Chapter 119 Mountain B&
B Youxi wore comfortable cotton short-sleeved pajamas and walked out of the room barefoot. She walked all the way across the original wood-colored floor of the upper floor of the apartment, came to the south-facing study area, and gently opened the French curtains.
It was another sunny day, and the sun shone obliquely from the left side of the sky. The morning sun was gentle and beautiful.
The apartment was located on the upper floor of a two-story building. The building was next to the hillside. Not far in front was a cliff, and the mountain below could be vaguely seen. Opposite was a slightly shorter hill, and farther away was a continuous undulating mountain range.
From Youxi's current angle, it was full of green. Although the plants were tall and dense, because they were in the mountains, this tallness and density did not seem abrupt.
Two rabbit-sized guinea pigs came out from nowhere, and stopped before the "spike grass" transplanted on the outer edge of the small building's wall, sniffed the air with their noses, then bypassed the wall and ran down the slope.
Almost at the same time, a giant centipede drilled out from the soft soil under the big tree next to the slope. It caught up with one of the guinea pigs, and wrapped around it amid the squeaking and screaming of the other, and then began to release venom.
In just a dozen seconds, the guinea pig was silent.
Youxi, who saw the entire process of the life and death of these two mutant creatures because of her extraordinary vision: ...
Uh, the centipedes in the mountains seem to be bigger than those in the city, and their taste seems to have changed a lot... She remembered that the original centipedes were vegetarians.
This was the third day after they arrived at the B&B, and also the second day of resetting the star house.
The relative ease of this moment finally completely dispelled the hardship of the day of evacuating the city.
Not everything went smoothly after
getting on the highway. Everyone couldn't stand it after driving on the highway for just 20 minutes, because the car had no windshield, and once the speed exceeded 80, the whole person felt like being blown away.
In the end, everyone stopped and followed Xu Yan's instructions to find the detachable transparent front windshield cover that came with each car from the compartment under the rear shelf.
This cover is fixed to the front windshield frame and the door frames on both sides of the seat.
After it was fixed, it was connected to the roof of the car. The all-terrain vehicle suddenly changed from running naked to running half naked, but because the front and half of the side of the car body had a transparent wind-proof film, the people sitting inside would feel much better.
After that, the speed of the convoy finally increased, and at the highest point, it soared to 120.
The highway they originally planned to take could go directly from S City to N City, but unfortunately they encountered a traffic jam two hours later. The few cars on the highway were stuck here, forming a very long queue of cars.
They sent people to the front to check, and only then did they know that there were several faults on the road. The incident had just happened, and the relevant departments had not had time to take countermeasures, and the cause of the faults had not yet been clarified.
Several cars were unfortunately trapped in the middle of the fault, unable to move forward or backward. Fortunately, everyone in the car has evacuated and fled to a safe area, but the traffic on this road has been obviously interrupted.
The distance of the fault zone is very long, and the gap at the fracture is also very large. Even their all-terrain vehicles cannot cross it.
Youxi took out his mobile phone to check the backup route in the navigation, and found that they were lucky. There was an exit from the highway about 100 meters ahead. The exit was a small county town called Li County. From there, you can directly turn to another national highway and go to N City.
"I originally wanted to refuel at the next rest stop, but now I can only try my luck in the county town." Chen Tong glanced at her husband who was leaning on the passenger seat and shook her head.
"Don't worry, there are usually gas stations near national highways." Zheng Feng comforted.
Xu Yan said, "Well, there may be some in the county town. Let's check it online once we enter the county town."
"But for some reason, the network around here doesn't seem to be very good..." Gou Yaoyang looked down at his phone and frowned.
"It doesn't matter. I have already downloaded the map. I can directly switch to 3D mode. This mode will mark all the shops and buildings. It will be clear at a glance." Youxi not only has a downloaded national map, but also a map of the whole world in other mobile phones.
"Reliable, Sister Xixi!" Ma Tiantian smiled.
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After a brief discussion, they got into the car one after another. Relying on the narrow and mini car body, they passed through the larger gaps between the cars in the traffic jam in front, and received many respectful greetings along the way. Some people even came forward to stop the car, wanting the people in their team to take him off the highway and go to J County.
"Sorry, it's not going that way." This was Gou Yaoyang's answer to refuse.
"Why are you like this? There are obviously empty seats in the team. What's wrong with taking me there? I have something urgent! I can give you money!" The other party asked several people in the team, and after being rejected by all of them, he began to show dissatisfaction.
