Chapter 282: Prepare in Advance
Mu Ci and Tang Wei waited beside the cage for the drug to take effect, while Shi Jiaojiao and Wang Jia hurried to clean up the giant rat's corpse.
Because there were too many giant rats today and they couldn't get rid of them in a short time, the two of them simply divided the giant rat corpses first and could slowly clean them up in the cave after the safe period was over.
However, before dividing, the two men checked each one by one and threw aside the corpses that had been torn apart by each other.
After all, giant rats' fangs are poisonous and one bite can kill a person. Who knows if the meat of giant rats that have bitten each other is still edible? You might as well not be bitten to death by the giant rats but end up being poisoned by the giant rat meat.
After careful selection, there were a total of twenty-five intact giant rat carcasses left.
Wang Jia said, "Jiaojiao, Tang Wei and I only need five."
Shi Jiaojiao advised: "Five is too few."
Wang Jia waved her hands and refused to ask for more: "If you hadn't taken out the sleeping pills today, we wouldn't even be able to get these five. Besides, you have Xiao Hei there, and the food pressure is much greater than ours."
Seeing her firm attitude, Shi Jiaojiao thought about it and agreed.
The main reason is that the temperature outside changes too much. If Wang Jia and Tang Wei take too much, the things will easily go bad. It would be better for her to store them in the space first and find a chance to supplement them later.
After the giant rat was divided, the two men quickly threw the body into the cave.
There wasn't much time left until the end of the safe period, and they had other tasks to do today.
While moving the body, Wang Jia asked, "How is Xiao Hei? I haven't seen him for a long time."
Shi Jiaojiao thought that Xiao Hei lived a more comfortable life than anyone else.
But he still explained: "It stayed in the cave. The giant rat was too poisonous. I was afraid it would get hurt, so I simply didn't let it out."
Wang Jia nodded. That was true. They had watched Xiao Hei grow up. If he died in the mouth of the giant rat, they would be heartbroken.
Mu Ci and Tang Wei had also dug the cave, stuffed the cage in there, covered it with rags, and finally found a broken wooden door to block the entrance.
No one had ever raised a giant rat, and no one knew what to feed it. But no matter what they could feed it, all they could come up with were aloe vera and cactus, and at most some multi-grain cakes.
After finishing here, Shi Jiaojiao looked at the time and saw that there was only more than half an hour left until the end of the safe period.
She felt a little uneasy thinking about the giant rats whose numbers had obviously increased today.
They can still hold on to about thirty of them today, but what if hundreds of them suddenly surround them later?
Although this is only a probabilistic event, if you live in the end times, you must always be prepared for the worst.
She pondered for a moment, then turned back to the cave and took out two electric nets.
Everyone has a generator, and the power grid doesn’t consume much electricity, but it can provide them with a layer of safety.
After Mu Ci took the electric fence, he installed it immediately without saying a word. Tang Wei knew the seriousness of the matter and didn't care about being pretentious at this time. He also took a piece of electric fence and hurried back to the entrance of his cave to install it.
They have all persisted in the apocalypse for so long, who would want to die if they can live? Besides, the friendship between friends can only be repaid by living.
Shi Jiaojiao stood by and thought deeply.
This alone is not enough, they cannot just defend without attacking.
The more giant rats they killed, the less pressure they faced.
She looked at the flat ground at the entrance of the cave, thinking back to the rats that had surrounded her today, and then looked at Wang Jia: "You still have the glass slag board you made in Tiantai Community, right?"
Wang Jia nodded. This was a trap that they had spent a lot of effort to make, so how could they bear to throw it away?
Shi Jiaojiao said, "Take them all out and cover the front of the cave entrance."
She had originally thought about digging a ditch to set a trap, but the giant rat had too strong jumping ability, so digging a ditch might not work, and there was simply no time left.
But it was a different story with the board at the door covered with broken glass. The higher the giant rat jumped, the deeper it would be stabbed when it landed.
After hearing this, Wang Jia immediately ran back to the cave.
Shi Jiaojiao also got a lot of boards with broken glass, and she moved them all out.
In order to deal with the self-defense forces of Tiantai Community, they did a lot, and it comes in handy now.
The two men spread out from the outside to the inside, trying to block the two cave entrances tightly to prevent a giant rat from rushing to the door.
Installing the power grid is not difficult. Mu Ci and Tang Wei have installed it countless times in Tiantai Community. It only takes a short time to complete it.
After it was done, the two of them hurried over to help lay the floor.
Of course, it would be difficult to go out with so many people at the door, but it would just be a little troublesome, better than the cave being broken into by a swarm of rats.
While placing them, Mu Ci looked at the cave entrance thoughtfully.
The entrances to the two caves were removed from the farm house. They were also metal doors, but unlike the large iron door without any gaps that they brought from the community, this one had a hollow vertical fence pattern on it.
It’s just that there is a layer of aluminum foil bag sealed with cement at the back, so it looks solid.
Mu Ci looked at Shi Jiaojiao and said, "I will drill two holes on it with an electric drill. Then we can shoot directly with the crossbow in the cave."
Shi Jiaojiao's eyes lit up. This was a good idea.
But she is safe now, but what about Wang Jia?
Mu Ci and Shi Jiaojiao grew up together and could see what the little girl was thinking at a glance.
"Look around in space. When I bought the steel crossbow, I also bought a few mechanical crossbows. Although they are not as good as the steel crossbow, they are also very lethal and sufficient for use."
Shi Jiaojiao immediately looked around the warehouse and found a mechanical crossbow inside.
It is slightly larger than a steel crossbow, but better than the basic model, as you don’t need to draw the bow to shoot.
Of course, I can give you the crossbow, but forget about the arrows. After all, there are not many arrows in the space, and they are not enough for my own use. Didn’t you see that Mu Ci always picks up the arrows after killing someone with a steel crossbow?
Before the door was sealed with glass shards and boards, Shi Jiaojiao immediately ran out with a crossbow.
Wang Jia looked at Shi Jiaojiao and was a little confused. The safe period was about to end, and it was too dangerous to go so far. She immediately asked, "What happened, Jiaojiao?"
Shi Jiaojiao handed the mechanical crossbow in her hand to Wang Jia and said hurriedly: "This is for you. We'll contact you via intercom for details later."
After saying this, she ran back in a hurry.
When Wang Jia saw the mechanical crossbow in his hand, his heart skipped a beat.
She and Tang Wei had envied the steel crossbow in Mu Ci's hand before, but they didn't expect that Shi Jiaojiao would give them one directly this time.
That’s right, although Shi Jiaojiao didn’t explicitly say it was a gift, when has she ever taken back something she had taken?
This is obviously to supplement himself and Tang Wei.
If it were in the past, she could buy as many of these little things as she wanted, but now it is the time when all the supplies that can be found outside have been looted clean out. Not to mention a crossbow, even a kitchen knife is hard to find.
She and Tang Wei looked at each other, and both were moved.
But now is not the time to talk. The most important thing now is to seal the entrance of the cave with glass slag boards before the safe period ends.
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