Traveling through ancient times to survive

Zhao Qing's family decided to move into the mountains soon.

Zhao Chengchuan looked at Zhao Lan with an embarrassed look on his face: "Lan girl, you also heard that our family is about to move out. What are you going to do? Do you want to go home and discuss it?"

Before Zhao Lan could reply, Zhao Qing interrupted: "Dad, Lan Ya is with me. I will take care of her food and clothing."

Zhao Chengchuan said in a surprised tone: "Lan's biological parents are still alive. Is it appropriate for you, a cousin, to be her master?"

Zhao Lan hurriedly said, "It's appropriate. I will listen to my cousin. I am willing to follow my second uncle's family into the mountains. I don't need my cousin to support me. I will live alone and just live next door to my second uncle's house. You can take me with you. I will definitely not be a burden. I don't need to trouble you to take care of me. My parents have long since stopped treating me as a human being. If I follow them, I will be courting death."

Zhao Lan's voice was choked with sobs, and she looked at Zhao Chengchuan and his wife pitifully.

Zhao Chengchuan was in a dilemma. He really didn't want to get in touch with the group of people in the old house again, but his niece was really pitiful.

"Are your parents willing?"

Zhao Lan understood, and she tried to assure him: "Don't worry, uncle. I will go back and convince my parents, and I will definitely not make things difficult for you."

Zhao Qing stopped him and said, "Don't worry, we can deal with this matter when we are ready to leave."

Zhao Qing didn't want the news of their move to spread now, so she decided to wait until she found a place.

Zhao Dezhang seemed to be hesitant to speak, but Zhao Qing saw this and started asking directly.

"Little brother, just say what you want to say. Don't be so shy."

Zhao Dezhang breathed a sigh of relief. Brother Li Heng was his mentor and he already knew that danger was approaching. He didn't want to do anything without notifying him.

"Can you tell Uncle Li's family about our move? Oh, and the people in our clan as well."

"You can tell Uncle Li and the village chief. Let's see what the village chief decides. I will move when I find a place. I won't wait for anyone."

Zhao Lan asked embarrassedly: "Cousin, can I tell my elder sister?"

Zhao Qing nodded: "Sure, as long as you are not a troublemaker, you can move in with us."

Before Zhao Qing finished speaking, Zhao Chengchuan suddenly had an idea and found something wrong.

"That's not right, Qingya. You were planning to move into the mountains a long time ago. Why didn't you stop us from recovering and burning the bodies, or from cleaning up the village garbage? Aren't you kidding your father?"

Everyone else was stunned. Oh, yeah, why bother cleaning up the village when they won’t live there anymore? Isn’t it a waste of effort? They all looked at Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing panicked. She had indeed forgotten about this, but she had a strong psychological quality and continued to deceive people without changing her expression. No one could tell that there was anything wrong with her.

"How could that be? The bodies down there must be cleaned up. Besides, the village chief has given the order. We can't just say we don't live in the village, so we won't go, right?"

At lunch, while Li Wu and his son came to eat, Zhao Chengchuan asked quietly: "My family is planning to move into the mountains to hide for a while, Brother Li, how about your family? Are you moving back to the village?"

Li Wu put down the bowl, his face solemn: "You also think it's dangerous outside? We are heroes with similar views. Although I don't know why no one died in the village, the plague is definitely not that simple. It is not wise to go down the mountain now."

Zhao Chengchuan revealed his plan: "Qingya and I plan to go to the mountains to find a suitable place in the next few days, and we will set off immediately once we find it."

Li Wu glanced at Li Heng from the corner of his eye. He nodded slightly. Li Wu got permission, then looked at Zhao Chengchuan and said cheerfully: "Brother Chengchuan, do you mind having another companion?"

Only Zhao Qing noticed this scene, and she was not surprised. After all, Zhao Qing had long realized that the Li family's identity was not simple.

Zhao Chengchuan smiled and said, "Of course I don't mind. I just wanted to keep you company, so I told you."

Zhao Dezhang looked at Zhao Chengchuan eagerly, fearing that his father would refuse. Knowing that he would not have to separate from the Li family, he was overjoyed.

Li Wu patted Zhao Chengchuan on the shoulder and said, "It's settled then. There is strength in numbers. I will work with you and your daughter to find a place to settle down."

After dinner, Zhao Lan went out to inform Zhao Hong. She said worriedly, "Sister, the epidemic outside is not as serious as it is in our mountain. It is not safe down the mountain. Second uncle is going to move into the mountains. You must persuade the Hu family to move in as well."

Zhao Hong's face turned serious. Without asking why, she chose to trust her sister's judgment without hesitation.

"Okay, I understand. I will definitely convince the Hu family. Is the second uncle's family willing for us to follow them?"

Zhao Lan nodded: "Of course I am willing, otherwise why would you agree to tell you?"

Zhao Hong was concerned about her sister: "What about you? Are your parents willing to move to the mountains?"

Zhao Lan spread her hands and said, "I don't know. Anyway, I will follow my second uncle's family. I will persuade them. If they are willing, they can follow me. If they are not willing, I will do my best."

Zhao Hong expressed her support. Considering the attitude of those people in the old house towards the two sisters, just giving them a notification was the most they could do.

Zhao Qing and the other two began to go into the mountains to look for a suitable place. They divided themselves into three teams.

Deep in the mountains, life is slowly recovering from the disaster that lasted for more than half a year. Old trees are beginning to sprout new buds, and the ground is gradually turning green.

Unbeknownst to all human beings, life in the world has quietly embarked on a new evolutionary journey.

In an uninhabited valley, a pine tree with no top in sight pierces the sky like a sharp sword. Its height of over 100 meters far exceeds the maximum limit of the species, but this is not the end. It still grows upward at an incredible speed.

The pine tree is not an isolated case. Many of its companions around the world have begun to mutate like it. Some have become huge, several times larger than before. Some have changed their habits and have started to eat meat instead of herbivores. Some have mutated their abilities and have become poisonous instead of non-toxic. Some have started to distort their appearance and have grown bumps all over their bodies.

Plants have seized the opportunity and become the first species to take action in this competition. The world is about to undergo tremendous changes, but humans are still unaware of it.

Of course, evolution is a slow process. Even if unknown anomalies appear in the world and the progress is accelerated, the changes in individuals are still too small, and most of them are still hidden in uninhabited places.

Zhao Qing, who was always vigilant, was unaware of it. Looking at the plants that were full of vitality in the mountains, she only sighed at the tenacity of life and no longer paid any attention to it.

The three of them searched and searched, their shoes almost worn out, before they finally found a suitable valley.

The valley is located in the center of the entire mountain range, surrounded by mountains on all sides. There is only a two-meter-wide and three-meter-high gap leading to the valley. The entrance becomes narrower and narrower as it goes in, and in the end only one person can pass through. Just block it with stones here, and the sense of security will immediately increase.

The valley is vast, enough to accommodate more than 200 people. There is a clear pond in the valley, which is bottomless. The soil is black and is top-quality fertile land.

The ground in the valley was still a little damp, and there were a few half-rotten animal carcasses scattered in the distance, but it was not a big problem and could be solved quickly.