Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 138 Scarier Than Animals

Option 5.9 76.5%, Option 17.6 [-]%, Option [-] [-]%.

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【Option [-]】

【Sliding track】

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"...let's make the sliding track first."

Zheng Zhuo was lying on the folding bed, thinking while confirming the voting results.

The facilities in the town basically figured out how to operate, and the plots were successfully maintained at 20 plots.

However, the defense line made of stone walls is still weak.Zheng Zhuo needs to take one more step - ensuring the status of the town is only the first step, and his ultimate goal is to safely advance to the [caregiver's] house.

According to Chu Huairen's report, the farm that has been completely hidden in the vegetation should be located in the last 20 plots of the forest.

That is, the distance from there is at least 60 plots.

How to shorten this part of the distance?This is a big deal.

But the first step should be to explore.

"First consolidate the surrounding area of ​​the town, while trying to advance..."

The weapons he currently has are [Weeding Saw] and [Short Barrel Shotgun].The short-barreled shotgun has no bullets yet.

"Hopefully there will be an alternative to bullets. Until then, be cautious about using the weed saw."

Zheng Zhuo probably had an idea.

Zheng Zhuo intends to start with "consolidating the surroundings of the stone wall—promoting exploration—finding a reliable path—cutting the path" as the basis, while guarding against strange plants, while slowly penetrating into unknown land.

In this way, he will need to enter the forest frequently in the next days, and return along the road.

During this period, many materials will inevitably be found.The ability to slide the track back to the mayor's office directly from the edge of the forest was a huge help.He himself can also move through rails, which can be regarded as a kind of security guarantee.

"Okay. So let's get started, make the track—"

"--what."

Zheng Zhuo looked at the night outside the window.

"...no overtime."

Bad habits must be corrected.

"..."

The words say so.

An hour later, Zheng Zhuo, unable to fall asleep, got up from the bed, lit the crucible, and made all the [sliding tracks].

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Zheng Zhuo slept very late, but got up very early.

In fact, he's pretty much used to it.This routine reminded him of the days when he was still at work.He was used to this, and felt a little sad for his habit.

"...don't think about it. Not good for mental health."

Zheng Zhuo dropped those thoughts.He walked out of the house carrying the [sliding track] that he made last night, and began to erect it.

After a little research, he figured out how to assemble it.The structure of the track is actually quite simple: steel ingots are rolled into long, thin bars.The steel bars are welded to each other after being corroded by corrosive liquid.All Zheng Zhuo had to do was tie the steel bars with vines to the beams and columns of nearby houses.

As for the fields without houses, [wooden sticks] are inserted into the fields to act as beams and pillars.

The installation of steel bars is proceeding in an orderly manner.These steels are thin, but have great structural strength.Zheng Zhuo tried it. He put his weight on it, and the steel bar would not collapse.

When building the steel bars, Zheng Zhuo made a small slope, so that this long [sliding track] is higher at the stone wall and lower at the mayor's office.This can ensure that the items transported by Zheng Zhuo from the stone wall can return quickly along the sliding track.

He installed it for nearly an hour.Finally, Zheng Zhuo placed a large pile of hanging baskets made of [wide leaves] under the stone wall.

Materials that are inconvenient to be bundled can be moved using a hanging basket.

"That way you'll be safe."

Zheng Zhuo climbed onto the sliding track.He's making final adjustments to sharpen the end angles of the sliding tracks—to keep the weird plants from clinging to them.

While he was busy getting ready...

--Jingle Bell--

Behind him, there was suddenly a slight ringing of wind chimes.

"wind?"

--Jingle Bell--

The wind chimes continued to ring.

At first, Zheng Zhuo didn't care.It might be the wind—he had also heard wind chimes ringing elsewhere during the arrangement.

But after a while.

--Jingle Bell--

The wind chime is still ringing.Moreover, only one behind him was ringing.

This is not right.

Zheng Zhuo noticed something unusual.

When the wind blows through the forest before, it always drives a piece of wind chimes.Now, why is there only one ringing?
Also, it lasted too long.

Zheng Zhuo turned his head abruptly.He jumped off the sliding track, landed on the field ridge, and picked up the weeding saw leaning against the stone wall.

At the same time, he carried the weeding saw and the sliding track on his back, but Zheng Zhuo was almost killed.

But hard work is to prevent this situation now.

"—!"

Zheng Zhuo climbed over the stone wall.He saw something moving in the forest.

