Chapter 408 The epidemic is rampant (6)
Xia Yueke made up her mind and made more than a dozen sets of face masks, hats and other things, as well as protective clothing. Although they were made of spider silk and it was not known whether they would be effective, it was better than nothing.
Xia Yueke and Cangwu put on the equipment. "Cangwu, let's save the water at home and stop using the water from the river. Also, before we go out, let's set up more traps here to prevent people from stealing supplies."
Cangwu nodded and worked outside the wooden house for a while.
Due to limited equipment, we could only use ready-made wood and stones to make traps.
Around the wooden house, Cangwu used strong vines to make trip ropes, which were as high as the calves. The vines were hidden in the grass and difficult to find.
One end of the trip rope is connected to a wooden board covered with spikes. Once someone trips, the mechanism will be triggered, the wooden board will pop out, and the spikes will cause damage to the intruder.
He also fixed large stones to a high place near the wooden house, such as a big tree or a simple wooden frame, connected the mechanism with ropes, and arranged trip ropes below.
When someone accidentally triggers the trip rope, the mechanism is activated and the stone will fall and hit the intruder.
After doing all this, the two men left the cabin carrying a simple animal skin bag, some dry food and water.
Fortunately, they lived in a corner with few residents around, so they did not attract much attention. Besides, other people seemed to be trying to figure out how to ensure that they would not be infected by these diseases when going out, and had no time to care about other people's movements.
But Xia Yueke noticed many players, bundled up in layers, searching for useful items within the tribe. They were likely those who hadn't gathered enough supplies yesterday. Most of them, as long as they had enough food, stayed home, hiding.
Xia Yueke took a quick look and pulled Cangwu out of the tribe.
Cangwu was very confused, "Xia Yueke, where are we going? What are you going to do?"
Xia Yueke turned around and smiled, a smug look on her face. "I think it's not a good idea for us to just stay in one place. We should find a few more places to take shelter at any time. This was taught to me by an experienced player in my last game. By the way, what was your last game? Was it easy to beat?"
Cangwu was questioned and seemed to think about it. After a while, he said, "Okay, I'll pass."
"So what do you do? For example, what should you do if you accidentally break the rules, or offend the orc-like NPCs in the game?"
Cangwu paused in his steps and said, "Beat him into submission."
Xia Yueke was puzzled: "Huh?"
"I broke the rules before, and that person tried to drag me away, but I beat him up. Other players are not happy to team up with me, and some even questioned why the NPC ignored me, saying I was too arrogant."
For some reason, Xia Yueke could even hear a hint of innocence in his tone.
Obviously he didn't understand why those people did this. Xia Yueke suddenly wondered which old antique came from the deep mountains and old forests. How come he didn't know anything about the ways of the world?
Xia Yue smiled and ignored him. She felt that if she continued talking, she would feel jealous. He could compete with the NPCs here and he was still alive. What a great luck he had. No wonder his teammates treated him like that. It was really enviable.
After that, the two of them left the tribe in silence.
There were two rows of orc guards standing in front of the tribe's gate. They held long animal bones in their hands and stood in rows. They did not stop them when they saw them coming out. They should be protecting the tribe, not managing the orcs' entry and exit.
Xia Yueke left the tribe confidently and boldly, and no one stopped him.
She looked outside the tribe and found a signpost. On the left was the road leading to the Barren Land. Next to it was a picture of a terrifying beast-like creature, and then a big cross, which seemed to be telling people not to go there.
On the right is a familiar forest, and the sign says it is a dark forest.
Xia Yueke decisively chose the right side. There were unknown creatures on the left, which looked very dangerous. To make the orcs so alert, they must be extraordinary creatures. On the right side was a forest, and there were no warning signs. It seemed that the orcs would usually go there.
When Cangwu saw Xia Yuke had chosen a place, he walked up to her and stood in front of her, "I'll lead the way. If you encounter any accidents, you can just hide behind me."
Xia Yueke thought Cangwu was too inexplicable, but she liked this teammate who put his own safety first. Alas, could it be that she had a good relationship with him in the past? But he clearly couldn't explain why!
Xia Yue didn't think too much about it. The two of them went in together and stepped into the dark forest. Thick fog filled the air, like an opaque curtain, blocking the outside light and leaving only a gloomy and dark atmosphere.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of rotten leaves, soft and pungent with a rotting smell. All around were towering trees, trunks so thick they were difficult for several people to hug, their bark rough and cracked, like twisted ghost faces.
Vines hang down from the branches, crisscrossing each other like a natural barrier.
Occasionally, the low growls of unknown wild beasts could be heard from afar, long and terrifying, breaking the silence of the forest and startling a flock of birds, which flapped their wings and disappeared into the deeper forest.
Xia Yueke felt that everything here was eerie. If she encountered danger in the tribe, she didn't know if she dared to hide here alone.
But thinking of Sister Zhang, Xia Yue made up her mind. No matter if there was an accident or not, she could not be passive like before. Even if she could not hide from anything, it would be good to know more about the environment. Besides, she was not alone now, and she had Cangwu as her powerful weapon!
Xia Yueke felt a little bolder as she thought about it. She deliberately searched for hidden places and actually found a few caves. Xia Yueke specially left marks near the caves and memorized the terrain.
Unexpectedly, an accident happened when they arrived at a cave. Just as Xia Yueke was pulling Cangwu in, she saw Lu Chunlai walking out from inside.
She was wearing a homemade mask and a fur cloak, with only her eyes exposed.
All three of them were startled. Lu Chunlai showed a vigilant expression, "Why are you here? Are you following me?"
Xia Yueke was speechless. "Who wants to follow you? We just came to the Dark Forest to take a look."
The atmosphere was tense, as if a fight was about to break out at any moment.
Lu Chunlai looked at the two of them suspiciously, then looked at their shoes. His eyes flickered, and then he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you just now. You really came here to observe the environment."
Xia Yue was caught off guard by Lu Chunlai's sudden change of attitude. She looked at her shoes in the direction she was looking and found that the soles of her shoes were covered with mud. It was obvious that she had walked through many places. There was not only black mud, but also yellow mud, sand and other things.
Lu Chunlai's shoes were covered in black mud, and it was obvious that he had only stayed in this area and had not been anywhere else.
It seemed that Lu Chunlai believed their words, but Xia Yueke didn't want to get entangled with this man. Anyway, she and Cangwu had already found several places, so they just went home.
Unexpectedly, Lu Chunlai said in a very familiar manner: "Since we are so destined to meet, why don't we go back together? By the way, my name is Lu Chunlai, what's yours?"
"My name is Xia Yueke, and his name is Cangwu."
Faced with Lu Chunlai's sudden attitude, Xia Yueke was very alert.
"We don't know you well, so let's separate."
Lu Chunlai chuckled, "What do you mean we're not familiar? We're neighbors, and we're going back together anyway, so it won't delay anything!"
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