Today’s goal is to break down the door! The oak tree took his time and practiced slowly.
In the past, Wang Qi did not take the initiative to enter residential buildings to collect supplies. On the one hand, the reptiles were too active before winter, but also because there was too much noise when breaking doors, and the tools were not in hand and consumed a lot of physical energy.
Now that we have a basic understanding of the surrounding situation and confirmed that there are no crawlers outside, we happen to have a door-breaking hammer from the police station at hand, so the residential building is no longer useless.
The relatively small area of residents means that the defensive area is smaller and easier to defend. The materials in residential buildings should be consumed first.
However, based on the intelligence that has been collected, such as the relative abundance of materials around the gymnasium, it is judged that the level of looting in the south direction is low, and a building originally intended to be an outpost has traces of military rescue operations.
It was further speculated that the monster was sweeping in from the south, and the city carried out emergency mobilization and evacuation. Considering that there are still survivors, the scale of the subsequent rescue should be relatively limited, mainly relying on helicopters, and perhaps a convoy participating, but the wreckage of the relevant military vehicles has not yet been found.
A large number of residential houses were locked normally during the evacuation. Even if the survivors mastered certain lock-picking skills, many security doors would still be unable to be opened. Generally, thicker security doors would not be forcibly broken open if they had a choice.
In short, there is an opportunity for Wang Qi here.
In order to cooperate with the demolition operations in the next few days, today's attributes are added to [trunk → organ earthquake resistance 3+1].
The reason is that even if the building body of a residential building remains intact, structural defects caused by non-standard interior decoration will cause a greater probability of partial collapse than a commercial building during demolition over time. What's more, since residential buildings are not protected by dark glass curtain walls, the wind and sun and the growth of vegetation will cause greater damage to the exterior wall structure, and the actual rate of dangerous buildings is very high.
Add attributes and drag the sled out with various tools and weapons.
Taking into account Li Xiang's mental state and to prevent her from being frightened by the impact, it was decided to start a little further away.
Go to the area close to the bookstore and find a building with a better appearance to start construction.
In order to reduce wasted effort, he specially selected the unit door that was fully locked and opened it directly.
The non-solid sliding door breaking hammer is not designed to dismantle the entire door, and its weight does not allow it. It is mainly used to break the lock. The specially designed hammering method can quickly destroy the lock.
"Bang, bang, bang" three times, the door lock of the unit was smashed. When the door was opened, the latch fell out of the crooked lock.
Easy to use!
Collect supplies starting from the bottom, because the closer to the bottom, the closer to the reptile activity area, and anti-theft windows and other structures can better protect the supplies from being scraped away by survivors.
Still the same, as long as the lock and door frame are intact, it will be smashed.
The payoff was almost immediate.
A jar of salt, already opened, in a spice jar. There are other seasonings, but they are all discolored, and the sugar is not found. It may have been invaded by survivors, or the original residents may have been staunchly salty.
Wang Qi picked out the pots and pans, not wanting plastic ones, but only looking at stainless steel, glass and porcelain, and selected some that he would use.
Use a wall-breaking machine and smash it directly with a crowbar, taking out the circuit part and motor inside.
There is no need to replenish clothing, but dark-colored clothing that is well-preserved and made of easy-to-wash fabrics can be taken away. There was basically no need to look at the first and second floors, but Wang Qi still took a look. The musty smell rushed out before the wardrobe was even opened.
The musty smell cannot be covered at such a low temperature, so you can imagine what kind of mess it is inside.
While rummaging around, I accidentally found a tool box, a hot melt glue gun that was no longer in use, and the glue sticks were all mushy. Two screwdrivers, one of which is a test pen, and a small multimeter with only current and voltage testing capabilities, can exactly meet Wang Qi's need to check the integrity of the car battery and circuit.
After collecting almost all of them, I packed a pack and put it outside the door, and then went straight to the second house.
Then there are the second, third, and fourth floors.
As expected, those on the first and second floors with anti-theft windows will still have some useful materials left even if they are visited. However, the low floors are affected by moisture and the materials are in poor condition. On the third floor and above, in addition to prying open the door, you can also climb up the window sill. The extra entry line has caused them to suffer many rounds of looting, often leaving only furniture, bedding and other items that are difficult to carry.
I was trying to maintain my physical strength, and when I returned to the base for a rest, I met Xiao Li who wanted to burn firewood in the underground garage. He chatted a few words that no one could understand, and did not interact more.
