Chapter 17: The Swarm of Acid Possums
As night fell, most of the hunting party gathered, and a bonfire of no small size was lit in the middle, and everyone took out the gray rabbit meat they had hunted in the afternoon, and began to prepare dinner.
There's no such extravagant thing as a campfire dinner in the wasteland.
It's just that even before winter, the nights in the wasteland are very cold. Most of the team had actually entered the wasteland for the first time, and when the sky really darkened, there would inevitably be a commotion.
Fortunately, everyone gathered around the bonfire, roasted rabbit meat, and chatted about what they had seen and heard in the wasteland today, and everyone's faces still had a new look on their faces. And the steaming barbecue can also give everyone a trace of warmth, and slightly soothe the anxiety caused by the arrival of the night.
So Zhao Xiaochuan didn't stop it, but just warned a few words to control the fire and not to catch fire. Then he himself climbed to the top of a big tree not far away!
Zhao Xiaochuan didn't bring any tents, and he didn't need any tents, in the absence of a safe place, the top of the tree was the best hiding place!
However, there were so many people nearby, Zhao Xiaochuan thought about it for a while and still didn't summon Xiao Ash out, just casually ate a little dry food that he carried with him, Zhao Xiaochuan leaned on the branch and slept back shallowly.
But even when he fell asleep, Zhao Xiaochuan's subconscious still maintained a trace of vigilance, this sixth sense honed in countless dangers, I don't know how many times he has saved him.
Gradually, the team members around the campfire, after eating the barbecue, also began to stop communicating, wrapped themselves in their own futons, leaned against the bonfire, and slowly fell asleep.
Everyone had trekked all day, and in the dark night, the exhaustion and tension were magnified countless times, so that people could quickly fall asleep.
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Zhao Erjing is the second oldest in the family, and there is a big brother named Zhao Dajing. He used to be a miner in a quarry in the town, and his daily job was to collect the stone and transport it into the shelter.
As for what the old men in the vault do with the stones, that's not up to him. However, he worked tirelessly in the quarry every day, and he was only able to maintain the food and clothing of a family of three, and he couldn't even eat meat during the New Year's holidays!
In the past few days, the matter of the two-headed cow has caused a lot of trouble in the town, and Wang Ming, who happened to be in the escort team, told him that Chen Jiuye's men would recruit people to form a hunting team next Sunday, and they would give a salary of 200 yuan a day when they went out!
And if you can hunt two cows, there is an additional reward!
Three hundred dollars a day!
It is worthy of Zhao Erjing's salary in the quarry for more than half a month!
Zhao Erjing, who had been mining all day and practicing tendon meat, was suddenly moved, and after thinking about it for a long time, he joined Zhou Tian's hunting team! On the first day he came out, he was not only able to get a salary of 200 yuan, but also hunted two batches of red-eyed gray rabbits with the team and got a large piece of rabbit meat!
This piece of rabbit meat alone is worth more than 200 pieces!
This naturally made Zhao Erjing smile!
At night, after Zhao Erjing and his companions were full of food and drink, they wrapped the futon and fell asleep by the bonfire, but he had a problem, that is, he habitually got up at night, and he must get up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night!
Zhao Erjing walked a little farther away in a daze, and was just about to take off his pants to solve it, but suddenly blinked his eyes fiercely: "Huh? What's the green and gloomy thing in the distance on this big night? ”
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"There's a voice!!" Above the treetops, Zhao Xiaochuan suddenly opened his eyes! Years of experience in the wasteland have made him very cautious, and he can even feel the danger coming in his sleep!
"The north side of the oasis! Is this green color ..? Zhao Xiaochuan was quick with his hands and feet, climbed directly from the branch to the top of the tree, and then looked around! Suddenly, on the north side of the oasis, there was a large moving green wave, which was about to reach the oasis area: "How come it is so close that the night watchman hasn't noticed them yet!?" ”
"Everyone, hurry up!! Something is wrong!! Something is wrong!! There's a bunch of people who don't know what is rushing towards the oasis!! And immediately after, a throat-piercing scream suddenly rang out!!
"What's going on!?"
"Everybody get up at once!"
"Prepare for battle!!"
Suddenly, the entire hunting team was in a panic, and at this time, you can really see the gap between everyone!
Although Zhou Tian lacked experience in the wasteland, so many years of experience as a martial artist was not given in vain, and he reacted directly almost immediately and rushed out of the tent!
And his four cronies and Wang Ming also reacted immediately and rushed out of the tent!
"Ah Liu, who was the first to shout just now!" As soon as he got out of the tent, Zhou Tian gave an order to a crony beside him, and the cronie didn't say a word, and turned around to find the person who shouted first.
"Wang Ming! Gather your staff! Also, no matter what happens, be sure to protect Dacheng! Immediately afterwards, Zhou Tian once again shouted to Wang Ming!
"Don't worry! Master! Wang Ming also looked serious, nodded calmly, and turned around to organize people.
"Master!? This Sunday is actually Wang Ming's master!? And Zhao Xiaochuan happened to have just climbed down from the top of the tree, and walked over through the noise in the dark night, and happened to hear Wang Ming's name for Zhou Tian, and was stunned!
You must know that when he was in front of outsiders before, Wang Ming called Zhou Tian "Master Zhou", but he didn't expect that Zhou Tian was Wang Ming's master in private!?
"This Wang Ming, it's really not simple! And what exactly is the relationship between them? Zhao Xiaochuan took a deep look at Wang Ming, who turned around to organize people, he specially hid the relationship with Zhou Tian on weekdays, what was it for?
This is not to blame Zhao Xiaochuan's curiosity, but the caution he has cultivated since he was a child, so that he subconsciously collects all kinds of information, and is unwilling to miss any clues. Although most of the time the information collected does not have the slightest effect at all, even if only one of the hundred pieces of information is useful, Zhao Xiaochuan will not miss it!
Because this one piece of information can sometimes be life-saving!
"Master Zhou, the person who shouted just now is here, it is a worker who was in the quarry before, his name is Zhao Erjing!" After a while, one of the four strong men under Zhou Tian hurriedly walked over with Zhao Erjing!
"Zhao Erjing?" Zhou Tian frowned, and glanced at Zhao Erjing deeply: "What the hell is going on!?" ”
"Green! Patches of green and gloomy things have come over!! Zhao Erjing was so frightened that he couldn't breathe, and the whole person was out of breath, with a frightened face!
"Green? What are you talking about!? Zhou Tian was confused, and with his lack of experience in wilderness survival, he couldn't immediately determine what was going on!
"I've been to see it, it's a sour possum!" Zhao Xiaochuan, who was on the side, did not continue to hide his figure at this time, but walked forward directly and appeared in front of everyone: "Let me tell you a very unfortunate news, we are about to encounter a swarm of acid opossums!" ”