Desperate Night.

Chapter 69 069 Convoy (First Order)

"In addition to water, there are also constant harassment from ghosts. You need to artificially create a pyroxene isolation environment. And food. Someone has to produce mushrooms, cockroaches and lizards steadily. But there are people in Hope City who specialize in growing vegetables and raising livestock. The conditions are too different." Li Runshan shook his head.

"The conditions are so different." His daughter Aisina came out from behind him at some point and stood behind him, nodding and repeating the lesson.

"So." Yu Hong glanced at the girl and then returned his gaze to Li Runshan.

"So you can only look for those people who can't stay in Hope City anymore." Li Runshan instructed with a smile, "First rely on them to support a small base. After ensuring the safety of water and food, you can consider attracting good people to settle down long-term."

"That makes sense," Yu Hong sighed.

"In a few days, a group of refugees will pass by nearby. They are all solar-powered electric cars that are only charged by the sun. They are very slow, and some people will definitely run out of food along the way. This group is heading towards Tianyue, and they will look for places to trade and exchange food along the way. You can try to see if you can recruit a few people then."

Yu Hong nodded, but when he thought about the situation in his safe house, he shook his head in his heart. His safe house was not big enough to accommodate people. Where would he live? Would he live with him in a cave? He had so many private things, could he be trusted?

So there is no way. The time is far from ripe now and we can only take one step at a time.

He can't even be self-sufficient, it's too early, too soon.

After talking with Li Runshan, Yu Hong separated and went to see Dr. Xu on the way back, but found that the cave she was in was empty and quiet.

dong dong dong.

He stood in front of the cave door and knocked.

no respond.

Putting his hand down, he sighed slightly and turned to look elsewhere.

It was quiet all around, with only thick columns of smoke coming out of a fire still burning in the distance.

The originally silent forest was now completely dyed red by the red light. Even though it was almost evening, it was as bright as noon.

Just as he was about to leave and return to his safe house.

dong dong dong.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door from inside Dr. Xu's cave.

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Yu Hong glanced at the red value detector integrated in his collar, and the red value on it soared to over eighty.

"Who's knocking at the door?" Doctor Xu's voice came from the cave, cautious and careful.

Yu Hong looked at the red value again, sighed in his heart, ignored the voice inside, and left.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned back, bent down, picked up a stone, and carved hard on the ground in front of the wooden door, writing a line of words.

'The master has left, there is something fishy going on inside'.

After doing this, he stood up again.

Right at the window of the cave, next to the half-drawn white curtain, was standing a woman in white.

The woman looked at him woodenly through the window, her eyes dull, standing there quietly.

Her face was exactly like Dr. Xu's, except that her skin was paler and had an indescribable sense of corruption, like a white wall that was about to peel off.

Yu Hong glanced at her, turned around and left quickly.

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Shirakawa City.

In an abandoned auditorium.

The rows of seats are all dark red and covered with knitted leather.

Some of the seats were collapsed, while others were intact but covered with dust.

A large area of ​​red seats are arranged in a fan shape, half surrounding the rectangular podium in front.

At this time, there were more than 20 people standing in the auditorium, all of them were United Army soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms, helmets and tactical vests.

In front of all the soldiers stood three non-commissioned officers wearing the same camouflage uniforms but with silver crescent moons on their shoulders.

Three non-commissioned officers, two men and one woman, each holding a pen and paper, were recording names.

"Xu Zhengqiu."

"Wang Xuan."

"Zhang Jiawei."

"Liu Yu."

The three sergeants called out names one by one, and the soldiers whose names were called walked up to the corresponding sergeants to be assigned as members of the team.

As names were called out one by one, the three teams became clearer and clearer, and more and more people appeared.

And the number of remaining soldiers was decreasing.

After about ten minutes.

"Ma Randong."

"Xu Dawei."

As time went on, the speed of calling names became slower and slower.

At last.

"Ding Chao."

After calling out this name, the three non-commissioned officers stopped calling out for anyone else.

But the soldiers had not been fully assigned, and there were still two women and one man left.

"Is it over? Why are there still three people left to be assigned?" Xu Fei, one of the three non-commissioned officers, frowned and looked at the other two of the same rank. "My place is full."

"It's the same here." Another sergeant at the side said coldly.

"." The only female non-commissioned officer Xue Ningning looked at the two of them helplessly.

She could understand the requirement that the mission team must be as elite as possible, but if she didn't select and bring these elites, the remaining people would have to form a team to enter the mission area. If a team without a captain rashly entered the mission area, it would be very likely to encounter strange shadows or blood monsters, and get into trouble.

Therefore, before a general mission, team leaders will try their best to bring everyone along and complete the assignments.

but now
Xue Ningning looked at the list in her hand.

The remaining three are Ou Li, Chen Qiaosheng, and Lin Yiyi.

Each of these three men has very troublesome flaws. Although they are elites recommended by the local area and have their own strengths, that is only compared with ordinary soldiers. In this team full of elites, the three of them seem to pale in comparison.

"Captain Liu, there are three people left. Take a look." Xue Ningning frowned and looked at the tallest and strongest male non-commissioned officer.

