared its teeth and claws.

The ground was running among the grass, and it was as big as a broad bean.

Li Baoqiang looked at all this in surprise, and for the time being he did not understand what caused the changes in insects and plants.

Suddenly there was a tremor in the grass under the rock in front. It was a gray hare. Candy, the wolf dog, jumped out and chased the hare. The hare was extremely agile and kept changing directions to avoid the competition of candy.

Finally, the hare was bitten on the neck by candy, and it twitched a few times and died. After all, candy was a descendant of the wolf, the king of the forest, and was born a successful hunter. Candy came to Li Baoqiang with the hare in his mouth, and everyone came up

Watch.

"This rabbit has become a spirit!" Everyone was talking. Li Baoqiang looked at it and saw that the rabbit was huge, about the same size as an ordinary domestic dog, with long drooping ears and shiny gray fur.

"It's not that it has become a sperm, it's that it has mutated!" Li Baoqiang analyzed. "Then why didn't we see such a big rabbit when we were hunting in winter?" The fat man wondered.

Li Baoqiang muttered to himself, as if explaining to everyone or convincing himself. "The big earthquake caused nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons to explode, and volcanic ash spread all over the world. When spring comes, the snow melts, releasing a large amount of volcanic ash and nuclear weapons."

The dust blends into the soil, and the plants first grow rapidly, and then the animals eat the plants and become huge, and then..."

"Then there will be us. We will also turn into the Hulk, holy shit!" Fatty exclaimed. Li Baoqiang stopped Fatty's guess and stabilized the mood of the team members. "There will definitely be changes, but it won't happen.

It’s as huge as you imagine. If anyone has any changes, just tell me and don’t worry.”

Li Baoqiang asked the team members to peel off the rabbit skin and throw it into his backpack, thinking that such a big rabbit skin could be used to make a rabbit fur vest. The fat man began to grill the rabbit meat, and the fragrant rabbit meat was handed to Zhao Xiaoxiao's mouth.
Chapter completed!