Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 7: First visit to Shangu Town

In the bonfire, the branches were burning with crackling sounds.

The firelight lengthened Zhou Yi's shadow.

He took out a black-covered diary and turned to the latest page, on which were written a series of goal plans.

——Collect baby warrior crabs (scratch)

——Fatten up the first samurai crab (stroke)

——Training Warrior Crabs (row)

——Search for raw materials in the surrounding environment and create basic weapons (stroke)

……

The latest one has not been crossed out yet.

——Return to live on land and come into contact with the new human society.

It is not difficult to return to the ground and face Zhou Yi.

The difficulty is to find a place with a lot of Dead Sea resources nearby.

For most terrestrial life, the Dead Sea is a forbidden zone. Even the terrestrial luminescent species rarely enter the Dead Sea.

A large amount of dead light and air are mixed in the Dead Sea. The patterns of these light fluids that branch out like branches are difficult to understand. They create high-pressure fields, bursts of dead light and torrents.

Everything moves slowly in a high-pressure field. Not only is it difficult to move, but the body's defense value will also be permanently reduced. The longer you stay in it, the greater the damage to your body.

The light explosion looked like a bright flash bomb that exploded. Its high-energy radiation would indiscriminately kill the surroundings, causing health decay regardless of defense. Zhou Yi worked hard to increase his health bar, mainly to withstand the light explosion to ensure that he would not be evaporated instantly.

The surging current is like a torrent flashing with lightning. If you cannot avoid it in time and are sucked by it, your body's energy will be sucked away by it. If you cannot escape quickly, your energy will eventually be exhausted and you will become a floating duckweed that drifts with the current.

It is worth mentioning that they have no effect on dead objects covered by the light film.

Creatures on the ground have no experience in dealing with these disasters.

Only the light-absorbing species that survive in the Dead Sea can adapt to such extreme environments.

In addition, there are many kinds of photons in the Dead Sea, and powerful creatures emerge in an endless stream, but they are more likely to appear in the middle and upper layers of the Dead Sea. Seemingly weak life may also pose a major threat, and jumping snakes are an example.

If land species enter the Dead Sea, the mortality rate will be very high.

But on the other hand, the light species in the Dead Sea grow faster. The concentration of dead light here is much higher than on land, and it is also an area with more brutal competition and faster replacement of the old and the new.

For Zhou Yi, the most important thing is the heritage of human civilization in the Dead Sea.

Various materials sealed in those tall buildings.

Due to the special effect of the Dead Sea film, various tools and even packaged foods can still be used. As long as the surface film is removed, it can restore contact with the outside world and allow the material to resume movement.

There are a large number of urban buildings in this sea area, which are natural mineral deposits that can be developed at any time.

That's why Zhou Yi considered settling down nearby.

Although the Dead Sea is dangerous, he has many years of living experience there. Instead, it is the new human situation on land that makes him feel unfamiliar and curious.

……

In the darkness, a spot of light caught Zhou Yi's attention.

The light spot kept approaching this side, and gradually the image of a young man in a baseball cap holding a glowing stick appeared.

It’s Ajin.

"Master, here I come."

Zhou Yi looked at the stick in his hand.

It was a polished branch with a few glowing insects tied to the top.

When asked by Zhou Yi, A Jin said: "Master, when we go out at night, we either use diamond-shaped lanterns or firefly sticks."

"The diamond lights are a type of diamond-shaped stone that is produced on the shores of the Dead Sea. They absorb light during the day and emit light at night. Diamond lights are heavy, expensive and rare. We have collected all that we could find, and more are in the dangerous Dead Sea."

"The firefly stick is what I have in my hand. Fireflies are used as lighting. They rest during the day, and at night, they will glow when you feed them some leaves."

It turns out to be biological lighting.

Zhou Yi had some impression of the luminous stones. Those luminous stones were not very bright, but soft and stable.

He asked again: "Don't you need a torch?"

"Master, we are very short of fuel here."

Ah Jin shook his head. "The west of Shangu Town is a desert with only this oasis. We use branches, leaves and hay from the oasis to make fire. We have to use them sparingly. It would be too wasteful to use torches. No one would be willing to burn a thick piece of wood in one night."

