Chapter 267 Mutated Poisonous Toad

Liang Yuan’s words that a cold wave was coming immediately made Zhao Kai’s face change.

He realized the problem instantly.

When a cold wave comes, what’s the use of his cold chain refrigeration?

Everyone’s things can be frozen outside, do they need to be frozen?

Zhao Kai’s face suddenly turned bitter, and he couldn’t help but said, “How could I have forgotten about this!”

Ding Yan couldn’t help laughing and said, “I think you should think of another way. You should wait until summer to start the cold storage business.”

Zhao Kai was speechless and said, “I have already rented a store. If I don’t have a cold storage now, I don’t know what to do.”

Ding Yan said, “You can sublet it. If you rent it now, you will get 10,000 points a month, so you won’t lose money. The stores over there will only get more and more expensive in the future.”

Zhao Kai was a little unwilling and said, “It’s better to have something to do. Besides, Feifei’s father is old, and we don’t want him to continue to work in the patrol team. If he can open a shop by himself, he can stay in the shelter with peace of mind, without going out on field missions or going to the river to catch fish. This way his safety can be guaranteed, and he won’t be idle.”

Ding Yan shrugged: “Then you should think about it yourself. I don’t have any good ideas.”

Zhao Kai couldn’t help but look at Liang Yuan and asked, “Brother Liang, what do you think?”

As Liang Yuan walked, he said, “If you want to do business, you must first analyze what you have to sell. Hu Weimin and his friends are great at making steamed buns. They can open a steamed bun shop and earn some hard-earned money.”

“Old Man Yang can open a talisman shop because he can make talismans.”

“what about you?”

Zhao Kai couldn’t help but say, “I only know how to make ice. As for Feifei, her mental maze ability doesn’t seem to have any real output.”

Liang Yuan smiled and said, “In the summer, your ability to make ice is indeed rare, but the cold wave is coming, and ice will be everywhere in the future, so it won’t be rare anymore, so your method won’t work either.”

Zhao Kai had no choice but to ask, “Are you really going to sublet it?”

Liang Yuan smiled and said, “Don’t ask me. If I had a business mind, I wouldn’t have been working before the flood.”

Everyone has their own strengths, and Liang Yuan has a clear understanding of himself.

He is not an entrepreneurial genius, nor does he have that much entrepreneurial acumen.

So if you ask him to think of a profitable business for Zhao Kai, he can’t think of one.

After Liang Yuan finished speaking, Zhao Kai was left with a headache. Then he looked at Ding Yan and asked, “Ding Yan, you told me before that you were a teacher at Linjiang University?”

Ding Yan was puzzled and said, “Well, he was an associate professor at the School of Engineering of Linjiang University before. What’s wrong?”

“Tu Long told me that your school’s shipbuilding major is very impressive. Are there several outstanding expert professors?”

Ding Yan immediately understood and asked, “You want to build a ship?”

Liang Yuan nodded: “Well, Linjiang is already flooded, it’s impossible to recover.”

“Even if a cold wave comes, I estimate that it will only keep the water level from rising further. Once the cold wave recedes and the rainy season arrives next year, I’m afraid there will be heavy rains again.”

“So shipbuilding is imperative. While there is still a lot of wood and various raw materials in Yangshan, I think we should make plans early.”

“What we lack most nowadays is all kinds of talents. Shipbuilding is a big project, especially building a big ship.”

“Without professional expert guidance, it would be absolutely impossible to accomplish.”

Ding Yan nodded and her expression became serious.

Liang Yuan has always been the type of person who always thinks of danger in times of peace, and she agrees with him on this point.

When it was raining heavily, Liang Yuan was the first person to plan to leave the building and go to Yangshan.

She knew at that time that Liang Yuan was a man with a long-term vision.

“Linjiang University’s School of Shipbuilding is near the School of Engineering. Although they are not in the same school, professors often have meetings with each other.”

“As far as I know, the person who is in charge of the School of Shipbuilding is Professor Li Hanzhong.”

“I heard that the team he led participated in the research and development of the Liaoning aircraft carrier and had rich experience in ship design and practice.”

“Their team not only studies shipbuilding, but also materials and science and technology, including some special synthetic steels, super coatings, etc.”

“I just don’t know where he is now.”

Liang Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “Is he in school?”

“It’s hard to say. The school was on summer vacation at that time, and professors basically don’t go to work in the office. It’s very likely that they were not in school.” Ding Yan shook her head.

