The door of 701 is closed, and there is no one inside. Zhang Tianzhao was bathing his son in the warm kitchen at home deep in the Qinling Mountains. Xiao Shan was guarding the stove and looking at the porridge pot, holding the second volume of General History of the World and reading aloud.
As soon as Bai Zhi came out of the territory, Xiao Shan threw the book away with relief.
"Min Ning, let's go with your mother tomorrow." He discussed with Min Ning seriously, "We will also go beat up the big eight-legged bug. It's very fun. Your mother can also pull people's silk and skin them. Take the skins and make us beautiful clothes and bags."
"Go!" Mian Ning blinked her eyes like Zhang Tianzhao in a cute manner, "Mom, I want to protect you."
"You can't even dress yourself." Bai Zhi flicked her son's forehead, "Protect your sister!"
"You're about to give birth." Mian Ning hehehe.
"This naughty kid!" Bai Zhi pinched his face, "Did you talk nonsense in front of grandpa today?"
"I called out to Grandpa. The old man was so excited that he almost lost his breath. I didn't dare to speak anymore." Mian Ning yawned and said, "Mom and Dad, you abandoned your children and babies and went out on a date to fight monsters. It's really terrible." Is it appropriate?"
"There's so much nonsense!" Zhang Tianzhao picked him up by one of his legs and roughly shook him dry. "You two will stay at home well tomorrow, do your homework, and take a nap. In the afternoon, you will study the second volume of General History." Finished, go to bed early tonight, I will come back to test you two, if you fail, your snacks will be halved!"
"I'm going to live with my grandpa. I want to enjoy a normal childhood!" Mian Ning, who was standing upside down, looked at her mother pitifully.
His mother wrapped him in a dry towel and held him in her arms, "My grandpa and relatives spoil you when I go away for two days occasionally. Do you think your uncle will let you go if you stay here for a long time? My mother couldn't do her homework when she was a child. My eldest uncle scolded me and cried uncontrollably. Your uncle Xiaoqi was so tortured that he even burned down the house."
"Honey!" Zhang Tianzhao couldn't stop her in time. He looked at the stone walls and roof of their house and said happily: "Our house is made of stone anyway, so we are not afraid of being burned by these two naughty kids."
Xiao Shan and Mian Ning exchanged glances, and finally their sly gazes were fixed on the hardcover history book that was so thick that it could crush someone to death.
"Burning books is a major crime against humanity, don't even think about it." Zhang Tianzhao brought up a cute romper with a small strawberry pattern for Mian Ning to wear, who wanted to burn books and hide history. "The good time of reading and writing is still there. That's fine. Forget it, let's go play tomorrow. You can have a holiday in the afternoon. After lunch, Xiao Shan will send Mian Ning to the Dragon Palace. Tell the third brother that I have something to do tomorrow and change the appointment to five days later. "
"I'll definitely bring it. Fifth sister, can I take Mian Ning to play in Tanggu? If you don't come back tonight, I will take him to live in Brother Qi's dormitory." Xiao Shan looked at Bai Zhi expectantly.
"It's okay if you don't feed him strange food." Bai Zhi touched Xiaoshan's head, "I feel bored staying at home, but you are probably more bored."
"It's really boring to memorize books every day." Xiaoshan looked at the fifth sister pitifully, "Can you not memorize the history of the world?"
"No!" Bai Zhi patted his head gently, "Go take a shower and go to bed."
Xiaoshan yawned and went to the bathroom. Zhang Tianzhao gently moved his son who was sleeping on his body into his arms, "Mian Ning is so lively today. It is good to see more people. Shall we move to Donghai? If nothing happens, take him for a walk on the roadside and kiss the neighbors. The little sisters at home are the real childhood."
"You didn't!" Bai Zhi pointed at Zhang Tianzhao. She couldn't imagine the little Zhang Tianzhao who looked like Mian Ning kissing a little sister.
