Survive through the ancient apocalypse

The temperature in the valley was obviously much higher than outside, and after everyone stayed there for a while, the cotton coats were a bit unbearable.It is inevitable that the large temperature difference between cold and hot will cause cold, so we only lost one coat, and the cotton jacket is still firmly worn on the body.The valley is rich in species, and many people present have never seen it.The valley is very large, and the further you go, the higher the temperature. When you reach the center of the valley, the cotton jacket finally leaves the owner's body and lies safely in their respective baskets.

Most of the fruit trees outside the valley are still immature, but here they are already fruitful.Everyone picked their favorite fruits and picked a flat place to disperse and rest.

Although Ye Mingze studied agriculture in modern times, and he also dealt in agricultural products and seafood, in fact, except for some common crops and fruit trees, he is familiar with them, and he doesn't know others unless they are in the fruit-bearing period, even if they are placed in front of him. of.It was also a coincidence that they came at the right time this time, just in time for the autumn harvest.Seeing so many familiar and unfamiliar fruits, Ye Mingze's eyes lit up.

How long had it been since he had seen these southern fruits?Since coming to Daxing Dynasty, the only time I was lucky enough to see him was when I was married to Jiang Jingzhi.At that time, Jiang Jingzhi brought some southern dried fruits from the imperial capital, half of which was distributed to the children of relatives and friends, and the remaining half was shared with his own family.The amount of dried fruit is not too much, and the Ye family has a large population, even if they eat sparingly, they can't last long.

It is rare to see these southern specialties in Yangshan County, and you may not be able to buy them with money.After that, Ye Mingze thought about making money to buy in Fucheng.It's just that these things are basically only sold in Nanhuo shops, and there are so many things to do during the rural examination, so he forgot.I thought it didn't matter much, and I will buy it next time.Who would have thought that the world would be in chaos in the future, and there would be no chance to eat these southern specialties again.

"Jingzhi, come here, these are the lychees and longan you brought when you first came here." Ye Mingze handed the freshly picked fruits to Jiang Jingzhi, not forgetting to introduce them.

"Is this lychee?" Fresh lychee and longan are very precious, and Jiang Jingzhi has never eaten them at such a big age.There is not much difference between fresh longan and dried longan, and they can be identified with a little attention.Lychees are different. Dried lychees are shriveled and look different from fresh lychees at first glance.Jiang Jingzhi only confirmed it after Ye Mingze informed him.What puzzled him was how did Ye Mingze know that he didn't even know him?Ye Mingze seems to have a lot of secrets, but if he doesn't tell them, Jiang Jingzhi doesn't ask.He believed that Ye Mingze would not harm him, and that was enough.

"It's our good luck. These shouldn't grow here. It's just a pity that the number is too small, only around the center of the valley. I looked, and there are only a dozen or so trees of each species. When we go back If you still have room to put it, you can bring some more." Ye Mingze savored the long-lost taste contentedly.

There are also various dangerous beasts and plants in the valley, but it is much safer here than outside.Ye Mingze and his party did not stop for a while, and continued to sweep the valley after a short rest.After passing the center, and further inside, the temperature began to gradually drop again.The temperature in different places in the valley is not the same, it is unavoidable to catch a cold accidentally, Jiang Jingzhi asked everyone to pay more attention.

Ye Mingze has two purposes for entering the mountain this time, one is to find coal, and the other is to get more upgrade items.Coal and promotional fruits (for the sake of convenience, Ye Mingze named the promotional fruit Jingguo, and the promotional fruit tree is called Jingzhi) have not been seen yet, but the magic crystal has collected a lot because of yesterday's battle.The hard work paid off, and everyone finally found a water system crystal plant by a pool in the innermost part of the valley.Ye Mingze asked people to carefully dig out the roots and mud, and put them into the basket.In order to enhance the activity of Jingzhi, Jiang Jingzhi cast a wood-type ability for it.

Crystal plants have different habits and are not so easy to plant.Like the water system crystal plant just dug, it likes to grow by the water.If they are planted in an inappropriate place, they can only grow normally by relying on the ability of the wood system.From yesterday to now, Ye Mingze and his team only found one water crystal plant in the valley, which shows how rare the crystal plant is.Seeing this, everyone loves Jing Zhi even more.

There are a lot of magic crystals, but if you want to get them, you have to risk your life. Naturally, you can avoid them if you can.And Jingzhi is different, it looks like a perennial plant at first glance.As long as it is planted, there will be output every year, and there is no need to take risks. Don't you like it?It's a pity that the number is really small.

