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

Chapter 198 Hot Pot Dinner, Mutated Flying Insects

A simple shed was also built above the fire in the parking lot to protect against rain.

Everyone was grilling fish or boiling water over there and transporting them to the bamboo house.

When Liang Yuan walked downstairs, he saw Ding Yan, Song Wen, Dong Yan, Dong Jie, Gu Feng, Liu Feifei and Zhao Kai eating hot pot in the cave.

Seeing Liang Yuan coming over, Zhao Kai hurriedly called out, "Brother Liang, come and eat something together."

Liang Yuan was also hungry, so he walked in.

Ding Yan and Song Wen both looked at him and subconsciously moved to the side.

The meaning was self-evident, and naturally they hoped that Liang Yuan would sit over.

The two of them made way for a while, and immediately realized something. They looked at each other, then looked away and looked up at Liang Yuan.

Liang Yuan's heart skipped a beat. It wouldn't be a good idea to go anywhere.

He turned his eyes and walked straight to between Zhao Kai and Dong Jie, saying, "I'll sit here. I just have something to say to Dong Jie and Zhao Kai."

He looked serious and as if he was doing something important, which immediately diverted the attention of Ding Yan and Song Wen, and the idea of ​​competing in their hearts immediately disappeared.

Dong Jie and Zhao Kai quickly moved to the sides to make room.

Zhao Kai stood up and said, "Brother Liang, you sit on my stone first, I'll go outside and get another one."

Liang Yuan took a look and saw that they were all sitting on the rocks.

He was speechless and said, "Don't go, I brought a chair."

As he spoke, he casually took out a small folding chair from the inventory.

Almost every family has a few of these things, and they are very useful for commuting and taking the train.

Liang Yuan collected supplies and naturally found a lot.

Seeing him take out a folding chair in an instant, everyone opened their mouths in envy.

Zhao Kai slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my brain. I forgot that you have storage space."

"Wow, Brother Liang Yuan, your storage ability is so useful. How much stuff have you stored?" Dong Jie couldn't help but exclaimed.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "There are plenty of things. Tell me what you want."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ding Yan suddenly said, "There is one less bed in my room. I am not used to sleeping on bamboo."

Song Wen also wanted to speak, but she didn't feel comfortable doing so with so many people around.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "That's easy. I'll give you a bed each later."

Suddenly everyone was delighted and applauded.

"Mr. Liang, I'll use water instead of wine. Thank you for your generosity, hehe." Gu Feng quickly raised the bamboo tube cup with a smile on his face.

He knew that he was not that familiar with Liang Yuan, and that he was lucky to get the same bed with her this time, thanks to Miss Ding.

Liang Yuan looked at his cup and couldn't help but laugh: "What do you mean by using water instead of wine? Isn't there ready-made wine here?"

He took out two bottles of Snow Beer from his inventory and said with a smile, "Come on, you guys treat me to hot pot today, and I'll treat you to beer."

Zhao Kai, Ding Yan, Gu Feng and others' eyes suddenly lit up.

Even Song Wen couldn't help but smile with joy.

"Oh, Mr. Liang, you even have beer. I never see these in the supplies you exchange." Gu Feng exclaimed happily.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "I don't have much of this either, so I'll just keep it for myself."

His words "one of us" immediately made Gu Feng feel proud and excited.

Liang Yuan handed them a can each, except Dong Jie.

He was still young, so Liang Yuan naturally wouldn't let him drink.

However, he was still considerate enough to find a bottle of Coke for him from the inventory. The child immediately smiled happily and kept calling him "Brother Liang, Brother Liang".

"Come, eat meat, Brother Liang. This is the bamboo rat I caught in the bamboo forest today. Wow, it's quite big and the meat is fresh." Zhao Kai said with a smile.

Liang Yuan saw that there was indeed a basin of meat on the ground with ice cubes in it. The meat was cut into thin slices.

At this time, Zhao Kai made a few more ice cubes and put them in the beer of several gentlemen.

When the weather in October is still quite hot, a sip of ice beer and a bite of spicy hotpot are so refreshing.

Zhao Kai's frost ability is so useful and it goes perfectly with hotpot.

