My neighborhood has time-traveled.

Chapter 27 Going out to hunt in the wild, provoking

Su Tiantian and Zhang Xiaonan walked out of Building No. 9.

Zhang Xiaonan dodged a puddle of excrement on the ground and turned to Su Tiantian, saying, "That Li Hao doesn't seem very welcoming to us."

Su Tiantian stepped over the poop, nodded, and said, "Yeah, it seems like Brother Li Hao is a bit wary of us."

Zhang Xiaonan slowed her pace, a hint of hesitation in her eyes.

She felt that the reason Li Hao was so wary of the two of them was probably because of a previous conflict with their family, which gave him a bad impression of her.

This was one of the reasons she didn't want to come over.

He felt that he had dragged Su Tiantian down with him.

I want to tell Su Tiantian the reason for what happened.

The words were on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed them back.

She didn't want to lose her best friend, Su Tiantian.

Su Tiantian laughed and hugged Zhang Xiaonan's arm. "Oh dear, Brother Li Hao is wary of us, but he's not wary of Li Wen. My main target is Li Wen."

"That Li Wen is indeed quite easy to talk to," Zhang Xiaonan nodded.

Li Wen just came to their rescue, saving them from an awkward situation.

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Li Wen closed the door. "Brother, two men from the property management came to ask for evolution stones. I said I didn't have any, and they thought I was lying to them. They were gossiping behind my back."

Li Hao smiled.

He heard everything that was being said outside.

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Inside the meeting room.

Wang Hao, Zhao Meng, Liu Xueqin, and Grandpa Huang sat in their seats.

Zhao Meng toyed with a retro metal lighter in his hand, looking at Wang Hao: "You have gasoline bombs, come with me and wipe out those mutated mantises!"

All he wanted was to kill those mutated mantises and avenge his younger brothers and sisters!

Before Wang Hao could speak, Liu Xueqin said, "You said that you can't cut through its shell with a machete. Going to deal with them now is too reckless and not conducive to the stable development of the community."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hao slammed his lighter on the table, intending to retort.

Grandpa Huang touched his thumb ring and looked at Zhao Meng. "Those mutated mantises are a kilometer away. There's no need to bother them anymore. We can wait until things stabilize and we're stronger before taking action."

Wang Hao glanced at Zhao Meng and saw the other man impatiently rubbing his lighter. After thinking for a moment, he agreed, "Then let's stick to the old plan today: go south to find food and eliminate the mutated creatures, still within a one-kilometer radius."

Mr. Huang and Liu Xueqin nodded.

According to the old plan, we first need to survey the area within one kilometer of the community, collect food, and eliminate the mutated creatures within that area.

Enclose the entire area within one kilometer to form a protective perimeter.

Then we can plant crops.

That's the key point, not to fight to the death with powerful mutated creatures when you're still weak.

"There's no fun in dealing with you guys."

Seeing that all three of them opposed his idea, Zhao Meng leaned back in his chair, took out a cigarette, lit it with a lighter, and began to puff out smoke.

After the meeting.

A man approached Wang Hao, saying, "Captain Wang, I won't be going out this afternoon."

Wang Hao asked, "Oh, why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"I plan to wait until the others return with their evolution stones tonight and then trade them for evolution stones, hoping to evolve with them."

The man continued, "After evolving and gaining great power, it's not too late to go out."

"Aren't you afraid of failing to evolve?" Wang Hao asked.

After all, there is a nearly one in ten chance of gene failure.

"We have to take a gamble."

Wang Hao nodded and said nothing more.

Everyone has the right to choose freely, and he will not force anyone.

Several more people came to him after that and told him they didn't plan to go out.

In the afternoon, everyone gathered.

There aren't many people left at Dawn; there are less than a hundred.

It's much less than yesterday.

The same applies to the three directions: property management, Huang's family, and Zhao Meng.

The casualties yesterday have greatly affected the ability to go out again.

Wang Hao addressed the crowd below:

"From now on, everyone in the community will be responsible for patrolling. Our Dawn team was assigned the first patrol. Our task is to watch for strange birds in the sky and whether any mutated creatures have entered the community."

"We also need to arrange for personnel to patrol at night."

"Four people will be assigned to patrol together, and each patrolman will be equipped with a gong."

"These four gongs are used by the elderly in the community as a hobby. They were collected this time to be used as alarm bells."

In case of an emergency, sound the gong.

He glanced around and said, "Anyone who wants to join the patrol team can sign up. Dawn will distribute points and food."

