the beginning of the end

"This ability is very suitable for you." Mu Qiangguo said solemnly.

Everyone in the room nodded in agreement, even the brothers Zhang Dashan, who had just joined the team, also nodded, and they all understood Shen Zhi's foodie nature.

Shen Zhi listened to Mu Qiangguo's words, and directly took it as a compliment. He didn't feel the teasing meaning in Mu Qiangguo's words at all, and smiled happily: "I also think the wood-type abilities are very suitable for me." The plant's wood-type ability means that he can eat whatever he wants in the future, as long as there are seeds, it is simply too wonderful.

Unable to understand his frightened appearance, Mo Cheng raised his head and patted Shen Zhi's head, Shen Zhi covered his head and glared at him angrily, intending to ignore it for the time being.

Suddenly there was a big pumpkin in the house, and the children became curious. Mu Xibao was the first to run up, squatted down and poked it with his hand.

Mingming came to the house, accompanied by several other children, and gradually recovered the child's xinxing.

Except for Xia Lei who was following Mu Xibao, the other three children squatted on the ground around and poked the big pumpkin to play.

"Godmother, the pumpkin on the ground, let's cook pumpkin soup to drink at night." The weather is too cold, the pumpkin tastes sweet, the little ones must like it, and so does Shen Zhi.

"Okay." Old lady Mu nodded with a smile.

Then, a few little guys insisted on helping, and worked together to carry the pumpkin into the kitchen.

Fearing that the child would fall, Mrs. Mu happily followed the little ones, and went to the kitchen to process the big pumpkin and cook pumpkin soup.

Everyone sat around the charcoal basin, and Mo Cheng suddenly said, "We met Yin Yi at the market just now, and he said that Qin Yan died yesterday."

"It wasn't in the base laboratory, why did he die?" Mu Qiangguo looked at Mo Cheng and asked.Du Ziteng said that when he took Qin Yan away, it was impossible for Qin Yan to die so soon.

"It wasn't killed by people in the laboratory, it was assassinated." Mo Cheng said the news he heard from Yin Yi.

"Have you found out who did it?" When Shen Xi asked this, the corner of his eyes glanced at Xia Lei who just came out of the kitchen.

Mo Cheng shook his head and said: "I didn't find any clues, but I know it was done by a person with special abilities. At that time, something happened to be lost in the laboratory, so it was a bit chaotic, and people have passed well. It took a while to find out that he died in the room."

"Besides, I heard from Brother Yin Yi that he left a lot of blood and died a miserable death. His eyes were wide open, and he couldn't see his death." Shen Zhi followed Mo Cheng's words and said in admiration.

Mu Qiangguo also thought of something at this moment, and looked at each other with Shen Xi.Yesterday afternoon, Xia Lei just avoided everyone and went out. When they returned to the room, the two of them also smelled the bloody smell emanating from his body.

But Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi didn't ask much at that time. In the last days, it's quite normal to smell blood on your body.

After hearing Mo Cheng talk about this matter, Mu Qiangguo and Shen Xi felt that it was too coincidental at the same time.

Thinking of Xia Lei persistently asking about the location of the base laboratory that day, the two finally understood.

Although Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo didn't know how Xia Lei got into the heavily guarded base laboratory, they didn't plan to tell the story. People died when they died, and they didn't want to ask.

However, Xia Lei was able to sneak into the base laboratory and kill Qin Yan without anyone noticing, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo both saw the satisfaction in each other's eyes.

Xia Lei listened to everyone's conversation, lowered his head and his eyes darkened, then he held the baby's hand and played with him as if nothing had happened.

"Brother Mu, Brother Yin Yi also said that they found Mu Fang's body in Qin Yan's residence. Your lord..., no, Mu Jiafu is also dead." Originally, I wanted to say Uncle, but I thought of Mu Jiafu The last time I brought someone to the house to make trouble because of the little cat, if it wasn't for Mrs. Mu and the two children, it happened that Brother Shen Xi didn't go on missions with them, and only the old lady and the two children were left at home. If there are two children, I don't know what will happen. Just based on this incident, I know that Mu Jiafu, an uncle, has a bad mind to do such a thing for his own benefit. Shen Zhi quickly said something. divert.

Suddenly hearing Shen Zhi say that Mu Jiafu and Mu Fang were both dead, the two brothers Mu Qiangguo and Mu Jianguo were still a little moved.

Mu Qiangguo was silent for a while, and said to everyone: "Don't tell my mother about this." He also didn't want the old lady to know about it.

Everyone nodded one after another, and even the two brothers of the Zhang family who didn't know why didn't ask much, and nodded accordingly.

