Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

The house had no extra decorations or furniture, only a table, a kitchen counter, and a few chairs. Dry wood burned in a simple fireplace, emitting a warm glow.

Iron farm tools and coils of rope were placed in the corner, while two logging axes and two light-colored wooden shelves hung on the wall, with a stack of wooden bowls and some small wooden boxes on them, giving it a very homey feel.

"Is this a village or a stronghold? Where are the others?" Bozokasti tried to get up, but his body wouldn't obey him at all. It wasn't the kind of weakness that made him unable to obey, but rather a literal sense that his body seemed to completely fail to understand his will and thoughts.

"A blizzard is coming soon, so have the others prepare to reinforce the houses. Also, the Yeti Squad hunters said they found wolf droppings and footprints nearby, so a wolf pack might have come this way. Tell the women to keep a close eye on their children so they don't get carried off by wolves." Ivan said to someone as he pushed open the door and went inside.

He was wearing a winter coat over a thin black shirt, with a dog tag chain dangling from his chest. He carried an axe and a bundle of freshly chopped firewood, looking like an ordinary middle-aged Ursus farmer except for a straw hat.

“Ivan, you’re still alive. This is… wait, my voice.” Bozokaste found that his voice had returned to normal. The crystalline mass that had grown on his throat had completely disappeared. Not only that, he also found that his skin was normal, without any trace of Originium crystals.

“Dad, you were badly injured before. The farmer managed to get some medical equipment to operate on you and save your life.” Ivan put down the wood, pulled up a chair, and sat down. “How are you feeling?”

"It's terrible, it's like I can't feel my body at all..."

“That’s normal. Boss Xia said your body needs some time for your nervous system to adapt. You should try moving your fingers first, then other parts, and finally try to control your…new body…”

"A new body?"

"Yes, new body. It seems he performed a very complicated surgery on you, cutting away the areas infected by Oripathy and replacing them with something else..."

"Hmm," Bozocas pondered for a moment, feeling that this was the only explanation, "Then how much longer can I live?"

"Boss Xia didn't say, but if the recovery goes well, it should take a long time..."

"Aren't you trying to comfort me?"

"No, anyway, everyone is here to rest for a while and take on the part-time roles of militia and sheriff in this small town. I arrested eight drunkards fighting today. Can you imagine?"

In a community of infected people, I can catch eight drunk guys with the energy to fight every day. Oh, and I have to add one more who beats his wife, gets beaten up by her, and is left outside to sober up…”

"Unbelievable," Bozokasti said seriously. It would be normal in a relatively wealthy Ursus town, but it was unimaginable to catch a drunkard in an infected settlement on the snowfield.

Patriot: Heavy Armor;

Attack: 280, Defense: 1100, Magic Resistance: 10, Health: 2290, Block: 3, Attack Range: 1x1, Attack Speed: Slow, Cost: 31;

Features: Automatically restores 1% health per second; restoration rate is increased by 200% (2% per second) when blocked.

Seiichi:

Shield Guard Leader: Global Heavy Armor Operator Cost -1;

Resilient Warrior: When health is below 10%, all damage is reduced by 90% for 3 seconds. This effect can only be triggered once per deployment.

Fine two:

Shield Guard Leader: Global Heavy Armor Operator Cost -1;

Resilient Warrior: When health is below 20%, all damage is reduced by 95% for 3 seconds. This effect can only be triggered once per deployment.

Modify Body: Increases attribute recovery ability by 100% (2%/4% recovery per second);

Skill 1:

Power Shield Enhancement: Increases attack and defense by 40% (75%/90%) for 15 seconds.

Skill 2:

Power Shield - Burst: Stuns blocked targets for 2 seconds, moderately (significantly/extremely) reduces attack interval. Each attack deals damage to all blocked targets and knocks back light targets for 15 seconds.

Skill 3:

Power Shield Command: Automatically recharges. Once fully charged, the attack range expands to a 3x3 rhombus grid. Normal attacks cease. Unlimited blocking count. Damage taken is increased by 100% (65%/50%). Allied operators within range gain 2% attack and defense per second until reaching a maximum of 20% (40%/50%).

If Froststar is present within range, it will automatically apply one stack of Freeze to enemies within the attack range every second. (Up to three stacks of Freeze) This effect is permanent until the enemy retreats or is knocked back.

Chapter Forty-Four: Xiandi's entrepreneurial journey ended prematurely...

Chapter 44

The blizzard arrived as expected, and the snowflakes swept across the snowfield from sparse to dense. In an instant, the lifeless whiteness permeated the entire land, and it seemed that only this monotonous and deathly whiteness and the howling wind remained between heaven and earth.

The blizzard's power swept through the sparser snow-covered forest, ripping the ground-covered membrane with a loud clatter, and finally shattered on the workshops and greenhouses coated with a black heat-absorbing layer, turning into dewdrops that flowed down the outer walls. These dewdrops were then frozen by the cold wind into streaks, strands, and patches of frost and snow scars, as well as icicles hanging low from the supports and eaves.

