in2ebook Chapter 260: Two Worlds (Page 13)
Chapter 260: Two Worlds (Page 13)
A fast cockroach flew onto Ning Yu's hair. Ning Jing reached out and caught it, holding it in front of Ning Yu and said, "Uncle, look."
"Fuck." A cockroach the size of a palm flapped its wings and appeared right in front of him. Ning Yu's soul almost took off. He staggered and almost rolled 360 degrees on the ground.
He slapped the cockroach out of Ning Jing's hand and cursed angrily, "You little brat, you are so brave. Aren't you afraid that this thing will bite you?"
As he said this, he stepped on the cockroach that fell to the ground and killed it, then ran forward quickly.
At the same time, he said to Ning Jing: "Don't touch me until your hands are clean."
Hearing this, Ning Jing curiously put his hand to his nose and sniffed it. Then, while shaking his hand, he imitated Ning Yu's words: "Fuck, it stinks."
What he said didn't match his little face at all.
Then he yelled again, "Dad, my hands stink."
Ning Yan was talking to Qing Ying at the moment and had no time to pay attention to him.
Ning Yan asked, "Xiao Qing, I want Atractylodes lancea. Can the growth time in your space be shortened further?"
Atractylodes can repel and kill cockroaches. He looked at the growth time of Atractylodes lancea and found that it takes 7 days. This time is too long. Before it grows out, he will be bitten by cockroaches.
If they can grow out immediately, then they can still be saved.
Qing Ying's voice sounded lazily: "Yes, but the host can just buy it with silver."
"How to buy it?" Ning Yan asked.
As soon as he finished speaking, a purchase link appeared in the mall. When he opened it, it was Atractylodes lancea, 15 cents per plant.
Seeing this, Ning Yan quickly stuffed 150 taels of silver into the toy's mouth and bought 10,000 Atractylodes lancea plants.
Then Ning Yan quickly ran a few steps and came to Huo?'s side.
After Huo ran to a forest in front, he quickly cut down a few dead trees and prepared to make a fire around the official road to get rid of some cockroaches.
The area here is relatively spacious, and the surrounding area is mostly wilderness with no fertile farmland. Small-scale burning will not cause much damage.
Now after hearing Ning Yan's idea, he asked Ning Lu, who was following behind him, to cut a lot of wild grass and mix the Atractylodes lancea into it in order to conceal his tracks.
The people behind them were only a few hundred meters away from them at this moment. Huo? quickly asked everyone to move the trees and dead grass to the official road, and then directly lit the fire.
The weather is hot today, the grass and trees are burning quickly, the thick smoke soon rises into the sky, and a fragrant smell soon fills the air, which is the unique smell of Atractylodes lancea.
Ning Jian took a torch and stood beside the fire, occasionally putting some Atractylodes lancea into the fire when no one was paying attention.
The others also held a torch in their hands to prevent cockroaches from flying onto them.
When the people behind were about to run over, the group quickly moved their position.
With so many people rushing over at once, it was hard for them not to get into trouble.
Afterwards, Ning Yan and his men split into two groups and set fire on both sides of the official road. Soon, the area was filled with smoke and no one could be seen a few meters away.
Some cockroaches had their wings burned by the fire and fell directly to the ground. Some reacted quickly and flew away. Some did not have time to dodge and were burned to death or suffocated by the strong smell of Atractylodes.
Noticing that there were fewer and fewer cockroaches, the people who were running stopped and collapsed to the ground.
I ran without stopping all the way, as if I had run all the distances in my life.
The fire burned for about an hour, and the cockroaches in the area had disappeared. The ground was covered with a thick layer of cockroach corpses, which looked densely packed, disgusting, and a bit claustrophobic.
When the smoke cleared, Ning Zheng quickly asked everyone to leave and reminded them not to get close to those who had been bitten.
Cockroaches mostly live in dark and humid environments, and can often be seen near sewers and garbage dumps.
I don’t know how many germs they carry on their bodies. Now that so many people have been bitten, I don’t know if there will be any infectious diseases. We still need to take precautions in advance.
After hearing what Ning Yan said, everyone naturally agreed. Even if Ning Yan didn't say it, they would not easily contact these people. The scene just now was too scary, and their scalps tingled when they thought about it.
The people lying on the ground got goosebumps when they saw the densely packed cockroach corpses.
Coupled with the shadow of being bitten, he quickly forced himself to get up and run forward, at least to leave this place first.
We have wasted so much time that it is already past You hour. We can’t walk far before it gets dark.
There were desolate mountains and wilderness everywhere, and not a single person was to be seen, so everyone found a wide and flat place to rest.
After sitting down, everyone was still feeling scared.
Ning Yan quickly cleaned up Ning Jing's hand that had just caught the cockroach and scolded him, "If you try to grab something carelessly next time, I'll hit your hand."
Ning Jing said obediently: "I know, Dad, it flew onto my uncle's back, so I caught it."
Ning Yan stopped scolding him after hearing this, knowing that the situation was excusable. He just focused on using herbs to clean the bacteria on his hands and asked Ning Yan to burn and throw away his shoes.
Cockroaches are very tenacious. If there is only one, there will be thousands of them. Ning Ru stepped on the cockroach to death. Who knows if there are insect eggs on the shoe? If there are eggs, the cockroach can survive. So to prevent accidents, it is better to burn the shoes.
After hearing Ning Yan's explanation, Ning Lu threw his shoes away without saying a word. Thinking about cockroaches growing on his shoes in the future, he felt sick.