Liang Yuan frowned. Such a talented person also died in this flood?

However, Ding Yan suddenly thought of something: “But I heard that Professor Li Hanzhong has his own house near the school. I wonder if he was at home during the flood.”

Liang Yuan quickly asked: “Do you know where he lives?”

Ding Yan shook her head: “I don’t know. I only met him once. I saw him at a meeting. We didn’t even say a few words.”

“If you want to know his address, I’m afraid you’ll have to go to Linjiang University.”

Liang Yuan nodded slightly and said, “It seems that if there is a chance, I must go there.”

Zhao Kai couldn’t help but ask: “Brother Liang, where are we going now?”

“Go to the west of Yangshan and take a look at the restricted area of ​​water where mutant beasts are rampant.”

“Water restricted area?” Zhao Kai was stunned.

Ding Yan said: “That’s what the miners in the mining area call the area between Yangshan and Meishan.”

“That area of ​​water is located between two mountains. The water flows slowly and many mutant creatures linger there, including mutant frogs, mutant water spiders and other mutant beasts.”

Zhao Kai’s expression suddenly became serious. Although he had never heard of that area of ​​water, he had personally experienced the mutant frogs.

These amphibian mutants are very scary. When he and Liang Yuan crossed the building and headed to the building where Yang Shenmin and others were, they were attacked by mutant frogs.

At one point he was even chased up a building by a mutant frog, which left a deep impression on him.

“Brother Liang, are you planning to cross that water?”

Liang Yuan nodded slightly: “This swamp needs to be cleaned up. I need to go to Meishan to see the situation over there.”

“If possible, it would be best to reconstruct the traffic between the two mountains to expand the activity range of the residents in the shelter.”

Ding Yan said: “Meishan used to be a bayberry planting base, with a large number of bayberry trees. I wonder if those bayberries are considered mutant fruits.”

Ding Yan’s subtext is that if there are a lot of mutant fruits over there, will a large number of people with special abilities be born?

You know, if there are many people with special abilities, it means that Meishan’s strength will not be weak.

The other side may not welcome people from our side.

Liang Yuan shook his head: “We won’t know anything until we get there. It’s meaningless for us to speculate now.”

“Today, let’s take a look at the situation in that swamp to see if it is really as dangerous as the miners described.”

“If we can handle it, maybe later we can try to build a bridge or something like that.”

“Meishan is a large area, and there should be many survivors. Perhaps we can try to communicate and exchange supplies.”

Ding Yan frowned: “Yangshan is actually not small. If we can manage it well, it will be enough for us to be self-sufficient.”

Zhao Kai couldn’t help but say, “Yeah, we only have more than a thousand people. Yangshan is so big that we can’t patrol it all. Is it necessary to manage Meishan?”

Liang Yuan sighed: “In the future, Yangshan needs to gather more people, and Sister Mei’s parents may be in Meishan.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Ding Yan and Zhao Kai immediately understood.

Liang Yuan is going to Meishan, probably more to find the whereabouts of Yang Mei’s parents.

The two of them didn’t say anything more and just nodded and moved forward.

We walked along the way and soon arrived at the mining area.

The three did not show up, but secretly looked around the mining area.

The team on duty in the mining area today is led by Huang Han, Shi Haizhu and others.

The mining area is very busy. Not only the original miners, but also many people from the three original shelters have come to the mining area to mine.

There are also quite a few smart people who set up small stalls to sell things in the mining area.

Liang Yuan saw Zhuang Shuyuan, Gao Jie and Bai Zhilei setting up a stall nearby.

The whole mining area seemed to be filled with a hot and bustling atmosphere.

The three of them took a look around and did not find any evidence of the patrol team maliciously bullying people or abusing their power for personal gain, so they felt relieved and continued on their way west.

They walked west for about six or seven kilometers. The mountain gradually became sloping and they went downhill.

Liang Yuan found a high point and then jumped up.

Zhao Kai and Ding Yan also climbed up quickly. The three of them stood on the stone and looked to the west.

The misty water vapor shrouded the green mountains on the water surface, like a layer of gauze covering the sky and the earth.

Heavy rain washed the sky and earth, with vast mist and green pines in the distance.

Liang Yuan saw that about five kilometers away was a lake.

Further beyond the lake is another green mountain.

Over there is Meishan.

The lake between the two should have a water surface length of about three or four kilometers.

In fact, three or four kilometers is not considered wide, at least it doesn’t seem too far when viewed visually.

