Chapter 9: The Dark Forest

Midday.

Chen Ji was busy all morning, and he was only free to reply to the news at noon.

In addition to Zhou Wan telling him that she wanted to give him a gift, Xia Shumin, the little lady of Zhao Guo, also sent him a few messages.

"The symbols in the sentence are really used to divide the sentence structure, thank you Chen Gongzi for the answer."

This is in response to the last time Chen Ji explained punctuation to her.

"The little woman did use a brush to write words in the poetry book, so as to exchange letters with Chen Gongzi, isn't Chen Gongzi like this? What did Chen Gongzi use? ”

Chen Ji asked her what she used to connect, but she didn't expect it to be a brush.

His plug-in is really amazing, even ancient people can talk to him.

No, not only in ancient times, but also Astana in the Divine Grace Continent, and the Fantasy Emperor Mu Xiaoxiao who seems to be still sleeping.

The way they contacted Chen Ji was through prayer and destiny?

"Me? I use a mobile phone, an electronic device. ”

Chen Ji didn't know how to explain the mobile phone to the ancients, so he just sent it directly and let Xia Shumin understand it himself.

Xia Shumin sent another message:

"Who is Chen Gongzi? Is it the moon old fairy in the sky, can he have the honorific title of the Tao, or is it the monster in the script? The little woman is shallow, honest and afraid, looking at Chen Gongzi Haihan. ”

After this sentence, there is one more sentence.

"The little girl's family lives in Yongkang County, Zhao State, and her father is the county guard of Yongkang County."

She also said some information about herself, thinking that it was because she wanted to ask Chen Ji's origin, so she took the initiative to say that she was the daughter of the county guard.

The order of the information received by Chen Ji is still a little reversed, but it does not affect his understanding.

After seeing it, Chen Ji couldn't help laughing.

It's good for Zhou Wan in modern times, she has a mobile phone and can quickly accept such a thing.

But for Xia Shumin, who was in ancient times, the handwriting suddenly appeared on the poetry book, and she was not frightened enough.

The curiosity of this little lady of antiquity should be heavy.

How do you explain modern society to her?

Chen Ji thought carefully for a while before replying:

"You can imagine me as a person who lives in 500 years, 1,000 years from now, the emperor no longer exists, people can travel around the world in cars, boats, and airplanes made of iron (a kind of vehicle that flies in the sky), and clairvoyance can be easily realized."

"By the way, haven't you seen Dream of Red Mansions? The illusory realm that Jia Baoyu traveled in his dream is similar to the world I am in now, except that people can only live for a hundred years, and they can't do magic. ”

"What dynasty is the state of Zhao? I have only heard that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were Zhao States, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Tang, I don't know what era Miss Xia is in? Or maybe not even the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period? ”

Chen Ji asked her again, looking forward to her answer.

He and Zhou Wan are in an almost parallel world, but Xia Shumin lives in the land of Han culture, but there is an extra Yongkang County in the south of the Zhao State that Chen Ji has never heard of.

But.

It is conceivable that Xia Shumin will definitely be shocked and curious after seeing his information in her poetry book.

Too unreal?

Of course, modern society is not too illusory, but for the ancient little lady Xia Shumin, it is almost the same.

If she came to Chen Ji's world, she would definitely be extremely surprised, an ordinary mobile phone could make her have a hundred questions.

Horse-drawn carriages and ferries made of iron? Can iron still fly in the sky?

What is clairvoyance downwind ears?

Wait a minute.

It's a pity that I can't see her surprised little expression, otherwise it must be funny.

After replying to her, Chen Ji chatted with Zhou Wan again.

She must have been in the basement all the time, and the news came back quickly.

"Have you found a gift for me?"

"Well, a piece of porcelain from the Tang Dynasty, as well as some jewelry hidden by my mother, I will give them to you."

At first, Chen Ji wondered why no one had found her home, but after thinking about it, it was dark after the sun went out, and people were already panicking, and no one searched carefully.

Ten days after the apocalypse, everyone wants to live how to live, and they don't care about jewelry.

"Aren't you going to keep your mother's relics?"

Chen Ji asked her that Zhou Wan had told her that her parents had been killed.

"It's not a relic, but their most important treasure, that is, I can live, is the most important."

She sent a smiley face.

Chen Ji said with a smile: "Then I will help you sell these things, only charge a 10% handling fee, and leave the rest to you, and buy you all kinds of things!" ”

"No, no, you can take the money, you can send me some supplies for survival...... I don't know how much I can sell, and I may not dare to go out in the near future. ”

"Don't dare to go out? What happened? ”

"You heard that it was coming? Uh, nothing, just met a mutant cat. ”

Under Chen Ji's questioning, Zhou Wan told him what happened in the morning.

Chen Ji gasped when he heard this.

After the sun goes out, the mutated creatures that lurk in the darkness are completely nightmarish existences.

According to Zhou Wan, they only mutated after the apocalypse, are extremely good at hiding themselves, and are extremely sensitive to light and heat.

She speculated that it was because she turned on the light of her mobile phone several times that she was noticed by the mutant cat and quietly came to the living room on the first floor of her house.

If Zhou Wan didn't stop, the mutant cat would continue to approach until it knocked her to the ground.

"Is the cat gone? Will it still linger outside? Need I help you with something?! ”

Chen Ji continued to ask.

He regretted that he hadn't contacted Zhou Wan in time in the morning, and he had been busy with work.

"Don't worry, you should go."

Zhou Wan was calmer than Chen Ji, "Mutant creatures are also for survival, and it is impossible for them to guard a prey for a long time. ”

Chen Ji nodded, mutant creatures are not zombies, and they don't have some special attachment to the living.

According to Zhou Wan, a single mutated creature is not terrible, and humans can deal with it.

It's the kind of mutant creatures that live in groups, or have some intelligence, that are terrifying.

If the two are combined, it can turn into a disaster.

For example, a group of white rats that attacked Zhou Wan's previous settlement, they constantly harassed the settlement, so that when the escort team was tired of coping, they then bit through the vulnerable parts of the steel greenhouse, allowing the cold wind to pour in, causing the crowd to panic, and then they launched a final attack.

Chen Ji was shocked for a long time when she heard her talk about it.

White mice?

Could it be a mutation of white rats in the human laboratory to take revenge?

"It's a pity I can't buy a gun for you to defend yourself."

"If you can't shoot, it's too loud, and not only will it attract mutated creatures, but other people will also come and snoop, and once you run out of bullets, or see that you are weak, they will start robbing."

Chen Ji understands that all creatures in the dark must hide themselves.

It's like being in a dark forest.

"Don't worry, I just have a flashlight, mutated creatures are sensitive to strong light and heat, but at the same time they are afraid of both."

Zhou Wan chuckled.

It's nice to be in the middle of the apocalypse, and to have someone to care about.

"Well, that's fine."

Chen Ji was still thinking about what to send to Zhou Wan to defend herself.

If guns don't work, can you use a bow and crossbow? Or the swords of the ancient world.

That's right, it's a certain little lady who guards the county.

Give her modern technology products, and let her help get some "native products" from the ancient world, if you can't get a bow and crossbow, you can always ask for some swords, right?

This idea works.

The only question is, how to open a stable communication channel with Xia Shumin and give gifts to each other?