He thought that since the traffic jam was going to continue, he might as well continue to argue. He stopped in front of an all-terrain vehicle and was about to continue talking when a buzzing sound came from the air.
The people stranded on the side subconsciously tightened their scalps. This sound was too familiar. It was a mosquito!
But now mosquitoes have changed. They are no longer the small insects that can be killed directly in the past, but giant creatures that can make people bleed with one bite.
"Mosquitoes! There are mosquitoes passing by! Get in the car!" The people who had gotten out of the car to get some fresh air suddenly panicked. Since most people were driving normal cars, they did not wear protective clothing. Everyone opened the car doors and returned to the car. At this moment, the car was their shelter.
The man who was blocking the road walked back a distance because he saw the convoy. Then, one car after another blocked the road and he walked back again. When he heard the creepy sound, he realized that he was already far away from his car. He reacted and immediately turned around and ran.
But there were people opening and closing doors on the side, and he accidentally bumped into someone else's open car door. The other party opened the door and welcomed his family into the car, but he fell heavily to the ground and it took him a while to get up.
At this time, the mosquitoes were already close, flying low, and their long and sharp mouthparts looked like deadly blades in the sunlight.
The man didn't care about the scratched palm, and knew that there was no time to run, so he slammed the nearest car door, hoping that the other party would open the door and let him in.
But the other party had already locked the door tightly, so how could he be willing to open it at this time.
A mosquito noticed the living creature in front of it, swooped down, and bit him directly on the arm. There was a sharp pain, and the pierced part of his arm quickly sank downwards. He felt pain and fear, and only felt his blood and flesh being sucked away by the mosquito.
The blood attracted other mosquitoes, and two more swooped down. At the critical moment, several bottles of insecticide sprayed at the same time, and a strong chemical smell filled the air.
The mosquito that was halfway through its swooping suddenly circled and flew back into the air.
A thin long knife swung and instantly cut the mosquito that bit the man's arm in half.
Youxi put away the Tang sword and glanced at the man: "Why don't you go back to the car?"
The man reacted, holding his injured and bleeding arm, and quickly ran forward. This time he finally hid back in his car successfully.
The originally lively long line of cars became extremely quiet at this moment. Everyone hid in the car, which made the road clearer.
Youxi turned around and walked back to his car. While wearing protective clothing and a mask, he sprayed all kinds of insecticide on his body and head.
Others in the team followed suit and stopped spraying mosquitoes. Instead, they sprayed insecticide on themselves and their families. Some people even sprayed all-terrain vehicles up and down.
Afterwards, ten cars with a strong smell of pesticide passed through the gaps between cars, drove smoothly to the small exit of the highway, and accelerated and disappeared from other people's sight.
The next journey was not smooth sailing. There were more or less difficulties on the road. Fortunately, the people in this team were very reliable - at least the few people who had held a video conference together in the group before were like this.
As for the families they brought with them, although they would more or less raise questions, feel frustrated, and start complaining when they encountered difficulties, because each family had a team member there, these questions and complaints were eventually suppressed internally.
This is also the reason why Xu Yan resolutely kicked out other team members who complained before the plan started. Family members are not team members, and they cannot be forced to be reliable or not. As long as the team members themselves are reliable, these problems can naturally be solved by themselves.
The team members are all clear-headed and work together. If someone proposes a solution, others will not sing the opposite tune just to show off, but analyze carefully and finally choose the best solution.
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But even such a small team arrived at the destination eight hours later.
Compared with the time they had expected before, it took two more hours.
Walking to find a car, driving back to put the luggage, leaving the city, highway, and arrival. This long day, most people only had a meal in the morning, and the three members of the You family were the same. They originally thought that they could stop and eat something when they were hungry on the road, but because of the frequent incidents, no one had the heart to eat.
During the break, I quickly drank two sips of water, replenished my energy and then set off again.
The B&B is larger than everyone imagined. There are many small buildings from two to four floors. The building is the kind of quaint old-fashioned building with small windows, high walls and eaves. There are about three to five rooms on each floor, and the number depends on the room type.
The small buildings are arranged in a staggered manner on the hillside. There is a large courtyard under each small building. The courtyard walls used to be low and very artistic. Now they have become tall and thick. Even the courtyard gate has been replaced, which looks very safe.
