Chapter 87 Boundary Line

At present, the Hexi fish is only distributed along the Qinghe River Basin in the northern plateau of Huaguo. They have the habit of swimming upstream to spawn and are spreading all the way upstream. Because they can go ashore and into the water, and the Qinghe River is long and deep, there is no proper way to completely eliminate this fish.

In fact, the manpower and material resources in Xiangzhou Province are very tight, and it is impossible to send extra troops to the Beidi Plateau to deal with this kind of fish.

The official appeal is that the people in the Qinghe River Basin can only migrate and take shelter at present.

Youcheng is located at the upper reaches of Qinghe River, but it is relatively safe now because there is a terrain difference in the middle. No matter how powerful the Hexi monster fish is, it is impossible for it to jump onto such a high waterfall and spread directly to the coast of Youcheng.

"Of course, there is also a situation in which the fish disaster will spread to Youcheng." Shu Fu could also guess the possibility that Chen Fa mentioned, that is, the water level of Qinghe River continued to rise sharply until the water level submerged the dam gap in the area with terrain difference, and the difference in water level on both sides officially disappeared.

By then, the strange fish in Hexi will be able to spread to Youcheng unimpeded.

Because of this possibility, Gangzi and Xiaoxiao, who had been following Yuedong all the way, finally decided to give up following the team and continue to head south with other people to the safer Xiangzhou Province.

The Xu Tingfeng brothers, the pigtail-headed man, and the big guy were all saved by either Lu Zheng or Chen Fa, and they had already made up their minds to continue following them. Yue Dong had also been saved by Chen Fa, and more than once, and since this reunion, he was determined to follow her all the way.

Even though the six of them knew some things, they had not yet gained full trust and participated in it, but they did not rely on these special and unique things to survive. Those who have survived in this chaotic world must have the corresponding abilities and judgment.

Even if Lu Zhengchenfa is just an ordinary person like before, they are willing to follow him because a team worthy of trust and a captain who can be trusted are hard to come by.

Chen Fa and Lu Zheng had no plans to leave the southern suburbs of Youcheng yet, so they came here this time to take advantage of the light rain that day to do some repairs on the doors and windows of the several dilapidated houses on the slope next to the lake.

They brought a lot of tools with them, intending to dismantle and move the doors and windows of several cottages, piece together and repair a complete house, in preparation for their temporary residence here in the future.

The authorities rewarded them with some points this time, so after they finished repairing the house, they had to stay in the shelter for a few more days, wait until the market day to exchange for more supplies they needed, and then move to the lake.

A week later, the scientific name "ichthyosis" was coined, abbreviated as ichthyosis, and the existence and symptoms of gray scab patients were officially announced nationwide.

There are still many unsolved mysteries about this disease, such as the cause of the disease, and there is no cure. Many illegal underground organizations are secretly conducting various experiments on these patients.

Some patients' families are desperate and try all kinds of medical treatments because the hospitals cannot cure them and have to isolate them, so they voluntarily find these underground organizations, thinking that there may be a glimmer of hope if they try everything. But in fact, it only makes the patients suffer more.

The official announcement of this matter is also intended to prevent these tragic incidents from happening quietly in various places.

It’s just that there is chaos everywhere now, and many places are too far away from the safe zone. Even if the official has released a unified message, tragedies are still continuing in many places - the northern area of ​​Youcheng is one of them.

**

The day after the relevant information about "ichthyosis" was announced, Chen Fa and Lu Zheng and a group of ten people officially left the shelter and came to the lake area where Shu Fu was to stay temporarily.

At this time, all of them had a large amount of supplies, especially Chen Fa and Lu Zheng, whose backpack compartments were full. The raft was also filled with various supplies, ranging from drinking water and daily necessities to medicine and fuel.

Their original intention was not to waste Shu Fu's supplies. After all, she didn't know how long she would be trapped here, but they didn't want to see her alone all the time. So before the situation here got really bad, they brought enough supplies and came over to become her raft neighbors.

Chen Fa and Lu Zheng's rafts were still placed in the wetland swamp area on the lakeshore as before, connected one in front and one behind, with the raft facing the lake connected to Shu Fu's raft.

This time, before Shu Fu moved the raft over, he thought of something, so he turned around and moved the tail end of the raft over.

