Regardless of fate, man is not born a barbarian, nor is he a beggar. Man is surrounded by true and noble wealth—the wealth of body and mind. - Horace? long

Li Baoqiang pondered the current construction of Hope Village, everything is on the right track, after the last fire on the rat swarm, the safety has also been tested and improved, Li Baoqiang then put his mind at ease and decided to expand the search area, the main purpose is to get in touch with other survivors.

He checked his national map and determined the current location of Hope Village. Hope Village is in the northern mountainous area of Guangyuan City, you can go to Hanzhong to the north, and then to the north is Shaanxi, the road has to cross the Qinling Mountains, high-speed and railways have passed through tunnels, these tunnels are estimated to have been damaged in the earthquake, increasing the difficulty of the trip.

If you go south, you will be relatively close to the city of Guangyuan, which is on the edge of the Jialing River, and if you can find a boat, you can go down the river to the hinterland of Sichuan, which is a densely populated area and should be able to get in touch with the survivors. Li Baoqiang consulted Zhang Juncai and other locals again, and finally decided to go all the way south.

Although going south, getting farther and farther away from the north, and getting farther and farther away from his hometown, Li Baoqiang can only accept it silently, going home is a distant dream, and these villagers in front of him have placed too many and too heavy hopes on themselves, and they can only accept the reality and forge ahead.

Li Baoqiang calculated the itinerary in his heart, and it would take about a month to go back and forth. Li Baoqiang discussed with Professor Zhao and others, and finally decided to lead the fat man Wang Zhiming's team and the female soldier team to set off, and the thin man Li Dayong led the rest of the team members to protect Hope Village.

Zhao Xiaoxiao strongly asked to follow Li Baoqiang, Li Baoqiang saw the girl's eager eyes, remembered the feeling of life and death when the rats besieged the school, and agreed to the girl's request. Zhao Xiaoxiao happily snuggled up to Li Baoqiang, and the haze in He Qun's eyes was even deeper. Professor Zhao whispered to Li Baoqiang: "Protect Xiaoxiao!" Li Baoqiang promised.

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

The fat man led five team members, as well as the wolf dog Candy, who had grown up, to open a road about 500 meters in front to search, Li Baoqiang, Zhao Xiaoxiao, female soldiers, and male soldiers walked behind. Although the sparrows are small and have all the organs, although the team members are not regular soldiers, they have already thought about it after Li Baoqiang's **.

And the equipment on his body is already fully armed. 1 Type 56 semi-automatic rifle with 100 rounds of ammunition; A serrated dagger, a relatively short Miao knife after transformation, a shuttle dart, a pocket crossbow, with fifty crossbow arrows, training uniforms, military and police boots, everyone also carried a large backpack, and the backpack was specially filled with twenty catties of salt.

The salt was specially prepared by Li Baoqiang. Li Baoqiang thought about it, the outside world has undergone great changes, salt will inevitably become a surging commodity, these 600 catties of salt may be able to bring some surprises to himself, at least one to ten can be exchanged for more than 5,000 catties of food, Li Baoqiang has a small calculation in his heart.

In the past few days, passing some collapsed villages along the way, the fat man led the team to go in and check, but found no people or food, as if they had been swept away. Li Baoqiang pondered, and it seemed that the surviving people had also begun to gather in larger towns.

"Something doesn't smell right!" The fat man found Li Baoqiang during the break and reported his suspicions to Li Baoqiang.

"You see those collapsed houses, now they are covered with weeds and vines, and these plants seem to be growing like crazy, and they are full of crazy plants, and it's only been a month since spring." The fat man pointed around and said suspiciously.

Li Baoqiang looked around, and it was true. The crowd sat on a high slope of rock by the side of the road, and under their feet was moist moss, which covered the clearing in patches, and the unknown herbaceous plants were more than a meter high, and it seemed that they would continue to grow upward. Clumps of iron ferns stretch out their huge leaf wings, and the leaf buds that are curled in the center slowly stretch at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye, and after a while, they stretch and grow.

Wild vines spread all over the land, covering the barren land, entangled with the towering trees, forming a large green net in the woods, stretching from the branches to the ground like a waterfall, blocking the sunlight and making the woods look eerie.

Li Baoqiang pushed aside the grass and observed the ants and spiders and other unknown insects busy in the grass. These insects have also become larger, and an ant can be the size of a grain of rice, which is ten times the size of the previous one. The tiny spider ran through the grass with its teeth and claws, the size of a broad bean.

Li Baoqiang looked at all this in surprise, and didn't understand what caused the changes in insects and plants for the time being.

Suddenly, there was a tremor in the grass under the rocks in front of him, it was a gray hare, and the wolf dog Candy scurried out, chasing the hare closely, and the hare was extremely agile, constantly changing directions to avoid Candy's competition.

Finally, the hare was bitten on the neck by Candy, and died of a few convulsions, after all, Candy is the descendant of the wolf of the king of the forest, and he is a successful hunter by nature. Candy came to Li Baoqiang with a hare in her mouth, and everyone came up to watch.

"This rabbit has become a sperm!" The crowd was talking. Li Baoqiang looked at it, this rabbit was huge, about the same size as an ordinary domestic dog, with long drooping ears and shining gray fur.

"It's not a sperm, it's a mutation!" Li Baoqiang analyzed. "Then why don't we see such a big rabbit when we hunt in winter?" The fat man was skeptical.

Li Baoqiang was talking to himself, as if he was explaining to everyone, and as if he was convincing himself. "The earthquake caused the explosion of nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons, and volcanic ash that drifted around the world. When spring comes, the snow melts, and a lot of volcanic ash and nuclear dust melts into the soil, and the plants first become faster, and then the animals eat the plants and become huge, and then the ......"

"And then it's us, and we're going to become, to be the Hulk, damn it!" The fat man exclaimed in surprise, Li Baoqiang stopped the fat man's guess and stabilized the mood of the players. "There will definitely be changes, but not as huge as imagined, whoever has changed, just tell me, 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 made into a rabbit fur vest. The fat man began to barbecue the rabbit meat, and the fragrant rabbit meat was handed to Zhao Xiaoxiao's mouth, Zhao Xiaoxiao thought that he would also become huge, restrained the thought of wanting to eat, and didn't overdo it. Li Baoqiang didn't care, and tore the rabbit legs with the team members and chewed them heavily.