allonlinenovel Chapter 172 172 “Be careful with fire and light in the dark forest. (Page 12)
Chapter 172 172 “Be careful with fire and light in the dark forest. (Page 12)
January 3, 2025, 3:20 in the morning - more than two days have passed since the sun disappeared on the Blue Star.
Magic hand.
The father and son of the Qin family were walking carefully along the coastline of the sea, trying not to make any noise. The searchlight on their foreheads was adjusted to the lowest brightness to illuminate the front for them, but in fact the visibility was only a few meters.
At a further distance, the naked eye can only see a black silhouette and cannot distinguish details at all.
"Boom! Boom!"
The sound of breaking through the air was fleeting, water splashed in all directions, and a ripple appeared on the sea surface in response to it.
"It's hit! OK!" Qin Duomian shouted excitedly after pulling out the steel fork.
After all, for him, even though he has been "catching the sea" for nearly a month, the number of times he has caught fish is still very few, which is something to be thankful for.
"That's right, Duomian, put it in the bag. Don't let it escape. We have lunch." Qin's father, who was walking in front, encouraged him with relief.
"But don't shout so loud next time, you will scare away the fish around you."
They did prepare 'lunch' at three in the morning, after all they had only been awake for a few hours.
The reason why day and night are reversed is that there is no impact during the polar night disaster. The second reason is that the current schedule of these fish in the sea seems to be based on the previous biological clock. There is no confusion, and some fish are still running. They only came out at midnight.
Therefore, in order to improve the chances of fishing, the Qin family and his son decided to adjust their schedule.
In fact, they had fishing rods, and even a fishing net that would have been banned before the Era of Natural Disasters. However, in the 'sea areas' and 'rivers' created by these tsunamis, it was difficult to fully deploy the fishing nets.
Moreover, it took time to prepare for the difficulty of the operation for two people. After several attempts, the Qin family and his son chose the most primitive but most crude and effective method of spearing fish.
In fact, the most efficient fishing method now should be the positive pole in the left hand, the negative pole in the right hand, and the Thunder King style fishing method. Unfortunately, although there is no restrictive law, the existing conditions still do not allow it.
"What an unexpected surprise." After using a harpoon to knock something floating in the distance over for a closer look, Qin's father raised his eyebrows and said.
When Qin Duomian heard this, he looked over and found that it was a "strange stone".
However, the two of them were not too excited. This was actually not the first "strange stone" they discovered, but the second one.
When they found the first one, the two of them felt like they had found a treasure, and even thought that they would embark on a path out of the sea of suffering from now on.
Considering the difference in ability between himself and his son, Qin's father drank the "strange stone" directly.
Qin Duomian didn't complain about this. After all, he knew that he had always been a burden. If he could evolve, it would be more appropriate for his father to evolve first.
Get rich first and then get rich, get active first and then get active.
However, the results after taking the "exotic stone" really disappointed the two of them.
It seems to have gotten stronger, but nothing has changed.
Life was still hard.
"Duomian, please put this "exotic stone" away first. If you want to eat it, you can eat it. If you don't want to eat it, we will keep it and see if we can exchange it for something from the park's hand. . Qin's father said after throwing the "strange stone" to Qin Duomian.
"...Forget it, let's exchange supplies." Qin Duomian finally shook his head and said after looking at the "strange stone" for a while.
Although I am very curious, it is more important to stay alive.
"Okay, let's just catch this much tonight. It should be enough." Looking at the four harvests in the bag, he put away the steel fork and Qin's father said to Qin Duomian.
The two of them were already proficient and did not need any more instructions from their father. Qin Duomian immediately started looking for burning materials nearby and prepared to make a fire for cooking.
Qin's father then started to process the fish, which was to simply scrape off the scales and hollow out all the internal organs, regardless of whether some parts were edible. The technique was mainly rough. After all, neither of them had touched their fingers before. These techniques are still practiced these days.
"Let's make a fish soup with grilled fish." Qin's father thought for a while and said, while taking out the distilled water and sea salt extracted from seawater from the backpack behind him.
In fact, drinking or eating these two things directly will put a burden on the human body. After all, the method of extracting sea salt is to bask in the sun during earthquakes. This so-called distilled water is extracted by the evaporation of a pot, a jar, and a transparent film. Yes, it is too simple and crude, and there are a lot of impurities in it.
But after all, it’s the Era of Natural Disasters, so it’s good to have it. Who cares about this anymore.
"I don't know when it will rain again. We don't have much fresh water reserves." After lighting the scattered fuel materials with matches and placing the pot with two fish on top, Father Qin looked up at the pitch black sky. The sky of light said.
"Mr. "Hope" didn't say much about the polar night disaster. He didn't seem to say whether it will rain. I hope it will. If it does, it will be a heavy rain, and our water source problem will be much better. "
"Yes." Qin Duomian nodded lightly, not listening to his father's words very attentively.
Because my father has gradually developed the habit of talking to himself, many times he does not expect Qin Duomian to answer his words, and Qin Duomian is used to this.
"Wh--" A sound that broke through the air rang out from Qin's father's ears, making his hair stand on end. He turned to look at the crossbow arrow at his feet. Qin's father stood up suddenly, picked up Qin Duomian and started running towards the surrounding bunkers: "Hide first!"
"Wha—" As if he was annoyed that the previous shot had missed, the sound of breaking through the air came from the darkness in the distance again.
It's a pity that the hit rate is still poor and he didn't hit two people.
The night forms a protective color.
Hiding behind the wall, Qin's father was gasping for air in fear, because he was really close to death just now!
"Who is it! We are forbidden from attacking each other in the park!" Qin's father, who was hiding behind the wall, shouted loudly.
However, the other party did not seem to intend to respond to him. Father Qin could only hear Qin Duomian's nervous breathing and the slight explosion of firewood as it burned.
"Wha—" Another crossbow arrow was inserted into the wall where the two of them were hiding.
"You don't intend to talk to us at all. You just want to kill us. Qin Duomian, let's go directly. We don't want those things." After thinking for a while, Father Qin looked at the still burning bonfire and said through gritted teeth.
Fortunately, under their own instructions, the two of them basically would not put down their backpacks, so even if these things were abandoned, the loss would not be unacceptable, it would only be a few fish in one pot.
The main reason is that the enemy is hiding, he has too little information, and he has no long-range attack methods, so he can only be beaten.
Now it seems that he is still judging his position based on his own voice.
"Damn it..." Qin Duomian nodded reluctantly and immediately followed his father's footsteps and began to leave this place of right and wrong, but inevitably said bitterly: "You must report this matter to the park."
After running for a while, Father Qin shook his head at him: "They may not necessarily be people who originally belonged to our neighborhood."