"Neither did you!" Zhang Tianzhao made sure that his wife had not been stuck in oil when she was a baby. He bit the finger that his wife extended, "In a few years, Xiaoshan will be old enough to really date girls. As parents, we must also create conditions for him to get to know more little girls."
Xiaoshan's howl came from the bathroom: "Don't find me a bitch like Xiao Fei! Otherwise I will run away from home!"
"Oh, I'm still disgusted with it." Bai Zhi smiled, "Try saying this in front of Qi Haoyu, it will be weird if he doesn't break your bones."
Xiaoshan screamed repeatedly. Zhang Tianzhao laughed happily and said softly to Bai Zhi: "The group of people named Gao are spies sent by the Southwest Base. They don't know they have been exposed. They work very seriously and responsibly. Both Yue Dongting and Haifengqiu advocate keeping them." We can use it next time when we trick Xijing."
"I understand." Bai Zhi said as she quickly packed the meat porridge into an insulated lunch box and packed Xiaoshan's three lunch boxes for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Zhang Tianzhao was reluctant to put down the sleeping Mian Ning. He held the child in one hand and helped wash the fruits. He also took the time to talk to Yue Dongting and asked for help in getting a dormitory with a yard in Donghai.
The supply point was as lively late at night as it was during the day. The tavern on the ground floor was bustling with laughter and people chatting in the corridors on each floor. Gao Yuanyuan shouted outside the thick door of 701 for a long time, but no one opened the door. Instead, residents from the lower floors were attracted. There were many people watching, and there were two people who treated her as a special room service staff to talk to her. She could only go back to the second floor in depression.
When the breakfast bell rang in the cafeteria, the door of 701 opened on time. Zhang Tianzhao took Bai Zhi's hand out and went to the cafeteria with the key card to get food.
Gao Yuanyuan sat cross-legged at a large square table with a shy smile, waved to them and said: "Here."
"Where's Gao Zheng?" Zhang Tianzhao went over first carrying a dinner plate.
"My brother and the others are lining up over there. There is actually fruit today." Gao Yuanyuan pointed to a long queue at a window, "There are a lot of people today, I'm taking a seat."
Zhang Tianzhao put down the plate and walked around the window with the key card. After a while, he sat on the table with a small basket of red berries.
Bai Zhi came over with two bowls of porridge on a tray, and sat down gracefully on her knees, raising the case to eyebrow level. Zhang Tianzhao knelt down and took two bowls of porridge and put them on the table. He took the plate and raised it to his brow before slowly putting down the bowls and chopsticks.
The young couple's movements are as natural and graceful as flowing clouds and flowing water.
"You...are like this at home?" Gao Yuanyuan asked in a brisk tone.
Bai Zhi heard three parts of envy and seven parts of sadness in the words. She looked at Gao Yuanyuan funny and asked, "What kind?"
"Lifting the plate like that." Gao Yuanyuan smiled uncomfortably, "It looks like a ceremony. It looks really nice when you two do it."
"Our family also has a low table, and we have breakfast like this every day." Bai Zhi explained, "Just now I sat down and raised it out of conditioned reflex. It's not a ritual, but actually it's fun."
Gao Yuanyuan's sigh sounded like envy and disappointment at the same time, like a feather gently scratching her chest. Most of the men who heard it felt numb and itchy in their hearts. The men at the next tables all turned their eyes from Bai Zhi to her. But her eyes only looked at Zhang Tianzhao.
Zhang Tianzhao kept his eyes straight as he put the pickled vegetables into his wife's porridge bowl, stir-fried the minced meat and pickled beans, "It smells very fragrant. It will definitely go well with the meal. Please take two more bites."
Bai Zhi scooped up a few spoonfuls of porridge and stopped eating. Zhang Tianzhao moved the porridge bowl over, moved the fruit basket towards his wife, and said, "Eat some more. If it's delicious, I'll get another one to pack for you for lunch."
The basket of berries that Gao Zheng brought was twice as much as their fruit basket, so Bai Zhi held the small fruit basket and ate the fruit with peace of mind. Zhang Tianzhao saw that she ate so deliciously that he actually packed up a large basket of berries and came back.
