Ancient Gene [End Times]

Passing by the pitcher plant trap that I had encountered when I came here, there were only big pits left on the ground at this time.Looking at the remnants of flytrap scattered on the edge, it can be seen that this is not long ago, and there was a big battle between carnivorous plants.

Obviously, Liu Ying won.

So far, all the terrible plants in the botanical garden that threatened human beings have all been buried in the sea of ​​fire. The only thing left is the bottle that Liu Ying gave He Siming, the seeds soaked in digestive juice and a section of the parasitic plant on Liu Ying. rhizome.

After stepping out of the botanical garden, He Siming remembered what Liu Ying had told him.

"By the way, I don't know where there is a monument nearby. We promised Liu Ying that we would erect a monument for the couple."

"Speak to the army." Tian Gui said, "No matter what kind of world you are in, someone will do something like making a monument."

Let me just say here, they are on their way first.Even if the army here didn't erect the monument as agreed, when they settle down, some of them will come back and personally erect a monument for the two of them in person.

Regardless of other places, at least everyone in the local area needs to remember this girl who saved them.The future history of the local area definitely has her strong stroke.

The man surnamed Gao did not kill him directly, but tied and locked him in a room.Qin An dislocated his hands and feet so that he could not struggle to escape, because he was afraid that something would not be resolved after he was killed.

When he opened the door lock, the man surnamed Gao didn't think it was someone who rescued him.Sure enough, when he saw the person who came in, he trembled.

He Siming walked over, bowed his head and said to him, "Liu Ying told me everything."

The whole person surnamed Gao was shocked.

He Siming looked at him condescendingly: "We set a fire in the tower. All the man-eating plants you wanted in it were burned to death. We also want to thank you, precisely because you used to catch Liu Ying set a fire outside, so we don't have to worry about the fire going outside."

The surname Gao's eyes were round, a little annoyed.

"You don't have to be angry, and you don't have to think too much. Save your words and tell the army. I'm sure you'll be happy to tell all you know."

Gao's mouth was blocked, and he wanted to speak like crazy after hearing this.But no one gave him the chance.

Throw him into the trunk of the car Qiu Ling drives and send him directly to the army.Dichlorvos just happened to be on the way back, so he turned back to the army and waited for them.

I told the army the whole thing, but didn't say anything about the seeds and a piece of rhizome that Liu Ying provided.These are intended to be brought directly back to the Northeast.

I didn't intend to alarm the army, but it is impossible not to alarm such a big thing.

By the way, everyone added ammunition to the army.The army also provided them with cotton coats and two cans of milk powder supplied by the army.

The local army personnel wanted to keep them for a night, but they were eager to go and bid farewell to the army. All eleven members and five mutated animals left this large city-level county directly.

After leaving the urban area, the snow had already reached the calves, and the off-road vehicles were fine. For ordinary vehicles, the deeper the snow, the easier it is to drive.

Tiangui called He Siming and Qin An to discuss it together: "It has snowed twice in the past two days, and the snow has accumulated a lot. If it happens again, we may give up a car."

Now that the white tiger is here, there is no need to worry too much about the attack of the mutated monsters. They are eager to go to the northeast, and naturally the faster the better.

Qin An said: "Then let's continue traveling around the clock?"

Running around the clock, they can do it.But they also need to do a reasonable distribution of energy.No matter how anxious they are, they can't do anything to rush the journey with exhausted physical strength and energy.Otherwise, they will be too tired, and they will not have enough strength to deal with sudden dangers.

"Travel for another two days, and then continue to travel during the day and rest at night. After two days of traveling, go east a little longer, maybe the weather there will be better." Tiangui suggested.

"I have no objection." Qin An nodded in agreement.He Siming had no objection either.

Just after resting comfortably in the hotel for the night, everyone started to rush day and night again.

In fact, the others are alright, but the mutant dog Doudou and the mutant white tiger have worked hard.The others and the three little milk dogs still have time to rest, and they have to go on the road for two days and two nights.

It can be seen from the surname Gao that those lackeys who work for foreigners are very well-informed.Although they may not know their specific whereabouts, but they have a good understanding of their characteristics.

The problem is that they are too characteristic.Even if it can be hidden in other places, with a mutated white tiger and a few mutated dogs with him, this kind of feature can be recognized by anyone who spreads it casually.

But the white tiger is one of the main combat forces in their team, and it is impossible to abandon it casually.

And after getting along for such a long time, Bai Hu became more and more intimate with these familiar people. Sometimes when he was in a good mood, he would lie on the ground and let others rub his stomach.You know, for felines, such actions represent enough trust.

