This is apocalyptic

Chapter 48 048: Advanced Technology
Bai Xiao walked a long way while collecting firewood when he saw two bamboo rats digging a hole.

It looks very primitive and not infected - infected animals will lose their agility and are not afraid of humans.

Lin Duoduo tied up the firewood into a thick bundle, then she found that Bai Xiao had caught two more of these at some point, and she praised him.

——The zombies are wearing helmets, a bit like the Batman in the comics I read before, who never reveals his true face and does good things secretly.

But when he takes off his helmet, he becomes a zombie.

Lin Duoduo had also read the comics. When she was a child, her family brought them back from scavenging in town. It was one of the few entertainment activities in her childhood. While reminiscing about it, she continued to cut some branches.

The working time passed quickly. The sun became less scorching and slowly set over the western hills. The firewood was also tied up in a pile.

Before the sun set, she found a flat place, came back and called the zombies who were still collecting firewood, asked them to pick up the bundles of firewood, move them over there, and simply fence them off.

The night wind in the mountains is very cool. Occasionally, there is a slight rustling sound in the grass in the distance. I don’t know if it is a squirrel or a hare. Many small animals are active at night.

Bai Xiao wrapped his clothes around him and said, "There won't be any wolves in the mountains, will there?"

"It's not bad now. We mainly need to be on guard against poisonous insects and snakes. If it's winter, wolves will gather in packs, and it would be terrible if we encounter them. In this season, the danger is relatively not that great, and we are only on the periphery."

Lin Duoduo leaned against the firewood, wearing a hat on her head and a scarf covering her face, waiting for dawn.

"In the past, when there were more people, we would go into the mountains at night to look for wild boars. At that time, there were no infections in the mountains, and there were not as many animals as there are now."

The world was becoming increasingly difficult, and she didn't know when the mountain would become like the city it used to be.

Bai Xiao also leaned against the firewood behind him, without making a fire, just sitting there silently in the dark.

"Have you heard of Robinson?" Bai Xiao suddenly asked a strange question.

"Who is that?" Lin Duoduo wondered.

Bai Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lin Duoduo had not heard of it, otherwise she would probably have given the Zombie King the name Last Friday.

"You can sleep for a while. You don't have to be afraid. I'm here." said the Zombie King.

His hearing was much sharper than Lin Duoduo's, probably due to the instinct of a zombie. In this environment, he couldn't rest well and could always hear the noises made by the small animals that were active at night.

But it was not safe in the mountains at night, and he had no intention of running around. If he encountered an infected animal, it would be difficult to tell it apart in the pitch darkness.

Lin Duoduo hummed, holding the knife and closing her eyes to rest. It was difficult for her to get a good rest in this environment, but she could have a light sleep and wake up at the first sign of any movement. This was a habit she had developed over a long period of time.

In the past, when she went into the mountains alone, she basically didn’t sleep. Instead, she stayed up until dawn, and then went back and slept enough all at once.

The night is getting darker.

Bai Xiao was thinking about the infected deer he saw during the day. This deep mountain had become inexplicably mysterious. In the woods, in the grass, and even in the soil, countless creatures were dying, and countless creatures were adapting to this disaster.

There is no time in the dark night.

When the faint sound of birds chirping could be heard and the light could be vaguely seen, the two stood up. Bai Xiao stretched his body to see if he could catch something else.

There was a lot of firewood. When they transported the firewood to the entrance of the mountain for the first time, it was already past noon. When they went into the forest again, they were not as slow as the first time. They sped up and walked again along the traces they had left, and picked out the firewood. When it was slightly dark, they walked out of the col.

A bundle of firewood was left at Aunt Qian's door. Lin Duoduo did not knock on the door, because Aunt Qian would be able to see it when she opened the door. She carried the game caught by Bai Xiao and the raspberries she picked, and led the zombies carrying firewood behind her, walking along the path, and finally returned home when the night was completely covered.

"Move the rest back tomorrow," said Lin Duoduo.

Bai Xiao was unexpectedly capable. There was still some firewood left on the path leading into the mountain, and it couldn't be moved today.

In the past, it would have taken her several times longer to carry so many things, and every time she went into the mountains, she would have been very tired and spent a lot of effort. Similarly, the risks would have increased.

This winter doesn't look so bad.

Lin Duoduo thought, it was already midsummer, but she had already started thinking about winter.

In fact, a person's life has become not much different from that of an animal. You have to prepare for winter very early. Otherwise, when winter comes, it will be a bit late to prepare, and winter will be very difficult to endure.

If she encountered bad weather again, heavy snow blocked the mountains, or she got injured, she would have to endure it. She put away the wooden furniture, doors and windows in the collapsed houses in the village and kept them there just in case.

The next day, Bai Xiao went to bring back the things left on the mountain road, and by the way, he picked up the basket that he had put down in the river before. He was surprised to find that there were not only small fish and shrimps, but also eels.

He brought the branches back and had a full meal with Lin Duoduo. Lin Duoduo piled the branches cut from the mountain in the yard and exposed them to the sun.

"Can't we just use what we picked up? Why do we need to dry them in the sun?" Bai Xiao asked as he sat under the shed. It was such hot weather now that he didn't mention anything about absorbing the sun's energy.

"Rotten wood in the wild is different from coarse and fine firewood." Lin Duoduo pinched a piece of firewood that had been saved before, pinched a piece of slag, clapped her hands and continued to pile up the fresh branches, "These are dried and kept for burning in winter."

"Then cut all of this next time."

"No, this kind of fire is heavy and is used more when cooking meat. You don't need such a high fire when cooking batter."

Bai Xiao took note of it carefully. When Lin Duoduo mentioned it, he suddenly realized that some dead branches could not produce charcoal, but they were light in weight and he could pick up a lot of them at a time. If he wanted to cook meat, he would have to use firewood with high fire power.

As a user of a gas stove, he had never thought that there were so many types of firewood.

"When I came back, I saw a dead tree over there. I'll drag it back when I have a chance." Lin Duoduo was thinking about how to get it back.

If I can get it back, I'll have a peaceful winter.

If it were her own work, she might just run over and saw it a few times when she had free time, and bring it back bit by bit like an ant moving house. Now with Bai Xiao around, it's even easier. Anyway, she can't just let it rot there.

Bai Xiao noticed that there was a light in her eyes, just like when he saw the gold bars.

He still had an impression of a broken dead tree. Bai Xiao said, "Wait for me to find a saw to cut it in half and a wheel to drag it back."

"it is good!"

Lin Duoduo got a big basin and was washing the raspberries, leaving some out to dry for drying.

Bai Xiao looked at the branches drying in the yard, and then at the raspberries she was drying.

This human has mastered very advanced methods of utilizing solar energy.

(End of this chapter)