Doomsday foresight

"Is the submarine volcano erupting?" Jin Xi looked at the distant sea through the telescope.

"It's kind of like, that location is where the sea squid lived before." Jiang Chen frowned.

"Look over there." Jin Xi suddenly pointed to the distance, Jiang Chen looked, and in the distance there were several boats sliding towards the submarine volcano.

"They are lowering their nets, the surface of the water is very bright, maybe they are fish." Jinxi saw the sparkling waves in the sea through the telescope.

"No, it's the little squid." Jinlin's voice suddenly came from behind.

"You're back? What have you found these two days?" Jiang Chen put down the binoculars and asked back.

With a smug smile on his face, Jin Lin said, "It's a big reward this time. After working so hard for so long, it finally pays off." Jin Lin said as he took a few steps forward, pointing to the sea level that seemed to be boiling hot water, "Those guys are off to catch squid."

Jin Lin took out a piece of paper from his arms as he spoke, and drew a simple map on it, "We didn't see it when we came late last year. In fact, this situation has been happening for several years. At the beginning, during the meteorite rain, a Where the huge fireball landed, and I don’t know what happened, the temperature in that sea area increased. This often happens. When the ice melts, hot air will erupt from the ground and form mist. The secret cave has never been explored, and no one can dive in it. Every time the heat rises, some sea creatures will be washed to the surface of the sea. Except for the center of the heat, the surrounding creatures are still alive. It is strange that these fish and so on Don't leave that place."

When Jin Lin spoke, there was a surge of heat.

"They were prepared before." Because of the rising heat, the water on the sea surface was pushed up, and the waves were pushed high, but the boats had no effect, they just floated with the waves, as if they were surfing.

"This situation will last for a week. Except for the first time when the movement is relatively large and the heat can burn people, it is not dangerous now. The person who told me about this said that their village is used to it. They can get a lot of harvest. If it is done well, it will be enough for their rations for half a year.

But in the past three years, only squids have been caught. Three years ago, some big squids came from there, and I don’t know where they came from. Afterwards, they could only catch large and small squid at this time, a lot. "

"All those squids gather here in winter, is there so much food available?" Jinxi asked ghostly.

Jin Lin shook his head, "I don't know, maybe squid don't eat in winter. The man said that those squid are very sensitive, and I don't know how they sense it. The sea is so deep, as long as there is some movement on it, or When the ice layer is broken through, those squids will come up. Their tentacles are very powerful and there are too many of them. There is no way to catch them. It is also because these people will not approach there in winter, and those squids are fine. Good. At least those little squids are enough for them to catch."

"Why did that person tell you so much? They should be very xenophobic." Jiang Chen asked doubtfully.

"Hehe, it's also a coincidence. The two bases next to us rely on the sea to eat, so they can't go hungry, but they can't always eat fish, especially now that they can't just go to the sea. They also go to the mountains to hunt, and there is a boy who is alone. A hole was made in the leg by a wild boar. I was watching and saved it. This kid is not brutal to me. I also got a message from him. In fact, the two bases next to us have always been connected. Both of them are also very curious about us, but they have suffered losses before, and they are afraid that we will have bad thoughts."

Jiang Chen nodded, and looked through the binoculars again, "In this case, you can contact him and ask us to exchange things for their seafood." They don't have a boat, and they don't know the situation in the sea, let alone landlubbers among their group Mostly, it is not realistic to go fishing in the sea, and these people rely on fishing to survive. They have already investigated the situation in the forest here. There are very few animals, usually rabbits and pheasants. Large animals are very rare. Relying on the harvest in the sea, the food is simple, and these people must also want some other things.Also, he had had face-to-face contact with this group of people before, but he didn't get much information, but he saw that the clothes these people were wearing were all tanned with fish skin, and they were not enough to keep warm in winter.

"Well, I'll go right away." Jin Lin also had the same thought, mainly because the young man he met gave him a piece of dried fish meat, which tasted very good, and at that time he was thinking of submitting to Jiang Chen for food.It's just that Jiang Chen thought of this all at once.

Because of this matter, Jiang Chen stayed and interacted with other bases. The first meeting is very important. If this happens, it will be very important for their development here.

It was in the evening when those people came. Jiang Chen had already seen from the mountain before that there were many fishing boats in the two bases. Obviously, the two bases valued this fishing operation very much.So it's not unusual for them to come at night. Hearing the message from the watchtower, Jiang Chen took Jinxi out of the castle to greet them.

Both Jinxi and Jiang Chen had seen the person who came, the black-faced man they met before, "Hehe, my name is Zhang Fan." Unexpectedly, the very rough-looking man called him a very gentle name.

