Chapter 081 Chapter 81
This time when they go out, they no longer have to take on too much responsibility.
I packed up some important things at home and put the rest for daily use in the RV, and also took the supplies for cats and dogs.
When Xixi saw them like this, he immediately realized that they had to go out, and he happily wanted to follow them. Wangwang hesitated for a moment, but when he saw that his nest had also passed by, he happily ran over and lay down.
The air conditioner in the car was turned on in advance, and the temperature was cool.
Ji Yang took one last look at the house, locked the door, drove out carefully, and finally went downstairs to close the courtyard gate. Xixi and Wangwang were enjoying themselves comfortably in the car, and she had to drive again.
As for Xie Muzhi?
He went to find someone to buy the house.
In order to prevent the house from being reclaimed after they leave, although most of the things were taken away by them, the decoration was also done by them with great effort.
These matters can basically be handled over the phone.
The two of them contributed greatly to the base. All the materials obtained from the sale of Xie Muchi's original yard were also sold to the base. All in all, the resources they contributed were really a lot. Naturally, the authorities would no longer require any special contributions in exchange for the right of residence.
But the two of them were in a hurry to leave, so they set out the next day.
As a result, the formalities have not been completed yet.
Xie Muchi went over first to handle the formalities. Ji Yang didn't like dealing with official matters and just happened to be planning to get a haircut before leaving, so he stayed behind to finish the process.
Time passed too fast and her hair grew too fast. She didn't notice it when she stayed at home, but as soon as she went out, she felt like her head was wrapped in a thick hat and was very hot.
This time she asked the hairdresser to cut it shorter, hoping it would last longer.
Ji Yang touched her short hair, which was only slightly better than a buzz cut, so that her soft hair felt a little prickly at this stage, but now it was really cool!
I successfully left the community and came to where Xie Muchi was. From a distance, I saw a young man standing with his arms folded under the light, leaning against the street lamp, with his long legs standing leisurely. With the light from above, I could only vaguely see his full forehead, high nose tip and slightly raised chin.
There was no one else around him, so he didn't seem to show any expression. His handsome face under his short hair revealed a bit of world-weary indifference, and the occasional passers-by around him didn't attract his attention at all.
Until I heard the sound of a car.
He suddenly came back to his senses, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his lips as usual, and he seemed to come alive.
Ji Yang's eyes sparkled. Perhaps Xie Muchi was not a mentally healthy person.
She suddenly thought of her previous life. At that time, she had no time to pay attention to love affairs. Therefore, even though she knew that the coach was a very handsome young man, she only sighed a few words about his appearance, and the rest of her sighed about his leisurely life.
There aren't many valid memories between the two.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems that when Ji Yang was practicing alone, he would occasionally catch a glimpse of Xie Muchi, and his expression was the same as before, with a kind of indifference to everything around him.
When there are other people around, this look will naturally be hidden.
He is still a loyal, generous and charitable person in the eyes of others.
Ji Yang has always felt that she has some psychological problems and doesn't like to have close interactions with people. She would be sad if the other person wasn't strong enough and died unexpectedly in a natural disaster. In order not to be sad, she simply doesn't have those unnecessary emotional attachments.
Besides that, there are some other minor problems, such as being too cold and killing is too common for her...
But she is not a psychologist and has no research on these things. She only knows that she wants to live as long as possible, until the natural disaster fades away and humans can start a stable life again.
So when facing Xie Muchi, the thought she had just had only flashed through her mind, and she would not delve into it further.
Now that everything has been made clear, they can be considered teammates who can rely on each other in this horrific natural disaster. Having someone to communicate with is different from communicating with pets. They also have space and so many supplies. It will not be worse than the previous life.
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The car slowly stopped.
Xie Muchi came over with a smile on his face and was about to get on the passenger seat.
Ji Yang patted the steering wheel.
Xie Muzhi understood and came to the driver's seat.
Ji Yang immediately gave up the job of driving and sat in the passenger seat. Xie Muchi got in and fastened his seat belt. She took out the map and checked the route that had been planned long ago.