Liang Yuan took a chopstick and found that there were bamboo shoots in it. He said, "There are bamboo shoots?"

"Hey, I found it." Gu Feng immediately took credit for it, "I'm also surprised that there are still bamboo shoots in this season. They taste pretty good and are quite tender."

Dong Yan considerately picked up a piece of food for Liang Yuan and said, "Brother Liang, please try it."

Liang Yuan took a bite and found it crispy, tender and refreshing. He turned the bottom of the pot again and found that there were only bamboo shoots besides meat.

"Just these few dishes? Nothing else?" he said in surprise.

Song Wen couldn't help but say, "It's already pretty good. Others don't have meat or vegetables to eat. We originally dug up some mushrooms and wild vegetables, but we didn't know if they were edible, so we didn't put them in."

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have vegetables here too."

He directly took out a lot of vegetables from the inventory.

He hadn't finished the vegetable gift pack he had won, so there was still a lot left.

It contains not only lettuce, Chinese cabbage, and coriander, but also broccoli, kelp, etc.

All of a sudden, the spicy hot pot base became completely richer.

Everyone was immediately delighted and ate voraciously.

Everyone's mouth was full of oil. It has been a long time since I had hotpot.

Liang Yuan also learned from Liu Feifei where the hot pot base came from.

There used to be quite a few hot pot restaurants in the Hang Lung Building. Although the ingredients were no longer edible, many of the seasonings were still intact and within their shelf life.

Everyone shared a lot of packets at that time. After all, hot pot base can be used directly as seasonings such as oil, salt, and sauce.

The hotpot meal was almost over, and Liang Yuan also learned more from them about everyone's achievements today.

Many people have already started digging caves, and with the help of people with special abilities, the progress is faster than expected.

Basically, every layer has caves of different sizes.

Among them, Zhao Kai’s principle of thermal expansion and contraction is the most popular and used by most people.

Coupled with Tang Ying's resonance ability, opening a cave would naturally be quick and convenient.

Starting tonight, basically everyone can live in the cave.

There is no need to worry about mutant beasts outside that may lurk out and attack.

Safety has been greatly improved.

Then came the issue of land reclamation. Since the mountains were all forests and there was no flat ground, Lao Ma and others eventually came up with the idea of ​​terraced field planting.

So everyone cut down trees along the mountains and forests and leveled the land.

Aunt Li and others have already started busying themselves with sowing.

What can I plant in October?
There are actually quite a few things that can be planted.

For example, garlic, radish, coriander, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, corn and so on.

There are actually many things that can be planted.

Of course, the prerequisite is to have seeds.

Although there are seeds in Liangyuan, the quantity is not too large, and they are all collected from the corners of each household.

They should be some families with elderly people, and they are planning to plant them in nutritious soil.

Aunt Li and her family borrowed a lot from Liang Yuan, waiting to pay him back when there was a good harvest in a few months, or asking their own husbands to catch fish to pay off the debt.

Liang Yuan naturally had no objection and wished they could borrow more.

So far, the entire camp has a small population of only about a hundred people, but everything is thriving and full of vitality.

There were more smiles on everyone's faces.

Everyone was eating hot pot and talking about future construction plans. Everything was so beautiful.

However, at this moment, a scream was heard in the distance, and everyone's smiles disappeared immediately.

Liang Yuan immediately turned around and walked to the bamboo building outside the cave, looking in the direction where the sound came from.

Then I heard screams coming from the direction of the fire in the parking lot below.

But Liang Yuan did not see any trace of the enemy.

His expression changed slightly and he asked, "What's going on?"

Zhao Kai's expression also changed, and he said, "I'll go take a look."

Liang Yuan grabbed him and said, "You evacuate the crowd first, I'll go take a look."

After saying that, he leaped from the ten-story building directly onto the cliff.

After several leaps, he had already reached the platform in the parking lot.

As he approached the fire shed in the parking lot, he immediately saw what was happening.

But I saw a large number of terrifying fist-sized flying insects flying in the air.

These flying insects are attacking people in swarms.

Liang Yuan's pupils couldn't help but shrink, he didn't understand where these mutated flying insects came from.

