The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 197: Digging a Cave with Different Skills
Ji Feng quickly took out two explosive arrows from his backpack and handed them to Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan immediately cut off two ibuprofen pills and gave them to him. He put away the two explosive arrows and said with a smile, "If you need anything in the future, you can come to my camp to exchange them."

"Thank you, Mr. Liang." Ji Feng said gratefully.

Liang Yuan smiled and waved his hand: "It's a fair trade, each party gets what they need."

Ji Feng said goodbye to Liang Yuan and left quickly with Han Ben and Wang Xiao.

Liang Yuan noticed that the three of them were indeed very fast.

However, they are different. Monsoon runs at a very fast speed, but its speed is in the frequency.

Wang Xiao's step frequency is not fast, but the span of each step is very large, and it seems that his strength lies in jumping.

As for the young man with an overbite, Han Ben, he and Ji Feng were of the same type and also ran at a fast pace.

Liang Yuan seemed to be thinking about something. Although they were both speed-type psychics, their emphasis was different.

"Brother Liang, why are you so polite to them? This group of people attacked us to death yesterday." Zhao Kai couldn't help but say.

Liang Yuan glanced at him and said, "Our enemy is not these ordinary superpowers in Tulong Camp, but the rulers there."

"We are latecomers. If we want to settle down here and continue to grow, we must absorb people from outside."

"Otherwise, it would be difficult for us, with only a hundred or so people, to be self-sufficient."

"Not only that, we will also need to establish a trading market in the future to trade with several other camps in the surrounding area."

Liang Yuan never intended to be anyone's enemy. He just wanted to establish a stable order so that everyone could concentrate on production and fishing, allowing him to quickly accumulate points and improve his strength.

What's the point of fighting back and forth?
It will only increase casualties. If people die, who will help him catch fish and earn points for him?
Therefore, his strategy is destined to be different from those who only think about building shelters and becoming dictators.

Liang Yuan is very clear that whether he has the right to speak depends entirely on his own strength.

His power comes from the system and from points.

Then he must create an environment to earn points as much as possible.

It just so happens that his system can draw a steady supply of supplies.

He can fully utilize these supplies to persuade these people to work for him and revitalize all the Yangshan shelter camps.

Of course, I can’t tell this to Zhao Kai and the others.

But I believe they also understand that only by uniting can humans defeat the mutant monsters by numbers.

Zhao Kai listened to Liang Yuan's words and became thoughtful.

At this time, Yang Shenmin said, "Mr. Liang, did you hear that just now? This Ji Feng mentioned the mining area."

Liang Yuan also nodded slightly: "It seems that many changes have taken place on Yangshan Mountain that we are not aware of."

"We need to explore the area around Yangshan when we have time."

Ding Yan also said: "It is necessary to explore the surrounding area. I don't believe that Director Hong is so kind that he will really give us a safe place."

Everyone nodded, and were also confused about this.

The environment of this fire reservoir is pretty good. At least there is a large flat area, which saves everyone a lot of effort.

Are Tu Long and Hong Fu really so kind as to give them this land to build a shelter?

Liang Yuan said in a deep voice: "No matter what troubles there are here, at least one thing is certain, this place is indeed very suitable for building a shelter."

"So no matter what trouble it is, if we want to stay, we have to face it."

Everyone nodded and decided to build a shelter here.

Compared with the woods all over the mountain, this place is close to the winding mountain road and has a small parking lot, so it is considered a better place.

It only needs a little rest and it will be a very good construction site.

After discussing a lot of details, Liang Yuan and everyone finalized them one by one.

The planting matters were handed over to Song Wen, who would be asked to find Aunt Li and others to organize teaching training.

This simple teaching is free of charge, and the subsequent technical support will be charged, which is also a help to middle-aged and elderly people like Aunt Li.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour and Liang Yuan was already feeling overwhelmed.

For a simple shelter that can accommodate a hundred people, there are too many things to consider in terms of construction, operation, etc.

This is really not something that ordinary people can do. No wonder some camps just let one person have the final say. It really saves effort and there are not so many worries.

Liang Yuan shook his head. During this meeting, he discovered that old people like Lao Ma, who had worked at the grassroots level, did have some abilities.

At least things were arranged in an orderly manner and many substantive suggestions were put forward.

It is said that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.

When we were trying to survive in the past, these old guys were a burden.

