The End of the Extreme Dao: I Planted a Sacred Tree and Gained Immortality

Chapter 53 Abnormality
Huo Ying's eyes swept across the spines of the books.

Suddenly, voices were heard outside the library.

Two people entered the first floor of the library one after the other.

They are He Lili and Hu Caigen.

"There are still people moving books in the apocalypse?" He Lili came in first, saw the empty first floor, stopped and looked surprised.

Hu Caigen deliberately pushed forward, causing He Lili to groan, then he held He Lili's chest, using his five fingers to exert force while explaining: "Books are good things, they can be used as fire starters, otherwise where can we find enough gasoline and lighters."

"You just arrived in town, so you don't need to do too much work. Just move a few books from the library to your home every day. We can use them to make a fire at night."

While speaking, Hu Caigen rested his chin on He Lili's shoulder and pressed his body weight on her. He Lili staggered and Hu Caigen pushed her. He Lili screamed and fell to the ground. Hu Caigen's whole body just fell on He Lili.

"I've been good enough to you. I don't need you to dig for Yang Stone or do any dangerous work. Your husband is at home repairing the walls and cleaning up, and you just move a few books every day. Even if you come to XN City, you won't have such a peaceful life."

He Lili struggled symbolically, but after hearing what Hu Caigen said, her body softened. She tilted her neck to make it easier for Hu Caigen to put his hand through her collar, and then said, "Wait, wait a minute, let me take off my clothes first, otherwise I'll have to mend them if they get damaged."

Huo Ying, who was looking for a book on the second floor, frowned. He did not find any books related to the shelter, but there was a book about underground wine cellars. There were many construction drawings of the wine cellar in it, and the ventilation and exhaust circulation were drawn very clearly. Although it was different from what Huo Ying wanted, it could also alleviate the problem of poor air circulation in the basement.

However, Huo Ying found a lot of books on livestock farms. The town’s economic pillars used to be farming and breeding, and the library had comprehensive knowledge on indoor breeding and shed construction.

Huo Ying pulled out a few books, and then deliberately made some noise. The sound of wooden armor tapping was very crisp. The two people downstairs, who were already naked, didn't even have time to put on their clothes. They hurriedly stood up and stared at the stairs cautiously.

Seeing the fully armed Huo Ying coming down from upstairs, Hu Caigen not only did not feel ashamed, but felt relieved instead.

Without saying anything, Hu Caigen hugged He Lili, made way, and stared at Huo Ying warily, but his hand pinched He Lili hard in a show-off manner, causing He Lili to groan in pain.

Huo Ying's face was hidden under the wooden helmet. He looked at the two of them coldly. Meeting Huo Ying's cold eyes, He Lili actually blinked secretly and put down her hands that were covering her body.

As soon as Huo Ying left the room, He Lili immediately hugged Hu Caigen's neck. This time, she took the initiative to push Hu Caigen down and sat on him. He Lili whispered, "Brother Hu, I saw that man seemed to have a lot of charcoal yesterday."

Hu Caigen reached out and patted He Lili's face, grinning, "Why, you want to sow discord between us, hoping that I will go and cause trouble for that person, so that we will both suffer, and then you two will occupy my house and resources?"

He Lili shook her head in a flattering way: "No, if you get hurt, who will protect us? I think charcoal is very valuable. He has a lot of charcoal now, so he doesn't take it seriously. But as resources are consumed, he will slowly find that charcoal is the most important material."

"There are fewer and fewer poplar trees, Brother Wang, while he still doesn't value charcoal enough, why don't we exchange some with him and save it."

Hu Caigen felt that what He Lili said made sense: "Okay, every time after a transaction with the courier, we will go to the school playground to exchange some things with each other. Then I will go over and see if he is willing to exchange for charcoal."

Huo Ying left the library and did not go home. Instead, he came to House No. 2 which was connected to the basement.

Sitting in the house, Huo Ying opened the book about the wine cellar and started to study it. To ventilate the basement, there are two ways: mechanical ventilation and natural ventilation. Mechanical ventilation requires Huo Ying to have a fan, and natural ventilation requires the construction of a sun well.

Both of these are difficult. Wind turbines require equipment and electricity, and solar wells are too obvious to allow black fog and flying insects to get in easily.

"Besides the light of the poplar fire, can lights dispel the black fog and black insects?"

Ordinary lights definitely won’t work because they don’t have the power of the sun. But what about special lights, such as ultraviolet lights and infrared lights?

Huo Ying made notes with charcoal, preparing to exchange or look for this kind of lamp in the town to see if it can replace poplar wood to drive away the darkness. Otherwise, XN City is so big and has so many people, if all of them use poplar wood, how can the wood be used?

After finishing all this, Huo Ying took out some green peppers, onions, ginger and garlic and brought them back to his house.

"Wow, how did you get it back!" Liang Yao was pleasantly surprised: "It's amazing, I dreamed of the smell of onions, ginger and garlic last night, and you actually got it back today!"

Huo Ying smiled awkwardly, probably because Liang Yao smelled the odor coming out of the basement.

"I'll cook now." Liang Yao happily took the vegetables and subconsciously hummed a song while cooking. Huo Ying had never heard of songs from this world, so he listened very carefully and was infected by Liang Yao's happiness for a moment.

No matter in the previous life or in the end of the world, those who are most likely to be happy are people like Liang Yao who are easily satisfied.

Liang Yao didn't dare to waste vegetables, so she only roasted a green pepper, then tore it into two halves, gave most of it to Huo Ying, and kept the smaller half for herself to sip, using the spicy taste to dilute the taste of the potatoes.

Huo Ying picked up the green pepper and put it back into Liang Yao's bowl: "Don't be so frugal. These vegetables are easy to grow and can be eaten freely in no time."

After hearing what Huo Ying said, Liang Yao was actually a little nervous: "Did you exchange it with Luna's family?"

Liang Yao subconsciously looked down at herself, then asked weakly: "Is Luna's figure much better than mine?"

Huo Ying nodded: "It's a little better, and it can also grow vegetables."

The light in Liang Yao's eyes faded. After hesitating for a long time, Liang Yao tried firmly, "I also think she is very capable. You go out to collect resources, and she grows them at home. It is really perfect. When the time comes, I will build a small house for you, cook for you two, wash clothes, and clean the house, okay?"

Huo Ying couldn't help laughing and reminded: "Have you forgotten that Zhang Yuqi saved you?"

oops.

Liang Yao realized that Zhang Yuqi seemed to be Huo Ying's girlfriend, but why was their relationship so strange?
But the next second, Liang Yao's eyes lit up again. Since Zhang Yuqi and Luna were both capable, wouldn't it be that difficult to add one more?
"Okay, I'm going to wash up." Huo Ying interrupted Liang Yao's wandering thoughts.

Liang Yao smiled awkwardly, took Huo Ying's hand, and used her purification ability. But after the purification, Liang Yao suddenly staggered and fell to the ground, her forehead instantly covered with dense beads of sweat.

(End of this chapter)