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After nearly five months, the weather finally started to clear up. In the last half month, the temperature even dropped to the point that everyone dared not even go out.

Inevitably, this winter, many people in the base froze to death because they had nothing to keep warm.

When the snow outside finally stopped, Shen Xi and the others opened the door and did a thorough cleaning to get rid of the snow that was pushing in front of the door.

After a few days, when the ground finally dried up and the snow melted, the people in the base started to go hunting in groups.

Because the weather is cold in winter, it is impossible to go out at all, and the people in the base dare not go out at all. After squatting in the base for so long, and saving money every day, most of the food found outside the base due to plant mutation People have almost eaten up, not to mention the meat, how long has it been since I smelled it.

Even a strong supernatural user doesn't look very good without the supplement of meat.

Like Shen Xi's family, all of them have rosy faces, and it's considered eye-catching when they go out.

However, no one dared to provoke them. It was not a simple role to be able to live happily in the base.

The well-informed supernatural team knew the relationship between Shen Xi's team and Du Ziteng, so it was even more impossible for them to come up to provoke them without winking.

Standing in the market, Shen Xi went out this time because he wanted his son to come out and have a look, get in touch with the outside world more,

The son has always been very well-behaved. When he doesn't go out, he never makes noise, but it is definitely not possible to stay at home like this.

For their son's physical and mental consideration, Shen Xi and Mu Qiangguo took the little guy out and let him run on the ground.

It just so happened that the bazaar reopened recently, and Shen Zhi also wanted to go to the bazaar to see if there were any seeds that he didn't have at home, and he could also urge some edible things to come out.

Mu Qiangguo suggested that apart from Zhang Dashan's family of three, Mrs. Mu doesn't like to go out. The eldest girl is used to staying with grandma and avoiding Mu Jianguo's hands. No matter how her father coaxes her, her daughter is unwilling to follow him. There is no way.

A group of five men and two children walked in the market, naturally attracting the attention of others.

After this winter, it is basically impossible to see children in the base. Even before winter, the number of children and old people who survived in this apocalypse is a minority. The rest, after the severe cold, even if they did not freeze to death, If they are not cared for carefully, the resistance of the elderly and children is already weak, and it is easy to get sick, almost to the point of extinction.

In the market, I suddenly saw two children, especially the youngest one, who was so ruddy and chubby that it was hard not to attract attention.

Mu Xibao was more courageous and was completely unaffected. He probably didn't know why these people looked at him. Anyway, after arriving at the market, he was surprised by everything and was very happy.

Wandering all the way from the streets of the market to the end of the street, he finally found a few seeds that he didn't have at home. Shen Zhi bargained with the vendors, and only exchanged ten of each kind. .

When the weather cleared up, news came out from inside the base that an outer wall would be built at the base to widen the area and increase the land area of ​​the base.At that time, the land that can be used to grow food will be contracted to the people inside the base, as long as they pay [-]% of the tax required by the base when harvesting.

The release of this news is indeed great news for ordinary people and some weak mutants, and it also makes them look forward to their future life.

Therefore, after the apocalypse, the price of the already scarce seeds has also risen, but under the control of the base, they dare not go too far.

Many supernatural beings even listened, the base has already researched a formula that can accelerate the growth of plants.

Although the weather is good, there is no grass growing in the ground. If you don't grow food, you can't last long with so many people in the base just by going out to hunt.

The matter about the formula is indeed true, everyone in Shen Xi's team knows it.Moreover, after Shen Xi's further research on the crystals, it turned out that the liquid inside seemed to be more effective in promoting the growth of plants. When Du Ziteng came, Shen Xi told him about it.

What Shen Xi didn't expect was that Du Ziteng could develop a new formula so quickly relying on the effect of crystals on plants.

Through the research on the crystals, Shen Xi also discovered why the kittens suddenly grew up when they were given liquid. It was because the liquid in the crystals had the effect of accelerating the growth of young animals and plants.

After buying good things, Shen Xi frowned all the time after arriving at the market, not used to being stared at by others, everyone went out and finished shopping, and the group simply returned home.

Soon, the base began to formally recruit people to build the outer wall, because when building the wall, it is also necessary to prevent sudden attacks by mutated animals, and the superhumans are also called.

Of course, for supernatural beings, the treatment given by the base must be much higher than that of mutants and ordinary people.

With the rumors of the formula, the benefits of building the outer wall this time are obvious. Whether it is a supernatural being, a mutant, or an ordinary person, as long as they are interested in the land, they will all participate in it.