Chapter 45 Unexpected Rescue
The group slowly approached the rabbit burrow. The closer they got, the clearer they could hear the sounds coming from inside the burrow.
Gu Yanxu walked over and cleared away the withered grass next to the rabbit's burrow.
I then saw several baby rabbits chirping inside; they must be the offspring of the rabbit from earlier.
Bai Tang walked over, picked up one of the little wild rabbits, and said, "We can consider taking it back and raising it. Then we'll have rabbit meat to eat."
They caught the whole litter of rabbits, then went back to the SUV, put a few baby rabbits in a cage, and put the dead rabbits in another vehicle.
They only caught one wild rabbit on their trip, and they wanted to catch a few more edible mutant animals.
So the canned food came in handy again, and Bai Tang told him to go find the mutated animal's nest.
They waited nearby with tranquilizer guns for the mutated rabbits to return to their burrows.
The canned food then led them to a rabbit's burrow, where they hid and waited for a long time.
Finally, a wild rabbit was seen cautiously hopping slowly towards its burrow.
When Bai Tang and the rabbits reached the range of the tranquilizer gun, she fired directly, knocking the rabbit down.
Because she wasn't sure if the mutated rabbits were immune to tranquilizer guns, she increased the amount of anesthetic in the gun.
With one shot, the rabbit fell straight down in the snow.
They picked up the rabbit that had fallen to the ground after being hit by a tranquilizer gun.
Lin Feng remarked, "Wow, this rabbit is much bigger than the last one, and it feels quite heavy, probably weighing twenty or thirty pounds."
Bai Jiyang said, "When I get back, I'll take it to the base's service hall to exchange for contribution points. I remember that one pound of fresh meat can be exchanged for 80 contribution points."
They looked at the rabbit burrow again and found several baby rabbits inside. They packed them up and took them with them, so they could breed with another burrow of baby rabbits.
That way they'll have an endless supply of wild rabbit meat.
They can exchange any leftover rabbit meat for contribution points.
Or they can wait until they get back and ask the base's office if they accept live baby rabbits.
After all, rabbits have a strong reproductive capacity, and having rabbit meat can at least partially solve the problem of food and clothing for the base.
After catching this nest of wild rabbits, they found several pheasants about the size of piglets, or at least they looked like pheasants.
Then they used tranquilizer guns to catch a few pheasants.
After loading all the prey they had caught that day into the vehicle, they prepared to return to base.
After driving for a short distance, we suddenly heard car sounds and shouts ahead: "Help! Drive away!"
Bai Tang and the others exchanged glances, deciding not to meddle.
Unexpectedly, the two cars drove towards them.
They couldn't escape even if they wanted to, and then they saw what was chasing the two cars: a swarm of mutated snakes.
Bai Tang instantly got goosebumps and told Gu Yanxu to quickly change direction and drive away.
The two cars being chased by the snakes followed closely behind Bai Tang and his group, treating them as their lifeline.
Little did they know that Bai Tang was fearless, but her biggest fear was snakes. She thought to herself, "Don't follow me, I'm scared too."
Moreover, these snakes are mutated, and each one is almost as thick as an adult's arm.
The mutated snakes following behind them were even more numerous and countless.
They drove around for a while, but the snakes kept following them and wouldn't leave. They didn't know what the people in the two cars behind them did to the snakes.
Bai Tang picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Lin Feng and the others, "We can't keep running like this. If we keep going like this, we'll never escape the snakes, and besides, we'll be done for if the car runs out of gas."
So they decided to pour gasoline on the road they had just driven on, and have Lin Fan stick his head out and shout to the two cars behind them:
"We'll pour the gasoline on the ground in a bit, and after you all come over, we'll throw matches at the gasoline on the ground, understand?"
A man leaned out of the car following closely behind them and said, "Okay! We understand, thank you for your rescue!"
After they finished speaking, they started pouring gasoline on both sides of the road they had driven through.
Fortunately, Bai Tang had placed two cans of spare gasoline in each vehicle before setting off.
While sprinkling gasoline, Bai Tang also took out some realgar powder from her spatial storage. She didn't know if this realgar powder would be effective against the mutated snake.
Since things have already come to this point, we might as well try anything, even if it seems hopeless.
If it weren't for the people in those two cars, Bai Tang could have taken his own people into the space to avoid the snake swarm.
However, since there are outsiders present, they cannot expose their space.
Bai Tang and his group poured out two buckets of gasoline, and Bai Tang also sprinkled a lot of realgar powder.
Then the two cars behind took out matches and threw them at the gasoline. The gasoline was instantly ignited, and many of the pursuing snakes were burned to death.
The remaining snakes dared not pursue them any further.
To ensure safety, they drove forward for about half an hour before stopping.
As soon as Gu Yanxu and his group stopped their car, they heard an argument breaking out between the two cars behind them.
I heard a sweet, delicate female voice say:
"I don't know why they went crazy. I just accidentally crushed a few snake eggs. Do you have to put all the blame on me?"
Then another female voice said to her, "Yan Jiaojiao, save your breath. If you hadn't deliberately tried to take a few snake eggs back to the base, how could you have angered the snake swarm?"
And put away that affected, coquettish act of yours. It might work on men, but it won't work on me.
If you keep talking sarcastic or mean in front of me, I'll have my dad punish you when I get home."
Then another male voice stepped forward, trying to smooth things over:
"Please stop arguing, ladies. We're outside the base, and it's very dangerous. Let's go thank the people who saved us. Without them, we might have already perished in the snake swarm."
The people in their car came to Bai Tang's car to express their gratitude.
Bai Tang and the others also got out of the car and asked, "Who are you? What did you do? Did you provoke the mutated snake swarm?"
The man replied, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhao Lei, and I am a squad leader of the Shengshi Base Exploration Team."
Our team went out to capture some mutated animals so that scientists at the base could conduct experiments to test which ones were safe for human consumption.
However, they accidentally destroyed some snake eggs, so the snakes chased after us relentlessly.
If we hadn't met you today, we might have perished in the mouth of a snake.
Thank you again for saving us.
Gu Yanxu waved his hand and said, "It was just a small thing. But when you found the snakes, you didn't even run away. How dare you touch their snake eggs? You've got some nerve."
Yan Jiaojiao, who was standing nearby, felt shy when she heard a handsome guy praising her for being brave.
She opened her mouth shyly and said, "It's me. I was thinking of taking a few snake eggs back for them to study. Thank you for praising me."
Zhao Lei and the others were dumbfounded, thinking: Is this guy an idiot? Can't he tell that the other person is being sarcastic? My God, this is so embarrassing.
From now on, please don't suggest sending this woman to their team to broaden her horizons. She's just here to embarrass herself.