After the fog, I became a birdman

Today, Su Qing and the two spent some time as usual to answer questions about mutation and cultivation for Tan Yilong and the others. After seeing that everyone had nothing to ask for the time being, they couldn't wait to leave the base.

Because I haven't bathed for a long time, and I have been to the fire site, the people carrying charcoal below are either dusty or black. From a distance, they look like a group of ants carrying food.

Even if the smoke cleared, the yellow sand and plant ash in the air would choke your throat and hurt your lungs. Everyone covered their faces with wet cloths, exposing their eyes to look at the road. The nose is looser for breathing, and the mouth is detachable for convenience Drink water.

The high temperature made their lips a little dry, and the situation of some people with obvious heat intolerance in the mutation direction was even more severe, their lips even cracked and bled, and they had to take a sip of water to feel better.

The charcoal trucks kept bringing charcoal back from the fire site, and then went out non-stop. Many people who are stronger and more confident will go out together at this time.

They are already very experienced in dealing with half-monsters and monsters, and they are very vigilant even when they are on their way. Sometimes when the wind changes, they will not ignore or be confused as before when they smell the hunter. Yes, the alarm will be sounded immediately. Sometimes the hunters who are lurking and following are almost hidden, and they can find out in time. It is no longer the same as before.

After the prey becomes smarter and stronger, both monsters and half-monsters must do their best to face humans, otherwise the day's hunting will definitely fail, and they may even be injured or even besieged to death by the prey.

After Su Qing and the others flew for a certain distance, a battle broke out ahead, and a group of short-haired blue wolves left as soon as they missed a hit.

They dare not get hurt, because if any member is injured, the success rate of the next hunt will drop. If the hunt continues to fail, the wolf cubs in the family will not be able to grow up or even starve to death, and the big wolf will slowly die.

Moreover, now that the plague is over, injured wolves are likely to become the targets of other hunters, and may even be targeted by humans and their war pets they regard as prey.

The short-haired blue wolves ran out of the range of human surveillance, but did not really leave. Instead, they lurked nearby, carefully approaching the next wave of prey that came out to pull charcoal.

Su Qing, who was flying in the sky, watched the short-haired green wolves go away, and sighed a little: "It feels like watching the animal world."

"It's a pity that this time human beings can't be alone, including us." Qi Jiang also said with some emotion.

In the past, humans watched wild animals on TV with relish watching the law of the jungle, but now everyone is involved.

Su Qing smiled and drew a bow and shot a thin arrow towards the front of the wolves who were about to approach the charcoal truck, exposing their positions.

He didn't hurt any of the wolves, because if any big wolf was injured or died, it would become a hunt with the highest state of the short-haired blue wolves, and they would not try again, and would definitely launch a real attack. Casualties are likely to occur in the convoy.

Su Qing didn't want to bear this kind of life debt.

The scene of the fire gradually came into view, and it was so large that it could not be seen at a glance. Countless burned trees and messy grass were all turned into ashes. When the sandstorm and strong wind blew last night, almost all the ash on the ground was blown upstream along with the thick smoke. And when the sandstorm and wind stopped, the thick smoke stopped upstream.

Originally, the current air quality was very bad. The thick smoke mixed with plant ash mixed with the yellow sand in the air made it almost impossible to live.

If you don’t use wet cloths or absorbent tools to assist breathing, everyone can cough several times with one breath. Unless the variation direction really adapts to such a link, no one can persist in such an air environment for 3 minutes.

Fortunately, the sandstorm finally did a good job and completely extinguished the fire. If there is no need to continue to add thick smoke here, the thick smoke floating upstream can completely dissipate within a day.

With Su Qing's eyesight, he didn't know where the end of the fire scene was, and he felt a little scared: "I didn't expect this fire scene to be so big. Fortunately, the sandstorm came in time. If the fire started during the day, the consequences would be disastrous according to the dry weather."

"Maybe this is a glimmer of life." Qi Jiang is now more emotional, "I have been thinking for a while, in fact, the way of heaven has always left a glimmer of life for human beings, but everyone didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, so they missed it. That's all."

When the poisonous death fog rises, if humans don't hide in the house, they won't lag behind animals so much in mutation, and when the silver substance appears later, humans can even catch up.

