Chapter 1177 White Mare

Zhang Heng changed his clothes, got off work from the power plant, and returned to his residence.

After opening the door, I saw the waitress busy killing fish and preparing to make squirrel mandarin fish. She learned this dish from Zhang Heng. Of course, there is no mandarin fish in Ukraine, so we can only use mandarin fish from the Pripyat River. Replaced with other fish caught.

The receptionist asked Zhang Heng in Ukrainian while shaving the fish scales, "How was your work today?"

"Well, it's still the same as before." Zhang Heng put the paper bag in his hand on the table, "I bought the pickles and jam you asked for when I was off work."

"Great, I can just use it." The receptionist said happily.

Zhang Heng unexpectedly got 2 more points when he bought pickles. So far, he has got 192 points in the parallel dungeon, and the skills that should be upgraded have been almost upgraded. As for the Chernobyl accident, Although Zhang Heng was not in the central control room at the time, based on the previous conversations with the parties involved, he could basically reconstruct what happened that night. But strangely, there was still no movement in the main mission.

None of the system prompts Zhang Heng received during this period were related to the main mission of finding key figures. It was as if the system had completely forgotten about this matter.

"Are you having a day off tomorrow?" The waitress poked her head out of the kitchen again. "Can you drive me to my grandma's house? They live in the country, some distance from here."

"Okay." Zhang Heng said.

He has almost finished investigating the reactor, and there is nothing else to do in the short term. Zhang Heng doesn't mind being the driver for the receptionist, just think of it as going to the countryside to relax and regain his mood. By the way, he also thanks the receptionist for this. Serious teaching over a period of time.

The two of them got up early the next day. After breakfast, Zhang Heng drove the second-hand Lada he bought and took the beautifully dressed receptionist to meet her grandparents.

In fact, this area was already inhabited before the construction of the nuclear power plant and Pripyat.

More than 10,000 of them lived in the city of Chernobyl in the central area, while the remaining approximately 40,000 lived scattered in various villages. At that time, the population density here was very low, and people could often be found across dozens of kilometers. There is less than one family, and the farmers nearby mainly make a living by farming. Of course, there are also some hunters and fishermen.

The gray Lada was driving on a muddy dirt road, surrounded by dwarf pines. It was already winter. There had been a heavy snowfall about three days ago. There was a lot of white snow remaining on the pine trees, and the temperature had already dropped. It's below freezing, but the air outside the window is very fresh.

Different from the town, everything here basically retains its original natural appearance. The woods are full of mud and moss, and from time to time you can see some small animals coming out to look for food. Zhang Heng saw two along the way. A wild deer.

They don't need to hibernate. In autumn, they have already changed into long and thick fur. In addition, they have accumulated enough fat under their skin to help them withstand the cold winter when they eat less. Usually these wild deer usually hide deep in the woods. , I don’t know if it was because of the heavy snow before that they became a little bolder and ran to the edge of the woods.

When passing a small stream, Zhang Heng got out of the car and washed his face with cold water. When he raised his head, he saw a mare appearing on the other side of the stream.

The hair all over its body is snow-white without any impurities. Its slender body and strong muscles are full of strength and elegance. If it weren't for the lack of sharp horns on its head, it would be a unicorn from mythology.

This beautiful beast was standing quietly by the river, looking at Zhang Heng opposite.

When the latter was about to stand up, the white mare also raised her hooves, turned around and ran towards the depths of the woods.

"Did you see that?"

Zhang Heng walked back to the car and asked the receptionist in the passenger seat. The latter was confused, "What did you see?"

"That white horse was standing on the bank of the river just now."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe I got up too early this morning and I'm still a little sleepy." The receptionist yawned. "I seemed to have squinted for a while and didn't see anything. White horse? Probably It’s probably from a nearby villager’s house.”

"It doesn't look like it, it should be a wild horse." Zhang Heng said.

"Wild horses? That's impossible. I grew up here when I was a child, and I never knew there were any wild horses nearby." The receptionist shook her head, "Could it be that you saw it wrong?"

"It's possible."

Zhang Heng didn't tell, so he got back into the driver's seat, started the car, and drove across the creek in front of him. Zhang Heng had already looked at it when he was washing his face. The water level here was very shallow, so there was no need to worry about flooding the exhaust pipe.

After crossing the river, Zhang Heng looked specifically at the place where the white mare was standing, and found that there were no hoof prints there. It was as if the previous scene had never happened. The white mare was like Appear like a ghost and disappear like a ghost.

At around 10:30 in the morning, Zhang Heng and the receptionist arrived at their destination.

The latter's grandfather and grandmother, sister and brother-in-law warmly welcomed the two of them, and prepared red cabbage soup and pork sausage for them at noon. After the meal, the receptionist's brother-in-law proposed to go hunting in the forest. .

"We can hunt some rabbits, wild deer, etc., so that we can have barbecue to eat at night." The receptionist's brother-in-law said, "By the way, Ivan, can you use a gun?"

"What are you thinking? Snerena said, right? Ivan works in a nuclear power plant and is a literate person. But it doesn't matter. You can teach him when the time comes, and maybe he will also like hunting." Nirana's sister said enthusiastically.

"We need to find Ivan a shotgun."

"I remember grandpa had a double-barreled shotgun." the receptionist said.

"That was the gun my father gave me. I also took this gun to participate in World War II and fought against the Germans. But about six years ago, my health became worse and worse. When repairing the roof, I stepped on it and fell off. , broke my leg, and then I put away the gun." The old man said, "But I will take it out every month for maintenance. If you go hunting, you can take it with you. It probably misses it too. Let’s spend some time outside.”

"Great, let's leave now." Snerana urged, returning to the countryside where she lived before. The receptionist also seemed very excited. She had long abandoned her reserve in the city and was eager to return. You can run out and run wild immediately.