Bai Lifen patted her chest and asked, "Why are there so many cockroaches flying out all of a sudden?"
There are many cockroaches in the south, but I have never seen such big and so many cockroaches. They can almost swallow a living person.
No one can answer this question. No one knows. If they had not left early, they probably would not have been spared.
Aunt Zhou said, "What a pity for all our food. I don't know who will benefit from it in the end."
"Maybe it will be a good deal for the cockroaches." Zhou Youfeng said.
Duan Zhili saw that Duan's mother had been pinching her legs with a painful expression, so he asked worriedly, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"My legs seem to be cramping." Duan's mother said with a frown.
I ran fast today, ran such a long distance, and walked for a while. I didn't feel it before, but after I took a rest, I realized that my legs were hurting in waves.
Upon hearing this, Duan Zhili hurried forward to help massage his legs, but the effect didn't seem very good.
Ning Yan said, "Hold on to Auntie's legs, stretch them out, and hold her feet and bend them back, like this."
As he said this, he picked up Ning Jing's leg and demonstrated to him.
Seeing this, Duan Zhili quickly did as Ning Yan said. Not long after, Duan's mother's legs stopped cramping.
Duan's mother said gratefully, "Thank you, Brother Qiang."
Ning Yan nodded and accepted her thanks.
The others weren't seriously injured, they were just tired from running and their legs were a little sore.
However, the Ning family is an exception. They exercise regularly and have better physical fitness.
As they rested in this place, the people coming behind them also stopped in this area.
Some of these people had their clothes torn to shreds by bites, some had bite marks on their faces, and some even had pieces of flesh missing. They looked pitiful and miserable.
After arriving at this place, they sat down to rest. This time the cockroaches came without any warning, and they had no time to pack up their things before they ran out of the city.
I don’t dare go back now, for fear that there are still cockroaches in the city. I finally escaped and can’t go back to die.
Huo? hurriedly carried only a backpack with some dry food and water in it, and the whole family ate these to fill their stomachs.
Ning Gang also used a backpack as a cover and took out a pair of shoes for Ning Lu to put on.
The others were the same, willing to eat biscuits and drink water.
The later it got, the more people gathered here, and those who were running slowly behind caught up.
These people looked even more miserable than the previous ones, and their wounds were bigger and deeper.
After listening to these people's conversation, Ning Jian realized that Nanjiang City was the hardest hit area.
Now everyone who can run away from the city has run out.
It wasn't long before it got dark. Ning Jian sprinkled some medicinal powder around and lit some Atractylodes lancea nearby before lying directly on Huo Xi's legs.
Huo? had to keep watch and couldn't sleep for the time being, so he leaned his back on the backpack so that Ning Jian could sleep more comfortably.
Huo Yun and Ning Jing slept on Orange as usual, while Bai Lifen, Ning Chengyong and Ning Ru simply put a piece of clothing under their heads and slept on the ground.
During special times, don't be so particular. Who knows when the natural disaster will strike? The more particular you are now, the less particular you may be later.
Ning Yan closed his eyes but did not fall asleep. He started farming again. Now the land in the space was divided into two parts. He no longer farmed according to his own preferences, but chose to farm in a shorter time.
In this way, after harvesting a wave of crops or plants in a short period of time, the land can be increased rapidly.
He needs to increase the land to 100 acres as soon as possible, and then plant a little of everything on the land so that he will not be left with nothing when he needs it.
After planting the land, Ning Jian asked Qing Ying, "Can you still temporarily connect to the system?"
Qing Ying yawned and said, "Host, don't work overtime after dark, go to bed early."
After that, there was silence.
Ning Yan called out several times but failed to wake the snake up.
Ning Yan: “….”
Isn't this task of yours too easy? You work from 9 to 5 without overtime, and you even made 150 taels of silver today. What a great life! I'm so envious.
Ning Yan was just about to fall asleep when he heard a woman's voice not far away. The woman yelled, "How can I sleep in such a dirty place? Go find me a bed."
The person who answered her was probably her maid. She whispered to her, "Miss, this is a desolate place with no one around. Where can I find a bed? I've put a mattress under you. Please make do with it for now."
The woman insisted on sleeping on the bed and even slapped the maid for it.
In the end, it was probably because her parents stepped in that the woman stopped making trouble.
Huo Yan covered Ning Yan's ears, lowered his head and said to him, "Stop making noise, my wife is sleeping."
Upon hearing this, Ning Yan pulled his collar, made him lower his head, kissed him, and then buried his face in Huo Xi's arms and fell asleep.
Perhaps because they were frightened and tired, it was quiet at night and everyone fell into a deep sleep.
As soon as the day broke, Ning Yan and his companions got up, quickly ate some dry biscuits, drank some water, and then set off.
There are too many people gathered here, and the hotter the weather, the more likely it is that trouble will occur.
Seeing someone leave, others followed suit.
I didn’t sleep well last night and I didn’t eat well either. I really don’t feel like continuing to sleep. It’s more important to hurry on my way, or at least find a place where there are people.
As they walked, Ning Yan said to Huo Xi, "Brother Xi, everyone in the capital has already fled. If we had known earlier, we would have gone to the city to plunder it yesterday."
So many people ran out, and most of them didn't take anything with them. There must be a lot of gold, silver and jewelry left in the city. This is all money, which is wasted.
Huo Yu comforted him, "Don't worry. The south isn't as rich as the north. When we get to Xia Cang City, if we can get in, I'll take you to plunder the gold, silver, and jewelry in those mansions."