Chen Ruoruo thought of something and took out several oxygen tanks from the space and put them aside in case of emergency.
Judging from the current situation of the wildfires around us, it is hard to say whether the surrounding air will be exhausted. At that time, this thing will come in handy.
Actually, this was not purchased when she was preparing supplies. At that time, her focus was almost entirely on collecting food. This was still in a warehouse in the southwest.
Although I was thinking of taking refuge in the mountains later, I never thought I would encounter such a situation.
In the extremely hot weather, the surrounding forest fires became more intense, the flames continued to spread, and the fire became bigger and bigger.
Although the wildfire did not directly attack the mountain where Chen Ruoruo and others were, the surrounding area was filled with scorching heat, burning the plants on the mountain to death.
The leaping flames devoured everything around them with unstoppable momentum, as if they were going to roast everything.
At this moment, Chen Ruoruo and the others were like beggar chickens buried in the soil, trapped in this stuffy and suffocating environment, and had no way to escape.
Chen Ruoruo, Erlangzi and a few others were still inside the cave, but they were not panicking at all as if a disaster was about to happen.
Perhaps because he had witnessed the fire outside, or perhaps because of his natural sensitivity to crisis, the Wolf King was still a little uneasy.
Judging from the situation outside, it didn't feel safe hiding in this cave. Moreover, the only way out at the moment was completely blocked by Chen Ruoruo, leaving no room for maneuver. If the crisis approached, hiding here would surely mean death.
The reason why it was reluctant to enter the cave was because it knew it was not a good hiding place, but since Chen Ruoruo was here, it had no choice but to follow.
Then he took a few people to the cave entrance and kept an eye on the surrounding situation.
Chen Ruoruo looked at the wolf king and a few others standing in the cave, guarding it in full battle readiness, as if they were worried that the fire outside would spread over.
Looking at the fool next to her, he was lying in the corner with his arms and legs spread out, snoring softly from the tip of his nose. She shook her head, thinking that this guy was really careless.
Chen Ruoruo walked forward and gently touched the wolf king's head. Then, after collecting the completely melted ice water in the sink into the space, she took out a new piece of ice to replenish it.
The temperature around her was abnormally high right now. Normally, the ice she put in the sink would take at least a day and a night to melt completely.
Because this cave is originally deep inside the mountain, the temperature inside is very cool. Even if the temperature outside is high, she can basically put a piece of ice in it and it will be very cool, and she doesn't even need to turn on the cooling fan.
However, not long after they entered the cave, Chen Ruoruo discovered that the temperature in the cave was rising rapidly, and the ice she placed in the sink was also melting rapidly.
However, while she was cleaning the wounds of a few of them, it all melted in twenty or thirty minutes.
As the cave became increasingly hot and stuffy, Chen Ruoruo knew that the situation was extremely serious. She took out three or four large ice cubes from the space without hesitation, placed one in the sink, and placed the others directly on the ground outside.
Fortunately, after Chen Ruoruo took out the ice, the temperature in the cave dropped significantly. Seeing that it was effective, she felt relieved. She collected a lot of ice in the extreme cold.
Now they didn't have to worry about being steamed by the heat all around, and the wolf king and a few others relaxed visibly after feeling the noticeable drop in temperature in the cave and the coolness coming from the ice not far away.
Some of them even ran to the ice to lick the water flowing down from the ice. Seeing this, Chen Ruoruo took out their food boxes that she had just retrieved from the cave entrance from the space and placed them against the wall.
Then he put ice cubes and water in it. Seeing this, a few of them hurried over and drank it in big gulps. After they were full, they went to ask the other few guarding the cave entrance to come and drink water.
The fool who was sleeping soundly nearby heard the sound and got up. He ran over happily and drank madly from his water bowl. They had just been roasted in the high temperature, so it would be strange if they were not thirsty.
Chen Ruoruo patted her head and blamed herself for being careless and not thinking of it. Looking at their appearance, she felt dry in the mouth. She took out a cup of iced milk tea from the space and drank it in big gulps.
The crisis is basically resolved now. She just needs to add ice in time to ensure that the temperature in the cave does not rise and wait for the surrounding wildfires to extinguish automatically.
Even if the wildfire burned to her mountain, Chen Ruoruo was not worried. She had enough ice, an oxygen mask, and all kinds of food in the space. She had enough money to stay in this cave and wait for the wildfire to end.
What Chen Ruoruo didn't notice was that after Erlangzi and the Wolf King drank the ice water, the wounds on their bodies were obviously healing and scabbing quickly, and they didn't look as uncomfortable as before.
Also, she noticed that the amount of ice she took out of the space did not match the amount of water that was taken into the space after melting.
Perhaps it is because the water seeps into the ground after it melts, or perhaps the surrounding temperature is too high, so the ice melts and turns into water vapor and disappears directly into the air.
At this time, Chen Ruoruo was lying on a recliner with a comic book in her hand, reading with great interest.
Compared to the comfort and tranquility in the cave, the situation on the hill outside was still tense. The fires on the surrounding hills continued to spread towards the hill where Chen Ruoruo was, expanding its power with unstoppable momentum.
Strangely, after Chen Ruoruo brought Erlangzi back to the cave, the mutated plants on the mountain began to stretch their bodies rapidly to block the spreading fire.
They continued to use their newly grown fresh branches to forcefully prevent the fire snake from landing on this mountain.
It is not known whether these mutated plants are acting so crazily and at all costs to protect themselves and their habitats, or to protect other creatures in the mountains.
Apart from Chen Ruoruo, Erlangzi and the Wolf King, there are only these mutated plants on this mountain.
As the fire continued to grow, the mutated plants at the foot of the mountain could no longer withstand the fire and were eventually swallowed by the fire snakes. The fire began to slowly spread up the mountain. At this time, the mutated plants in various places halfway up the mountain seemed to have suddenly absorbed enough nutrients.
They began to grow wildly, and the branches and leaves that were originally wilted by the scorch became lush green, and the branches became stronger. They stretched out their branches madly, and used the newly grown green branches and tender leaves to rush towards the flames rising from the foot of the mountain.
In this way, the fire snakes that came with great force were stopped from continuing their upward attack by one crop of green plants after another, until they were finally extinguished at the foot of the mountain by the constantly stacked fresh branches.
Then, the vines of the mutant plants around the cave entrance began to stretch continuously, surrounding the rock vents all around the mountain, firmly clinging to the vicinity, and rapidly growing green leaves the size of a cattail fan.
Gradually, all the leaves almost covered the entire mountain. Then, the water vapor that drifted out from the stomata slowly followed the roots and stems to various places where they spread under the cover of these green leaves.
The mutated plants at the foot of the mountain, which had been burned to the point that only their roots and stems were left, regained their vitality under the nourishment of the water vapor and began to grow emerald green shoots.
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