LRAB Page 19
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After a brief silence, Lu Minghu spoke first:
"I'm OK."
"can."
Several people, including Han Ning, have expressed their opinions one after another.
……
"Hiss hiss~"
As soon as I got home, Xuebing pounced on me like a puppy.
Before preparing dinner, he went to the corner of the wall near the balcony, as usual, to check on the growth of the crops.
The apple tree is perfectly normal. This type of fruit tree has a relatively slow growth cycle, and even with rapid growth and nourishment, it only grows to a little over a meter tall.
Generally speaking, apple trees take three years to bear fruit, which is a very long time.
"Ok?"
When Han Ning saw the cultivation container with potatoes growing inside, his expression changed slightly.
He grows the most potatoes.
Those once lush green branches and leaves have turned yellow and withered.
Digging away the soil, you'll find potatoes of varying sizes growing underneath.
They weren't particularly large, but there were quite a few of them, hanging heavily on the roots.
"It's done!" Han Ning felt a surge of inexplicable sense of accomplishment.
This was the first harvest he had created with his own hands in this desperate world.
He carefully dug out the potatoes one by one and placed them in a clean bowl.
"Sixteen jin in total, not bad, not bad!"
Han Ning smiled broadly, stroking the irregularly shaped spherical eggs in the basin.
The empty flower pots and garden soil scavenged from other rooms finally came in handy.
He carefully removed the mature potato plants, leaving only the strongest ones for seed.
Then select some medium-sized potatoes with plump eyes from the newly dug potatoes, cut them into small pieces, and plant them in several empty flower pots filled with garden soil.
It's worth mentioning that these empty flower pots weren't individual pieces; Han Ning broke one side of each pot and pieced them together to make the interior space larger.
This way, more potatoes can be grown.
Finally, he used [Rapid Growth] again.
A faint green light seeped into the soil, and the newly planted potato tubers sprouted tender shoots at a visible speed, beginning a new cycle of life.
After doing all this, the hunger in my stomach became even stronger.
Today, Han Ning decided to treat himself.
He boiled a small pot of water using a portable gas stove, peeled and diced the potatoes, cooked them until soft, and then mashed them into a puree.
On the other hand, cut a piece of steak that hasn't spoiled into small cubes, stir-fry it simply with precious cooking oil, and sprinkle with a little salt.
Finally, spread the fragrant mashed potatoes at the bottom of the bowl, top with hot, diced steak, and drizzle with a little bit of the juices from the steak.
A steaming bowl of fragrant potato and beef rice is ready.
"It's delicious!"
Smelling the fragrant aroma of the meat-filled rice bowl, Han Ning began to devour it.
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Smelling the aroma of meat, Xuebing came closer and hissed.
"Uh-huh~"
Han Ning smiled and gave it a few small pieces of beef, which the little guy ate with its tail wagging.
Eat and drink enough.
Han Ning leaned back on the sofa, watching Xuebing playing with a small piece of compressed biscuit at his feet, and fell into deep thought.
"Snowflake is growing very fast and has good combat power. Taking it with me tomorrow will definitely be a help, but..."
He looked out the window at the still torrential rain, his brows furrowing slightly.
“Zhou Wan’s observation skills are too strong. I told them before that I was dissecting the cubs, so it’s not good to expose the snow cakes to them directly.”
"We can't take the risk."
He finally made up his mind.
"For the hunt a few days ago, let's not take Xuebing out. Let it eat more at home and wait until it grows up and becomes stronger, or... wait until I get closer to the others."
To be honest, he had only met those people once or twice, and he had no idea what they were thinking or what their personalities were.
It is unwise to rashly reveal one's trump card.
……
The next morning.
The rain has lessened a bit today, but the sky remains overcast.
The five-person team carefully navigated through the submerged green belts surrounding the apartment building.
"A lone crocodile lizard, of medium size, was spotted around the left corner, seemingly gnawing on some kind of carcass."
Zhou Wan stood at the second-floor window of an apartment building and communicated with her teammates through the community security guard's walkie-talkie.
"Old rules."
Liu Feng issued the order.
"Han Ning, hold it off. Chen Yan, take the front line. Ming Hu, flank from the side. Zhou Wan and I will attack from a distance."
The four stood in the sewage below the building and, based on the information transmitted by Zhou Wan, locked onto their target.
It was a crocodile lizard nearly two meters long, its grayish-white scales stained with blood, tearing at a human corpse.
Han Ning gave his teammates a wink, and the group quietly approached the crocodile lizard from within twenty meters.
As they approached the area, the crocodile lizard, which was feeding, keenly sensed something, abruptly raised its head, and locked its cold, ruthless gaze onto Han Ning and his companions.
"Roar!!"
It showed no fear whatsoever; instead, it let out an excited growl, abandoned its prey, and charged directly at the humans.
With a thought, Han Ning unleashed ten vines covered in sharp wooden thorns.
Chi Chi Chi!
The vines precisely wrapped around the crocodile lizard's limbs, neck, and long tail, securing it in place.
"Roar! Roar!"
The crocodile lizard roared angrily and struggled frantically.
The intermediate-level vine technique was far more resilient than before, and the crocodile lizard was unable to break free for a short period of time.
Even a three-meter-long crocodile lizard can entangle you for a while, let alone this "small" guy who is less than two meters long.
"what!"
Chen Yan roared and charged forward like a human tank, his skin gleaming with a rock-like gray-white sheen.
He raised the heavy fire axe and chopped it hard at the crocodile lizard's relatively vulnerable neck joint.
puff!
The axe blade embedded itself deeply into the gaps in the scales, splattering blood.
Almost simultaneously, Lu Minghu's figure appeared like a ghost behind the crocodile lizard, the chainsaw in his hand emitting a piercing buzz.
He spotted the wound caused by Chen Yan's slashing and the high-speed rotating saw teeth cut in without hesitation.
scoff.
Amidst the teeth-grinding slicing sounds, flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Then, a silver-white nail and a black composite arrow shot from two directions, accurately piercing the crocodile lizard's eyes.
"Ow!!"
The crocodile lizard howled in pain, then gradually fell silent.
A pure blue light emanated from the crocodile lizard's corpse and quickly split apart.
The largest stream, about the size of a marble, plunged into Han Ning's chest.
The two smaller streams flew towards Chen Yan and Lu Minghu, while the smallest stream drifted towards Liu Feng and Zhou Wan in the distance.
[Vine Technique Proficiency +5, currently 102/200]
[Druid growth progress +14, currently 85/300]
A familiar warmth spread through Han Ning's body, and his physical strength, spiritual power, and spirit were all restored to some extent.
Han Ning keenly noticed that a small portion of the warm current that had entered his body was transmitted to Xuebing at home through a mysterious link.
[Swamp Crocodile Lizard growth progress +5, currently 10/100]
This means that he hunts monsters here, and the snow cakes can also get some energy.
Just as Han Ning was enjoying the cleansing of energy within his body, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere around him was somewhat strange.
Chen Yan, who was beside him, was unusually silent.
Han Ning turned his head to look.
Chen Yan flicked the blood off his axe, his gaze meeting Han Ning's eyes, his Adam's apple bobbing almost imperceptibly.
He opened his mouth, but finally spoke:
"Why do you always get the most energy? You only controlled the crocodile lizard and didn't cause it any obvious harm."