They set out at around four in the morning. It was already daylight, so they could see clearly. After driving for about twenty minutes, they left the area around the base. With Ji Yang leading the way, they got on the highway leaving Changnan City thirty minutes later.
This map is provided by the official. Several roads have been cleared in the base to facilitate the transportation of supplies between bases, which is relatively safer.
But this is not absolute.
When the officials heard that they were leaving temporarily, they wanted them to follow the official team, but the two refused. There were too many people and they were not in a hurry, so they took this opportunity to travel around this beautiful country for the last time.
Therefore, they did not plan to travel for too long. On the way to the seaside, they had to pass through many cities, including two bases. They did not plan to get close to the base, but they could still visit some cities that were famous before the disaster.
Even if the prosperity is gone, it is still good to take photos as a souvenir.
So they basically drive one day and rest two days.
We drove for four hours on the first day and arrived at Tangxing City in one breath. It was a famous hot spring capital before the end of the world. There was a volcano nearby, so the volcanic hot springs were very popular.
Ji Yang had been here many times and had a really good experience.
This time when I revisited the place, the once prosperous and magnificent hot spring hotel had completely collapsed. Only the reinforced concrete buildings were left standing temporarily. It was noon and the car found a slightly shady place to stop.
Xie Muchi drove the whole morning, so Ji Yang didn't let him cook and just ate the cooked food she had stored in the space.
"You can order whatever you want to eat!" Ji Yang said generously.
Seeing her so arrogant, Xie Muzhi thought of a bunch of dishes and finally chose one: "Stinky tofu?"
Ji Yang: “Yes!”
With a thought, a portion of stinky tofu appeared in her hand, and she pushed it towards Xie Muzhi: "Eat it, it's fresh out of the pot and still hot."
Xie Muzhi: "..."
He picked up the stinky tofu and saw Ji Yang taking out a portion of grilled cold noodles, a pancake, and two cups of iced milk tea. He asked him, "Do you want anything else? I'm afraid these won't fill you up."
Xie Muchi ordered two more meat buns. He took a bite and found the buns to be soft and sweet, and the gravy to be fresh and delicious. It was estimated that they had just been taken out of the steamer not long ago.
He exclaimed earnestly: "This static space is really great!"
But in comparison, he still prefers a space that can produce, so that there will be a steady supply of food. It is impossible to produce enough food for so many people at once, but it is good to be able to take out a batch occasionally for emergency use.
Ji Yang also nodded seriously: "If it weren't for it, I would have to eat my own dark cuisine for a long time."
The two smiled at each other and started eating.
After dinner, the weather was still hot, so I took a nap. But before going to bed, I took advantage of the fact that there was no one around and the good sunshine to make some dried vegetables and fruits, which I could exchange for seafood at the beach later.
The two people divided the work, one took out to dry, and the other was responsible for cleaning up.
Ji Yang was lying in the RV packing up those things.
Use consciousness to process carrots, white radishes, eggplants, cucumbers, pakchoy, Chinese cabbage, etc. directly in space. Slice those that can be sliced, break those that cannot be sliced into pieces, and take them out and give them to Xie Muchi.
Xie Muchi took it out wearing a heat-insulating suit and laid it out in the sun.
They repeated this process for about an hour, then rested for two hours. The sun's heat was not so strong, and they could start again. During this time, Xixi and Wangwang were sent to Xie Muchi's space to play.
There are mountains on his side, and all the livestock are kept on the mountains, but these two cannot be stopped, so they can play in a wider area.
——
They drove at a leisurely pace for three days. At four o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them had rested enough and set off again.
But this time, after driving for a while, I felt that the view ahead was gradually covered by a thick orange-yellow fog. At this time, the car had just reached the overpass and there was no obstruction around.
Ji Yang had been sitting in the passenger seat observing the road conditions and guiding the route. He noticed it the first time and immediately said, "Turn around! Find a secluded place to park and enter the space!"
