Desperate Night

After placing the enhanced pyroxene, Yu Hong walked into the cave again and found corresponding pits on the top and on both sides of the ground.

These are the places he prepared for the subsequent enhanced pyroxene, the purpose is to ensure the absolute safety of the entire safe house.

These days, he has been relying on Xiao Jieba to support his food, and he has seven pieces of enhanced pyroxene.

He is quite well-off.

Now the black worm blood tide once every three to five days no longer worries him, and the ghost shadow that appears from time to time no longer appears.

According to Xiao Jieba, it is now in a safe period, which is generally about a month, and then it will suddenly erupt and enter a high tide period.

By then, both the blood tide and the ghost shadow will be greatly increased in strength.

‘Looking at it this way, it’s no wonder that Dr. Xu is so unhappy with me. I am now dragging down the progress of Xiao Jieba, who should have started to accumulate supplies. This will affect her, resulting in insufficient supplies and danger. ’

Yu Hong understood it in his heart.

But he didn’t think so.

Because Dr. Xu didn’t know how far he could really go. Apart from anything else, the effect of the enhanced pyroxene is enough to ensure the safety of the little stutterer when facing the ghost.

At least it is much better than ordinary pyroxene.

Ordinary pyroxene can only be used once, but enhanced pyroxene can be used many times.

I just don't know how many times it can be used. I will have to find an opportunity to test it later.

Thinking of this, Yu Hong came back to his senses, closed the wooden door, and stood alone in the cave.

After closing the door, the cave suddenly became dim, with only striped ventilation holes projecting bright golden beams.

Yu Hong stood behind the door and stretched out his hand.

Pressed on the door panel.

Under the dirty cuffs, his arms were much darker than before, but still could not cover up the clear black mark on the back of his hand.

Soon.

A huge black number appeared on the door: 12th.

"Do you want to strengthen the wooden door?"

A slight sound drilled into his ears.

Yu Hong's face froze, and he took a deep breath.

'Yes! '

He responded with force in his heart.

Suddenly, a black line flowed out of the black mark on the back of the hand, drilled into the wooden door, and disappeared.

Then, the number on the wooden door began to change, from 12 to 23:59 on the 11th.

The numbers flickered one by one, looming and extremely mysterious.

"Countdown!?" This was the first time Yu Hong discovered this situation.

He had strengthened the pyroxene before to avoid the stuttering, and had not carefully observed the process.

Now it seems that this black mark can actually count down, which is quite convenient.

'Okay, just wait here. '

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief. So far, the strengthening of the black mark has not brought him any negative feelings. At most, he was a little depressed after using it, and he just needed to rest for a while.

Twelve days.

At that time, we can see how effective the strengthening of the wooden door is.

He was looking forward to it.

After looking at the wooden door for a while, he picked up a piece of gravel in the cave and tried to stimulate the strengthening of the black mark again.

But there was no movement.

He was not surprised.

During this time, he had already tried to see if he could strengthen two objects at the same time.

But now it seems that he has never been able to do it. Or, maybe he has not met some special conditions.

Yu Hong is not in a hurry.

First build the safe house, he will have plenty of time to study the black seal later.

Little bastard went out and would not come back tonight, so after resting in the cave for a while, Yu Hong put away the strengthening pyroxene and returned to Baiqiu Village.

Soon he was familiar with the way and returned to the house.

Close the door and put the strengthening pyroxene in every corner.

Then drink a sip of filtered water to moisten his throat.

The dirty and smelly filtered water did not make him upset. It must be said that this is also a miracle.

Yu Hong made preparations, took a piece of dried meat, sat on the bed and chewed it slowly.

The dried meat was very hard, not any kind of meat he had eaten before, they were slender and black all over.

I heard from Little bastard that this was lizard meat.

Yu Hong didn't care about this, at least compared with the other two kinds of dried meat, lizard meat was more or less acceptable to him.

The other two are dried rats and dried cockroaches.

As it was getting dark, Yu Hong lit a candle and placed it beside him, on the bedside table, so that the candlelight covered the ventilation holes specially left at the doors and windows.

Then he closed his eyes and rested quietly.

Nothing happened that night.

Early the next morning, Yu Hong went to the road at the entrance of the village to wait.

His mobile phone had long been out of power, so he could only use the shadow of the sun on the ground to simply make a dial to calculate the time.

After waiting for more than an hour.

Two figures gradually appeared at the end of the road, carrying a large bag.

As the distance got closer, the figures became clearer and clearer. They were the returning little bastard and Dr. Xu.

Yu Hong hurriedly stepped forward and helped to hold the large cloth bag that the little bastard was carrying.

"Thank you for your hard work." He whispered to the little bastard.

"An, Quanwu, how, is it?" The little bastard looked expectant.

Before leaving yesterday, she checked the progress and it should be done soon.

"Okay, the door is completely done!" Yu Hong nodded seriously and smiled.

He was in a good mood too.

"I bought waterproof paint!" The little stutterer gestured intermittently, "Here, apply it."

