Chapter 008 Come to the door
A palm-sized pine cone rolled to Ye Qing's feet.
Ye Qing turned around hurriedly.
She saw the culprit - a gray-brown squirrel jumping on the branch of a big tree not far behind her.
As he jumped, the little fellow kept grinning and squeaking at her.
Ye Qing couldn't help but frown.
In fact, Ye Qing has never been able to resist these furry little animals.
Especially when she sees a squirrel with a big tail that looks like a feather brush, she can't help but want to touch it.
But it's a bit disgusting to use pine cones to hit people.
After all, pine cones are quite heavy. After being dropped from such a high tree, Ye Qing felt a big bump on the back of her head.
She was so angry that she couldn't help but glare at the squirrel viciously. She quickly reached out and rubbed the bag, using her wood-based ability to quickly relieve the swelling and pain.
However, Ye Qing thought that the squirrel did not hold the pine cone firmly and fell down accidentally. It was not a good idea to argue with a small animal, so he could only admit his bad luck, turned around and continued to rush down the mountain.
Who would have thought that the squirrel became anxious after she had only taken two steps.
The young guy hurriedly jumped down from the tree and rushed directly in front of Ye Qing, blocking his way.
As if afraid that Ye Qing didn't understand, this guy danced and jumped on the ground, anxiously pointing his paw at the woods from time to time, and occasionally looking up and making eye contact with Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was stunned.
Although she couldn't understand the squirrel's language, she could see that the squirrel looked very anxious, as if asking her for help.
Moreover, squirrels are usually afraid of people. Generally, if they encounter humans approaching in the woods, they will definitely run away immediately.
Now the squirrel overcame its instinctive fear and took the initiative to run up to her to communicate with her, which was enough to show how urgent its request was.
"You want my help?"
Ye Qing asked tentatively.
I don't know if the squirrel understood or not, but the little guy tilted his head, thought for two seconds, turned around and jumped back into the woods.
Not long after walking, the squirrel stopped on a low bush and squeaked, signaling Ye Qing to follow closely.
Ye Qing looked at the sun that was about to set, hesitated for a moment, and finally followed it resignedly.
Forget it, I'll just do a good deed for the day. If that doesn't work, I can just make a hammock out of vines and sleep there in the woods. I guess it shouldn't be a big deal.
Then, Ye Qing followed the squirrel through the woods, and finally came to a big tree covered with fallen petals.
This tree looks familiar.
Doesn't it look familiar? It's blooming and growing new leaves. If it wasn't her, then who did it?
Ye Qing couldn't understand why the squirrel brought her here.
Could it be that the squirrel had previously taken a fancy to the fruits on this old pine tree, and she had brought new life to the old pine tree, so the fruits originally on the tree were gone, so the squirrel was unhappy and wanted to settle the score with her?
But there are so many pine trees in this forest. Even if something happens to this old pine tree, there are still plenty of fruits on the other trees. It should not affect the animals in the forest from storing food for the winter.
Just when Ye Qing was stunned, he saw the squirrel quickly jumped onto the old pine tree that had grown many new branches, then stayed on a tree trunk, swearing at Ye Qing.
Seeing the angry and anxious look, even though Ye Qing didn't understand what the squirrel said, he felt that the curse was probably very unpleasant.
Ye Qing's face was full of question marks.
Just when Ye Qing was at a loss for words.
In the trunk where the squirrel was standing, half of a dark head poked out from an inconspicuous little hole. After touching noses with the jumping squirrel in front of it, it opened its mouth and began to squeak non-stop.
Only then did Ye Qing discover that there was a squirrel hole in the middle of the tree trunk. There was a squirrel hiding in the hole. And judging from the appearance of the two squirrels, the two little guys were probably a pair.
Seeing Ye Qing standing under the tree indifferent, the two squirrels seemed to have given up hope. The two squirrels were whispering to each other at the entrance of the tree hole as if they were performing a farewell between life and death.
In a flash, Ye Qing realized what was going on.
She slapped her forehead and looked at the young couple with embarrassment and guilt.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know your home was here, otherwise I would definitely not move this tree. Well, don't scold me anymore, I'm going to rescue your wife!"
Ye Qing really forgot. All she could think about was how to quickly absorb energy to complete the upgrade. However, she did not realize that after being cleansed by the supernatural power, the tree would not only grow rapidly, but some of the old wounds on the trunk would also heal.
Squirrels usually build their nests on trees. Some of them directly occupy unused bird nests, while others use tree holes dug by woodpeckers as their nests.
And it is obvious that the pair of squirrels in front of us live in a tree hole.
