Wasteland: Hunting the wasteland with a max-level account

Chapter 48 Old things in Ronglin ③

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Hua Xiaoqin walked to the empty space of the third banyan tree.

The vacant part is indeed another hot spring eye, which also brings out a lot of sulfur mist, but the amount of water in these springs is smaller, so it cannot be squeezed out from between two banyan trees like the pool between two or three banyan trees. Come with a space.

But it doesn’t matter, she can help store water!
  Hua Xiaoqin came up with a plan, took out the tools and started working.

Remove the moss from the big rocks on the side of the road and you will see that they are just stones.

[Production (Level 100): Successfully made 2 stone hoes! 】

With the hoe, she continued to work on the big rocks with the hoe and got four or five stone shovels.

With the stone shovel, the soil around the spring can be easily cut away.

The spring water containing sulfur spreads into a wider space, and the roots of the banyan tree shrink back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Within half an hour, a large puddle formed around the spring. The banyan tree looked very frightened and never extended its branches toward the puddle.

Taking advantage of the low temperature of the water, Hua Xiaoqin quickly jumped into the puddle and dug out the spring hole, allowing more sulfur to escape with the water vapor.

It wasn't until he had difficulty breathing that he crawled out of the puddle and changed into a set of clothes.

The spring no longer shoots out water jets high, but gushes out.

Hua Xiaoqin struck while the iron was hot and continued to dig out the puddle.

This time, the direction she dug was another gap in the map - she wanted to connect these springs to drive away the banyan forest and reduce the area of ​​the banyan forest.

As she said, Hua Xiaoqin stayed deep in the third banyan tree for a week, doing nothing but eating and sleeping.

She was actually asked to dig out a circular ditch with her bare hands.

In the middle of the canal, the banyan trees no longer grew, forming an artificial island filled with the smell of sulfur.

Due to artificial eviction, the third banyan tree had to reduce its area. All the plants on the west side grew to the east side, abandoning the west side, thus vacating a large open space.

Other animals and mutants in the banyan tree also had to move, and many communities were destroyed and moved to the banyan forests on the north and south sides.

This artificial island can be used as a midpoint station for supply and support between the two shelters in the future.

After sufficient manpower, Hua Xiaoqin determined to use these springs to drive the entire banyan forest northward bit by bit, thereby forming a trade route between the two refuges.

Through the open space vacated by the third banyan tree, one can clearly see that there is one remaining banyan tree plant in the southwest corner of the banyan forest.

The plant should be still very young and has not absorbed enough nutrients to expand its growing area.

Hua Xiaoqin easily passed through its range and stepped onto the land outside the banyan forest.

The terrain here is higher and it is a remaining soil slope.

Standing at the top, you can already see the landmarks near House 61, and even the ruins of the highway service station to the south, and the light green mist of the swamp to the north.

Hua Xiaoqin was dirty and smelly, but she was very energetic.

It’s not easy! This can be regarded as basically opening up the path between the two shelters!
  The two little ones were obviously very happy to see the new scenery.

The dog was put on the ground. Since this week, it has been allowed to run within a safe range. The amount of exercise has increased. The entire dog's body has become elongated and it has grown very quickly.

Because the crow eats well and sleeps well, its feathers become darker and darker, and it can understand Hua Xiaoqin's facial expressions. Sometimes she just raised her eyes and looked somewhere, and the crow could already tell whether the owner wanted to explore by herself or was wary of that direction.

The banyan forest is densely populated with creatures and is an uninhabited place, so the level of danger is very high.

However, this open area away from the banyan forest will be cleared by the hunting team of the refuge from time to time, and the danger level is only one-tenth of the banyan forest. During the rest of the journey, dogs and crows no longer need to be wary and can relax appropriately.

In the banyan forest, Hua Xiaoqin had no free time to collect other mutated plant and animal materials.

From the moment she arrived at Institute 61, her appraisal skills never stopped. She picked useful plants along the road from time to time and made potions or supplies while walking.

It wasn't until she was less than 61 meters away from House that she took the dog and the crow back, one behind her back and the other on her shoulders, to prevent them from being accidentally injured by the hunting team.

Seeing familiar people, the garrison troops of Station 61 were all shocked.

Throughout the spring, Institute 61 saw no one coming from the direction of the banyan forest, and thought they were all dead.

Unexpectedly, in this hot summer, Hua Xiaoqin ran back from the wasteland.

This time, Hua Xiaoqin was placed in the guest house as a guest of House 61.

The Gao family did not come forward, but sent a new army commander and security captain to receive her.

In order to show her sincerity, Hua Xiaoqin regarded a solar generator drawing as a commodity and exchanged it for some plant seeds.

Solar generators have already made a splash in the shipyard, and I believe they will also be very popular in the 61st shipyard.

Sure enough, both the legion commander and the security captain were overjoyed. The legion commander kept pouring tea for Hua Xiaoqin, while the security captain could barely hold a conversation and recorded all the plant seeds Hua Xiaoqin wanted.

After the exchange of goods was over, Hua Xiaoqin, accompanied by the security captain, took a tour of her former home.

After a winter and spring, there are fewer people in 61 houses, and the streets are even more chaotic. Many buildings have been posted with "danger" notices, which is obviously caused by the failure of repairs after the earthquake. 61 institutions can no longer withstand the damage from the next earthquake.

Hua Xiaoqin really wanted to invite some neighbors to go to the shipyard with her for construction, but thinking of the dangers on the road, she could only temporarily restrain this impulse.

The passage between the two shelters must be opened as soon as possible so that manpower and material resources can flow on both sides.

Although they were once rejected by 61, most people are innocent.

Besides, in the wasteland, manpower is also a resource.

If we want to restore our homeland, people are an indispensable part. Moreover, it takes too long to wait for the next generation to grow up, and changes will occur over time.

As long as the ship station completes the basic construction in an orderly manner, the population of 61 Institute can be doubled, and the ship station can accommodate it.

Now it depends on whether the construction speed of the shipyard and the opening of trade routes are faster, or whether the next earthquake will come faster...

After completing the exploration of Institute 61, Hua Xiaoqin bought enough materials in the trading market and completed a set of protective clothing in seclusion for half a day.

The blueprints for the protective clothing are in the possession of Bai Fei from the shipyard, but they have not yet been put into production.

The freshly made protective suit in Hua Xiaoqin's hand is from the same series as Bai Fei's drawings. However, in order to resist sulfur corrosion, Hua Xiaoqin added two reactive layers to extend the time the protective suit can support in the sulfur environment. .

Next, she had to go north, to the depths of the swamp.

After all, on the diary map of the village primary school, it should be a hot spring resort, not the current poisonous fog swamp.

Before leaving, Hua Xiaoqin gave Director Gao a small radio as a gift.

This is a radio she recently made, all made from materials sourced from the market.

However, the small radio uses solar energy. I hope that 61 Institute can also use solar energy as soon as possible to increase the weight of resisting the severe cold this winter...

(End of this chapter)