"I hope those people with conjunctivitis won't look like monsters this winter." Lu Wuyai glanced at the white world, which seemed particularly quiet at this moment.
Seeing the bamboo grove at one end of the fence, Lu Wuyai couldn't help but think of the two raccoons that had eaten the black stone before.
“Go and see them,” Lu Wuyai said to himself.
The bamboo forest is very dense today, covering a much larger area. At a glance, the tender yellow leaves droop, looking somewhat lifeless.
Before he could even step inside, Lu Wuyai heard a commotion coming from the bamboo forest.
"These raccoons. Why is there a rooster crowing?" Out of curiosity, Lu Wuyai parted the bamboo grove and saw three raccoons roaring around a group of pheasants.
Perhaps because of their relationship with the food chain, these pheasants were so frightened that they remained motionless, occasionally squawking, appearing extremely terrified.
Upon seeing this, Lu Wuyai's eyes lit up.
In their first year on the deserted island, they had tried to raise pheasants, but failed due to an accident. Now, they never expected to find traces of pheasants in the bamboo forest.
However, the raccoon seemed a little bewildered by this creature.
Lu Wuyai counted more than twenty pheasants in total, with a particularly large number of hens. In the bamboo forest not far away, a nest of white, oval-shaped pheasants could be seen.
“Now, we can also raise some pheasants.” Lu Wuyai thought to himself, walked into the cowshed, pulled out some ropes for rolling up straw, and then went into the bamboo forest.
Lu Wuyai didn't say a word, and tied the pheasants up with rope. The process was somewhat chaotic. Fortunately, the raccoon helped out once, accidentally knocking out a few pheasants.
"What a pity, we should have been faster." Lu Wuyai shook his head and took the eighteen pheasants off the ground.
The raccoon roared a few times in the bamboo forest, seemingly for no apparent reason.
Lu Wuyai did not return to Shiqiu. Instead, he placed the pheasant outside the cowshed and woke up Gu Yuxin and the others who were still sleeping on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Gu Yuxin rubbed her eyes, her tone clearly displeased.
Lu Wuyai pointed to the pheasants outside the cowshed: "I'm shoveling the snow behind the cowshed. I'm planning to build a chicken coop."
"Pheasant." Gu Yuxin did see a pheasant and was a little curious, but remembering what Lu Wuyai had said earlier, she had to put in the effort.
Lacking timber and steel, Lu Wuyai planned to build a chicken coop using bamboo and cement to temporarily keep the pheasants near the cowshed.
There's still a lot of cement material inside the cave.
Here, Lu Wuyai cut down a lot of bamboo. After transporting it to the cowshed, he returned to Shiqiu and called over Su Xi, who had already woken up.
When they heard that a chicken coop was to be built, the two women's first thoughts were of eggs and chickens.
Looking at the two radiant women in front of him, Lu Wuyai was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself that they were indeed typical foodies.
Building a chicken coop isn't difficult. The combination of cement and bamboo ensures that the entire building material can withstand the erosion of wind and rain.
Lu Wuyai first wrapped a seven- or eight-meter-long bamboo stalk with cement. After it solidified, he began to drive the bamboo stalk into the ground.
Generally speaking, bamboo grows about three meters above the ground.
"Gu Yuxin, go and get some more cement," Lu Wuyai urged.
Near the cowshed, Gu Yuxin heard the noise and became a little angry. However, thinking about the eggs he would get to eat later, he kept his head down and continued carrying cement materials.
By noon, the foundation for the chicken coop was completely laid. Lu Wuyai felt aches in his arms and weakness in his biceps.
"Finally, it's all done." Lu Wuyai thought to himself. From now on, the roof of the shed only needs to be covered with bamboo boards and straw, and there's generally no need to worry too much.
At this point, Li Ruisi had already brought the pheasant over. Perhaps out of fear, the pheasant urinated everywhere, filling the air with the smell of rotten eggs.
When the pheasant is put into the coop, the free pheasant immediately starts clucking and laughing non-stop.
“The pheasant’s call is a bit too loud,” Gu Yuxin said, frowning. “It could easily cause some unnecessary trouble, especially for patients with red eyes.”
