Ye An

The news of the opening of the trade zone has spread, and there are city dwellers, settlers and homeless people leaving for Hunter City one after another.

For some teams, this frozen lake is a must-stop on the journey.

The mounds and dense forests by the lake can shelter them from the cold wind and give them a short rest.The fish in the lake are an important source of food. If you are lucky enough to catch enough, you can also bring them to the market for trading.

This 30-man team is one of them.

It's just that they didn't expect that Ye An would be the first to arrive and camp by the lake first.

The sky had darkened, and there was a harbinger of a snowstorm, so it was very dangerous to continue driving at night.But facing a stranger who didn't know the details, it was also unsafe to choose to spend the night by the lake.There are not only goods in their team, but also underage children. Once a conflict occurs, these children are a threat.

When the team leader Mu Mian was hesitant, a relatively short figure suddenly walked out of the team, holding a child in his arms, and whispered in her ear.

"Are you sure?" Mu Mian confirmed to her companion, her eyes fell on the child.

"Xiaowei said so." The companion replied.

"Okay." Kapok nodded, lowered her weapon and took two steps forward, lifted the animal skin wrapped around her head, and said to Ye An, "Friends by the lake, we just want to escape the wind and snow here, if you want to do it For your convenience, we will camp on the other side, and we will never fight you!"

Before Kapok spoke, Ye An noticed the child being held in his arms.From the child, he felt the breath of the same kind, mutants.

Before he could continue to explore, he heard the voice of kapok. Looking up, he found that the leader of this team was a tall woman with a very resolute appearance. Judging from the appearance, she was stronger than ordinary men.

Observing the team carefully, Ye An was surprised to find that most of the members in the team were strong women, and a few relatively short ones were teenagers and girls who hadn't grown up.The child being carried was the smallest, wrapped in animal skins, and it was temporarily impossible to tell whether it was a boy or a girl.

Through the howling cold wind, Kapok repeated what she said before.

The wind is getting colder and the blizzard is approaching. It is undoubtedly desperate to travel in such weather.

Ye An unleashed his will, assimilated Kapok and a few people nearby, made sure that they were not hostile, but mostly guarded, cautious and uncertain, took another look at the sky, and agreed for them to enter behind the mound.

Everyone in the team breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Wei is a mutant, but she does not belong to the fighting type. Her ability is very special, and she can distinguish between goodwill and hostility through perception.

This type of mutant is somewhat similar to Ye An, but completely different.

She cannot assimilate any kind of creature, including humans and mutant beasts.It's more like the ability endowed her with a special alarm system, allowing her and those close to her to escape danger as much as possible, and avoid stepping into deadly traps in a dangerous environment.

What makes people sad is that her eyes can't see anything, because of an accident when she was a baby, the two eyeballs are always frozen in lifeless gray and white.It also stagnated her powers, making it impossible to grow and mine anymore.

She could feel that Ye An had no killing intent, but was full of vigilance and caution.Only then did the person holding her tell the team leader that they could find a way to stay and not conflict with each other.

Mu Mian led the people to the lake, and according to the previous promise, try to stay away from Ye An's camp and set up camp on the other side of the ice lake.

Ye An was alone, and they all believed that he should be a wanderer with good skills.However, when they saw the mutated dog in the camp, everyone was shocked, not to mention the shaggy hair, and they all clenched their weapons.

"Don't worry." Ye An held the head dog's ears, and said to everyone when it gave out a low warning growl, "As long as they don't get close, they won't attack."

The people didn't speak, they could only nod stiffly, and moved the camp a few meters away without the leader's order.

What happened next shocked them even more.

A flock of flaming birds flitted overhead, throwing the pine cones, branches and dry grass found at the edge of the forest to Ye An.A few of them landed on his shoulders, rubbing their little heads against him, clearly trying to please him.

I met a small flock of birds before, and they sang when they found them. Mu Mian and the others thought they accidentally broke into the territory of the flock of birds, and they didn't want to see such a scene now.

Could it be that besides the mutated dogs, the birds were also domesticated by this person?Is he really a homeless?Or a force they don't know about?

No wonder everyone thinks too much. Although they are settlements, their own strength is very average. In addition to the accident many years ago, in order to protect themselves, they rarely leave the settlements and hunting grounds except to go to the trade zone. Naturally, the news is not smooth.

"Boss, do you want to move the camp further?" Someone asked.