Several people immediately raised their hands and said they wanted to join.

It's obviously safer to earn points and food simply by patrolling without having to go out.

Especially for men with wives and children at home, if they have a choice, they don't want to go out.

Wang Hao asked the group to register with Zhou Mengting.

He reiterated before setting off, "If you encounter a problem you can't solve yourself, you can use a petrol bomb to send a distress signal. If there are other people nearby, try to rush over and help them."

Then he reminded him:

"Be careful not to eat any wild fruits that you don't recognize. Yesterday, some people died from poisoning after eating wild fruits."

"It's best to avoid entering areas with tall grass or trees."

"Never act alone."

Everything is ready.

Four groups of people walked out of the residential area and headed south.

The southern countryside.

As far as the eye can see, there are dense forests, with low hills nestled among them.

Insects hopped and jumped in the grass.

The sound of birds chirping could be heard from time to time.

The air is filled with the fresh scent of grass.

As people walked, the grass was trampled.

Grasshoppers hopped about.

Occasionally, one or two fist-sized insects would jump out.

"A rat! A huge rat!"

Someone discovered a rat the size of a rabbit.

They chased after the mouse.

The mouse darted into the hole and disappeared.

Li Hao glanced at it and saw that the area invisible to the naked eye was covered with dense red dots.

Most of them are small insects.

A small portion are rats.

"There's a rat there, as big as a cat. Let's go around it."

He pointed to a clump of grass and said to Li Wen.

In the field of infrared thermal imaging, this mouse is the largest and most conspicuous within a radius of over 100 meters.

This rat became their primary target.

The rat had very poor eyesight; even when two people were about ten meters away, it stayed in the same spot eating a grasshopper.

Once the two stepped into the ten-meter radius and onto the grass, the rat sensed the movement and stopped chewing, raising its head.

It turned its head and looked around.

"superior!"

Li Hao took a step and instantly leaped ten meters, appearing in front of the rat.

The mouse took off running.

Li Wen had already intercepted them ahead.

The mouse nimbly darted around corners, trying to dart past Li Hao.

After landing, Li Hao quickly stomped his feet, caught up with the rat, and slashed it down with his sword.

The mouse scurried into the dry grass and escaped unharmed.

"Right here," Li Hao said, pointing to the mound of hay.

The two surrounded the bushes.

As they approached, the rat suddenly darted out.

Li Hao reacted quickly and slashed with his sword.

"puff."

The rat was struck in the body; the powerful force tore through its fur, sending it flying and knocking over several weeds before it landed on the ground.

"Brother, you hit him!" Li Wen shouted excitedly.

The two walked up to the mouse.

A few drops of red blood were stained on the leaves of the weeds nearby.

The rat lay on the grass, its back torn apart, almost cleaved in two at the waist.

Blood flowed from the wound, staining the grass red.

It twitched its limbs a few times and then stopped moving.

Li Hao chopped down on the mouse's horn, cut open its head, and took out an evolution stone the size of his little finger.

It was thrown directly into my mouth.

"Click."

"Gulp."

The heat spreads rapidly throughout the body, like soaking in a hot spring.

The muscles felt slightly swollen.

A wave of pleasure washed over him, causing Li Hao's lips to curl into a slight smile.

He picked up the dead rat, threw it into the bag, pointed ahead, and said to Li Wen, "Come on, I saw another one that big over there."

The two were faster than mice.

With their combined efforts, they quickly killed the mouse, which was the size of a house cat.

Li Wen used a Damascus steel knife to forcefully cut open the rat's forehead and took out an evolution stone the size of a little finger.

He threw it into his mouth and swallowed it with a gulp.

A large amount of heat spreads rapidly.

A wave of comfort washed over me.

He brandished his Damascus steel knife, cleaving a bush in half with a single stroke. "Brother, the big ones are definitely stronger. It feels like one big one is worth ten small ones."

"Um."

Li Hao threw the rat carcass into the bag.

Just then.

Zhao Meng's henchman, also known as Huang Mao, came over with four other men, smoking as he walked. He looked at the bags in the two men's hands and said, "I heard you two brothers got a lot of evolution stones."

"What's it to you?" Li Hao glanced at him indifferently.

The blond-haired man looked up, exhaled a puff of smoke, put his arm around Li Hao's shoulder, and said in a nonchalant tone, "This time it's only because of Wang Hao. If you dare to try and steal our mutated insects again, I'll break your legs."

As he spoke, he sipped a cigarette and patted Li Hao on the shoulder.