"Does your wife always eat like this?" Gao Zheng felt powerless against Mrs. Zhang who was a picky eater. They will be in the wild for the next two days. If Mrs. Zhang eats like this, she will collapse after walking for half a day, which will definitely affect everyone's schedule.
"That's what happens when she's a little nervous. It'll be fine in the evening." Zhang Tianzhao packed the fruit into a bag and said, "Let's go."
After leaving the supply point and walking eastward, the terrain is similar to that of the Gobi Desert. There are dusty stones everywhere, large and small, and there are always a few pale fish skeletons hidden in the gaps between the stones. Floating shells can be seen everywhere, and apart from hundreds of scattered humans, there are no other living things in the field of vision, and it feels extremely desolate.
Although Mrs. Zhang eats less, she has better endurance than the two girls. During the afternoon break, Gao Yuanyuan and Fang Hongdou couldn't stand up even after sitting down. Bai Zhi can actually still be energetic enough to turn over big rocks to look for moss, and push open the skeletons of large fish to see what's growing underneath. She's so energetic that it makes people jealous.
Gao Zheng, who had scouted the surrounding area, came back and said, "Something seems to be wrong. We can't stop here. Let's keep going."
Zhang Tianzhao took a gentle breath and smelled the scent of at least ten similar people. There is still fighting six or seven kilometers ahead, and I don’t know who Boring is clearing the way ahead. Is this because he is afraid that his wife will waste her time fighting against female spies?
These bastards came to watch the show! He will definitely refuse to do such a thing next time! Zhang Tianzhao asked angrily: "How long do we have to go?"
"We'll be walking for more than an hour." Gao Zheng slapped Gao Yuanyuan and Fang Hongdou each, "Get up, we can't camp outside today."
Gao Yuanyuan looked at Zhang Tianzhao for help. Although she didn't speak, her beautiful eyes clearly expressed the meaning: Handsome guy, pull me up.
Gao Yuanyuan's charm power was so low-level that Zhang Tianzhao really wanted to stab her to death with a gun. He turned around and held Bai Zhi's hand to wash away the negative emotions, and asked her, "Are you tired?"
"It's just walking, why are you tired?" Bai Zhi whispered close to him: "Yunlai and Hai Fengqiu have been nearby, have you noticed?"
"It's not just the two of them, there are other companions. At least ten." Zhang Tianzhao lowered his head to his wife's ear and whispered, "They are here to see the fun. Let's show our affection to them and make them angry."
Bai Zhi smiled and shook her head, "That girl has been using her powers to enchant you all the way, and she's so full of energy that you're so full of energy. You didn't react too much at all."
"Ignore her, let's talk about serious business. You've been acting weird the past two days." He took his chin and rubbed her forehead gently, "I was too excited last time and didn't take any safety measures. Did you win a lottery?"
"Not sure, it's only been a few days." Bai Zhi bit her lip, "I have to raise a child again, what will happen to my experiment?"
"Ignore it for now. To be honest, I'm worried that Mian Ning won't be able to accept that he is the only one when he grows up. It is a good thing for both children to have siblings who are close in age and grow up with their elder brother."
Bai Zhi pushed him away and pointed at Gao Zheng who was walking over.
Gao Zheng helplessly made a walking gesture towards the truly loving couple. Zhang Tianzhao nodded to him and took Bai Zhi's hand to follow.
The entrance is an inconspicuous gap deep in the trench. Walking a few hundred meters in, you can hear the rustle of armored limbs crawling across the stone wall, as fast as a torrential rain. Gao Zheng climbed up and down nimbly, zigzagging around the cave as dense as a spider web, avoiding spiders, and led the group into a relatively clean black stone cave deep in the cave.
He leaned against the cave wall and breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Big spiders can't get in here, and there are no small spiders now, so it's still very safe."