But when construction is needed, those with practical experience are valuable.

Liang Yuan simply asked Lao Ma to organize a group of experienced people to assist the psychics in planning the camp.

Of course, the most urgent task at the moment, in addition to clearing the land and sowing seeds, is to immediately open up caves to ensure safe living.

Liang Yuan finished the meeting and hurried back to the bamboo building and returned to the top floor.

Yangmei was not at home. Liang Yuan asked some people downstairs and found out that Yangmei had gone with Aunt Li and others to pick wild vegetables near the bamboo forest downstairs.

There are a lot of people cutting bamboo over there, so there is no need to worry about safety issues.

Liang Yuan looked at the V-shaped mountain wall and had a rough plan of the stone chamber in his mind.

"Let's dig out a stone chamber first. Sister Mei and I can sleep in the cave at night to avoid disturbing the people downstairs."

"As for cooking, it's better to do it in the bamboo building. The ventilation here is better and there won't be too much fumes."

Thinking of this, he started working immediately.

Using steel bars and hammers, they began to dig holes in the mountain.

First use a steel hammer to outline a rough shape of a door opening, then use a sledgehammer to smash the hole.

With his physique and strength, he had dug out a cave that was five meters deep and two meters wide in just one morning.

Even so, he was exhausted and took a rest for a while.

"Digging a hole manually is too tiring. I'm so tired, how can others dig it?"

Liang Yuan thought to himself, and then he heard a loud bang downstairs, followed by a loud crash, as if a large number of stones were falling.

Liang Yuan was startled and ran out to take a look.

But I saw a lot of people gathered in the bamboo building on the lower floor, and thick smoke was billowing out.

Then I heard someone shouting, "Brother Kai is awesome."

"Captain, this is amazing. We have dug out such a large cave."

"Oh, this must be more than 20 square meters, right? That's more than enough for people to live in."

“This is too efficient.”

"Captain Zhao, can you please help us dig the hole? We'll ask you to bring us the supplies."

Then Zhao Kai's laughter came from below: "Sure, you can do it, but everyone has to line up. I have to help Captain Liu's family dig first."

"It should, it should."

"I'll be the first to sign up."

Liang Yuan was surprised when he heard this. Zhao Kai was not a power-type mutant, so how could he dig a hole so quickly?
I worked so hard for the whole morning and only made such a small hole, but Zhao Kai has already dug out a cave of more than 20 square meters?

Feeling puzzled, he hurried downstairs to take a look.

As soon as I got downstairs, I saw Zhao Kai with his hands pressed on the wall of the cave.

A large amount of ice fog spread, quickly freezing the walls.

Crack, crack, crack. The ice fog spread at a low temperature, and crackling sounds appeared on the stone walls of the cave.

Immediately, without Zhao Kai even needing to knock, a large amount of rock fell off.

Zhao Kai quickly jumped out of the cave, letting the rocks fall, and the cave immediately expanded a little!

Liang Yuan was stunned: "What's going on?"

At this time, someone also noticed Liang Yuan and quickly greeted him.

"Mr. Liang is here!"

"Hello, Mr. Liang."

"Is Mr. Liang here to see Captain Zhao as well?"

Liang Yuan quickly walked towards Zhao Kai and shouted, "Zhao Kai, what's wrong with you? Is your frost ability so strong? Can it even freeze rocks and crack?"

When Zhao Kai heard Liang Yuan's voice, he stopped immediately, turned his head and said with a smile: "Brother Liang, you are here. It's not the stone that I froze and cracked. Look."

He pointed to a dead fire on the ground.

Liang Yuan took a quick look and immediately understood what was going on.

He couldn't help but ask, "You first lit a fire in the cave to heat up the stones, then quickly used your frost ability to cool the stones down, and used the principle of thermal expansion and contraction to knock the stones down?"

Zhao Kai immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother Liang, I can't hide anything from you. Hehe, this method was taught to me by Tang Ying. After all, she is a college student. She can think of this method. It's amazing."

Liang Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it turned out that there are no stupid people in this world.

I worked hard for a whole morning, and they dug out such a big cave in just a few strokes. If you learn math, physics and chemistry well, you won't be afraid of the end of the world.

"Come back to my house." Liang Yuan said directly.

Zhao Kai's smile froze: "Um...Brother Liang, Feifei and the others haven't dug out the hole yet."

