In spring, there are many edible fruits.
Tips of tea leaves, rhododendrons, ground cherries on the ground, hawthorns, and so on.
But in the post-apocalyptic world, they dare not eat these things outside the base.
No one can ensure that these fruits don't carry the zombie's fluids, which might lead to infection if tainted.
The water supply and food, the greatest fear is contamination by zombies.
Even upon seeing the bright red fruits, they dared not to pick them.
Firmly rembering the reminders from Li Yu's Uncle.
On the way back.
The continual chirping of birds in the mountains.
Coo coo coo coo～
Beg beg beg～
Caw caw caw～
All kinds of disorderly birds' calls and the sounds of insects' chirping ca through.
The trees in the jungle, at their shortest, are over twenty ters tall, the pine needles falling down rustlingly with a gust of wind.
When they hit the top of one's head without a helt, it feels as painful as being pricked by needles.
But with a helt on, one can clearly hear the pointed pine needles hitting against the helt.
Making a tap tap tap sound.
The scent in the air is different from the fresh aroma of the morning.
There's the baked pine resin from the sun's heat, mixed with the scent of various wildflowers being toasted, blending with the fresh sll of grass and trees.
This is the scent of the evening.
Amidst the incessant chatter of birds, the people returned with their hunted ga, four wild chickens and two hares in total.
These animals have been checked; they were not infected by zombies.
The key lies in the upgraded traps that are able to suspend the animals in the air after capture.
Making them unreachable by zombies.
Zombies, devoid of intelligence, simply have no idea how to take down the prey hanging in the air.
The group walked slowly, the sunlight dotted on the ground.
Looking as splendid as a peacock's tail.
Xuanxuan quickened her steps, no longer trailing behind Li Yu, but walking side by side with him. Li Yu looked at her and smiled, asking: "Xuanxuan, is there sothing you need to talk to about?"
Xuanxuan nodded her head, having entered the base, and with nutrition caught up, at the age of ten, which was her growing period, her young face looked sowhat green but cute, full of collagen.
Like a budding flower, she was at the pri of her growth, radiating the aura of a beautiful young girl.
Xuanxuan said earnestly: "Brother Yu, I've grown up. Next ti you go out, I want to go with you. I can protect you now."
Upon hearing this, Li Yu felt a warm surge in his heart, he ruffled Xuanxuan's head and said: "Silly child, you are still young, let's talk about it when you're older."
Xuanxuan insisted, not contented: "I'm not young anymore." After saying that, she straightened her body forward, but she was, after all, a ten-year-old child.
But she was much taller than before.
Then she continued: "In hand-to-hand combat, I can beat Liu Chi down, and in crossbow class, my accuracy is much higher than his. I'm already much stronger than he is, I'm not a child anymore."
Li Yu paused for a mont after hearing this, thought for a while, and said: "Wait a few more years, it's still too dangerous for you to go out now."
Xuanxuan still wanted to go, but Li Yu said nothing more.
Knowing that it was unlikely, Xuanxuan thought to herself whether she wasn't strong enough, hence a desire to beco even stronger sprouted in her heart.
Yes, she liked Brother Yu, ever since the first ti he held her hand in the crowd and rescued her, she thought about it - she would protect Li Yu when she grew up.
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Xuanxuan looked at Li Yu walking ahead, her determination to beco stronger grew even more intense.
On the way back, they encountered no zombies, nor any accidents.
Only upon returning to the base did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Although there aren't many zombies outside the base now, when you're out in the wilderness, you never know when a zombie might appear.
Despite the nice weather today, it's precisely because of the beauty that, due to the unpredictability of zombies, no one dares to act recklessly.
Now back inside the base, that feeling of being completely relaxed was utterly precious to the children.
Returning to the base was like returning ho.
It's like a harbor, shielding them from the stormy winds outside.
This made the children's recognition and loyalty toward the base rise significantly.
Upon entering Weng City, the children sat on the ground to rest. They had marched quickly back to train their speed, which utterly exhausted them.
They had 15 minutes to descend the mountain. If they didn't complete the task within the allotted ti, they'd suffer physical punishnt.
Crucially, to emphasize the importance of unity and the collective, the group couldn't allow anyone to fall behind.
So the older ones needed to look after the younger ones.
This downhill journey exhausted them terribly, but they managed to make it down within the ti limit.
Zhang Zhixing lay on the ground gasping for air; he was a little man now. The 8-year-old had descended the mountain without relying on anyone else and had even carried so of Li Suxin's things.
Had he not been so tired, he would've liked to put his hands on his hips for a while and tell everyone: I'm really aweso.
Zhang Zhixing has been a mysterious boy since he was young, and Li Yu found his cousin quite intriguing.
Li Yu rembers how, in the past, whenever his aunt asked Zhang Zhixing to fetch sothing, he would always ask: If I get sothing for you, will you say I'm aweso?
Only upon hearing an affirmative response would he willingly go fetch it.
This made Li Yu laugh and cry, yet he felt that his cousin would surely be an outstanding figure when he grew up.
Uncle said to the children: "Today's outdoor class is over. You can disband once we enter the Inner City."
Their sporadic responses ca from the ground.
After waiting a while in Weng City, Li Yu also returned to the Inner City.
The recent excursion was a rest of sorts, and now everyone in the base was busy with their own affairs.
Those on duty were on duty, farrs were farming, and those fortifying the base continued their work.
Seeing everyone busy, Li Yu slowly headed back to his room.
There were still many things to be done, in the Northern Provincial Capital City, the prison in the suburb.
He also wondered how Xiao Shi and the others who had returned to the Southern region were getting on...
Thoughts of the base staff and various other matters crossed his mind.
Finally, he poured a glass of water, took the cup, and walked up to the rooftop of the villa, watching the sunset, lost in thought.
These past days had been full of busyness, either solving problems or on the way to solve them.
Li Yu enjoyed his monts alone; solitude didn't equate to loneliness for him, but rather a sense of abundant freedom.
He could freely manage his own ti.
As the base's population grew, rules had to be established and enforced.
In addition, it was ti to deal with those hidden dangers in the north.
Having delayed for so long, it was better to resolve it sooner and put the mind at ease.
Thinking this, Li Yu went downstairs to find Second Uncle and discussed setting off the next day to resolve the issue with the remaining people in the prison.
Second Uncle was sowhat conflicted.
The base was at a point where the population was growing, with the arrival of He Chao, Old Qin, He Bing, and others. Although no problems had erged so far,
the absence of problems and setbacks didn't an they wouldn't occur.
Since Li Yu's rebirth, every action had been quick, precise, and ruthless; there was no dragging of feet or failure at the brink of success.
As such, the developnt of the base seed to have gone a bit too smoothly.
Little did others know how much thought Li Yu and his team had put into it.
This ti, about to leave, Second Uncle made a suggestion: "Why not take a rest, Xiao Yu, and let soone else lead the team?"
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