Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

Everyone became nervous because of the sudden change and tightened their weapons.

There was a rustling sound, and a gray shadow jumped out from the bushes.

It turned out to be a wild jumping crab, but the strange thing was that it didn't seem to be afraid of people. It stood there with a pair of red eyes looking at the group of people in front of it, then turned around and jumped away.

Gu Tongwan noticed at this time that the wild mountain jump was extremely fast, and it could even jump one or two meters away, which was not like a normal mountain jump.

After several natural disasters, it seems that all living things have gradually adapted to this environment and started to develop special abilities, perhaps evolution or adaptation.

Others seemed not to notice this change. Although they occasionally encountered strange animals, most of them believed that it was normal survival of the fittest and that the animals must have undergone genetic mutations in order to survive. They did not think of it as a mutation.

What's even more strange is that I learned from my previous chat with the Zhang family that the mutant rats and mutant cockroaches did not appear in Xiaoxi Village.

Gu Tongwan immediately had two guesses. The first was that there was some strange magnetic field in Xiaoxi Village. Perhaps it was this magnetic field that caused the mutant mice and black-shelled cockroaches not to appear here. As for the second guess, he always felt a chill in his heart every time he thought of it. There might be something near Xiaoxi Village that the mutant animals were afraid of, and it was because of this thing that other creatures could not approach Xiaoxi Village.

She had no substantial evidence for the two hypotheses and only imagined the possibilities based on what she knew in her previous life.

"Oh, it's just mountain fish. If I had known it was this, I should have taken action first. Maybe I could have taken it home as a side dish. I haven't had a good meal of meat in the past few months. I've been eating corn tortillas or drinking porridge and eating potatoes with sauce all day. My mouth is almost dry."

Liu Dawei, who was hiding behind his fellow villagers, started talking nonsense again, as if he had deliberately let the mountain jumper go.

Others already knew Liu Dawei's character, and no one cared about what Liu Dawei said. Instead, they were relieved that it wasn't something strange.

The group continued on their journey, and after walking for another half an hour they finally arrived at a place where there were more dry branches.

Everyone had a tacit understanding and chopped from a distance of about ten meters. This way there would be no snatching of resources and no interference to the other party.

Gu Tongwan put the bamboo basket on the ground. Her purpose was not to chop wood, but to see if there were any wild vegetables nearby. She had heard from the blind Chinese medicine doctor at the entrance of the village that there were still many wild vegetables in the mountains.

Before, when I went into the mountains in extreme heat, I was only focused on looking for medicinal herbs and didn't pay any attention to wild vegetables. But it is said that there used to be a lot of wild leeks in this area. The taste is basically the same as leeks, but the appearance is broad-leaved. Most people really can't recognize that this thing is actually leek.

I didn't find any wild leeks nearby, but I did unexpectedly discover red amaranth and garlic chives. The former can be used to make egg soup or stir-fry, while the latter is perfect for stir-frying bacon.

Although there are quite a few vegetables in the space, the amount of each type was not much when she bought it, so she usually tries not to waste them when eating. But if there are wild vegetables, not only will they have high commercial value, but it will also be nice to change the taste occasionally.

There wasn't much red amaranth, only about one or two pounds. But there were a lot of garlic cloves, almost filling half a bamboo basket.

The villagers had not discovered these wild vegetables before, perhaps because they just happened to grow on a slope. Some yellow and green plants could be vaguely seen further away.

At this time, Gu Tongwan had not yet noticed anything unusual, that is, neither the red amaranth nor the garlic would be likely to continue growing in such extremely cold weather.

After picking the wild vegetables, she began to chop them. The machete in her hand was bought abroad before. The blade was very sharp. When chopping branches, she only needed to hook one side to cut a branch about the thickness of her wrist.

The branches were simply tied together with some extremely tough vegetation, and soon they formed a high pile.

Just as I was about to turn around to check on the Zhang father and son, I suddenly heard a loud scream coming from about fifty meters ahead.

The scream was very clear in the overly quiet forest, and even a man's terrified cry for help could be heard.

The person closest to the voice was Zhang Guoming, who immediately recognized the owner of the voice as Liu Dawei. Just now, the group had reminded him not to get close to the stream, as wild animals had appeared there before and it was also the place where animals in the forest drew water, so it was very dangerous.

But Liu Dawei obviously didn't take it to heart. Halfway through chopping wood, he suddenly felt thirsty and thought of going to the stream to moisten his throat. However, just after taking a sip, he was suddenly startled by a cold gaze falling on him.

As soon as I looked up, I met a pair of yellow-brown eyes with a black vertical line in the pupils.

What's even more terrifying is that the thing's entire face seemed to have no skin, its head was bloody, but the fur on its body was very intact, and its mouth revealed a tongue with deep barbs!

"What a weird, monstrous thing!" Chen Dawei suddenly fell to the ground and started howling like a ghost.

If I had known I would encounter this thing, I would have never gone into the mountain this morning!