Chapter 111 The Frightened Child
Lu Jiu remembered the system's prompts. She was a little scared at the time, thinking that this ghost world would suddenly be hit by a huge hailstorm or a torrential flood, but so far everything has been quite normal.
"It's just fog, and the visibility is okay. When you go out today, you should pay more attention to your surroundings and don't ignore the wild monsters that suddenly appear." Shen Jufeng said calmly.
He ate with a noble look, as if he was eating some high-end delicacy.
Lu Jiu, still chewing a rice ball, nodded seriously when she heard his words and mumbled, "That's right. We should be more careful on foggy days."
She was not thinking about how to pay attention to the sudden attack of wild monsters. Anyway, she had Shen Jufeng as a living radar. He was very sensitive and often she relied on him to remind her of some crises.
She wanted to take advantage of the fog to go to the crown of the giant tree and take a look. Last night she installed two level five gems on her wings.
The fields were still dotted with residents who had come out early to gather food, including many children. At their age on Earth, they would probably still be sleeping in bed, waiting for their parents to wake them up to go to school.
Now we can only collect food here and prepare for the unknown winter ahead.
Because of the drop in temperature, the originally soft and rotten fallen leaves were frozen and covered with frost, making a crackling sound when stepped on. This was the chill that Lu Jiu had only felt in early winter before.
"There are only about twenty days left and it's already frozen like this." As she spoke, she paid attention to her feet. It is better not to step on these brittle fallen leaves to avoid attracting a large number of wild monsters.
Today they want to start by fighting a small number of wild monsters to familiarize themselves with the foggy environment.
Zhuang Yun had already taken out his shield and looked around, alert for any crisis that might arise at any time.
Shen Jufeng also took out his long sword, "So we have to go out and collect more furs and sell more to tailor shops so that ordinary residents can buy winter clothes."
Zhuang Yun suddenly felt that Mr. Shen was a kind-hearted person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He was even thinking about the ordinary residents in the city who had no relatives or friends.
Lu Jiu knew what he meant by this. He wanted her to focus on clearing the fields so that the residents in the city would have a greater chance of surviving the winter.
Damn, she sent several gathering teams to distant places and even established transmission channels to save time, all in order to collect more food, fruits, vegetables, and firewood for heating.
I even added two mining teams, specifically to look for combustible coal mines. Although I don’t know if this exists in this game world, I still have to give it a try.
The three of them moved forward cautiously and soon encountered three sheep-like monsters. They each took care of one. Fortunately, the visibility today was about a hundred meters, so it was easy to spot the monsters coming.
Although we encountered several large groups of wild monsters this morning, we were safe and sound.
Only then did they sigh that it was really much more difficult to go out and clear the fields in abnormal weather. Fortunately, they were all experienced.
We had lunch in the wild. To be on the safe side, we set up the tent. At least in critical moments, the tent could withstand the attacks of wild monsters and give them time to recover and prepare for battle.
Zhuang Yun was preparing lunch in the tent. As the weather was getting colder, no one was willing to eat ready-to-eat food and preferred freshly prepared hot food.
The morning's battle had made Lu Jiu, who was afraid of the cold, sweat. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said to her two teammates, "I'm going to wash my face in the lake over there. I'll be back soon."
Zhuang Yun was a little worried. "How about we accompany you? It's foggy after all."
Lu Jiu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'm just washing my face. Even if I encounter wild monsters, I will put on wings and fly back. I'll be fine."
She came this way specifically because there was a lake there, and she had an excuse to go to the lake so that she could move alone.
Shen Jufeng understood her intention and said to Zhuang Yun calmly: “It’s okay, if she doesn’t come back in five minutes, I will go find her.”
Zhuang Yun finally felt relieved and continued to cook.
Lu Jiu ran outside happily as if he had been given a break. He would soon be able to find out whether there was anything in the crown of the giant tree.
She came to the lake. The breeze created ripples, and the waves in the center of the lake moved slowly toward the shore. Water vapor also rose from the surface of the lake.
Lu Jiu really wanted to wash her face, so she squatted down and scooped up some water to wash. The water was very cold, and it quickly cooled down her originally hot face when it hit her face, and even some cold air invaded her body.
She washed it briefly, shook her hands, and stood up. "Wow, this is too cold."
It's really chilling.
After washing her face, she started to do her business. She didn't know what the situation was like in other places, but there were giant trees everywhere in Yangshan City.
She equipped her wings and rose up. Seeing herself getting farther and farther away from the ground, Lu Jiu felt a little excited. She was not tall and even liked flying in the air with wings.
It was like the childhood dream of flying in the sky had come true.
These giant trees were much taller than they were at the beginning of the apocalypse. She climbed to the highest point and finally entered the treetops wrapped in layers of yellow autumn leaves.
Her eyes widened when she saw what was going on inside.
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Qiuyu City in the north is right next to Yangshan City. It is also a place with outstanding mountains and beautiful scenery, and some of its scenic spots are well-known in the country.
The residents of the city-state here are just like everyone else, working in the fields or fighting monsters in the wild.
A child who was grunting and collecting food in the field stayed here alone. At this time, many residents returned home for lunch, and a few people had instant food for lunch in order to collect more food.
This child is in the same situation. There is no professional player in his family, so the whole family can only work together to collect more food in the fields.
It was foggy today, and he couldn't see any people in the fields a hundred meters away. He just kept busy with his own work. After a while, he seemed to hear some sound.
The child raised his head and looked around, but there was nothing. He felt a little strange but still lowered his head and continued.
After a while, there was a sound like something flapping its wings. This time, the child stood up and walked to the side. "Is anyone there?"
No one answered him. In order to collect more food, he came to the area at the edge of many fields. Many people were collecting in the fields closer to the city-state.
The child scratched his head, thinking that he might have heard it wrong, and squatted down to collect the information.
But at this moment, a darkness appeared above his head, as if something was blocking the light above his head. The child stood up, raised his head and squinted to see what it was.
There was a dark cloud above his head, and the "black cloud" was still moving. The child was so scared that he screamed and ran towards the city.
He didn't know what it was, whether it was really a black cloud or some large flying monster. He just wanted to get away from there quickly.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but the flapping sounds were getting closer and closer. They were the same strange sounds he had heard before.
He mustered up the courage to look up and found that the dark "black cloud" was getting closer and the altitude was decreasing!
"Help! Mom! Dad!" The child was so scared that he almost lost his soul and finally shouted for his parents.
The sound was getting closer, and his calves ran faster, as if he wanted to unleash all his potential. Fortunately, his parents had just bought him a pair of new shoes two days ago, which were designed for acceleration.
(End of this chapter)
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