Kapok nodded almost without thinking, and ordered everyone to move on, the farther away from Ye An the better.

Xiaowei turned her head and "looked" at Ye An with her dull eyes. A strange feeling arose. Like Ye An, she could also perceive that the opposite was the same kind, but she had no previous experience and could not express it accurately. It can only be confirmed that Ye An is not hostile and has no intention of provoking a fight.

When setting up the camp, the team saw two more ospreys.

They didn't recognize that the two ospreys belonged to Zhao Weng, but they were more afraid of Ye An.Even if Xiaowei didn't speak, they could still conclude that Ye An was not an ordinary person, and most likely a mutant.

Without leaving much time for everyone to think, when the camp was halfway through, a blizzard suddenly struck.

Heavy snow fell from the sky one after another, facing each other across the lake, the two camps were submerged in the wind and snow, and the people in the camp could no longer see the shadows of the people on the opposite side.

"Take Xiaowei into the tent first, and the others pile up the goods to keep out the wind, squeeze into the tent, and wait for the wind and snow to pass before digging into the ice to fish."

It is not the first time for Kapok to take people out, and he is very experienced in how to deal with snowstorms.

The people in the team moved quickly. Five or six people were crowded into a tent, unable to stand or lie down, and could only sit crowded together.This feeling is not comfortable, but it can warm each other up, and when the fire cannot be lit, it is guaranteed that no one in the team will freeze to death.

On the other side, Ye An returned to the tent, the mutated dog followed him in, and birds and ospreys also flew in from the curtain that was lifted by the wind.

The ferret was busy digging holes in the ground, but Ye An stopped them when they were about the same size.

"Okay."

Ye An cut off a lake fish and distributed it to the ferrets, and untied more than a dozen from the rope for the dogs and birds to divide. Then he placed the iron stove in the hole dug by the ferrets, stabilized the furnace body, and used Branches and dry grass lit the stove.

The fire ignited, and the tent became warm. Ye An put the water bottle filled with snow on it, and took out the tubers and a few pieces of dried meat from the animal skin bag and roasted them by the stove.

The smoke drifted away from the curtain and was quickly swept away by the cold wind.

Ye An was sitting by the stove, the mutated dog and the flock of birds approached one after another, but the ferret didn't get too close, and dragged the lake fish that Ye An had cut to climb onto the animal skin bag, holding it with its front paws and gnawing vigorously.

The dried meat was almost roasted, and the outer skin of the tubers began to soften, and the heat wafted from the cracks, and the sweet smell permeated the tent.

Ye An broke off a few twigs and stuffed them into the stove, clapped his hands, tied up the dried meat with a dagger and blew it, ignoring the heat, he ate a piece in two or three bites.

These jerky meats are made of bison meat and sprinkled with lily of the valley seasoning. Whether you eat them hot or cold, they taste pretty good. You don’t need to add salt to make soup, and you can make a delicious meat porridge by adding some millet.

After eating the jerky, Ye An picked up the tuber that was dripping with sugar juice, and accidentally burned his hands.Not wanting to waste this enthusiasm, I pass the tuber between my hands, tear off the outer skin while it is hot, and bite off the part hanging on it. The taste is very similar to sweet potatoes, but sweeter and softer than sweet potatoes.

A tuber is as big as an adult's fist. Ye An ate a lot of jerky before. After eating the one in his hand, he didn't move the rest. He kept it by the stove to keep warm until tomorrow.

Outside the tent, the wind was howling, and the snow was flying all over the sky. The hole dug in the lake was quickly frozen again, and it was covered with a thick layer of snow.

In the middle of the night, several teams came to the lake.

There was no need for the birds to sound the alarm, Ye An had already opened his eyes and found these strangers, and the children in the other camp also noticed it.

These people obviously had malicious intentions and tried to seize the two camps and tents by the lake.

Reminded by the little girl, Kapok led the crowd out of the tent, trying to repel those who coveted the camp.It's a pity that the opponent has too many people, three or four times their own, and soon got into trouble.

Another group of people aimed at Ye An's tent, and were about to open the curtain and rush in, when a terrifying barking sound suddenly came from the tent.

The intruder was taken aback, and before he had time to retreat, he was thrown down by several strong mutant dogs.

The sharp teeth bit through their cloaks and tore their flesh and blood. The screams spread to the other side of the lake. Both sides were startled at the same time. They subconsciously stopped and looked in the direction of the screams.