"Yeah." Xie Muchi responded. There were no other cars here, so he immediately slowed down and turned around. The car was going too fast and drifted for a moment, but fortunately it stabilized in the end. Ji Yang simply went to the car and looked at the situation outside from the rear window of the car.
In a short time, the fog became much thicker and its general shape could be seen.
It's a tornado!
To be precise, it was a sandstorm caused by a tornado!
Judging from the distance, it’s actually quite far.
But just as Ji Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he noticed that a newly formed tornado was rushing towards them on the side of the car.
The car's speed had clearly reached its maximum, but it seemed very slow. In almost the blink of an eye, the tornado, with its strong winds and countless sand, came closer.
From this side, nothing else can be seen. Yellow sand fills the sky, covering the entire world in the blink of an eye.
Just when the car left and landed smoothly under the overpass.
The overwhelming yellow covered the entire car.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
The stones and gravel picked up by the tornado hit the car body madly. One of the stones hit the window in front of Ji Yang, and the sharp edges left a glaring mark on the window.
Fortunately, the car was modified and the windows held up!
But the car couldn't hold on at this time.
The powerful suction force of the tornado caused the car body to shake, and the surroundings were completely covered with yellow sand, so we had completely lost our vision.
Xie Muchi slammed on the brakes. As soon as he stopped, the scene around him changed. The glass window was covered with yellow sand which then slowly fell down. Green hills appeared before his eyes.
Entering the space.
Ji Yang relaxed and sat on the bed. Xie Muchi also stopped the car and came over with a bad look on his face. The time from discovering the sandstorm to being wrapped by the sandstorm was too short. If they didn't have space, they would probably have difficulty escaping!
Ji Yang smiled at him: "It's okay, just hide away."
Xie Muzhi responded.
Just then, he felt something hit the outside of the car, making a noise, followed by the sound of claws scratching the door. Ji Yang hurried over to open the door, and saw Xixi and Wangwang quickly crawling in: "Woof woof woof!"
“Meow meow…”
Two round eyes opened and looked at them innocently.
It seems to be asking: Since you are here, why don’t you come out to look for them?
Ji Yang was speechless: "Haven't you had enough fun yet?"
After getting a response, the two came closer with even greater enthusiasm, especially Xixi, who licked her happily.
Xie Muzhi also came closer and embraced Ji Yang: "Let's go out later."
"Okay." Ji Yang didn't plan to go out so soon.
Because of the mountains, Xie Muchi's space is better than Ji Yang's space which is unobstructed on all sides. At first glance, unless you look up, you can only see the green mountains. Ji Yang was carried out by Xixi, and there was no yellow sand that almost buried him, and his mood suddenly became much more relaxed.
The next second, I heard Xixi's cry of offering treasure: "Woof woof woof!!!"
Ji Yang looked in the direction where she was looking and saw the bird holding a rabbit and placing it in front of her, its tail wagging happily. Then she looked again and saw Wang Wang also coming towards her with a fat quail in his mouth. After putting it down, he meowed at her.
Ji Yang looked at the two preys with amusement, took them reluctantly, and reminded: "That's enough, no more biting!"
"Ouch?" Xixi twitched her ears feeling a little guilty.
Ji Yang:?
Ji Yang stared at it.
Xixi stopped wagging its tail and tucked it between its hind legs. Finally, it realized that Ji Yang had not let it go. It finally sighed resignedly, turned around and ran away. After a while, another one came.
After a while, another one was delivered.
Finally, after several trips back and forth, a total of twelve rabbits were delivered.
There were big and small ones, but the one Xixi was holding was the fattest.
Ji Yang: “…”
She checked them and found that except for the first one, none of them had any wounds.
Xixi squatted in front of her sullenly, as if admitting her mistake.
Wangwang was still confused and looked at her with his head tilted, as if wondering why she didn't look happy?
Ji Yang: “?”
Happy?
This isn't wild prey!
Now it was her turn to look at the pile of dead rabbits, and she looked at Xie Muchi guiltily.