Lu Wuyai frowned at this point. He hadn't considered that at all.
"Don't build the roof yet," Lu Wuyai said, asking Su Xi and Su Xi to stop.
After careful consideration, Lu Wuyai finally decided that safety should be the top priority.
However, he didn't want to give up the pheasants. After much thought, the best solution seemed to be to build a chicken coop in the bamboo forest. Perhaps these pheasants could survive better in their native environment.
“It took a long time, and I had to start all over again,” Gu Yuxin complained.
Lu Wuyai glared at her, but he couldn't say anything about Gu Yuxin's complaints. After all, it was he who had initially asked them to build a chicken coop near the cowshed.
Soon, Lu Wuyai laid the foundation for a chicken coop in the bamboo forest.
However, the new chicken coop is larger than the old one.
Ouch, ouch.
Seeing that Lu Wuyai had left and then returned, the raccoon emerged from the bamboo forest, roared at him, and seemed very excited.
"Don't shout." Lu Wuyai then inserted the bamboo into the foundation and asked the women to bring some more cement bamboo poles.
The chicken coop's area doubled, and Lu Wuyai used a lot of cement when building the roof. After all, this winter was destined to be very cold.
"I didn't expect this bamboo grove to be so warm," Su Xi said.
Indeed, the bamboo in the bamboo forest grows very densely, trapping a lot of heat. Although not as good as underground caves, it is still much warmer than the outside world.
Moreover, when pheasants enter the bamboo forest, they become very quiet. They lie on the ground, occasionally making a cooing sound, which is inconspicuous.
The raccoon was very curious about the chicken coop. He circled it a few times, and finally leaned against the coop and fell asleep.
“I’ll go get the eggs over there,” Lu Wuyai said. He had just seen a nest of eggs, at least twenty or so. Clearly, these pheasants had been living in this bamboo forest for a long time.
Soon, Lu Wuyai's down jacket was filled with eggs. He gave some to Gu Yuxin so they could also have some.
"Tonight, add some vegetables and stew some egg custard," Lu Wuyai said to Su Xi, who readily agreed.
After leaving the bamboo forest, the pure white snowflakes once again covered everyone; the true power of the blizzard was only just beginning to show...
As night fell, the heavy snow temporarily stopped.
Lu Wuyai and the others emerged from the cave, looked up at the starry sky, and felt more and more that the world was pure.
"The dark clouds have dispersed." Su Xi held a handful of snow, spread her hands, and looked very excited.
"Don't make a sound, be quiet." Gu Yuxin said, worried that Su Xi would attract some people with conjunctivitis.
"It's alright again." Su Xi pouted, her face full of displeasure, but for the rest of the time, she still spoke in a low voice.
“Let’s go take a look.” Lu Wuyai pointed straight ahead, where the grass was covered with snow. But just now, he seemed to have seen some reflections. He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination.
Soon, everyone put on their skis and leaped up the hillside ahead as lightly as swallows.
A few minutes later, Lu Wuyai picked up a piece of debris from the snow. It looked like a broken machine casing.
"Can you tell what this is?" Lu Wuyai handed the fragment to someone else, but unfortunately, he couldn't figure out its origin.
However, judging from the depth to which the debris sank into the snow layer, this thing does not seem to be a fallen object, because it only appeared in a relatively shallow snow layer.
So soon, everyone forgot about it and started swimming in the snow at night.
Under the moonlight, the snow layer shimmered with a crystalline luster, giving it a unique charm and beauty.
Lu Wuyai and his companions continued gliding along, occasionally comparing their speeds. Before they knew it, they had completely moved away from the rocky hill and the cowshed.
During this time, everyone has been practicing skiing techniques, and even the clumsiest Gu Yuxin has mastered quite a few moves.
We stopped on a gentle slope, sat down on the ground, opened our thermos cups, took a sip of hot water, and felt incredibly comfortable.
"There seem to be a few wolves over there." Song Xiaoyou pointed to a grove of dead trees ahead, where several wolf-like creatures were eating.
