After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

(This is a short story about the hero traveling back to the end of the world before the heroine traveled through time. It is purely the author's personal preference and has little to do with the main text. If you don't like it, you can ignore this story.)

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On the desolate sand.

Qin Yao finally killed the mutant lizard covered with pustules and smelling extremely bad with a stick.

There was not a single floating cloud in the blue sky.

The scorching sun was radiating its heat unscrupulously.

Qin Yao, who was wrapped in the heat wave, was still sweating profusely on her exposed head even though she was wearing a close-fitting protective suit made of special cooling material.

Large drops of salty and wet sweat rolled down from the ends of her short hair and disappeared in an instant as soon as they touched the hot sand.

The dead mutant lizard exuded a stench like a dead fish.

The huge body of six meters long made it difficult for the stench to dissipate for a long time.

Qin Yao had long been accustomed to this smell.

After all, she had just fought with the mutant lizard for half an hour, so she didn't smell good.

Rested for a minute.

Qin Yao put the scarf on her neck on her head, covering her head and face, revealing only a pair of cold and ruthless eyes.

She wiped the blood and flesh on the stick with sand and put the stick away.

She took out a boning knife and a sealed bag from her travel backpack and walked towards the dead mutant lizard.

Cut open the belly.

A large amount of green mucus mixed with a pile of internal organs poured out.

Qin Yao frowned slightly, took out a piece of meat similar to a lizard heart from the pile of disgusting things, and put it into a sealed bag.

This thing can be exchanged for a bottle of clean water at the trading booth at the base.

Using sand to wipe off the liquid on her hands, Qin Yao put on her travel bag, held the stick in her hand, and continued to walk east along the road that was once built in the sand and is now devastated.

The desert environment is not suitable for the survival of animals and plants.

The original population was small, and the humans infected and turned into zombies were easy to clean up.

So the surviving humans built their bases underground in the desert.

However, there are still mutated animals such as birds that will invade the human base in groups, as well as those rare plants and animals that originally adapted to the sandy environment.

But compared with other forest basins and river valleys, the living environment in the desert area is already friendly to humans.

The only bad thing may be the shortage of food and drinking water resources.

I heard that biological companies are already studying ways to make mutated animals edible. It may not be long before humans will no longer worry about food shortages.

But for Qin Yao, she may not be able to wait for that day.

Look, there are a few more human-shaped black shadows in front, staring at her with their empty, shriveled, beadless eye sockets.

Not only are people hungry, but zombies are also hungry.

Especially those chicken zombies who can't beat mutated animals.

Qin Yao took out the thermos from her backpack slowly, opened the lid, and drank a mouthful of cool water to replenish her energy.

It was so hot that people were about to be melted. No one knew where these zombies came from.

Qin Yao put away the thermos, picked up the stick and rushed forward.

"Bang bang bang" five consecutive knocks, and a shrunken head followed after each knock.

Qin Yao put away the stick, clicked her tongue twice, kicked away the zombie body blocking her feet, and was about to move forward.

Suddenly, a scream came from her ears.

"Wife?"

"Wife, is it really you!"

"Wife, it's me, wife!"

"Wife, wife."

There were stumbling footsteps on the sand on the left side of the road.

Qin Yao could make a judgment immediately without looking back - it was a person who could be crushed to death by her finger.

She stood on the devastated road, her posture was as straight as a pine tree, slightly sideways, and looked over against the setting sun.

Although he couldn't see the face of the woman on the road, Liu Ji could recognize his dear wife at a glance by the familiar breath.

He bet a hundred Awangs that it must be her!

Liu Ji didn't know why he took a nap in his yard and woke up in this desert full of yellow sand.

Just when he was wondering if he was dreaming, there seemed to be several roars like animals not far away.

He got up from the sand and looked out, looking right into the zombie's sunken eyes.

He was so scared that he almost screamed.

But soon, very soon.

He was relieved.

Wasn't the person holding a black stick and hitting a monster with each stick his dear wife?

Before he fell asleep, she was still sitting in a rocking chair in the yard to enjoy the cool air.

With his wife around, he was not afraid even if the king of heaven came.

The heat wave rolled in, and Liu Ji, who was wearing a long gown, was so hot that he almost fainted.

He stepped over this sandy land with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and finally came to the black road (asphalt) full of cracks.

A dry hand suddenly stretched out from the crack and grabbed Liu Ji's foot.

His whole body froze, and he looked down to see a humanoid monster like a skeleton with a toothless mouth, roaring at him, drooling all over his mouth.

Liu Ji's eyes widened instantly, and his mouth reacted faster than his brain, screaming and shouting:

"Madam, save me!!!"

A black stick fell from the sky and hit the dry arm hard.

Liu Ji felt that the ground under his feet was shaking, making him dizzy.

When he came to his senses, the monster in the crack had been pierced through the head by a stick.

Qin Yao pulled out her long stick and looked up at the strange human in front of her who was screaming.

Why do you say he is strange?

Because he doesn't look like someone who has lived in the end of the world.

He looks to be in his late thirties or early forties, with a rosy and shiny complexion.

His teeth are straight and his skin is in incredible condition.

The meat is also very filling, as if you can eat every meal, and the nutrition is balanced.

He was also dressed strangely. In a high temperature environment close to 60 degrees, he actually dared to hike in the desert without wearing protective clothing.

Her hair is still long and fixed with a jade ornament. She looks like someone from a costume TV series.

Qin Yao has not seen anyone so human-like in ten years.

The man in front of her was so good-looking that she couldn't believe he was human.

But recently, I haven't heard from researchers from biological companies that they have discovered such mutated animals and plants that look like humans or advanced mutated zombies.

After looking at the other person again to make sure it was just a human.

Qin Yao turned around and left.

I never expected that the person who just screamed and didn't know what he was shouting was.

Suddenly he reached out and took her hand.

Qin Yao almost subconsciously took out the dagger and stabbed it.

Unexpectedly, the man dodged her attack.

It was as if he was already familiar with her attack methods and attack paths.

There is no skill in hiding, it is all instinct.

She frowned, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

As if frightened by her cruel look, the man froze on the spot and did not move any further.

Qin Yao then sheathed her sword and continued to move forward.

But not long after she walked out, there were footsteps behind her.

Since this man was not threatening, Qin Yao did not waste any energy and went back to kill him.

Liu Ji was so hot that he could hardly think.

If he read it correctly, the woman just now really wanted to kill him without any hesitation.

So is this really his wife?

She looked nothing like his wife.

It's not like forgetting it, he just got close, and when he looked closer, he was actually bald!

Fortunately, Qin Yao couldn't hear his voice, otherwise Gao Xiao would have retreated and given him a knife. (End of chapter)