Are you still Mingrui?
Lu Wuyai and the others exchanged glances, only then realizing that the phone's previous owner was named Mingrui, but unfortunately he was no longer with them.
After a brief exchange, the other party remained silent.
“The situation on the mainland is still very bad,” Lu Wuyai asked proactively.
"Don't leave this island. It may be a rare haven of peace, but unfortunately, I don't know my own coordinates."
Lu Wuyai and his group did not know the coordinates of the deserted island, but even if they did, they might not tell the other party.
The phone call continued. It was a rare exchange. Lu Wuyai even wrote it down, which might become a clue later.
"What's the situation on the mountain peak?" Lu Wuyai asked.
“Uncertain,” the woman said. “We’ve already evacuated Mount Everest, which has long been plagued by infectious diseases. Now, apart from the islands, there’s nowhere safe anymore.”
"However, judging from what you've said, it seems that the island you're on has also been infected with the virus, so you should make plans for yourself in advance."
The spread of the virus has exceeded everyone's expectations. Survivors around the world are researching vaccines, but no one knows what will ultimately happen.
"All living things will be infected. This is no joke. Even marine life is now mutating. In the future, the human living environment will become increasingly difficult, and most people will choose to live underground."
"The key issue is that, in such a harsh environment, and after being bombed by nuclear weapons, many places are unable to grow anything, and quite a few people have already starved to death this winter."
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
"When can we make a phone call?" Lu Wuyai asked.
The person on the other end of the phone said he wasn't sure either. She had gotten through by chance this time. The signal had been unstable since the nuclear explosion. Satellite signal alone had dropped significantly. This call was interrupted at some point.
The next second, a crackling sound appeared, and the other person's words stopped abruptly and never came again.
Lu Wuyai turned off his phone and felt relieved for a while. During the call, he finally learned about the situation outside. It seemed that many places had been occupied, and people had even chosen to live underground.
"Thinking about it this way, the plane crash we encountered at the beginning actually gave us a key to survival," Yu Mengrou said.
Lu Wuyai stood up: "Live well, or it might not be so easy next time."
Everyone was stunned; they immediately thought of the crisis mentioned in the earlier call. Once a person or animal is infected with this virus, they will inevitably become infected very quickly.
"I wonder if the herbal medicine we drank before has any effect on this virus." Su Xi also felt uneasy.
"It will have some effect, more or less, so don't worry too much," Gu Yuxin said confidently.
“I’m really worried, so starting tomorrow, I will take the third stage of the herbal medicine, once a day, 3 ml each time.”
This herbal medicine has a subtle and gradual effect; long-term use can bring unexpected benefits.
In comparison to the fourth and fifth stages of potions, the third stage of plant-based potions is easier to make and has a better effect.
"The herbal medicine you mentioned is an LG product." Suddenly, Li Ruisi, who had been silent until now, spoke up, drawing everyone's attention.
After hearing Li Ruisi's words, everyone looked at her in unison.
Gu Yuxin, in particular, was extremely interested in and confused by Li Ruisi's words, because very few people knew that this herbal medicine was a product that LG Corporation had discovered by chance, and even insiders knew very little about it.
"How did you know?" Gu Yuxin asked.
Li Ruisi looked up and said, "I saw someone selling them."
"It was in a camp. I saw a guy carrying a box selling this kind of thing..."
"Did you buy it?" Lu Wuyai asked.
Li Ruisi shook her head and said, "I can't afford it. The other party needs food and fresh water. How can these things be exchanged so easily?"
"What did the buyer say?"
"It's said to be the latest product from LG Technology. I also heard on the plane that these drugs do have a certain effect in delaying viral infection."
Hearing this, no one knew what to say, except that the color of the medicine varied at different stages. According to Li Ruisi's recollection, the herbal medicine sold at that time was probably only in its first stage.
Soon, Gu Yuxin went to the laboratory, and when she came out, she was holding three bottles of fifth-stage herbal medicine. The colorful liquid, like stars, was truly mesmerizing.
