Chapter 201 Departure by Water
The scene was busy and chaotic, and the atmosphere was lively and active.
The bags that Liu Yu collected a few days ago contained agricultural and sideline products such as peanuts, sesame seeds, and dried red dates. Grandma Yang looked at these ingredients and prepared to make some steamed cakes and pastries, and sesame seeds and dried red dates were just the right ingredients to use.
Peanuts are rather troublesome to process, so Chen Jiahao simply wrapped the peanuts and dry-fried them into peanuts. When you are extremely hungry, you can have a handful to fill your stomach and it is delicious.
So the Spark Team used the entire day and half a night to prepare a large amount of cooked food, and on the second day they reinforced the boats and tools provided by Liu Yu on the roof.
The preparations for the water journey are finally completed.
Although the series of arrangements are not perfect, no other small team in the apocalypse can do what they did.
After two days of emergency preparation, everyone finally boarded a human-powered boat that could carry twenty people. The bottom of the white and blue hull was cleverly reinforced with an extremely thin but hard iron layer.
For this reinforcement, Chen Jiahao also studied and calculated the load-bearing limit of the hull, fearing that the weight after reinforcement would be too heavy and cause it to sink.
Fortunately, the process was a bit difficult, but the result was very gratifying.
Finally, Liu Yu sprayed the inside of the hull with the special reinforcement spray that Ling Nie gave them before leaving.
Although the reinforcement spray has a time limit, it is indeed an additional protection. As long as a new coating is sprayed before the reinforcement spray expires, most of the bottom dangers can be prevented.
Looking out from the building, although the rain has stopped, the muddy flood still shows no signs of dropping in water level, but the flow rate has slowed down.
The Spark Team, consisting of sixteen people and one dog, finally boarded the shaking boat and sailed downstream as planned.
Because the price of boats was not cheap, Liu Yu bought a human-powered rowing boat, which relied entirely on human power to move forward.
However, the boat is quite large, with two single seats in the front and back, eighteen seats arranged side by side in the middle, and a small aisle between the two rows of seats, which is large enough for everyone to move around and not crowded.
After boarding the boat, Xu Yang naturally sat in the middle of the boat and took one oar, which was where the power-type psychic came in handy. Li Guangzong volunteered to take the other half.
Facing everyone's questioning eyes, Li Guangzong shouted in shame and anger: "I really can do it, everyone believe me!"
Then Li Guangzong sat down with a solemn vow, took the oar and went deep into the bottomless brown-yellow water. He took a deep breath, tightened his abdomen, and called on Xu Yang to work together.
Liu Yu did not undermine the team members' confidence. It was his first attempt, and she and Zhuang Moxing were responsible for being on guard against mutant animals in the water, one at the head and one at the tail.
Just after setting off, Liu Yu quickly killed two zombies that were floating on the water and rushing towards him.
Zhao Bohong quickly separated a strand of his lightning ability and gathered it at the bottom of the boat to prevent the bottom from being suddenly attacked by mutant fish.
This tiny bit of fine mesh-like attached lightning is a new skill he acquired after upgrading, and it is most suitable for defense.
Only a small amount of supernatural energy is needed to cover the entire bottom of the ship. Moreover, these lightning bolts will not spread infinitely in the water without his control, but will only explode in large quantities when attacked by abnormal attacks.
With all the strict protection, this small ship is actually impregnable and has a security that outsiders can hardly imagine.
With the cooperation of Li Guangzong and Xu Yang, the ship was actually moving forward quickly. Liu Yu tried hard to identify the direction at the bow based on the surrounding terrain.
The whistling wind blew the hair on her forehead away, and a new and completely different smell, damp and rotten, entered everyone's nose.
The next hour of water travel was indeed much faster than the previous land journey. Liu Yu kept killing the mutant fish and scattered zombies that rushed towards him from the bow of the boat. He stared deep into the boundless waters and murmured:
"If we keep going at this pace, the time it takes to reach City B can be cut in half at least."
This sudden heavy rain is really a case of "blessings often go hand in hand with misfortunes, and misfortunes often go hand in hand with blessings".
Five hours passed quietly, and everyone on the boat used their special abilities and machetes to repel countless attackers in the water.
After Xiao Huang killed the water snake that jumped out of the water with a slap, Liu Yu stopped Xu Yang and Li Guangzong from paddling and distributed plenty of meat buns and corn and pork rib soup to everyone.
"Let's eat first. Today's journey is much faster than expected. We estimate that we will reach Wumu Mountain before dusk. We can rest there."
Li Guangzong finally stopped sweating, wiped the sweat off his forehead and took a big bite of the delicious meat bun.
Xu Shuyao sat behind him, looking at his sweat-soaked clothes and said earnestly, "Don't force yourself. Xu Yang is a power user. He can push you twice with one stroke, and he's strong enough. Leave it to me. I can handle it, after all. I have the physique of a power user."
Li Guangzong's mouth was stuffed with meat. He couldn't speak and just shook his head, but he refused to admit defeat.
"Why let a girl do such rough work?"
Xu Shuyao bit into the sweet corn soaked in soup and curled her lips. A man's self-esteem...
Chen Jiahao, who was holding Huanhuan at the bow of the boat, was thinking about something while biting a meat bun. After hesitating for a while, he asked Liu Yu for something.
"Sister Yu, can you give me some metal? I have a new idea for speeding up, and I want to try it out."
Liu Yu touched Huan Huan, who was nibbling on the ribs obediently. He was puzzled for a moment, but without hesitation, he handed over a piece of iron the size of a weight.
As soon as Chen Jiahao got the iron block, he held the bun in his mouth and used his metal ability to control the iron block and stretch it!
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