Rebirth in the end times: The whole family keeps a low profile

By the time everyone had prepared supplies for the final climb up the mountain, another day had passed.

The daytime temperature outside is close to 45 degrees, and the surface temperature is as high as 50 degrees. Before the natural disaster, when the temperature reached 35 degrees or above, it was considered high temperature weather. High temperature weather can make people feel uncomfortable, reduce work efficiency, and increase the incidence of heat stroke, intestinal diseases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. At present, the temperature of 45 degrees makes people feel uncomfortable to breathe, and many residents are forced to avoid the heat in their homes.

However, there are also some people who are not afraid of death and are still working hard to find supplies, such as the official dispatch team from the base, Brother Dao, and the Su family who are preparing for a rainy day.

At 5: a.m., before the temperature rose, Wang Jie led a group of people with mining lamps towards the South Gate. Along the way, other residents also came with backpacks and headed for different gates. Some went to the city outside the base to search for usable supplies, and most of them, like Su Yun and his team, headed for the South Gate. In the current weather, even in the middle of the night, you can feel the heat waves in the air. Just after leaving the South Gate, the fiery red sun rose in the sky, shining red light on the earth. The road into the mountain was originally pitch black, but now it gradually became clear because of this touch of red light.

Tightening the backpack behind him, Su Yun sighed. Looking at the situation, another disaster was about to happen.

Several people went straight to the mountain that Liang Cancan had been to last time. Because they had a target, this time they quickly reached the mountainside along the path that Liang Cancan and the others had opened. There was a dense forest here, and the temperature was much cooler than outside. Su Yun felt like her whole body was burned by fire at this moment. She was hot but did not dare to take off her clothes. The stab-proof suit was sticky to her skin, making her very unhappy. The sound of cicadas could be heard from the dense forest from time to time, making people even more upset.

After finding a flat ground, Wang Jie sprayed pepper water to repel insects as usual. Su Zhibang didn't even have time to drink water. He hurriedly took off his airtight sun protection clothes and took off the towel hanging around his neck to wipe the sweat from his neck. Everyone present was sweating profusely and breathing heavily. Zhang Lili felt her feet were sore, and the sun hat on her head seemed to be hot as if it was on fire. The sweat flowed into her eyes, causing a stinging sensation.

Su Yun also felt a little dizzy, blurred vision, and chest tightness. He wished he could take out the big ice block in the space and lie on it to take a nap, but it was all just an illusion.

After confirming that there were no strange insects nearby, everyone relaxed and rubbed their sore joints. Su Yun took out today's lunch from her backpack, which included a dozen whole-grain cakes and a large thermos. She was quite generous to her own people. Usually when they went into the mountains or went out, even though Lan's father and the others brought their own food, she would always take more and share it with everyone.

Su Xiaogu makes whole grains at home in her spare time. The whole grain cakes made of corn, oats and wheat bran are rich in dietary fiber. Eating them not only makes you less hungry but also promotes gastrointestinal motility and helps defecation.

The thermos cup was taken out directly from the space, and it was filled with iced mung bean water. Su Zhibang and Lan's father had not had any soup other than rice porridge for a long time. When they drank a cup of iced mung bean syrup, they could feel the coolness going down the throat to the esophagus and into the stomach. Their heads, which had been dizzy from the heat, instantly became clear. They felt so satisfied that all the fatigue in their bodies disappeared.

Everyone ate two whole-grain cakes, packed their bags, and hurried into the dense forest. After a while, they arrived at the place where Liang Cancan and the others had stopped to rest, made a fire and cooked. Many traces of mushrooms being picked could be seen nearby. Some mushrooms had even been picked for more than half, with only a small section still left on the ground.

The dense forest was not only cool but also a little humid. The sound of hiking boots breaking dead branches on the thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground was particularly crisp.

Liang Cancan had almost cleared the outer edge of the dense forest, so they had to go inside. The deeper they went, the cooler the forest became. Large numbers of mushrooms and wood ears began to appear around. There were several kinds of mushrooms on the ground, but Su Yun only recognized the chicken mushrooms and chanterelles.