The cold wind howled outside, but the thick double walls forced it to turn away helplessly, while the workshop's living area maintained a warm and comfortable temperature.

On the table were some of the extra food brought by the vegetable harvest: omelet rice drizzled with sweet and sour tomato sauce, and fried rice with carrots, minced chicken, and scallions coated in golden egg yolk. This was Xia Lin's work, which she had failed many times before finally succeeding. The aroma of the egg, vegetable, and chicken fried rice rose with the heat.

"Xia Lin, why are you wearing clothes like this... I'm not used to it."

Yelena awkwardly adjusted her light black skirt and white apron, revealing a pair of tiny rabbit ears peeking out from behind her white hair tie. "How strange—"

"Eating omelet rice must be paired with a maid outfit for the correct way to go..."

Xia Lin said in a serious tone, "Of course, Yelena was wearing a proper maid outfit, or more accurately, an Ursus school uniform, not a French maid outfit...like a sex toy. [That's how Russian school uniforms are.]"

"But it still feels strange..." Although she was happy to receive new clothes, she felt that the clothes were a bit odd, and she didn't really like light and airy dresses or similar things, as she felt insecure about them.

In places like mines, lightness means thinness, thinness means coldness, and coldness means death and hunger.

Therefore, Yelena prefers to cover herself up more, except when it is too hot in the summer.

“There’s nothing strange about it. It’s not a bad thing for a girl to have more clothes.” After admiring the rice for a while, Xia Lin used a spoon to cut the omelet rice. “Eat it quickly, or it will get cold. I wasted a lot of eggs to make such a perfect omelet rice.”

"Why are you suddenly being so extravagant?" Eggs are not a common food, whether for the locals or Xia Lin. The production from forty or fifty laying hens is still quite limited. It's enough to eat, but definitely not enough to waste.

"Yes, I plan to expand the chicken coop and egg house, increase the number of chickens to 2000, and automate the farming process so that we have eggs and chicken meat that we can trade and sell."

“That would take a long time,” Yelena said, scooping up a spoonful of fried egg and putting it in her mouth. The sweet and sour taste made her bright silver-gray eyes squint slightly. “It took a long time to build the cowshed before.”

"It won't be too long. We now have two specialized vehicles and the previous tractor. We not only need to expand the chicken coop, but we also need to build a new large garage. Later, we will add more vehicles and large agricultural machinery. The workshop's garage will not be able to accommodate them all."

Not only do we need to expand the garage, but once we have reliable manpower, we also need to train a group of drivers. With a full range of mechanized equipment such as excavators and bulldozers, it will be much easier to expand the infected settlement into a real agricultural town with farm production as its core.

Furthermore, setting up temporary checkpoints, outposts, blocking roads, and establishing trading areas for docking and trading stations all require the use of various heavy machinery. Since Xia Lin has not yet witnessed the appearance of a natural disaster, she is still in the planning stage for the time being.

Although she really wanted Yelena to continue wearing that outfit, she changed into her usual home clothes after dinner: a thin sweater with the collar pulled up high as was her habit. In the past, this was to cover the Originium crystal on her neck, but now it was just a dressing habit.

Below, she wore a pleated mini skirt and warm, tight-fitting fleece pants, revealing her slender and beautiful legs. Although she was wrapped up tightly, she still exuded a youthful and girlish charm.

"Speaking of which, I found replacement antennas and components in that warehouse over there, so now we can receive radio programs from all over the place. By the way, is there a television here?"

I think there probably are, but it's likely to be a cable TV or wired network service node. It would probably be difficult to remotely connect to the internet to watch TV or browse the web.

Moreover, Ivan, who is quite knowledgeable, said that it seems that the internet penetration rate in Ursus is not high, and that it is only available in the capital city of Santorini and a few other major cities.

However, the Imperial Industrial Department is ambitiously preparing to implement a "Five-Year Plan for Communications Reform," aiming to bring internet access to second- and third-tier cities like Chelbonog, at least with telephone networks and local area networks.

Otherwise, if Ursus was still relying on hiring organizations like the Disaster Messenger to transmit information and deliver packages when Lungmen even had mobile phones, it would be quite backward.

"Buzz—" The signal from the hand-soldered antenna was a bit unstable, but after Xia Lin replaced a few components and made some adjustments, it worked normally. Of course, the super-membrane antenna assembly was still not found, nor could it be.

He doesn't even have the ability or blueprint to repair it. It's like if the switch in your neighborhood breaks down, no one would think of buying a replacement or repairing it themselves; instead, they would call the service provider to call a repairman.

What happens if the SuperMesh Communication antenna breaks down or the antenna tower collapses in Star Alliance?

Of course, you would use electromagnetic wave communication equipment to contact the orbital relay tower service station in this galaxy and call for repairs.

"On the eve of Rebirth Day, the Imperial Government announces a momentous piece of good news for all citizens: the terrorists who plotted the attack on the ruins excavation site, causing numerous civilian deaths, have been wiped out by our valiant Imperial soldiers. Their bodies and spoils will be displayed in the Imperial Square after Rebirth Day. Anyone attempting to overthrow the Great Ursus..."

