Doomsday foresight

Several people rested after dinner, and they took turns on duty at night, because everyone was very alert when they encountered a tiger.But there is nothing special about a safe night.

In the morning of the second day, a few people were left behind to clean up, and then headed north. There was a lake about two kilometers away from here. It's not freezing, and it's still warm to the touch. It's cold now, and the water temperature in the lake will freeze even in winter. However, there is an area of ​​two or three square meters in the middle that won't freeze. Perhaps the heat in the entire lake is concentrated here.

When I came to the lake, I saw a wave of hot air rising from the center of the lake, like a pillar, some strange ice beads fell from the air, fell into the water or fell into the ice next to it, and the sound crisp.

"What's going on here?" Jin Xi looked there in surprise.

"The temperature of this lake can be [-] to [-] degrees in summer, and more than ten degrees in winter. Especially when it is covered by ice, the hot air gathers in the middle. The hot air rises, and when it gets cold, it turns into water and then it doesn't wait for it to fall. It turned into hail, and the result is what it is now. This situation will continue until the beginning of spring next year. We visited once last year, and it was almost time for the snow to melt. The snow and ice piled up into a small mountain in one winter. It can be climbed up without being crushed, and what’s more interesting is that it has not been frozen in the middle, and the heat from it can cook rice.” Jiang Chen explained to Jinxi, he also felt that the world is getting more and more Interesting.

Jinxi was a little curious, "I'll definitely come and have a look next year when I have a chance."

"There are a lot of moose gathering here, and they will come here every once in a while. It's good to come here together next year."

"Come here today to hunt moose?" Jin Xi asked, he rarely came out with the hunting team, so he was not very clear about the hunting situation.

"Well, but before that, we need to find something else." Jiang Chen smiled at Jinxi, and then led the team to the north of the lake. This lake is much bigger than before the end of the world. Several people came to a place By the side of the small river connected to the lake, the surface of the river has been frozen due to the weather, and it is covered with a layer of ice. Jinxi doesn't know what they are going to catch.

"It's right here." Jiang Chen looked around to confirm the location.

A few people first put down their things and simply set up a camp. Jiang Chen took out a one-piece water boot from the package, saying that the water boots were not quite right. The clothes were one-piece clothes with waterproof rubber on the outside. There was a layer of leather, probably made by them themselves. Jiang Chen took off his coat and put on a cotton coat and cotton trousers, and then got in, zipped it up, and it was sealed from the chest down.

"Going into the water?" Jin Xi asked.

"Well, this is the second time I've come here, and I'll watch carefully later." Jiang Chen smiled and didn't tell Jin Xi what he was catching.

While talking, Jin Yu had already baked a big hole in the ice surface with fire, and Jin Xi knew that they were not fishing when he saw the position he chose.The location he chose was close to the shore, where there was a tree growing on a mound, and he didn't know what kind of tree was bare.

Jin Yu burned a hole in the surface of the water, Jiang Chen jumped in, the water level was not deep, it reached his thigh, then Jiang Chen used his hands to clear the ice away bit by bit, Jin Xi saw that Jiang Chen didn't use any tools like chisels, Instead, he used his hands to pry open the ice surface little by little. There was a layer of space between the ice layer and the water surface. Jiang Chen could pry off a large piece of ice surface with a hard pry. Yes, with his movements, the ice surface opened wider and wider, and the flowing water below could already be seen from the shore, and there were some fish jumping on the water surface, but Jin Yu and the others didn't catch any of them.

It took about half an hour for Jiang Chen to open the surrounding area of ​​the tree, "Give me the net." Jiang Chen stretched out his hand towards the shore.

Ye Ke, whose eyes were shining brightly, handed over a fishing net with a handle. This guy is absolutely strong. Yesterday he was crying and screaming that his mother was in pain. Today, he can run and jump, but his arm is wrapped around his right hand and he cannot use it.

Jiang Chen poked down slowly with the fishing net in his hand, and then saw his hand stretching forward and retracting, lifting the fishing net, Jinxi saw a green-yellow object half the size of a football being picked up, and he still I didn't see what it was, but I saw it moving, and then I heard a small croak——

Jin Xi froze for a moment, "Is this a forest frog?"

"Hey, you guessed it right." Ye Ke was very proud, and then instructed Zhang Cheng, "Put it in the bucket quickly."

Zhang Cheng took the fishing net with one hand, and passed the second fishing net with the other hand.

Just like this, Jiang Chen changed back and forth, one net or two nets, back and forth, and got more than 30 in less than an hour.This forest frog was different from what Jinxi had seen before. The smallest one was the size of an adult man's fist, and the biggest one was almost as big as a football. It was estimated to weigh six to seven catties.

"How do you know that this is here?" After grabbing this place, Jiang Chen went ashore, the fire was already set, and Jiang Chen took off his waterproof suit on the fire, and Jin Xi handed him a cup of hot water , touched his hand, it was cold, the waterproof suit added a layer of leather to keep warm, but for flexibility, there is only a layer of leather on the gloves, which is not very effective.

"Do you still remember the village that was plagued by wolves?"

"Well, I remember. Their village belongs to this thing." They also changed a lot.

"After their village was gone, our village came here to hunt, and then we found these guys." Jiang Chen pointed to the river leading to the distance, "Maybe the water temperature here is higher than other places, and many forest frogs are here. It hibernates here. This thing is also interesting, and it can even adapt to the current temperature. Look at this long head, which is almost as good as domestic chickens."