Chen Fa and Lu Ce could not enter the eaves of the Drifting Island House because the eaves functioned the same as the wooden house, with the same disaster resistance, constant temperature, and exclusion functions. But she remembered that the situation of the wooden stairs and the second-floor terrace was different. When it rained, the wooden stairs would get wet, and the same was true for the second-floor terrace.

So, she asked the two of them to try it, and Lu Ce followed suit.

Sure enough, all three of them were able to get onto the raft smoothly and walk up the wooden ladder to the roof terrace.

This also means that in these areas, unless Shu Fu opens the protective shield of the drift bottle, under normal circumstances, both the awakened ones and other ordinary people can come up.

This had little impact on Shu Fu. Even if a stranger climbed onto the raft, he could not enter the drifting island house, let alone cause any damage to the raft.

If some malicious strangers happened to climb onto her raft, she could just open the raft's protective shield and they would be ejected instantly.

But this is very friendly to Chen Fa and Lu Zheng. Although the weather conditions are bad, it does not happen every day. Occasionally, when the rain stops or lightens for a few hours, they can come to her raft at any time, go up to her roof terrace, take out the folding table and chairs from the backpack compartment, spread them out, look at the lake and mountains, drink a cup of hot tea or coffee, or just sit up high to enjoy the breeze and chat.

The first time they spontaneously organized themselves was one early morning. Shu Fu got up to go to the bathroom, and when he was groggy and about to go back to bed to sleep, he noticed something. So he opened the back door, put on his slippers, climbed two steps of the wooden stairs, and looked up.

It wasn't raining outside, and although the weather was cloudy, it was a rare good day in the past few days. On the terrace, which was less than ten square meters, there were two camping folding tables and several folding chairs, and the air was filled with the aroma of noodle soup.

There were two gas stoves on a folding table, each with a pot on it. Lu Ce stood in front of one of the pots holding a spoon, while Chen Yuezhen stood on the other side, skillfully using a kitchen knife to cut the dough in his other hand. Lu Ce would occasionally use the spoon in his hand to stir it to prevent the uncooked noodles from sticking together.

Chen Fa and Lu Zhengze were setting out dishes and chopsticks on another table when they noticed movement on the wooden ladder and turned back at the same time.

"Awake?" Lu Zheng smiled at her. "Sorry, it didn't rain today, so we thought of coming to your place for breakfast. Have you washed up? Hurry up and wash up and come up to eat noodles. By the way, it's a bit cold outside, remember to put on more clothes."

"Sliced ​​noodles, my grandmother's specialty." Chen Fa pointed to another pot on the gas stove: "That pot is beef bone soup, a semi-finished product, with dehydrated vegetables. The beef bone soup bags and flour are part of the supplies dropped this time, given by the army. Sliced ​​noodles come in two flavors: bone soup and spicy dry. Which one do you want?"

Chen Yuezhen also smiled and asked, "Shu, are you used to spicy food in the morning?"

"Sister Fu Fu! Your terrace is really nice. I've already told my brother about it. We're going to build a fence and stairs on the roof of our raft house. We're also planning to put a roof on the terrace and put up a waterproof awning. Actually, you can also put up a waterproof awning here. Just use a few stainless steel rods to put up a roof..."

Lu Ce was still as talkative as usual. Lan Lan, who was originally lying at his feet, didn't know whether she was annoyed by his noise or not, so she quietly stood up and moved closer to Chen Fa's feet.

After revealing its special identity, the cat stopped staring at her and meowing. It seemed as if it had achieved its goal and was just playing badly as usual.

Shu Fu looked at the bustling terrace filled with the atmosphere of fireworks, said "Sliced ​​noodles with bone soup, add some spiciness", and hurried downstairs to wash up.

In addition to Chen Yuezhen’s signature knife-cut noodles for breakfast, Lu Zheng also pan-fried some vacuum-frozen chicken fillets, which were also semi-finished products provided by the army.

Five people sat around the camping table eating breakfast. The air on the lake was very fresh after the rain. The outdoor temperature was between fourteen and sixteen degrees. It would rise to about twenty degrees at noon, but would drop to eleven or twelve degrees at night.

