Chapter 175
Watching the others leave, other than Shi Tou, Ji Chao, and the others who had to hurry to organize their teams for patrol, Song Xun’s group was the last to go.
In the cave, Chang Wan and Wang Qingyao first sent Sang Yu back to her room to settle in, and then they went to meet up with the others.
Sang Yu was pregnant, but her luck was clearly not as good as Ji Tang’s. The snow disaster was about to pass, and the next natural disaster was coming one after another. No one could predict the situation.
Not to mention Shi Tou and Sang Yu, how could they not be worried? How could they not be afraid?
But even if they were worried and afraid, what could they do? In the end, they could only continue.
Aborting the child was also not realistic. Not to mention that Sang Yu was already more than 5 months along and was showing. To want to abort the fetus at this time would also cause harm to her body. After all, it was the apocalypse.
And not to mention whether the two of them would agree or not.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, they would definitely not agree. Who would want to abort their own child?
Other than Shi Tou, Ji Chao, Song Ye, He Qing, and the others were all outside. Ji Tang was holding the already sleeping Song Jin’an and had gone back to her room to rest. Ji Jinning and Ji Jinyu had also been sent back to their rooms by Song Xun. In front of the table in the cave, only Song Xun and Chang Fei were left.
But not only had Chang Wan and Wang Qingyao returned, but Shi Tou had also returned quite quickly. His feet, covered in the mud from the melted snow, came in with a “thump thump thump.”
Shi Tou was also worried about the pregnant Jiang Yu.
Although he knew that with so many people in the cave, Jiang Yu’s safety would not be a problem, this had nothing to do with safety. As an Alpha, it was human nature to comfort his own Omega.
“How’s the situation outside? Are the patrol teams all set up?”
The Ning Mountain base had its own patrol team and armed forces, with Shi Tou, Ji Chao, Song Ye, and He Qing in charge.
Shi Tou was at the entrance of the cave, shaking the mud off his feet. Hearing Song Xun, he answered without looking up, “They’re all set up. Dahe is taking my place. If there’s nothing else, Ji Chao can also keep an eye on things. I’ll go and see Little Yu first. I’ll take the night patrol in the inner perimeter. As for the situation on the outer perimeter, I don’t know. But I estimate that Sister Song and Sister He should be back soon.”
Song Xun nodded and didn’t ask any more questions, just said, “Jiang Yu is back in her room. You go and keep her company.”
“Okay.”
Shi Tou didn’t say much more, just changed his shoes at the shoe rack at the entrance and hurried into his own room.
He had just opened the door and gone in when Ji Tang came out, having put the sleeping Song Jin’an down. She just happened to hear the sound of the door closing.
“Is Shi Tou back?”
“Yes.”
“It’s really different when you have a wife and child.”
Ji Tang sighed. That Shi Tou, he used to be the most lively one. Now, his focus had completely shifted.
But Ji Tang thought it was good. Only those who had been pregnant knew the hardship of pregnancy. At this time, having your own Alpha by your side and not having them there were definitely different.
Song Xun turned to look at Ji Tang. “An’an is asleep? Why aren’t you resting too?”
Ji Tang rolled her eyes at Song Xun, speechless. “Do you think I can still sleep now?”
Looking at her wife sitting next to her, Song Xun’s teeth ached. She really wanted to say, but you can’t do anything if you don’t rest. Can you fight, or can you fight?
But unfortunately, Song Xun was a coward.
She could only think this. She definitely wouldn’t dare to say it. In the end, Song Xun could only silently agree.
It was almost 8 PM when He Qing also returned.
At this time, the situation was unknown, so it was even more necessary to conserve energy. It was useless for everyone to stay outside. Taking turns to rest was the most rational behavior in the face of an emergency.
Although the situation was unclear, and no one was in the mood to eat dinner, to maintain their physical strength, Chang Wan and Wang Qingyao still went to the kitchen to make some simple food.
With an unknown natural disaster hanging over their heads like a great mountain, no one was in the mood to chat. After eating, they all went back to their own rooms.
Whether they could sleep or not, when the time came, they had to rest.
Originally, after the extreme heat, it should have been the eternal night. But with the snow disaster as an interruption, Song Xun was no longer sure what the next disaster would be.
Without knowing anything, there was no point in talking about preparing in advance. And all they could do was to do their best in the limited time and under the circumstances they could think of. The rest could only be dealt with as it came. This was also something they couldn’t help.
Song Xun and Ji Tang first went to see Ji Jinning and Ji Jinyu in the next room. The two of them had the lights off, their eyes closed, and were lying motionless on the bed, their breathing very rhythmic.
It seemed they were asleep. Ji Tang tugged at Song Xun’s hand and, without saying anything, pulled her out the door.
Song Xun just smiled. “They’re pretty good at pretending. When did they get this skill?”
“What else can they do? Listen to you nagging.”
Ji Tang pulled Song Xun’s hand and went back to their own room. Song Jin’an was still lying on the bed, sleeping soundly. It was hot, and afraid the little cub would get hot, Ji Tang had only covered her with a gauze shirt.
But in this regard, the baby seemed to take after Song Xun, not sleeping honestly. Her two little legs were spread apart in a rather comical posture.
“Aiya, look at my girl. So beautiful.”
