Chapter 12

When, when, when.

There was a sound of knocking.

In the safe house cave, Yu Hong let out a long breath, took two steps back, and looked at the super simple fixture he had made, fixing the stolen stove and the chimney in the middle of the cave wall.

"That's it for now."

He put down the hammer and turned to look at the still-reinforced door.

The remaining time is displayed on the door: 5:42 on the 9th.

After doing this, he walked out of the cave and looked at Little Stammer, who was tying up a large bag of wild vegetables outside.

The incident of moving the chimney had just passed, but the emotions at that time still left a deep mark on his heart.

Even now, when he thinks back to what happened just now, he still feels frightened and extremely frightened.

Such emotions also made him extremely eager to have a completely safe cabin to live alone.

A place where you can have a good rest.

With this place, he can explore this extremely dangerous world.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Yu Hong picked up the steel nails and wooden sticks he had just used from the side of the hole. Some of the nails on them were bent and bent. This was not the point. The point was the three reinforced white stones.

The first strengthened white stone has completely turned black and lost its jade texture.

"It seems that it has been exhausted." Yu Hong reached out and untied the white stone and replaced it with a new one.

He still has a strengthened pyroxene, which is enough.

But because enhancement seemed to only come one by one, he could not enhance other things before the wooden door was completed.

Therefore, these four reinforced pyroxenes must be used sparingly as much as possible.

'According to previous use, a piece of enhanced pyroxene can support the dispersion of three shadows. Looking at it this way, a piece of enhanced pyroxene can be worth thirty yuan of ordinary pyroxene!'

In this way, if this comparison can be publicized, and then the enhanced pyroxene can be used to exchange materials, the price difference in the middle may save him from worrying about material supplies.

After thinking about it, Yu Hong began to consider his future arrangements and plans.

Time also flew by quickly, and soon the sky became a little dark.

Little Stutter also packed the cloth bag and filled the new water tank. The two returned to the house in Baiqiu Village with their things.

I just came back from the cave and the place has just been cleaned. It is clean and tidy and the air is good.

Comparing the dirty darkness of the old house with the smell of mold, Yu Hong didn't want to stay here any longer.

A night of silence.

In the next few days, there was no way to strengthen things, so Yu Hong and Xiao Zhuba collected dry firewood everywhere and stored it in the cave.

There is a door over there now, which can provide shelter from wind and rain, and also allow us to store some firewood.

Then prepare the things to filter the water.

According to what Little Stutter said, the water outside is very unclean. Drinking it directly will cause a very strange disease, so it must be filtered.

The extra filters can only be bought in town.

So I still have to go to town.

"I have to walk more than 30 miles to the town. I don't think I can hold it." Yu Hong is very self-aware of his physical fitness.

If he had to force himself to walk, he might be able to carry it through, but subsequent knee injuries, excessive fatigue, and possible new diseases would greatly slow down his response to danger.

On the slope at the entrance of the cave, Little Stutter nodded while digging.

"There is another way."

"What can we do?" Yu Hong sat down, rested on the stone surface at the entrance of the cave, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Post office," the little girl stuttered, and then she began to explain carefully and intermittently.

Because it was too difficult to speak, she simply wrote on the stone with charcoal.

It's just that she doesn't know much about literacy, so she can only speak while writing.

"The post office can buy it for me, so why can't I ask you to buy it for me?" Yu Hong asked.

"I don't have the qualifications to buy a filter," the little boy replied stammering.

Qualifications? What qualifications? Yu Hong wanted to ask again, but he saw Dr. Xu approaching from a distance carrying a cloth bag.

"Yiyi, the high season is coming soon, we have to go to town!"

She looked a little ugly, and her right arm was wrapped with white gauze, probably from the injury she had sustained in the past few days.

"Oh!" Little Stutter responded loudly.

Doctor Xu glanced at Yu Hong and ignored him. Together with Xiao Stutter, he went back to Baiqiu Village to order the things he wanted to exchange.

After a while, the two of them counted all the pyroxenes.

