Meow Ba

Chapter 258 Lack of Firewood
"The storm is as big as it has been in previous days."

"I don't know when it will stop."

Lorraine, who returned from the entrance of the cave for the sixth time, took the hot water from Christina and said after taking a big sip.

No one responded, and even Ron lay lazily by the bonfire and did not move. The news of Lorraine was expected by everyone. After all, it took seven days for the center to land on the island when the storm came.

It also takes at least seven days for the storm to go away, and now only three days have passed, and there are still four days left.

Moreover, there is plenty of grilled swordfish meat, and there is fresh water provided by the pond under the sky at the mouth of the well. Everyone does not have to go out to find food, just wait patiently.

But in order to understand the situation outside, every few hours, one of Lorraine and Hogarth would wear an LED headlight and walk hundreds of meters to the entrance.

However, whether it is Lorraine or Hogarth, every time they stand at the entrance of the cave and look out, they can only see white foamy waves raging on the beach, with dead branches and leaves floating in the middle, and even uprooted Big tree—the sea level has risen by more than ten meters, and the cave entrance, which was tens of meters away from the beach, now faces a vast ocean.

Even the old plane Karina, which was firmly tied with thick ropes, was constantly shaking in the storm. It seemed that the wings would be broken and the propellers would be unscrewed in the next second, completely losing the possibility of flying in the sky again.

Obviously, if the Three Trees Shelter was not damaged, it is very likely that everyone has been washed into the sea, and the corpses may have been fed to the fish on the bottom of the sea.

…………

"Crackling~"

The sound of the campfire burning mixed with the raindrops falling from the sky above the well head, became a sleepy monotony.

The light is getting darker, which means that the light transmitted from the sky at the mouth of the well is decreasing. It is obvious that night is coming, which also means that it is time for dinner again.

Although people from the modern civilized world have a more advanced means of timing: mobile phones, in order to be able to call for rescue as soon as the hurricane leaves, both Lorraine's and Christina's mobile phones have been turned off for several days in order to save power. up.

"Aha~, so boring~"

"Will Hogarth tell us a story?"

The temperature in the cave is much colder than outside, and people without much clothing can only keep the bonfire around the clock to keep their bodies warm—put a piece of grilled swordfish into the soup pot with water, and Catherine fiddles with firewood With a bonfire, said.

No TV, no Internet, only to watch the boring bonfire, the bearded Hawaiian Hogarth has become the best entertainment star.

He has a stomach full of stories, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he will jump out one after another, adding a lot of fun to the poor cave life.

When Hogarth spoke, even Tina and Tingmeng, who liked chasing and fleeing games the most, would stop walking around the bonfire, and snuggle up together with their round eyes open.

"Since Miss Catherine asked, let's tell a story about the three little wolves and the big bad pig today~"

The gurgling stories flowed from Hogarth's mouth, and everyone listened until the aroma of swordfish broth spread, and everyone picked up their respective plates and began to enjoy dinner.

After dinner, drowsiness struck, the girls huddled together, and Lorraine and Hogarth kept vigil—the fire was a bit dim, and Lorraine reached back to get a stick to fuel the fire.

And under this touch, Lorraine suddenly shuddered!

…………

There is no supernatural power in this book. Of course, Lorraine didn't touch the hands of dry and cold zombies, nor did he touch reptiles full of scales that kept wriggling, nor did he touch furry arthropods.

He didn't touch anything~
But it was precisely this that made Lorraine even more frightened.

Because inadvertently, the firewood they brought into the cave has been burned out!

"Hogarth, we've run out of wood."

"We need to go out and gather some firewood."

Swallowing his saliva, Lorraine said to Hogarth and Ron beside the dim bonfire, making everyone and the cat nervous immediately.

As we all know, the temperature in caves is much lower than that on the flat ground, which is why many former air-raid shelters will become summer resorts as soon as they are left.

But at this moment, the temperature difference that turned the air-raid shelter into a summer resort has become a killer. Everyone is traveling in Hawaii, and they are wearing seasonal clothes. The colors are bright, cool and ventilated, but there is no warmth retention effect.

For the previous four days, everyone relied on the heat from the bonfire to maintain their body temperature, but now once the bonfire burns out, everyone will be harmed by the low temperature in the cave—colds, colds, and hypothermia will follow.

"However, the beach outside has been submerged."

"We can fish a little bit out of the sea first, I saw a tree trunk that was blown off..."

"The remaining bonfires won't dry those tree trunks!"

"It's really not possible, that old plane..."

"No, absolutely not, I won't let you dismantle Karina!!"

For the source of firewood, Lorraine and Hogarth had a heated discussion. Ron didn't participate, but just thought about it by the dimming bonfire. Then he raised his head and scanned the entire cave.

Having lived in the cave for four days, Ron has already understood the basic environment of the cave.

The cave has only one exit for the time being, if the sky above the wellhead is not counted;

The cave is very clean, except for the high and low rocks, there are no bats, and no annoying little reptiles;
There is fresh water in the cave;

There is a farmland and several cabins next to the pond in the cave, which have not been explored yet.

By the way, the cabin!

Living in the cave for the first time, everyone had an inexplicable fear of the cabin, and both Lorraine and Hogarth subconsciously ignored the cabin.

But it is called a log cabin, it is naturally made of wood, and as long as it is wood, it can be used as fuel for a bonfire.

Looking at the few cabins in the distance that became faintly visible due to nightfall, Ron roughly estimated that as long as one of them was demolished, the firewood produced would be enough for everyone to burn for many days.

"Meow~"

Standing up his tail and walking to Lorraine, Ron pretended to rub his tail against Lorraine's trouser legs to be coquettish, and his front paws were already slapping on the soles of Ron's feet.

After receiving Ron's signal, Lorraine, who was arguing with Hogarth, stopped arguing with the Hawaiian with a complex expression, looked down at Ron, and then said.

"Okay, we're not tearing down Karina."

"But firewood is definitely needed, whether it's to maintain body temperature, or to grill food, we all need it."

"Perhaps it's time for us to check out the cabin over there."

(End of this chapter)