The mountains around the valley are quite steep, and you may fall off if you are not careful, so everyone did not take the risk of climbing the mountain.They went around the valley, hunted some pheasants, hares and goats, dug some wild vegetables, picked some wild fruits, and returned to the cave.

It was already mid-afternoon when we returned to the cave.Everyone just ate some fruit and dry food casually at noon, so they had to have a good meal in the evening.On this trip, apart from the staple food, I did not bring other food, and I had to hunt everything by myself.Before it was too late, Ye Mingze took people to search around the cave when everyone had enough rest.

They were chased all the way by bees yesterday, and they ran all the way north. They didn't know where they were, but they had already entered the deep mountains.Fortunately, they were lucky, and did not encounter groups of beasts on the way to escape.Beasts are like bullying and fearing the tough. Seeing their mighty group of people, most of them will avoid their edge. A few diehards also paid their lives for their boldness.

There are no people here all the year round, a thick layer of leaves has accumulated under the trees, and leather boots make a clicking sound when they step on it.Ye Mingze was helpless, the beasts in the deep forests had a keen sense of smell, and most of the prey would have already run away before they approached.As a result, as the evening approached, the crowd did not harvest much prey, but killed a lot of grasshoppers and other insects.It's a pity that most of these can't be eaten, and they only waste their energy in vain.

There are very few magic crystals harvested today, which is completely incomparable with yesterday.I really want to thank the swarm of bees. If it weren't for them, Ye Mingze and his party would not have discovered the treasured land of Fengshui in the valley, nor would they have been able to get hundreds of magic crystals all at once.Without them, most of the Level [-] abilities present would not be able to be promoted to Level [-].

By the time Ye Mingze and the others returned to the cave, it was already dinner time.Several of the more seriously injured ones basically recovered under Han Bin's treatment.It is estimated that I will rest for another night, and I should be able to move without hindrance tomorrow.After getting the exact news, Ye Mingze felt relieved.They stayed in the mountains for up to five days, and before they did much, two days passed without knowing it.In the remaining three days, they had to try to expand the scope of the search.

Today's dinner is quite rich. In addition to corn cakes and wild vegetable broth, there is also a barbecue, and everyone eats with open stomachs.Although it is hard work to enter the mountains, the food is enough, which is better than the treatment at home.It's just that if you can choose, no one will choose to enter the mountain.These are all earned by their lives, and they should enjoy them well.

Early the next morning, everyone packed up and proceeded to the deep mountain.With the leopards around, Ye Mingze was not worried about getting lost in the forest.Xiaobai and Xiaohei have always been very energetic. If Ye Mingze hadn't stopped them, they would have run ahead.

The little guys are very spiritual, because Ye Mingze said that he was looking for black stones, the two little leopards would bite some messy stones for him to see from time to time.Ye Mingze smiled helplessly, and patted their heads to show that they did a good job.After Xiaobai and Xiaohei got the praise, they started to look around for stones excitedly.With the little leopards around, there will never be a lack of laughter in the team.

That night, Ye Mingze and his party couldn't find a suitable cave, so they could only find a leeward flat ground to set up camp.The mountains and forests at night are even more dangerous. Ye Mingze arranged for people to watch the night, with 20 people in each group, changing every hour.

The temperature is very low at night, and the mountain wind blows, which makes people excited.The night watchmen wore thick cotton coats, but they still couldn't keep out the cold, so they could only light a fire to keep warm.The firewood crackled, and the fire flickered in the wind, but it was the only light in the darkness.Lighting a fire at night is likely to provoke beasts, so it is not wise to do so, but at present, there is no better way.Humans don't have night vision ability, and only sentinel guides above level [-] can see in the dark, but the field of vision is very small.If there is no fire for lighting, they will be caught off guard in case of wild animals attacking.

As the saying goes, moths to the flame, now everyone has seen it.The vast majority of moths are just ordinary insects, without special abilities. From time to time, their wings are injured by the rising flames, and they fall on the fire, turning into ashes.The moths turned a blind eye, still reluctant to part with the fire, and accidentally followed in the footsteps of their own kind.Batch after batch, one after another.

Fortunately, these moths are different from the bees they encountered on the first day in the mountains. There are very few of them with supernatural powers, and the night watchmen will not be injured if they pay a little attention.

The tent was set up on the innermost side, and several fires were lit outside. Everyone was awakened by the howling of wild animals from time to time, and forced themselves to fall asleep after seeing nothing.The more dangerous the environment is, the more we must seize all the time to rest.Only by ensuring adequate sleep can we have enough energy to face all dangers.

