Chapter 218: Encampment

The red bonfire dispelled a lot of fog and reflected it on several young faces, making them look a little alive in the gray and dead green.

On the concrete floor in the middle of the forest, several young people trapped here set up a makeshift camp on it.

Because there was no shortage of wood, five or six huge bonfires were scattered around the perimeter of the three newly built tents.

And in the middle of the three tents there was a blazing fire, and two young men were busy doing something around the middle of the fire.

The penetration of the fire in the fog was very good, and the formation they tossed out could be seen from afar after leaving the concrete floor.

So the young men split up in two waves, one in the camp to process food and prepare it to eat.

A wave of torches searched for supplies and information along the perimeter of the concrete floor, as far as the light of the fire could see.

The problem of fire was solved after they stumbled upon a plant that was particularly easy to ignite and particularly resistant to burning.

This never-before-seen plant is plentiful in the surroundings.

The palm-sized, dark green oval leaves are thick and slightly greasy to the touch.

The rough trunk branches are covered with strange lines.

When the tree is cut down, a milky white slurry comes out, but it quickly turns black as soon as it comes into contact with the mist.

This slurry has no effect on humans until it turns black, but as soon as it changes color, it becomes sticky and difficult to remove, and it has a hot feeling when it adheres to the skin.

While collecting the wood, both of them had this slime stuck to their bodies.

I didn't pay attention to it at first, but when the back turned black and began to burn the skin, a few people panicked, washed it again, and rubbed it with other things.

It wasn't until a young man who was in a hurry to go to the doctor inadvertently sprinkled the dissolved salt water on the mucus that the "crisis" in front of him was solved.

In the toss that followed, they figured out that this plant is resistant to burning.

The slurry that comes out of the plant after cutting it is a very good accelerant after it turns black when exposed to the mist.

This accelerant is very sticky (zhannian), and after contact with the human body, it is difficult to remove and will bring a strong burning sensation to the skin, but there is no obvious toxicity.

If you accidentally stick to your body, you only need to gently scrub it with salt water to quickly harden and fall off on its own.

If the skin is irritated by the mucus, the mucus will return to normal within a few minutes without black adhesion, and the redness and swelling will disappear.

Thanks to this strange plant, several young people trapped here lit many fires on the wide concrete floor, following the instinct left by their ancestors in the depths of their memories, hoping to use it to fight the fear of the unknown with the help of the fire.

Previously, when they were in the large army, they did not use torches for fear that there might be wild beasts or other beings that could threaten their personal safety in the fog, and because the ubiquitous fog always emitted a misty light, they did not use torches to illuminate the road when they could see the road clearly.

Now, under the pressure of the fear of the unknown, a few lost young people, after finding a suitable place to camp, instinctively remembered to use fire, and they did not care whether the light of the fire would attract terrible monsters.

Compared with the fear of the unknown, they want to fight hard, whether they win or lose.

The fires lit, the extravagant quantities, and the mood that gradually calmed down, made a few young people begin to set up this temporary camp that may live for a long time in an orderly manner.

Calculating the time, it has been half a day since they left the team, and the captain should have discovered their disappearance, maybe he is looking for their traces in a hurry.

In this case, the most important thing for them is not to toss around, but to protect themselves safely after finding a suitable place and waiting for the rescue of the large army.

Liu Ming was the temporary squad leader selected among these five people, and he was also the one who commanded in the center before.

He has a good brain, and he also participated in a lot of operations with Zhang Cheng when he was a child, so in this discrete team, he was elected to become the temporary team leader of the team.

At this time, Liu Ming was walking through the woods near the concrete field with two other teammates.

Not daring to let the light of the fire out of sight, they didn't have much to explore, only searching for edible fruits and other familiar things in the low bushes next to the clearing.

They collected a lot of fruits and the like, and as for whether they could eat it, they had to go back to the "camp" and go through a variety of tests before they could get the results.

The use of test kits and convenience test strips to discern whether an unknown "food" is toxic or not is edible, is a cornerstone of their training.

In the training content, every time you go to an unfamiliar place, after setting up camp, search for various fruits and plants, and then bring them back to the camp to test and distinguish, and then build a file, which is one of the most basic operations.

Now, several young people are doing this under the leadership of Liu Ming.

In addition to the fruits, Liu Ming and the three of them also found several "special" things.

I say special because these things are very special at the moment, and if they were to be in the morning for a while, or before leaving the village, these things would not be noticeable because they were too ordinary and ordinary.

A handle has been ground out of the pulp, and there is a notch in the corner, but it still looks sharp.

A wheelbarrow that had been abandoned for a long time, after being exposed to the wind and sun, was somewhat rotten, dry, and squeaky when pushed.

There is also a small bicycle that looks 60% new and can be ridden by children, with a little damp but still brand new red flag on the handlebar, and a small and half-eaten bag of "White Rabbit" toffee in the frame of the back seat.

This is the unexpected gain that Liu Ming and the three of them found in this strange and familiar place.

Farm tools that have been discarded for a short time, and toys that are clearly played with by children not long ago, are traces of human existence.

Liu Ming and the others were a little excited and happy after finding these.

Finally there is the breath of a human being.

The sudden fog that filled the sky and the earth, as well as the strange and silent forest, where no insects or animals could be seen, formed an environment like a huge stone firmly pressing on the hearts of all the team members, and their tense heartstrings could be broken at any time.

After leaving the village, it was like walking into a strange world, and everything changed.

All life was gone, except for plants, and it was only their expeditionary team that walked through the bodies of unknown behemoths.

After leaving the army, when the fear in their hearts overwhelmed the irritability and excitement of the flesh, the fear never left the hearts of the five of them.

Human beings are social creatures, and when they are left alone in an unfamiliar environment, they instinctively have fear.

And the best cure for "it" is to be strong and returning.

Now, in addition to being strong, the five-person squad has also found a return.