Xie Muzhi, who had noticed this a long time ago, said: "...I've heard before that owners and pets become more and more alike as they get along for a long time. Now it seems to be true."
It is clearly a human face and a dog's face, but the guilty and erratic expressions on their faces are almost exactly the same.
As for the fact that he lost fifteen rabbits at once, he didn't even blink.
Ji Yang was slightly embarrassed, and quickly coughed to show that he was serious. He patted Xixi on the shoulder and said, "Take it easy next time!"
"Woof!" Xixi felt forgiven and immediately straightened her back.
Ji Yang collected all the rabbits in front of him, took out a whole roasted rabbit without any seasoning, broke off a rabbit leg and gave it to Wang Wang. The rabbits were very fat, and Wang Wang's appetite was just enough to eat one rabbit leg to half fill him up. He gave the rest to Xixi: "Eat it."
——
They couldn't go out for the time being, but neither of them could sleep well in this space.
Not wanting to waste time, the two decided after a brief discussion to prepare some cooked food.
After seeing the power of Ji Yang's static space, Xie Muchi became quite concerned about filling it up. He asked Ji Yang to keep all the rabbit meat, pork and other things produced in his space.
Speaking of which, the area of his spatial breeding area is actually quite large. Although only half of the eight peaks are exposed, it still covers an area of 5,000 square meters. The mountains are not flat land, so the area is further expanded.
Rabbits, pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and the like are raised here. Even if there are two more buildings used to store supplies, their living area far exceeds the breeding area of Ji Yang Space.
She only has a breeding area of 2,700 square meters.
Therefore, in terms of quantity, Xie Muchi has more animals.
If I hadn't been processing these meats by using my identity as a trader and had to keep making smoked meat, my space would have exploded long ago. Now that I have Ji Yang's space, I don't have to make smoked meat at all.
No matter how delicious the smoked meat and bacon are, it is only good to try them occasionally; they are far less delicious than fresh meat.
Therefore, basically every ten days or so, a large pile of supplies would appear for Ji Yang to collect.
But if so many things are not consumed, they will only accumulate more and more. Therefore, it is just right to use this time. Xie Muchi counted the stored supplies. The most abundant item was naturally rabbit meat, so he made a whole rabbit feast today.
There are many ways to eat rabbit, such as roasted whole rabbit, hand-torn rabbit, cold rabbit, rabbit head. In order to save time, the two of them divided the work. Ji Yang was responsible for the ingredients, Xie Muchi was responsible for processing the rabbit, and the remaining internal organs that did not require complicated processing were all braised, and those that were difficult to handle were left to Ji Yang.
Xie Muchi's space did not have a dedicated kitchen, but there was a simple stove, two gas stoves, a large iron pot, a cooking pot, one for stir-frying and one for braising, and a few separate fires for roasting rabbits. Soon, the air around him was filled with spicy smells.
Xixi and Wangwang didn't come over here, they went to look at other poultry.
They were busy until 10:30 that evening. Ji Yang, who hadn't slept for more than 24 hours, was a little overwhelmed, so the two of them stopped and decided to go out and check the situation first.
For safety reasons, when going out, you naturally enter the survival capsule first.
Then flash out.
This time I went out, I didn't enter the center of the storm.
They had already gotten off the viaduct, and the viaduct above was there to provide some protection. This tornado was not as strong as the previous one. The only problem was...
As soon as I got out of the life capsule, it sank about 20 to 30 centimeters.
At that moment, their clasped hands tightened, but fortunately they only went down a little and stopped immediately. Their eyes adapted to the darkness, and even without car lights, they could still see the surroundings clearly under the moonlight.
Then I found that this place was covered with yellow sand.
Everywhere you look, there's only yellow sand.
The road seemed to have disappeared, but upon closer inspection, the railings on both sides of the road were still there.
It's just like entering a vast desert, and I can't tell the direction for a moment.
The wind was still blowing around, but it did not cause a sandstorm like before. Only occasionally some sand hit the windows of the survival capsule.