A thin rope slowly climbed up to where the wind chimes were.Little by little it grabs the wind chimes—

"snake?"

That action is too much like a snake.Zheng Zhuo misunderstood for a moment.

But he knew that animals would not be the scariest thing in this world.

"[Identification]."

……

【Snake Vine】

……

"You're kidding me."

Isn't snake vine a low plant?Zheng Zhuo thought that this plant was called snake vine because there were often snakes nearby——

"—never mind the real world."

Anyway, the snake vine in front of him now stretched its vines and large leaves.It really became as soft as a snake, and slowly choked everything in sight.

When Zheng Zhuo approached, [Snake Vine] obviously also heard Zheng Zhuo's voice.

It raised its head and stretched towards where Zheng Zhuo was.

"This feels so unpleasant!"

Zheng Zhuo swung the chainsaw.

The snake vine looked at him as if it were a thinking creature.But it's just a plant—

This sense of dislocation made Zheng Zhuo uncomfortable.

The chainsaw buzzed, and Zheng Zhuo swung the saw blade forward.

Chacha!

The vines of the snake vine snapped.

No matter how unpleasant it was, the strange plant in front of him was just a vine.

After these two days of cutting, Zheng Zhuo has a certain understanding of plants.He realized that vines are the weakest of all plants.

Also, they are not fast.

With a single swing, the weeding saw cut off half of 【Snake Vine】.

Zheng Zhuo waved again.

Cha Cha.

The snake vine is divided into several sections by saw blades.

I don't know if it was because it was not at night, but this strange plant did not bring much harm to Zheng Zhuo.

Seeing the snake vine being cut into pieces, Zheng Zhuo's hanging heart was slightly relieved.

at this time.

He suddenly felt a strong tug on his right ankle.

"—!!"

The incident happened suddenly, Zheng Zhuo was completely defenseless!He fell to the ground—

Suddenly, many snake vines crawled from the ground.

"Oops--"

In the blink of an eye, the snake vine bound Zheng Zhuo's feet!The weeding saw fell out of his hand, and Zheng Zhuo fell heavily to the ground——

slap.

The sound of glass breaking.

Liquid seeped from Zheng Zhuo's backpack.They splashed on the snake vine.

"——squeak——"

The snake vine suddenly made a terrifying creaking sound.They turn brown and shrivel in the blink of an eye.Finally, it fell off Zheng Zhuo's body.

"... what... what happened...?"

Zheng Zhuo got up from the ground panting.

He looked behind him.

It turned out that he just fell to the ground and shattered the [Corrosive Liquid] he was carrying!
This was collected by him when he passed by the [loofah flower] in captivity this morning.I wanted to test the ability of the sliding track to transport objects, but I didn't expect to save my life at this time.

rustle.

The snake vines that were not touched by the corrosive liquid were still approaching.

"..."

He immediately picked up the weeding saw.

The same effect will not appear a second time.

……

Chachacha.

The sound of saws resounded.

Under Zheng Zhuo's caution, the area was quickly cleaned up, and all the snake vines hidden among the vegetation were disposed of.

The soil is exposed.Zheng Zhuo found the root system of the snake vine - all snake vines grow from the same root system.

rustle.

That root system will also move!It took the small half of the plant above, quickly pushed away the soil, moved, and wanted to hide in the forest.

"Okay, it's you? Don't try to run—"

Zheng Zhuo chased after him with a weeding saw in his hand.

The root system of the snake vine is very flexible, and it keeps dodging left and right.

But it doesn't matter.

Zheng Zhuo's weeding saw is quite long.Just swing it out, you can swing it away.

Just when he was about to swing down the saw blade to chop up the flexible root system——

……

[Snake Vine Seed]: Alchemy Material
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[Identification] showed something interesting.

what?
seed!

Unexpectedly, [identification] showed that the root system of the snake vine and the remaining short plants above contained seeds!

Zheng Zhuo was shocked.

Seeds are very important materials that can be used for planting!If you swing the weeding saw directly, will it destroy the seeds?

But what about without a weeding saw?Grab it with your hands?Can keep the seed... but... will it let it go?
In an instant.

Zheng Zhuo needs to make a decision.

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【problem】

【How to act next? 】

【Option [-]】

[Destroy]: Make sure to destroy the snake vine.Seed preservation is a secondary consideration.

【Option [-]】

[Collection]: Ensure the preservation of seeds.The elimination of snake vines is a secondary consideration.

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