"Hmm?" Xia Lin and Yelena exchanged a glance, both seeing confusion and bewilderment in each other's eyes.

No, the terrorist leader is still asleep in the village, and the culprit who personally detonated the explosives is listening to Ursus announce on the radio that he was killed. What's going on here?

"Is it customary to tell jokes on the eve of Ursus Rebirth Festival, like the open jokes on April Fools' Day?"

"I don't remember having this custom."

"With one month to go until the Lunar New Year in Lungmen, let's interview Inspector Chen from the Lungmen Guard Bureau for his views on holiday security..."

(Old Chen was at least 34 years old when he appeared. He joined the Guard Bureau and worked there for two years before capturing Hoshiguma. He also worked with Kuma for more than 10 years...)

"Wait, this place has a Spring Festival? Well, similar festivals should exist everywhere, just with different names." Xia Lin understood this. As long as there are seasons and the locals need agricultural production to feed themselves, then festivals like the Spring Festival are definitely possible.

"Iberia announces that the Invincible Fleet has set sail to explore the deep sea. This is a small step for Iberia, but a giant leap for all of Terra. Let us pray for the fleet's departure and hope for their safe return..."

"Buzzing... Emergency code AM144, reactor meltdown... Alarm, reactor meltdown..."

"Huh?" Xia Lin was stunned for a moment, then quickly switched the frequency back, and then heard a terrifying message: "Emergency code AM149, barrier to annihilation collapse, safety restraints will completely collapse in 30 minutes, all personnel move away immediately, repeat..."

"Damn it, the antimatter container has malfunctioned!" Who the hell is sawing through the detonator?! But 30 minutes isn't enough time for anything except confirming that the signal source is from the southeast.

The only thing we can do now is wait for the real doomsday judgment to begin. A gamma-ray burst with an explosive yield of over 130 billion units will explode in the atmosphere. If the distance is far, it will be fine, but if the distance is slightly closer, the flame-like clusters of rays produced by the gamma-ray burst will wipe out all living things within its range.

Thirty minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Yelena nudged Xia Lin, who was pale-faced, and pointed to the digital clock. "It seems like nothing happened."

"Yeah, it seems like nothing happened..." Xia Lin wiped away his cold sweat. It seemed that the explosion didn't happen near him, so he didn't care where it happened.

A yield of over 130 billion tons is not much for a planet; for life on a planet, it depends on how far away it is.

For example, if it crashes on the far side of a planet, it will have almost no impact, or the impact will take years to materialize.

Rewind to a few hours earlier, in the deep sea, in the Argonautical Territory;

A bloody war, or rather a hunt, is underway. Endless hordes of terror fish and sea monsters surge forth like a tide, crushing under the hunter's blade, while the hunter himself dies from their claws and neurotoxins.

Hunters and monsters entangled, squeezed together, and died together; their blood mingled with theirs, becoming a shadow floating in the sea.

Behind the endless monsters, their god watched all this with sorrow and pity, with a tolerance as vast as the sea and a terror as deep as the abyss.

Hunters wield knives, monsters claws; they tear each other's skin apart, rip out each other's entrails, and die together in the same agony. This battle is neither the first nor the last; no one knows how many times it has taken place, just as no one knows where these monsters come from or how many there are.

The young hunter sharpened her blade in a corner of the camp, waiting for her chance to strike with her companions. Every day, fewer hunters returned than the day before, and every day, the number of monsters in the sea doubled. Her companions, her teammates, her family and friends were all about to disappear beneath this relentless tide of death.

However, now is not the time. The hunters of the deep sea should learn how to conserve their strength, how to wait for the right moment, and how to strike the crucial blow at the critical moment, instead of charging into the tide in vain and dying.

Tense? Perhaps. Excited? Hard to say. Even across a vast distance, hunters can sense the scent and emotions of their comrades on the front lines—their excitement, their yearning, their deaths and cries—and all of this transforms into the anger and power that drives the hunters to wield their weapons.

"Skadi, assemble the squad, prepare to move out!" the captain called out. The hunter stood up without hesitation. No one asked where they were going or what they were doing. What else could a hunter do? Hunt, of course.

"Okay, let's go now..." The captain's words were interrupted as light came from afar, illuminating the dim seawater and making it clear and blue.

On the sea, the lookout of Iberia's most powerful and invincible fleet looked into the distance in horror, "The sea, the sea is glowing!"

The light broke through the sea's constraints, shining down beneath the clouds and illuminating the entire horizon, as if a sun were about to rise from the sea.

Some time ago, at the forefront of the deep-sea battlefield, the hunters were about to break through the Sealings' barrier, their bodies battered and broken.

They were exhausted, but the sea god still looked at them with pity, which made them feel a kind of anger that was almost humiliating.

Nothing infuriates a warrior more than the enemy's mercy, and nothing is more unbearable a humiliation.

Just then, flames fell from the sky. Flames are a symbol of civilization, but also something incompatible with fish. This scorching thing pierced through the seawater and fell with unparalleled force.

Neither the tentacles of Hai Si nor their gods could stop this terrifyingly hot metal.