After resting, we set off again and spent the whole night sweeping the entire building.
There are tools, tableware, clothing, and salt. There are no surprises. Except for multimeters and test pens, the tools are all repeated types in the base, such as wrenches and screwdrivers.
He was not disappointed. Wang Qi went there just for the salt and tableware, and any extra fish he picked up were given away for free.
The amount of salt obtained in one night is about three kilograms. Five grams a day is enough for twenty months. If you are pickling meat and vegetables, you have to calculate it separately.
The cutlery section includes pots and pans, and comes with a message.
Before the disaster, people's lifestyle was a bit hodgepodge. Almost all kitchens with relatively complete kitchens had knives, forks and chopsticks, and almost 60% of households had both ovens and steamers.
Perhaps it can be explained that after the instrumentalization of faith, the cultural barriers between regions have become much smaller. We cannot rule out the possibility that the residents in that building are immigrants.
Speaking of ovens and steamers, Wang Qi also brought them back.
Before dawn, Wang Qi dismantled the oven, took out the heating tube, high-temperature-resistant components, and fan. The oven body was added to the pile of debris blocking the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the street on the first floor.
There is no power now and the things cannot be used, but it does not prevent him from stocking up first. After all, he was a hamster party when playing games in his previous life. It is normal for the insecure Doomsday to stock up on things that may be used in the future.
The morning light appears on the horizon, I wash my hands and continue reading.
After a period of research, Wang Qi has figured out the rules of vowels and some root words in this language. However, there is a lack of phonetic data. He arranges the pronunciation randomly and worries about hindering the later colloquialism, so he cannot "read" and can only read. Memory efficiency is really low.
If I continue at this pace, I should be able to hold a dictionary and read books in another month.
Study for a while and sleep.
When I wake up at night, the routine is still the same, and the action is stuck in the patrol outside the building.
There were signs of someone passing by outside the west gate of the compound, and there was also snow and writing on the corner of the building opposite the door.
Wang Qi checked the traces first.
From south to north, one person was dragging the sled, but there were two people's footprints on the snow pile for writing. Thinking of the two people who led Li Xiang out a few days ago, the size of the sled and the number of people could match it.
There were...a lot of words. How could these two guys be so self-righteous that they thought everyone else could read? Wang Qi went upstairs to bring down the dictionary and lit a torch made of rags.
At his current level, he can't even look it up in a dictionary because he still doesn't know many basic words. These basic words mainly rely on reading pictures in children's books to determine their meaning. But I have memorized hundreds of words, and with the help of dictionary guessing, I can probably decipher some.
It took some effort to decipher the key words, and four days later, in the evening, the transaction was made.
The time after four days is a bit fuzzy, is it the fourth day or is it the fifth day and random days after that?
Fortunately, Wang Qi observed the moon phases. He remembered that after three midnights, the next night would be a full moon day. He had previously judged that the survivors might have night blindness caused by malnutrition. The moonlight illumination was relatively high on the full moon night, which might be beneficial to the survivors. Are they friendlier?
Fortunately, the other party didn't write the date directly, otherwise he would be blinded. He doesn't even know what calendar they use.
trade?
What are they trading for?
Tools, food, and information are probably inseparable from these three.
As long as the survivors have a dozen or even two less, they should be able to train craftsmen. The larger the group, there will even be blacksmiths, so they probably don't lack basic tools. Even if the alloy tools before the disaster are of better quality, the functions must be repeated. The transaction value is also relatively limited.
It cannot be ruled out that all the craftsmen are dead, or that the survivor team cannot find a craftsman who is still alive and offers a suitable price to trade.
You can prepare some extra tools that you won’t need.
Regarding food, Wang Qi is more confident in this aspect.
Because his attributes are growing, it will be easier and easier for him to obtain food before the entire reptile group dies.
But the two survivors looked sallow and thin, so they would be relatively nervous about food. They should be able to exchange food for something they need.
The other party agreed on a deal and didn't mark the location. He would probably come directly to the door. There were only so many things he could bring in the snow. Putting aside the odds and ends, he would probably bring a map, a prop with obvious intelligence value. He had to find a way to get it in exchange.
There is also the issue of their own safety. What if they think they are easy to bully and suddenly want to kill someone to seize the treasure?
He has absolutely no hope for the morality of doomsday survivors and must prepare himself.
