Desperate Night

The sun was so hot that it felt like a pinprick on the skin. The temperature has climbed to at least thirty degrees.

After Yu Hong was fully armed, he was covered in sweat after walking for a while, but he did not dare to take off his equipment.

In this environment, he had to guard against not only the evil shadows, but also people.

So you have to endure the heat.

After walking for more than ten minutes, he quickly arrived at the post office gathering place.

He waited for a while in front of the stone house. While waiting for others to come over, he also carefully looked at the surrounding situation.

The gray-white stone house stands quietly among the dark green woods.

The exterior of the house is covered with mottled and unknown marks, and there are many scratches and scratches on the edges and corners.

There are also some emerald green and gray-brown vines climbing on the roof.

The breeze blows, causing the branches and leaves of these plants to sway slightly.

Yu Hong looked down and suddenly frowned slightly.

There seemed to be some footprints on the ground outside the stone house.

"Yu Hong, are you here so early today?" Jenny's voice came from behind.

"Well, the peak period is coming soon, and trouble is coming again. We have to make reserves in advance. The problem now is how to solve the problem of food." Yu Hong turned around and looked at the other party.

Jenny changed into a close-fitting camouflage uniform, looking tired and her eyes were bloodshot. Clearly not well rested.

As soon as she got closer, an unpleasant sour smell wafted from her body. It seemed that she didn't even have time to wipe her body.

"I tried growing mushrooms, but they were inedible. They were just fungi, poisonous fungi," she sighed.

"What we usually eat should be beef leg mushrooms, right?" Yu Hong looked through Lao Yu's record book these days. Although there is no detailed breeding process in it, there are various difficulties and troubles encountered during cultivation. This is equivalent to Lao Yu's wrong question book, which is of great reference value.

The cow's leg mushroom is a matte mushroom similar to the Coprinus comatus. It is non-toxic. The mushroom itself is very large when mature. You can harvest a large amount after cultivating it once. It is very suitable for supplementary food.

Crucially, this mushroom does not require light, making it ideal for growing in closed, humid environments like theirs.

"Did we not pay attention to the spores of other mushrooms during the cultivation process? After all, it is impossible for miscellaneous bacteria to emerge out of thin air." Yu Hong thought.

"I've paid attention to it, but there's no way to completely prevent it." Jenny shook her head. "I heard that Lao Yu had his own breeding box before, specifically for cultivating cow leg mushrooms. If we can get that, we should be able to succeed easily."

"Where is the incubator?"

"Post Office Basement."

The two of them were speechless for a moment.

No one dares to go in the basement of the post office. Once they are infected with the black handprint, facing the evil shadow withered girl who is much stronger than the shadow, even the coalition forces in the town can't hold it back and can only retreat and move away. Needless to say, they These are ordinary people.

"I also tried cultivating it. I remember that Lao Yu secretly dug soil in some corners of the forest several times before. I suspect that cultivating mushrooms requires designated soil, otherwise it will not be successful." Dr. Xu's voice also sounded tired. came from the two sides.

She changed into a long black T-shirt and jeans, her lips were chapped and her face was pale.

"And I have to remind you that when you try to grow mushrooms, you have to be aware of the disease mushroom lung."

"Mushroom lungs?" Yu Hong seemed to have thought of something, and his expression changed slightly. He remembered reading some information on the Internet before, which also mentioned this disease.

"Yes, during the process of growing mushrooms, once the mushrooms are about to mature, they will silently scatter mushroom spores. Once these fungal spores are inhaled into the lungs, they are likely to cause mushroom lung disease. Specific symptoms Cough, white phlegm, chest tightness, chest pain, asthma, and sometimes fever, palpitation, nausea, etc." Dr. Xu paused, "Of course, this disease requires long-term inhalation of mushroom spores. As long as you are careful and change your clothes. If you are angry and wear a mask, it won’t be a big problem.”

"No wonder. Old Yu always looks like he's coughing non-stop. Maybe there's something wrong with him." Jenny thought thoughtfully.

"It's possible, but it's useless to talk about it now. Well, the climax is about to begin. The key now is how to get food?" Dr. Xu changed the subject.

The three of them immediately looked at each other and said nothing.

For a moment, the breeze blew and the sun shone hotly on the three of them, but they couldn't feel the warmth at all.

They couldn't survive a week without food.

Fortunately for Yu Hong, because the protein bars are very durable, one stick can last for a day. In addition, he and Lao Yu changed some food supplements before, so the current food reserve can still last for two weeks.

But the same cannot be said for Jenny and Dr. Xu. Judging from the looks of the two of them, they will probably run out of food in a few days.

"If we can't figure out how to cultivate it, we can only find other food first." Jenny said solemnly. She had obviously thought about it for a long time before she came. "As for other foods, I don't need to say more, right?"

"You mean searching other people's homes?" Dr. Xu was the first to react. "Is that possible? They must have taken them all away, right?"

"There must be one under the post office. In addition, I know the caves of several people who died during the high tide. There must be one inside, but the door is not easy to open." Jenny replied.

"Are you going?" Dr. Xu looked at Yu Hong. Ever since she visited Yu Hong's safe house, she felt a hint of admiration for him. Understand that the other person is not a boastful person, but someone who is really capable.

