Chapter 179: Big Rat

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Ye Xingchen didn’t reach out to take the things that the young man handed over, but he still bought two huge mice.

After taking out a complete box of cold medicine from the space and handing it to the seller, Ye Xingchen asked Qin Tianming to pick the two biggest mice and take them away.

Qin Tianming could be considered half a young master. When he heard Ye Xingchen’s words, he was obviously stunned for a moment. However, Ye Xingchen did not like to repeat himself. Qin Tianming could only hold his breath in grievance and take the bag that the seller handed over.

Although he was still young, he knew that these things were meant to be eaten. After all, he had seen Mo Guanshan and the others eat corpses. Compared to corpses, the rat meat was not unacceptable.

Qin Tianming was a little disgusted, but he had no choice but to tie the bag up and follow behind Ye Xingchen.

The seaside was really lively. Ye Xingchen even saw a stall selling drinks.

It had to be known that there was a large-scale water shortage outside, but these people at the beach actually concocted so many colorful drinks to sell.

Looking at the lively crowd, Ye Xingchen couldn’t help but go forward and exchange an anti-inflammatory pill for a large bottle of drink.

He held the large cup of yellowish-green murky liquid in his hand and looked back and forth between Zhao Hao and Qin Tianming. Then, he stretched out his hand and very naturally handed the cup of drink to Qin Tianming.

“Try it and tell me what it tastes like.”

Ye Xingchen looked at the oddly-colored drinks. He was really curious about what the taste was. Moreover, there were many people here. Ye Xingchen even queued for a long time to buy this drink.

Ye Xingchen would definitely not drink it. He did not know if it was poisonous or not. Even if it was not poisonous, he looked at the people around him. He did not think that the things they made and sold in the stalls were very clean.

He didn’t want to have diarrhea because of eating something unclean. No matter how much medicine he had, he didn’t want his body to feel uncomfortable.

Mo Qi had been eating a lot of the food stored in Ye Xingchen’s space recently. Burgers, fries, chips, chocolates, and so on were not a problem. She even drank a lot of yogurt, cola, Sprite, and Fanta. Therefore, when she saw Ye Xingchen pass the cup of food to Qin Tianming, she didn’t want to try it.

However, Qin Tianming was different. Even the hamburger that he had always wanted to eat was only eaten on the first day after Ye Xingchen and the others moved in. He looked at the strangely-colored drink in front of him and swallowed his saliva.

Qin Tianming took it from Ye Xingchen’s hand and gulped it down. As soon as he drank it, Qin Tianming’s expression changed.

“Ugh… What is this?”

Frowning, Qin Tianming only felt that his throat was salty, bitter, and sour. The drink was even a little spicy.

“What’s wrong? What’s the taste? Can you describe it?”

“It’s so salty and a little bitter. It’s also sour. It tastes awful. What is this? Why are there so many people buying it?”

Ye Xingchen laughed out loud. Mo Qi and Qin Tianming were basically the ones who ate the whole night. There were also many stalls selling dried fish and squid, as well as many cooked seafood that could be eaten directly.

Mo Qi and Qin Tianming were full after one round.

There was no need for too much seasoning. Fresh seafood was already delicious after being caught and roasted with a little salt.

Ye Xingchen bought a little of everything he saw along the way. The seaside was not as hot as the city. The heat was something that Ye Xingchen could tolerate. He had not seen such a lively scene for a long time. If it was not for the fact that it was a little late, Ye Xingchen would have walked around a few more times.

After weighing and buying some sea salt, Ye Xingchen went home with them.

“It was fun. Can we come again next time?”

Qin Tianming still had a piece of dry-fried squid in his mouth. He and Mo Qi sat together, squeezing next to Ye Xingchen in the back seat. The two of them were sharing a huge squid.

Ye Xingchen’s elbow was resting on the window, and he was thinking about something else.

One was the thing in the rat’s head, and the other was the strange feeling he had when he passed through the forest.

He felt as if someone was staring at him from behind, and he had goosebumps all over him.

Ye Xingchen still couldn’t figure it out even though he had put on his night-vision thermal goggles. He looked around and was sure that there was no one around.

It was already very late when they returned to the safety fortress. Ye Xingchen looked up at the clock in the living room. It was already midnight.

Lin Sijia was not asleep yet. She was waiting for Ye Xingchen to come back home. Lin Pei was still awake downstairs. He felt inexplicably annoyed, but before Ye Xingchen came back, Lin Sijia did not go over to do a physical examination for him alone.

“You’re back. How was it? Was the beach lively?”

When Ye Xingchen came back, Lin Sijia was reading on the sofa in the living room in her pajamas.

“Yes, I’m back. The beach was very lively. There are quite a lot of people there. It’s a bit like our night market before the apocalypse. I’ll bring you there soon.”

Ye Xingchen casually threw the two large rats in his hands onto the ground. “Mutated rats. I brought them back for you to experiment on. Oh, right, and sea salt. They said that it’s sea salt that is directly dried from seawater, but I felt that something was wrong when I smelled it, so I bought some for you to study.”

Ye Xingchen pointed at the bag of rats on the ground. “Something seems to have grown in their heads. I’m not sure. I don’t know if the rat seller stuffed it into the rat’s head himself. You can dissect it tomorrow.”

“That thing isn’t very big. It’s about the size of a peanut. It’s yellow and looks a little like a crystal. I’m not sure. You can take a look tomorrow.”

Lin Sijia was obviously stunned for a moment. Her hand that was about to reach Ye Xingchen paused.

“What? The thing in the brain looks like a crystal?”

Lin Sijia subconsciously thought that this thing might be some kind of tumor mutation, but it was the first time she had heard of a crystal-like tumor.

As soon as Ye Xingchen entered the bathroom, Lin Sijia changed her clothes, put on her mask, and carried the bag of rats into her laboratory.

She was too curious. This was something she had never heard of before. She had to see what Ye Xingchen was talking about with her own eyes..