The flesh of the Alternaria chicken mushroom is thick and plump, with fine white texture, sweet and crispy taste, high nutritional value, and there are many ways to cook it.

Chanterelles are delicious and have a special fruity aroma. Yellow chanterelles are particularly easy to find and can almost be spotted at first glance.

The six people divided into two teams and advanced forward, picking up mushrooms on the ground and wood ears on rotten wood with snakeskin bags, while paying attention to the surrounding environment. Su Yun always felt that it was too quiet here, so quiet that he could hear his own heartbeat, which revealed a hint of something unusual.

I felt uneasy, so I told everyone to pick up chanterelles first if possible, and not to pick up other unfamiliar ones, in case any of them are poisonous and need to be sorted.

The two teams slowly advanced into the depths of the dense forest. Su Yun, Wang Jie and Su Zhangming were together, and not far away were Zhang Lili and Lan's father, who were picking up things.

There were chanterelles everywhere on the ground, with a nest of them every three or four steps. Wang Jie and Su Zhangming were addicted to picking them up, while Su Yun was standing behind them, looking around from time to time.

Suddenly, I saw the three people on Zhang Lili's side stood still, looking in the same direction in horror.

Su Yun thought to himself that this was not good and that he must have been in danger.

He signaled with his eyes to Wang Jie and Su Zhangming to be on alert, took out four new bottles of pepper spray and two crossbows from the space and gave them to them, and quietly moved behind Zhang Lili. At this time, Zhang Lili and the other three had cold sweats on their foreheads due to fear. There was a super giant python 4 meters in front of their left, staring at them.

The python was estimated to be about seven or eight meters long, with a series of black spots on its yellow-brown back. These spots extended on both sides of the python's body, forming unique lines. It had a large, triangular head and relatively small eyes. Its body was very sturdy, and its waist, as thick as a bucket, looked very strong and powerful. At this time, the python coiled its body under a large banyan tree, spitting its tongue at Zhang Lili and the other two.

The three of them were so frightened that they couldn't move and almost wet their pants.

Zhang Lili knew that all snakes in the world were carnivores, and that snakes had very strong hunting abilities and could swallow food many times larger than themselves. However, so far, there were more cases of pythons eating people, while other snakes rarely ate people, but many of them were poisoned to death.

Not knowing whether the python in front of them would attack them, they had been standing there for two full minutes. The snake didn't move, and they didn't dare to move either. They could only wait nervously for Su Yun and the others to notice anything unusual.

Wang Jie also saw the big yellow-brown python not far away, and couldn't help but gasp. At this time, he forced himself to remain calm. The python would not actively attack people unless it felt threatened.

At this time, Su Zhangming was also confused, and he just wanted to escape quickly. But he didn't know whether he was faster or the python was faster.

These days, Su Yun often watched videos about survival in the wild with his father at home because TV dramas were too boring. During this time, he also watched several videos about pythons. The videos seemed to say that pythons were not as fast as tigers and lions. They mainly relied on sneak attacks, quietly approaching their prey, biting it directly, and then slowly rolling it to death.

I don't know if the python will be frightened if the six of them retreat at the same time, so I whispered, let's slowly retreat from this forest, and move lightly. If it attacks us, then we will run. Remember, everyone didn't dare to say anything, and quietly made an OK gesture to show that they received it.

The six people held their breath and took small steps back. The python kept spitting out its tongue at them, but its body did not move. They were ecstatic and moved back two or three meters. Someone accidentally stepped on a dead branch, and there was a crisp "click" sound. Suddenly, the yellowish-brown python twisted its body in an S shape and attacked everyone.

Run! Su Yun was sweating coldly and quickly pulled the two people around him to run. Zhang Lili was also dragged along and ran.

Su Yun could hear the faint rustling sound behind her. She sprinted at full speed to get rid of the python. After all, the python's crawling speed was not very fast. The fastest speed was the explosive speed when it coiled up and ejected. As long as she could ensure that it could not eject and bite her, she could get rid of it.