Seven or eight strong men fell to the ground, and three of them had stopped breathing. Their blood splashed on the snow and froze into large pieces of red ice, which were soon covered by flying snow, only a few spots of dark red appeared in the gaps. .

The ferocious mutated dog barked in the wind, bared its sharp fangs, and, led by the head dog, pounced on the horrified intruder.

The bird hovered in mid-air and uttered a sharp cry. When it found someone with a bow and arrow trying to shoot the mutant dog, it immediately pressed down like a cloud of fire, surrounding the person holding the bow and arrow, and pierced countless blood holes on the target.

Ferrets walked among the dogs, and the white snow was their best protection. The intruders were so focused on fighting against the mutant dogs that they didn't even notice these little white guys.

Every time a target is locked, the ferret will show its sharp claws, and it only needs a very shallow wound to inject the toxin into the target's body. In a few breaths, the poisoned person will convulse and fall to the ground to be torn by the mutant dog into pieces.

Ye An locked the leaders and blocked their way with a dagger.

Before doing it, he once assimilated the thinking of this group of people, and the scenes that flashed before him made him feel sick.They are no different from He Xiang and others who broke into the isolated island, and their behavior is even worse.

Their destination is also the trade area, but more than half of the goods they carry are snatched from others.The teams and wanderers they met, who were not strong enough, would die tragically under their knives, and women would be insulted even more.The most outrageous thing was that two of them didn't even spare teenage children!

They are not human, it is not an exaggeration to call them beasts!

"Go to hell!" The man became fierce when he saw Ye An, and he slashed at him with a knife.

Ye An turned sideways to avoid a flash of the knife, and held the long knife back to block the attack from the other direction, his dark eyes locked on the man directly opposite.The latter held the knife in the air with both hands, and was about to chop it off, when suddenly he was locked by those black eyes, his head seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer, and the memory was forcibly pulled out, as if a big hand broke his skull and grabbed it. Hold his brain and squeeze it fiercely.

"what--"

The man screamed, couldn't hold the weapon, and rolled on the ground with his head in his hands.

The accident happened in an instant, and before others could react, he couldn't bear the pain anymore, grabbed the dagger that fell and cut off his own neck.

Shocked by the scene in front of them, the intruders screamed in horror and turned around to run away.As a result, they were thrown down one by one by the mutated dogs, biting off their necks and killing them.

On the other side of the lake, another wave of intruders saw this scene, their spines shivered, and their faces were pale with fear.

The leader of the team, Mumian, had an idea, and shouted to them: "See, how strong our lord is! You dare to attack our camp, you are looking for death!"

"Lord?" The intruder's face turned even paler.

"Yes, the lord will definitely not let you go!" Everyone echoed Kapok's words.

The intruders didn't believe it at first. After all, the two camps were far apart, and they didn't seem to know each other at all.But what Mu Mian said was convincing, and Ye An dealt with the intruders in his camp, and looked this way again, his liver and gallbladder burst, and he shouted in fright: "We are not together, we don't know them at all!"

After saying that, he didn't dare to stay by the lake anymore, and even threw away the goods he brought, and ran out of the mound desperately, just wanting to stay away from that terrifying mutant, as far away as possible.

The blizzard never stopped, and the figure of the intruder disappeared in the blizzard, life and death were unpredictable.

But compared to Ye An by the lake, they would rather fight for their lives in the strong wind, at least one in ten thousand chance of surviving.Once they fall into the opponent's hands, they will definitely not be able to survive, and will die extremely miserable.

Ye An didn't let the dogs and birds chase after him. Looking at the mess on the ground, he frowned and released his will. Soon there were rustling sounds in the dense forest by the lake.

He was right, such a dense jungle would definitely have swarms of bugs, even if there were no poisonous bugs similar to those on the island, it would be enough to clean up the battlefield.

The swarms of insects overflowed the snow, covering the corpses of the intruders, and quickly gathered into black hills one by one.

The people in the camp were once again deeply shocked when they saw this scene.

The leader of the team, Mu Mian, took a deep breath, and the coolness slid down his mouth into his lungs. He turned his head and glanced at his companions who walked out of the tent, and Ye An on the other side, and a thought came to his mind, a thought that he had never had before.

Maybe she won't succeed, but she has to give it a try, in order to survive and let those who follow her live better!