Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free
Chapter 130: Going into the Mountains to Gather
The child had stopped breathing, had no vital signs, and his limbs were stiff. He might have been killed yesterday.
The most horrifying thing is that part of the child’s internal organs were missing, as if his skin had been scratched by sharp claws while he was still alive.
This news immediately shocked the entire Xiaoxi Village. The Dai couple held the child's body and cried like tearful people.
Zhang Youfan's face was solemn, because this was the second person to die in Xiaoxi Village. Judging from the information provided by Qiao Laoer and his group that night, the thing that killed the Dai family child was most likely the same monster that killed Liu Dawei in the back mountain.
They all have skinless faces, bloody heads, move incredibly fast, and can easily tear people's limbs apart with their sharp claws.
The next morning, Zhang Youfan immediately organized people to check the entrance to the back mountain. Sure enough, they found that there was a big hole in the simple fence they had made, and there were even scratches on the wooden stakes left by sharp claws.
The news quickly spread throughout Xiaoxi Village. Everyone was terrified by the monster that appeared in Xiaoxi Village, and some people even planned to leave Xiaoxi Village.
But the temperature outside was close to minus sixty degrees Celsius. Even if we left Xiaoxi Village, where else could we go? The nearest village was about thirty kilometers away, and the villages over there might not be safer than Xiaoxi Village.
Everyone was filled with panic at some point, and half of the people originally organized to go to the orchard to chop firewood were gone.
Gu Tongwan did not sign up to go to the orchard. She had no shortage of firewood at the moment. Instead, she was at home using a dryer with great interest to dry the strange flowers she had collected in the back mountain.
After drying in the dryer, the crystals inside can be easily broken off and then ground into powder using a grinder. That night, she sprinkled the powder around the outside of the yard or on the walls.
Since the mutants in the back mountain are afraid of the crystals of this flower, she wants to do an experiment.
On the day when the Dai family's child got into trouble, a slight sound was heard from outside the yard. Aoao and Tutu, who had been napping in the house, immediately stood up and murmured a warning.
Gu Tongwan frowned and kept his ears open to the movements outside.
The sound only appeared for a moment and then disappeared. When I woke up the next morning, I found that there were deep scratches on the wall and some dried sticky blood.
Gu Tongwan checked carefully and found that the moment the crystalline powder was sprinkled on the blood, it was actually similar to an extremely corrosive liquid, which instantly corroded the blood on the entire wall.
That thing must have wanted to climb over the wall last night, but it didn't expect that there would be crystalline powder that she had applied in advance on the wall, so it left in a panic.
After discovering this, Gu Tongwan took the remaining half bottle of powder in his hand and went to Zhang Youfan's house, just in time to meet Zhang Youfan who was about to lead the team to the orchard.
"Uncle Zhang, there is something I must let you know."
Seeing her unusually stern expression, Zhang Youfan nodded and turned back to the yard.
After informing Zhang Youfan about the powder, Zhang Youfan's eyes were filled with astonishment, and he repeatedly confirmed: "Is that monster really afraid of this powder?"
"Well, that seems to be the case. When we were in the back mountain before, that thing was also very afraid of this kind of flower."
Zhang Youfan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. In the corner next to him, Yang Mei was sewing shoes with fishing line. Fishing line is stronger than needle and thread, so the shoes are not likely to crack easily.
"Dad, I think we can give it a try. It's better than doing nothing. The whole village is in a panic now. Even I'm afraid something will happen to our little treasure."
Yang Mei sighed, looking at her child who was sitting on the bed playing with his toy car as carefree as ever. She thought about how she had to hug the child tightly to fall asleep at night these past few days. Sometimes she even stayed awake at night because she was worried that something might happen to the child.
After all, the death of the Dai family’s child made all the parents with children in the village worried at all times.
Zhang Youfan nodded and handed the small bottle to Zhang Guoming next to him.
Zhang Guoming understood immediately. He took the small bottle of powder and hurried to the outside of the yard to sprinkle some. When he came back, he heard Zhang Youfan say, "We still have to go to the orchard, but notify them that after returning from the orchard today, we will still hold a meeting in the village committee compound."
Liu Jinhua was roasting flowers nearby and glanced at Gu Tongwan, whose face was calm. She thought to herself, this girl is different from ordinary girls. She seems to handle everything in an orderly manner. Even when she is all alone in Xiaoxi Village, she has an inexplicable ability to convince others.