The small building where the three people from Youxi stayed is located at a relatively high location. Most of the rooms inside are suites, which are provided for families. They chose the room in the southeast corner, naturally because they wanted to continue to use the floor-to-ceiling windows on the southeast side of the simulated apartment after the Star House was reset. On
the first night, they were more cautious and did not reset the apartment immediately. After checking the two-bedroom and one-living room suite, they closed the doors and windows, took off their protective clothing, washed their hands and faces, had a simple meal, and rested in the same room with their clothes on.
During this period, Youxi and Youfeng took turns to be on duty. Fan Qi was treated well by the two and slept peacefully all night.
The next day, they met with the others and made sure that everyone was satisfied with the place and did not plan to change the place for the time being, so they went back to reset the Star House.
The reset location was in the bedroom in the southeast corner.
The east side of the bedroom was the exterior wall, and the south-facing was a relatively short and long glass window, which completely met their requirements.
There were all kinds of daily necessities in the B&B. They only needed to put out some tableware and some convenience foods in the small kitchen area, and put two packs of napkins in the living room to pretend that there were people living outside.
In this situation, it is not popular to visit neighbors or leave food outside. Even the other people in the team, the first thing they do after checking in is to go into the room and find a cabinet to hide the most important food and water supplies.
Afterwards, You Xi locked the windows of this room and pulled all the curtains to isolate the outside world (because they could no longer enter the original space after the reset), and spent 100 star coins to reset the Star House.
This is the first time that You Feng and Fan Qi have seen the Star House reset. The two of them stood outside the door, feeling quite nervous. In front of them was originally the bedroom door of the B&B suite. In just a few seconds, will it really become their familiar home?
Because it is a bit difficult to imagine, when their daughter said that the reset was completed and opened the door, Fan Qi and You Feng were still shocked.
This feeling is like standing in the corridor on the fifteenth floor of a residential building in S City, and the scene every time you open the door after work or going out.
A bright and tall duplex apartment, large floor-to-ceiling windows, and familiar home. Their wallets are still on the shoe cabinet in the entrance, a thin blanket is still draped on the sofa in the living room, and half a bag of nuts is left on the coffee table.
No matter how time and space change, their home is always by their side, just like before.
The family of three did not go out all day, and each went back to the room to wash and change clothes, and then they would make delicious food.
The rustic, old-fashioned farmhouse in the mountains has turned into a modern, split-level apartment in the blink of an eye. Even though the view from the window is the same, the view from the long, narrow glass windows is different from the large floor-to-ceiling windows today.
Even Fan Qi sighed, "When the trees grew densely in the city, they always seemed a bit intrusive, but now, looking out from this apartment, so many trees actually look pleasing to the eye."
"Of course, in the past, this was a luxury hotel suite in the mountains, costing five or six thousand a night, how could it not be pleasing to the eye?" You Xi joked.
"It's strange. I felt tired and hot last night and had no appetite at all. Now I want to eat barbecue." You Feng couldn't help but sigh.
As a result, You Xi took out a full set of barbecue utensils that night, including an electric grill, various sauces, lettuce, cucumber, carrot, garlic, chili peppers and other side dishes that were cut and washed and placed on a tin plate, as well as various mutton, steak, chicken wings, squid tentacles, mushrooms, crispy bones, potato chips, and corn that had been marinated and skewered and placed on a tin plate...
The family faced the green mountains and set up the dining table in front of the French window in the living room. They had a perfect dinner accompanied by the sunset outside the window and the mutant birds that flew by from time to time.
That night, they fell asleep in their own room again, smelling the familiar and warm breath of the bedding.
As long as there is a star house, no matter where they are, they can live the same life as before.
For Youxi, staying in this mountain B&B is a bit like being on vacation. Of course, the premise is to ignore the mutant creatures and various exaggerated mutant plants that appear from time to time around.
After spending a few peaceful and warm days, Xu Yan held a meeting with everyone in the WeChat group, mainly to mention future plans. He thinks this place is good, he wants to live here for a long time, and wants to ask other people's opinions.
If we live here for a long time, we definitely can't do it the same way as now. After all, we will run out of resources and we need to discuss the next step.
Finally, we decided to have a meeting after breakfast the next day to discuss this matter. We should not have an online meeting like now, but find a place to talk face to face.
At 0:00 that night, a new world mission was delivered.
[The sixth apocalyptic world:
Difficulty: Medium.
World type: Natural disaster, Type: Storm (fragment).
World time: Three days before the storm.
World mission: 1. Survive for six months. (Complete to get 150 star coins), 2. Build a human shelter. (Optional mission, complete to get 500 star coins)
World mission failure: death. ]
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