Desperate Night.

Chapter 19 019 Try Again (Leader of Xie Landie’s Wings)

The eleven minutes passed quickly.

Under Yu Hong's expectant gaze, the thick wooden bar supporting the door suddenly became blurred, and in less than two seconds it turned into a pitch-black metal rod!
The metal bar is like an enlarged version of a chocolate bar, with fixed anti-slip pads on both ends to increase friction. The material seems to be iron, but the color is much darker than iron.

Picking up the stick, Yu Hong examined it carefully.

"Although it's still a simple structure, the material has been strengthened. It's obviously much stronger than before. Awesome!"

He was amazed.

Then, repeat the process and reinforce it with the second thick wooden strip.

Ten minutes later, two black metal pillars on the back of the gate, one on the left and one on the right, symmetrically pressed against the gate.

"This is much better than the three of us using our shoulders to support each other."

Yu Hong nodded with satisfaction.

"Then, there is one last troublesome question."

Candle.

He was a little afraid to go to Baiqiu Village again, but the candles and other things were all there, as well as water filters, pots, cups and so on.

"I only have one candle here, which is definitely not enough unless I light a fire. Wait!"

Suddenly Yu Hong narrowed his eyes and looked at the stove beside the stone wall.

This stove, which the stutterer had helped him to rescue, had not yet been put into use, even with the chimney attached.
'What if I strengthen this?'

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Yu Hong felt a strong sense of anticipation.

He suddenly remembered the axe he had strengthened before, and went to the corner to find it.

The axe is different from before.

It was just a simple axe with a wooden handle before, and the blade had many gaps due to felling.

Now after being strengthened, the axe has become a larger metal-handled logging axe.

The long black handle has anti-slip patterns, the silver axe body is obviously thicker than before, and the blade edge is shining with a cold light.

It can be said that this ordinary old axe has suddenly become an excellent lumberjack axe.

Putting down the axe, Yu Hong walked to the stove.

The stove is square, made of metal, and painted black, and looks like a low black table.

Yu Hong reached out and pressed the edge of the stove.

The cool touch cheered him up.

'Strengthen the fire, strengthen the lighting and heating systems.'

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he quickly changed the name of the stove.

laugh.

A black line suddenly appeared from the black mark on the back of the hand and penetrated into the surface of the stove.

Soon, a number appeared on the surface of the stove: 12:07.

"Should we strengthen the lighting and heating systems?" Black Seal asked.

"Yes!" Yu Hong responded forcefully.

Suddenly, the numbers on the surface of the stove changed, from the previous unchanged numbers to a countdown.

"I hope it will work." Yu Hong felt a little hopeful.

There is still some time before dark, and he has a candle, so he will definitely be able to make it through the night and tomorrow morning.

But if the strengthened stove tomorrow still cannot meet his expectations, he will have no choice but to take the risk and enter Baiqiu Village to bring back the candles and other supplies left by Little Stutterer.

Watching the stove time running out, Yu Hong found a dry place to sit down, feeling exhausted.

The series of events that happened today caught him off guard, and he had just finished repairing two supporting wooden bars, which consumed too much energy.
He felt sleepy all of a sudden, so he simply took out a candle, held it in his hand, leaned against the steel nail pyroxene stick, and slowly fell asleep.

"Lao Yu?"

"Old Yu??"

A soft cry woke him up from his sleep.

When Yu Hong opened his eyes, he found a familiar pretty face hanging in front of him, looking at him with a smile.

It was Chen Huiru, a female colleague at work.

"Old Yu woke up. I was scared to death. I thought something big had happened. Fortunately, he was just scared." Chen Huiru turned her head and said in another direction.

"I said Lao Yu is not that fragile."

"This is a joke that's too much. We're all from the same unit. This is too much."

"Old Yu always brags about how brave he is. Seeing how scared he is this time, it's enough material for me for a year!" A burst of laughter was heard.

Soon, Yu Hong rubbed his eyes and found himself sitting on the grass downstairs of his workplace, surrounded by green, with a circle of colleagues around him.

Each of them looked at him with a smile and talked at the same time.

“Isn’t it very realistic?”

"That bug was a model I rented from a nearby film crew. It scared four people, including you! You're fine, but Yuan Zhou was so scared that he nearly peed his pants. We recorded it!"

"You keep talking! It's all your fault for coming up with such a bad idea!"

Colleagues laughed and surrounded Yu Hong in a circle on the sunny grass.

Their smiling faces are warm and harmonious.

As they talked, they began to hold hands and circle around Yu Hong.

a circle.

a circle.

a circle.

"Look, Old Yu still can't come back to his senses."

"so funny!"

"Don't be angry, Brother Gao will treat us to a hot pot!"

"I miss taking photos, eggplant~~"

Voices kept drilling into Yu Hong's ears.

He sat there blankly, watching his colleagues spinning around him; their smiles were so real and so warm.

