Chapter 10 : Action (2)

After placing the strengthened pyroxene, Yu Hong walked into the cave again and found corresponding pits on the top and on the ground on both sides.

These are the places he prepared for the subsequent strengthened pyroxene, with the purpose of ensuring the absolute safety of the entire safe house.

These days, he has been relying on the little stutterer to support his food, and he has as many as seven pieces of strengthened pyroxene.

The black insect blood tide that occurs every three to five days no longer worries him, and the shadows that appear from time to time no longer show up.

According to the little stutterer, we are now in a safe period, which usually lasts about a month, after which it will suddenly explode and enter a peak period.

By then, both the blood tide and the ghost shadow will be greatly enhanced in strength.

'it's no wonder that Dr. Xu is so upset with me. I'm actually slowing down the progress of Little Stutterer, who should have started accumulating supplies. This will cause her to run out of supplies and get into danger.'

Yu Hong understood.

But he disagreed with him being useless Because Dr. Xu didn't know how far he could really go. Apart from anything else, the effect of strengthening the pyroxene was enough to ensure the safety of the little stutterer when facing the ghost.

At least it is much better than ordinary pyroxene.

Ordinary pyroxene can only be used once, but enhanced pyroxene can be used multiple times.

I just don't know exactly how many times it can be used. I'll have to find a chance to test it later.

Thinking of this, Yu Hong came to his senses, closed the wooden door, and stood alone in the cave.

After the door was closed, the cave suddenly became dim, with only the striped air vents casting bright golden beams of light.

Yu Hong stood behind the door and stretched out his hand. He Pressed his hand on the door panel.

Under the dirty cuffs, his arms were much darker than before, but it still couldn't hide the clear black marks on the back of his hands.

soon.

A large black number appeared on the door: 12.

"Do you want to strengthen the wooden door?"

A slight sound entered his ears.

Yu Hong's face became serious and he took a deep breath and replied with all the strength in his heart.

'yes!'

Suddenly, a black line flowed out from the black mark on the back of the hand, penetrated into the wooden door and disappeared.

Then, the numbers on the wooden door began to change from 12 to 11:23:59 

The numbers flickered one by one, appearing and disappearing, extremely mysterious.

"Countdown!?" This was the first time Yu Hong discovered this situation.

He had strengthened the pyroxene before just to avoid the stutterer, and had not observed the process carefully.

Now it seems that this black seal can actually count down, which is quite convenient.

'Okay, all I have to do is just wait '

Yu Hong breathed a sigh of relief. So far, the strengthening of the black seal had not brought him any negative feelings. At most, he felt a little sluggish after using it, and he just needed to rest for a while.

' Twelve days.. By then, I will be able to see the effect of the strengthened wooden door '

He was very much looking forward to it.

After looking at the wooden door for a while, he picked up a piece of gravel at random in the cave and tried to activate and strengthen the black mark again.

But nothing happened.

He wasn't surprised either.

During this time, he had already tried to see if he could strengthen two objects at the same time.

But now it seems that either it has never been possible, or maybe he hasn't met some special conditions.

Yu Hong was not in a hurry.

Build the safe house first, so he will have plenty of time to study the black seal later.

Little Stutterer went out and would not come back tonight, so after resting in the cave for a while, Yu Hong put away the enhanced pyroxene and returned to Baiqiu Village.

He soon found his way back to the house.

He Closed the door and placed the strengthened pyroxite in every corner.

He took a sip of filtered water to moisten his throat. It was a miracle that the dirty and smelly filtered water didn't give him diarrhoea.

Yu Hong made preparations, took a piece of dried meat, sat down beside the bed and chewed it slowly.

The jerky was very hard, unlike any meat he had eaten before. It was long and thin and black all over.

He heard from the little stutterer that this is lizard meat.

Yu Hong didn't care about this. At least compared to the other two kinds of dried meat, lizard meat was more or less acceptable to him.

The other two types are dried rats and dried cockroaches.

As it was getting dark, Yu Hong lit a candle and placed it beside him, on the bedside table, letting the candlelight cover the ventilation holes specially left on the doors and windows.

Then close your eyes and rest quietly.

Nothing happened overnight.

The next morning, Yu Hong went to the road at the entrance of the village to wait.

His cell phone had long run out of battery, so he could only calculate the time by making a simple dial using the shadow of the sun on the ground.

After waiting for about an hour.

Two figures gradually appeared at the end of the road, carrying large bags.

As the distance got closer, the figures became clearer and clearer. It was Little Stutterer and Doctor Xu.

Yu Hong hurried forward and helped hold the large bag that the little stutterer was carrying.

"Thank you for your hard work." He whispered to the little stutterer.

"An, Yu Hong, how is it?" The little stutterer looked expectant. Before leaving yesterday, she checked the progress and thought it should be ready soon.

"It is good, the door is completely done!" Yu Hong nodded seriously and said with a smile.

He is in a good mood too.

