Chapter 8 8 Everyone's Thoughts
Four young men, what is the most convenient thing to do? Let’s make hotpot, since there is still electricity available.
Prepare the power cord and electric hot pot, peel and wash the potatoes and sweet potatoes and cut them into pieces, wash the enoki mushrooms, baby cabbage, rapeseed and chili peppers, prepare the hot pot base, lamb slices, beef slices, bacon, sausage and hot pot meatballs, chili sauce, black bean sauce, sesame sauce, sesame oil, balsamic vinegar, oyster sauce, sesame oil, fermented bean curd, green onion and garlic juice, and three pounds of noodles. Just as the pot was boiled, Wang Lin and Xia Kai came and knocked on the door, asking them to move the pot, the prepared dishes and the small table on which the pot was placed away, and also give them a dozen disposable paper cups, four sets of tableware and a large bucket of mineral water.
After they moved all the things away and called the children playing in the game room upstairs to come down for dinner, Xuanxuan was picking at her toys.
Xuanxuan's toys, there are several cabinets, she is very embarrassed to choose. In the corner, Xiao Luo is playing with a toy crossbow, the crossbow is about half a meter long, the workmanship is very delicate, and there is a far infrared sight, it is a pistol, you only need to press the small trigger to shoot the plastic soft arrow.
This was a gift his father brought back for Xuanxuan when he was on a business trip abroad. Xuanxuan was fascinated by it for a while, but later she got a new toy and forgot about it. Xiao Luo unexpectedly found it out. Although it was just a toy, it had a range of five to ten meters. If the soft plastic head was replaced with a sharp arrow and the arrow was poisoned, it might really be used for self-defense by children.
After eating with the children, I asked Xuanxuan to take her brother to watch the cartoons stored on the tablet.
Rong Xianxian came to the utility room and processed the bodies of the two monsters to see if there were any useful parts.
Looking at the piece of pure white leather in her hand, which was taken from the belly of the big bird, Rong Xianxian was glad that she was nervous at the time and she was not skilled in using the weapon, so she missed the target and hit the base of the bird's wing. If she had shot the belly of the bird as expected, she would not have caused any serious damage to the bird. No wonder the big bird looked so fearless at the time.
The defensive power of the big bird's belly skin was far beyond Rong Xianxian's imagination.
She took great pains and studied for a long time before finding the weak point where the skin and bone met, and peeled off the skin completely. She wanted to use this piece of skin to make two protective vests for the two children.
Although it is not easy to peel it off from a big bird, it is much easier to process afterwards. Unlike conventional fur that needs to be nitrated, this piece of leather is soft and elastic and can be processed by steaming, boiling and drying.
"Oh, I finally get to eat a hot meal, it smells so good!" Xia Kai had an intoxicated expression on his face.
"Hey, eat slowly, you guys eat slowly. You haven't eaten much for several days. You will feel uncomfortable if you eat too much at once." After Xia Kai finished reveling in it, he looked back and saw that the bag of mutton slices was empty. He immediately became anxious and grabbed the remaining mutton.
Wang Lin and the others smiled and started to fight for the beef rolls. This time Xia Kai had learned his lesson and didn't waste any words, he just came up and grabbed it.
We had a delicious dinner, including a hot pot. After eating it, we felt strong in all our limbs and all the pores in our bodies opened up.
The pain in my body has eased a little. Oh, these are real days. I was so nervous in the duty room these past few days.
"Boss, do you miss home? I'm a little worried about my parents because I'm their only son. I wonder how they are doing now?" Xia Kai said while making the bed.
"It's useless to think about it. I can't even go out due to the situation outside. The high-speed rail is probably out of service. Communications are cut off and there is no news. Let's just wait and see the situation." Wang Lin plopped down on the newly made bed.
"Boss, do you think if we get a car, can we drive back to Xitang?" Liao Yong asked Wang Lin who was lying on the bed.
"It's hard to say. The monsters outside are so ferocious now. Just walking from the duty room to Building 5, we encountered several of them. Although we managed to kill one, the other three all ran away. We also saw a flying monster on the first day. It grabbed a person like a chicken. I know what you are planning. There are plenty of cars in the underground parking lot, and you can unlock them. But do you dare to drive on the road alone? What if you encounter a monster?" Wang Lin said listlessly. He hadn't slept well for several days. After eating a hot and full meal, he felt a little sleepy.
"Why would I drive on the road alone? There are at least five people from our security team heading in the direction of Xitang. Boss, you left a note for them. I think they will find us sooner or later. Then I can ask if anyone wants to go home, and we can go together. Anyway, in this situation, I am very worried about my parents and my wife. We just got married and she is pregnant!" Liao Yong, a burly man, had tears in his eyes as he spoke.
Ren Tian patted his shoulder and said, "If there are more than five people, I will go back with you. My home is in Echuan, not far from Xitang."
"If your parents and family members are all fine, but you are killed by a monster on the way home, have you ever thought about how sad they will be? Why don't you wait a while? Maybe the government will be able to restore communications soon, and then you will know the specific situation." Wang Lin somersaulted onto the bed.
"Boss, I don't think the matter is that simple. Look, it's been three days now and there's no news at all. All we can hear are a few sporadic gunshots."
There were all kinds of monsters, and there seemed to be more and more of them. Even if the army was dispatched, it would probably take more than a short time to clear them all out.
The city is densely populated and weapons of mass destruction cannot be used. Ordinary thermal weapons may not be ideal for killing monsters.
We have also seen how cunning the monsters are. If they can't defeat you, they will run away, but they won't fight you to the death.
"And it will hide and ambush and attack, and it will be so stupid as not to run away. We only encountered that one." Xia Kai said worriedly.
“I have good news for you. The skill books dropped by killing monsters can improve your personal strength, and some monsters may drop rare items or weapons. What we can do now is to take a break, wait for news, form a team, kill monsters and collect treasures, and improve our strength.” Wang Lin looked at the others encouragingly.
"But we can't understand the talisman dropped by the monster we killed outside the duty room on the first day. We recognize the words, but we don't understand what they mean." Xia Kai asked impatiently.
"Oh, by the way, I lent that book to Sister Rong. She gave her gifts and food. I hope you have no objection to it." Wang Lin said.
As the saying goes, one should be grateful when receiving favors from others, and one should be soft-hearted when eating from others. Although these people are all colleagues, people's hearts are different. If someone wants to eat and drink for free and is not grateful, we don't know what will happen in the future. It is better to part ways as soon as possible.
"Boss, I have no objection. But if Sister Rong can understand it, can I ask her for help?" Xia Kai hurriedly stepped forward and said.
Ren Tian frowned, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Boss, how long will you lend it out?" Liao Yong asked directly.
"When we no longer need others to provide us with food, maybe we can ask for it back." Wang Lin roughly understood what they were thinking.
"That's absolutely no problem. Sister Rong is able to give us a bite to eat under such circumstances. It's no exaggeration to say that she is saving our lives. It's just that the situation is unclear now, and this is a monster that has exploded, so..." Liao Yong scratched his head and was a little embarrassed to continue.
Everyone knows that although no one can understand what this book means now, it may be worth a lot of money in the future.
Several people had been worried for several days and had not been able to eat or sleep well. Now they arrived in a safe environment, ate and drank their fill, chatted for a while, and went to bed early.
(End of this chapter)
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