“Actually, animals are much stronger than us, aren’t they?” Kim Hee-rok suddenly realized something and said.
In this forest of dead trees, the food chain appears to be quite complex. Not only are there wild wolves, but at nightfall, even more nocturnal predators emerge.
The roar continued to echo over the withered forest.
"Let's go back." Lu Wuyai checked the time; it was already ten o'clock.
On the way back, the stars seemed less bright, but everything else was fine. Gu Yuxin and the other three seemed a little timid.
Finally, when we returned to Shiqiu, it was already midnight.
Everyone went straight home to rest, ending their short overnight trip.
Time passed at a leisurely pace again, and by mid-January, it had been five consecutive days without snow on the deserted island.
The weather has been exceptionally nice lately, with golden sunlight bathing the barren island, though the days have become a little shorter.
That morning at seven o'clock, Lu Wuyai went to the bamboo forest and retrieved the day's wild eggs. He passed by the fence and placed a few near the cowshed.
Back at the hill, Lu Wuyai didn't rush back to the cave. Instead, he went to the cave and put the wild eggs he had obtained that day into a simple incubator.
Because many of these wild eggs were discovered by chance, they are likely to hatch into chicks if the temperature is right.
Therefore, Lu Wuyai felt that the captive breeding plan could be made bolder, increasing the number of captive animals and improving their quality of life.
But today, before entering the cave, Lu Wuyai suddenly noticed many footprints on the snow, which made his expression instantly turn serious.
A row of footprints stood out prominently in the snow near the cave. The key point is that it hadn't snowed recently, so the footprints weren't covered at all. It's unclear who was near the cave.
Lu Wuyai walked to a corner, put down the eggs, and listened intently, hoping to find some clues.
But after observing for a long time, Lu Wuyai still couldn't find the owner of the footprints, so he breathed a sigh of relief, continued picking up bird eggs, and walked towards the basement.
But just as he was about to open the cave door, a gust of wind suddenly sounded from behind Lu Wuyai, making his scalp tingle and his hair stand on end.
Without almost any hesitation, Lu Wuyai released his grip, and the egg fell to the snow, while he rolled around on the spot. Even so, his back was still struck by a tremendous force.
"Who is it?" Lu Wuyai was both shocked and furious. When he turned around, he saw that the other person was wearing camouflage. After knocking him down, he quickly picked up the eggs from the ground and looked at the surrounding area. He froze for a few seconds.
Lu Wuyai gasped and charged toward his opponent, but the man in camouflage clearly hadn't expected Lu Wuyai to retaliate so quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the two were completely entangled. Only then did Lu Wuyai notice that the other person was not a patient with red eyes, but a burly foreigner.
With astonishing strength, Lu Wuyai not only withstood his opponent's attack but also launched a counterattack, knocking the man unconscious.
“Those eggs were all wasted.” Lu Wuyai looked at the broken wild eggs on his body, his heart filled with hatred.
Looking at the other person, he had already fainted. Lu Wuyai thought for a moment, then got into a car and drove towards a more distant hill.
The other party only stole the eggs; they didn't do anything too bad.
Half an hour later, on a beach far from the stone mountain, Lu Wuyai put the man down. The man was still unconscious, which showed how powerful Lu Wuyai was when he knocked him out before.
Before leaving, Lu Wuyai carefully examined the man's body and found it riddled with bullet holes. To outsiders, the man's identity was clearly not simple.
On the beach, the seawater was completely frozen, impenetrable by bullets.
Lu Wuyai glanced at the horizon. It was so white that he couldn't see anything clearly.
"Let's go take a look there." After thinking for a while, Lu Wuyai drove towards the distant sea.
The seawater near the deserted island was completely frozen, making it very stable for vehicles to drive on.
Lu Wuyai wanted to see the place where the sea had frozen over this time.
He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that this winter was destined to be colder than ever before, and perhaps the frozen sea would be different too.
"That foreigner probably won't freeze to death." Lu Wuyai turned his head and looked at the rearview mirror. The other person's figure on the beach gradually became blurry.
Soon, Lu Wuyai focused his attention on what was ahead.