“I’ll give you a drink to prevent you from getting infected when you go out,” Gu Yuxin said.
Gu Yuxin and the others were surprised for a while, but quickly drank it all. After the liquid entered their bodies, they felt a warm sensation all over their bodies, and they felt very sleepy.
Soon the three women fell asleep on the ground.
"Looks like I need to hurry up and research the sixth-stage potion." Moro clenched his fist and cheered inwardly.
On the eve of the Lunar New Year, everyone went to bed early to welcome the arrival of the new year.
The next day, the sky was clear, and the golden sunlight shone on the snow, reflecting a stunning light.
However, although it was a sunny day, the northwest wind was still howling, blowing heavy snow, and it felt like a blizzard was still falling.
Lu Wuyai walked on the rocky hill, holding a broom in his hand, with the woman following behind him, and they walked together toward the cowshed.
The cleaning of the cowshed was temporarily put on hold for a while because everyone was busy moving goods. Now we finally have time to take a look.
Because the snow on the grass outside the cowshed was too thick, Lu Wuyai and the others had to drive a small truck loaded with a snowplow and start driving around the fence.
When shoveling snow, place it on the base of the truck and then tip it over.
After working for half a day, the grass outside the cowshed was finally cleared. Li Ruisi ran outside the cowshed, opened the door, and let the cows and sheep out.
"As expected, the animals could withstand the cold, and they didn't even die," Lu Wuyai said with emotion.
After fetching some water, Gu Yuxin and the others began cleaning. The smell in the cowshed was indeed quite strong.
During this time, Lu Wuyai and Su Xi also came to help, clearing away some weeds and piling cow dung next to the fence so that it could be used to start a fire next year.
Everyone brought some fresh straw from the burrow. Gu Yuxin even sprinkled the excess first-stage drugs from the laboratory on the hay, which could also slightly prevent the cattle and sheep from being infected by the virus.
Of course, this is just for psychological comfort.
Later, they went to the bamboo forest again, but unfortunately they didn't find the raccoon, and the pit they had dug for each other was empty.
Conversely, in the chicken coop, flocks of pheasants huddled together for warmth, and there were a large number of pheasant eggs on the ground.
After collecting the wild eggs, everyone returned to the cowshed to continue with their other tasks.
As dusk fell, heavy snow began to fall again, and a chilling feeling made everyone tremble.
“Look at the cowshed.” Li Ruisi pointed to the top of the cowshed, and everyone could see that a small ice crystal was slowly falling from the roof.
"Looks like there's going to be a cold front tonight." Lu Wuyai frowned and took a deep breath. The cold air felt like a knife cutting through his lungs, making him very uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Li Ruisi immediately went to the entrance of the hay storage hole, took out dozens of sturdy bundles of hay, and carefully laid them on the eaves of the cowshed.
“That won’t work either.” Lu Wuyai shook his head and said, “I need to go to the basement. You all should go back.”
Lu Wuyai quickly took out a brand-new generator from the cave, along with half a bucket of diesel fuel and an electric heater, and hurried back to the cowshed.
Pour in diesel fuel, start the generator, plug in the electric heater, and a wisp of heat slowly spreads across the cold ground.
Lu Wuyai breathed a sigh of relief, but when he looked up, he could still hear the sound of ice crystals covering the roof.
"Tonight is probably the coldest day since the beginning of winter." Lu Wuyai swayed slightly. After leaving the office, he locked it and decided to check again tomorrow.
When Lu Wuyai returned to the cave, he didn't see Gu Yuxin and the others. After asking around, he learned that they had already gone back to the cave outside the cowshed to rest.
"Let's eat and rest, it's going to be very cold tonight."
In fact, Su Xi and the others had already felt the chill. Even with the heating on, some blind spots in the cave still smelled of water seeping through.
In response, Lu Wuyai bought an extra generator and opened the vents to allow air circulation, so it wouldn't be too stuffy.