Liang Yuan estimated that with the rapid burst of the [Red Pig Wheel] and his telekinesis, it would not be a problem for him to fly over this distance directly.

With his current total supernatural powers, flying for three or four kilometers can be considered a piece of cake.

“It doesn’t look too far.” Zhao Kai couldn’t help but say.

Ding Yan also said: “How many mutant creatures can there be in this three or four kilometer lake?”

Liang Yuan shook his head slightly and said, “It’s hard to say. The water flow here is very slow, and many mutant creatures will choose to settle here.”

“We can only know the specific situation by going to the river.”

Zhao Kai nodded and said, “Then let’s go over and take a look.”

“Let’s go.” Liang Yuan nodded.

Several people flew down, and Ding Yan said, “Did you notice? The rainfall has indeed become smaller.” Zhao Kai also said, “Indeed, it was a heavy rain before, and now although the rain is not small, it feels obviously shaky.”

The drifting rain gives people a feeling of lightness.

If it is a heavy rain, it will give you a heavy feeling coming towards you.

This change now shows that the heavy rain has indeed become less severe.

Liang Yuan said: “It seems that the military’s news is likely to come true. This heavy rain should really stop soon.”

“It’s better to stop. Only by stopping can we see the sun. I almost forgot what the sun looks like.” Zhao Kai couldn’t help but say.

Ding Yan also said: “Yes, I really miss the smell of sunshine.”

Both of them sighed, and Liang Yuan also said: “Indeed, if the sun doesn’t shine, the world will be moldy.”

There is too much moisture and many places are getting moldy.

In the old building, mold had grown in many places in the corridors.

That is to say, there will be fewer mold spots in places where people often go.

Now that we have moved to Yangshan, the cave is relatively drier and every family has a fire, so the humidity is not so heavy.

Several people chatted while walking.

Suddenly, Liang Yuan stopped.

Ding Yan and Zhao Kai stopped quickly, both of them looked alert.

“What’s wrong, Brother Liang?”

“Is there something wrong?”

Liang Yuan stared at the bushes in the distance and said in a deep voice, “There is something there.”

Ding Yan said without hesitation: “I’ll do it!”

She took a step forward and immediately swung her right leg.

brush!
A crescent-shaped blade of light suddenly shot out.

Pfft——!
The moon blade shot out instantly, tearing through the air, and the grass and bushes in front broke with a loud bang.

Immediately afterwards, I saw a giant black frog squatting in the grass.

There are a lot of granular, pus-like things on the black-skinned giant frog.

With a pair of eyes covered by huge eye bags, it looked at Liang Yuan and the other two with a calm predator-like look in its eyes.

This should not be a mutant creature of the frog type, but a mutant beast of the toad type!

“Oh!”

The crescent blade slashed the black-skinned toad, and a muffled sound was heard.

The black toad’s skin and flesh trembled violently, shaking like ripples.

Suddenly the moon blade was blocked by flesh and then slid to the side.

boom!
The Moon Blade landed on the ground not far away and exploded instantly, continuously flattening all kinds of weeds on the ground. Then it exploded again, causing a large range of explosion damage!

Liang Yuan couldn’t help but be surprised that Ding Yan’s Moon Blade seemed to have been improved again.

Not only does it have the sharpness of the Moon Blade, it also has the explosive power of the Air Cannon Fist.

“It’s the frog monster!”

The attack didn’t work, Ding Yan’s face changed slightly and she couldn’t help but shout.

“Let me try it!”

Zhao Kai felt itchy and immediately took a big step forward, shouting.

Then I saw ice mist spreading rapidly over his hands!
The next moment, he slammed the ground!
Click, click, click!
On the ground, a large area of ​​ice spread out.

Countless ice flowers and ice crystals appeared in the air.

In the blink of an eye, it will spread to the black toad.

The black toad refused to move from the puddle where it was.

Its bulging eyelids suddenly widened.

The next moment, it suddenly opened its huge mouth.

“puff–“

His mouth opened, and suddenly his neck bulged.

The black bumps on his back suddenly emitted bursts of black light.

The next moment, with a puff, the black bumps on the back suddenly burst open, and streams of black venom instantly spurted out to the ground in front!
sizzle…

The black venom splashed on the ground, making a corrosive sound.

The ice on the ground suddenly disintegrated, and all the ice fog was blocked by the poison.

The venom even attacked Zhao Kai in the opposite direction!
Zhao Kai was startled and quickly stepped back a few steps. He stretched out his hand to condense ice cones and threw them!
Puff puff!
The ice cones shot out and continuously shot towards the black toad.