"How many?" Jinxi asked.

"Many, you can see that the old ones were caught in the place we just selected. In fact, there are many old ones in the mud and sand on both sides of this river. These things grow fast, and I didn't move those small ones. I will keep them for next year. .”

Jinxi poked the forest frog lying in the sack with a small stick, but there was no reaction, but occasionally it could be seen moving its jaw twice and it was still alive.

A few people dug a few places along the river, marking each time they dug, harvesting [-] in a day, and then stopped.Jinxi calculated the density and sighed inwardly. It was hard to see it a few years ago, but I didn't expect it to be so much so soon, which shows that animals are more adaptable than humans.

At night, they built a snow house to rest in an open space, and now building a snow house has become an essential skill for them.

With an igloo and a fire, you can spend the night.

Jin Xi didn't sleep well, his physique was not as good as Ye Ke's and the others, even though they were wrapped in a sleeping bag and covered with leather, they still felt cold, but fortunately he and Jiang Chen were in the same sleeping bag, so they could be warmer.But even so, I always feel the cool wind flying over my forehead.

"What's wrong?" Jin Xi slept lightly, Jiang Chen woke up as soon as his body moved, and then saw his eyes shining in the dark.

Jiang Chen shook his head, "You sleep, I'll go out and have a look." After speaking, he carefully climbed out of the sleeping bag and tucked it in.Put on your coat and get out of the igloo.

Jin Xi could still fall asleep, and got up to change her clothes, but she didn't see Jiang Chen when she got out of the igloo, "Where did he go?" asked Zhang Cheng who was watching the night.

"Over there." Zhang Cheng was also surprised, but Jiang Chen's posture didn't seem to be in any danger just now, and the camp had to be guarded.

The sky was very dark tonight, there was no wind at all, and it was very quiet. In the evening, the sky was cloudy, as if it was going to snow.

Jin Xi waited for a while, and just as she was about to go out to find Jiang Chen, she heard the sound of stepping on the snow.Then I saw Jiang Chen running back.

"What did you see?" He just listened and heard nothing.

Jiang Chen smiled, "It's a herd of deer, with forty or fifty deer."

Zhang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard that, "So many? This is great. Let's clean up the deer and go back." Generally, deer herds are small, and a dozen or so are considered too many. It was very lucky to meet forty or fifty at once this time.

Zhang Cheng called them up, let's lay out the net first, and it will be done before dawn, and we will try to catch them all in one go. "

After a while, several other people also got up. Everyone was happy when they heard that they met a herd of deer. They quickly cleaned up, took the nets and went to hang the nets.

"Jinxi, don't go, cook something to eat, it's not that easy to get these guys back."

"Okay, you go first, and I'll send it to you when I finish it."

"No need to send it off, it will only take an hour or two to come back after we finish it. You and Ye Ke should be careful here, Ye Ke, you should be more vigilant."

"Be careful yourself." Ye Ke waved his left hand.

Jiang Chen thought that there would be nothing wrong with those sled dogs.He took people away.

This year, the vegetables in the field are growing well, and with the weather and environment, the vegetables and fruits have also changed, like tomatoes growing like small trees. The fruits grow from July until it snows, and each household gets a lot of it. Too many can't eat Just follow the previous method to make tomato sauce. Before coming, Jinxi pours a bottle of tomato sauce into a basin, and then put it outside to freeze, like a round pancake. When you come, put it in your bag, as long as Just be careful and you'll be fine.Put the tomatoes in the water and it will melt for a while. Use the tomatoes to make a pot of gada soup, which is delicious and appetizing. In addition, hot steamed buns in the soup pot are a good breakfast. Of course, for a few people with big appetites These are not enough to eat.

Gada soup was made quickly, Jinxi was not in a hurry, he cleaned up the rabbits he caught yesterday, and prepared to make roasted rabbits.

As soon as the rabbit was set up, Jinxi found that the sled dogs lying around stood up at once, and then howled towards the forest. This barking was particularly shrill at night, unlike the usual barking of sled dogs.

Jin Xi and Ye Ke jumped up, back to back, there must be something coming.

Because everyone left Jinxi, they prepared their weapons long ago, and the bullets have already been sent to court, and Jinxi is still holding the dogleg knife he is used to in the other hand.

The dog barked for a long time and there was no movement. Jinxi didn't dare to be careless, and used her ability to foresee what would happen in a minute.As a result, he saw a black shadow pounce on him, and then his neck hurt.

Jinxi suddenly blushed, and a feeling of nausea surged up, but soon he suppressed the discomfort, and pulled Ye Ke to the front of the snow house, "Be careful-" It's a pity that he just said this, then The fierce beast in the dark has already rushed towards Ye Ke.

Because of the previous foresight, Jinxi reacted faster, dragged Ye Ke to the side, and stuffed it into the snow house, and moved two steps to the right to avoid the pounce of the beast.

The beast that lost its target paused for a moment, then pounced on Jinxi again, bang bang——Jinxi shot, and at the same time, his body kept changing positions.

Jin Xi moved as far as possible to the fire, the beast is always afraid of fire, but unfortunately the speed of this beast is too fast, even if he has been using the foresight ability to know its action a few seconds in advance, Jin Xi is also very embarrassed to avoid it, but borrow With the bright light, Jinxi could clearly see the face of the beast.

It was a huge tiger, the king of the forest.