Elena's family moved to the city, which was a tragedy.
It can be said that the bandits' attention was attracted when they were transported back to the Scorpion Ant Guards, but even if there were no guards, it was only a matter of time before they were targeted.
Naturally, they wouldn't be forced to move if they were simply following them, but I don't know what the bandits' logic was, and they actually wanted to forcefully occupy their Brick (Xiaoqiang) ranch.
The pasture is the most basic guarantee for a family's life and cannot be compromised, so conflicts inevitably occur.
Huwalia the Beard was injured, Shanapi was injured, and one of the opponents died and the other was seriously injured.
After thinking about it carefully, the bandits may have aimed at this conflict, not only to reduce the "useless population", but also to create an excuse for subsequent trouble.
Bandits naturally do not need reason to do things, but as a trading point for deserters, bandit dens need to maintain superficial rules, and making excuses before getting into trouble is also a common tactic.
Elena's family cannot sit still and wait for death.
If they hand over the pasture, starvation is imminent; if they don't, a larger-scale conflict awaits them, and no one needs to die. As long as two more people are injured to a certain extent, it will be enough to bring down this small team. Moving, which Kai had been talking about, seemed to be the only option.
No matter how reluctant Shanna and the others are to leave, no matter what difficulties they will face after moving, in order to prevent the team from being ruined, they can only accept it.
In fact, it's not that Shana can't accept moving, but Elena's mother no longer has the ability to move and her body is very weak. If she catches a cold outdoors in winter, the consequences will be disastrous.
The brothers and sisters made several plans, but none were satisfactory. They repeatedly argued and compromised with each other, and finally chose to move south.
Moving is not a trip, and you need to bring a lot of supplies. No matter which direction except southward, they may be intercepted due to bandits' informants.
Moving south is different. There are no human deserts south of Makarov Street because it is not suitable for long-term human habitation. In fact, in order to avoid certain risks, they will need to go back to live north of Makarov Street for at least three days every month, and their mother is no exception. Including the round trip, it will reduce their available time by six per month. one.
When scorpion ants regain their mobility after spring, the situation will become more serious. Going out for at least four days (five days in winter) may make them unable to take care of both ends.
But they couldn't worry so far at the moment, and they had to leave the bandits' range of activities as soon as possible.
It is not that the bandits have never crossed south of Makarov Street, but the current snow conditions mean that this short distance requires an extra overnight stay to pass. Food, heating, and physical fitness will all become a problem for the bastards. Due to the obstacles in their actions, Elena's family was waiting for work, and the other party had to invest several times the manpower to achieve results.
When inputs and outputs lack cost performance, bandits will be less motivated. However, there is a small chance that they will be ransacked by some arrogant survivors and regain their position at all costs for the so-called "face".
In short, moving south can solve the current dilemma, and the distance is not far. After reconnaissance and danger elimination, there is no need to stay overnight halfway, and the target location can be reached within one day, minimizing the chance of Elena's mother getting sick.
The only thing to worry about is the attitude of the nocturnal ghosts operating in that area.
Anna's judgment on this was very accurate. The night ghost showed neither excitement about finding prey nor dangerous hostility towards their arrival. Perhaps it was because he was too powerful that he didn't care about the major events in the eyes of the deserters. Bar.
The new home they chose was only 200 meters away from the Night Walker's home in a straight line, but there was no straight line between the two places, so it seemed like they had to walk about 400 meters.
This is a hospital, and coincidentally, it is also marked on the map that Night Walker made makeshift.
It has to be said that choosing a hospital as a new home was inspired by Night Walker. The hospital’s own underground garage can be converted into a large pasture. Accessing the pasture from inside the building greatly reduces safety risks and is also convenient for the weak Lin (who is responsible for supplies). The managing brunette) takes on slightly more work and takes a bit of the load off of everyone else.
The remaining reasons for choosing a hospital are the strength of the building and the lighting required for planting. Taken together, it should be the best choice.
There are also shortcomings. When I came here to look for food in the early days, I found that this hospital had not been renovated. Maybe it was because the venue was too large and the types of supplies were lacking.
On the first day of moving, the brothers and sisters first placed their mother on the third floor and used the mattresses that could still be used in the hospital to carry out a small-scale wall insulation renovation.
Starting the next day, we have to worry about food and warm up the basement first.
In order to improve the efficiency of the move and ensure that there was a certain amount of food to support the crop growth period after the move, they slaughtered most of the Briks in the original pasture before moving, leaving two for seed.
The risk of keeping two to reproduce is still relatively high, but Shana is confident that she can find wild Brick in the urban area. It is an unexpected surprise to exchange the map from the Night Walker for four stronger ones. Six healthy adult Bricks are enough to expand the ranch in a short period of time, and any wild ones found during the period can be killed to supplement food.
However, the indoor planting soil and cold protection have not yet been prepared, and for a while they will not even be able to sow crops. Even if the pasture reconstruction is progressing smoothly, there are many people, and the problem of food shortage has not been solved.
The food counted at this time includes about 40 kilograms of acorns collected before winter, 20 kilograms of beans traded before planting and moving, 3 kilograms of millet, and about 15 kilograms of Brick edible parts. The remnants of the guard picked up last time plus the remaining dried meat traded by Night Walker totaled 20 kilograms.