Liang Yuan was speechless and said, "You are so beautiful that you forget your friendship. I didn't ask you to help me dig. I asked you to help me make some ice cubes. I can just get some ice water. After these mountain walls have been burned by high temperatures, ordinary ice water can quickly cool them down and play a role."

Zhao Kai immediately laughed again: "Hehe, you should have told me earlier, making ice cubes is very simple, all you need is water, I'll be there right away."

He was afraid of making Liang Yuan angry, so he quickly pulled Liang Yuan upstairs.

Liang Yuan was not polite and directly took out buckets of large solar-powered water buckets from the inventory and asked Zhao Kai to freeze them one by one.

Then, to prevent the ice from melting, he put the bucket back into his inventory.

Zhao Kai was stunned. He stayed with Liang Yuan for an entire hour and exhausted all the special energy in his body before being let go by Liang Yuan.

Zhao Kai looked at Liang Yuan with resentment and shouted, "Brother Liang, if you want to take advantage of me, don't just focus on me. Tang Ying's [Resonance] ability can dig up stones faster than my method."

"She pressed her palm against the wall, and it was like a drill, and the rocks fell off with a clattering sound."

Liang Yuan was excited to get started, but when he heard this, his smile froze.

Damn, I forgot that Tang Ying also has the [Resonance] ability!
Digging stones is easier than digging tofu!
Liang Yuan looked at his [Evolution] ability again, and suddenly felt that this ability of his was so useless.

Can't we develop our [evolutionary] potential unless it's a critical moment?

He sighed, "Go and help your sister Feifei."

After driving Zhao Kai away, he started digging the hole again.

Liang Yuan felt that his [Evolution] ability would not be able to evolve in a comfortable environment.

But asking him to take the risk of fighting would be too dangerous.

"Forget it, just earn points and add attribute points."

"I just don't believe that with all my attributes maxed out, there is still any monster that can kill me."

Giving up the idea of ​​taking risks to develop his [Evolution] ability, he began to light a fire inside the cave.

When the fire was lit, he found that the mutant bamboo became very flammable and very resistant to burning.

Among these mutated bamboos, the more fiery red they appear, the more resistant to burning and flammable they are.

"How could this bamboo mutate into this state?"

Liang Yuan was confused but had no way to explore. When the fire started burning, a lot of smoke soon came out of the cave. The cave was also smoked and burned by the high temperature.

When the fire was almost out, Liang Yuan took out ice water and poured it directly on the wall bucket by bucket.

Suddenly the wall cracked and a large amount of slate fell off.

Liang Yuan immediately picked up the hammer and started hammering wildly, and another large piece of rock was dug out by him.

This process was repeated until around four or five in the evening, when the entire cave had been dug out to include a one-bedroom and one-living room, even a kitchen and a bathroom, covering an area of ​​about 60 square meters.

Moreover, after being roasted by fire, the entire interior of the cave is dry and free of insects and ants.

Liang Yuan cleaned up quickly, cleared away the dust, smoothed the ground, and then found a lot of wooden floors from the inventory.

He searched so many rooms and dug up a lot of wooden floors and stuff.

This 60-square-meter stone cave can be easily covered with furniture, and then a wardrobe and a Simmons bed can be moved out. With a little decoration, a cozy master bedroom can be created.

"It seems there is still a lot of putty powder for painting the walls. Let's go back and paint this wall as well."

"Forget it. Maybe I'll have to dig deeper and waste putty powder. I'll just use wall paper to stick it on when the time comes."

There is the universal sea cucumber mucus, which is also very convenient for sticking wall coverings.

Anyway, he had demolished quite a few houses and had sets of wall coverings in his inventory.

In terms of soft furnishings, there is no need to worry about lack of materials.

"We'll have to find a way to get electricity, but the generator is a bit too noisy and not very suitable."

"By the way, those two sunflowers can glow. Let's try to see if we can generate solar energy."

"If the light energy from two plants is not enough, let Song Wen think of a way to see if we can cultivate and plant them and build a sunflower base to generate electricity using the light energy from sunflowers."

The more Liang Yuan thought about it, the more he felt there was hope, and he became quite confident about future development.

When Yangmei came back with a basket of wild vegetables in the evening, she saw the newly dug one-bedroom and one-living-room and screamed in surprise.

