Chapter 234: Practical Knowledge of the End of the World
As soon as the words came out, not only the red-haired squirrel was stunned, but even Liu Yu and the black mud people were stunned!
Zhuang Moxing glanced up at Liu Yu's inscrutable expression and added, "The forest above the canyon is the territory of animals. If you can't consume all the perishable wild fruits in there, you can trade them to the humans in the cave. In exchange, they will help you shell the pine nuts in bulk."
The red-haired squirrel tilted its head and found that the bowl of pine nuts in Liu Yu's hand was indeed full of pulp, without the hard outer shell.
Although the squirrels' intelligence and physical fitness have been greatly improved after the mutation, their method of opening pine cones and peeling pine nuts is still the old way of gnawing with their teeth, one at a time, which is not very efficient.
After becoming intelligent, they did try to use tools, but the special shape of their hands made it difficult for them to grasp heavy tools for assistance.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that cooperating with humans is indeed the best choice!
Zheng Yang, who originally wanted to help his saviors to gather numbers and support the event, had never expected that there would be a group of people like them involved.
Besides being shocked, he was also filled with indescribable gratitude. If he hadn't been intimidated by Zhuang Moxing's aura of "keep away from strangers", he would have rushed up to him and cried in gratitude!
Liu Yu watched the red-haired squirrel happily walking into the "trap" step by step under Zhuang Moxing's guidance, and suddenly recalled his sighs last night.
Is this development due to what she said last night?
Liu Yu stared at Zhuang Moxing's tall back in silence for a long time. With her pupils trembling slightly, she finally realized that her relationship with him seemed to have undergone an elusive qualitative change.
Later, under Zhuang Moxing's arrangement, the squirrels and the black mud people in the cave began to try to help each other and benefit each other, and the situation went unexpectedly smoothly.
The next two days of buffer time passed quickly, and it was the cold morning of the third day.
A dazzling array of colorful fireworks suddenly bloomed above the cave. Under the gaze of the black mud man and a group of squirrels, Liu Yu and his team got back on the boat and prepared to continue their journey to City B.
Looking at Gu Mao, whose face was bruised and swollen after being beaten up by the squirrel on duty for being lazy and bullying his grandfather, Li Guangzong smiled contentedly while sitting on the boat.
The hierarchy among these mutant squirrels seems to be stricter than that among humans. Gu Mao's excessive behavior towards his grandfather has nowhere to hide under the surveillance of the squirrel race and it is difficult for him to carry out his actions.
I guess a few more beatings will create muscle memory, and he will feel pain all over his body whenever he thinks of bullying his grandfather!
Zheng Yang reluctantly said goodbye to Liu Yu and his team with the survivors in the cave. He never expected that the person he wanted to rob would be the creator of the turning point in their lives.
Thanks to the appearance of Team Spark, they finally found new hope.
After cooperating with the mutant squirrels, although they had to pound pine nut shells until their arms ached every day, the huge amount of fresh fruit and sufficient reserves that could be dried and preserved for a long time gave everyone a rare sense of peace of mind.
"If the threat ahead is resolved, we'll set off fireworks similar to these in the sky. If you want to leave the cave, you can follow this waterway. If you don't see the fireworks, don't come looking for us. Escape in another direction."
"If fate allows, we might be able to meet again in City B. Our team name will never change—Spark."
If they cannot deal with the unknown dangers ahead, Zheng Yang and his group will undoubtedly be asking for their deaths if they go there.
Zheng Yang nodded repeatedly with tears in his eyes to show that he understood.
Although they had only known each other for a few days, Zheng Yang had already developed an extremely strong sense of trust in the Spark Team. Now, no matter what Liu Yu instructed, he would firmly agree!
This fawning attitude, which made Gu Mao secretly curse him as a lackey, actually saved them, the black mud people, many times in the days that followed.
Remembering the "useful knowledge points of the apocalypse" that Liu Yu had reminded them, they were able to arrive in City B without a single one left behind as ordinary survivors without any special abilities.
At that time, their entire team wore clothes sponsored by Liu Yu inside, homemade grass and fur coats outside, and held fat squirrels that generated heat on their own. Before they even entered City B, they had already attracted the curious gazes of the survivors.
Many people asked how they had managed to escape safely from City A to City B. However, Zheng Yang, who had cultivated a calm demeanor, remained silent throughout the entire process, not revealing a single piece of information about his side.
After taking everyone through the B City inspection procedures, he rushed straight to the mission hall to inquire about the news of Liu Yu and the Spark Team.
Without going into details about what happened afterwards, Chen Jiahao nodded and said goodbye to all the animals and people on the shore under Liu Yu's order to set off, then started the propeller and rushed towards the rapids bend.
However, about ten minutes after Liu Yu and his crew's boat disappeared at the end of the sharp bend, all the Heini people returned to the hard work of shelling pine nuts.
Only Junjun was squatting by the Lingjiang River, holding the pony toy Lingbao gave him, feeling depressed.
"Junjun, come back quickly! The riverside is dangerous, don't play there."
Junjun was left sitting in the sun, and his mother, who was about to start beating Songzi, called out to him loudly. He took small steps back reluctantly, hesitating every two steps and looking back every three steps.
Just as Junjun's mother put down the stone hammer in her hand and was about to go and bring the child back herself, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the distance.
"Boom——"
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