Chapter 42: Midnight Terror

Li Dong is still very familiar with Qingyun Mountain, when he was very young, he often went to the mountains with his father to collect medicine, which front has grass, which slope has flowers, he knows everything well.

"This is the bark of the Qin bark, the bark of the ash tree, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, clearing the liver and brightening the purpose. ”

Its root is called white wood incense, which can reduce swelling with water, dispel wind and relieve pain, and is a medicine in Jinchuang medicine. ”

"Pulsatilla, Kawaduan, Winter Gentleman......"

Li Dong collected very common medicinal materials, many people may have seen them when they go out for mountain climbing, but they don't know it, or they don't know it.

In fact, many of the plants that people see can be used in medicine, such as dandelions that can be seen everywhere on the grass, which have the effect of diuretic, laxative, and jaundice, and the mugwort that grows next to the ditch can remove dampness and cold, stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, and the ginkgo tree on the side of the road, ginkgo biloba can inhibit bacteria and sterilize, dispel diseases and relieve cough, and the flavonols in ginkgo biloba are free radical scavengers, which can improve blood circulation and prevent cells from being oxidized to produce wrinkles......

Mission completion: 12/200......

36/200……

73/200……

Li Dong's own knowledge of medicinal materials, coupled with his in-depth study of "Wancao Ji" during this period, made him feel like a fish in water after entering the mountain, and the speed of collecting medicinal materials increased linearly.

In fact, collecting medicine is a hard job, the reason why Li Dong is so efficient is because he is very different from those professional medicine pickers or people who make a living from collecting medicine, those people need to consider both medicinal value and economic value when collecting medicine, like some medicinal herbs with low medicinal value, no one will pick them at all, there are tens of thousands of kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, many of them have repeated effects, and they can be replaced by other medicinal materials, and their fate will eventually be like weeds, and no one will pay attention to them.

But today, they met Li Dong and finally realized their grass value, of course, it can also be said that they have been moldy for eight lifetimes, and the wildfire is inexhaustible, but they died in Li Dong's hands, and the system task only says to collect 200 kinds of medicinal materials, and there are no regulations on the category of medicinal materials, so as long as it is a medicinal material, as long as it has medicinal effects, it can be included in it.

If according to the local saying that 'seeing grass is medicine', then where Li Dong passes, there is simply no grass!

Soon, night fell, the night in the mountains came very early, Li Dong found a cave where he used to spend the night with his father with his memory, and it usually takes a few days or even longer to collect medicine in the mountain, so these caves became a temporary place for medicine pickers to stay.

Strange, why is Qingyun Mountain so deserted today? Not only did I not see the medicine pickers, but there was no one in this cave.

There is no better, it's all Lao Tzu!

Li Dong picked up some dead leaves and dry branches near the cave, and then lit a fire at the entrance of the cave, although it is now Futian, but the night temperature in the deep mountains and old forests is still very low, the bonfire can be used to heat on the one hand, cook food on the other hand, and can also play a role in driving away wild beasts.

Li Dong's dinner today is bread, milk and sausages, which is definitely a luxury set for those who stay in the mountains to collect medicine.

In order to make it easier to walk, but also in order to be able to collect more medicinal materials, in addition to the necessities such as firewood knives and ropes, the herb pickers will generally minimize the amount of food they carry, and if possible, they will bring some instant noodles and compressed biscuits, but most of them are steamed buns and jerky, the first two days are OK, but after a long time, it will inevitably become moldy and deteriorate, of course, there are some more powerful herb pickers, they can catch some wild game in the mountains by setting up some small traps, and improve some food.

