Desperate Night.

Chapter 20 Try Again 020 (Leader of Xie Landie’s Wings)
Yu Hong stretched out his hand to warm it for a while, and suddenly felt extremely thirsty, so he stood up and walked to the wooden barrel, ready to scoop up some water to drink.

The water in the wooden barrel was quite turbid and had a light gray color, but it was much better than the smelly water.

Yu Hong took a piece of dry charcoal, cut off a piece of clothing with the edge of an axe, then wrapped the charcoal in it and placed it on the mouth of a wooden cup for drinking water, just enough to get it stuck and unable to fall out.

In this way, he made the simplest and crudest charcoal filter cup.

Picking up the wooden bucket, he carefully and slowly poured the water over the cloth wrapped around the charcoal.

The water seeped in very slowly, and then dripped very slowly from under the cloth wrapped in charcoal into the cup.

Yu Hong observed and found that the dripping water had some black charcoal residue at first, but became cleaner later, much cleaner than the water in the bucket.

Still turbid though.

"Water is a must to drink. I'll try to see if I can make a perfect one myself. If not, I'll go get some from the stutterer's room."

Yu Hong made a plan in his mind and reached out to hold the wooden cup.

The thought of wanting to strengthen arises.

Suddenly, a new black number appeared on the side of the cup: 2:34.

At the same time, the mechanical sound of the black seal sounded in his ears again.

'Do you want to strengthen the filter cup?'

'Yes! '

Yu Hong answered with all his strength, full of anticipation.

With a swish, the numbers on the side of the cup suddenly turned into a countdown.

He felt relieved, sat down, leaned against the fireplace, felt the warmth coming out, and felt much more at ease.

Two hours is not a long time, just sit down and rest for a while and wait.

Sitting on the wooden bench, Yu Hong only felt that a large amount of warm current was radiating continuously from the fireplace. The warm current blew on his body, penetrated through his clothes, and made his body become more and more lazy.

It was clearly a dark night and a dangerous environment was about to come. It was cold and damp outside and full of dangers, but the warmth now made him feel a little unmotivated.

Unconsciously, his eyelids began to droop.

"No! I can't sleep!" He stood up suddenly and moved away from the fireplace.

At this time, a faint smell of sweat began to spread throughout the cave.

That was the smell of the quilt and his body being baked.

It was hardly smellable when it was damp before, but now that it has been baked and dried, the smell is spreading rapidly.

"Hmm" Yu Hong rubbed his nose, knowing that the best thing to do now was to open the door to get some fresh air, but unfortunately, it was night time, the most dangerous time outside.

Hiss
The faint sound of insects crawling could be heard from outside the door.

Apparently those blood ticks have started to appear.

He didn't know where these bugs came from. They couldn't be seen during the day, but they all crawled out at night.

Moreover, it evaporates and disappears when exposed to light, which is abnormal no matter how you look at it.

But now he had no time to think about it.

Standing up, he leaned against the fireplace and waited quietly.

The flame in the stove was constantly vibrating upward like red silk, and the flames were shaking with the vibration, varying in brightness.

Hiss
Soon, a large number of black bugs began to pour into the air vent on the right side of the gate, just like black sand seeping in.

As soon as a large number of black insects came in, they were illuminated by the fire from the fireplace and instantly turned into black smoke and dissipated.

The fire only dimmed for a moment and then quickly returned to normal.

"Fortunately, blood ticks don't consume much fire. As long as we control the amount of firewood coming in, it should be fine to last through the night."

Yu Hong estimated the dry firewood in the corner and breathed a sigh of relief.

Standing by the fireplace, he waited for the black bug invasion to end, ready to add firewood to the fireplace at any time.

Time passes little by little.

The firewood gradually dimmed.

Yu Hong's hands were extremely fast and he threw the dry firewood in his hand in.

Soon the dry wood was ignited and the light returned to normal.

This cycle repeated itself over and over again, and he had to add firewood almost every half hour.

Otherwise the flames will quickly dim.

This also made him dare not divert his attention at all, and he had to stare at the fireplace at all times.

Bang! ! !
At this moment, the wooden door was hit with a loud noise.

Bang bang bang bang bang! ! !
Then, a series of rapid collisions began. The gate was like a drum, shaking continuously, and stone chips began to fall from the edges frequently.

But the two newly reinforced support pillars played a big role.

Amidst loud noises.

The door was shaking and trembling. It seemed as if the whole cave was about to collapse. But it was still firmly blocked by the support pillars, and the surrounding fixing screws were also normal.

Yu Hong stood there trembling with fear, trying to control himself. He didn't look at the door, but kept his eyes on the fireplace to prevent the fire from getting smaller.

Time just passed in agony.

I don’t know how much time had passed, but Yu Hong had lost his timekeeping device, and his cell phone had run out of battery and turned off automatically.

He could only quietly watch the fire and wait for dawn.
"Wait!" His heart suddenly trembled, "A cell phone is also an item, can't it be enhanced too! ? ? "

He suddenly realized that the most technologically advanced thing around him was definitely the mobile phone.

If it is used to strengthen, it can be strengthened into a computing and processing intelligent control center.
Maybe, in the future, I can build an absolutely intelligent safe shelter base!