The little cheetah has grown to the size of his birth mother Doudou, and sometimes he will go out to hunt like his adoptive mother, the white tiger.The white tiger always followed from a distance, and every time the little cheetah brought back some prey to share.Not many of them were mostly rats, and they were all digested by the mutated animals.

Sometimes when the white tiger comes back from hunting good prey, He Siming and the others share some meat to eat, and at the same time, they will roast some meat and add a little salt to feed the mutant animals.

Although for them, the mutated stomach is completely digestible, but it is not as delicious as cooked meat.

On the way, you will always meet mutant animals.He Siming and Qin An put on padded jackets and sat on the roof of the car holding the rope to "stand guard". If they encountered a mutated animal that the white tiger didn't block, the two would directly deal with it.

He Siming saw with his own eyes that Liu Ying used the mutated plants to swallow those beads, and then gained a considerable amount of energy. From this, it can be seen that this crystal produced in the mutated animals will definitely play an amazing role in the future.

Even if they don't have plant mutants to use for the time being, and they don't know how to use it, and no one has the courage to swallow one, they still pay attention to every large mutant animal. This kind of mutated thing is not suitable for them now. The more the merrier.

There is a long road ahead, and there are green plants on both sides of the road that can't be seen at a glance.

"I haven't met a village so far away." Bao Xinyu looked out the car window into the distance.

"It should have been quite a lot earlier." Yinhu replied, "It's the same as in Tibet. The natural disasters in those ten years caused the population to shrink too much. The government concentrated the population as much as possible. Those places with small populations were directly Pushed to plant a tree."

Some counties with a small population were directly merged into other counties, and the rest were basically flattened and redeveloped.Coupled with the re-development of the economy, a large number of young people choose to settle in the city.Those old people who feel homesick for their hometown are almost dead, and there are even fewer who are willing to stay in the village.

Because of the catastrophe of those ten years, countless buildings on this earth completely disappeared from this planet.

Some are man-made, and some are natural disasters.

It was clear for less than two hours in the morning, and the cloud once again blocked most of the sunlight in the sky.

Not long after, the snowflakes fell to the ground again.

The snow wasn't too heavy, but it was not very comfortable to look at it in such dark weather.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, a mutated python had just been dealt with.

This size is about the same size as when I first met the sky ghost.At the beginning, the team that almost wiped out six people was finally solved by the arrival of the sky ghost with hot weapons.But now Qin An directly inserted one hand into the giant python's seven inches, directly causing the giant python to lose all its fighting power.

The white tiger fiddled with the giant python a little disappointedly.For his size, this giant python is more like a toy, and he hasn't played enough.

"What's the rush?" Tian Gui patted Qin An on the shoulder, feeling a little regretful that he didn't see the wonderful fight between dragon and tiger.

"I want to eat snake meat." Since the last time he ate the snake meat of the giant python, he has not eaten it again.

In fact, other meats are equally delicious, but he was swallowed by a giant python, so he has a different obsession with snake meat.

He Siming mutated his nails and cut through the strong outer skin of the giant python. Then, he cut off ten catties of meat with a knife, and raised his head to ask Qin An, "Is it enough?"

"Bring more, pickle it with salt and eat it slowly." Qin An said with a smile.

"Marinated meat is not as good as fresh meat." He Siming reminded.

"That's right, let's take these, enough for us to eat for two days."

There are other meats tied to the car, and people with a higher degree of mutation eat more.Meat gradually became a popular food.But eating meat also divides what kind of meat you eat.The rarer game can provide more novel enjoyment on the taste buds.

At the same time, it may be due to psychological reasons. I always feel that animals with higher evolution levels have better taste.

There is an hour and a half break in the evening.For washing, cooking and eating.It seems that there is plenty of time, but it is very urgent to finish everything within this time.

Two pots, big pot brushed with oil, put the sliced ​​snake meat on it and fry.The small pot was filled with water and some vegetable soup was boiled, so that a meal like this could be regarded as a combination of meat and vegetables.

Bao Xinyu took a deep breath of the fragrance, and said with a smile, "Uncle Ke's craftsmanship is the best."

Listening to the flattery, the corners of Ke Chenguang's lips curled up a little, and he turned the meat slices over.

Bao Xinyu said again: "It seems that the bigger the monster meat is, the more delicious it is to eat."

"Maybe it's because the level of evolution is higher, and the taste is different." Qin An said.

Now Qin An is no less enthusiastic than Bao Xinyu when it comes to food.

"Does that mean that the taste will be better when the level of evolution is higher?" Bao Xinyu asked again.

"Maybe." He Siming said.

"Then... have people always been highly mutated?"

All eyes turned to Bao Xinyu.Bao Xinyu was a little embarrassed by the sudden attention of everyone, and he hurriedly said with a smile: "I don't eat, I'm just curious."