This is much better than expected.
Xie Muzhi: "It's okay, the wind will soon blow the sand away. After all, this is not a real desert."
Ji Yang: "I know, let's go in."
"good."
The two re-entered the space, exited the survival capsule, and left the space directly, and immediately felt themselves sinking into a patch of scorching sand.
"Hiss——" The scorching temperature came through the shoes.
The two looked at each other and quickly ran towards an area with less sand. After leaving this area, Ji Yang sighed deeply: "Can we still drive next?"
Xie Muzhi pursed his lips: "Let's try it then."
The temperature is so high, what should others do?
They took the RV out again. Xie Muchi had already cleaned the sand around the RV in the space, and it was clean again. The two opened the door and got in. Xie Muchi took a shower in the RV, and Ji Yang went back to the space to take a shower. After coming out, he let Xixi and Wangwang out to keep watch. The two lay on the bed and fell asleep in a second.
——
Outside the car, there was a strong wind all day.
They both slept for the whole day.
The next day, when Ji Yang woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon. The car was shaking on the road. Xie Muchi was driving, while Xixi and Wangwang were sleeping crookedly on the sofa in the middle of the car.
She put on her sunglasses, opened the curtains and looked out the window. There was much less dust than before.
The RV's tall body and modified results are enough to enable it to be driven on this kind of road.
No wonder she slept so deeply.
The car was shaking, which was the most hypnotic.
She went to the bathroom in the car to wash up. During this time, she and Xie Muchi had also tried to experiment. They entered the space from a moving place, and when they came out again, they would still be at the place where they disappeared.
Even if she is in the car.
If she entered the space at this time, Xie Muchi would turn around in a panic to pick her up.
After washing up, she came to the driving area.
Xie Muzhi heard the noise and took a look: "Wake up, remember to eat, you slept for almost fifteen hours."
"I still can't stay up late." Ji Yang smacked his lips. Although he knew he had to wake up at three o'clock, he didn't calculate the exact time. When he heard fifteen hours, it seemed a bit cruel.
She usually rests when she is tired.
But this time, just when we were planning to rest after dark, we encountered a sandstorm.
Ji Yang didn't wear a heat-proof suit, so he didn't go to the passenger seat. He sat down in the back seat covered by a curtain and took out a lunch. The dish he chose was the freshly made hand-shredded rabbit.
After enough sleep, there was much less dust and sand, and the car was moving smoothly. She was in a good mood and had a very good appetite. While eating, she took out a glass of watermelon juice. In the hot summer, she had to drink watermelon juice to quench her thirst.
After eating and drinking, Ji Yang had nothing to do, so he stretched his sore body first, then went to the bathroom to put on his cleaned insulation clothes, and went to replace Xie Muchi: "Let me take a break, where are we now?"
Xie Muzhi stopped the car, made way, and said, "We are almost in Jiangcheng. We can rest here for two days. This place is not far from the West Sea Base. The situation there is special. The official base was evacuated in the early stage, and they did not return immediately after the tsunami. They were latecomers. Several ports with good locations are occupied by gangs here. Although they do not interfere with the official base, ordinary people are not within their range."
Ji Yang understood, sat in the driver's seat, started the car again, and drove along this road.
It is definitely not suitable to do repairs on the highway, as there is no shelter on all sides and it is not necessarily far away from populated areas. It would be bad if they were seen doing anything, so after driving for more than an hour and seeing the sign to get off the highway, they drove down into the city.
It looks like the city is more severely affected by the wind and sand here. A lot of sand on the highway has been blown away, and part of the road is exposed. At first glance, it looks like a city that was originally built in the desert.
The buildings were surrounded by sand, and the roads and flower beds were completely invisible.
Ji Yang did not go into the city, but stopped at a spot between buildings on the edge of the city.
Even when the sun is shining, there are some shadows between buildings. Compared to places that are always under direct sunlight, the temperature in these locations will be slightly lower and there will be some shade.
