Xiao Long clapped his hands excitedly, "Panda! Hai Papa, a giant panda!"
Hai Changfeng, for all his experience, had never seen a giant panda like this.
To call him a panda, yet one could see the human parts, and vaguely discern human features.
To call him human...
He truly had a panda's face, black and white fur, and the build of a panda.
Hai Changfeng: "Is this a panda transforming into a human, or a human transforming into a panda?"
An Nuan shook her head, how could she know...
Shi Huai sighed in distress.
"I am Shi Huai, the one you are looking for. Nini was dying before, I slept with her all night, and the next day I became like this. I can feel Nini in my heart!"
"You mean you ate her?"
"No! How could I eat them? They are all my most important family! But I don't know what's going on, I just feel like Nini isn't dead, she's with me!"
Shi Huai hugged his torso like a bear.
An Nuan couldn't bear it!
Fu Yunting said, "Perhaps they were unwilling to leave each other, and the two organisms merged."
The conditions for the formation of异种 (yì zhǒng - mutated beings) were temporarily unexplainable by anyone.
Fu Yunting couldn't explain it clearly either, but one of the conditions for fusion was definitely the strong desire of the organisms.
Luoluo stroked Shi Huai's fur.
"Wow, this is my first time touching a giant panda! Shi Huai, if it were before, you would definitely be a national treasure among national treasures."
"Heh heh, I think so too! Are you looking for me for something?"
"It's like this, my two cats have also mutated and are in heat. I want to find a veterinarian for them. I heard you are very skilled, so I came to find you."
Shi Huai padded over to An Nuan, first touching the bodies of the two cats, then looking at their mouths and paws.
Shi Huai nodded.
"I can see you care a lot for these two furballs, you're a good owner."
"Let's not talk about that for now. Come with us. It's too dangerous outside with zombies and 异种. It's not safe for you to stay here either."
"I can't."
"What?"
An Nuan didn't expect him to refuse.
Humans were social animals, and the strong would gather followers to form small groups, let alone Shi Huai.
Luoluo also didn't expect him to refuse.
Everyone had risked their lives to find him, and if he wasn't there, it would be one thing, but he was alive.
If he didn't go with them, wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?
Luoluo grabbed his panda hand and acted cute.
"Come with us, can you bear to see the sticky and difficult nature of Daidai? What if they get sick, giant panda, we need you!"
Shi Huai blushed and grinned foolishly. Although the blushing parts were hidden by fur, it was evident he was quite happy.
"It's not that I don't want to go, it's that I can't abandon these children. I delivered many of them myself, and I watched them grow up. It's so dangerous outside, I can't leave them here to die! Where they are is where I am, I can't abandon them."
Tigers and lions rubbed against him, and even the crocodile wagged its tail.
An Nuan could see the animals were very close to Shi Huai.
Perhaps it was due to his fusion with the giant panda, but he seemed able to communicate with them.
Fu Yunting looked at the house.
"There are many dangerous 异种 deep in the park, but this place is undamaged. Is it because of the giant panda?"
"I don't know. Anyway, after I became like this, I often roared outside, and those things didn't dare to approach. But it's dangerous to step outside the house, so I let Xiao Yu stand guard at night."
A string of shiny black things slithered out from Shi Huai's neck.
It tilted its head and flicked its tongue at them.
An Nuan didn't know if it was because she had been in the apocalypse for too long, but she actually found this little black snake so beautiful!
Its entire body was shiny black, and the scales on its back had a jade-like luster.
It had round, big eyes, delicate features, and was even a little cute.
Below its head, there were small, semi-transparent, curved wings.
"Is this the one we saw outside just now? It's so beautiful! Xiao Yu, come here, come to Brother Hai, I'll give you jerky!"
Xiao Yu nudged over, following Hai Changfeng's finger, coiling around his wrist, and swallowed the jerky in one bite.
"This little guy is intelligent!"
Hai Changfeng played with Xiao Yu, Xiao Long rode on the back of the short-legged horse, and Chang Kai was playing with the lion's tail.
Juanzi and Daidai started a playful fight with several monkeys.
Good heavens, they were all having a blast!
Shi Huai picked up two little pandas.
"There are good and bad 异种 you mentioned. We have 异种 here too. But as long as they are kind and don't harm people, I will take responsibility for taking care of them. So I'm sorry, I can't go with you."
Shi Huai knew no one would dare to take the risk of taking animals out.
And there wasn't enough space to keep them.
He didn't want to cause them trouble.
"You should go, I won't waste your time."
"It will only become more dangerous outside, and you and these animals need to eat and drink. In time, you won't be able to cope."
An Nuan had a good impression of Shi Huai and didn't want to give up.
Shi Huai still stuck to his principles.
"Don't say anymore, I won't abandon them, I can't do it!"
"But..."
An Nuan was about to persuade Shi Huai when Fu Yunting stopped her.
Negotiations had to appeal to the other party's heart, otherwise, all words were futile.
An Nuan was not good at negotiation, but Fu Yunting was.
And he was also good at threats.
"I guess the 异种 didn't enter because there's a biological hierarchy, and their cells and genes naturally hold reverence for pandas. Zombies attack humans and wouldn't easily harm you. However, there are still many humans outside, and they see you as food. Sooner or later, they will come in."
Shi Huai pouted, his ears drooping.
"Humans are more brutal than animals, but I can't help it."
"If there was a place where they could all live, and you could take them everywhere with you, allowing you to care for them at any time, would you be willing to come with us?"
"There's such a place?"
Shi Huai's panda ears perked up again, and he rushed to Fu Yunting with his mouth watering.
Fu Yunting turned his head away in disgust; the panda hadn't brushed its teeth in days, and he didn't like the smell.
An Nuan's brows furrowed, and she glared at Fu Yunting unhappily.
"So many animals, you can't transport them without five or six trucks. Do you have a car? And where will you settle them after transporting them? My villa can't accommodate so many animals."
"I can't settle them, but you can."
An Nuan always felt there was something wrong with Fu Yunting's mind.
Perhaps his overwhelming abilities had depleted his intelligence.
If she had a way to take these animals away, she wouldn't be at an impasse with Shi Huai.
An Nuan looked at Fu Yunting with disdain, but from his eyes, she saw a look of sexual excitement.
Seeing his gaze, An Nuan felt a strange, disharmonious sensation surge through her.
Fu Yunting's slender hand slid from her neck, gripping her necklace and gently twirling it.
"Xiao Nuan, haven't you ever wondered about the use of the third bead?"