Wow, this rough-around-the-edges pregnant wife is something else, she's incredibly ruthless!

The mother and her two daughters ate breakfast in the morning and did not disturb Lu Chuan until Bai Ye's roar came from the cave. Only then did the man get out of bed.

After a good night's sleep, the man was almost fully recovered. As he got up and dressed, Meng Tong walked in.

“My wife, I have Bai Ye guarding the cave entrance to keep an eye on him. I just heard its voice, so I have to go check on it. You and the children wait for me at home.”

"Hmm." Meng Tong nodded, then looked up and asked Lu Chuan, "What are your plans if he wakes up?"

"..."

The man remained silent; he hadn't thought that far ahead.

But what my wife means is...

“Lu Chuan, think it through. You and he are even now. I only saved him because he helped you before. The valley is where our family lives, and I won’t allow an illegitimate person to guard it.”

Do you know what I mean?

“I know,” Lu Chuan replied. “If he wakes up, I will let him leave.”

"Okay, go ahead! There's some food I made in the kitchen, take some with you."

Meng Tong's tone softened, and the man nodded and walked towards the kitchen.

Taking the food that Meng Tong had prepared, Lu Chuan headed towards the cave.

Confused, Lu He and Lu Yan wanted to go along, but Meng Tong stopped them.

"Mother, where did Father go?"

Hopefully, it won't be like yesterday again!

Lu Yan's face was full of worry.

Meng Tong pulled the two little ones over, one in each hand, and led them into the house. She smiled and said, "Your father is going to see an old friend. He'll be back in a little while."

"Ah? Mother, are there other people in these deep mountains?"

Lu He and Lu Yan were surprised.

Having lived here for so long, they haven't seen anyone other than their father and mother!

Could it be that others have also ventured into the mountains? Wouldn't that be unsafe?

With more and more thoughts swirling in their heads, the two little ones nervously tugged at Meng Tong's fingers.

"Mother, what if a bad person comes in?"

"Don't be afraid. Even if there is, your mother will not let you get hurt."

Meng Tong patted the two sisters on the back reassuringly, but a cold glint flashed in her eyes.

She wouldn't allow anyone to disturb her quiet and leisurely life.

……

The entrance of the cave.

Half-dragging himself against the uneven wall, Yu Feng's pale face was covered in cold sweat.

What did he just see?

tiger.

There were tigers here, and he even encountered one.

Looking down at the bandage marks on his arm, Yu Feng had a bad feeling.

Was his benefactor eaten by a tiger?

With a chilling pain in his eyes, Yu Feng tentatively peered into the cave.

This is a tiger's den.

With this realization in mind, the man's face turned pale with panic. Dragging his disheveled and weak body, Yu Feng gritted his teeth and stood up, leaning against the wall.

He had to hurry back and tell everyone to change their route into the deep mountains, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

It's just a pity about my savior; if you were still alive...

With tears welling up in his wrinkled eyes, Yu Feng, a man in his late forties approaching fifty, kowtowed three times earnestly towards the cave.

I will repay the kindness of this life in the next.

Staggering to his feet, Yu Feng walked out of the cave, not daring to make any noise for fear of disturbing the tiger inside.

Not long after they left, Lu Chuan brought Bai Ye to the cave entrance.

Huh? Where did they go?!

Lu Chuan was dumbfounded, then turned to look at Bai Ye.

"You didn't eat it, did you?!"

"You're really good at insulting tigers!" Bai Ye roared angrily, looking up at the tiger.

Then, a muffled voice echoed in Lu Chuan's mind, "I didn't~"

Where did that person go?

Lu Chuan looked out of the cave in confusion, but there was no sign of any animals entering!

The only possibility is... that he left on his own?

Lu Chuan's furrowed brows instantly relaxed; he felt this was fate.

Since he's already gone, let him go! It saves him the trouble of asking.

After tidying up the entrance to the cave, Lu Chuan returned to the courtyard in the valley the same way he came.

Seeing the man return so quickly, Meng Tong asked in surprise, "Why are you back so soon? He's still not awake?"

"woke up."

"That is……"

“He left on his own. Bai Ye and I hadn’t even arrived yet when he left,” Lu Chuan replied.

With his eyes slightly narrowed, Meng Tong felt that something was wrong. When he met Bai Ye's gaze, he instantly realized what was going on.

Were you really scared by it? Or...?

Using his special abilities to cover the area outside the valley, Meng Tong quickly spotted Yu Feng.

He left in the direction he had returned from yesterday.

Why are you in such a hurry to leave?

Is someone waiting for him, or is he truly afraid of Bai Ye?

Meng Tong had no idea, but in the following days, she would use her supernatural abilities to investigate the situation outside.

Fortunately, everything is normal.

……

The family in the valley resumed their normal work.

Since the first crop has been harvested successfully, the next step is to plant a second crop.

The tiger turning into an ox has happened again, but this time it's much simpler than the first time.

The three of them, wearing hats chosen by Meng Tong, set off to plow the fields, while she stayed home to rest.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Meng Tong's consciousness entered the space and began to carefully search for information about the seeds.

Meng Tong felt that using gene mutation to summarize such a large change in seeds was a bit too hasty.

When Meng Tong arrived at the seeds he had plundered in the apocalypse, all he could see were mountains upon mountains.

Looking around at the piles of seeds, Meng Tong didn't miss any detail. Sure enough, when she passed a pile of fruit seeds, she finally found something that was emitting a green light.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a zombie crystal core.

"Is this what this thing does?"

Meng Tong was skeptical. In the apocalypse, she only knew that zombie crystal cores could enhance a superhuman's abilities, but she had never heard of them being able to alter the core of some matter.

However, we can't jump to conclusions. After all, the awakening of superpowered individuals in the apocalypse is also due to certain substances, and it's possible that the zombie crystal core happens to contain something that can change the seed.

Holding the crystal core in his hand, Meng Tong continued his search, finding a purple crystal core in the rice pile and a yellow crystal core in the corn pile. He then placed the rest in a corner.

There are about a hundred of them, big and small, in all sorts of colors, all collected by Meng Tong himself.

Strong individuals disdain using such things to enhance their strength; they rely on solid, hard-earned experience.

But he didn't want others to take advantage of him, which is why there were so many in the corner of Meng Tong's space.

As for the seeds, it's obvious that someone put them in during experiments at the base during the apocalypse.

Who has such a clever mind to come up with this idea?

Meng Tong's smile stretched almost to the back of his head.

If it really is because of the zombie crystal core, then...

Glancing sideways at the hundreds of crystal cores in the corner, Meng Tong could already foresee her life as a landlord.

That output... wow.