It's a pity that Yiyi left too early, otherwise it would have been possible to live a good life with Yu Hong.

"Let's go and have a look." Yu Hong nodded. If he could get some valuable sundries from other people, it would be worth it even if he didn't get food.

Especially the red value detector, he is also a little greedy for this thing. If he can get his hands on one, after strengthening it, it may be of great use. At least environmental warnings are definitely fine.

"Okay, I'll lead the way in a moment, and you guys can follow." Jenny nodded, as if she expected that the two of them would agree.

"By the way, where is Eve? Isn't she coming out?" Dr. Xu suddenly asked.

"She said she felt a little unwell and was hiding in the bedroom alone and didn't know what she was doing. But she was moving less and wasted less energy, so I didn't care about her." Jenny answered.

"Speaking of which, wasn't Eve in the town before? Why did she suddenly come back? Why didn't she move with the town?" Dr. Xu asked curiously.

"I don't know about this." Jenny's face showed a trace of uneasiness. "It seems that she offended someone in the town. I don't know the specific circumstances. But you also know that Eve is very beautiful. It will attract a lot of people of the opposite sex who like her.”

"Yes, sometimes being too beautiful is not a good thing in this era." Dr. Xu sighed in agreement.

Yu Hong walked at the end, wiping off his sweat while listening to the two people talking in front. When he heard that he offended someone, his face also showed a thoughtful look.

In the quiet woods, the three of them took their tools, left the post office stone house, and walked along a waterway washed out by the rain. After a while, they came to a small raised hill.

There is a rough iron door at the bottom of the hill.

The door is black and painted, with yellow rust showing where the paint has peeled off the edges.

Jenny stood still in front of the iron door, picked up a thick branch and knocked on the door panel.

Clang clang clang.

The iron door made a dull sound.

"This is Elsie's residence. He and his father lived here. One day they went to dig up rough pyroxene stones in a distant place, and then they never came back."

"Elsie, a very shy young man. He and his father are both good people. He even helped me chop wood." Dr. Xu also thought of this man, with a melancholy look in his eyes. "Good people always die in this world."

"It doesn't matter whether you are a good person or not. Whether you live long or not depends on whether you are careful enough or not." Yu Hong added.

"Yes." Doctor Xu nodded.

The three of them stopped talking and asked Yu Hong to step forward, take the chisel he had brought before, and smash the door.

Dang Dang Dang!

The iron door was extremely rusty, and the keyhole was knocked off after a few blows.

Yu Hong opened the door and immediately saw a stream of dust visible to the naked eye pouring out of it.

The musty and stinky smells mixed together and poured into the nostrils of the three people.

"What smells so bad!?" Jenny quickly hid aside, covering her nose, her face twisted.

"It's a corpse." Doctor Xu covered his nose and looked into the hole with squinted eyes.

In the small hole, a gray-yellow corpse that had rotted into skin and bones was lying quietly on the ground, surrounded by tiny insects.

The corpse was wearing shabby long-sleeved trousers, gray and white in color, with a circle of gauze tied around its arms, and black-rimmed glasses on its head.

He turned his face sideways, with only two eye sockets left after being eaten away, staring straight at the door, as if he was still longing to leave even before he died.

"It's Elsie. I bandaged him with this gauze. I didn't expect him to come back." Doctor Xu recognized the identity of the corpse, and a trace of sadness suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"It's a pity he's a nice guy"

"Don't be regretful, we don't have much time." Yu Hong stepped out from the side, stepped over the body, and entered the cave while holding his breath.

After rummaging around, he quickly found two bags of dried meat, a bag of dried mushrooms and a bag of half-eaten dried wild vegetables.

"The food is still there, he didn't starve to death."

He walked to the fire in the corner, picked up the aluminum kettle that was leaning on the fire, and shook it. There was still half a kettle of water in it.

"There's water too, so I'm not dying of thirst."

"It's a shadow."

Dr. Xu bent down and picked up a bag of powdered pyroxene from the ground. From the powder, you can still vaguely see the debris with traces of red runes.

Yu Hong shook his head, took out the food, and after checking that there was nothing wrong with it, he parted with the two of them.

The three of them then went to the next house.

The holes were opened one after another, and as time passed, the three of them visited the abandoned safe houses of other survivors.

Some of them are empty, with nothing in them. Some found some food.

After visiting five safe houses in a row, the three of them each found an average of two bags of dried meat and more than one bag of dried mushrooms and dried wild vegetables. It can be regarded as a solution to an urgent need.

After rummaging through the last house, Jenny glanced at the sky.

"We still have enough time. We can also go to the nearby pyroxene mine to smash some pyroxene and bring it back for later use. Do you want to go?" She looked at the other two people.

"How far is it from here?" Yu Hong asked.

"It's almost two kilometers away from here, but the road in the mountains and forests is far more difficult than on the plains, so if we want to go, we must do it as soon as possible." Jenny replied.

"Let's go tomorrow. We are too late. If something happens on the way and we are stuck in the wild overnight, it will be dangerous." Yu Hong frowned.