"What... did you see it?" Shi Lingyao was surprised, "Didn't I just go to deliver the letter and now someone comes to pick it up?"
Jing Hexuan's face was gloomy: "It can only mean that the Li family is very interested in the content you added last time. They have probably been squatting nearby recently."
"Li family?"
Jing Hexuan nodded: "This person is one of Li Xiayu's confidants. I know him."
Shi Ling looked at Xuxu from afar: "It seems that our guess is correct. It is indeed another force in the imperial capital."
No matter how they guessed, they had to visit the place where the incident occurred.
The heavy snowstorm that lasted for seven consecutive days covered the entire world with a thick layer of snow. At first, when people went out, the snow was up to their waists. Under the continuous freezing, zombie swarms, and people's trampling, the ground has formed The thick ice layer caused the entire terrain to rise, and buildings were frozen into the ice layer for more than three feet. The doors of many houses could not be opened at all, and everyone had to climb in through the windows.
It was difficult to find food on the ground originally. After the entire land became a frozen soil, plants became even more extinct. Ordinary humans have begun to try to expand their recipes by adding mutated plants and animals into their diets.
This behavior makes some ordinary humans with poor resistance unable to resist the tiny zombie toxins in their food and turn into zombies. But more people become stronger after resisting the mild toxins of sodium in food.
They came to the street, and there was silence.
The door of the shop where the big bear was injured was wide open inward, and broken wood chips and shelves were still scattered on the ground.
There didn't seem to be anything strange about the whole house.
Shi Lingyao wandered around the room, not knowing what he was looking for.
She wandered around the house several times and crouched down next to a wooden box on the other side of the room.
"Come and see." She pointed to the wooden box and motioned for them to take a look.
Xuxu went up to observe: "This seems to be some kind of fabric."
Jing Hexuan said: "It's cotton and linen, the most common material."
One corner of the box was rough because of the wooden thorns, and a thin strand of fabric was scratched on it.
People in the village wear coarse linen clothes. This kind of cotton and linen fabric is not worn by ordinary people. Although it is comfortable to touch, it is not warm, and it is not durable for people who often go out and work.
Most of the people who can wear this kind of fabric are able-bodied people who are not afraid of the cold.
Shi Lingyao patted the ashes on his fingertips and sneered: "It seems that there was indeed a mysterious person present at that time."
Xuxu nodded: "And he's also an ability user."
Shi Lingyao thought thoughtfully: "I'm afraid not. Apart from those who are not afraid of the cold, there is also Xu Yingying."
Xuxu frowned slightly: "You mean, Xu Yingying deliberately infected the zombie poison to Big Bear and asked him to take him back to the village?"
Shi Lingyao spread his hands: "It's something she can do, isn't it?"
Only Jing Hexuan discovered something different: "If it is made of cotton and linen, the cloak we saw Xu Yingying wearing was not cotton and linen."
Xuxu had a headache and said, "What should we do? We can't just sit back and wait for her to harm someone next time, right?"
Shi Lingyao stood up: "Then we'll do it the old way, we'll send her to her door."
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There was silence in the village for two days. A funeral broke out before the wedding could be held. Originally, Azhen wanted to postpone the wedding, but everyone in the village said it would be better to hold it as scheduled. Everyone hoped to use a happy event to offset the recent troubles.
So after two days of being depressed, everyone cheered up again and prepared for the upcoming wedding. The only change was that the two newlyweds became a couple, and there were also a few fewer people in the village.
Although Xuxu explicitly prohibited the team from splitting up when going out, everyone still chose to split up when there was something to gain in order to go back on time, so as to maximize the efficiency of work.
Tomorrow is the wedding. Everyone is full of energy and preparing to hunt well today. It is best to have a sumptuous harvest so that they can relax well before tomorrow's wedding.
An Ning himself is a strong man, and the team members also cooperated very well, so they walked a little further today and headed east out of Xincheng.
Towards the original direction of Ningcheng, there is a small mountain ridge. There used to be several nests of wild boars there, but I don’t know what is happening now.
They had come to investigate yesterday, and there were still traces of wild boars here, indicating that whether they were mutant wild boars or normal wild boars, there must still be wild boars surviving here.
So when they went out today, they went straight to these wild boars.
Everyone has brought weapons, hemp ropes and long sticks, and is ready to fight.
The road outside is no longer that difficult. The snow is gradually thinning, and the frozen soil on the opposite ground is getting thicker, making it harder for plants to sprout.
The remaining big trees that are still standing are more like ice sculptures that have lost their lives than they are still living trees. Only the thick branches are left standing frozen in place.
"Look at the pig's hoof prints!" Someone discovered the marks and shouted happily.
An Ning made a quiet gesture: "Let's approach quietly, don't disturb them."
Everyone calmed down, and the cat crouched and followed the pig's hoof prints little by little, gradually going deeper into the ice-carved forest.
The sound of pigs "eating, tamping, munching" could be vaguely heard. Everyone gradually became excited and clenched the weapons in their hands.
After passing through a dense forest of ice sculptures, there was an open space ahead, and the sight suddenly opened up. There was a small hill, and a large sunken pit was dug out by the pigs as a nest. A large sow lay in the pit with a A row of piglets drinking milk.
There were two huge boars nearby, rolling on the ground and making grunting sounds.
It's actually a pig giving birth! It’s a pig without mutations!
Everyone was overjoyed, exchanged glances with each other, An Ning made a gesture, and everyone rushed out at the same time!
The pigs were frightened, and the big sow immediately stood up and used her mouth to push the piglets into the pig nest hole at the foot of the hill.
The two big boars, after panicking for a while, turned around and charged at the visitor with their huge tusks, making a sharp scream.
But no matter how powerful the wild boar was, it couldn't stand up to the overwhelming number of people. It was quickly tied up by everyone and tied upside down to a stick.
An Ning said: "Let's go dig out the litter of piglets and take them home to raise them. If there are both male and female piglets in the litter, we won't have to worry about pork in the future!"
Someone asked: "Shall we go together?"
An Ning shook his head: "No, here are a few leaner and less strong ones. We'll dig out the pig nests. The others are waiting outside. You tie up the boars tightly first, and be careful not to let them escape."
"Okay!" Immediately, two slightly shorter men stood up and said they would go in with An Ning.
Others were tying up the two boars with a few more ropes outside. Thinking of the delicious pork they could eat at tomorrow's wedding banquet, everyone was working with great interest, which made me laugh.
One of the boars gave up after struggling a few times and seemed to be extremely weak.