The night in the forest is not peaceful, the sound of the wind is mixed with the hissing of various snakes, insects, birds and animals, it is not easy to distinguish carefully.Sentinels have keen senses and can hear sounds from far away.At first, they didn't pay special attention to the sound of the beast walking, until the sound got closer and closer to them, they didn't feel any difference, and then they blew the alarm whistle.The people in their sleep woke up, quickly put on their coats, and walked out of their respective tents.Just now everyone was still sleepy, but they immediately refreshed as soon as they got outside.This is the result of long-term training.

Ye Mingze got out of the tent and found nothing unusual: "What happened?"

"Young Master, there are quite a few beasts approaching us, and the details are unknown."

Ye Mingze: "According to the original plan, everyone acts collectively in small groups and evenly disperses behind the first trap."

Everyone followed orders in an orderly manner.Not long after, a pair of eyes emitting green light appeared on the west side of the camp. Against the backdrop of the fire, they were very penetrating.

What a coincidence, this is the second time Ye Mingze encountered wolves.Different from the first encounter, this pack of wolves is more numerous and more powerful.Similarly, the abilities of Ye Mingze and his party are also different from the past.

The wolves were very cautious and confronted everyone present from a distance.In the dark night, stared at by many dark green eyes without blinking, if you are a timid person, you will probably be terrified.Everyone present was naturally courageous, but after being stared at for a long time, they still couldn't stop feeling chills.

The ability is not as far away as the bow and arrow.The manpower distribution of each team is relatively even, with swords, shields, spears, bows and arrows.The place where the wolves stood was already within the range of the bow and arrow.It's just that it's far away after all, and it's not easy to hit it.Wolves are not dead targets, they are good at speed, and they can easily dodge bows and arrows shot from such a long distance.

The two sides have been standing still, and no one dared to act rashly.The human side is better. If the wolves want to enter the camp, they must first break through the triple trap set by Ye Mingze and the others.Now the beasts are all bigger, at least a third bigger than before the mutation.The pack of wolves in front of them was no exception, all of them were fat and strong, with shiny coats, presumably because they lived a happy life.

Ye Mingze will not underestimate any creature, no matter it is human or beast.He sank his mind and quietly waited for the opportunity to come.Time passed slowly, and the wolves began to commotion.

It's now.

"Fire arrows."

Following Ye Mingze's order, long arrows scattered all over the sky towards the wolves.The wolves would not stand there as a live target, and when the arrows were shot, they would quickly leap towards the crowd.Although the wolves reacted swiftly, half of the arrows still hit the target.The people present were not vegetarians either. The arrows covered a wide area. They didn't shoot directly into the pack of wolves, but were surrounded by front, back, left, and right sides. No matter where they ran, they could always hit some.

The pack of wolves without abilities ran at the front, and before they approached the crowd, the ones at the head unfortunately "plopped" into the trap.Since this is only a temporary camping place, the trap layout is relatively simple, and a trap can only trap two wolves at most, and the third wolf can step on the distressed brother underneath and pass safely.

Before the two pairs of men and horses meet each other, the ability will be activated first.The types of wolves' abilities are relatively simple, most of them launch wind blades, and fireballs are also mixed in during the period.There are all kinds of abilities on the human side, and there are common ones, only some extremely rare ones can't be seen.

The wooden shield is made of four-level heterogeneous plants. Any attack by creatures below the third level cannot destroy it. It will take a lot of effort to destroy the same level. The only thing to worry about is the fifth-level wolf.All the wolves' supernatural attacks were stopped by the wooden shield, and only one shield was torn in half by the head wolf with the wind blade.Fortunately, the person holding the shield was agile and dodged in time without suffering any harm.

The fifth-level alpha wolf was too dangerous for others, so Ye Mingze asked people to retreat slowly, and he and another fifth-level sentinel, Chen Fei, would deal with the alpha wolf.The archers have the longest shooting range, and they are in the innermost circle. When the wolves rush towards the camp, the archers will start to retreat. The bows and arrows must have enough range to exert their greatest power.

Except for the shield bearers who belonged to the front row with long spears or big knives, everyone else was in the back row, no matter who they were, at least they had a longbow.Before the wolves approached humans, more than half of them were killed or injured.Some died from traps, and some died from abilities, among which the most casualties were being shot by arrows.

Soon, the first trap had been broken through. Seeing that the pack of wolves was about to kill them, the people in the front row and the superhumans began to retreat to the second trap in an orderly manner.The traps are arranged in a circle with the camp as the center.The passages between the traps on the same radius are very narrow, and those present have to be careful if they want to pass through.It is impossible for the wolves to get through it safely. The only thing they can do is to find the trap and jump over it.