As he stood there, Yu Hong was lost in thought.

After persisting for a while, the huge crashing sound finally stopped.

The big guy outside seemed to realize that he couldn't do anything to strengthen the wooden door, so he finally gave up, crawled away rustlingly, and soon there was no movement.

It was quiet for about ten minutes.

There was no movement outside except for the common blood ticks, also known as black bugs.

Everything returned to its original state of confrontation.

It's just that the laminated wooden door has been hit for a long time, and the door panel has bulged slightly inward.
Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the night was already half over. As long as he held on a little longer, everything should be fine.

boom! ! !
At this moment, a loud bang exploded on the door with lightning speed.

The door panel was hit and a crack appeared.

Yu Hong's face changed, and he rushed forward, pulled up the quilt and held it against the door.

Bang bang bang bang bang! ! !
Then there was another round of new collision sounds.

This time the sound was obviously louder and stronger than before.

'Either it's not the same Big Pi, or Big Pi is still in a berserk state!'

Yu Hong resisted desperately, with some guesses flashing through his mind.

The loud noises continued to ring in his ears, causing his eardrums to feel slightly numb. His shoulder was obviously burning with pain, and it was obvious that his skin had been rubbed off.

ten minutes.

twenty minutes.

half an hour.
40 minutes
It was almost an hour when the collision stopped.

It didn't ring again for a long time.

Yu Hong then breathed a sigh of relief, loosened the quilt and looked at the door.

There were more than ten bumps on the back of the solid door panel, and cracks were also spread out in parallel.

I guess if it crashes for another half an hour, it will be completely broken.

At this moment, a faint ray of light coming through the vent made Yu Hong realize that it was not that Da Pi had given up, but that it was daybreak outside.
He sat down on the ground with a plop, covered in sweat, hungry and thirsty.

Turning to look at the reinforced water filter cup, the countdown on it had disappeared long ago.

Instead, there is a fairly complete large black metal cup.

The cup has a large filter device, like a weight connected to the cup lid. The lower part of the cup is cylindrical, similar to a beer cup. The capacity is at least 500 ml.

That is a bottle of mineral water or purified water that Yu Hong usually drinks.

Picking up the enhanced filter cup, Yu Hong quickly lifted the barrel and poured some water into the cup.

After being filtered, the rainwater slowly drips into the bottom of the cup, then accumulates and gradually turns into a layer of clearer cold water.

Yu Hong waited for a while, tilted the cup and poured out the water.

'It's basically drinkable, but it still needs to be boiled.'

The pots and jars for boiling water are all in the houses in Baiqiu Village.

Yu Hong could only hold it up and take a sip symbolically to moisten his lips.

Then he walked to the door, pulled open the shutter and looked outside.

Looking out the window, the light has become brighter and the sun is shining down again.

Yu Hong checked the surroundings and made sure that there was no problem before removing the support and unlocking the door.

He stood at the door and checked the damage of the door inside and out.

The scary thing is that the reinforced wooden door might be knocked through just a little bit before the last daybreak.
Yu Hong silently stretched out his hand and pressed it on the surface of the door.

"Repair?"

'Yes,' he answered affirmatively.

As he watched the countdown appear on the gate, a gloom rose in his heart.

"It's not enough. We need to reinforce the door. If another big bull comes and hits it, the door will definitely not hold up!"

'So, how do we reinforce it?'

He stood by the door, closing it again, thinking carefully.

Not long after, he quickly picked up the axe and rushed out. With the sound of chopping wood, Yu Hong soon came over dragging two thick wooden boards.

He switched to a hammer and after a series of clanging sounds, two thick wooden boards were soon nailed to the back of the door.

But the thick wooden boards were not nailed to the door. Instead, they were fixed to the stone walls on both sides, one at the top and one at the foot, parallel to each other.

In this way, although it is a little more troublesome to go in and out, the gate has been reinforced again.

Then, Yu Hong went to repair some wooden boards and placed them vertically against the back of the door to thicken the door panel.

After doing all this, he was so tired that he sat down.

Wiping the sweat off his face with his sleeve, he picked up the wooden tool box that the stutterer had given him. There were only two nails left in it.

'The steel nails are running low. We have to replenish them.'

The mortise and tenon structure is easy to use, but it has to be planned well at the beginning, otherwise later changes can only rely on small parts such as steel nails.

After sitting there and thinking for a while, Yu Hong filtered another glass of water and drank it in small sips.

Picking up the steel-nailed pyroxene stick, he took a deep breath and scanned the entire cave.

'Go to Little Stutter's house first to move some things. Before leaving, strengthen something and then go there to save time.'

He thought about it and chose to strengthen the newly reinforced gate reinforcement plate.

He stretched out his hand and pressed on the reinforcement plate behind the door, and an idea came to his mind.

Soon, Hei Yin's questioning voice sounded.

'Do you want to strengthen the gate reinforcement plate?'

'Yes! '

Yu Hong responded in his heart with ease.

Suddenly, numbers appeared on the board and turned into a countdown: 1:32.

'It's okay. Not too long.'

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he picked up the stick, put the only piece of reinforced pyroxene in his pocket, and opened the door.

He jumped down the rock steps without hesitation and walked along the forest towards Baiqiu Village.

(End of this chapter)