"Not tasty." Heavenly Ghost said.

"Not tasty." Heavenly Ghost said.

Everyone turned their attention to the sky ghost, including Bao Xinyu.

"What are you looking at me for?" Tian Gui blinked.

"How do you know?" Qin An asked.

"Listen to what my grandfather said." After Tiangui finished speaking, he saw that the expressions of the others were a little strange.He smiled helplessly, "My grandfather has always had good living conditions, and the environment in our house is also good. Even in those ten years, he never had cannibalism. So my grandfather never ate."

"Then how did the old man know?" Qin An asked again.

"I heard from my grandfather's grandfather. He participated in the War of Resistance before the founding of the country. But he was an officer at that time. Although he had experienced famine, he had never eaten human flesh." Tiangui said, "My grandfather also heard from others. But This kind of thing can be concluded only by inference. White meat is more popular than red meat, and there are more people who like white meat. Then even if white meat tastes better than red meat, and insect food tastes better than white meat. Since people stand The top, according to this logic, should be worse than pork."

"The mutated meat is delicious. Does it mean that it tastes better after being mutated?" Bao Xinyu asked again.

"You can try." Qin An glanced at him.

Bao Xinyu tugged at the corner of Ke Chenguang's clothes beside him: "Then Uncle Ke, let me try it."

Ke Chenguang looked back at him with a smile on his face and knew it was a joke.Normally, Ke Chenguang would not pay attention to him at all, but today he was in a good mood, so he really rolled up his sleeve and handed his arm to Bao Xinyu.

Bao Xinyu looked at the bronze arm that was reddened by the flames, pretended to take a mouthful of saliva, and then opened his mouth to bite it down.

Ke Chenguang was waiting for his action, and Bao Xinyu was also waiting for his action.After waiting for two seconds, Ke Chenguang didn't take his hand back.Bao Xinyu breathed directly on Ke Chenguang's arm, then grabbed his sleeve and wiped it for him, then put Ke Chenguang's sleeve down.

"It looks pretty clean."

Everyone laughed.

He Siming said at this time: "I really read the relevant literature. There were related studies decades ago. In fact, the nutritional value of human meat is the lowest among all meats, and it is not worth eating at all. .”

"Why?" Bao Xinyu asked these three words almost reflexively.

"Maybe all the nutrients are used here." He Siming pointed to his head, "I don't know about the left and right. I majored in paleontology, and there are contemporary biology majors that specialize in this major."

"Brother He, do you think there are people eating human flesh now?" Bao Xinyu asked.

"There should be, but it's none of our business." He Siming had a set of conjectures in his heart.However, it is obviously not suitable for children to listen to.

In ancient warfare, eating the flesh of the enemy was an excellent way to motivate soldiers under the high pressure of fighting.The ghost knows that in modern times, in such a troubled world, will anyone have similar ideas and practices again.

Moreover, eating will give people a strong sense of conquest. This feeling is like a Pandora's box, once opened, it cannot be retrieved.

But this has nothing to do with them.

At the very least, no matter how hungry or desperate they are, it is impossible for them to extend their hands to the humans of the same race.

They were born human and human.

"Is it colder today than yesterday?" Baiyu asked.

"It's indeed a lot colder." Qin An said.It's a pity that they didn't bring a thermometer, so they couldn't know what the temperature is now.

"If it snows heavily, will the car be unable to go?" Bao Xinyu asked.

"If it is bigger, the two cars will not be able to go." Tiangui was also a little worried.They had traveled as fast as they could.But they also have to keep the rhythm of life.And there will always be various mutant animals on the road.The small ones are fine, but some troublesome large mutant animals are like door gods blocking the way, always delaying time.If it was a peaceful time, the journey would have been enough for two round trips from the Northeast to Tibet, but now they have just arrived in Sichuan and it is snowing.

"Then what should we do?" Bao Xinyu asked.

"Mutated birds are still rampant in the sky now, so it's impossible to fly," Qin An said.

"If that's the case, you can only travel on two legs." Tiangui smiled wryly.

It's not that they haven't passed by.It's just that the speed will drop a lot.Moreover, people's load is limited, and now most of their supplies cannot be carried.Without these, their quality of life may drop several notches.

Ke Chenguang put a freshly fried snake steak into Bao Xinyu's lunch box: "Don't think too much. There must be a way before the car reaches the mountain."

Bao Xinyu nodded and blew on the hot snake.

They were wearing cotton jackets from the army. Even if they were wearing cotton jackets, they would still feel cold if they stayed outside for too long.

They don't have a lot of gasoline, and they don't know how long it will take to reach the next place where they can get supplies.So I can't bear to turn on the air conditioner.