"Brother, this...did you smash this?"

Liang Yuan put his hands on his hips and smiled: "How is it?"

Yang Mei immediately threw herself into his arms like a young swallow, and said happily, "You are so amazing."

Liang Yuan picked her up, spun her around in the air, and said with a smile, "Let's sleep in the cave tonight. I want to see who will gossip about us."

Yang Mei's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she said in a panic: "Don't mess around, I'm going to have my period in the next two days."

"Ah? We just moved into a new house, shouldn't we celebrate?"

"There's no need to celebrate like that."

"How do we celebrate then?"

"How about I cook you something delicious tonight?"

Liang Yuan shook his head: "The chimney hasn't been dug yet, so it's hard to cook. Besides, what can we eat that's as delicious as your steamed buns?"

He gently pinched Yangmei's curves, which immediately made Yangmei feel embarrassed and angry. She begged for mercy repeatedly before he stopped.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's take a look at the master bedroom."

"I plan to put wallpaper on the walls and connect them to electricity, which will be absolutely safe and warm."

Yang Mei walked around the room and listened to Liang Yuan's introduction. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Isn't this a little small?"

Liang Yuan was surprised: "This is almost 20 square meters, enough for a large wardrobe and a two-meter bed, and it's still small?"

Yang Mei hugged him and said with a half-smile, "Of course it's enough for me, but are some people sure that I'm the only one living here?"

Liang Yuan's heart suddenly jumped, but his face remained calm, and he asked in confusion: "Of course you are the only one here, who else wants to come in? Are you kidding, this place only belongs to you."

"Hehe, little brother, you are just sweet-talking. Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. You should find a way to get three more bedrooms. I'm worried that they won't be enough."

Liang Yuan coughed a few times: "No need..."

Yang Mei crossed her arms and hummed, "Okay, that's not enough, right? Besides Ding Yan, Song Wen, and Dong Yan, who else is there?"

It turns out she saw it all.

Liang Yuan naturally had a way to deal with her. He stepped forward, picked her up and threw her directly onto the bed.

"Oh my - little brother, you...you...don't..."

“Ah… woo——”

After this heart-breaking song, Yang Mei was exhausted and her face was tired.

She couldn't help but look up, looking at the man who was still full of energy, and couldn't help but said angrily: "I have awakened my superpowers, and my physical fitness has improved so much, why can't I satisfy you?"

Liang Yuan grinned immediately: "Haha, this is just the beginning. You will suffer in the future."

Yang Mei rolled her eyes at him, rubbed her aching waist, and said sadly, "Take a break. I'm really tired."

Seeing this, Liang Yuan had no choice but to call it a day and said, "You go to sleep for a while, I'll go get something to eat."

"Don't go. When you wake up, I'll do it. You hold me while you sleep." She said coquettishly.

Liang Yuan held her in his arms. It was raining heavily outside and the light was dim, so it was naturally even darker inside the cave.

Liang Yuan looked at the light coming through the cave and thought that just having electricity and light was not enough, ventilation was also needed.

It seems that this cave cannot be dug deeper and deeper. It would be better to make some holes horizontally for ventilation.

In addition, the kitchen flue and the room drainage must be considered.

Fortunately, the bamboo here is thick enough and tall enough, so we can use it to make pipes.

"It would be best if we could collect excrement and the like together. Maybe we could create a biogas digester or something like that."

Liang Yuan was thinking about the plan in his mind and slowly fell asleep.

Not long after, he woke up. His physical attributes were so high that he only needed a short nap to restore his energy.

Looking at Yangmei who was still sleeping beside him, Liang Yuan got out of bed quietly and left the cave.

It was already completely dark outside, and in the bamboo buildings, each family had lit their fire pits.

In the parking lot on the other side of the Panshan Highway, a tall watchtower was built with a brazier lit, and patrol personnel were standing guard on it.

There was a bonfire on the ground on the other side of the parking lot, and many people were chatting around it.

For a moment, it felt like returning to the countryside before the end of the world.

At that time, after the busy farming season, a fire would be lit outside every house, and familiar neighbors would come over to chat and occasionally add some snacks such as peanuts, garlic, and sweet potatoes to the fire.

This scene gives people a sense of peace and tranquility.

Of course, if it weren't for the heavy rain, the atmosphere might have been even better.

(End of this chapter)