"Why is it less than half?!" Dr. Xu was a little shocked.

On weekdays, every time I go to exchange goods, Xiao Zhuba can make twice as much as here, but now

"This small amount of food can't be exchanged for much food at all! Besides, Yiyi, you are two people eating together!" She couldn't help but ask.

"Too busy." Yiyi giggled and rubbed her hands, feeling a little embarrassed.

"What are you busy with? What kind of bullshit safe house are you building for that Yu Hong?" Dr. Xu immediately became angry.

"I told him clearly that no matter how thick the board is, it can't block the shadows and insects! The safe house you built is just a waste of effort!"

"It's okay. I, believe, him!" Little Stutter patted his chest.

"You will be killed by him!" Dr. Xu said angrily. "If you don't eat enough, you will have no strength and you will get sick easily. I went to the post office yesterday. I don't know where the postman went. I can't buy medicine at all. There are many more

We can only rely on him for important supplies. We must save food and seasonings to avoid running out of goods later!"

"No, yes!" Little Stutter shook her head. She got a piece of strengthened pyroxene given to her by Yu Hong. Although she promised him not to tell anyone, she knew in her heart that Yu Hong seemed different from others.

"You, you!" Dr. Xu wanted to rush in and beat him to death. But looking at the stuttering look, Dr. Xu was so angry that he couldn't get out.

The two of them took their things with them and could only leave the village step by step, heading towards the distance along the old road.

On the other side, Yu Hong rearranged the cave safe house, checked the sealing devices in all places, and made sure there were no problems before starting to paint.

Waterproofing must be done well, and the inner walls of the cave must be painted, otherwise once you live here, temperature differences will inevitably occur, causing moisture to condense and cause mold.

After checking everything, he did not go back to Baiqiu Village. Instead, he took the candle and quilt he brought and retreated into the cave, preparing to try to spend the night here.

call.

Slowly, it gets dark.

The wind howled outside the cave, and the temperature dropped rapidly, reaching a level that made people feel slightly chilly.

Inside the cave.

Yu Hong sat cross-legged on a large wooden board, lit a candle, and then quietly calculated how many supplies he needed to prepare for the upcoming surge period to survive safely.

"The latest one was a five-day upsurge. According to the principle of continuous strengthening, let's call it six days. One candle every day, then you need at least twelve."

"Then we have to prepare food and drink for six days. We don't have time to strengthen the white stone at the moment. We can only wait until the wooden door is over."

"After the wooden doors are over, there are still three days before the peak period. Rather than betting on the enhanced safety of the wooden doors, it is better to prepare yourself."

Beside the candle, Yu Hong was calculating and quietly listening to the wind outside.

Soon, the rustling sound sounded again.

The black insects brought by the blood tide began to invade again.

However, a large number of black insects could only enter through the arranged openings, and the entry speed was not fast. As soon as they entered the door, they were illuminated by candlelight and quickly dissipated.

Yu Hong looked at it carefully for a while, and then he felt relieved after confirming that there was nothing wrong.

He checked the consumption rate of the candle again, and thought it was probably fine, so he put the steel nails and wooden sticks at hand, fell down on the quilt, and slowly fell asleep.

Soon, it will be dawn.

Little Stutter and Dr. Xu returned together, and this time they brought more than half the things they brought with them compared to last time.

Little Stammer calculated that it was only enough for them to eat for five days.

So after Yu Hong thought about it, he decided to let Xiao Stutter simulate the painting to enhance the more complex patterns on the pyroxene.

Then use this pattern to test it and see how it works. If it works, then sell it.

As for emergencies now, he also started to help dig wild vegetables with Little Stutter.

Time passes day by day.

The two began to store water again, and Yu Hong went to the cave from time to time to check the changes in the wooden door.

In the blink of an eye, the time on the wooden door quickly came to an end.

In order to carefully observe the changes in the wooden door, Yu Hong asked Xiao Zhiba to borrow some food from Dr. Xu on the last day, which was considered as a deliberate effort to distract her.
To be continued...