The apocalypse arrived, but there were no zombies. Only unpredictable extreme weather and daily squabbles forced humans to survive on instinct alone to avoid being eliminated.
Yun Qi struggle...
"Get up. We didn't really look around carefully yesterday. Let's search this area more thoroughly today. Maybe we'll find some other surprises."
Yunqi remembered the wildflowers and bees he had found yesterday, slapped away the hands that were still wrapped around her waist, and quickly got up and dressed.
Seeing his wife so excited, Si Cheng didn't want to spoil the fun, so he sat up and started getting ready.
"Let's leave these things for now, since no one's coming here anyway." As Yun Qi was about to pack up the container, he noticed some small birds hopping around happily on it, so he decided not to disturb them.
With their experience from their previous life, Yun Qi and his companions quickly found the beehive on the stone wall by following the direction the bees were flying.
"Luckily we were prepared, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to deal with them." As he climbed the five-meter ladder to the halfway point of the mountainside and looked at the blackened stones around him, Yun Qi said smugly.
The beehive was built in a crevices in the stone wall. If it weren't for the bees frequently flying in and out, staining the surrounding stone wall black, it would be very difficult to find them.
However, finding them and digging out the honey is not an easy task. Not only do you have to widen the entrance, but you also need enough tools to scoop the honey out of the rock wall.
If they had followed the same procedure as in their previous life, the two of them might have spent most of the day in this arduous task. However, in order to obtain honey in exchange for food, the two of them would rather spend the whole day to get the honey.
Now, without needing to exert any effort from her husband, Yunqi simply took out a pre-charged electric drill from her spatial storage and completed all the operations by herself, not minding at all that she was showing her tomboyish side to her husband.
Seeing his wife so excited, Si Cheng didn't interfere. He just watched over her from the side to prevent her from getting too excited and losing her balance.
After the cave entrance widened, she quickly took out a hat and gloves from her spatial storage. In her previous life, the two of them often got stung all over their bodies while trying to collect wild honey. Although these wild bees weren't fatal, the stings were still very painful, and there were no medicines to alleviate the pain. It often took a long time for them to heal on their own.
"There's a good amount of honey in here; it should last the elderly in my family for a while."
Yunqi found an empty jar and started scooping out honey from it. She quickly filled the jar, which could hold about ten kilograms, and then stopped, since she still needed to leave some food for the bees.
"You're not planning to take this jar back with you, are you? How are you going to explain the origin of this jar to them?" Si Cheng reminded her as he saw her happily holding the jar and grinning like an idiot.
"Just leave it like this for now, I'll find two bags to put it in later." Yun Qi would never admit that he hadn't thought of that.
"Wait here for me, I'll go up and check the situation." Si Cheng didn't expose her, and he continued climbing towards the top, using some small platforms on the rocks.
They were standing about two meters above the highest point, but this height was nothing to Si Cheng. He used the uneven stone wall to climb to the top in no time.
"What's it like up there? Did you find anything?" Yunqi asked as soon as he saw him reach the top.
"Come up too, there's a surprise." Si Cheng untied the rope around his waist, grabbed one end, and let the rope down completely.
Yun Qi skillfully tied a knot around his waist and climbed up using the footholds Si Cheng had previously used.
"This is quite a surprise. We didn't discover this even when using drones. It's been hidden very well here."
Behind this stone wall lies a vast plain; if you were to break through this stone wall, you would find a huge expanse of land.
"The soil below must be very fertile. Even on days without sunshine, these wild grasses grow so lushly, which shows that the soil here is also very moist."
"Should we go down and take a look?" Si Cheng asked Yun Qi for her opinion.
"It's still early anyway, let's go down and take a look." Yun Qi looked at the difference in elevation between the two sides. This side was actually shallower than the stone wall they had just climbed up, and it looked to be only about three meters high.
Although Si Cheng saw that they could easily land from this height, he didn't dare to jump down so rashly.
The two of them continued to climb the stone wall and slowly descend to the ground.
Stepping onto the smooth, muddy ground, the two were now truly certain that this was a piece of land suitable for cultivation.
However, the muddy ground here is damp, and there are many wild grasses, which means there are more snakes hiding in it.
"This place has become a paradise for these reptiles. Cleaning them up will be enough to make one's scalp crawl."
They had only gone a few dozen meters when they spotted more than a dozen venomous snakes. Yunqi quickly took out several snake-repelling pouches from his spatial storage and hung them on the two of them.
“If we really don’t want to go any further, we can use the drone to explore the area ahead.” Si Cheng looked at the endless plain in front of him. At their current pace, the two of them would never reach the end even if they walked until dark.
"Let's give it a try. If all the land is like this, then there's no point in going any further."
Yunqi had no objections; she simply took out the drone and let Sicheng operate it.
"No wonder we haven't seen any wild boars in the back mountains; they've all hidden here." As the drone explored further, the two discovered a large group of wild boars leisurely tearing at snakes on the ground ahead.
"There must be more than forty of them. They're all fat and big-eared, and you can tell they have plenty of food." Yunqi saw that the wild boars had started pawing at the ground with their two front paws as if they were about to attack because of the drone.
"We're in trouble now. With so many wild boars, they'll definitely follow the drone. Let's get to the rock wall first."
Sicheng wasn't that confident that he could fight off so many wild boars all by himself.
After the two climbed up the rock wall, they slowly used a drone to lure the wild boar over.
"It's such a waste to leave so many wild boars here. If we could take a few back, our village could have an extra meal." Yunqi looked expectantly at her husband beside her. After all, seeing so much meat in front of them, she felt guilty if she didn't try to get some to take back.
"We'll talk about it when they arrive. Didn't you collect some alarm clocks before? We can use them to do an experiment this time."
Without a word, Yunqi gave him an alarm clock. It was an old-fashioned alarm clock. Since he had bought so many watches, the shopkeeper had given him a whole bunch of freebies. Yunqi, following his habit of not refusing freebies, also piled them into his spatial storage.
Si Cheng tied one end of the alarm clock securely, and at that moment, the drone brought the herd of wild boars to the foot of the stone wall.
"I thought they were big enough from the images, but they're even bigger than we saw. This one must weigh four or five hundred pounds, much fatter than the wild boars we keep in the trenches." Yun Qi swallowed hard as he looked at the wild boars that resembled small mountains.