Su Yun didn't dare to look back and panted loudly, "Move in an S shape to consume its energy."

The three of them lost their direction. They saw the other two taking off their backpacks while running in the dense forest. As soon as Su Yun's hand touched the backpack, it disappeared. With the burden lightened, the speed of their running increased significantly, and the faint rustling sound behind them became smaller and smaller.

After running for 20 minutes, there was no sound from behind. Su Yun's physical strength had reached its limit. He looked back and found that the python was gone. In panic, he grabbed the hands of Wang Jie and Zhang Lili. He didn't know where the remaining three had gone.

Frightened in their hearts, the three men didn't care about anything else and continued to move away from the dense forest while observing their surroundings. However, they didn't know where they were now and they seemed to be lost.

Fortunately, Su Zhangming had a satellite phone. Wang Jie called five times but no one answered. Zhang Lili was so anxious that she burst into tears.

Just when he was at a loss, Wang Jie's satellite phone finally rang.

On the phone, Su Zhangming gasped and spoke quickly: The python followed you, the three of us are together, we are on the outskirts of the dense forest, here we rested at noon, where are you, are you okay?

We got rid of that big guy, but we seem to be lost. You should go to a safe place and wait for notification first, and don't go into the dense forest again.

Okay, then we'll wait for you outside the jungle, please be careful.

Su Yun and the other two estimated that they were still deep in the dense forest halfway up the mountain. They couldn't find the right direction, so they had to climb upwards. These mountains were full of strange rocks and were extremely difficult to walk on.

They reached the top of the mountain when it was almost dark. The sun had not set yet. In the afterglow of the setting sun, they discovered that this was actually a concave mountain. The rocks around it formed a circular barrier. Only by climbing to the top of the mountain could they truly see the whole picture of the mountain.

Su Zhangming received two satellite calls in the middle. Wang Jie said that they had to go up the mountain to find a way, and they could not go down the mountain before dark, so he asked Su Zhangming to go down the mountain and go home first. Of course Su Zhangming refused. He waited outside the dense forest for two hours. He was really worried and scared, but he did not dare to go into the dense forest. He waited until the sun was about to set before deciding to go down the mountain and wait in a safe place.

When Su Yun and his companions reached the top of the mountain, they did not dare to rashly go down into the valley. The mountain was too dangerous. They lit a circle of bonfires at night to guard against the wild beasts. The three of them could not rest by the bonfire. They were tense, fearing that the python would catch up and kill them by surprise.

Su Zhangming looked up at the stream at the bottom of the mountain and saw a fire on a mountain in the darkness. He felt relieved. The three of them rushed back to the base and dealt with it for a few hours. They wanted to go down the mountain to meet them early in the morning, but they received a call from Wang Jie, asking them not to go up the mountain again. The three of them picked some wild vegetables and went back.

The wild vegetables Wang Jie mentioned were not just a few. It was not until dawn this morning that they discovered there were many wild ferns around. They used binoculars and drones to fly around the area twice and found that the wild vegetables were rampant in the valley due to the heavy humidity all year round.

Originally, they were frightened by the giant python and dared not go deeper into the valley. Su Yun used a drone to explore the way and found that there was a canyon below the valley. They could go down the valley, pick some wild vegetables and then go out of the canyon directly.

It was still early and the temperature was about to rise. We hurriedly ate two baskets of corn dumplings and a cup of soy milk. Each of us carried a bamboo basket to harvest the surrounding ferns. The bamboo basket was bought by Su Ma when she went to the county town. It had been placed in the space and had never been used. Now it was most suitable for picking wild vegetables and fruits.

Bracken likes sunny environment and generally grows in mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in shallow mountain areas. It is a plant that can tolerate both high and low temperatures and can still grow at a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius. So now is the time when wild ferns are most abundant on the mountain, with densely packed areas. Unfortunately, they are too short. After only three hours of picking, several people complained of back pain. Thinking of the fragrant and smooth taste of ferns, which are usually used to stir-fry meat, make cold dishes, and make dried vegetables, they are reluctant to waste them.