Meanwhile, we installed curtains at the entrance to the passageway to prevent leaks from the heater.
That night, everyone covered themselves with thick quilts and fell into a deep sleep. They didn't wake up until nine o'clock the next morning.
The first thing Lu Wuyai did after getting up was to turn off the heating, get dressed, and head towards the cave entrance. He noticed that the snowflakes from last night didn't seem to be very heavy.
Standing on the snow, Lu Wuyai steadied himself. He had almost fallen. Fortunately, he lowered his center of gravity in time, avoiding the embarrassing situation of falling on his backside.
"It must have been too cold last night; the snow is frozen solid." Lu Wuyai was surprised to find that the snow was now as hard as cement. Even if you used a shovel to break it, you could only make some ice chips.
This discovery made Lu Wuyai's eyes light up.
"The ground is frozen solid now, can't we just drive directly? There's no need to worry about the snow blocking the roads."
Lu Wuyai licked his lips and immediately ran towards the garage.
Although the snow in the garage was frozen solid, the northwest wind was strong last night. Some auto repair shops are located in remote areas where the snow isn't very deep. With Lu Wuyai's relentless hacking, five cars were finally rescued. Cars, oh cars.
With these five vehicles, we can make several deliveries today, continuing until late at night.
So Lu Wuyai returned to the cave, woke up several women, and together they set off to the island to resupply.
On the road, the ground was indeed frozen solid, and cars could drive on it without any problems.
Despite running at high speed, it took everyone two hours to reach the island successfully this time.
It was almost noon. Lu Wuyai and the others got out of the car and looked at the snow-capped mountains. The containers had been completely buried by the blizzard.
"It's all frozen solid, I can't open it," Su Xi complained. When she went out, she was only thinking about the ice on the ground, completely ignoring that the container was also covered in snow. It had been completely frozen solid when the cold wave hit yesterday.
Lu Wuyai scratched his head. He had driven for two hours, and this was the result.
The container was covered in snow, and the surface was so frozen that only a few pieces of ice could be scraped off with a shovel.
“You can’t come here for nothing,” Su Xi said.
There were still some unopened containers on the island. Lu Wuyai thought of the red wild berries and led his men into the forest. When they emerged, each person was carrying a small bag.
He crushed the wild fruit and spread the juice evenly on the snow on the surface of the container. Then Lu Wuyai lit a lighter, and the flame quickly ignited along with the juice on the snow.
"I never expected that the juice of this wild fruit could actually burn." The girls around were terrified and found it amazing.
A few minutes later, the snow melted, leaving most of the nearby containers completely exposed to the air.
“There are nine containers in total. If we open these, we can temporarily stop using them.” Lu Wuyai said, casually smashing the safety latches on the containers.
Soon, everyone began inspecting the goods inside the nine containers.
"These are all fabrics, they look quite high-end, and there are also two fully automatic sewing machines."
"I have medicine and gauze here."
"Lu Wuyai, come and take a look. These look like combat suits."
Upon hearing Jin Xilu's voice, Lu Wuyai hurried over and saw two rows of aluminum alloy shelves inside the container, with a small number of clothes hanging on them. Every item looked very valuable.
Lu Wuyai touched the clothes and said, "The material is very good."
"It's made of bulletproof fiber fabric," Gu Yuxin said. "These clothes are all made of bulletproof fiber, and each piece costs hundreds of thousands of yuan. The production process is also not that simple."
"Let me try." Lu Wuyai became interested, drew his gun, and fired several shots directly at the clothes.
At such close range, the bullet only left a few bullet marks on the cloth, with no other damage whatsoever.
"The quality of the protective suits is better than what we used to make."
So, Lu Wuyai and the others put all their combat suits directly into the car.
To their surprise, they discovered that the clothes actually changed color.
As white snowflakes landed on their clothes, the dark blue garments visibly transformed into a snow-white robe and trousers. If it weren't for the weight of the clothes in their hands, Lu Wuyai and the others would have thought they were holding nothing at all.