The two girls in the group of seven were so tired that they couldn't get up even after sitting down. Bai Zhi walked around the cave leisurely and said, "There is a super big cave down there. There are at least four to five hundred big spiders. The thinnest part is only two feet thick."
"Didn't you say there are only two hundred?" Zhang Tianzhao looked at Gao Zheng.
Here is the trap they prepared for Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang, why did you discover it as soon as you arrived? Can a clever latent worker like you still survive? Gao Zheng asked unhappily: "On the way there, there are two hundred of them that we must pass through. This place is not the only path that we must pass through. We have never been there. How many are there? Can your wife just rely on guesswork?"
"Five hundred and twenty-one." Bai Zhi tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Husband, while everyone is resting, can we kill them all?"
Zhang Tianzhao smiled at Gao Zheng, "Let's go down and have some fun."
The targets who took the initiative to jump into the trap were all friendly troops. Gao Zhengzhong regained his fighting spirit and said enthusiastically: "I know how to get down, I will take you there."
Zhang Tianzhao made a gesture of invitation. Gao Zheng and Gao Yuanyuan exchanged a look and signaled her not to follow them yet. He led them on his own in a zigzag walk for a few minutes. He removed a large stone that was as tall as a person, pointed at the dark entrance of the cave and said, "Go down from here. that is."
Angelica dahurica pops up strings of thunderballs. The thunderballs roll against the cave wall several times, burning away all the white mucus in the more than ten meters long passage.
A large spider that was one meter and a half tall when crawling quickly crawled into the passage. Its whole body was covered with black bristles more than ten centimeters long, and it looked hideous and terrifying. Bai Zhi drew out her scimitar and glided over faster than a spider. Her movements were so fast that Gao Zheng, who was standing at the front, couldn't see clearly. After two gentle thunder explosions, the big spider fell down. Bai Zhi quickly touched the corpse and pulled out a piece of spider silk. A small thunder ball popped out and burned the spider to ashes.
Only three large spiders can enter this passage at a time. Facing three at the same time is not stressful for Bai Zhi. The time it takes to kill the spiders is not as long as the time it takes to destroy the corpses and traces. However, Bai Zhi felt that she hadn't really fought monsters in two years and needed to get used to it. Practice with monsters was still necessary. She was not in a hurry to go in, so she just stood in this passage and played with monsters.
Zhang Tianzhao took out a book and read it with his wife. Bai Zhi had time in her busy schedule to flick a big thunderball to give him light.
Gao Zheng calculated Mrs. Zhang's speed and efficiency in cooking monsters, which was about one or two in thirty seconds. Ten minutes and thirty-five or so.
Twenty minutes later, he thought Mrs. Zhang had exhausted her powers and needed to rest, but Mrs. Zhang was still happily bullying the big bug.
After forty minutes, he thought Mr. Zhang would take the initiative to replace his wife. Mr. Zhang took out a pencil and started taking notes seriously.
After an hour and a half, Mrs. Zhang's efficiency in killing monsters increased to five monsters per minute.
For two hours, Mrs. Zhang walked straight through the passage and rushed into the cave.
"Zhang Tianzhao?" Gao Zheng reminded Mr. Zhang who was reading seriously. "Your wife has gone down. Do you want to follow her and have a look?"
"Let her play by herself." Zhang Tianzhao didn't even raise his head. There were no big guys nearby. Bai Zhi was in good condition now and there was no need to worry about her at all.
Gao Zheng felt that a strong man like him should not say such kind words. His tongue was almost tied, "Your wife has been fighting the mutant spider for two hours and needs to rest."
Zhang Tianzhao replied nonchalantly, "If you feel bored, just go and have a rest. I'll just wait for her here."
If you want to defeat your enemy, you must first understand your enemy. Gao Zheng held the idea of everything for the base, and cautiously went deep into the cave where the spiders were hiding to find the whereabouts of Mrs. Zhang.
Mrs. Zhang cleared a blackened path. Gao Zheng walked along this road for a few minutes and entered another cave that was twice as big as before. He was frightened at the entrance of the cave.