"It turns out that this was all a prank." Yu Hong opened his mouth, and his tense nerves finally relaxed.

He stood up and reached out to grab one of his most familiar colleagues.

Everything fell silent instantly.

The sound disappeared completely, and there was silence. Yu Hong's eyes blurred instantly.

He took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.

The cold stone floor was hard and real, and it hurt his tailbone.

He was still sitting on the ground, still leaning against the smelly quilt, facing the stove that was still counting down, motionless, with his hands hugging his knees.

The cave was quiet, with dim light pouring in from the door window.

"It was a dream..." he sighed.

Oh, it’s getting dark.

Yu Hong moved his gaze to the window.

"!!!"

Looking out the window, he saw a blurry face, quietly looking at him through the wire mesh!
Looking at myself who just woke up from sleep!

"Who!?" Yu Hong suddenly stood up, holding the steel nail pyroxene stick in his hand, and tried to get up.

But my legs hadn’t been used for a long time, so I felt numb when I stood up and almost couldn’t stand.

When he stood up holding on to the stove and looked again, there was no face outside the window.

"Hoo, hoo." Yu Hong's face turned pale, and he guessed that it might be a ghost. Because he didn't hear any footsteps at all. And the other party's movement speed was intermittent, crossing a distance in a flash, without continuity, which was the biggest characteristic of the ghost.

He had opened the viewing window before in order to get some fresh air, allowing the outside air to flow in through the wire mesh.

But I didn't expect to be discovered by the ghost so soon
"It's only dusk, not even dark yet, and the shadowy activities have already started again."

Standing up, he walked forward carefully, reached out, and pulled up the peephole cover.

Swish.

The light from the window disappeared, and the cave became dark.

Yu Hong switched to the air vent on the other side to breathe. Although it was slower, it was at least not as scary.

God knows how long that strange shadow watched him while he was sleeping.

After doing this, he checked the piece of reinforced pyroxene placed behind the door with the help of a little light that seeped in through the air vent.

The enhanced pyroxene has already changed half its volume from jade to a pale slate gray.

Yu Hong was also shocked when he saw it.

"Luckily I have the enhanced pyroxite, otherwise I would have died in my sleep without knowing how."

He sighed and smelled a faint smell of water vapor in the cave, knowing that it would become moldy if it was not dried.
The only hope now is to see what happens after the furnace is strengthened.

At this time, the countdown on the stove was more than ten minutes.

Yu Hong simply sat down where he was, picked up a dried mushroom, and ate it bit by bit.

He stopped looking at the door and stared at the stove.

More than ten minutes passed quickly.

The furnace numbers are coming to an end soon.

Yu Hong also became a little nervous, because this strengthening might be related to his subsequent plans.

laugh.

At this moment, the number on the stove disappeared, and the entire stove, including the chimney, became blurry.

After the blurry state lasted for a second, everything became clear again.

At the same time, a brand new furnace appeared in front of Yu Hong.

"!!? What is this..." The moment Yu Hong saw the fresh stove, his eyes suddenly widened.

Because the thing in front of him had completely exceeded his expectations.

What appeared before him was a fireplace that was completely integrated into the rock wall of the cave.

The fireplace seemed to fit perfectly into the rock wall, with the fireplace and the chimney completely buried deep in the stone.

And the most important thing is not this point. Rather, the shell material of this furnace is completely transparent!!

All are transparent synthetic materials similar to glass crystals!!
Yu Hong took a step forward and gently knocked on the edge of the stove.

Bang Bang!

Two muffled sounds, very hard.

"Amazing! It can provide both heating and lighting." Yu Hong was speechless.

The stove can provide heating, and if it is made transparent, it can also provide lighting.
This enhancement is simply genius!
He observed the new furnace for a long time until the light outside dimmed completely and a faint rustling sound could be heard.

He quickly took out a match and lit the candle.

The enhanced candles are windproof and can collect smoke on their own, which is quite good.

Placing the candle on a stool, Yu Hong quickly began to stuff firewood and kindling into the stove.

The ignition material was the wood chips he had left behind, which were super thin pieces of wood cut from cutting wood. They were very curly and easy to ignite.

Add some dried grass leaves.

Click
Soon, a dark red flame slowly lit up in the fireplace.

The flames grew larger over time, and thick gray smoke floated out from above, poured into the chimney, and drifted outside, without any residue remaining in the cave.

The flame gradually became brighter and bigger.

Gradually, the fire in the transparent fireplace became brighter than the candles.

More than ten minutes later, as the fireplace stabilized, Yu Hong added thicker pieces of firewood and blew out the candle.

"Finally, it's done!"

He plopped down from his squat position onto a log stool and stared at the burning fireplace with contentment.

Waves of warm heat seeped out from the transparent shell of the fireplace.

This material actually has very good thermal conductivity.

As the heat wave increased, the chill of the cave gradually dissipated, replaced by relaxation and warmth.

For a moment, the whole cave was warm as spring, bright and safe.

(End of this chapter)