He quickly launched a mental attack and blasted towards the densest group of flying insects! Buzz!
The mental wave suddenly exploded, and in an instant, the flying insects within a range of thirty meters trembled violently, and immediately fell to the ground with a buzzing sound, and their heads exploded with a bang.

After clearing a large area, Liang Yuan immediately shouted, "Go, back to the cave!"

Those who were bitten by the flying insects climbed up screaming and ran desperately towards the bamboo building.

Liang Yuan noticed that these flying insects did not chase those who escaped, but still gathered near the fire.

There were even quite a few flying insects that foolishly rushed into the fire!

Seeing this scene, Liang Yuan reacted suddenly.

"Flying insects are attracted to light!"

Before the Flood, we could see many flying insects gathering in bright places at night.

There is also an old saying from the ancients, "a moth flies into a flame."

This is the phototaxis of some insects.

Obviously, these mutated flying insects still retain their phototaxis instinct from before evolution.

They were attracted by the fire.

Liang Yuan figured this out, and quickly used his mental power to push the fire over and push it directly into the rain.

As a large number of flames were extinguished by the heavy rain, the surroundings gradually fell into darkness.

Those flying insects were buzzing and dancing, just like headless flies, flying around randomly.

But soon after, some flying insects discovered the light on the watchtower and flew towards it.

Some of the flying insects also flew towards the bamboo building.

Liang Yuan immediately turned around and yelled to Zhao Kai, Yang Shenmin and the others who had come running over: "Turn off the fire! Put out all the fires. These flying insects are attracted by the light!"

When everyone heard this, they were shocked. Those who had run over quickly turned around and ran back, calling their companions to put out the fire.

Sure enough, as the light from the bamboo building quickly disappeared, the flying insects suddenly scattered, fluttering around in the heavy rain and hiding in the woods to take shelter from the rain.

Seeing this scene, Liang Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rushed back to the bamboo building to reunite with everyone.

"Brother Liang, what are those things?"

"Mr. Liang, can't we light a fire?"

Everyone started asking questions at once.

Liang Yuan said in a deep voice: "It's a flying insect. I can't tell what species it is. It has mutated greatly."

"Each one is about the size of a fist, and when its wings are spread out, it's almost thirty centimeters long."

"These insects were attracted to light before they evolved. Even after they evolved, they still have this instinct to move toward light. It seems like we should try not to light fires at night."

He thought for a moment and added: "Even if you light a fire, don't leak the light source, so as not to attract these insects."

Yang Shenmin frowned and said, "It seems that we really need a relatively closed environment. It seems that our plan to dig a cave is really the right one."

"But it's impossible for no light to seep out of the cave. Otherwise, if it's completely sealed, won't we suffocate to death?" Shi Haizhu couldn't help but say.

Liang Yuan shook his head: "The stone cave can be used as a smoke exhaust and ventilation hole. The hole should not be too big. Those mutant flying insects are very large. If the ventilation hole is smaller, they will not be able to fly in."

Zhao Kai also said: "Yes, we also lit a fire yesterday, but we didn't make such a big fire in the parking lot. It seems that they are only attracted by such a huge light source. If it is a weaker light source, it should not attract so many flying insects."

Liang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the world is undergoing unprecedented changes. We must be careful in our actions. The common sense and experience we had before may no longer be useful."

"This is just a lesson for us. We still have to slowly adapt to this new world."

"Mr. Liang is right. We need to slowly understand this new world." Yang Shenmin also sighed.

Everyone's happy mood also became heavy.

Liang Yuan added: "There are many mosquitoes in the forest, and these mosquitoes may have mutated. Everyone should be careful when sleeping at night. If conditions permit, it is best to build a door for the cave entrance. If you don't have time, you can also use bamboo to weave a door curtain to block it."

Yang Shenmin also said: "I will go back to the mountains to see if there are any herbs that can repel mosquitoes. In the past, we had mosquito coils to repel mosquitoes. Logically, the main ingredients of mosquito coils are mugwort, rosin and other herbs, so they should be very simple to prepare."

Everyone was immediately overjoyed.

“It would be great if we could make mosquito coils.”