Several bright thunderballs illuminated the cave. The walls above the ground were covered with black spiders, and several large BOSS stood out among the spiders. Mrs. Zhang jumped among the spiders, swinging her knife as gracefully as a dance. These large insects, known for their agility, could not get close to her. Wherever she went, spiders fell to pieces.
They also want to feed people bugs. They don't even use superpowers now, they just rely on skills and footwork. Don't have too much fun playing with bugs!
Trying to catch a big fish only attracts great white sharks. Mrs. Zhang is so fierce, how powerful is Zhang Tianzhao, who has never made a move? Gao Yuanyuan's charming power was obviously useless to him, and the subsequent plan could not continue at all.
They lured people here, and gained nothing except exposing the growth points of mutated plants that they had worked so hard to discover. Gao Zheng squatted down at the entrance of the cave, barely maintaining a cold expression, and his mood was even more desolate than his back.
Bai Zhi cleared away the spiders in the cave, and while throwing out groups of thunderballs to clean up the environment, she counted the harvest in her backpack. There were three groups of six hundred and sixteen spider silks and several spider webs. Six hundred wristbands put her in a good mood. She greeted Gao Zheng who came to monitor her, "Hey, I'm back."
Gao Zheng tried to calm himself down and asked: "There should be others outside, why don't we kill them?"
"Keep it for planting." Bai Zhi smiled brightly, "I have been bored for two years and finally got some exercise. I really want to thank you for bringing me to such a fun place."
This woman's hobbies are terrifying. "You're welcome. How do you practice to be so good?" Gao Zheng acted like a fan of a celebrity, feeling both excited and frightened.
This guy is more professional as an actor than as a spy. Bai Zhi walked back with a smile, "The mutant spiders here in the East China Sea are not very powerful. There is no pressure if there are a few more."
Zhang Tianzhao was still leaning on the same spot reading, but there was Gao Yuanyuan next to him. When Gao Yuanyuan saw Bai Zhi coming back, she stepped back a meter in panic and shyness, and said, "Mrs. Zhang, don't get me wrong. I'm afraid Mr. Zhang will be too bored by himself, so I want to talk to him. Brother, have the spiders below gone out to look for food?"
Gao Yuanyuan is provoking. Zhang Tianzhao's eyebrows twitched slightly and he held back his words. Bai Zhi smiled and pretended she didn't exist.
"They're all cleared out." Gao Zheng waved his hand feebly and said, "Zhang Tianzhao, if you are not afraid of getting tired, how about we go to the front and clear out the two hundred of them, and get the mutated plants and go back overnight?"
"That's great." Zhang Tianzhao happily closed the book, "Honey, leave the rest to me. Can you make up for it?"
"Okay." Bai Zhi nodded and agreed to him. Although she was not satisfied yet, she wanted to let him vent for the sake of how hard he endured.
Zhang Tianzhao also didn't use his powers. He used a spear to pick at the spiders, stabbing and paralyzing one with a few shots. After finishing the attack, Mrs. Zhang threw a thunderball to burn the corpse. The couple cleared the monsters as efficiently as a lawn mower. .
Gao Yuanyuan, who had exhausted all her powers in vain, dragged her feeble steps to the end. Fang Hongdou's eyes became brighter and brighter as she stared at the scimitar in Mrs. Zhang's hand. She whispered to Gao Yuanyuan, "Look at her weapon. There are crystal flashes on the back and handle of the knife. It's a charged weapon!"
"I saw it as soon as I took it out." Gao Yuanyuan said half-dead, "She killed hundreds of mutated spiders by herself, and she's still jumping around like she just had a good night's sleep. Are you sure you can beat her?"
"Hundreds of them? How can she supplement her powers!" Fang Hongdou asked softly: "She can drink the magic potion at will?"
Mrs. Zhang is the woman who Xijing has offered a reward for, who can supplement other people's abilities! Gao Yuanyuan suddenly understood, and she exchanged delighted glances with Fang Hongdou, and both of them became energetic.