"I bought waterproof paint!" The little stutterer gestured intermittently, "Here, apply it."

Waterproof paint?

Yu Hong paused for a moment. Yes, he forgot to apply waterproofing. Otherwise, it wouldn't be long before the wooden door he worked so hard to build would become mouldy and rotten due to the tide.

After all, I am not a professional carpenter. I just know some craftsmanship and I don't know the key steps.

Fortunately, the little stutterer actually filled in the gap.

"Yes, I actually forgot to apply waterproofing!?" He clapped his hands in fear, "Luckily you remembered, otherwise the wooden door would have been in vain!"

"Just this can of waterproof paint, Yiyi lost one-third of the dried meat." Doctor Xu beside him reminded quietly. He looked at Yu Hong with a bad look.

"Now that it's built, when are you going to move out?" she asked.

"Soon, I'll move right away!" Yu Hong nodded. "It seems that Doctor Xu has some misunderstandings about me. Wait, soon, I will be able to help Yiyi live a better life."

The little stutterer helped him a lot, and he kept it in mind. He was now basically certain of the secret of the black mark, as it was only on him.

At least little stutterer and Dr. Xu don't have it. He asked the little stutterer about other people in the village, and she had never heard of them having this special ability.

So he became much more confident.

' There you go again, the boaster '

Dr. Xu then looked at him with disgust and thought turned around and left with her bag.

It was not like she had not seen people rescued by Yiyi before. Those people all woke up, learned something, and left after they got a little better.

No more than five days.

But this Yu Hong... It's been so long. Almost more than twenty days and a month, and he still hasn't left!

Not only did he not leave, he also did not help with the work! This resulted in Yiyi's working hours of digging wild vegetables and painting pyroxene increasing significantly. However, she ate much less than before.

There was not much food to begin with, and now that there were two of them, she had to reduce the amount.

"I. Believe. You!" The little stutterer at the side came over and said to Yu Hong seriously.

"Yes! Thank you!" Yu Hong nodded and watched Dr. Xu leave.

The two then returned and counted the things she brought back in the house.

A big bag of pyroxene, after removing the paint she only got half a pound of dried meat and a pound of dried mushrooms in exchange.

These mixed with wild vegetables will last them at least three to five days.

Inside the house, the two of them sorted the dried meat, put them into bags, put charcoal in them to absorb moisture, and tied them up.

This is individually packaged to avoid frequent opening and moisture return.

"By the way, during the peak period, how strong are the Shadow and blood tide? Can you tell me in detail?" Yu Hong asked as he was packing.

"Very strong." The little stutterer nodded, "There can be Shadows at any time. The blood tide will appear every day, accompanying the Shadows."

"It takes ten pieces of pyroxene to deal with one Shadow." The little stutterer began to explain in detail the degree of danger during the peak period.

With the intermittent explanation, Yu Hong gradually understood the dangers of some peak periods.

Especially for Shadows, ordinary pyroxene, after drawing symbols, can have a better dispersing effect on shadow.

The natural effect of pyroxene painted by little stutterer is better than that of others, so he can always sell it for a good price.

During the peak period, even she needed ten pieces of pyroxene to disperse a ghost shadow, let alone others.

Yu Hong also asked about the consumption of candles.

The answer he got made him feel cold.

During the peak period, a large candle is consumed in one night, which is very wasteful. Of course, firewood can be burned, but there must be bright light at all times to block the blood tide.

After getting the specific data, Yu Hong calculated the duration of the peak period in his mind and looked at the worn-out desk calendar on the table. There were still fifteen days left.

After twelve-day strengthening of the wooden door is over If the strengthening effect is not good by then, it may be very troublesome.

His heart sank slightly.

"Where did you buy the candle?" he asked again.

"Uncle Wang." The little stutterer took out a simple map and pointed to a point far away on it.

"He was a former villager."

"How long does the peak period usually last?"

"Before, it was, one, day. Later, it slowly changed to five days." The little stutterer replied.

"Will it take this long?" Yu Hong frowned.

"Yeah!" The little stutterer nodded vigorously.

"I understand." Yu Hong knew he had to do something as soon as possible.

In the following period of time.

He began to speed up the construction of his safe house. Although the door was built, the various structures inside were not yet arranged.

Especially the stove. If he wants to burn a fire in it, he must prepare for ventilation and smoke exhaust in advance.

This was actually not difficult because he had seen stoves with chimneys in the houses in the village before.

Just move them out and dismantle them. The most important things are the metal chimney pipes.

But as the little stutterer said, it's best not to go deep into those houses. It is possible to remove the door panels from the outside, but if you go inside and enter a place where the light is too dark, you are likely to encounter Shadows.

However, with strengthened pyroxene, it is not a big problem.

One piece of enhanced pyroxene can resist several Shadows. It is much better than ordinary pyroxene.

But even so, when Yu Hong thought of the troublesome and dangerous aura of the Shadows, his heart numbed and he didn't want to take the initiative to get close.