Chapter 56 Chapter 56

For the rest of the journey, nothing happened in the base, and they spent several Christmas Eves there. Just when Ye Xun thought that everything would be peaceful along the way, something happened again.

But this time we really can’t blame these people, it’s because the enemy is too good at disguise.

The origin of the matter started with mushroom picking.

The patrol team found clusters of mushrooms in the woods and asked the older generation who were good at identifying mushrooms to pick out a few that were non-toxic and edible.

There is a kind of mushroom that is a little special. There is a kind of poisonous mushroom that looks very similar to it. It is difficult for a novice to identify it, and if you eat it, you will just end up lying on the ground.

Quite a few people picked this kind of mushroom, and after eating it, they all fell to the ground, convulsed, and foamed at the mouth, and died soon after.

Those who eat less are fine, they just suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, but at least they are still alive, which is a blessing in disguise.

In just half a month, I encountered so many bad things. I was so discouraged that I wanted to go back the same way.

"I listened to you bunch of shitty leaders, saying that Province Y is humanity's last resort. Fine, I'll go with you, but what happened? My wife and children died of malaria, and my parents died of nematodes. I want to go back! If we follow you, we'll all be finished sooner or later!"

The man who was yelling crazily at Chen Guoan was called Fang Rong. Before the end of the world, he was a senior executive of a listed company. He had a young son and a lovely wife by his side, and his parents were in good health. He bought a large flat in the heart of the city. He was what they called a successful person.

All of this was destroyed by the end of the world!

It was a tragic experience, but Chen Guoan could not sympathize with him. He directly pointed out the loophole in his words: "Maybe I should sympathize with you, but all this is your own fault. First of all, before we set out, I had already made it clear on the loudspeaker about the harm of mosquitoes. It was you who insisted on exchanging mugwort for food."

"Secondly." Chen Guoan took a deep breath and continued, "I have also clearly stated that without permission, you are not allowed to drink roadside water or eat untested food. Did your parents take the initiative to drink the water? Did I go there before them?"

"Finally, when I was explaining mushrooms, didn't I say that two types of fungi look similar and that we must find a professional to identify them? You are so lazy that you are not only killing yourself, but you are also harming other families."

"You want to go back, right? Okay, sure. Anyone else who wants to go back can go now. But you can't take the food with you. We've been eating food from the base for the past half month, so use what you brought with you as compensation."

This is the first time that Chen Guoan has lost his temper. He means what he says. If you want to go back, leave today and don't be a bad apple in the team.

He felt relieved when he left. It was not that he was cold-blooded. He didn't know how many years of his life would be shortened by living with this group of people. He was not so noble as to sacrifice his life for humanity.

The rage of the good guy in everyone's heart was still very shocking. Those who wanted to go back immediately fell silent and shrank back into the crowd, pretending nothing had happened.

They said they wanted to go back just to get an explanation or some compensation, but Chen Guoan was right, what happened along the way had nothing to do with the base, it was all because these people didn't listen.

Since he couldn't get anything good out of it, he just left in anger, and the farce ended just like that.

Finally, Chen Guoan said that the mushroom pickers would be responsible for the family members who were poisoned by mushrooms and the three months' food after arriving in Province Y. The family's labor force was lost, so compensation for three months' food was considered a light punishment.

"Let's rest early today. The patrol team found a base 27 kilometers away from us. I don't know if it is private or official. We will exchange some things with them tomorrow. If you want to come, just follow them."

After saying this, Chen Guoan left without looking back. Dealing with these things all the time was more tiring than migrating, and he urgently needed sleep to replenish his energy.

In addition to annoying mosquitoes, there is another creature in the mountains that is even more troublesome, and that is the snake.

Ye Xun wanted to get out of the car to get some fresh air, but after walking five meters, he saw colorful snakes entangled in a pile of branches, which made his hair stand on end.

Just by looking at the colorful colors, you can tell that it is quite toxic.

Fortunately, I had a flashlight in my hand, otherwise I would have stepped on it.

He immediately turned around and returned to the RV, and sprinkled the snake repellent he took out from the space around the car in a circle.

After doing this, he got into the car and reminded others: "I encountered a poisonous snake in the woods. Everyone, please don't leave the RV unless necessary."

He also wanted to talk to Chen Guoan and ask the people at the base to be careful when passing by places like piles of leaves, as there might be a nest of snakes hiding inside.

The RV was parked on the side of the road, three or four minutes away from the camping base. Ye Xun looked around as he walked, and indeed, he discovered quite a few things.

He doesn't have much snake repellent in his space, otherwise he could have distributed some to the base. I heard that Chinese medicine can be made into sachets, which can be worn on the body to repel snakes and insects. When I see Chen Guoan, I can ask him about it.

Ye Xun opened the tent curtain and saw a crowd of people inside. He instinctively felt that something had happened and someone might have been bitten.

Sure enough, the first thing Chen Guoan asked him when he saw him was: "Xiao Ye, did you have any trouble on the way here?"

Ye Xun remained calm and pretended to be calm: "No, everything is normal."

It's good that nothing happened. Chen Guoan let out a breath slowly. "Half an hour ago, a child was bitten by a snake. It was pitch dark and I couldn't see what kind it was. Four or five minutes after the bite, the child fell to the ground with convulsions and blood coming out of all his orifices. He died."

What kind of snake is so poisonous? Ye Xun asked: "Isn't the venom of this snake taking effect too quickly?"

Who says it isn't? But given the examples of the evolution of plants and rabbits, the evolution of venomous snakes is not surprising.

"We can't stay in the forest. There's such a large forest, who knows how many snakes are hiding in the dark? We have to get to the base ahead as soon as possible."

"Zhao Wenjie, tell everyone to keep going!" After instructing Zhao Wenjie, Chen Guoan turned around and said to Ye Xun, "You should go back too. I won't go to see Xiao Fei today. I'll trouble you to tell Xiao Ye for me."

Ye Xun: "Okay."

He took out two purses from his pocket. The outer fabric was gray-black and difficult to see with the naked eye at night.

He handed two purses to Chen Guoan: "I made two sachets with snake repellent, one for you and one for your wife. Remember to carry them with you."

Before the end of the world, no one wanted this thing, but now it can save lives. Chen Guoan clenched his hand holding the purse, "Xiao Ye, I don't know how to thank you. You really helped our family so much!"

Ye Xun suspected that the middle-aged man in front of him would cry in the next second because of the trembling voice. He directly explained to Chen Guoan that he did this for a purpose, "You are too kind. When we arrive in Province Y, we will still need your help to buy land."

It was just buying land. With Chen Guoan's current power, it was just a matter of talking. He asked Ye Xun bluntly, "How much land do you want? I'll have someone reserve it for you."

How big? In addition to the house he lived in, he also planned to build a glass house, raise chickens and grow vegetables. After roughly estimating the size of the land he would need, Ye Xun reported the budget in his mind.