"Form your own team." Captain Liu didn't even look at the three of them, and led his team out of the auditorium.

"Ouyang." Xue Ningning looked at another non-commissioned officer of the same rank.

"Ningning, don't look at me. I am responsible for the safety of my team. In a few days, the shadow of the newly evolved evil will spread here, and the concentration of blood tide nearby is getting higher and higher. More people does not necessarily mean safer. You know this." The other party said in embarrassment and led his team to leave the auditorium one after another.

As they left, all eyes fell on the remaining three people. It was obvious that everyone could see that these three were the worst and none of the three superiors wanted them.

Xue Ningning looked at the two colleagues who were leaving, with the same embarrassment on her face.

She raised her hand and gave orders, asking all team members to line up and prepare to leave together.

But when she was halfway through typing the order to leave, she saw the expectant and anxious eyes of the last three people, and her heart finally softened.

"Forget it, you guys come over and join the team." She waved at the three of them.

Anyway, the route explored by the team she led was the shortest and safest one. As long as the three more people were careful, there shouldn't be any problems.

"Yes!"

The last three people quickly stood at attention and responded loudly.

Xiao Jieba and Ou Li stood together, and their faces, which had been a little worried because of their failure to be selected, suddenly became happy.

"Choose. Choose, okay!" She happily grabbed Ou Li's hand and shook it.

"Okay, okay, I got it, don't touch me." Ou Li impatiently shook off her hand. She didn't care which team she was in, as long as she could join the team. She joined the army for her stuttering anyway. If she encountered danger, she would run first, and she would not rush forward foolishly for any order.

The third person, Chen Qiaosheng, was listless and pale, but he was slightly relieved when he heard the order to join the team.

Looking at the different reactions of these three people, Xue Ningning, as the captain, still shook his head slightly in his heart.

One of these three is selfish, one has intellectual disabilities and cannot operate various equipment, and one is physically weak and has very poor physical fitness.

Although they all have their own strengths, their weaknesses are too obvious. I don't know whether it is right or wrong for her to bring these three people.

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“How to solve the water problem?”

As the sun set, the fire was still burning, but it was much smaller than before.

Perhaps it was blocked by a natural isolation zone, or perhaps it was due to some other unknown reason, but the forest fire slowly began to die out.

In the safe house, Yu Hong was still thinking about how to solve the water supply problem.

He sat on a wooden stool, scribbling on the board with a charcoal pencil, looking thoughtful.

"I have basically adapted to the current environment. If I move to the edge of the stream, I will have to start all over again. Everything here is difficult to move over. I can only give up. It will take too long."

Thinking of this, he picked up the water cup, tilted his head back and took a sip to moisten his throat.

Putting down the cup, he looked at the water droplets attached to the inner wall of the cup, sighed, and put it on the table.

Go ahead and pick up the charcoal.

'Wait! ' Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind.

The water droplets attached to the wall of the cup just now seemed to have given him a flash of inspiration.

'What if I use the water condensed from the air as a water source? ? '

There is also water in the air, which comes from various water vapors that evaporate.

'High humidity in the air can also cause mold and microbial growth. If I can directly dehumidify and separate the air water, this will not only ensure the basic water supply, but also ensure that the living environment will not easily mold and affect health! '

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

'So, what about the dehumidifier?'

He thought about it and decided to start with Li Runshan's supply team. The supply team traveled between various city bases, and they could get almost anything as long as there was a product. Of course, the price was not cheap, and he also had to pay an intermediary fee to Lao Li, the profiteer.

Fortunately, the huge amount of spoils harvested this time made Yu Hong rich.

There were more than 20 sets of basic protective clothing, more than 20 pistols without bullets, more than 30 silver dollars looted one by one, more than 20 knives, and other miscellaneous things, such as glasses, pencils, keys, pocket watches, magnesium rods, pyroxene blankets, car keys, and all kinds of other things.

Xu Fan's disdain for these also means that the value of repairing and upgrading the Blue Whale Set far exceeds this amount of material silver dollars.

Coming back to his senses, Yu Hong thought of the car keys and stood up.

"That group of people also drove cars here. According to what we agreed before, these cars should belong to me too!" He became excited.

There are a lot of parts on the car, and he is looking forward to seeing how the car can be enhanced.

Thinking of this, he decided to go find a car early tomorrow morning and then go to Li Runshan to book a dehumidifier.

"Speaking of dehumidifiers, energy and power supply must also be prepared in advance." Yu Hong sighed. After going around in circles, he returned to the starting point again, which is energy. The solar power plant he had was not enough.

"Forget it, I'll go check out the car tomorrow. If I can directly strengthen the car and turn it into a mobile safe house, the water problem may be solved by moving it, and it can also greatly expand my range of movement to explore the surrounding area."

He casually strengthened a piece of large pyroxene and then began today's training.

Early the next morning.

Yu Hong got up very early. As soon as the sky was bright, he put on his equipment and went out to search for the car driven by Zhao Zhenghong and his group.

With the sound of clacking footsteps, he walked forward neither fast nor slow in the charcoal woods that had just been extinguished.

The temperature around him was still very high. Although it was the coldest morning, he still felt as hot as in midsummer.

(End of this chapter)