During the rainy season, the canyon blocked the sea water, giving humans a chance to breathe, and also reminding humans to leave here quickly, but they were powerless at that time.

Thinking about it carefully, human beings are living so hard now, but it is just a wrong step. If they can seize the opportunity brought by the poisonous death fog in the first place, they will be able to leave the Fengcheng Basin in time, and they will not encounter volcanic eruptions and plagues.

The way of heaven has never been wiped out, it leaves a glimmer of life every time, it just depends on whether all living beings can catch it.

Hearing what Qi Jiang said, Su Qing suddenly realized that everything had omens.

"The silver lining of the dry season is the water sources everywhere..." Su Qing paused, feeling a little pity, "Everyone missed it again, but it's not completely missed."

Whether it is the people in Fengcheng base, or he and Qi Jiang, they are quickly adapting to the drastic changes in the environment, and they are becoming more and more familiar with the road.

Everything is turning in the right direction, and so is he and Qi Jiang.

The smile on his face gradually deepened, and Qi Jiang also smiled and nodded, even looking forward to it: "I don't know what the next season will be."

There are strong winds, heavy rains, floods, and extreme heat and extreme droughts. Then next time, it will be colder, right?

Su Qing looked at the charcoal trees below and the dry forest of dead trees in the distance, and he was so blessed: "Brother Jiang, if the next season turns cold, do you think the forest and charcoal are a chance of survival?"

Qi Jiang also looked down, exchanged glances with Su Qing, and smiled tacitly.

Down below, the ants-like team also mainly concentrated in one area after entering the fire scene, and followed the principle of proximity to take away the nearby charcoal first.

The sandstorm not only left a pile of yellow sand in place, but also left them a fortune.

The strong wind that came with the sandstorm not only blew away the ash, but also knocked down the trees that had been burned into charcoal, lying on the ground in a mess, and there was no need to cut them with your hands, just pick them up.

Seeing that everyone can pile up a cart of charcoal without any effort, Su Qing thought of her guess, her heart beat like a drum, and she couldn't stand it any longer: "Brother Jiang, let's go quickly, don't look at it."

Qi Jiang chuckled and continued to fly downstream with him.

Because they didn't want others to find out about the charcoal, Qi Jiang and Su Qing avoided the crowd and flew to the back of the fire scene, and they flew to the end of the fire scene before stopping.

Because this sandstorm happened to come from the northwest direction, and also happened to be downstream, almost all the charcoal trees on the northwest side of the fire site that were first exposed to the strong wind and sandstorm fell to the ground, but the southeast side of the base activities can still see the original It looks like a few forests.

Looking at the charcoal tree below, Su Qing rubbed his hands and flew down excitedly. The eyes under the goggles were as bright as two small light bulbs: "Brother Jiang, I'll go down first!"

Qi Jiang shook his head fondly, he didn't know whether Su Qing was so excited because he could prepare for the possible cold weather or simply because the hoarding attribute was triggered.

He couldn't help with the collection of charcoal left and right, so Qi Jiang would not go down: "Then I will watch the wind from above, and someone will call you again."

Before he finished speaking, Su Qing responded with a vague "hmmmmmmmmmmmmm", wondering if he heard clearly.

Now Qi Jiang has almost confirmed that at least [-]% to [-]% of the reason why his family Susu is so excited is because the hoarding attribute has been triggered.

Sure enough, as more and more charcoal was harvested, the smile on Su Qing's face became more and more obvious. After harvesting a forest, he was already grinning from ear to ear.

Qi Jiang had never seen him so happy before, so he felt very rare, knowing that there was no one around, so he simply flew down, wiped the ashes on his face with a smile: "So happy?"

Su Qing's eyes flickered, she pursed her lips and nodded with a smile: "Don't waste the things you pick up for nothing."

"Then I'll help you dig out the trees in the sand." Qi Jiang's smile became more doting, "No one should fly that far, so let's charge a little more, so that we won't be afraid even if it's cold in the future."

Su Qing nodded deeply, and immediately went to continue collecting charcoal, feeling a little dissatisfied: "Brother Jiang, is there a little less firewood at home?"