Enduring the pain in their backs and waists, the three of them picked up the garbage for another two hours before they finished picking up the garbage on this hill. If it weren't for the threat of the giant python and the scorching sun overhead, Su Yun felt that they could continue picking up the garbage on the next hill after taking a break.

It was so hot that it felt like the stones on the mountain were hot. More than 700 kilograms of ferns had been harvested in the space. The three of them let go of the ferns and also let themselves go.

Walking down the rocks to the middle of the mountain, we found wild shepherd's purse and wild green onion growing everywhere. Su Yun, a housewife, usually eats corn dumplings and shepherd's purse wontons. So she used to buy shepherd's purse and make wontons herself.

The shepherd's purse on the mountainside is growing well, and it is estimated to be 30 cm tall. The tender green shepherd's purse and wild onions are blooming all over the mountainside. It's time to bend down and dig wild vegetables again.

Fortunately, this place is full of low weeds and wild vegetables, so you can see at a glance whether there are any large beasts approaching, and the safety factor is much higher than in the dense forest.

There was no way they could pick all the wild shepherd's purse, so they filled one woven bag after another and put them in the space. It was not until Su Zhangming called to ask about it that they realized it was already two o'clock in the afternoon and they had not had lunch yet.

Picking wild vegetables was too tiring for the waist, so they set up a large parasol on the spot to protect themselves from the sun. They didn't care that they were in the wild. Their bodies were burning with pain and they felt like their skin was going to melt from the sun.

Su Yun set up an outdoor folding table, took three stools, and gave each person a bowl of beef rice and a glass of grape smoothie. From a distance, the people in the valley were eating and drinking smoothies, and for a moment they looked like they were on vacation at the beach.

I called Su Ma and told her not to worry and to bring back some food while they were in the mountains. Su Ma also told them that Su Zhangming and Lan Ba ​​couldn't wait for them to come back, so the three of them followed Liang Cancan back into the mountains, and they wouldn't listen no matter how much they tried to persuade them.

When Liang Cancan heard Su Zhangming say that they encountered a giant python when they went up the mountain, she felt very guilty, and she agreed to Su Zhangming's request to follow him. This time they went to the waterfall pool that Su Yun had been to last time. It just so happened that Su Zhangming had been there before and was familiar with the road.

People are always greedy. Although Su Zhibang and his team each received 80 kilograms of fish last time and processed and dried them when they got them back, they still wanted to take advantage of the ready-made profits. Liang Cancan's team seemed particularly safe, and following them to the pond this time was simply a gift.

Su Yun was full and didn't feel like resting. The sun outside was too strong and the ultraviolet rays were too strong. She felt that she would get two degrees darker every time she went into the mountains.

After picking up the remaining shepherd's purse, we walked down to the bottom of the valley in the afterglow of the setting sun. The valley bottom was damp and cool, and there was a small stream running through the canyon.

The water level in the stream has dropped significantly, and there are obvious signs of the water level drop on many rocks in the shallows. I wonder how long this weather will last before the stream dries up.

It gets dark very quickly in the mountains, so they found a secret and safe place to make a fire and rest. Su Yun took out the two soundproof chambers he had bought for the children and placed them on the open space. They slept in the soundproof chambers at night. The soundproof chambers were made of glass and looked like miniature houses. They were originally placed at home before natural disasters so that the children would not disturb the neighbors when playing drums or practicing musical instruments at home. Su Yun bought these two soundproof chambers because he thought that in case of lightning and thunder, the children could settle down in them and have a good sleep. Unexpectedly, he also made it convenient for the adults. The transparent glass cover allows them to see outside clearly, and there are ventilation holes so there is no need to worry about air problems. When sleeping in the mountains at night, there is no need to worry about attacks from venomous snakes and beasts.

I haven't had a good sleep for two days, so I took turns sleeping tonight. After a while, I heard Wang Jie snoring softly, it seemed that he was really tired.