With these clothes, everyone's life will be better protected when entering and leaving the forest.
"Hurry up and load the rest of the stuff onto the truck," Lu Wuyai shouted.
Even before it snowed, everyone was moving quickly. This time, the small trucks' carrying capacity was also increased, but the amount they could carry at once was half of what it used to be.
Two hours later, Lu Wuyai closed the container door. They wouldn't be coming back before spring.
But in fact, this winter lasted longer than they expected. Of course, that's another story.
That day, after returning to Shiqiu, everyone was busy unloading the goods. It took an hour to put all the goods into the cave.
Lu Wuyai sighed, "We've turned the space beneath this stone mountain into an anthill."
Hearing this, Song Xiaoyou said seriously, "The more we dig, the less stable it becomes. This afternoon, you and I will go and check each hole, and then reinforce it with the steel we harvest."
Lu Wuyai nodded. In fact, he had already noticed that many of the cement sections had cracks. He estimated that they couldn't withstand the current pressure. If left unchecked, they would likely collapse eventually.
In the afternoon, while the others rested, Lu Wuyai followed Song Xiaoyou as they traversed various underground caves, using up over a hundred steel bars to reinforce all the underground spaces.
"There shouldn't be any major problems." Song Xiaoyou was also exhausted. When he finally returned to Shiqiu, the others had already woken up.
The structure of the hole also needed reinforcement, and the cracks in the cement needed to be repainted. However, the material used was not cement, but a kind of glue, which was also one of the materials harvested this time.
Today, underground shipping containers are filled with a vast array of biological supplies, covering everything from various aspects.
After sealing the last cement gap, Lu Wuyai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wash your hands before eating," Su Xi said. Many roasted dumplings were already laid out on the table, their enticing aroma filling the air, along with the smells of vinegar and soy sauce.
Lu Wuyai swallowed hard. He felt he could eat all the dumplings on the table by himself.
Bang bang bang.
A knocking sound came from the cave entrance. Lu Wuyai listened and realized it was the person who knocked regularly. Apart from Gu Yuxin and the others, no one knew about this.
When I opened the door, I saw three faces red from the cold.
The women came in, panting heavily, with tiny ice crystals clinging to their eyebrows, making one shiver from the cold.
"It's so cold." Gu Yuxin covered her hands, her lips turning purple from the cold. Of the three, the youngest was Li Ruisi, who appeared calm.
Having lived in the White Bear Kingdom for many years, she had become accustomed to the cold weather, but to be honest, the cold of the deserted island in winter still exceeded Li Ruisi's imagination.
“The animals in the cowshed should be fine,” Lu Wuyai asked at the dinner table.
Li Ruisi nodded: "It's alright. Animals get colder than us. Besides, when you built the cowshed, part of it was underground, and with the heating equipment, there won't be any problems."
Lu Wuyai stuffed a dumpling into his mouth, chewed it twice, and then swallowed it. The delicious taste was irresistible, and he couldn't stop eating it.
After dinner, we watched a movie about love, and then everyone went to their private rooms to sleep. Two heaters in the living room were slowly running, providing a rare warmth in the winter.
"Goodnight." Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard Li Ruisi's words.
Good night, sweet dreams.
Sweet dreams, everyone.
"See you tomorrow."
That night, Lu Wuyai had several nightmares. He was awakened in the middle of the night and couldn't speak for a long time.
The next day, everyone gradually got up, but Lu Wuyai felt weak all over and drowsy, and slept until noon.
At this moment, there was no one in the cave. After getting up, Lu Wuyai washed up, dressed, put on his pistol, and went to the front of the rocky mountain.
As a result, Lu Wuyai's expression changed at just one glance.
White snowflakes fell from the sky, and a corpse lay on the ground. From the side, it was clear that it was a person.
Lu Wuyai rushed over and helped the person on the ground up. He covered the person's nose with his hand and could still hear him breathing.
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