Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 139 Tributaries
After everything was almost done, Zhang Qian's first pot of food was served.

According to her personal experience, the overall feeling of the kitchen is quite good.

Whether it was the temperature problem in the kitchen or the water vapor, it was pretty much what everyone had initially imagined.

However, there is still a risk of burns from the high-temperature aluminum pan, so you have to be more careful.

The only problem is that because it is made of aluminum, the food is not very good at keeping warm.

There is no good way to solve this problem, so Zhang Qian can only handle it manually.

In short, Zhang Qian is the most familiar with the kitchen, and she is the only one who can control the size and switch of the heat source, so it is quite troublesome for others to cook a meal.

This will be a problem in the future, but for now there are only so many people, so she doesn't feel any pressure to cook for herself. She herself has a special liking for the profession of chef, and her daily fun is to research new foods using limited ingredients.

Zhang Qian had discussed this with Lu Yuning before and asked if she could squeeze out some walnut oil, as she wanted to try other ways of processing the food.

However, cooking is still a bit difficult for them. The main problem is the temperature. People who are too close to the heat source will get burned.

If you want to cook, you have to create some imaginative kitchen utensils.

Because their strength is different now than before, it is still somewhat difficult to break through the fixed thinking patterns before shrinking, which is also a real creation.

This really stumped Lu Yuning, so in the end she could only agree to Zhang Qian to study it slowly later.

After the kitchen was finished, they had a full meal. Except for Wu Xiao who was responsible for moving the previously processed ingredients to the kitchen storage room, everyone else was busy preparing to start the expansion of the manufacturing room.

Since this facility is mainly for Lu Yuning's use, he has to decide what it should look like.

Lu Yuning's original idea was to study new armor here, as well as everyone's weapons and protective gear, as well as some miniaturized mechanical devices, etc.

Moreover, he does not need any tools to make equipment, so the manufacturing room is not as complicated as the kitchen. All he needs is a decent large table. In addition, the strength of the armor and weapons he makes needs to be tested, so a place for testing is needed.

Lu Yuning decided to make an armor fitting device, which was actually just a fake model.

In addition, some display cabinets will be set up to facilitate the upgrading and modification of some problematic equipment.

Another thing that comes to mind is a sketch board, which is also needed in this conference room. The material of the board is easy to come by, stone or bamboo will do, but the pen is more troublesome.

Since there was no charcoal or anything to make paint, everyone had no idea for the time being and could only put it aside for the time being.

As for the supporting material storage room, the main thing is to classify the items, so several shelves need to be built.

Lu Yuning shared his ideas, and everyone started the construction work as if they were familiar with the process.

Just when everyone was working hard, Liu Rui and Xia Fei came back in a hurry.

When Lu Yuning saw the two people, he was stunned for a moment. Seeing their anxious expressions, it seemed that they had discovered something.

"Great discovery!" Before Lu Yuning could ask, Xia Fei started shouting.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the two with some curiosity.

"What, found new food?" Zou Yunxin asked.

"Not really," Xia Fei scratched his head.

Then he continued, "It's not food, but it's also an important discovery. Yu Ning should be very interested."

"Oh?"

Lu Yuning immediately became interested. He mentioned himself specifically. Could it be that he had discovered some materials that could interest him?
That was all he could think of.

Sure enough, Liu Rui took over the conversation and said, "The river has a bend at the edge of the forest area, and then there is a small tributary."

"So there's a water source in the forest?"

"Yes," Lu Yuning nodded thoughtfully, "Well, that's good news. I can tell Xu Qi about it next time she comes."

"No, no, that's not the main point. There's a river interceptor at the entrance to that tributary, which intercepted a lot of garbage. It looks like there's a lot of materials we don't have right now."

Lu Yuning paused, then became instantly interested, with a gleam in his eyes.

Seeing his expression, Xia Fei said happily, "How is it? Is this important information?"

Lu Yuning nodded heavily, the joy in her eyes was self-evident.

The material problem has always been a concern for Lu Yuning, mainly because they are in a park and materials are extremely difficult to obtain.

Most of the materials currently available were retrieved from the trash cans at the fork in the road.

In fact, there are not many types, basically they are all plastic, and there are a few cans.

So many times, some ideas have no alternative materials and eventually have to be abandoned.

If you can collect some key materials, it will bring a significant improvement to the construction of the shelter.

Thinking of this, Lu Yuning asked, "Can you see any materials?"

"It's a bit far away. There's no river channel in the tributary in the forest area, and it's surrounded by silt. It's impossible for the two of us to get in, so I came back to tell you," Liu Rui replied.

He thought for a moment and added, "I did see a transparent bottle-like object, part of it submerged in the water. It looked like a glass wine bottle or something. There were also a lot of plastic garbage bags, but I couldn't make out the rest for now."

"Glass? I wonder if I can control glass?" Lu Yuning murmured.

"Would you like to go over and take a look?" Liu Rui asked.

Lu Yuning thought for a while, and wanted to put down the work in his hands immediately and go into the forest area to take a look.

However, seeing that it was getting late, he finally decided to build the manufacturing room first.

The garbage in the river shouldn't disappear on its own, so there's no need to rush.

He shook his head and said, "No hurry, let's go together tomorrow."

Liu Rui nodded to show his understanding.

But then he seemed to hesitate and added: "Oh, by the way, there is another discovery. We found a bird's nest inside."

Everyone was stunned and curious.

Because of the reduced visibility distance, this is the first time that traces of birds have been discovered since the apocalypse.

Lu Yuning frowned.

If insects are the primary enemies of humans after shrinking, birds can be considered as humans' true natural enemies.

"It's a bit dangerous... How did you find out?" Lu Yuning thought for a moment and asked.

"Well, mainly because we found some feathers on the ground. They were easy to find by following the direction of the top of our heads. We were both shocked."

"Feathers are a good material, but the risk factor is too high. Can you be sure how high the bird's nest is?" Lu Yuning said.

"It's almost the limit of visual range, more than three meters?" Liu Rui made a rough estimate.

The information about the bird's nest was mixed news for them. Birds generally had extremely sharp vision, but they didn't know whether the hiding ability of mimicry could deceive them.

However, their feathers are very good materials for keeping warm, especially for making winter clothes.

And if there is a bird's nest, there may be eggs.

(End of this chapter)