After visiting the territory on Li Xiang's side, Wang Qi formally solicited her opinion:
"I think it's time to clear out the clutter, don't you?"
The two of them were at the door of the material room on the fourth floor. Wang Qi said and made a motion to pull out something from the debris pile.
Li Xiang might not be mentally prepared yet, so he looked at him pitifully and shook his head slightly.
Wang Qi didn't force it. It's normal to feel insecure when growing up in such a ghost place. Give her some more time.
In fact, the main reason for not forcing it is that the conditions are suitable. Li Xiang’s safe house on the seventh floor is also a small one-bedroom apartment facing the street. Although it is not a safe room, it also has a good fully sealed metal security door, which is used after disasters. Iron plate reinforcement.
As long as outsiders don't have bombs in their hands, they can't get in by manpower.
The stored grain was then redistributed, and a small amount of the dried meat that had been prepared was left for going out. Most of it was sent to Li Xiang's safe house floor, and he was informed that ventilation was needed.
There is no salt used in these meats. Even if the temperature is very low now, there is still a risk of mold in a closed environment.
All meat that is not completely dried is sent to the activity room to be salted and smoked.
It will take a week or even longer to simply smoke the meat to dry it and ensure that all parts are smoky. The air here is relatively cold and dry, so the time required will be shortened accordingly. Adding salt can continue to accelerate drying.
I still told Li Xiang through drawings that they should be sent to a ventilated place to dry after the meal, and then taken out to be smoked during subsequent meals. After several repetitions, more reliable bacon can be made. If an outsider invades during this period, Li wants to return to the safe house as much as possible. If it is impossible to save, he will give priority to protecting himself.
Why not put it in his own room...because he can only bolt the door from the outside when he goes out.
Probably because he had to explain a lot, Li Xiang was not in the right mood when seeing off the guests and seemed to be worried about him.
Maybe he thought he was explaining his funeral arrangements?
Wang Qi smiled and touched her hair: "It's snowing too much outside. I need more time to go out. I can only leave the house to you."
It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not. Emotions and tones have enough information to convey. Even if you understand it wrong, it doesn't matter. At most, you will worry about it for a while, and you will still understand the situation later.
After sending Li Xiang back, Wang Qi made some preparations and embarked on the road to find trouble with the reptiles again.
In addition to being on the road, you also need to prepare a place to stay overnight.
The military rescue point is a good place, but it's too close to the base. It's a straight road with a twist to the base. If we could get to that location, it would take more than half an hour to climb back out, no matter how thick the snow was.
Continuing to the south, there are fewer buildings that can satisfy Wang Qi.
Wang Qi chose an area one kilometer away from the base in a straight line and about 1.3 kilometers away on foot to find a suitable target for overnight accommodation.
1.3 kilometers sounds very short, and a normal person can walk there in twenty minutes. However, given the current snow conditions, it will get worse in the future. 1.3 kilometers is enough for ordinary people to pull a sled for a whole day!
Probably related to the order of urban construction, the part that has been explored is only one generation from the base area to the military rescue point, and there are slightly more buildings with steel-concrete frame structures.
There are steel-concrete buildings in other places, but frame structures are rare. The difference between the two is that there is no such thing as a load-bearing wall in a frame structure building, and the overall safety of the building will not be endangered by the collapse of any floor or wall. Ordinary steel concrete is worse in this respect, but it is not the worst, because there are still some small stone buildings with less than four floors in the old city. Most of them have been destroyed by plants or snow, and at least half of them have lost their basic architectural appearance.
In short, there is no frame building, so the next best thing is to choose a steel-concrete building with a relatively good condition. Otherwise, a mantis falling on the roof in the middle of the night can cause a collapse accident.
After searching in the alley, I found a small three-story steel-concrete building.
The appearance of these small buildings looks like stone buildings. There may have been regulations at that time to preserve the style of the old city. If Wang Qi himself was not an architect and felt that the preservation situation was not right when he passed by, he would have missed it.
But after entering, I still had a headache.
In the brick-and-concrete building disguised as a small stone building, there are no concrete stairs, but antique wooden stairs.
There is nothing wrong with wooden stairs under normal circumstances. They can be repaired every few years and used for decades without any problem. However, if no one takes care of them, they will rot from bottom to top.
There was no need to step on it. Wang Qi randomly knocked on the foot with a steel bar. The wooden board that was knocked broke on the spot, and pieces of rotten wood clattered like hail.
