Chapter 66 Searching for Fruit in the Snow
As Mu Mu finished absorbing the large amount of gold and antiques for the first time, the water spiritual energy in the stream in the space became more and more abundant.
The water that Bai Tang and the others drink and use for cooking is all from the stream in the space.
While this water may not grant immortality, it can certainly improve health, and drinking more of it won't do any harm.
While Bai Jiyang and the others were drinking water, Bai Tang took out some ready-made food from her space for dinner.
After eating, they all went to rest and then waited to get up the next morning to gather at the base gate.
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After a good night's rest, the next morning arrived in the blink of an eye. They had a simple breakfast and then packed their things.
Bai Tang took the canned food and went to the passenger seat of the car, waiting to leave.
Anyway, the deadline for the task they accepted was within a week.
The six of them set off in two SUVs. There weren't many vehicles on the road, so there was no congestion and they arrived at the base entrance quickly.
From a distance, you can see Zhao Lei's team's three cars parked there.
When Zhao Lei saw their car approaching, he got in and took out a walkie-talkie.
When Bai Tang and the others' car arrived, Zhao Lei walked over, knocked on the window, and handed them the walkie-talkie, saying:
"If anything happens, we'll contact each other via walkie-talkie."
Bai Tang took the walkie-talkie and said, "Okay, let's go then."
Then Zhao Lei got into the car and followed behind Bai Tang and the others.
Gu Yanxu led the way, and they were heading to the spot where they used to catch wild rabbits.
After all, those fruits are edible for mutated wild boars, and mutated wild rabbits might eat them too.
Even a herd of mutated rabbits is still easier to deal with than a herd of mutated wild boars.
There are definitely mutated wild boars foraging in the vicinity of those fruits.
If they encountered one or two, they could still react, but if they encountered a group of mutated wild boars, Bai Tang couldn't just bring his team into the space in front of Zhao Lei and his team.
At this moment, Bai Tang suddenly felt that Zhao Lei and his group were getting in the way a little, but she didn't say anything because Captain Zhao was just following orders to protect them.
They traveled for about an hour before arriving at the place where they often caught mutated wild rabbits.
Upon arriving at their destination, Gu Yanxu spoke to Zhao Lei and the others over the walkie-talkie:
"We're almost there, let's slow down and stop."
Upon hearing Gu Yanxu's words, Zhao Lei instructed the team member driving the car to slow down.
After everyone parked their cars, they all got out, fully equipped and bundled up tightly.
Outside, Bai Tang didn't put a leash on the canned food, letting it run around freely. The canned food was quite intelligent and understanding.
He would run back whenever Bai Tang called him, so Bai Tang trusted him completely.
Zhao Lei noticed that Bai Tang wasn't putting a leash on the canned goods, and then chimed in:
"Captain Bai, won't your cat run around if it's not on a leash?"
Bai Tang said reassuredly, "It's okay, let it run."
"Maybe we can even catch a mutated wild rabbit."
Zhao Lei was shocked to hear this. This cat could catch mutated rabbits; it was really amazing.
After their initial shock, they began searching for the fruit they needed in the vast snowfield.
After searching for about five or six minutes, Bai Tang said:
"We can't just search aimlessly like this, without even a single tool."
Moreover, the fruit was pure white, making it even less noticeable in the snow.
Then Zhao Lei said, "We did prepare some tools in the car."
There aren't many of them, not enough for all of us.
Bai Tang said, "It's alright, we do have some loose parts in the car that we can assemble."
Then Zhao Lei led his team to their vehicle to retrieve their tools.
Bai Tang led his team to the off-road vehicle to retrieve materials and assemble suitable tools.
Bai Tang took out a retractable iron rod and some stiff iron wire from the off-road vehicle.
Then Lin Fan, Lin Feng, and the others worked together to assemble the iron rod and wire.
Divide the wire into several sections, wrap them around the iron rod to secure them, and then bend the wire into a certain arc. Soon, a handy tool is made.
Its shape is somewhat similar to an iron rake used for farm work.
Bai Tang has this iron rake in her space, but she can't take it out directly.
No one knew whether the fruit was on a tree or growing on the ground, so she couldn't just grab the rake directly.
Soon the six rakes were assembled, and the two teams took their preferred tools and separated a short distance to search for fruit.
The division of labor was clear: some people watched the snow, while others watched people and trees.
They searched the area thoroughly for about 20 minutes, but still found nothing.
Bai Tang thought to herself: We can't go back to the research institute to look for them, there's a herd of mutated wild boars there.
Just as Bai Tang was thinking about it, the canned food came running back from a distance.
Sure enough, the can was holding a mutated wild rabbit in its mouth.
Zhao Lei couldn't help but shout at Bai Tang, "Captain Bai, your cat really can catch mutated wild rabbits!"
Bai Tang also called out, "Of course, my cat Guanshi is the best, and it's a stray cat, so it's normal for it to catch wild rabbits."
Hearing Bai Tang praise it, the canned food couldn't help but proudly raise its head.
Bai Tang, carrying the canned food, picked up the mutated rabbit and put it in the car.
He thought to himself: I've never smelled that fruit, nor have I ever seen what it looks like.
Gu Yu said that if they kept searching like this, they would never find a job.
Just then, Bai Tang heard Bai Jiyang excitedly shout:
"I think I've found the fruit; it grows in the snow."
Upon hearing this, they all rushed towards Baijiyang.
Only when they got closer did they realize that Bai Jiyang was holding a white object.
Of them, only Zhao Lei had seen what the white fruit looked like before, and then Zhao Lei took the white fruit from Bai Jiyang's hand.
"That's how it looks. The fruit I saw that day looked like this, except this one is a little smaller. It probably hasn't ripened yet."
After saying that, he had someone bring a small knife and cut the fruit open.
The fruit did indeed contain red seeds.
Zhao Lei laughed heartily: "Finally found it! If we can grow it in the base..."
We have one more thing to eat, and we have one more chance to survive.
At this moment, Bai Tang said to Zhao Lei, "Now that we have found this fruit, this area should be the activity range of mutated wild boars or rabbits."
We still need to be careful and finish the search quickly before leaving.
Zhao Lei repeatedly said, "That's right, that's right."
Then he arranged for several people to guard the surrounding area.
Then they looked at the plant bearing fruit; the grayish-white vines were barely visible in the snow.
There can be about five or six of those fruits on a single vine.