But unfortunately, their home is on an old pine tree that is growing very vigorously and has extremely rich wood-related abilities, and this pine tree happened to be targeted by Ye Qing.
After being catalyzed by Ye Qing's devastating supernatural power, the tree went from old age to youth in just a few minutes, and the hole in the trunk that was originally poked by the woodpecker also gradually closed.
Naturally, the narrow hole that was originally just enough for the squirrel to enter and exit smoothly has also become much smaller.
At the moment when the tree hole shrank, one of the little squirrels was still sleeping in the hole and was completely unaware of the danger.
By the time it reacted, it was already trapped in this cage-like tree hole and could no longer get out.
Fortunately, the squirrel's partner was still outside foraging, otherwise the couple would have been trapped in the tree hole, which would have been a hopeless situation.
Ye Qing really felt sorry for having suffered this unprovoked disaster. Even if these two cursed her as the culprit, it was what she deserved.
She quickly comforted the two kids while thinking of a solution in her mind.
The trunk of this pine tree is quite thick and it is definitely impossible to knock it down by kicking it, so all Ye Qing can do now is to pry open the hole in the tree and rescue the trapped squirrel first.
Ye Qing rummaged through the bag he was carrying.
The only handy tool inside is an old-fashioned iron pencil sharpener, only about an inch long. The blade and handle are both made of iron. They are a bit rusty, but the edge is still quite sharp.
This pencil sharpener was picked up by the original owner on the way to school when he was in junior high school. Although it was not worth much, the original owner cherished it very much and always carried it in his bag.
Ye Qing didn't know if this thing would work, but she couldn't care less at the moment. She looked around, found a vine, and used her wood-based ability to quickly induce childbirth. Then, she used the vine to wrap around her waist and sent herself to the shrunken tree hole.
The two squirrels were obviously frightened by Ye Qing's move, but the two little guys reacted quickly and realized that Ye Qing was here to help save the squirrels. The one outside immediately moved out of the way, and the one inside obediently shrank back into the tree hole.
Fortunately, the pencil sharpener in Ye Qing's hand was quite powerful. After she sharpened it dozens of times, she successfully enlarged the hole by half, allowing the trapped little squirrel to drill out smoothly.
Finally the little guy was rescued. Ye Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Just when he was thinking of giving the couple something as compensation, he didn't expect that after they escaped, they quickly ran into the woods and disappeared. The way they fled seemed to have regarded Ye Qing as a monster.
Ye Qing touched his nose and felt so guilty that he didn't know what to say.
After repairing the tree hole, Ye Qing drove the vines to put himself back on the ground.
But she was not in a hurry to go down the mountain and go home at this moment.
Mainly because after what happened just now, the sun has really set, and it is estimated that it is almost six o'clock.
On the way to the suburbs, she had already asked the ticket seller.
For this bus route out of the city, the last bus back to the city is at 5:30, which means that even if she goes down the mountain at this time, she will not be able to catch the last bus.
So she could only sleep in this woods tonight.
Having experienced the end of the world, Ye Qing has long been accustomed to dealing with various emergencies, so even though she is trapped in this forest, she is not panicking.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not completely dark yet, she wandered around the area.
Fortunately, she found a wild chestnut tree and a kiwi tree. There were a few fruits on the trees. Not many, but enough for Ye Qing to satisfy her hunger and quench her thirst.
It was already mid-September, and the wild fruits in the mountains were almost ripe. Ye Qing injected a little bit of supernatural power into them, causing the wild fruits to go directly from being close to maturity to being fully ripe.
Then she picked all the wild chestnuts and wild kiwis. The chestnuts were crisp and rich in starch, and the kiwis were sweet and juicy. They were so delicious that Ye Qing couldn't stop eating them.
After eating and drinking, Ye Qing found a relatively open and flat place nearby, and sprouted several vines between the branches of the surrounding trees, and wove them together to form a circular high-altitude hammock.
The hammock was about four or five meters above the ground. At this height, Ye Qing estimated that there would be no danger unless he encountered a cat that was good at climbing trees.
Sleeping in a dense forest surrounded by vitality is definitely an extraordinary enjoyment for Ye Qing, a wood-type mutant. Such a scene was something Ye Qing could not even imagine during the last ten years of the apocalypse.
So she fell asleep quickly.
She didn't know how long she slept. She was in a daze and dreamt that she was fleeing everywhere with the refugees after the apocalyptic natural disaster. Suddenly, there was a wooden creaking sound, which scared her so much that she sat up suddenly from the hammock.
"Pumbaa——"
Two more shots rang out.
This time Ye Qing heard it clearly. The sound of the wooden box could be heard throughout the forest and was particularly clear in the silent night.
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