The black toad fluttered its eyelids, opened its mouth, and a shadow instantly rolled up.

Bang bang bang!
Three muffled sounds were heard, and three afterimages flashed in the air. Three ice pillars suddenly exploded and turned into ice powder all over the sky!

Zhao Kai’s face twitched and he said, “It’s the same trick again.”

These frog and toad monsters have really amazing tongue-flicking skills.

I saw this tongue-twitching skill last time at Midu Garden.

Now that they meet again, Zhao Kai feels that his strength has greatly improved and he should be able to defeat these toad monsters. Unexpectedly, these monsters are not much different from the mutated frogs in the building.

Not only can it flick its tongue, but it can also spray venom from its back.

This is a bit tricky, as you can’t touch it and ranged attacks seem to be useless.

His own ice mist seemed unable to freeze the opponent’s venom.

Those venoms seem to have a strong corrosive effect.

Liang Yuan said: “Let me do it.”

He patted Zhao Kai on the shoulder, then activated his mental power and quickly condensed the [Fire Dragon Dance] rune in the air!
Whoops!

A ball of fire suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Ding Yan and Zhao Kai immediately looked sideways with a look of surprise.

“go with!”

Liang Yuan stretched out his hand and pushed. With a whoosh, the fireball pulled out a long fire dragon. In an instant, it spun and flew, and slammed into the black-skinned toad.

The black-skinned toad suddenly panicked and the venom from its body sprayed out again.

A sizzling sound was heard, but it was instantly swallowed up and burned by the flames!

Then the black-skinned toad was immediately engulfed by flames.

Finally, it didn’t dare to stay in the puddle anymore, and quickly jumped up and jumped towards a larger puddle in the distance at a very fast speed.

In just a few jumps, he had already jumped to the front of the big puddle.

With a bang, water splashed and it jumped into the puddle.

However, the flames did not go out, and the Fire Dragon Dance burned fiercely.

The burning caused the water vapor in the puddle to evaporate and the high temperature continued.

The black-skinned toad didn’t seem to be able to shout, it just struggled violently and rolled desperately.

However, all this was of no avail. Soon, only a ball of black charcoal remained in the puddle, no longer moving.

Zhao Kai couldn’t help but ask, “Brother Liang, when did you learn the fire attribute ability?”

Ding Yan was also surprised: “Liang Yuan, aren’t you a space ability user?”

Liang Yuan walked towards the puddle and said, “After your mental strength reaches 25 points, you can use rune technology to master the rune skills above.”

“I learned this skill after comprehending the runes on the rune bone.”

Having said that, he suddenly thought of something and handed the [Red Pig Wheel] and [Fire Dragon Dance] to the two of them respectively.

“Each of you should take one of these two pieces. Try to figure out the skills inside them.”

“Zhao Kai, this is the [Fire Dragon Dance] skill I just performed. It requires mental power to activate. Is your mental power close to 25 points? Go back and practice more.”

“Ding Yan, this is the rune bone from the mutant wild boar you killed before. I learned a skill called [Red Boar Wheel] from it.”

“However, this skill is different from [Fire Dragon Dance]. It does not require mental strength, but high physical fitness and high agility.”

“I guess your [Empowerment] ability is a physical ability. Maybe you can learn it. Remember, don’t force it.”

The two were surprised and delighted and took the rune bones respectively.

Zhao Kai said: “The runes on this rune bone can actually allow people to comprehend other attribute skills?”

Ding Yan couldn’t help but ask, “If that’s true, then wouldn’t we also be able to learn fire-attribute abilities?”

Liang Yuan shook his head: “Not necessarily. According to my experience, if you comprehend the rune skills above, it is highly likely that the skills you use will not be fire-attributed skills, but skills of your related attributes.”

“Perhaps what Zhao Kai comprehended was not the [Fire Dragon Dance], but the [Ice Dragon Dance].”

“Ding Yan, yours may not be the Red Pig Wheel. It could be some other explosive agility skill.”

“Anyway, you can try to learn it.”

The two nodded, and Zhao Kai asked curiously: “Then how did you manage to use skills with different attributes, Brother Liang?”

Liang Yuan smiled but did not answer. He said, “It may be because of the different abilities. I don’t know the specific reason. When you comprehend the rune skills, you may understand.”

“Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore. Go and see what’s in the puddle and why this mutant toad won’t budge.”

(End of this chapter)