After the move, a lot of modifications and fuel collection work are required. On weekdays, it is enough food for nearly thirty days, but only for fifteen to twenty days at most. If it were not for the extra meat source brought by the deal with the Night Walker, the situation would be even more serious. .
Moreover, their main combat force, Varya, lost a lot of blood and was still at risk of intensifying inflammation, so she needed someone to take care of her. Therefore, there were only three people who could perform physical work and collect food, Shana, Kai and Anna. Among them, Anna had relatively stronger physical fitness. Weaker.
In order for everyone to survive together, the three of them even had to split into three groups!
Anna is doing ranch construction at home, heating and moisturizing the basement, and building a wall at the entrance to the garage if she can afford it. She just heard from Varya that the Night Walker built an ice wall. She couldn't see the entrance to the garage during the transaction, so she could only learn to do it with her imagination. Building the wall in the form of snowboard door panels was at least better than building a wall simply with furniture and door panels. It is more windproof, and the insulation effect is actually quite good when the walls are made of snow that feels very cold.
Kai took the map of surrounding medical institutions obtained from Night Walker and searched them from house to house. While searching for drugs, he also had to look for wild Brick.
Shana, who has experience in exploring deeper to the south, is responsible for collecting food in areas closer to the scorpion ant nests, including wild Brick and frozen scorpion ants. However, safety is the priority for solo operations. If Without a particularly good environment or opportunity, she would not attack live scorpion ants.
After persisting for a week, the food found was limited, and it could barely sustain half of the consumption. The good news is that Varya's life is strong enough. She got rid of the symptoms of fever and inflammation with some medicine that I don't know if it has any effect. Although her physical strength has not been restored due to the loss of blood, she can at least do some work indoors, which also frees Lin up. Time to help make defensive traps.
The rescued laborers Kai and Shana went out as a team, making it easier to create an environment for killing live scorpion ants, and their food income was barely close to the expenditure level.
A few days later, Varya recovered a lot, and finally someone in the team was collecting firewood outside, so they no longer had to burn furniture.
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While the survivors struggled to build a new home, Wang Qi entered a real state of being a house.
Even without hunting, trees would be cut down every three days, barely offsetting the consumption of firewood, leaving a weak reserve increase.
With the variables under control, it is finally possible to verify the impact of [nutrient absorption rate] on energy consumption.
During this time, he added some resistance to himself and Li Xiang, but he didn't add any more attributes to himself, and of course he didn't add them to Li Xiang. Instead, he upgraded the main body of the plug-in [Evolution Master], and wanted to see how to sharpen the knife. In the end, the skill of chopping firewood is correct.
Make sure that your attributes have not changed, and your food intake is rationed in stages. First, maintain the intake of one kilogram of bacon or air-dried meat for a few days, and then increase it to 1.2 kilograms.
He used the springs removed from the gasoline generator to make a simple scale, which was so simple that it could not express a specific value, only a change in elevation, to record the daily weight changes.
After two cycles, I smoked for four days and added some more, increasing the [Nutrient Absorption Rate] from 6 to 10 before eating again.
In one month, I gained about 8 kilograms of weight (converted from altitude).
It can basically be confirmed that after the absorption rate is increased, it will indeed help reduce food demand. His current attributes, at home (not chopping wood), consume about the same as a white-collar worker who exercises for a few hours a week. According to his own panel conversion values, such a white-collar worker would be at the level of Muscle 4 and Tendon 3.
The reason for the poor weight gain effect is that he increased the [Fat Body Energy Density Multiple] to 2.
In addition to himself, this month also focused on Li Xiang’s training.
For an architect whose only secret combat skill is donkey rolling, it seems a bit of a joke to train others.
In fact, this was not the case. He had participated in militia training in his previous life and knew how to use a bayonet. Although he had not used it for many years, he still had some experience in stabbing. Otherwise, he would not have chosen a thick steel bar with a heavy weight as a weapon when food was very difficult. . In addition, he also signed up for the archery club and played for a few days, so he had no idea what skills a long-range soldier needed to master.
First, position Li Xiang for combat.
She has done shooting training, and there is a training ground on the fifth floor. Although she mainly shoots bedding, her shooting is definitely more accurate than those without training.
Crossbows are of limited use when attacking exoskeleton creatures such as reptiles and mantis monsters. After all, the longer the distance, the harder it is to get a chance to attack the abdomen from the side. Even if the arrowhead of a wooden arrow is wrapped with iron, there is a high probability that it will be bounced when it hits the exoskeleton directly. But if the battle is against people, or mummies that don't seem to have an exoskeleton, the crossbow is still a very threatening weapon.
This is an advantage that needs to be further enhanced.
Wang Qijia and Li Xiang were only two people. When he stepped forward, Li Xiang had to face enemies who might approach from other directions, whether they were reptiles, humans, mummies, or something more terrifying. She needed to know how to to cope.
Wang Qi's plug-in for physical fitness can definitely be used to ensure food security. What is missing is basic training, experience and emergency response. There is nothing we can do about the latter two. Basic training cannot be based on imagination, it must be practiced, otherwise you will have to trade injuries for experience in the future. .