Once chasing a group of "bulldozers" to make so many isolation belts, and they took all the fallen trees away, Qi Jiang really couldn't say this little word.

But he still followed Su Qing's words and asked: "...do you want to get some more?"

"Is it possible?" Su Qing's eyes lit up, "Let's find another group of pigs, anyway, there are many dead trees."

Qi Jiang: Actually, it’s unnecessary, right?

Between listening to his wife to make her happy and refuting her to let her down, Qi Jiang wisely chose the former and nodded in agreement: "Tomorrow then."

"Then aren't we going to collect charcoal tomorrow?"

"...Let's leave some for everyone, let's stock up on firewood."

"alright."

It was late at night, and Su Qing felt that the sandstorm was coming again, so he withdrew his hands reluctantly, shook his sore arm, rubbed his sore waist from frequent bending, and finally felt tired: "Brother Jiang, go back .”

"Yeah." Qi Jiang breathed a sigh of relief under his calm face.

The two flew to the other side of the fire scene. There was no one here, and everyone went back.

After such a long time, even people who cannot predict the weather can probably guess when the sandstorm will appear, so they will not stay outside for too long, and will go back when the time comes.

About the time he returned to Fengcheng, Su Qing saw the last batch of charcoal trucks. Half of the trucks were loaded with charcoal, and the remaining half of the trucks were loaded with various small half-monsters that had been roasted or injured or killed. , the last two cars and other battle pets also carried some larger half-monsters.

Although people can't eat the meat of half-monster beasts, these are the rations of war pets, and what is picked up for nothing is not taken for nothing.

Su Qing and Qi Jiang went to pick up Shanshan, and when they saw the black cat princess standing on the charcoal pile at Shantu's house, Su Qing almost didn't dare to recognize her.

"Consultant Su, Consultant Qi, are you here to pick up Shanshan?" Shantu climbed out of the cellar with a cane, saw Su Qing's livid face, and scratched his head in embarrassment, "Sorry, I shouldn't have taken Shanshan to the fire scene. "

Every time Shanshan comes here, it is fragrant and soft, and when he comes to the base, it becomes dark and dark. Shantu is also very embarrassed, but he is reluctant to reject Shanshan, so he can only be sweet first and then bitter.

Although she was dissatisfied with the mountain map in her heart, Su Qing also knew that Shanshan was a little princess in front of him, and a mud monkey in front of others, especially if she followed the mountain map that followed her in everything, she would only get worse.

Su Qing looked at Shanshan who looked at him innocently, suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart, and shook her head lightly: "Anyway, she will take a bath by herself when she goes back."

Seeing that Su Qing didn't hold his daughter in his arms, Qi Jiang knew that he disliked him, so he secretly evoked a schadenfreude smile, and stretched out his hand to hug the cat.

"Meow!" Seeing his smile, Shanshan cried out in protest, not wanting him to hug her at all.

"Shut up." Qi Jiang pinched her ears, "If you tell me again, I'll fetch water by myself tonight."

Shanshan's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that Qi Jiang could say such a thing.

Let her, such a petite and cute kitten, travel through mountains and rivers to fetch water?She can't fly!

"Meow~!"

"Okay, okay, let's go home first." Su Qing strangled the war of one person and one cat to death in the cradle, hugged Shanshan, nodded slightly to say goodbye to Shantu, and flew home.

Back home, Su Qing gritted her teeth and patted her little jiojio when she saw a mountain of black plum blossoms stepping out of the floor with one foot: "I know you are wild outside, how dirty are you? It's dirtier than mine." Still dirty."

They all went to the fire to pick up charcoal, and the other battle pets did not turn into briquettes, only this black cat princess was as dirty as Su Qing could not bear to look at it.

"Children are still young, it's normal to be playful." Qi Jiang smiled with squinted eyes, and added fuel to the side, "As long as the hunting homework is done."

Shanshan lowered his head with a guilty conscience, and he knew at a glance that he was just playing around today.

"Don't say I won't let you play with Shantu, but just look, he will indulge you, and you will relax as soon as you go to his house, how can I rest assured?" Su Qing hated iron for steel.