This temperature sounds normal, but it is early August, the hottest season of the year. Even in the northern plateau, the temperature should not be so low.

"The weather has been a bit abnormal recently. Winter may come early this year. You must prepare for the cold as early as possible." Shu Fu reminded.

The main reason is that their raft cabins do not have a constant temperature effect. If the temperature starts to drop from now on, when the real winter comes this year, there is a high possibility of extremely low temperatures.

Of course, the raft cabin currently does not have a constant temperature effect. It may also be because the temperature outside is not extremely hot or extremely cold, so the effect is not reflected.

Just like the disaster prevention function discovered before, it was only discovered after closing the doors on both sides when extreme weather such as heavy rain and hail came.

"It's ready. Now that we have backpack space, all the things we need will be taken into consideration." Lu Zheng replied. They had been busy in the shelter. When the market was not open, they started making lists and studying rafts and backpack space to make the best use of them.

Items that are not used frequently and have little shelf life should be stored in cartons and placed in the cabin.

Any supplies that are less than 10 pieces or are smaller in size should be packed into boxes of less than one cubic meter and then put away. For example, a box of bottled mineral water contains 24 bottles. After putting the whole box into the backpack, no other items can be placed in the slot. However, if you take out the 24 bottles of water and replace them with a larger cardboard box, you can still fill it with more things.

Only those materials whose volume is larger than one cubic meter when stacked up with 2 to 10 pieces will be removed from the boxes and stored by piece.

Shu Fu had heard about their way of storing things before, and had provided them with a new idea. Since the car was too large to be put directly into the backpack compartment, could they first drive the car to the deck in front of the raft, and then put the raft and the car into the backpack compartment together?

That time, Lu Zheng conducted an experiment on the spot, and the result was successful. The car placed on the deck of the raft was identified as part of the raft by the backpack grid and was put into the backpack grid together.

Their raft was a circle larger than Shu Fu's, and the cabin was at the rear end of the raft. The entire front deck was like a natural parking lot, but after parking a car, the remaining space became very small, and if the raft needed to drift on the water, the car on it would easily slide into the water due to the movement of the raft.

They needed to manually add railing to the raft deck or drive in a few stakes to secure the wheels.

Moreover, they need to take out the raft every time they collect or put the car. At present, it is best to do it in an empty area without people, which is a bit troublesome. But in any case, the idea provided by Shu Fu solved the problem of car damage or forced abandonment caused by traffic jams that they had previously worried about.

Lu Zheng and Chen Fa were already collecting wood and tools to remodel the front deck, so now that Lu Ce was sitting on Shu Fu's rooftop terrace, he had the idea of ​​building the same thing on his own raft cabin.

**

After breakfast, Shu Fu helped to clean up the dishes, took out a box of sliced ​​watermelon and a box of bright red cherries, and started the after-meal fruit time.

On a day when it doesn't rain, sitting on the roof terrace and looking at the surrounding scenery really feels like going back to the peaceful times of the past.

When everyone was quietly enjoying the beautiful scenery of the lake and mountains, Lu Ce couldn't help but speak up again, saying that it would be great if his brother and Chen Fajie's raft would never sink and could withstand any type of natural disaster. At present, although it is windproof, rainproof and hailproof, if it encounters huge waves or even a large tsunami, once the raft is overturned, the people in the cabin will still die...

No one responded to this because they all knew that this was impossible. Lu Ce was just talking casually, just a thought.

But the speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may take it seriously.

Unsinkable and possessing a protective shield that can withstand all natural disasters, doesn’t this describe her as a “little cutie”?

She felt that if it weren't for the error in system TKSE-21S displayed on the panel task, their raft should have been upgraded, and in the later stage it would probably have defense capabilities that were not inferior to the drifting island house.

It’s a pity that the upgrade path is blocked now. If only she could share the protective function of the drifting island house with their raft, then when the water covers most of the land on the planet, her raft can carry their raft and float freely on the water - wait!

Shu Fu suddenly remembered something.

She remembered the ten consecutive draws when she had just upgraded her raft to level 3, and the golden first prize she won at the end - 1 raft towing position, which had to be used on a level 5 raft!

She had always thought that the towable object was a boat, but what if — that position 1 represented a raft! ?