That morning, Zhang Youfan took 18 people to the orchard and returned at around 4:00 p.m. Each of them was carrying a lot of wood and dragging a lot of wood in their hands.
A meeting was held at the village committee compound at five o'clock sharp. The specific content was briefly stated. Xiaoxi Village was going to organize a group of people to go into the back mountain to collect this flower. Everyone could sign up freely, but only men over fourteen years old and under sixty years old were eligible.
Everyone was hesitant at first, but when they thought of the scene with the Dai family’s children, twenty-three villagers still decided to go into the mountains.
Gu Tongwan was also in the queue this time. Although only men were allowed to sign up, she had successfully fought off the mutants last time, so no one dared to regard her as a powerless girl anymore.
This time, I specially brought Aoao into the mountains, while Tutu stayed at home to look after the yard. Along the way, Aoao's black fur formed a sharp contrast with the white snow, and even in the knife-like cold wind, Aoao's hair flying in the air made him look even more majestic.
Having not been able to go out for a long time, Aoao's lively nature was fully displayed. He ran to the front and made all kinds of noises in the nearby bushes, and even caught a pheasant.
This time, they arrived at the flower field after walking for about an hour. Aoao jumped in excitedly, while Gu Tongwan frowned and shouted, "Aoao, don't step on it."
Aoao paused, and immediately changed from the pounce posture to a sitting posture. He was so well behaved that everyone was amazed.
Everyone has seen it swallow a whole pheasant. Its posture is no different from that of the wild beasts in the mountains. Everyone is afraid of it, but also wonders how a little girl like Gu Tongwan can make such a wild large dog obedient.
Everyone was hurrying to collect the red flowers, but Aoao, who had been following Gu Tongwan on the side, suddenly turned his head and looked straight in a certain direction, and his eyes were soon filled with a blue storm.
Gu Tongwan's heart sank, then he patted his concave head and said calmly, "Go, but don't bring it with you, that thing is a bit disgusting."
After getting the consent of its owner, Aoao called out twice and then disappeared into the nearby bushes.
About forty minutes later, when Aoao came back, he was covered in blood. In addition to a small number of claw marks on his body, what was more eye-catching was the bright red blood at the corner of his mouth.
Just let it try. Wouldn't the puppy directly eat that ugly mutant?
Qiao Laoer, who had followed into the mountain, looked at Aoao and asked inexplicably, "Doctor Gu, are you sure that what you raise is a dog and not a wolf?"
When the others heard this, they also looked at Gu Tongwan.
Aoao was indeed not the same as before at this moment. Perhaps he had not yet ended his combat state. There was still some blue light in his eyes. The aura emanating from his body made people's scalp numb instantly. It was a desire for blood and ferocity towards prey.
The other villagers also began to observe Aoao curiously.
Aoao was digging snow at this time, with its two paws buried in the snow up to its knees, as if it was washing the blood stains on its body. This was also learned by Gu Tongwan. In the past, whenever it went wild and crazy outside and was covered in dirt, Gu Tongwan would catch it or Tuotou and take them into the space to take a bath.
After many times, the two guys have figured out Gu Tongwan's personality. She is a little bit of a germaphobe.
More than twenty people gathered flowers from a large sea of flowers. After a while, everyone's bamboo baskets were full. But since they had finally entered the mountain, no one wanted to go back so easily, so they planned to chop some firewood.
Probably because Aoao was there, everyone felt a little more secure, so we didn’t go down the mountain until almost four in the afternoon.
After returning this time, everyone handed the collected flowers to the blind barefoot doctor, and his relatives picked the crystals of the flowers, dried them and ground them. It took about three days to finally make about 20 kilograms of medicinal powder.
During these three days, mutants occasionally appeared in the village, but because the patrol force was increased and every household had reinforced windows and doors, only one family was attacked in the middle of the night, and only the male owner suffered minor injuries.
Although it was a minor injury, he was actually hit hard on the arm by a claw. The claw mark was very deep, and the wound even had pus on the next day. In the end, he had no choice but to find Gu Tongwan.
"Do you have any medical alcohol or anti-inflammatory drugs at home?"