Zhou Yi nodded: "How is your foot injury?" "Much better."

Ah Jin pointed to his right leg which had been bandaged again and said, "It's still a little swollen and hot, but it's normal to feel pain after an injury. Just wash it with water a couple more times. It will be fine once your leg gets used to it."

Pain and fever?

Zhou Yi frowned: "Let me take a look at the wound."

The boy didn't understand what was going on, but he still removed the cloth on his leg, revealing a red, swollen and congested wound with a lot of pus inside.

It is an abscess caused by an inflammatory response and is likely infected.

Zhou Yi warned the other party seriously: "This is not getting better. If the wound continues to fester and worsen, this leg may not be saved."

Ah Jin was stunned for a moment, with a look of fear on his face: "But, but... Mr. Gong said that my recovery is normal... Can my leg be saved? Master?"

Zhou Yi opened his backpack, took out a bottle of iodine to disinfect the wound, and then opened a pack of cotton cloth to bandage it. Finally, he found a box of amoxicillin capsules and asked Ah Jin to take two capsules with water.

"Come back to me at this time tomorrow and I'll see if the wound has improved."

Ah Jin finally came to his senses: "Okay, okay, Master, you are actually a doctor!!"

Originally, Zhou Yi wanted Ajin to go back to recuperate, but Ajin insisted that it was no problem and volunteered to take him to visit Changu Town.

The two walked the entire way, escorted by the Warrior Crab Squad, through the oasis and arrived at the hilly area where the town was located.

Along the way, Zhou Yi learned from Ajin about the living habits and conditions of the local people.

The entrance to Changu Town is a cave on the mountain.

There were some stone pestles piled up next to the cave entrance, and the outer wall of the cave was painted with blood marks that looked like fish or insects.

After Zhou Yi and the other person entered the cave, they walked diagonally downwards. Soon they came to a three-way intersection, where people were coming in and out here and there with fireflies in their hands.

"This is our burrow."

Ajin said while holding up the firefly stick.

Zhou Yi looked back at the cave entrance behind him: "There are no fortifications or bunkers, and no patrols standing guard. Aren't you afraid that the monsters outside will rush in?"

"The caves here are very narrow, and the clawed pigs can't get in. During the day, the monsters go to suck up all the light, and they don't have the time to go underground and waste time."

Ajin said: "If we find any danger, we will run out from another safe hole."

The town of Changu was much simpler than Zhou Yi had imagined.

When the stranger Zhou Yi came, most of the locals just looked at him, seemed curious but a little reserved about the stranger, and then hurried out.

The residents are mostly teenagers, and there are hardly any people in their twenties or thirties.

"Master, time is precious at night, and everyone has gone out to collect things. Mainly branches, leaves, and some hay. They are not only fuel, but also can keep the cave warm and safe. If you are lucky, you can also pick up dry dung, rotten meat, and bones."

After returning to his hometown, Ajinjian talked a lot.

He lived in the 11th cave on the left. The 10 caves before that were empty, with only some stones piled inside.

“This is my hole.”

Ajin lifted the straw curtain that served as a door and mounted the firefly stick on a branch rack on the wall of the cave.

The stone walls of the room are covered with overlapping and intertwined branches, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of hay, making it look like a large bird's nest.

Tools were hung on the wall of branches on one side of the cave, claw-shaped wooden hooks, ropes made of hay, stone hammers with wooden handles, a backpack, a few tattered and patched pockets, and some bone needles and threads. Some branches and dead wood were piled below.

The bonfire was in a separate corner of the cave, surrounded by a circle of mud walls on all sides, and above it was an exhaust hole connected to the outside.

Even with all the measures to keep warm, the cave was still cold.

Zhou Yi now understood that this kind of environment indeed required a lot of firewood.

"Master, what do you think? There is no problem sleeping here. I can build you a hole exactly like the one I have. It's better and softer than mine!"

Ajin volunteered.

Zhou Yi's face twitched, and he completely gave up on settling in Changu Town.

This is simply a replica of caveman life.

It’s not as good as the Dead Sea apartment with smog and light pollution…

Forget it.

You also have to build your own house.

living comfortably without anybody's help!
(End of this chapter)