If you don't turn on the air conditioner, there is no other way.While the fire was still extinguished while eating, boil a few more pots of hot water. Everyone filled the kettle, then filled two hot water bags into the hot water, and then mixed the remaining hot water with cold water to make it slightly scalded. water into the empty bottle.

In order to prevent the heat from dissipating too quickly, the hot water bottle can only be put in the car for people who feel cold to hold it. Those who sit on the roof of the car and "stand guard" can hold a warm water bottle in their arms, so that they can feel better in the face of severe cold.

He Siming was the least affected one. If he was too cold, he would mutate his body to grow fluff, which would make him extremely warm. However, reptile mutants like Qin An and Ke Chenguang would suffer.The other people's degree of mutation is not so high, but they feel better. Qin An and the others, after going out for a while, their bodies will start to stiffen.

So they hurried on the road that night, and simply cut off the "duty" of the two of them, and a few other people who could stand the cold sat outside.

Qin An hugged the hot water bottle, his body was warmed by the hot water bottle, curled up on the rear seat, wanting to sigh comfortably.

"Feeling better?" He Siming asked.

"It's much better." Qin An rubbed the hot water bottle in his arms.The mutated skin made him not afraid of high temperature, but he had nothing to do with low temperature.

"Go to sleep." He Siming said.Now Qin An can't help much.

"The situation outside is really not right." Qin An said, "It's frighteningly cold, the temperature must have dropped suddenly. It's at least ten degrees colder than when it was just dark."

Because he is afraid of the cold, Qin An, who is very sensitive to temperature, is very sure of this.

He Siming was also worried about this matter.

Qin An thought for a while, and said to Ke Chenguang who was driving: "Chenguang, turn on the radio and see if you can receive nearby signals."

Ke Chenguang turned on the radio in the car and asked Bao Xinyu, who was sitting in the co-pilot, to tune the radio.

I have received voices from some people, but most of them are incomplete, and I can't hear what they mean.They walked like this for nearly half an hour, killing a few mutated animals along the way.

At this time, the voice of a complete person was finally received.

"Alert! Alert! Cold wave warning in ** area, the temperature is expected to drop below minus 24 within 50 hours! Anyone who hears this text message should find a hiding place as soon as possible! Be prepared! Repeat, alert! Alert... "

After listening to it twice in a row, it was determined that it was in this area, and it should be the nearest signal transmitter.

Hearing this news, everyone was in high spirits.He Siming directly opened the car window and got out along the window to find Tiangui.After He Siming went out, Qin An closed the window again and shivered.

He Siming told Tian Gui what he had received, and Tian Gui also understood the importance of the matter.

They didn't have the equipment to deal with the extreme cold, not to mention minus [-] degrees, they would easily freeze to death at minus [-] degrees.

Then return to the car as soon as possible, and contact the two members of the car through the walkie-talkie: "Look for a place to live nearby! Emergency against the cold wave!"

"What about the white tiger?" Xiao Sun asked hurriedly.Mutant dogs and puppies can be raised in the house, but when the white tiger is standing normally, it is five or six meters tall. Where can it enter?

"The white tiger's fur is very thick, so it should be able to handle the severe cold. Even if it can't handle it, he should be able to find a place to hide."

Animal instincts are sometimes more useful than humans.Besides, a large mutated tiger should store a lot of heat, and with a thick enough tiger skin, I believe minus [-] degrees will be no problem.

It's just that if the temperature is lower, it's hard to say.

But right now, the placement of people is a problem, so we can only solve the people's affairs first, and then think about other things.

After looking at the sign on the map, there is a small village not far ahead.It's just that they are on the highway, and they have to find the next highway.

I just don't know if there is anyone in this village.

The car tossed for nearly an hour, and the outside temperature dropped a lot.

Fortunately, I found the small village on the map, but I drove into the village and looked around with a strong flashlight. The village was a bit dilapidated.

At first glance, the house looks like a style that was popular decades ago. Many people's windows are broken, and it is obvious that no one lives there.Because the windows are all made of plastic, they can still break, which must be caused by years of unrepaired windows.Of course, there are also elements of recent animal mutations in it.

The car drove around the village twice, but saw no light source, and no one came out. They knocked on several doors and got no response. They went directly to a house with a larger house, better windows and an open door.

After prying open the door and entering, the room was a bit messy, but most of the items were still there.Obviously, he packed up his things and fled in a panic.

Take a look inside and out.It is a typical three room.There are two rooms in the east and west, and a kitchen in the middle.But this family has a stove.

"It's a pity that there is no heating, otherwise the house would be much warmer by lighting a fire." Heavenly Ghost said regretfully.

"This is Sichuan, not the Northeast, and most people don't have it," Qiu Ling said.