The cave with an area of nearly a thousand square meters is crowded with plants, green trees and flowers, bushes covered with vines, and small red and yellow fruits everywhere. The grass under the tree was crowded together and grew densely. They were all mutated varieties and looked like a small garden that had not been taken care of for a long time.
This place is really secretive, and I don’t know how Gao found it. Bai Zhi feels that they really shouldn't be spies, and that the search team is the career that suits them.
Three of the seven people present were women, and these few people couldn't take away many plants. Zhang Tianzhao felt that Hai Fengqiu and the others could serve it all at once. This time I really made a lot of money by playing with the spies. Zhang Tianzhao made a note and told Hai Fengqiu not to laugh too happily.
Gao Zheng and the others discussed for a while, starting with the most numerous plants, two of each type, and taking away as many as they could. It doesn’t matter if there are more than two trees. It’s very cost-effective to exchange rewards to buy a house. Of course, the good things in small quantities should be left to the second group to dig. Even if Zhang Tianzhao brings people here later, even if he knows the way, it will take at least four days to go back and forth. Such a long time is enough for the second group, which is half a day behind them, to clear out the place.
Angelica dahurica looked around in the dense grass. The real good thing was not these visible mutated plants, but the source of the mutation. She had found it, hidden in a crack in a large rock. She slowly walked to the crack in the stone, took advantage of the opportunity when everyone turned their backs to her, took out a fist-sized stone box from the crack in the stone, and quickly put it into her backpack.
Zhang Tianzhao, who noticed Bai Zhi's little move, smiled proudly. His wife was also collecting interest for her patience. This time she would definitely not pay the compensation she was offering to the Gao brothers and sisters.
Gao Zheng was well prepared. He brought some soil with the herbs and wrapped them in plastic bags, and Gao Yuanyuan and Fang Hongdou took them away. The three men carried saplings of shrubs and trees on their backs. As for Zhang Tianzhao and his wife, Gao Zheng gave the reason that someone needed to protect everyone, and he did not let the young couple memorize anything.
Neither Zhang Tianzhao nor Bai Zhi took this kind of treatment that was obviously caring but actually preventive seriously. The small trees and grass that have been carried back after all the hard work have to be handed over to them in the end. Whoever wants to carry them can carry them, they are not in a hurry.
Gao Zheng took everyone out on another road. From time to time, he encountered groups of dozens of spiders on the road. Zhang Tianzhao directly crushed him without even stopping. On the other hand, Bai Zhi was less efficient at burning corpses, and everyone always had to wait for her.
"Why do you want to burn all the corpses?" Gao Yuanyuan looked very innocent and simple when she asked the question.
"Most mutated animals eat the corpses of the same kind. Killing them and burning them is the only way to truly kill one and lose one." Bai Zhi answered Gao Yuanyuan with a smile, and threw a thunderball at the last corpse. It was not a good idea. He passed by her and drained Gao Yuanyuan's superpower until only a sliver of it remained.
Less than two kilometers out of the trench, Gao Yuanyuan finally felt something was wrong. Her forehead was sweating, her face was pale, her steps were sluggish, and she weakly shouted: "Brother, I really can't walk anymore. I want to rest."
In theory, the only unweighted man present should have gracefully stepped forward and taken the woman's backpack.
Someone who was concentrating on taking notes and giving directions did not notice such a small thing at all. Bai Zhi smiled and said nothing, showing no sign of being virtuous and asking her husband for help. Fang Hongdou wanted to ridicule, but her eyes fell on the energy-gathering scimitar on Bai Zhi's waist, but she still kept her mouth shut.
The half-moon was dim, and a group of mutated birds flew under the moon, making shrill and shrill cries.
"Thunderball!" Gao Zheng shouted.
Bai Zhi raised her hand and pinched the thunder ball. Zhang Tianzhao asked, "What's going on?"
Gao Zheng shouted: "Niao, go back to the cave!" His people were very obedient, and everyone, including Gao Yuanyuan, turned back and ran towards the trench.
