Chapter 9 Dark Forest

noon.

  Chen Ji had been busy all morning, and only had time to reply to messages at noon.

  In addition to what Zhou Wan told him about giving him a gift, Xia Shumin, the little lady of Zhao Guo, also sent him a few messages.

   "The symbols mixed in the sentence are indeed used to divide the sentence pattern. Thank you Mr. Chen for your answer."

   This is in response to Chen Ji explaining punctuation marks to her last time.

   "It is true that the little girl used a brush to write words on the poetry book, so as to communicate with Chen Gongzi. Isn't Chen Gongzi like this? What did Chen Gongzi use?"

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

  His cheat is really amazing, even ancient people can talk to him.

  No, not only the ancient times, but also Astana from the Divine Grace Continent, and the fantasy emperor Mu Xiaoxiao who seems to be still sleeping.

  The way they contact Chen Ji, one is through prayer, and the other is through destiny?

   "Me? I use a cell phone, an electronic product."

  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 by himself.

  Xia Shumin sent another message:

   "Where is Mr. Chen from? Is it the moon old **** in the sky, does he have a Taoist title, or is it a monster in the storybook? The little girl has little knowledge and is sincere and sincere. I hope Mr. Chen will be happy."

   After this sentence, there is another sentence.

   "The little girl lives in Yongkang County, Zhao State, and her father is the governor of Yongkang County."

  She also shared some information about herself, presumably because she wanted to ask about Chen Ji's background, so she took the initiative to say that she was the daughter of the sheriff.

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

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

  It’s okay for Zhou Wan who is in the modern age. She has a mobile phone and can quickly accept such things.

  But for Xia Shumin, who lived in ancient times, when handwriting suddenly appeared on the poetry book, she was brave enough not to be frightened.

  This ancient little lady's curiosity should be heavy.

  How to explain modern society to her?

  Chen Ji thought carefully for a while before answering:

"You can imagine me as a person who lives five hundred years, one thousand years later, the emperor no longer exists, and people can travel around the world in iron cars, boats, and airplanes (a kind of vehicle that flies in the sky) , clairvoyance and wind ears can be achieved easily."

   "By the way, haven't you seen the Dream of Red Mansions? Jia Baoyu's dream travels through the illusory world, which is similar to the world I am in now, except that people can only live for a hundred years, and they don't know magic spells."

   "What dynasty is the State of Zhao? I have only heard of the State of Zhao during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Tang. I don't know which era Miss Xia is in? Or maybe there is no Spring and Autumn and Warring States period?"

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

  He and Zhou Wan live in a near parallel world, but Xia Shumin lives in the land of Han culture, but there is an extra Zhao Guonan Yongkang County that Chen Ji has never heard of.

but.

   It is conceivable that Xia Shumin would be shocked and curious after seeing his message in her poetry book.

  Too illusory?

  Modern society is certainly not too illusory, but for the ancient lady Xia Shumin, it is almost the same.

  If she comes to Chen Ji's world, she will definitely be extremely surprised. An ordinary mobile phone can give her a hundred questions.

   Iron carriages and ferries? Can iron still fly in the sky?

   What is Clairvoyance and Clairvoyance?

etc.

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

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

  She should have been staying in the basement, and the news came back very quickly.

   "Have you found a gift for me?"

   "Well, a piece of porcelain from the Tang Dynasty, and some jewelry hidden by my mother, I will give you all."

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

  Ten days after the end of the day, everyone is thinking about how to survive, and they don't even care about jewelry.

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

  Chen Ji asked her, Zhou Wan said that her parents had died.

   "It's not a relic, and their most important treasure, that is, my ability to survive, is the most important thing."

  She sent a smiley emoji over.

  Chen Ji smiled and said: "Then I sold these things for you, and only charge 10% of the handling fee, and leave the rest to you, and buy you all kinds of things!"

   "No, no, take the money, just give me some supplies needed 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?"

   "Uh, did you hear it? It's nothing, I 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 that.

  After the sun goes out, the mutated creatures lurking in the darkness are completely like nightmares.

  According to Zhou Wan, they mutate only after the end of the day, are extremely good at hiding themselves, and are extremely sensitive to light and heat.

  She speculated that it was because she had turned on the light on her phone a few times that the mutated cat noticed it and quietly came to the living room on the first floor of her house.

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

   "Is that cat gone? Is it still wandering outside? Do you need me to help you with anything?!"

  Chen Ji asked questions continuously.

  He regretted not contacting Zhou Wan in time in the morning, he was busy with work all the time.

   "Don't worry, you should go."

   Zhou Wan was calmer than Chen Ji, "Mutated creatures also want to survive, they cannot guard a prey for a long time."

  Chen Ji nodded. Mutated creatures are not zombies, and they don't have any special attachment to living people.

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

   What is scary is the kind of mutated creatures that live in groups or have certain intelligence.

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

For example, a group of white mice that broke Zhou Wan's previous settlement, they kept harassing the settlement, and when the guards were tired of dealing with it, they would bite through the weak parts of the steel greenhouse and let the cold wind pour in, causing the crowd to panic. They then launch a final attack.

  Chen Ji was shocked for a long time when he heard her mention this matter.

  White rat?

   Could it be the white mice in the human laboratory mutated to take revenge?

   "It's a pity that I can't buy a gun to give you for self-defense."

   "You can't shoot, the sound is too loud, not only will you attract mutant creatures, but other people will also come to spy on you. Once you run out of bullets, or see that you are weak, they will start to rob."

  Chen Ji understood, all creatures in the darkness must hide themselves.

   It's like being in a dark forest.

   "Don't worry, I only need a flashlight. Mutant creatures are sensitive to strong light and heat, but they are also afraid of both."

  Zhou Wan chuckled.

  In the midst of the apocalypse, it's nice to have someone who cares.

   "Well, that's fine."

  Chen Ji was still thinking about what to give Zhou Wan for self-defense.

   If guns are not enough, can we use bows and crossbows? Or the swords of the ancient world.

  Yes, it is a young lady who is a daughter of a certain sheriff.

  Give her products of modern technology, and ask her to help you get some "local products" from the ancient world. If you can't get bows and crossbows, 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?

  (end of this chapter)