Waterproof paint?

Yu Hong paused for a moment. Yes, he forgot to apply waterproof paint. Otherwise, it wouldn't be long before the wooden door he worked so hard to build would be moldy and rotten due to the tide.

After all, he is not a professional carpenter, he just knows some crafts, and he doesn’t know the key steps.

Fortunately, Little Stutter actually made up for this.

"That's right, I didn't even think of applying waterproofing!?" He clapped his hands in fear, "Fortunately, you remembered, otherwise the wooden door would have been in vain!"

"In this can of waterproof paint, Yiyi is missing one-third of the dried meat." Dr. Xu reminded quietly. The look he gave Yu Hong was very bad.

"Now that it's built, when will you move out?" she then asked.

"Come on, move right away!" Yu Hong nodded. "It seems that Dr. Xu has some misunderstandings about me. Just wait. Soon, I will be able to help Yiyi live a better life."

Little Stutter helped him a lot and he remembered it in his heart, and he was now basically certain that the secret of the black mark was only on him.

At least Little Stutter and Dr. Xu didn't have it. He asked Little Stutter and no one else she had ever heard of had this special ability.

So he has a lot more confidence.

‘Here we go again, the bragging guy. ’

Dr. Xu gave him a disgusted look, turned around, and left with his bag on his back.

It's not like she hasn't seen people saved by Yiyi before. Those people all woke up and left after learning a little better.

Nothing more than five days.

But this Yu Hong has been here for so long. It’s been almost twenty days and a month and he still hasn’t left!

Forget it if you don’t leave, you won’t even help with the work! As a result, Yiyi's working hours of digging wild vegetables and painting pyroxene every day have been greatly increased. But I ate much less than before.

There was originally little food, but now that two people can eat it, they have to reduce the amount.

"I, believe, 伱!" The little stutterer on the side came over and said seriously to Yu Hong.

"Yes! Thank you!" Yu Hong nodded and watched Dr. Xu leave.

The two of them then returned and counted the things they brought back in the house.

A large bag of pyroxene, after removing the paint, only got half a catty of dried meat and a pound of dried mushrooms.

These are mixed with wild vegetables and they have to eat them for at least three to five days.

In the room, the two of them sorted the dried meat together, packed them into bags, put charcoal in them to absorb water, and tied them.

This is packaged individually to avoid frequent opening and moisture regain.

"By the way, during the high tide, what is the intensity of Shadow and Blood Tide? Can you tell me more about it?" Yu Hong asked while unpacking.

"Very strong." Little Stutter nodded, "There can be shadows at any time. The blood tide will appear every day, accompanying the shadows."

"Pyroxene, ten pieces, can, can, deal with one, Guiying." The little stutterer began to explain in detail the degree of danger during the high tide.

As he explained intermittently, Yu Hong gradually understood the dangers of some surge periods.

Especially for Shadow, ordinary pyroxene, after drawing symbols, can have a better dispersing effect on Shadow.

The natural effect of the pyroxene painted by Xiao Zhuba is better than others, so he can sell it at a good price every time.

During the peak period, even her pyroxene cost ten yuan to disperse a shadow, let alone others.

Yu Hong asked again about the consumption of candles.

The answer he got gave him a chill.

During the upsurge, one large candle will be consumed in one night, resulting in huge losses. Of course, you can also burn firewood, but you must have bright light at all times to block the blood tide.

After getting the specific data, Yu Hong calculated the peak period in his mind and looked at the worn calendar on his desk. There were still fifteen days.

The twelve-day strengthening of the wooden door is over. If the strengthening effect is not good by then, it may be very troublesome.

His heart sank slightly.

"Where did you buy the candle?" he asked again.

"Uncle Wang." Little Stutter took out a simple map and pointed to a far away point on it.

"He is a former villager."

“How long does the upsurge usually last?”

"Before, it was one day. Then, slowly, it changed to five days." The little stuttered answer.

"Will it take longer?" Yu Hong frowned.

"Yeah!" Little Stutter nodded vigorously.

"I understand." Yu Hong knew he had to hurry up.

in the following time.

He began to speed up the construction of his safe house. Although the door has been built, the various structures inside have not yet been arranged.

Especially the flue. If he wants to burn a fire in it, he must make preparations for ventilation and smoke exhaust in advance.

This was actually not difficult, because he had seen stoves with chimney pipes in the houses in the village.

Just move it out and dismantle it. Anyway, the most important thing is the metal-skinned chimney pipes.

It's just that those houses, according to Little Stutter, are best not to go deep into.

It is possible to remove the door panel from the outside, but if you go into a place with too dark light, you are likely to encounter ghost shadows.

However, with strengthened pyroxene, it's not a big problem.

A piece of strengthened pyroxene can resist several mysterious shadows. The effect is much better than ordinary pyroxene.

But just like that, when he thought of Juying's troublesome and dangerous aura, Yu Hong felt numb in his heart, and he didn't want to take the initiative to get close.