Then he pointed to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man with a crutch and a dark face next to him, and said, "This is my brother Zhang Hai, thanks to this brother Jinlin who rescued him, otherwise he would have given up his little life." Zhang Fan Without the cold face of that day, the smiling face looks very bold.

"Hehe, it should be. At that time, anyone who saw it could save it." Jin Lin had already been thanked several times, and said embarrassingly while rubbing his head.

Zhang Fan shook his head with a trace of solemnity on his face, "You can't say that, people nowadays." He frowned and shook his head, "Hehe, let's not talk about that, I knew you were building a base a long time ago, I didn't expect such a thing. Great work." Zhang Fan said, looking at such a tall city wall, they were at the foot of the mountain at this time, they were originally at a low place, and looking up, the castle seemed to be tens of meters high.

Jiang Chen smiled, "Please—" After speaking, he stretched out his hand and asked Zhang Fan and his brothers to go up the mountain.

Zhang Fan observed all the way. At this time, there are no small trees or other plants on the hill where the castle is located. There is only a kind of vines growing close to the ground, which makes there no shelter within a hundred meters around the castle. If foreign enemies invade, as long as Go out of the woods ahead and you will be found.

Entering the gate of the castle, Zhang Fan was even more surprised to find that the wall was as high as a city wall, which was five meters thick. There were two thick gates inside and outside. Just looking at the city wall, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Then he looked up at the arrow stacks on the castle. , it seems that as long as you stand on the roof of the castle, you can defend from any angle.

Although this base is small and highly defensive, it seems that the strength of this Yecheng base is really not weak.

A group of people entered the castle. Jiang Chen and Jin Xi took the Zhang brothers to the living room on the first floor. Zhang Fan looked at the interior of the castle and raised Yecheng's strength to a higher level. He also had contact with several bases, and even I've seen the big base to the east, but nowhere has it looked like it used to live.

At this time, life in any base is similar. Having a lot of food, warm clothes, and houses for the winter are the basis for measuring the strength of a base. People in the base seem to have a string stretched on their bodies in order to survive. His eyes and expressions have changed.

But here is something different, I can't tell the feeling, it seems that the people here are very peaceful, Zhang Fan suddenly remembered that when he saw people like Jiang Chen that day, they looked a little vigilant but not particularly sharp, they were still peaceful.

But yes, to live in such a safe castle, another person would feel safe.In such a comparison, their base is full of loopholes.

"I heard from Mr. Zhang that this sea area is occupied by other bases. We are new here and we don't know the rules here. I wonder if Mr. Zhang can explain it to us?" Everyone politely, paused, and Jiang Chen got down to business.

"Heh, my brother may have told you some things before, I think you already know a little bit, the sea is full of dangers now, tsunamis are frequent in summer, there is no way to go to the sea, people can only rely on the water after each tsunami Then catch the sea in a safe time, and how much you can harvest depends on luck. It is better in winter and the sea is frozen, so everyone fishes in winter. Put it up quickly, otherwise the net and the entrance of the cave will be frozen, and the loss will be great, so it is really not easy for us to survive at the seaside." Zhang Fan subconsciously squeezed his hands, and Jinxi found that Zhang Fan's left hand was missing two pieces. finger.

When Zhang Fan saw Jinxi, he thought about it, smiled wryly and waved his hand, "You see, my hand was accidentally frozen when I was pulling in the net." After speaking, he shook his head, "It's not too light. When it happened, a few people would be lost, either fell into the hole, or froze to death. Not to mention that when we encountered squid two years ago, the young men who had a base in the west were all gone."

"It's not just a natural disaster, the competition here is also fierce. It may be too cold in winter, and those fish seem to have evolved and swim faster, so it is also very difficult to fish in various bases. Looking for a good fishing area, all bases are vying for it." Zhang Fan licked his lips, "The largest base in our sea area is the seaport base, which was originally a port, but now it is occupied by three forces, and no one can attack it." But whoever, the merger of the three companies will bully some small bases, thanks to our distance, there have been several fights like this, and we have formed an alliance with Haisha to keep this territory."

Zhang Fan said and paused here.

Jiang Chen frowned, "Since you formed an alliance with Haisha, why did you accept us to build a base here?" Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, "Although there is no way to go fishing in winter, you will not give up this place so easily Go." Think about how Zhang Fan warned them at the beginning but didn't drive them away or destroy their construction.

Zhang Fan pursed his lips and said, "The seaport base has been harassing us all the time. We want to have a few more small bases here, and we will unite to resist the seaport base. Anyway, you just came here and you are not a threat to us." Of course, what he didn't say was, In the past, some people came to fish in winter and were eaten by the big squid. They felt that this group of people was helpless in front of the big squid. If the loss was too great, they would naturally leave.