In the beginning, the wolves fell into the trap one after another because they rushed too fast, and it was too late when they found out that they couldn't stop at all.Now they know that there is a trap here, and they start to become cautious.Because of this, everyone retreated comfortably.

Can it be avoided by being careful?No one present was a fool, and it was naturally impossible to use the same trap twice in one place.When the wolves walked cautiously into the middle of the trap, their feet suddenly collapsed. The original solid wood board was split into two in an instant, and they were greeted by rows of wooden spikes at the bottom of the trap.Not only that, after the speed of the wolves slowed down, it was easier for the archers to aim at the rear, and the puffy arrows seemed to have eyes behind them, aiming at each other.This is definitely worse for the wolf pack.

The alpha wolf is too busy to take care of itself now. It is entangled by two fifth-level sentinels, Ye Mingze and Chen Fei, and has no skills.Seeing that more than half of the wolves were killed or injured, it was very anxious, and the more anxious it was, the more likely it was to make mistakes.The wolf was negligent, and Ye Mingze saw the opportunity, and slashed at it severely.The fur of the fifth-level beast is very defensive, and the ordinary iron machete only made a one-centimeter-deep gash in its right abdomen.The wound was very long, and the bright red blood instantly smeared a large halo of blood.

The head wolf's eyes were tearing apart, it no longer thought about its own group, and only wanted to eliminate the two clowns in front of it.Ye Mingze and Fade Chen are not vegetarians either. At the same level, one person may not be able to deal with beasts of the same level. Could it be that two people can't win?What's more, the head wolf has been injured. Although the wound is not deep, it will affect the action, right?

Ye Mingze is very cunning, and often takes the opportunity to release a space blade when the leader wolf is unprepared.It's a pity that Ye Mingze's space ability is only level two, and the space blade doesn't do much damage to a level five alpha wolf, otherwise, the battle would have ended long ago.Similarly, the wolf's ability level is not very high, and the damage to the two is also very low.What is even more unfortunate is that the outerwear and trousers of the travelers this time are all specially made, with ordinary cotton clothes inside and a layer of burlap sewn on the outside, all made of four-grade hetero-planted ramie.Since the ability levels are all lower than level four, they cannot cause any damage to level four linen clothes at all.

Because of this, the ability can only hurt the parts outside the two.The alpha wolf was very smart. Seeing that the ability had failed to inflict any damage on the two of them, it abandoned it and used its own sharp claws to attack.Ye Mingze is not the case, because the space ability is activated very suddenly, and the hit rate is very high. Although the damage is not enough, he still uses a space blade when he finds time, which can hurt a little bit.Don't underestimate this little damage. Over time, the head wolf's body is full of small wounds caused by the space blade.Coupled with the previous slashing, the speed of the alpha wolf was affected, and it gradually became more and more difficult to avoid the attacks of Ye Mingze and the other two.

While your illness is killing you, Ye Mingze will not let go of this great opportunity, and together with Fade Chen, he made a sudden effort to drive the space blade into the slash.Level [-] beasts are flesh and blood after all, and despite the high defense of fur, flesh and blood are still very fragile.The space blade was like entering an uninhabited land, and the cut was instantly torn apart, blood splattering everywhere.Ye Mingze was inattentive and was splashed with blood.The wolf head was hit by this blow, and its body was shaking.Ye Mingze was not willing to let it go, he stepped forward to make a knife, and the wolf fell to the ground with a loud crash.

Ye Mingze and Fade Chen had no time to care about the wounds on their bodies, and ran to support others without stopping.

When the two attacked the alpha wolf together, other wolves came to help at first.The problem is, it's not just the wolf that has teammates, Ye Mingze and Fade Chen also have teammates. Before they ran in front of them, they were intercepted by others halfway.From the beginning to the end, the battle between the two and the alpha wolf has always been outside the entire battle.Now is the time for the two to return.

When Ye Mingze and Fade Chen joined the battlefield, everyone had retreated to the third line of defense.This is not because of the disparity in force between the two sides.Everyone did this just to avoid casualties as much as possible by relying on the three traps.With Ye Mingze and Chen Fei two level five sentinels joining, the human side already has a big advantage, and there is no suspense in this battle.It's also thanks to the wolves who were determined not to retreat, otherwise they would scatter and run away when they saw something wrong, Ye Mingze and the others really had nothing to do with it.