Seeing that Su Qing began to educate the children, Qi Jiang finally had no eccentricities, and followed earnestly: "Your father didn't tell Shantu directly because of your face, but you have to understand this in your heart."

The two said a few words about Shanshan, and seeing that she knew she was wrong, they didn't hold on to the matter.

The next day, according to yesterday's plan, the two found a group of pigs to make bulldozers, and got some firewood into the space.

When I returned to the base, I heard the sound of mighty footsteps coming from the upper reaches, so I knew it was half monsters and monsters migrating.

In the past few days, the water level has dropped even more seriously, and the water in many large lakes has bottomed out one after another. Usually, some half-monsters move to the Yuhe Waterfall one after another, and Fengcheng base has also carried out several position defense battles.

Because Su Qing and Qi Jiang said that Tan Yilong and the others had just started training, Master Han was afraid that they would be injured and slow down the progress if they head-on with the monsters, so the defense of Fengcheng base was defended by the pets.

But as time went by, the monsters moved over became stronger, and it became more and more difficult to win the battle pet.

The recurrence of large-scale migration also gave Su Qing and the others a signal.

A large lake has dried up, and the strong in the Fengcheng base must stand ready to face the most difficult battle of defense.

The location of large lakes is limited, and each location needs to be guarded by the owner with all his strength.

The intelligent animals have been able to exploit the loopholes of the rules proficiently, even if the rules are heads-up, they will form an alliance and choose a weaker position to challenge the owner.

After a wheel battle, if the position owner still does not show any flaws, then other alliances who are watching will look for other targets.

If the position owner reveals a flaw, they will be mobbed and attacked. After obtaining the position, these alliances will start to play fake matches, and each of them will take turns to drink water and store water, so that they can last for a few days.

Therefore, the large lake near the Fengcheng base is fighting all the time, but these animals are also terrified of their lives, and most of them just stop at the point.

However, if they are facing humans, they are not so easy to talk to.

"At a small scale, this is a water grabbing competition. At a high level, it's a race battle." Mr. Han standing behind the desk sighed deeply, "Consultant Su, brother Qi, the monsters who migrated this time There are a lot of beasts, the monster beasts in our base may not be able to hold on these days, I wonder how many Xiaotan and the others can fight against monsters now?"

Hearing this, Su Qing and Qi Jiang looked at each other, feeling the urgency in Master Han's words.

"Still only Tan Yilong can achieve this level, and the others are still far behind." Qi Jiang reminded Master Han not to be too anxious.

Teacher Han felt that one person was not enough, and frowned tightly: "How is everyone's progress now? There is only Xiaotan alone, even if he takes turns with the pets, the number is too small, and I am afraid that he will show fatigue after two days. It’s not good if you can’t keep your position.”

Su Qing and Qi Jiang told Mr. Han about everyone's progress.

Tan Yilong is the fastest progresser. He has now found another ability hidden in the wings, which is the feather bomb. He has learned well so far, and he should be able to fully grasp this method in about ten days.

Zhang Bufan's next stage is not entanglement but snake tail, entanglement is his third stage, and He Mao's next stage is concealment and tortoise breathing.

For Huang Lin, Sun Miaomiao, and Lin Qixue, the three of them still need to find the second stage of ability.

In terms of recognizing the master of the magic weapon, only Tan Yilong's kung fu drew the qi into the body, so he was the only one who succeeded in recognizing the master with a drop of blood.

In other words, if Master Han wants to pull people into fights, Tan Yilong, Zhang Bufan, and He Mao can be catalyzed to mutate, and then awaken the bloodline inheritance, so that the former can jump into the third step, and the latter two can be the fourth. ladder.

Teacher Han frowned: "It's also good to have someone to help Xiao Tan share the pressure."

Tan Yilong, Zhang Bufan, and He Mao returned to their jobs, and the only time left for studying in the future is daytime.

Hearing Mr. Han's arrangement, Qi Jiang and Su Qing just nodded to show that they understood.

Leaving Mr. Han's office, Qi Jiang looked in the direction of Qian Cai's house: "Susu, go find Brother Qian."

"Okay." Su Qing nodded and changed direction with him.