Song Xun leaned over and, in the light of the table lamp, looked up and down at Song Jin’an’s fair little face. After a bout of silly laughter, she was willing to turn her head and refute Ji Tang. “And wife, what you said is not right. How can that be nagging? That’s concern and care.”
“Come on. As if you can sleep.”
Ji Tang was too lazy to deal with her. Otherwise, this person would definitely push her luck.
Song Xun shrugged, and in the end, she helplessly spread her hands.
Alright, Song Xun admitted she really couldn’t sleep. But in this situation, who could be so carefree as to sleep soundly?
Perhaps only the carefree, still-young Song Jin’an. So they couldn’t force Ji Jinning and Ji Jinyu to sleep.
It was almost midnight when He Qing and Shi Tou, who were on the second half of the night patrol, left their rooms to relieve Song Ye and Ji Chao.
The temperature outside the cave hadn’t changed much since the temperature had risen. The entire world had instantly gone from a cold winter to a scorching summer.
It was hot, but there was no wind.
As soon as they left the cave, the heat hit them like a steam bath. After just two steps, they could feel sweat seeping out, wetting their temples.
Although they had long gotten used to the ever-changing apocalyptic disasters, the difference in temperature in such a short period of time was still very difficult to adapt to.
There were no stars or moon in the sky, and the night was very dark. If it weren’t for the fact that they were ability users with enhanced vision and were holding high-intensity flashlights, even they wouldn’t have been able to see very far.
Neither of them was a talkative person. They were silent all the way, and soon they reached a fork in the road. Shi Tou and He Qing separated.
Their patrol teams were responsible for the outer perimeter near the mutated forest and the inner perimeter of the base’s residential area, respectively, in two different directions.
Relatively speaking, the outer perimeter was definitely more dangerous than the inner one, and it was also the first line of defense for the Ning Mountain base. So it was natural that it was defended and patrolled by the strongest, Song Ye and He Qing.
After separating from Shi Tou, He Qing quickly walked towards her destination with a high-intensity flashlight in hand. The patrol team was scattered, and for safety, they were in groups of three.
And as for Song Ye’s location, He Qing had already confirmed it with the walkie-talkie in her pocket before she had come out. Although Song Ye had told her not to come so early, thinking about it, He Qing was not the type to listen to her.
The high-intensity flashlight was fully charged, and a few rings of light, with a ghostly afterimage, cut through the night. The mutated forest was close at hand. There was no sound of wind, and in the quiet night, there was only the slight friction of He Qing’s sneakers on the ground.
Rustle—
Suddenly, her footsteps paused, but then she quickly lifted them again. But just as her raised right foot was about to touch the ground…
Hiss!
In the mutated forest, a thick mutated maple tree suddenly trembled slightly, and then something cut through the night, suddenly shooting at He Qing, who was holding the high-intensity flashlight.
The thing was very fast, and she couldn’t see what it was. Was it a weapon, or something else?
It just barely passed through the blinding light of the flashlight and went straight for He Qing. But her reaction was not slow either. Just as the black light entered a certain distance around her, her palm formed a fist, and she punched out.
A fierce gust of wind, with the muffled sound of a Tongbeiquan, went straight to meet the black light.
Bang!
In the extremely fast and sudden contact, the explosive force that was generated suddenly burst out from the center. It was nothing special, but He Qing’s keen ears could hear a sound like a mournful cry, which was fleeting and pitifully small, at the moment the fist and the black light exploded.
Just like…
He Qing’s other hand was holding a flashlight. She shone the light forward, and a few splatters of blood were scattered. The smell of blood was very faint. If it weren’t for He Qing noticing, she probably would have never imagined that the black light was actually a mutated animal.
As for what kind of mutated animal, it had been shattered by her fist, so it was impossible to tell.
He Qing suddenly looked up, her sharp gaze, along with her suddenly appearing, agile figure, went straight into the forest.
Squeak squeak!
Hiss! Hiss hiss!
And the dense friction of countless insects crawling on the ground, in an instant, ignited the windless, moonless, and starless dark night.
He Qing wasn’t afraid of snakes, insects, rats, or ants, but hearing this dense, continuous sound, for a moment, even she felt a little creeped out.
Alright, she was still not afraid. But after pondering for a moment, she still took out her communicator and contacted Song Ye.
“…There’s a situation in the north? I’ll be right there. A’Qing, don’t be reckless.”
He Qing expressionlessly grabbed the small mutated green snake that had silently bitten at her, and with just a slight squeeze, she crushed it. She stepped on the dense swarm of snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and her usually expressionless face was now tightly furrowed.
“I…”
Her heart suddenly leaped. Without thinking, He Qing instinctively threw the mutated green snake’s body in her hand, along with the communicator in her palm.
Bang!
The heavy force directly killed the mutated rat that had opened its bloody, fanged mouth. But the encirclement of the snakes, insects, rats, and ants had already completely surrounded her.
On the other side of the perimeter.
“Hey! A’Qing, He Qing—”
With no more answers, Song Ye became anxious. “I’ll go over first. You guys sound the alarm and notify the base immediately. Don’t split up. Wait for the others to come over. Be careful.”
Song Ye spoke in a hurry, and without waiting for the others to answer, her figure had already quickly disappeared into the night.