The camp smelled very bloody, and it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, so everyone hurriedly started packing their luggage.

When going out, Jiang Jingzhi is mainly responsible for logistics.He looked at the prey in front of him, and it was a pity to give up.Then he discussed with Ye Mingze: "Mingze, are these wolves going to give up?"

"Do you want to take them all? The smell of blood is too strong, which will easily attract other beasts." Ye Mingze immediately understood what Jiang Jingzhi meant when he heard Jiang Jingzhi's question.

"The temperature is low in the middle of the night, you can see that the blood is almost coagulated. As long as we act faster, there should be no problem."

Ye Mingze stepped forward to take a look, and found that it was indeed the case.In the time it took for them to pack their bags, the blood of the wolves had gradually solidified.He thought about it for a while and thought he could try it: "Okay, just do as you said, let's go faster, find a stream and regroup the camp."

The person who was about to dig the magic crystal stopped working after hearing this.The sentries are each responsible for carrying one or two wolves, and the other luggage is carried by the guide.They couldn't stay in the camp for too long, and beasts that smelled fish had already started to appear around the camp.Due to the huge disparity, the wild beasts only watched covetously from the sidelines, but did not dare to take a step further.

As soon as everyone packed up their luggage, they began to head northwest quickly.The fourth-level sentinel carried two hundred catties on the road without any burden.Now that they have decided to take the wolf on the road, unless there are a large number of beasts of the same level chasing after them, otherwise, Ye Mingze and his party will not give up the prey they have got.

They were lucky, and after running fast, they heard the sound of water flowing.Ye Mingze and his party immediately changed direction and headed towards the flowing water.Turning around the hillside in front of you, a small stream jumped into everyone's eyes.The battle just now made the people in the front row stained with blood, whether it was their own or the opponent's, the smell was not good.Seeing the water source, everyone wanted to wash it immediately, but thought that there were still some unyielding beasts trailing behind, so they gave up such a tempting idea and continued on their way without stopping, but this time they walked upstream along the stream .

After confirming again and again that there were no more wild animals following them, everyone hurriedly put down the supplies in their hands, and chose a leeward place to set up camp again.Although everyone's physical fitness is very good, they will feel tired after running with weight for a long time.Once the originally tense nerves are relaxed, the feeling of fatigue gradually invades the brain.It's just that there are a lot of things to be busy now, and everyone can only act separately under the pressure of exhaustion.

Setting up camp is easy, the trouble is setting traps and handling prey near the camp.In the battle with the wolves just now, if there were no three trap lines of defense, someone might have died now.It is precisely because of the benefits of being aware of the trap that everyone can't let this advantage go unused, no matter how tired they are, they still have to dig.

The sentries are strong, and the traps are in charge of them.After all, wolves are a hidden danger, and it is better to clean them up as soon as possible.The guide slaughtered the prey in the lower reaches of the creek.There are a lot of prey, but fortunately there are also a lot of guides, each of them only needs to kill one or two.In this way, the workload is not too big.Everyone is familiar with it, and soon all the prey will be dealt with.

Hoes and other digging tools, Ye Mingze and the others didn't bring much, and the wooden iron catalpa was temporarily made before nightfall.Fortunately, this is the second time they have dug traps, and the tools are all ready-made.There are many people and strength, and the traps are dug quickly.After the guide has finished handling the prey, with the addition of these new forces, the trap setting will be faster.

After finishing all the procedures, everyone was so tired that they fell asleep after hastily washing their hands.Considering physical problems, the first round of night watchmen was only responsible for setting up tents and doing some light work. Now they are warming up by the fire and chatting quietly with their teammates. They are still energetic.

"I hope you don't have to worry about it tonight. Let's do it again. Everyone doesn't have the energy to deal with it like before. If you are unlucky, you may lose your life."

"Well, I thought so too, everyone is really tired."

"Eldest Young Master and Young Master Jingzhi are really capable, and we are lucky to be able to follow them."

"Yeah, there are so many towns and villages under the jurisdiction of Yangshan County, which one has no loss of personnel? If you look at us again, we are living better than before selling ourselves. This is a famine year, and such a good thing is not only the Ye family. Which one can have it? We must cherish it!"

"Well, that's right, we can't control others, at least there must be no betrayal of the Lord in our own family, and we will pay more attention in the future."

"Who would want to destroy such a good life?" The young man who spoke couldn't understand.

"People's hearts are unpredictable, who knows. I'm just in case, you have to know that there is nothing wrong with being careful."

The flames flickered out, and the voices of the people gradually became quieter until they became silent...