Although their relationship with Brother Qian is not as close as that of Brother Chen, they still regard Brother Qian as a friend. Now that the situation is getting more and more serious, Brother Qian's heart has been broken. They can only find a way to make Qian Tong stronger. Make it easier, so maybe after the next disaster, they won't lose another friend.

Walking on the road, Su Qing thought of Mr. Han's plan just now, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Jiang, let's not change the training plan."

Qi Jiang hummed suspiciously: "Aren't you going to fine-tune it?"

Su Qing shook his head: "No, the current training plan is the best, and they still have some time to squeeze, it depends on whether they are willing to work harder."

This is just a trivial matter, and the two did not discuss it after they reached a consensus.

There are more and more people in the residential area, and there are low stone sheds everywhere, and some people even made stone houses.

When they came here before, they saw that there was still a large open space here, and now there are some more wooden houses.

I heard that one-third of the people on the canyon coast have not yet come. Because of the bad weather, we can only try to transfer all the people to the Fengcheng base by the end of September.

The cellar can't be dug out for a while, so the base will arrange for nearby people to take out the wood for the newcomers to build a house, so that they don't have to worry about sunshade and sandstorms.

Arriving at Qian Cai's house, his wooden house has been turned into a stone shed. The front and back of the shed are wooden walls, or the wooden doors act as walls, which are now open.

A few pieces of animal skins were spread on the ground, which looked like they had just been beaten. They should have been rubbed with sand. There was no flesh and blood on the skins, but there was still a little bloody smell.

Qian Cai sat on it, hunched over and sewing with a needle.

His mental state seemed to be much better than before, and the things in the house looked much more tidy.

knock knock!

Qi Jiang reached out to knock on the door, only to raise his head. He was a little surprised when he saw the two of them coming, so he quickly put down the things in his hands, rubbed his hands on his pants, flatteringly: "Little...Mr. Qi, Consultant Su, why are you here?" gone?"

His address to Qi Jiang and the two changed.

Qi Jiang suddenly realized that the relationship between everyone had changed a long time ago. A thought flashed in his heart, and he walked in with a smile: "I heard that you have settled down, so come and see."

Qian is not as numb as last time, but his smile is a bit reserved: "Wait a minute, I'll go down and get you a stool."

Qi Jiang hurriedly told him not to be so polite, and sat on the animal skin with Su Qing.

Afterwards, to Su Qing's surprise, he didn't tell Qian Cai about letting Qian Tong study with them for a period of time, but only said that they were passing by and came to see Qian Cai.

Qi Jiang exchanged some pleasantries with Brother Qian and then left with the reason that he still had something to do.

After walking out of the residential area, Su Qing asked suspiciously in a low voice: "Brother Jiang, aren't we here to talk about money and copper?"

"I suddenly found that it was too abrupt for us to raise this matter hastily." Qi Jiang shook his head and sighed, "Brother Qian is not Brother Chen, he must think too much, and maybe think we are meddling, but due to our current status, we may not Say something, but you don’t necessarily think about it in your heart.”

Yes, their intentions are good, but will Brother Qian feel uncomfortable?Do you think they are too condescending?Or do you think they are giving alms?

Su Qing finally understood what he meant, and nodded slightly: "Then let's change the method."

The two went to inquire about what Qian Tong was doing now, and found that he was currently doing some casual work and was trying to find a stable job.

Qi Jiang remembered that he had a fire-type vision mutation. This ability is actually quite good, so he asked a patrol member he knew to introduce him to a few places suitable for fire-type or vision-mutated people. Even if Qian Tong does not meet the requirements now, at least he knows No matter how hard you try, you won't run around like a headless chicken.

The night was dark, and this incident came to an end. Su Qing and the two left Fengcheng base with Shan Shan, and the wind brought the smell of the new fire site.

"Where is it on fire again?" Su Qing flew up, glanced around with some doubts, and found that the place where the fire was [-] kilometers to the east, his face immediately changed, "Not good!"

Qi Jiang also saw the red sky in the distance, and cursed in his heart: "Go! Go back quickly!"

The two flew towards home non-stop, and as they approached, the eastern sky became more and more red.

That is the direction of the Snowless Mountains.