The President of Qiaojia

Tom rarely drinks alcohol. He has never even tasted cocktails, let alone made them.

Originally taken by the mutated crow to this unfamiliar place, Tom was separated from the main army. What Tom wanted to do most was to activate the positioning crystal for Shen Jiayi and guide the 5th team to rescue them... or rather, to rescue Shen Jiayi and safely return her to the 5th.

Now, meeting Shen Jiayi's requirements has become what Tom needs to do.

Due to Shen Jiayi's words, Tom had to run to the bar, find an unopened bottle of wine, flip it over and push it down, shattering it. Next, I brought a bottle of soda water from a plastic bottle, used a shapeshifting knife to pierce and collect the water. Then, I went down to the ground and mixed it with the remaining wine on the glass of the bottle. This was when I finally finished a diluted glass of alcohol and handed it to Shen Jiayi.

Shen Jiayi silently diluted the wine and took two sips, frowning slightly, but without saying a word, she gently put it down.

"The taste is not good? Is it spoiled?" Tom turned his head and wanted to check some of those wines or water, but Shen Jiayi said, "It's not spoiled. I just don't like drinking alcohol."

"Then you still want me to do it," he muttered uncontrollably, then took out the crystal. "Now, can you activate the crystal?"

Shen Jiayi reached out her hand and said, "Bring it over."

Tom thought for a moment and reached over, exposing the crystal part but didn't let go. Shen Jiayi couldn't pull it away and immediately felt unhappy: "Let go!"

Tom shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if I hold it. You just need to activate it."

"If you don't let go, I won't activate."

"Let go, I'm afraid you might break it." He wouldn't be fooled. Although he doesn't know why Shen Jiayi is so resistant to going back, at least he understands that this crystal can't be destroyed by Shen Jiayi.

Shen Jiayi pulled a few times, but the crystal was too small and most of it was in Tom's hand. She couldn't grab it at all, so she let out a cold snort and sat aside, no longer gnawing.

The current situation has made Tom very headstrong. Despite being a cold and rational general manager, how could he suddenly become a stubborn young lady who wants to leave home?

Strange or strange, this Shen Jiayi, Tom still needs to protect it. He had an obligation to ensure the safety of Shen Jiayi, as she had initially cleared herself of injustice and promoted herself, as well as helped him and his friends multiple times with the help of people like Number 5.

The bar counter in this bar is not all about alcohol, but there are still snacks such as cookies and dry food. Among them, Tom found an iron box and saw that the packaging was a large brand of cookies. Tom used metal shaping to open the iron box to the door, and then opened several fences as windows to achieve ventilation and lighting, even if it was their temporary residence.

As long as it's not related to positioning crystals, Shen Jiayi is still very obedient to his advice. Tom asked her to rest in the cookie box house first, and after shaping and locking the door, she left the bar and explored outside.

The glass door of the bar has a large gap, and there is also an iron gate outside. If it is a wooden door, it will have no problem. The iron gate only needs to be shaped with metal to open a mouth.

Leaving the gate, there was a strong wind and dust flying outside. The sky, which had been gloomy since morning, was now about to rain.

At the end of October, it's not very likely to rain in Morikawa City. It's a season with clear autumn air, but it doesn't mean there won't be any water coming down. On the contrary, if it starts to rain, it means there's a wave of cold air heading south.

If it were the north, it would have already frozen, and in some places, it could even be around minus ten or twenty degrees Celsius. If there is a micro disaster happening all over the world, or even across the country, those homeless people may find it very difficult to survive this winter.

And now, Tom has already felt some coolness. He doesn't have too many warm clothes on him. If it really cools down tonight, he can only rely on stacking fabrics and lighting a fire to get through.

Looking around, this bar is located on a commercial street, and Tom has become smaller and wants to see the entire area without displaying it. But after surviving for more than half a year at the end of miniaturization, he has developed the ability to summarize his location and environment based on a combination of local environment and common sense.

Based on the floor of the ground, the wall structure of the surrounding houses, and the general outline of the environment, it is often easy to guess what is nearby.

Nowadays, this flat marble floor street is lined with a small cobblestone path on either side, which is clearly a common layout in pedestrian streets. In addition, beverage bottles and various paper waste can also provide reference for judging the surrounding environment.

A commercial entertainment and leisure street is not uncommon in Shenchuan City, and often the same type is concentrated. Now it seems that this street should have several bars.

Having a bar means there may be restaurants and even small hotels such as business hotels around. For young people, entertainment, dining, and accommodation are a very convenient whole process.

According to convention, restaurants and restaurants are the most likely places to hoard food and the ideal gathering place for surrounding survivors.

Since Shen Jiayi is unwilling to activate the positioning crystal, he will search for other survivors. As long as there are awakeners who can resonate with the yellow crystal, they can activate the positioning crystal for him.

At present, Shen Jiayi cannot be left alone in the same place, even if she hides in an iron box. After determining the direction, Tom turned back to the bar and immediately saw several black figures near the bar counter.