"If there were mosquito coils, the environment in the cave would be better."

“I hate mosquitoes the most.”

"Fortunately, Dr. Yang is a Chinese medicine practitioner. If it were a Western medicine practitioner, I'm afraid he wouldn't know the formula for mosquito coils."

Liang Yuan couldn't help but sigh that Yang Shenmin had the real stuff in his stomach.

At least he doesn't know the formula of mosquito coils.

Perhaps he could think of mugwort and realgar as being able to repel insects, but he couldn't make mosquito coils.

He then said, "Doctor Yang, I'll leave this matter to you."

"No problem. I'll go for a walk in the woods tomorrow."

"Okay, everyone, go back and check on the people bitten by moths to see if they are serious. Song Wen, Wang An, Doctor Yang, you may have to work hard."

Several people nodded to indicate that everything was fine.

Everyone then dispersed and went about their business.

Liang Yuan looked at the forest in the rainstorm, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

"We can't let our guard down. Although the flood has passed, the crisis is not really far away."

"The creatures in this forest are also evolving. We are not really safe here."

When Liang Yuan returned to the bamboo house, Yang Mei had already woken up. She also got the news from others and put out the fire on the fire pit outside in time.

At the same time, she hurriedly began to weave a door block out of bamboo.

When Liang Yuan came back and saw her busy with this, he immediately said, "Sister Mei, don't bother. I have something here to cover the hole."

He directly took out a cabinet from the inventory and easily placed it against the opening, covering the one-person-wide opening.

Then a cabinet was placed on the bamboo building outside the cave.

The two cabinets were placed back to back across the hole. Liang Yuan went outside to get a lot of soil and filled the gaps.

Then open the outer cabinet door and connect the back panels of the two cabinets to form a door that can be opened at both ends.

As long as the cabinet door is closed, all light will be blocked out.

Instead of lighting a fire in the cave, he took out a charged desk lamp.

The warm lights illuminate the cave, giving people a warm and safe feeling.

Yang Mei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She looked at the simple wardrobe door and said, "Can this keep out those flying insects?"

"Without the light to attract them, they won't actively attack us."

Liang Yuan comforted him, "This is just a temporary solution. Tomorrow I will try to make a stone door that will be more airtight."

"Will it be too stuffy in that cave?"

"Then we can open a few small windows and put up curtains."

Yang Mei couldn't help but hug him. Hearing that he already had a plan, she felt safe.

"Little brother, it's great to have you."

Liang Yuan laughed: "Have you eaten? Do you want to cook something?"

"No, what do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

"I had hotpot with everyone downstairs."

"Ah? Hot pot? Oh, why didn't you call me? I haven't eaten hot pot for a long time." Upon hearing this, Yang Mei started drooling.

Although she had cooked a lot of delicious food when she was in Building 76, she had never eaten hot pot.

Because there was no hot pot base at that time, I never thought about eating hot pot at all.

Liang Yuan smiled and said, "What's the big deal? We'll eat again tomorrow, this time at our place."

Only then did Yangmei smile happily and go to make dinner.

Liang Yuan came under the light and took out the notes and the two explosive arrows that were sent from Tushan Camp during the day.

Without opening the notebook immediately, Liang Yuan first looked at the explosive arrow.

However, it turned out that this explosive arrow was made of mutant bamboo, and the arrowhead was a fiery red arrow-shaped stone.

This stone was obviously carved artificially. Liang Yuan noticed that there were obvious fluctuations of supernatural energy inside the stone.

"Power Stone?"

Liang Yuan was surprised. It was the first time he saw a supernatural stone of this color.

He immediately found the power stone he had obtained from Lin Laodao and the others in the inventory.

These power stones are not red, but white.

Liang Yuan carefully observed the difference between the two and found that there were energy fluctuations in both.

However, the red sagittal-shaped supernatural stone seemed to have a kind of violent power hidden in it.

"Like a ball of fire, it could explode at any moment."

Liang Yuan felt this power and had some vague guesses in his mind.

"Could it be that there are actually many kinds of supernatural stones, just like the supernatural powers that people awaken, there are also many types?"

(End of this chapter)