It was almost seven o'clock when we stopped the car.
Both of them slept for a long time last night, so they didn't feel sleepy at this moment, so they simply continued cooking. However, the RV was equipped with an induction cooker, so it was not suitable for cooking dishes that required high heat. Therefore, Xie Muchi decided to make some rice with gravy.
I used the lunch box that Ji Yang had used before, washed and dried it, and then used it to hold the rice with toppings, so that I could just take it out and eat it when I was in a hurry.
While Xie Muzhi was cooking, Ji Yang went to the space to wash the lunch boxes.
After washing, I came out and smelled a pleasant aroma of food.
The first dish I made was stir-fried pork with green peppers. It definitely didn’t smell as strong as something like shredded rabbit, but as a home-cooked dish, it was still very fragrant. I finished one pot and Ji Yang served it with rice.
However, unlike the original one-box meal, she usually exercises a lot and naturally eats a lot, and Xie Muchi is the same, so they always have a bowl of vegetables and a bowl of rice.
After assembling them, Xie Muchi closed the lid, stacked them together, and finally Ji Yang put them into the static space.
This kind of assembly line work is also quite interesting.
They had just finished one and were discussing what to do next when they saw Xixi suddenly sit up straight, her ears twitching, as if she was listening to something.
Ji Yang's voice disappeared unconsciously as he looked at Xixi's reaction.
Xie Muchi tiptoed towards the side window and opened a small hole there, in case anything happened so that he couldn't hear anything and could still provide ventilation.
Soon Xixi stood up, and it was confirmed that someone was approaching.
Xie Muchi also heard it and made a gesture: three.
Three people.
Ji Yang glanced around, put away all the things that shouldn't be there, and then waited quietly.
But there was no movement for a long time, as if the people inside and outside the car were in a stalemate at the same time.
About three minutes later, a very enthusiastic male voice sounded: "Hello, we are the survivors living here. We came here to ask if you need to buy water. We can exchange food for water. One liter of water for one kilogram of food. The price is very fair."
Then a female voice said, "Don't worry, we have no ill intentions. We just want to exchange some food. We happened to be out for a walk and noticed a car here, so we thought of coming over to ask. Many people passing by have exchanged water with us. We have an old craftsman here who found an underground water source. The water is very clean!"
Ji Yang pulled aside a corner of the curtain and took a look.
The three of them were not close to each other and were all in corners where they could hide at any time.
One of them saw the curtain being pulled open a little, and quickly raised the bucket of mineral water in his hand. The figure revealed seemed to be healthier than the survivors of Changnan Base.
And water sources...
Ji Yang said decisively: "No need to contact."
Whether they really just want to exchange some food or have ulterior motives, just don't contact them.
They have everything they need, so there's no need to deal with people they don't know.
Xie Muzhi nodded, and then shouted to the three people: "Thank you, no, we don't need it."
"No! Our water is very cheap! How about exchanging it for eight taels of grain?" The woman was a little anxious and ran forward two steps. Under the dim light, the woman's beautiful long legs were exposed to the sight, and her shoulder-length hair was still fluffy.
It does look like there is no shortage of water.
Xie Muchi didn't say anything else. Ji Yang watched quietly. The woman was still unwilling to give in and took two tentative steps forward.
Until he saw the muzzle of the gun appear at the point where the window was open, the man said in a deep voice: "I said, no need!"
The woman stamped her feet unwillingly, but dared not move forward. Instead, she took two steps back and shouted, "Brother, if it doesn't work, give me a pound of food and two liters of water. We really don't have much food left, and too few people have come here recently!"
This time no one paid any attention.
She slumped her shoulders in frustration, took one last look over here, licked her lips, revealing a bit of desire and greed.
In the dim light, Ji Yang had been observing the three people, and she saw their expressions clearly. At that moment, she felt that the man's action just now, and the way he stared at this side, seemed...
Have an...appetite for them?
Ji Yang's mind moved, and he looked at Xie Muzhi: "Promise them!"
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