Ants, several large ants were walking around the iron box, and it was obvious that Shen Jiayi's human flesh scent caught their attention. At this point, they are nibbling on the iron box, but can only leave scratches on it. It is obvious that these mutated ants are only worker ants with underdeveloped mouthparts, unlike mutated soldier ants, which can clamp a person's waist into two pieces with just one pliers.

Tom pounced on it, but did not kill it. Instead, he used the green crystal to attract the mutated worker ants and simulated pheromones with commands inside each of them.

After interacting with the queen ant inside the ant nest outside the graded hotel of Jinrui Hotel, Tom became more proficient in simulating pheromones, making the instructions given more concise and accurate. At the same time, he also attempted to simulate the thought chain.

The mutated queen ant mutates its offspring through DNA manipulation, generating an organ in its body that receives pheromones, making pheromones no longer dependent on scent and contact, much like the rudimentary version of swarm thinking in the Zerg race of StarCraft.

Nowadays, Tom cannot allow these mutated worker ants to produce new organs, but he can enable them to share the same pheromone command with each other, which greatly improves the efficiency of domestication.

During the process of domestication, Tom also caught a glimpse of their simple thinking. Unmutated worker ants have already returned to the ant nest, spreading pheromones with human flesh along the way. It is believed that soon more ants will come knocking for the scent of pheromones.

To avoid trouble, it's best for him and Shen Jiayi to transfer as soon as possible.

Opening the iron box, Shen Jiayi sat in it as steadily as a mountain, and seemed not afraid of the ants outside.

Tom explained the situation to her, and she just nodded lightly, agreeing to his suggestion. Lanxi chuckled and said, "Then let's leave here as soon as possible."

This cold posture was completely opposite to the previous stubborn little girl's behavior, which made Tom think he had just fallen into a coma, so he remembered Shen Jiayi's behavior incorrectly.

Speaking of leaving, of course, it is impossible to leave immediately. Nowadays, people have become smaller and there are no cars, so the walking speed is not coordinated.

Tom quickly dismantled a part of the cookie box and still made it into a carriage. He found four bottle caps and two iron rods to make four wheels and installed them under the carriage. Then... he tied ropes to these four mutated worker ants and let them drag the carriage, which can be considered a retro scene of "ants pulling carts".

Tom "domesticated" a total of six ants this time, five of which were mutated worker ants. Before setting off, Tom repeated his old trick of having one small and one large ant run in other directions while leaving behind pheromones to mislead the following ants and prevent them from catching up.

Subsequently, the small cart was dragged by four mutated worker ants and stumbled off the dance floor, leaving the gate and arriving at the pedestrian street.

Along the way, they passed through three bars and two cafes, and finally arrived at the entrance of a restaurant.

Just strolling around, the glass door was tightly closed, and Tom didn't look like Zhou Zhengping, who could deform the glass and had no other entrance. He had to give up and look for another one.

At this moment, a strong wind suddenly arose, and the sand blew through him and Shen Jiayi. Shen Jiayi's body was stimulated and she sneezed. Tom quickly picked up a piece of cloth prepared early in the morning and draped it over her.

At this time, it was 2 pm in the afternoon, but the sky was already dim and it looked like it was going to rain heavily. If he couldn't find a restaurant yet, he had to choose a nearby store that he could enter and hide for the night.

Fortunately, the door of the next noodle shop was an iron gate. Tom happily opened it and let the ants drag the car in.

Entering the noodle shop, passing by rows of trendy tables and chairs, Tom's destination pointed straight to the kitchen.

Along the way, he shouted loudly in a circle, and the whole kitchen was as silent as death. With the help of the miniature flashlight carried on his armor, Tom searched around and found two human bones.

Tom, who had extensive experience, immediately recognized that these two bones were a bit "fresh" and that their death would not exceed a month. This gave him a bad feeling, and after walking for a while, he saw that the ground was covered in blood and some traces left by small people's activities, which made him even more uneasy.

Sure enough, when they entered again, under the gas stove, they saw a small artificial defense camp. A few wooden boards, along with iron sheets and cardboard boxes, Tom could tell at a glance that such a campsite was not safe. It is obvious that the survivors do not have outstanding awakeners, at least metal shaping can make the camp more sturdy.

More bloodstains were found in the camp, and from the traces, it appears that the victim was torn apart and dragged away all the way. This dragging of bloodstains in all directions is shocking, and in this almost silent kitchen camp, it tells the tragic results of the survivors in a silent scene.

"I was wiped out by the team!" Tom concluded.

Not everyone is so lucky to be able to withstand the attacks of malicious creatures time and time again. Or perhaps someone finally awakens and accumulates enough resources and self righteous safety camps, only to be directly attacked by more powerful mutated creatures, causing the entire camp to become prey.

"It's better for us to leave here," Shen Jiayi, who hadn't said a word along the way, suddenly spoke out, which surprised Tom greatly. It seemed that Mr. Shen was still very rational.

Just as he was about to nod, he heard something next to him fall and make a clanging sound.

"Not good!"