In fact, it doesn't matter what you eat, the key is water, go up the mountain to collect medicine, the consumption of water is particularly large, if you can't get timely replenishment, the consequences will be very serious, it is naturally best to encounter mountain springs or streams, but before going up the mountain, you can pin your hopes on this, it is undoubtedly a dead end, and the general water bottle, can only hold three or four liters of water, even if you save a little drink, you can basically last for two days, no one can carry a bucket of water over the mountains and mountains, by that time has not picked the medicine, tired to death, Li Dong used to follow his father up the mountain, specifically responsible for carrying water, every time he is a son, tired like a grandson。

But now, he no longer has to worry about the problem of water, because before going up the mountain, he bought ten boxes of mineral water, all of which were put into the system backpack, when he was thirsty, as long as he thought about it, it would appear in his hand, and the milk, naturally, was also taken out of the backpack, three boxes, more than sixty bags, according to the saying of 'one pound of milk a day, strong Chinese people', enough for him to drink in the mountain for a month.

It is good to have a system, and the original hard collection of medicine immediately turned into tourism.

Well, let's wrap spicy strips again.

It's getting darker.

Li Dong looked at the time on his watch, it was only seven o'clock, and it should still be dark outside the mountain at this time, but outside the mountain, it was already dark and he couldn't see his five fingers.

It's time to rest!

But before going to bed, Li Dong still has a lot of work to do.

The first thing, of course, is safety, the night is the peak of the beast's activity, don't fall asleep, it becomes a luxurious feast for the beast, then it is wronged.

He first pulled a cordon far away from the entrance of the cave, and connected the bell in the cave all the way, and as long as an animal touched it, the bell would ring immediately.

Then at a moderate distance, a few small traps were arranged, and their purpose was not to catch the beasts, but to frighten them, and if they could catch some hares or something, they could make breakfast tomorrow.

There was also a third line of defense, the mouth of the cave, where he pressed a few animal traps, and as long as he stepped on it, he would surely be splattered with blood on the spot, and he screamed in pain.

Of course, these are some decorations, which do not play a deterrent role, and the most important thing is fire.

Li Dong took out the paper ropes prepared in advance, these paper ropes were soaked in vegetable oil, tied to wooden sticks, not afraid of wind, not afraid of rain, burning for four or five hours will not be extinguished, and add some herbs from the mountain, the smell can also play a role in repelling insects, is an indispensable treasure for staying overnight in the mountains.

Everything was ready, Li Dong took out his sleeping bag, got inside, and closed his eyes.

"Zizi Zi ......"

"Goo-goo-goo......"

"Buzz ......"

It is said that there is silence in the mountains, but in fact, it is a quiet fart, and when you calm down and listen carefully, you will find that it is as lively as a temple fair.

Maybe it was because he didn't sleep much last night, and he was too tired to climb the mountain during the day, listening to it, Li Dong still fell asleep,

"Suzu!"

Bell bell bell ......

I don't know when, Li Dong only felt in a daze, the bell around him was ringing, he immediately opened his eyes, held his breath, and listened to the movement outside.

The mountain wind blew, the branches swayed, the flames swayed, leaving a swaying shadow on the stone wall, and it was impossible to tell which was the branch and which was the beast, and if it was someone who did not often go up the mountain, the shadows of these whirling trees alone were enough to scare people half to death.

Li Dong quickly sat up from the sleeping bag, holding the firewood knife tightly in his hand.

"Bang!"

There was a sudden muffled sound outside, and Li Dong's whole person became alert, it was the second line of defense he had set up, and it seemed that the mechanism had been triggered, but he didn't know if the beast was scared away.

"Quack!"

It was the sound of a dry branch breaking.

"Rustling ......"

That's when you stepped on the sound of leaves.

Not good!

It seems that the beast did not back down!

Li Dong hurriedly took out a small force pill from his backpack and was ready to put it in his mouth at any time.

But just when Li Dong was so nervous that he couldn't do it, his eyes were staring at the entrance of the cave, a strong light suddenly lit up in the darkness, stinging his eyes fiercely, and when he reflexively lowered his head and covered it with his hand, click, a series of beast clamping sounds sounded, and then more than a dozen black shadows rushed in from the outside and threw Li Dong to the ground!

"Don't move!"

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