After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

(This is a short story about the hero traveling back to the end of the world before the heroine traveled back. It is purely the author's personal preference and has little to do with the main story. If you don't like it, you can ignore it.)
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On the desolate sand.

Qin Yao finally killed the mutant lizard, which was covered with pus and smelled extremely bad, with a stick.

There is not a single cloud in the blue sky.

The scorching sun is radiating its heat unscrupulously.

Qin Yao, who was wrapped in the heat wave, was still sweating profusely on her exposed head even though she was wearing a close-fitting protective suit made of special cooling material.

Large beads of salty sweat rolled down from the ends of her short hair, and disappeared in an instant as soon as they touched the hot sand.

The dead mutant lizards exuded a foul odor like that of dead fish.

Its huge body, which is six meters long, makes the stench difficult to dissipate for a long time.

Qin Yao had long been accustomed to this smell.

After all, she had just fought with the mutant lizard for half an hour, so she didn't feel well either.

Rested for one minute.

Qin Yao put the scarf around her neck on her head, covering her head and face, leaving only a pair of cold and ruthless eyes exposed.

She wiped the blood and flesh off the stick with sand and put it away.

He took out a boning knife and a sealed bag from his travel backpack and walked towards the dead mutant lizard.

Disembowelled.

A large amount of green mucus mixed with a pile of internal organs poured out.

Qin Yao frowned slightly, took out a piece of meat that looked like a lizard heart from the pile of disgusting things, and put it into a sealed bag.

This thing can be exchanged for a bottle of clean water at the trading stall in the base.

Qin Yao wiped the liquid off her hands with sand, put on her travel bag, held the stick in her hand, and continued walking eastward along the road that was once built in the sand and was now in a devastated state.

The desert environment is not suitable for the survival of plants and animals.

The original surviving population was small, and humans who were infected and turned into zombies were easy to clean up.

So the surviving humans built their base underground in the desert.

However, there are still some mutated flying animals that will form groups to invade human bases, as well as those rare species of plants and animals that are originally adapted to the sandy environment.

But compared with other forest basins and river valley areas, the living environment in the desert area is already friendly to humans.

The only bad thing may be the shortage of food and drinking water resources.

I heard that biological companies are already researching ways to make mutant animals edible. Who knows, it won’t be long before humans no longer have to worry about food shortages.

But for Qin Yao, she might not even be able to wait for that day.

Look, there are a few more human-shaped black shadows in front, staring at her with their empty, shriveled, ballless eyes.

Not only are people hungry, but zombies are hungry too.

Especially those weak zombies who can’t beat mutated animals.

Qin Yao slowly took out the thermos from her backpack, opened the lid, and took a sip of the cool water to replenish her energy.

It was so hot that people felt like they were melting, and no one knew where these zombies came from.

Qin Yao put away the thermos, picked up the stick and rushed forward.

"Bang, bang, bang" five consecutive knocks, and each time the stick came down, a shriveled head followed.

Qin Yao put away the stick, clicked her tongue twice, kicked the zombie body blocking her feet away, and was about to walk forward.

Suddenly, a scream came into my ears.

"Miss?"

"My lady, it's really you!"

"It's me, my lady!"

"My wife, my wife."

There was a sound of stumbling footsteps on the sand on the left side of the road.

Qin Yao could make an immediate judgment without even looking back - this was a person whom she could crush to death with just one finger.

She stood on the devastated road, her posture as straight as a pine tree, slightly sideways, looking over against the setting sun.

Although he couldn't see the woman's face clearly on the road, Liu Ji could recognize her as his beloved wife from her familiar scent at a glance.

He bet a hundred Awangs that it must be her!
Liu Ji didn't know why he took a nap in his yard and woke up in this desert full of yellow sand. Just as he was wondering if he was dreaming, he heard a few roars like animals not far away.

He climbed up from the sand and looked out, right into the zombie's large, beadless eyes with sunken skin and flesh.

I was so scared that I almost screamed.

But soon, very soon.

He felt relieved.

Isn’t the person holding the black stick and hitting a monster with each stick his dear wife?
Before he fell asleep, she was still sitting in the rocking chair in the yard enjoying the cool air.

With his wife around, he is not afraid even if the king of heaven comes.

The heat wave rolled in, and Liu Ji, who was wearing a long gown, was almost fainting from the heat.

He walked across the sandy ground with one step deep and one step shallow, and finally came to the black road (asphalt) covered with cracks.

A dry hand suddenly stretched out from the crack and grabbed Liu Ji's foot.

His whole body stiffened, and he looked down to see a skeleton-like humanoid monster with a toothless mouth, roaring at him, drooling.

Liu Ji's eyes widened instantly, and his mouth reacted faster than his brain, screaming:

"Madam, save me!!!"

A black stick fell from the sky and hit the withered arm hard.

Liu Ji only felt that the ground beneath his feet was shaking, making him dizzy.

By the time he came to his senses, the monster in the crack had already had its head pierced by a stick.

Qin Yao pulled out her long stick and looked up at the strange human in front of her who was screaming.

Why do you say he is strange?

Because he doesn't look like someone who has lived in the apocalypse at all.

She looked to be in her thirties or forties, with a rosy and shiny complexion.

The teeth are straight and the skin is in incredibly good condition.

The body is full of meat, as if I can be full at every meal, and the nutrition is balanced.

His attire was also strange. In an environment with a temperature of nearly 60 degrees, he dared to hike in the desert without wearing protective clothing.

Her hair is still long, and is fixed with a jade ornament. She looks like someone from a costume TV drama.

Qin Yao hasn't seen someone who looks so human in ten years.

The person in front of her was so good-looking that she couldn't believe he was a human.

But recently, I haven't heard from researchers at biological companies that they have discovered any mutant animals or plants that look like humans, or advanced mutant zombies.

After looking at the other person again and confirming that it was just a human.

Qin Yao turned around and left.

I never expected that the person who was screaming just now was...

Suddenly he reached out and pulled her hand.

Qin Yao almost subconsciously took out the dagger and stabbed.

Unexpectedly, the man dodged her attack.

It was as if he was already familiar with her attack methods and paths.

There is no skill in hiding, it's all instinct.

She frowned, her eyes full of murderous intent.

As if frightened by her cruelty, the man stood there in a daze without moving.

Qin Yao then put away the knife and continued forward.

But she had just walked a short distance when she heard footsteps behind her.

Since this man posed no threat, Qin Yao did not waste his energy turning back to kill him.

Liu Ji was so hot that he could hardly think.

If he was not mistaken, the woman just now really wanted to kill him without any hesitation.

So is this really his wife?
He doesn't look like his dear wife at all.

It would have been fine if he didn't look like one, but when he got closer, he saw that he was actually bald!
Fortunately, Qin Yao couldn't hear his inner voice, otherwise she would have stepped back and stabbed him. (End of this chapter)