He has no confidence in his alertness and will never sleep on the first floor.
Find again.
Several buildings in the same area have been broken into, and the conditions are quite different. The stairwells on the first and second floors have lost their load-bearing capacity. The degree of decay of the wood in the above parts is slightly different, and in some cases it is not bad. The problem is that the lower part is missing, and the upper part is simply supported on the concrete by some connecting parts. Jumping up will only create a better-looking collapse.
He left the area and continued searching. Half an hour later, Wang Qi came back.
If you think about it carefully, a small building without a stairwell still has certain advantages. Even if the floor is not high, it is difficult for a mantis monster or a mummy monster to suddenly break into the room. There are no buildings with more than four floors nearby, so the options are limited. If you want better buildings, you have to go further south. The overall safety will decrease as the distance from the insect nest shortens.
The problem is just how to get up and down the stairs.
I chose a building in the best condition, looked around a few times, and decided to take the stairwell.
The structure of the small building is strange enough. The stairwell has a "concave" shape when viewed from above. Inside the recess are the stairs, the rest are wooden corridors, and there are four entrance doors on the first floor.
Instead of taking the stairs, move the broken wood and other debris that fell on the ground to a corner and try jumping.
His jumping ability is now very good, and he can directly grab the wooden board of the second floor stairwell, even if the floor is higher, there will be no problem.
After tearing off two wooden boards, when you reach a relatively good position, hold on firmly and use force to push the person up.
He moved lightly, and soon his back was against the wall. There are links between the wooden corridor and the wall, making it more stable.
The situation was much better from the second floor to the third floor. I tried to step on the stairs and it made a creaking sound, but there was no problem and I reached the third floor smoothly.
Turn around and jump out of the window.
He was a little afraid of heights, but the snow was thick and the height from the third floor to the ground was very low, so there was no need to scare himself. During the process of jumping down, I realized that my core strength now is different from that in my previous life, and the slight wind did not affect my landing posture at all.
After leaving the small building, he went to other small buildings to do the same thing.
It took an hour to choose a satisfactory overnight spot.
This is the first time Wang Qi has set up a "save point" outside the base since he traveled through time. Let's call it Building 2.
The wooden stairwell in Building 2 was in relatively bad condition, and even the stairs from the second to the third floor were mostly in decay. However, there happened to be a few stable grips and standing points that allowed Wang Qi to climb to the third floor.
There was no attempt to reinforce the remaining part of the corridor. Go to the third floor and lower the rope. You don't need to be so worried when you come back up.
Among the suites on the third floor that can open the door, there is a suite with a wood-veneer security door, which is an iron door disguised as an antique wooden door. You will feel safer inside.
This door also has a story. There are obvious scratches on it and it is very powerful. Judging from the distance between fingers, it is probably the work of a mummy monster. It is precisely because of this scratch that Wang Qi can tell at a glance that it is a security door.
The lock was damaged, but it didn't matter. The door opened outwards, and the metal handle on the inside remained intact. Using the steel bars brought out as javelins as bolts, I could sleep peacefully.
There were some human bone fragments in the room. These things were seen every day on the street before winter. I no longer felt anything about them, so I used a sofa to block them.
Replace the existing bedding with the bedding stocked in the cupboard, use sheets and other fabrics to increase the shading in the living room, and clear out the area for lighting the fire.
I went downstairs to get some dry rotten wood and sawdust, ignited it with a new tinder can I made specially before going out, went outside the building to check the shading, and prepared for the night.
Including search and arrangement, it took more than two hours to establish the overnight camp. The time skipped midnight, and the time to arrive at the hunting area was almost the same as yesterday.
After searching in the dark for a while, his luck didn't last yesterday. However, he found a common reptile that was not a sentinel that had frozen to death under the snow. He took it back to Building 2 and heated the legs in their shells. It didn't stink, so it wasn't a gain at all.
Although the insect meat that has been dead for who knows how many days does not smell bad, I don't know if it will ruin my stomach. I am a bit embarrassed. Why don't I take it back and wait for the survivors to come and trade it?
It seems a bit deceptive. Diarrhea in the wasteland environment is also a fatal threat to survivors, and there is suspicion of murder.
…It’s better to keep the legs and use the rest for fishing.
I'll sleep in Building 2 today.
The sense of crisis brought about by the unfamiliar environment made him sleep unsteadily, and he was forced to sleep for two hours extra.
After getting up, I made do with the dried meat I brought with me and continued looking for bugs without returning to the base.