As the car sped past, Lu Wuyai kept a close eye on the battery consumption. It has to be said, operating this kind of tram in winter is extremely difficult.
At noon, Lu Wuyai turned on the solar panels to rapidly absorb sunlight from the sky.
Seeing the power indicator light on the distribution board continue to charge, Lu Wuyai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"But we have to get back before dark, otherwise Su Xi and the others will definitely worry." Taking advantage of the good sunshine, Lu Wuyai drove the car at top speed, and the feeling of being pushed back and forth on his back was really thrilling.
Fortunately, Lu Wuyai had put snow chains on the tires before leaving. At that speed, the car's balance was still quite good.
At two o'clock, Lu Wuyai was preparing to return, but in the strong wind, he actually saw a black stripe appear on the horizon.
"It looks like an island." Lu Wuyai, panting heavily, quickly took down the binoculars.
Through the telescope, Lu Wuyai roughly determined that the black patch should be the small island.
Lu Wuyai let out a sigh of relief and then abandoned the idea of leaving. After more than ten minutes, he finally saw the island clearly.
The island is large, but you can still see the whole thing.
But what surprised him most was not the island.
Near this lush, green deserted island, a capsized cargo ship was frozen on the sea, which was one of the things that caught Lu Wuyai's attention.
“There are quite a few containers. Judging from the traces, no one should have discovered this place yet. The cargo ship accident must have happened in the last few days,” Lu Wuyai said.
He quickly got out of the car and walked on the ice. He looked down and felt a chill run down his spine, and goosebumps rose on his back.
At his feet, he saw floating corpses, like evil ghosts, their scarlet eyes wide open, motionless, staring at him.
Lu Wuyai gasped, his whole body went numb, his feet were ice cold, and he had an urge to run away immediately.
However, these patients with conjunctivitis were frozen in ice and were likely already dead.
Lu Wuyai calmed down a bit and walked towards the small island.
Arriving at the seaside, looking at the large number of shipping containers in front of him, Lu Wuyai casually opened a few and found that the supplies inside were very abundant, some of which were consumables in large quantities.
For example, Lu Wuyai discovered two containers of "band-aids" that women would use every month.
In addition, there is food and fresh water.
However, Lu Wuyai didn't stay long. He strolled along the beach on the island for a while, then drove away. His car was filled with all sorts of large "band-aids."
As night fell, Lu Wuyai returned safely to the cave and moved the materials from the carriage into the cave.
The women were astonished when they saw these things. After questioning them carefully, they were all surprised. They had never imagined that there was a small island hundreds of kilometers away from the deserted island.
"There are indeed plenty of supplies. Let's find some time to go check them out tomorrow."
Lu Wuyai was very satisfied with today's discovery, but the foreigners who attacked him had completely disappeared after he returned.
The thought that the other party had already discovered the entrance to the cave made Lu Wuyai feel uneasy.
"Don't worry." On the bed in the container, Su Xi touched Lu Wuyai's chest and said, "We've set so many traps, it'll be alright."
Lu Wuyai nodded. They had just rearranged the trap in the snow. Even if they stood on the snow, it would still be triggered.
Feeling Su Xi's gentleness, Lu Wuyai's hands began to feel unreliable, and a buzzing sound gradually echoed in the private room, adding warmth to the cold night.
The next morning, all the vehicles rushed to the small island on the beach.
Everyone seemed quite excited along the way. After all, they had discovered a new island. The feeling of adventure made everyone eager to try it out.
"Be careful, there are many people with conjunctivitis in the ice on the island," Lu Wuyai warned.
Although these patients have died, no one can guarantee that there are no other infected people on the island.
Before 11 a.m., everyone stopped on the beach of the unfamiliar island. Except for Lu Wuyai, this was the first time anyone had seen him.
“There really is a cargo ship.” Su Xi walked towards the cargo ship, and as she looked down, she saw a silent and ferocious face under the ice.
Su Xi and the other women swallowed hard and nervously looked around.
Before the operation, Lu Wuyai repeatedly reminded everyone not to forget to bring their pistols and to point the front of the car at the sea. If there was any danger, they could choose to leave as soon as possible.
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