Chapter 44 Capturing Mutant Animals
The streetlights along the roads in the base have been improved so that they can be used normally even in the cold winter.
They drove home carefully.
Gu Yanxu moved the large rabbit to the kitchen, where he methodically skinned and cleaned it. Then, he asked Bai Tang to find the barbecue tools in the space.
Because the kitchen wasn't very big, Gu Yanxu decided to divide the rabbit meat in half, roasting one half and using the other half for other dishes.
Gu Yanxu was processing rabbit meat, and Bai Tang was helping him out. What could she do? Chef Gu's cooking was just too delicious.
After waiting for an hour, the rabbit meat was finally cooked when the stoves on both sides were turned on simultaneously.
Gu Yanxu prepared roasted rabbit meat, braised rabbit legs with potatoes, and stir-fried rabbit cubes with fresh peppers.
Bai Tang also took out some spicy rabbit heads and rice that she had previously stocked up on from her space.
Then, thinking of Pingping and An'an, Bai Tang took out a thermal box and packed braised rabbit legs with potatoes and stir-fried rabbit cubes with fresh peppers into a box for each of them.
Bai Jiyang drove over to them while the meat was still hot, not knowing how long it had been since they had eaten meat.
Bai Jiyang took the insulated box and drove off, while Bai Tang followed behind, reminding him to watch his route.
He waved and said, "Don't worry, I'll be back in a bit. Leave some food for me."
Bai Jiyang arrived at Li Ping's house and knocked on the door: "Pingping, open the door, it's me, your brother Yang."
Pingping was about to have dinner with his sister when he heard someone calling him from outside.
So he went out to open the door and saw that it was Bai Jiyang, so he asked him:
"Brother Jiyang, have you eaten yet? My sister and I were just about to eat, would you like to come join us?"
Bai Jiyang said, "I'm not going in. My sister asked me to bring you some food."
This is a wild rabbit that we caught in the can when we went outside this afternoon. The can contains rabbit meat.
"Take it inside and eat with your sister. I'm going back now; my sister saved some food for me."
He took the insulated box off the car and handed it to Pingping.
Li Ping took the insulated box and said to Bai Jiyang with a grateful expression:
"Brother Jiyang, could you please go back and thank Sister Tangtang for me?"
Bai Jiyang got into the car, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, it's cold outside. I'm leaving now. You should go back soon too."
Li Ping watched Bai Jiyang's car turn and leave at the intersection before taking the insulated box home, locking the door before going inside.
Upon opening the box, the aroma of rabbit meat wafted out.
An'an asked him, "Brother, what is this?"
Li Ping said to his younger sister, "This is rabbit meat that the older sister who rents our house asked Brother Jiyang to give to us. An'an, quickly eat it with your rice while it's hot."
An'an, being sensible, first put a piece of rabbit meat on Li Ping's plate, and then said, "Brother, you eat too."
The brother and sister ate the rabbit meat that Bai Tang had given them together.
Bai Tang and the others started eating as well. They didn't wait for Bai Jiyang, but they served him a separate portion and placed it in Bai Tang's space.
That way, when Bai Jiyang returns, he will be able to eat hot rabbit meat.
Bai Tang naturally didn't forget to give the canned food, its great contributor, a bonus, adding not only rabbit meat but also its favorite canned food.
During the meal, Gu Yanxu suggested:
"Should we go to the outskirts again tomorrow? Since Guantou was able to catch a wild rabbit there, it means there must be a rabbit burrow there."
We can catch some wild rabbits. Even if we can't eat them all, we can take them to the service hall and exchange them for contribution points.
"You can also tell the base that the animals have mutated, and warn them to be careful of attacks from mutated animals when they go out."
They all agreed with Gu Yanxu's suggestion.
When Bai Jiyang returned, they had already finished eating. Bai Tang took out the rabbit meat she had saved for him from her spatial storage and gave it to him to eat.
After dinner, we chatted for a while, and then everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
They plan to go to the suburbs again tomorrow to see if they can catch any more mutated rabbits or something.
After a good night's sleep, Bai Tang woke up and washed up in the morning. When she went to the living room, she found that they had already prepared breakfast.
After a quick breakfast, they packed up and drove off.
When I swiped my card at the base entrance, I heard the staff say:
"Be careful when you go out; there are animals outside that you don't know what's going on with."
Some of them grew to enormous sizes, and some even became aggressive towards humans.
Bai Tang thanked the staff for their kind reminder.
Then they drove to the suburbs where they had been driving the day before.
On the way, Lin Fan said, "It seems they have noticed the mutations in the animals."
I just don't know if the people at the base know that the meat of some mutated animals is edible.
After all, the base is currently experiencing food shortages.
Bai Tang said, "It's okay, let's capture some normal mutant animals first and take them back today."
However, I bet the base has already tested which mutated animals' meat is edible and which isn't.
As they spoke, they arrived at the suburbs they had visited the day before.
After parking the car, Bai Tang got out with the canned food.
Bai Tang squatted down, patted the can's head, and said:
"Canned Food, how about you take us to the place where you caught that thing yesterday? We'll give you a treat when we get back."
All the canned food heard was: "blah blah blah...the place where I caught it yesterday...blah blah blah...extra meal."
Upon hearing the words "extra food," the canned food meowed, indicating "okay."
Then the canned food turned around and ran off in one direction, and Bai Tang and the others hurriedly grabbed their tranquilizer guns and followed.
The reason for taking the tranquilizer gun was to see if it was possible to capture some live mutated animals and raise them in the Bai Tang space.
After all, the meat of some mutated animals is still quite firm and delicious.
The canned food ran ahead, slowing down every now and then to look back and see if they were keeping up.
After jogging with the canned food for about ten minutes, they saw a rabbit burrow made of weeds against the hillside.
They didn't know if the living hare was aggressive, so they dared not make any rash moves.
After all, even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone a wild rabbit. If it kicks you, you'll probably be in big trouble.
Before Bai Tang and the others could move, the canned food suddenly darted out and snatched a large wild rabbit in the snow nearby.
Bai Tang couldn't help but exclaim, "Am I raising a kitten or a leopard cub? How come it can hunt on its own?"
Gu Yanxu echoed her, "Both leopards and cats are felines. The reason they're called felines is probably because cats are the most powerful."
Bai Tang walked over and saw that Guan Tou had already killed the wild rabbit, while Guan Tou was leisurely licking the rabbit blood from his mouth.
Lin Fan and the others were puzzled as to why the canned food wasn't guarded.
The canned food seemed completely unconcerned about the rabbit's appearance, as if to say:
"I am a noble and intelligent animal; I don't steal food from my owner."
This meant that the tranquilizer guns Bai Tang and the others had prepared were no longer needed.
As Lin Feng picked up the hare, preparing to search for other mutated animals, he said:
"Can you hear something humming or chirping?"
The group stopped and listened; indeed, something was making a sound.
Bai Jiyang pointed to the rabbit burrow next to him and said, "It sounds like the sound is coming from the rabbit burrow."