The man's wife frowned and asked softly, "We have alcohol, but we ran out of anti-inflammatory drugs."
"Does the neighbor have any? If so, I'd be happy to borrow a few. I can temporarily scrape off the rotten part of the wound and disinfect it with alcohol, but you still have to take anti-inflammatory drugs, otherwise it won't heal so quickly. Also, the wound can't come into contact with water recently."
The woman bit her lip in embarrassment, mainly because in the current environment, both alcohol and other medicines are important resources second only to food. In the previous natural disasters, many people fell ill due to the harsh environment, and a large part of the medicines were consumed at that time, especially the most common medicines such as cold medicines, antipyretics, anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics, there were almost no left.
Although Gu Tongwan has stored a large number of medicines in her space, she cannot take them out easily. Otherwise, if people know that she has enough medicines here, it may cause trouble to her in the future. She can only try her best to diagnose some minor illnesses and give some advice, but it is impossible for her to provide medicines.
The woman turned around and left in dismay. Suddenly, she heard a cold voice behind her saying, "You can actually try using Chinese herbal medicine. As for what kind, you can ask the blind doctor in the village. He might have some."
The woman turned her head with a look of delight on her face, probably because she had not expected this method to work.
After quickly thanking him, the woman left with her husband.
The fifth day of the apocalypse.
Every household in Xiaoxi Village was given about 100 grams of medicine powder. According to the method taught in the previous meeting, the powder was mainly sprinkled on the outer walls and the four corners of the house.
Everyone started preparing intensively. After spreading the powder, everyone was still a little uneasy. After all, this method has not been verified by most people, so many people still dare not sleep at night.
But after spreading the powder for about a week, there was no sign of mutant invasion. Instead, the blind doctor at the end of the village found a dark corpse lying outside his yard when his family went out one morning. The old doctor's daughter was so frightened that she almost fainted.
The thing was black, with no skin on its face. Its entire body looked more like a monkey or baboon, with extremely long hair all over its body. However, its forelimbs still maintained the posture it was in before death, and half of its skin showed signs of corrosion and burning, probably because it had touched the powder applied on the exterior wall.
This mutant is different from the one seen in the deep forest that day. It should be a mutant evolved from other mutant animals, but it died quietly last night. It seems that this crystalline powder has a natural corrosiveness to mutants.
The news quickly spread in the village, and everyone was very excited. At least it proved that the powder was effective. As long as they didn't go out at night, they wouldn't have to worry about being attacked by mutants.
Since he knew that the crystal powder could deal with mutants, Zhang Youfan simply organized two groups of people. One group went to the orchard to chop wood, and the other group smeared the powder on their bodies and went into the back mountain to collect flowers and chop wood. This would satisfy the village's demand for firewood to a certain extent.
This extreme cold lasted for about a month and a half, and it was the end of January in the blink of an eye. It was less than half a month away from this year's Spring Festival. Although the entire blue planet was shrouded in the haze brought by natural disasters for most of last year, celebrating the New Year is a Chinese tradition, and many villagers have begun to prepare New Year's goods.
The same thing happened in Zhang Youfan's family. Early in the morning, Liu Jinhua and Yang Mei took out some winter melons and pumpkins that had been stored in the cellar last year.
Zhang Guoming found some unused couplets that had been thrown away in previous years in the warehouse at home where he kept miscellaneous items. He was in a very good mood and posted them outside the door.
Gu Tongwan was still shoveling snow on the roof, squinting at the wisps of white smoke rising not far away. He suddenly felt that Xiaoxi Village at this moment seemed no different from before the end of the world.
In the yard, Aoao and Tutu were playing a game of chase. They could now easily jump over the two-meter-high wall, but they dared not go out without her instructions. However, Gu Tongwan knew that Tutu would occasionally sneak to the back mountain in the middle of the night, and when he came back, there was always a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, probably because he went out to find food.
Although they were fed fresh pork stored in the space every day as usual, the two dogs seemed to be far less interested in the raw meat than before. Instead, they were keen on eating the strange mutant beasts in the back mountain.
Although this can save a lot of space for meat, Gu Tongwan is always worried that the dogs will get upset. After all, it is still unknown whether the mutant animals carry bacteria and viruses.
After observing for a while and not seeing any signs of illness in them, Gu Tongwan finally felt relieved.
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